I am at the end of my rope and can find no one else to help me. I have such a sense of worthlessness; it is like my soul has been ripped out. There is so much anxiety, tension, confusion, insomnia, and now illness. Can you help me find a way to get peace of mind? What realistic strategies are there for me in this circumstance? What can I use to pull myself out of this awful nightmare? (From st...

If, as you teach, the darkness is essentially nothing, why is it so HARD? (From student correspondence)...

Guy Finley's monthly call-in radio show, Guy Finley LIVE! Topics explored in this dialogue: Events in and of themselves have no character, we give them meaning by how we meet the moment; There is no intelligence in a fearful mind; When I hold a strong feeling about something I don't want, the pain I'm feeling is generated by me; What good does it do to be afraid in the face of a crisis, to let...

Guy Finley's monthly call-in radio show, Guy Finley LIVE! Topics explored in this dialogue: What does it mean to reach for excellence in moments of disturbance and when I least feel like it; Excellence is a state of being, from which all things manifested come; We have a primal, archetypal urge to explore ourselves; Instead of trying to attain excellence we must live it; Our pain isn't caused...

Student Talks: 10/14/2022 - Key Lesson: Without an anchor, a ship is carried off by any shallow current or wave that passes beneath its bow. And so it is with us... as long as we try to navigate through this life without being able to anchor our attention in a place of our own choosing.

How can I strengthen my prayer for a new start with the resolve to actually accomplish it? Like so many others, every new year I begin with resolutions to make changes in my life, but by the end of the year (or much sooner) I find myself enmeshed in the same old patterns of habits and choices. How do I break the cycle of useless resolutions, and actually begin to learn something higher about m...

What we call "love for God" is often a form of emotional stimulation -- no matter how high the "high." Presence has a different flavor -- calm, equanimous. So is the high "love for God" a necessary prerequisite for presence?...

Usually I am the most positive person on earth, but for the last week I have heard a persistent questioning within me: "Why struggle so much and give your best? Why worry about helping people? Why not just live a normal life?" (From student correspondence)...

Student Talks: 11/01/2024 - Key Lesson: Realize the Divine Order of Life at Work in You and Watch Fear and Worry Disappear

Student Talks: 10/18/2024 - Key Lesson: The first place to look any time you feel a sudden stab of pain is to see that not only is the sting of this moment a creation of your own hand, but also to see how -- in that very same moment -- you’re being handed the reasons why you have no choice but to struggle with, and suffer over what amounts to a self-inflicted wound.

Interview with hosts Brenda Michaels and Rob Spears of ConsciousTalk.net on 4/24/09.Discussion of Guy's book, "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living."...

How does one live the "spiritual life" yet achieve, prosper and turn loose one's natural gifts? This could apply to business, to sports or to teaching my children the "Great Lesson." Is this like dancing but not caring if anyone is watching or singing and not caring if anyone is listening?...