Attachment

In this short talk, Guy Finley discusses the importance of understanding the idea of "levels and scale" inside of our own consciousness, so that we can gradually begin to break our identification with the familiar sense of self that is produced by the level of mind that unconsciously talks to itself.

We must attend to our practical responsibilities. That is part of being a human being. But there is no inherent pain in fulfilling the natural purposes of this physical life. Pain comes in when we turn a natural purpose into something personal and become identified with a role that we believe we have to keep in place. When a purpose of ours has run its course, we must be willing to see the ne...

There is a lot of conflict inside of an aspirant's heart. As an aspirant of a true spiritual life, you will run into many inescapable contradictions. Please read following sentence very carefully. There's no difference between not wanting a reaction that punishes you, and wanting to have a reaction that does not punish you. Wanting something and not wanting something are opposites that cannot...

Topic: How to Stop Reliving All the Same Old Painful Experiences (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 6/10/26)

Topic: Use This New Self-Knowledge to Nullify Any Negative State (Remastered Classic Talk) (Classroom Talk 1/28/25)

Remastered Classic Talk: 11/11/15 - Just as a river is renewed -- each moment -- by the creeks and brooks that flow into it, so is our soul intended to be renewed by streams of Light, and all that they serve to reveal; of course... this assumes one thing: that we are empty enough -- each moment -- to receive this ceaseless flow of celestial impressions as they pour themselves into us.

Remastered Classic Talk: 8/3/16 - Authentic spiritual teachings are designed to do two things at once: first, to help us remember that our true nature -- Real "I" -- is an unconditional strength born of an unconditional love. But, the second part of this teaching -- equal in every way to the first, and why the vast majority of aspirants reject true interior teachings -- is as follows: we must also agree to see where some form of weakness...

Classroom Talk: 11/27/2024 - I've been a pirate...looting the hearts of any I could board and pillage for my pleasure. I've been a priest...consoling, and confusing any I could deceive and profit from by my practiced piety. I've been anyone...that everyone wanted me to be: I've danced for a drink, and lied without hesitation to ensure others my word is good. The truth is I've been everyone...but myself.

Classroom Talk: 9/18/2024 - There is no emptiness; there is no fullness. There is only their dance, in an endless turning. Open your eyes! See how they reel 'round and 'round, becoming the other without losing a step. Join the gathering. Everyone's invited, and it's free.

Student Talks: 6/9/2023 - Key Lesson: Part 1: We cannot know the depth and breadth of our highest, heavenly possibilities as long as we fear to explore, realize, and release all that keeps us bound to this earth. Part 2: Our unconscious conditioning goes before us every moment, acting as the unseen judge, jury, and "executioner" of each, and every moment of our life.