Once we realize -- no matter what we attempt in life -- the "worst" we can do is learn from that experience, then the whole idea of "failure" fades from view and, in its place, freedom appears.

We should count as most valuable any day where, in some small way, we are awake enough to catch our own wrong thinking working to make us its victim.

The true measure of one's strength is not determined by his or her drive, assertiveness, or even his willingness to suffer for the sake of some worldly desire. Instead it is found in the degree to which one will agree to enter into the struggle between the indwelling light and darkness.

Part 1 Self-realization is synonymous with agreeing to make whatever sacrifice is needed to live within Presence; it is the "on the spot" successive payment of one's self -- by one's Self; it is the cost of a conscious relationship with the Holiness of Life... known only by shouldering your part of its plan as revealed in each passing moment. Part 2 It is impossible to be present to...

If anxious thoughts and feelings had any power to help us reach some place in life where, finally, we would be released from the pain of always feeling rushed then . . . don't you think we'd have reached there by now!...

Why is it that we will challenge and then work to change the world's opinions as they concern us, but we never question our own beliefs no matter how much personal pressure, stress and anxiety they may produce? For example, we wouldn't dream of diving for sunken treasure in our bathtub because we know that the best we can hope to find there are a few plastic pearls. And yet we still dive headl...

As long as we are driven by desire, it doesn't matter what we harness in the hope of escaping our pain.

ED: Hello. I'm Dr. Ellen Dickstein. Welcome to a fireside chat with best-selling inner life author, Guy Finley. Today I thought we would talk about a topic that you actually gave a whole series of talks on, and something that you mention quite often: the "turning point." Now, most people when they use the expression "turning point," think of a unique moment in time when maybe they had to make...

There is a very old, familiar expression that states, "The journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step." That commonly used phrase has a great interior, spiritual meaning. It is saying, "Wherever you are, whatever you have to do, no matter what it is that is in front of you... Just start!" Anyone who has ever done some sort of physical exercise on a regular basis knows that sometimes th...

The fear we feel that we can't succeed with starting life all over again is because our old nature wants us to believe that the path to a New Self requires we retrace our steps and fight our way back to an unsoiled starting place in life. But here's the truth: There is no pathway, past or future, that leads to Real Self-Newness. The secret place of all fresh starts in life unfolds right from w...