Real spiritual growth is a kind of passing; it is the old giving way to the new because you no longer want what you once were. In that quiet passing comes the Self that was always there before (within), but that you are now at last communing with. Every single longing, every prayer you utter is for what is felt to be...

Our eyes see what they do through a reflection of what the light itself reveals. The light sees the reflection of itself. Everything is a reflection of the Divine, and our role is to be the instrument through which revelation can take place.

Any human being who has to hold himself together is someone who is ready to fall apart. Trying to hold yourself together is a terrible way to go through life. Our task is to prove this to ourselves. The fears of falling apart can never be quieted by adding more pieces to your self, such as success or the hopes of success. With this approach to life, you wear out faster, because you now have ev...

Imagine how different life would be if we understood that nothing happens to us that isn't sent our way to help us learn more about the eternal nature of love.

Either we live in the freedom that we know is real -- choosing to embody it in the moment, regardless of the cost -- or we wave a flag called "liberty tomorrow" and suffer the indignity of serving what has already betrayed us.

There exists in you a level of being that can know the spirit that is about to speak before it speaks it. This is the meaning of the scripture, "I go before you to make the crooked places straight." This higher order of "I" is present before the will of a lower "I" is about to act. When you see through its eyes you will not want to enact that which would punish yourself or others.

Consciousness of any unwanted condition in us must precede its correction, just as the rising sun dismisses any of our fears imagined hidden in the darkness of night.

In this excerpt from a talk given on Sunday December 11th 2016, "Secret of Letting Go" author Guy Finley talks about the three wishes of every spiritual aspirant and what's required to fulfill them. The full replay of this class is available in Guy's Online Wisdom School, GuyFinleyNow.org, where you can join other true aspirants from around the world as we work to understand and embody these t...

Keeping the company of Truth is as simple as always working inwardly to be as truthful with ourselves as it is possible for us to be.

There is a very old idea that, as best can be determined, comes to us from the days of the early Christian Desert Fathers. In six concise words it touches upon a certain fact of human nature that even volumes of books would prove unable to express any better: "Fish swim, birds fly... man prays." In other words, it's the nature of fish to glide through water, for birds to soar through open ski...

Each time you can awaken yourself from a self-produced nightmare and pull the curtains closed on its performance, you will reclaim your natural confidence and calm.

You must understand that the dark parts of a person want, and will find any excuse, to get the nature that aspires to return Home to abandon its longing for this reunion.