False Self

Taking a conscious risk involves making a choice to do what's true, in spite of what that choice may cost you.

In this short talk, Guy Finley explains that any state which we call "love" that does not include some kind of sacrifice is actually a secret form of self-glorification.

There is a lower world where fears are real -- where all things, and everyone living in this world, are unknowing participants in the fear that's found there. In this darker realm, the thing feared is inseparable from the nature that fears it, so that any action taken by this nature to end the fear it feels becomes the seed of its next fearful state. For example, say that you're worried that...

Most people want very much to be strong, but they do not seem to be able to find the real strength they yearn for.

Guy Finley explains that true goodness is not measured by actions that validate the image we have of ourselves as being a good. An action that is truly good has no self-reference, and is the natural outcome of being present.

Guy Finley explains that true goodness is not measured by actions that validate the image we have of ourselves as being good. An action that is truly good has no self-reference, and is the natural outcome of being present.

Guy Finley explains that Truth is always gently inviting you to see that the moments you fear are part of a divine path that's intended to lead you to the center of yourself, where you will discover that everything you need to see your way through the fear already exists within you.

A crisis arises when some lie we have deceived ourselves with is revealed to be just that: a lie. But never are the healing powers of the truth so close as when a crisis is at hand. The reason a crisis must precede each new level of authentic self-unity is that the crisis, whatever it may be, points out where we have been holding on to a particular belief, a shaky pretense, or some flattering...

In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how the universe wants us to succeed as human beings. Although it may seem otherwise at times, when we finally understand the truth of this, any and all doubts about whether or not we can really find true happiness will cease.

Guy Finly explains in this short talk that, if we want to be lifted above ourselves, we must see that we cannot reconcile any psychological disturbance that moves through us with the same level of mind that created the disturbance in the first place.

Fear is, and has always been, nothing but a self-limiting reaction that we cling to in the darkness of our present life-level, having mistaken it for a shield of self-protection. But no wrong reaction can keep you captive once you begin to see it for what it is. You can prove this powerful principle to yourself anytime you want. Just dare to proceed even while being afraid. But remember, your...

In this short talk, Guy Finley discusses how we must begin to properly use the gifts we have been given if our wish is to enter into a deeper relationship with the Divine.