In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about our common need for a higher kind of love that releases us from feelings of fear, doubt and hopelessness.

This evening, while reading another's account of his longing for his one, true Love, I couldn't help but be struck that my love for you paled in comparison . . . and here was the shock: The impassioned heart, mine in this instance, believes itself to be incapable of any greater longing than itself can bear. But plainly there are greater hearts; hearts whose nature can not only endure greater...

Why is it that we so seldom remember to help another at the cost of ourselves, and yet find it so hard to forget those who fail to remember us in our hour of need?...

Even all by yourself, and in the middle of nowhere, you -- who reach for the hand of God -- are never alone, for he already holds your heart within his own.

Any fear of some troubled tomorrow disappears as quickly as we are willing to remove our sense of self from the dark thought that imagines it.

When you focus on feelings of loneliness, you become identified with the part of you that is producing the very condition you don't want. The more you talk to yourself about why you are alone and why people don't like you, the more you emanate an energy that actually creates distance between you and other people. The only way this comes to an end is when you start to understand that you are yo...

Any fear of some troubled tomorrow disappears as quickly as we are willing to remove our sense of self from the dark thought that imagines it.

All of our relationships, in particular the one we have with those we love, exist for a dual purpose, along with its great promise: first, most of us understand that our partner in life is there to help us grow, to awaken and stir in us, accordingly, an awareness of love's highest possibilities. But the other -- and equally important half of this same purpose and promise -- without which the f...

Topics covered: Should I quit my job before having another one lined up; The more I'm aware of my suffering, the more I suffer; How can a spiritual aspirant stand against aggression without reciprocating; How can God be both merciful and punishing; Questions about the Active Double Attention exercises; Why does success come more easily to my less responsible partner; I don't know whether to st...

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I've been trying for sixty years to overcome my negative, dark states. I'm divorced, lonely, have no kids... I'm broke and likely to lose my job next year. I have lost all hope of ever changing. I feel like I have nothing to live for and I'm not going to become "enlightened." I can't find a purpose in my every day life. On my best days, I talk myself into believing I'm a child of God, and for...

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