Guy Finley explains in this brief talk that the wish to run away from psychological pain prevents us from being the true explorers of our lives that we are meant to be.

Guy Finley talks about the nature within us that seeks to condemn us even as it excuses what "it" has done. Whenever we are able to observe these two opposites simultaneously, a third force is awakened. This third force, which is higher awareness, holds the opposites and is perfect reconciliation.

Guy Finley talks about how we have a nature within us that is constantly in motion, but yet never actually goes anywhere because all it can do is move from one incomplete idea to another.

When it comes to fear, anxiety or any other kind of negative state, we can learn to observe and bear the state that is being revealed so that a new understanding of the moment can begin to dawn within us.

Guy Finley talks about how to discern the difference between thought that is practical and useful, versus thought that is unconscious and hurtful.

In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how every moment presents us with an opportunity to learn something new and valuable about ourselves.

In this enlightening short talk, Guy Finley talks about what it means for an individual to set out on the journey to true self-understanding.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Within one thought Are ten thousand things, An endless array Of Golden Rings Touching one another, As Love does Lover... Rising to joy upon Heaven's wings.

Before I dream may I hope for you. Before I long may I reach for you. Before I judge may I listen to you. Before I rush may I rest with you. Before I shout may I call on you. Before I doubt may I hear from you. Before I brag may I point to you. Before I fear may I trust in you. Before I act may I remember you... So that in these things, in all I do, It is not I that am first,...

Most of us like sitting by a river and watching the water or anything else come downstream and then disappear in the distance. When watching a river, we don't usually focus on one thing in the stream and then resist it as it floats by. We are intended to be the observer of the stream of our interior life in much the same way that we would enjoy watching a river.