In this answer to a viewer's question, "letting go" author Guy Finley dives deeply into the concepts of "joy and happiness," noting the important distinction between imagined "joy" and the kind of joy that is the natural outcome of life's authentic wholeness. Imagined joy turns into painful resistance to anything that interferes with the image. Seeing this with more and more clarity is freedom from the stressful compulsion to pursue an imagined happiness.

Guy Finley talks about the unnecessary pain that is produced by a breakdown in communication, which is resolved by coming out of our mental dialogs and entering into a broader awareness that is instantaneous communication.

In this short talk, Guy Finley discusses the higher part of ourselves that is capable of observing the whole of all that happens in the stream of time, but yet is not identified with any one part of it.

In this brief clip, Guy Finley explains that "multitasking" is actually the expression of a form of greed, which has its root in fear.

Guy talks about how it can actually be unhealthy to discuss the concept of "being one with God" because, most of the time, we get lost in imagination when we consider the idea. There is genuine "oneness with the Divine" only when, through moment-to-moment self-seeing and work on ourselves, we become the authentic expression of that which never stops giving life.

Question: A shift in consciousness is predicted and needed on our planet. What do you think this shift will be and what will it bring? Answer: First of all, it is not a global shift. Even though there may be global instances and I'm not going to discount the possibility of that. The true shift is the shift in we as individuals. And the shift in individuals, unfortunately, at this poin...

Classroom Talk: 3/27/2024 - New, true self-knowledge re-orders the world we see because, for one thing, the way we experience each moment of life is inseparable from how we understand it; so that just as a fractured mirror can only reflect back an image that seems shattered, so is it true that a divided mind can't see what is holy.

Classroom Talk: 3/20/2024 - So-called "self-love" is the endless hunger of an unconscious nature for the attention of others... to feed its insatiable appetite to feel as important as it imagines itself to be.

Classroom Talk: 5/5/2021 - Peace of mind is not some "place" we can rush to; fulness of heart is not a possession to be claimed. We can only realize that these Divine gifts – of a quiet mind and overflowing heart – have already been given to us: an interior discovery which may prove to be the most difficult thing we will ever agree to do in this life.

Classroom Talk: 2/10/2021 - Our love for what is Right, Bright, and True is meant - in part - to be purified by our willingness to walk into the indwelling Light of a perfectly truthful awareness. The other half of this process requires our willingness to walk away from any part of us that we can see - by this same Light - is untrue...

Topics Covered: Any idea about what it means to be whole is a frature in our consciousness; Every moment is an "assistant coach" working with the Divine; Real learning is not through the intellect but through integration, realization and revelation; Anything that is passive does not want to be disturbed; Resistance is part of the revelation of the moment; Our experience cannot...

Classroom Talk: 6/9/2019 - Part 1: All forms of useless struggle originate from the same unseen source: misunderstanding the true purpose of any moment in life over which you suffer -- uselessly -- in the vain attempt to change it. Part 2: It's impossible to change "what is" but... you can use the pain born of resisting any unwanted moment to realize...