Psychological suffering is born of an unseen, “mechanical” resistance to life; it is the dark offspring of an unconscious nature that believes its painful experience of any unwanted moment is somehow separate and apart from the way it sees and reacts to it, accordingly.

Classroom Talk: 3/27/2019 - Untouched, uncorrupted by what once was, and yet unfolding from it -- as does a new blossom from its bud -- comes forth the ever-present moment. But (such) newness holds no familiar pleasure for a mind locked in time: where its struggle to be free unfolds in self-spun captivity, an unwitting but...

Remastered Classic Talk: 2/15/17 - 

Part 1: Behind every expectation that we have for how we should be treated by others lurks the inevitable sense of feeling betrayed by them any time they fail to hit their assigned mark. Behind this disappointment in their character or demeanor -- in fact, its partner in this kind of discrimination -- dwells an unseen sense of righteousness based on a false assumption that we are nothing like what we are so easily moved to judge.

Part 2: It's always the right time to discover something new and true about our present level of being, even if, in that same moment, what we uncover seems altogether wrong.

We grow through our relationships with life, which means that through them we are shown possibilities about ourselves we never knew existed.

The one who lives in spiritual slavery earns a slave's wages, but blames his poverty upon the master that uses him instead of acknowledging that his unwanted condition in life is born out of giving his consent to live in such a wrongful relationship.

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...

Classroom Talk: 7/10/2024 - What awakens you is not what shakes you in that moment; the light by which you see anything dark within yourself comes from above the conflicted, lower level of self it serves to reveal... and heal.

There are parts of us that would rather be punished by unkind people than have to spend one minute being alone by ourselves, because the only way these same parts in us can exist is if they have someone to resent or somehow fear. In this case, we remain in these ruinous relationships because the fear or emptiness we feel in even considering leaving them is felt to be too much to bear on our ow...

We can only see (in life) what we are -- and the joy or sorrow of our relationships in this world is determined by this invisible spiritual law; all of which explains... If we truly wish to see life anew, we must ourselves be born anew.

Topics covered: Discussion of Guy's new book on Relationship Magic; We blame because we don't understand it is our pain not theirs; Relationships are the most important resource we have; Relationships are the messengers of love and healing; Past painful events are never healed until revealed; The moment is the teacher; Love never hates, attacks, or blames; We look for relationships as replacem...

The first step in harmonious relationships is simple: We need only realize the spiritual truth that we cannot meet someone whom we are not like in some way.

In this answer to a viewer's question, inner-life author Guy Finley talks about doing the right thing in our relationships with others, and how unconditional love does not mean unconditionally tolerating people who repeatedly refuse to see where they are hurting themselves and others.