In this answer to a viewer's question, Guy explains that we are either free now, or we are stuck in the illusion that we must fight for freedom in a time to come.

Unconscious pain persists the way that it does in our lives because we don't know how to discern a true inner guide from a false one, and therefore are mastered by every negative thought and emotion that runs through us that describes to us why we feel the way we do.

In this short audio clip, Guy Finley talks about some of the characteristics of free will -- the capacity to choose what we love -- and the higher kind of responsibility that comes with that gift.

In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how a true change of character can be realized by seeing with great clarity what it is that we value most.

In this short talk, Guy Finley explains how real compassion is the fruit of the mind that awakens to where it is harming itself.

There is a requirement of a spiritual student that most are not willing to satisfy: it is called true sensitivity. And no one is truly sensitive who is identified with something. Human beings do not want true sensitivity, even though it might be said that people today are extremely "sensitive" in terms of being easily offended and touchy. The reason people are so wrongly sensitive is because o...

In case you did not hear the news, a young man was trampled to death on "black Friday" at a Wal-Mart in New York by more than two thousand people who broke down the doors at 5:00 AM in a mad rush to secure the best holiday deals for themselves. When we hear about events like this, a person can't help but wonder, "What in the world happened?" The official excuse for what caused the mob to rush...

Classroom Talk: 1/16/2019 - The priceless Gift of Life can't be freely received -- as it is forever being freely offered -- as long as we meet it with any demands upon it.

Classroom Talk: 1/4/2019 - All passing moments -- seen as being high or low, for or against -- should be realized for what they are in reality: just another reflection moving across the mirror of Time, setting the stage for the next revelation of a Life too great to be told.

Classroom Talk: 1/2/2019 - Spiritual effort is not the opposite of grace; the former is how we invite the latter into our lives, which can be summarized as follows: As goes my intention, so comes revelation...And in its supernal light, self-realization.

Never fear the loss of what will, and must disappear in this world of passing time. The work of remembering this timeless, (but unwanted) truth is the same as connecting yourself to the love of an all-embracing, fearless awareness... that never dies.

Looking for the meaning of any experience by taking thought about it is like focusing your attention on the single thread of a magnificent tapestry and hoping to understand the story it tells by analyzing that one thread. The story is so much bigger than that and... so is your true Self.