Topics covered: The real secret of letting go is to discover for yourself that there is a completely different order of understanding in which there is necessary practical struggle, without the useless struggle of trying of bringing an end to your pain; The world believes that it is natural to worry. There is another order of being that does not have in it any lingering negative states like worry...

Topics explored in this dialogue: Our lives are intended to be a constant process of discovery; We're given the fantastic capacity to create and imagine, but it's only part of the story, and we suffer from its incompleteness; The nature which thinks it needs money actually empowers poverty; Negative states are never practical; You will no longer be a fearful person when you die to the part of...

I want to know true peace of mind, but how do I step out of my frantic world long enough to realize it? Can you give me some practical suggestions for staying in the present moment and observing myself? Why do some people seem to exude peace of mind while I struggle to be calm. What is the source of composure, and how can I work to develop it within myself?...

Studying wise principles without putting them into practice is like learning how to read music but never owning an instrument through which to experience the sound of those notes you know.

Topics covered: We try to change exterior conditions in order to change our experience; There is nothing more practical than self-understanding. And there is nothing more empowering than self-knowledge; When we are afraid and anxious, who or what is it that is taking the action to change my experience? Fear and anxiety pretend to be guides; Letting go is about discovering the parts of us that promise power but ultimately make us powerless.

Guy Finley's monthly call-in radio show, Guy Finley LIVE! Topics covered: No rushing exists outside of our thinking; Our problems begin with the way we see life, and not with the life we see; No matter what happens you must use the moment that has been given to you for the highest purpose it is meant to serve; Being relaxed is about doing what's practical and dropping what's punishing; There's...

Topics Covered: We have been betrayed by our own ideas about what strength is. Real strength is not full of conflict and is not full of fear; In order for there to be a new strength, there must also be a new understanding of ourselves; No follower is free. Any sense of freedom based on an exterior condition eventually turns into a source of fear and anxiety; There is never anything practical...

The "hard" part of this practicing of presence in the now is that our habitual mind, the false self, wants to know itself through one thought or another.

Topics Covered: Other than practical or creative thought, we don't need to think; The more you think, the more you sink; When we're identified with anything, we're asleep; Don't try to win, don't try to be strong, just watch and see; We suffer because we have forgotten; The worst that can happen if you go into a moment that you fear is that you'll learn something about yourself...

Topics covered: What is inspiration and are there different ways to use it; How can these teachings be applied to art; What is the difference between denial of a problem and letting go of it; How can I better discern practical, necessary thought from unconscious, hurtful thought; How do we drop a disturbance without resisting it; Some of my passions are not supported by friends and family; Are...

Topics covered: Anything that talks to you about a time to come, other than practical thought, is setting you up for a fall; Human beings are meant to be a finely tuned instrument; You are a captive of trying to free yourself from captivity; Anything a human being wants to escape owns them; The pain that you suffer, regardless of its physical or mental source, has very little to do with the pa...

Topics Covered: The comfort of certainty is the conflict with the moment; False certainty and conflict are one thing; You can't serve two masters, you'll love one and despise the other; Stay awake, watchful, a witness to what "Real I" in you must go through; Everything the mind formulates as the next freedom is the next prison; Give up the idea of "perfect"...