In this answer to a viewer's question, "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about how children learn more from us because of who we are, from the communication of our actual nature, than from anything that we say.

The idea of Mother's Day is beautiful, but it is not meant to simply celebrate our mothers with false sentimentality. It is meant to be a reminder of humility, receptivity, and an openness to receive and conceive the new birth within ourselves.

"Secret of Letting Go" author Guy Finley explains what Mothers Day represents spiritually, and what a real "Mothers Day" actually is.

Guy Finley explains that you can't change a situation you don't want without first changing the nature that got you into it in the first place. Unless that nature changes you'll fall back into the same patterns and attract the same people and unwanted events. Seeing the situation from a higher view reveals the lower level you've been acting from. Then real change can happen.

Guy Finley explains that anyone who remains in an abusive relationship of any kind does so only because of his or her own weakness and unconscious agreement. As we work to separate ourselves inwardly from the false belief that we cannot live without the acknowledgement of others, we will come to know true inner freedom no matter what our exterior conditions may be.

In this short video clip, Guy Finley explains that because children learn mainly from visual cues and emotional signals, the best and most effective way to teach them is by being a living example of the understanding that we wish to impart.

Guy Finley responds to a question about the spiritual potential of autistic children, and reveals that the true responsibility of a caregiver is to first live up to their own potential.

In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about three stages in the life of a spiritual aspirant: first we explore the world, then we develop into good householders, and then if we are truly fortunate, the remaining years of our lives are spent in the pure pursuit of developing an authentic relationship with the Divine.

Guy Finley talks about the importance of never meeting a child's negative state on the same level of negativity. To truly help a child who is negative we must observe what that behavior elicits in us, and meet it with awareness.

Topics covered: Why did you write the Relationship Magic book; Every limitation we need to transcend in ourselves is done through our relationships; Our relationships allow us to grow in a love that is unconditional; Being a parent requires self-development; As goes my attention, so comes my experience; Revealing allows a healing; Learning to let love come first; Shattering the patterns produc...

Topics Covered: Resistance claims to know in advance how to be at peace; Use your life to discover the truth that sets you free; You can't have a judgment without there being something in place prior to the moment; Is the feeling of a negative state pleasurable, or painful?; With every judgment there is an attending pain; The pain begins with a consciousness that already knows...

Topics covered: Discussion of the topic for Talks in the Pines "Quieting the Mind, Freeing the Heart"; What does it mean to be a useful human being; You must be quiet so you can hear life tell you your true purpose; Anytime you're not present to yourself you are serving a lower will; All individual purposes serve a greater purpose; Why does it seem like we have to come up with our own purpose;...