Through our willingness to work deliberately at placing our usual self in "second place," we agree not only to change the way we see our relationships, but we also agree to be changed by the truths our new relationships will inevitably show us about us.

We don't ever have to worry about happy endings to any of our life stories if we're awake enough to refuse all unhappy beginnings.

Whatever we try to go around in ourselves guarantees it will come around again, which is why the things we fear in life and about ourselves always tend to reappear...

There is no real reason why our lives should ever seem stale or feel futile because real life, of which we are a part, is always new right now.

We're often led to act against ourselves by an undetected weakness that goes before us -- trying to pass itself off to others -- as a strength. This is secret self-sabotage. It sinks us in our personal and business relationships as surely as a torpedo wrecks the ship it strikes. Any person you feel the need to control or dominate -- so that he or she will treat you as you "think" you should b...

Just as we need to keep an eye on the kinds of friends we keep around us, so must we also remain aware of the circle of "friends" we keep within us.

What you experience isn't the event but the content of your own past experience within its narrow confines.

Guy Finley talks about the difference between the conditional love that we currently experience, and the real, higher kind of love that our hearts long for, which can only be realized by loving and living in the present moment.

You break free of unhappy thoughts and emotions by seeing that, even though it may feel that way at the moment, you are not owned by them.

Who in his or her right mind believes -- even for a moment -- that the path to lasting contentment would be paved by continually thinking about everything that is seen as missing from one's life? Such a path may promise pleasure to come but its steps are spiked with discontentment. Let's look at what we must do to free ourselves from our discontentment and that ever-seeking, never-quite-satis...

Your awareness of the power of now can transform each challenging life moment into a new and true beginning for you.

In this powerful talk, Guy Finley talks about how we can have a real relationship with the Divine by seeing with great clarity that we presently give our lives away any time that we ignore what we know to be true.