Topics covered: You are your experience of life; Events don't happen to you, they happen in you; The spiritual life is 100% unknowable; There's no escaping your nature; Feeling abused and let down by others.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the vital importance of going beyond mere knowledge about spiritual principles and beginning the real work of integrating what we know about ourselves into our daily lives.
Student Talks: 2/10/2023 - Key Lesson: Here's an inconvenient truth: being "sorry" changes little, to nothing; only (spiritual) sorrow can help lead us to the liberation of transcending the unrepentant self.
The fall of fear begins with our heightened awareness of fear's presence. Out of this higher level of self-consciousness comes something as mysterious as it is grand: the spiritual intolerance of fear. This deep, nonnegotiable disdain for fear comes to us in advance of the powers we need to win our freedom from it. And the arrival of this supreme strength -- that ultimately leads to lasting...
Guy Finley explains that when strong energetic forces such as anger, rage, and anxiety appear in us, we can either deliberately use them for our spiritual growth, or they will be unconsciously misused and squandered through resistance.
I had an email today from a student saying that there are some things in her spiritual work that she can't agree to do because to do so would make her a hypocrite. Seems there are certain areas in her life where she "fails" miserably"...and to try and help someone else grow in this same area would be a "lie" as she feels so inadequate in the same. I had another email today...that arrived word...
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Classroom Talk: 07/12/2026 - Any real spiritual shock is alchemical; atomic in nature. The energy it releases alters consciousness from the inside-out, changing everything about you…including the way you breathe.
The small handsome sign over the new shop in town was simple. Its hand-carved wood-block letters read: Rare Wine Shop. Hanging directly beneath it was a smaller, arrow-shaped sign, pointing directly to the always-open shop door. Brightly painted letters spelled out the invitation: Visitors Welcome! Taste the difference! And inside the shop the lights were always on, so that no one passing...
A special kind of wisdom has been passed down through the centuries, generation to generation, for one exalted end -- the education of the soul. Thus have willing seekers always been given the means to fulfill the true and higher purpose of their lives. The specially selected talks in Guy Finley's audio program, Education of the Soul, integrate key principles from...