Guy Finley talks about how Truth will never stop trying to help us see and drop the psychological "baggage" that we unconsciously carry around with us.
In this short talk, Guy Finley discusses the need to be nourished by a new kind of understanding that appears when we can no longer tolerate giving our lives away…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how our sincere wish to act rightly in the moment will attract the authentic higher help that we need to change.
No self-described condition of what you have or don't have is at the root of your aching.
Higher self-knowledge empowers you to realize the better, brighter life you've always wanted!
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how, if our wish is to find true contentment, we must begin to give more and more of our attention to our…[more]
Our awareness of the troubled thoughts and feelings roaming through us is the power that keeps their harmful and self-limiting influences from having control over us.
Letting go follows the realization that holding on is of no further use.
Fall is nature's preparation for regeneration, and we too should use this time to release anything left hanging over.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life -- the way we feel in any given moment -- is the direct result of what we give…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how we are intended to discover that who we really are, our true self, is a multi-colored palette of extraordinary possibilities.
Once we realize that our present view of self, a view that defines our reality, is a construct of a certain level of our own consciousness, we also realize the…[more]
We go through our lives in a continual dance of being filled with something that needs an answer, and then going out and finding that answer... only to find out…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about our common need for a higher kind of love that releases us from feelings of fear, doubt and hopelessness.
The only way it's possible to truly deliver ourselves from the punishment of our own self-wrecking thoughts is to begin awakening to their hidden cause within us.
It's imperative to meet each moment of your life with this realization: it's only what you do right now that is the seed of change.
Deliberately disconnecting yourself from whatever you think has you blocked leads to true self-liberation because you have never been trapped by anything outside of your own lack of understanding.
If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that is never satisfied.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how it is possible for us to discover an authentically new life if we will persist with our wish to know the…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we are here as human beings to continually perfect our self-understanding so that we can begin to enter into an awakened relationship…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why human beings are so addicted to stress and tension, and why it is so important for us to understand that something…[more]
The true nature of anything -- whether a newly opened leaf or a fearful thought or feeling -- is inseparable from what it serves.
We can either spend our lives fearful of any unwanted event that comes along to challenge our sense of self, or we can use that same situation to help set…[more]
Seen or not, our attitude determines our altitude in life.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how our level of happiness is ultimately determined by our level of self-understanding.
Self-limiting thoughts or feelings have power over us only when we are tricked into believing that we need something we don't.
Guy Finley discusses procrastination and the false sense of self-mastery and justification we receive by putting off until tomorrow what needs to be attended to now. Learn how to stop…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can begin to transcend any limitation that we meet along the path to discovering the truth about ourselves.
The truth is that letting go is very simple and, above all, natural; as natural for you and I as it is for a tree to shed the heavy, sun-ripened…[more]
We are at our core a creature of the stars: beings whose original and celestial stuff is not only born of light, but also intended to live unbound.
If we wish a life that is whole and loving, one that is filled with new light, then we must sow the eternal seeds of Truth within ourselves.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how dissatisfaction with our lives is not something to be ignored, but rather something that can be transformed through diligent self-study.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we are intended to use all of life's moments to grow into a more fully integrated and meaningful relationship with real life.
No human being has any authority over you. Your life belongs to you and to you alone.
Guy Finley discusses the resolutions necessary to make real and lasting changes in our lives. Learn what it means to use insights and higher knowledge to reach for a whole…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how real relationship with the present moment requires both receptivity and letting go.
In order for change to take place, we must be changed.
Learning to let go of our own constant mental chattering prepares us for the entrance of the Secret Self.
Before something genuinely new can appear in our lives, something old must pass.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how getting angry over our present limitations actually prevents us from consciously meeting and transcending them.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the potential we possess to live from a higher part of ourselves that is always in a harmonious relationship with the present moment.
Guy Finley discusses releasing guilt, shame, regret, and remorse over harmful things we may have done in the past, as well as fears of eternal damnation for choices that may…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains that true self-command becomes possible when we begin to consciously interrupt the momentum of the unconscious nature that is presently in control of our…[more]
Guy Finley discusses our native right to live fearlessly, and the courage, resolution, and persistence required to prove our fears groundless. Learn more about rising above the limitations of your…[more]
When we are hurt badly, the higher lesson hidden in this trial is to recognize the time has come to let go of who and what we have been up…[more]
The only way to leave the world of feeling sorry for yourself is to deliberately leave the world of thought.
The person in denial of his or her own condition continues to ask for more of what didn't help the last time around.
It is impossible to feel ourselves a "failure" without having first condemned ourselves for some shortcoming, explains Guy Finley.
Guy Finley explains how to learn to ask for a happy, new life by refusing to relive what's been tearing at you.
Outgrowing Relationships - Learn why walking the authentic spiritual path necessarily causes some relationships to fall away.
In this podcast, Guy Finley explores the true meaning and purpose of meditation, and explains why it is the most natural and practical thing you can do for yourself.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can learn to be conscious participants in this grand symphony called the present moment.
In this podcast, Guy Finley tells a timeless story that underscores the need we have as human beings to know our true nature.
Guy Finley reminds us that the truth never causes pain.
We all know what it is like to be held captive of the little things in life -- those petty concerns and small desires that steal their way into how…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a new, whole relationship with life is possible for the human being who is willing to let go of the endless struggle…[more]
We can gain new self-knowledge, explains Guy Finley, through the observation of the fact that everything is changing.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the absolute fact that it is never too late to open yourself up to the possibility of being a better human being and…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the fact that as human beings we are intended to live as instruments of God's life, as opposed to the present-day mindset in…[more]
The missing half of our lives, explains Guy Finley, is letting go.
The weakness that blames others, explains Guy Finley, blinds you to your real inner condition.
I can think of no greater encouragement in this life than the self-evident truth that within each of us dwells something Extraordinary. By "Extraordinary" I don't mean any one condition…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley explores how a true spiritual warrior is not someone who imagines future victories to come, but is the individual who is willing to step…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the choice we have to either passively exist -- having our lives lived for us -- or to become conscious that we are…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how you can start enjoying every moment your life, no matter what it is that you have to do.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the immense difference between a life spent accumulating possessions, and a life in which an individual allows something higher to take possession of…[more]
It is our own narrow mind, with its narrow view of life, explains Guy Finley, that pressurizes our events and their moments.
All things good come to those for whom the good is all things. In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how failure is impossible for the human being whose primary…[more]
In this podcast by Guy Finley, discover what it really means to love every moment of your life, no matter what it is that you need to do.
Guy Finley explains the secret of letting go and how it's only through letting go that we are given something better than what life has asked us to give up.
Guy Finley explains that the day of our awakening is the same as the delightful date of our departure from a bankrupt world filled with beggars dressed as kings and…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how conflict is born in those moments when our expectations about how life ought to unfold meet reality.
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With consistent attention and persistent effort, you can release whatever now stands between you and the freedom for which your heart seeks. You can let go. Never…[more]
Guy Finley explains how and why to let go of any negativity.
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals the higher understanding that is necessary to Let Go and find the Truly Fearless and Free Life!
Guy Finley discusses the secrets of success and the truth that there is nothing to fear -- not even job loss or financial failure. Stop being punished by comparison and…[more]
Love is a latent interior "hunger" we all feel through our longing to know -- deeply -- someone or something to which we are drawn. And Love understands that whatever…[more]
Why try and change your outer world, asks Guy Finley, when it is only a reflection of your inner life?
Once we understand that letting go is the missing half of the whole happiness our heart longs for, explains Guy Finley, everything in our life grows easier.
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains why we need not resist, reject, nor fear what the light shows us about ourselves.
Our real "problem" with others, explains Guy Finley, isn't that they won't or can't give to us what we want from them.
We can help others reach higher by simply agreeing, explains Guy Finley, to give them space to go through their changes.
Never again look for a way out of any anxious condition, explains Guy Finley. Look instead for a way to see through it.
When you know what you're looking for is what you already are, explains Guy Finley, then you stand on the threshold of Fearless Living.
To sow spiritual seeds, explains Guy Finley, means that we do spiritual work.
Life is beginning again everywhere, explains Guy Finley -- and so can we, if we are willing.
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains how we can reclaim our enthusiasm for life, no matter what our circumstances, when we stop resisting what we experience.
Guy Finley shows how to move beyond the harmful effects of betrayal, affairs, and infidelity by turning the hurting into healing and learning.
In this extraordinary podcast, Guy Finley reveals a fact that will forever change your relationship with Life.
Real spiritual growth does not happen automatically with the mere passage of time. A change in our outer activities does not lead to true change. In this podcast, Guy Finley…[more]
The light from one small moment of honest self-inquiry, explains Guy Finley, is more powerful than the accumulated darkness of a million years of doubt.
We all naturally resonate with Truth and Beauty when it is being expressed. When we know we have heard something true, why does it stir us? In this podcast, Guy…[more]
Guy Finley explains that if our peace is built upon worldly forms, then it will be, at best, a temporary peace.
Tired of going in painful circles in your life? In this talk Guy Finley reveals the secret of finally moving out of what may feel like a meaningless existence into…[more]
Sometimes the greatest truths are laid right before our eyes, in the simplest of things, and yet we just can't see them. Take for instance our own hands: what a…[more]
In the early 1900s, before the age of superhighways, supermarkets, and the giant food manufacturers, things were very different, better in many ways. Small family farmers used to truck or…[more]
Guy Finley urges us to see through false illusions that keep us from letting go.
Drop whatever would define and limit you, explains Guy Finley, by bringing yourself back into the great and unconditioned Now where all is one.
Starting life over again is the key to a new you, explains Guy Finley.
Within each of us there is an expansive world of thoughts and feelings whose movements determine how we perceive and experience the world outside of us. While this inner-world of…[more]
There is nothing wrong with being a successful human being. In fact, the purpose of your life is to win. But what if, in your quest for this victory, you…[more]
Guy Finley explains that nothing in life can stop you from starting your life all over.
We don't ever have to worry about happy endings to any of our life stories, explains Guy Finley, if we're awake enough to refuse all unhappy beginnings.
Guy Finley explains that we are not meant to be the slave of any negative thought or feeling
Any human being who has to hold himself together is someone who is ready to fall apart. Trying to hold yourself together is a terrible way to go through life.…[more]
Guy Finley discusses how to keep alive the zeal for awakening and self-work, and to persist on the path to self-knowledge. Learn about the self-honesty that allows you to overcome…[more]
Whenever we find ourselves in some "unwanted" part of ourselves, perhaps reliving an old heartache or caught in the throes of some irrepressible anger, old fear, or unyielding worry, part…[more]
Any lingering sadness, explains Guy Finley, is an unnatural life-form kept breathing by the false self's reluctance to let it go.
Who you really are, explains Guy Finley, is an endless learning ground, a limitless possibility for higher and higher self-discovery.
The object of any desire, explains Guy Finley, is powerless to bring an end to the desire that created it.
Guy Finley shows us that any desperate attempt to escape a trouble usually leads us right back into more trouble.
Find your True Purpose in life and how your connection to Real Love can be realized and lived in every moment.
Nothing can grow true, strong, and healthy that lives under the dark shadow of abuse -- whether it's an abusive relationship or the abuse inflicted by mean-spirited thoughts and feelings.…[more]
The source of our suffering, explains Guy Finley, isn't that life fails to live up to our expectations, but that we live from a nature that meets life with countless…[more]
Guy Finley explains that life is always stirring and producing moments in which we are asked, in essence, to be more than we are.
A special writing by Guy Finley on what it truly means to be a peaceful and peace-filled human being.
It is not what life has brought to you that you don't like, explains Guy Finley. It is your reactions that turn the gift of life into the resentment of…[more]
The discontented nature, explains Guy Finley, always requires that something be wrong in order for it to set it right.
The only power negativity has over us, explains Guy Finley, is the power we give it.
Learning to let go and to live in the Now, explains Guy Finley, is the same as catching ourselves holding onto what limits us and then deliberately dropping these self-imposed…[more]
Hear this talk and learn the actual truth about what's really causing your unhappiness. If you've tried everything but nothing seems to work, this will. All you need to do…[more]
If we will courageously examine every frightening thought that goes through our minds to see if it is based in reality, explains Guy Finley, we will eventually discover that there…[more]
The real act of letting go, explains Guy Finley, is first an interior action, followed, if needful, by a wiser exterior action.
Guy explains that one of the primary reasons why we don't change is because there's no space in our life. He shows how real change requires we agree to the…[more]
Anything that you have to control, explains Guy Finley, controls you.
We live in a world, explains Guy Finley, that is established for us to succeed in realizing that within us dwells an Intelligence beyond fear.
When we attempt to do what is not within our power, explains Guy Finley, we only succeed in making ourselves miserable.
The following short set of questions and answers is taken from the "Ask the Masters" sections that follow the end of each chapter in Guy Finley's newest book, *Let Go…[more]
A young woman once decided that her best chance of getting hired by a company doing geological survey work in the Alaskan wilderness was to earn a private license to…[more]
Guy Finley explores how it is that you can make yourself miserable but you can't make yourself happy.
Events may happen to you, explains Guy Finley, but you are not the event.
We must no longer lend ourselves, explains Guy Finley, to the will of any dark state looking to use us as its vehicle.
Guy Finley explains that our experience of life moment-to-moment is, in fact, what we have asked for.
Guy Finley sheds light on the fact that negative reactions to unwanted events do nothing to cure them.
Learn why persistence is such a critical part of your spiritual work.
In pure barrenness, explains Guy Finley, there dwells an honest beauty.
It is not our life that must change, explains Guy Finley, but our view of our life.
Letting go is about learning to die to ourselves psychologically, explains Guy Finley, so that something higher, something "undiminishable" can stand in for us.
We must learn what it means to reach for a whole new place within ourselves, explains Guy Finley, from where it's possible to see that our present thoughts and feelings…[more]
When it comes to letting go and living in the Now, explains Guy Finley, no sincere effort goes unrewarded.
Nothing in life, explains Guy Finley, can stop you from starting your life all over, at anytime.
Understanding that we are not our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step towards stopping them from ruling our lives.
It is an illusion to believe, explains Guy Finley, that the world our senses reveal is the whole of reality.
That which makes it possible for love to be felt between the lover and the loved, explains Guy Finley, is Love itself.
Each time, explains Guy Finley, that we actually come to the end of what we know to do and stay there without punishing ourselves or hating life for finding ourselves…[more]
All interior practices, explains Guy Finley, begin with the wish to meet our lives from a new understanding of ourselves granted us through new knowledge about ourselves.
The difference between living Now and living "then," explains Guy Finley, is the difference between living in a thought nature vs. living in our True Nature.
This Now, the real Now, explains Guy Finley, is a perfect integration -- a dynamic mutual convergence of all the creative forces, which is always stirring.
Guy Finley speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence (continued).
Negative states born of nothing other than conflict-filled, comparative thinking, explains Guy Finley, steal into us to squander our peace one hundred times a day.
Drop whatever would define and limit you, explains Guy Finley, by bringing yourself back into the great and unconditioned Now where all is one.
This beautiful 8 line verse by Guy Finley reveals the essence of the real Spiritual Path.
The reason why Truth sets you free, explains Guy Finley, is because it alone reveals that what you are held captive by has no reality outside of your wish to…[more]
Guy Finley shows us that, no matter how hard it seems to start fresh or learn something new, who you really are is greater than any part of yourself which…[more]
The moment we understand, explains Guy Finley, that peace, happiness, and fearlessness are not found through our endless desires, we discover we are actually on the road to finding their…[more]
Guy Finley outlines the ten traits of a True Spiritual Warrior.
This specially crafted poem by Guy Finley complemented his classroom talk on November 7th, 2004.
When we learn to "self-disconnect" we gradually, explains Guy Finley, break down the painful circle-of-self that is repeatedly formed by asking a problem for its solution.
Guy Finley describes for us how a higher conscious awareness empowers us to be one with all that exists in the kingdom of creation.
If we are ever to realize, explains Guy Finley, the integrity and consistent kindness of our True Nature, if we long to know something of heaven while we live on…[more]
Unconscious conflicts, in dialogue form, play themselves out in our mind by painfully reenacting various scenes from our past; moments gone by in which we either know, or sense, we…[more]
How to deal with the death of a loved one.
The key to rising above our present limitations, explains Guy Finley, is to look beyond our old answers for new and higher understanding.
Inside each of us, explains Guy Finley, resides a seed to be nurtured by something higher.
The only thing that holds us down is what we don't yet know about ourselves. This insight explains why our ability to learn the truth about ourselves, to increase our…[more]
Guy Finley explains that a new and true future begins with planting seeds of change in the now.
A special writing by Guy Finley showing that the secret of letting go hinges on the realization that the means in our lives are not really different from the ends.
Guy Finley explains that staying on the path to a truly awakened life requires continually saying NO to those unconscious parts of us that are full of doubt and darkness.
In this key lesson Guy Finley explains how the now is meant to always be new.
Guy Finley explains how to make a fresh start by learning our lessons and dropping regrets instead of carrying painful past experiences forward into our lives.
A lesson revealing the extra effort needed on our part to realize True Freedom.
Discover the hidden Truth about negative states such as fear, worry, anger, and depression. Guy Finley reveals that the reason these states hold us captive is because of our willing…[more]
Understanding true peace and security.
The Secret of Pefecting Relationships
Happiness is seeing all dark states as passing clouds, behind which sits The Sun!
Learn to let go of any painful past condition!
Letting go of painful resentments.
Real transformation is a task that takes intentional sustained inner work.
The real miracle of letting go.
Meditation & Prayer can show you how to let go and know that Life is complete and so are you!
The secret for dismantling the grief felt from the death of a loved. The same can be applied to the pain felt whenever a part of ourselves experiences a "death"…[more]
In Recovery the Light from one small moment of honest self-inquiry is more powerful than the accumulated darkness of a million years of doubt.
How to make a truly Fresh Start starting over!
The answers to all of life's questions can be found WITHIN you. Three ways to start asking the right questions.
Real secrets for stress-free living. The answers really do exist!
Whatever dominates us in the moment is what is first in our lives and is useless thinking.
Discover an altogether new kind of peace in your life as you learn to let go.
Contact With The Secret Self
Leave Your Heart in God's Good Keeping
Let Higher Facts Free You From a Painful Past
Let Go of Self and Experience Spiritual Rebirth
Take Time Alone and Find Freedom
Life will fill whatever you empty. Be hollow. Let the winds of change play you instead of punish you.
Be Receptive to God's Hand at Work in You