In this Saturday discussion Guy illustrates the anatomy of a true intention and its importance to the spiritual aspirant's wish for authentic change.

The only thing a thousand failed attempts to start our life over proves is that we just keep trying to start from the wrong place... a thousand times. And this is why we must have true self-knowledge, because the journey to a New Life begins within us or... not at all.

What power has any painful moment over us save for having become unconsciously identified with our own negative reaction to it. Seen properly, this means the event we blame for our suffering is like looking in a mirror... and blaming the reflection for whatever we don’t want to see in it!

Real Life is a miracle revealing itself. The eyes that can see this truth are those no longer blinded by (all) the empty promises inherent in the illusion of passing time; to see things as they are... is to be what you are; to be what you are, without wanting to become anything more or less... is enlightenment.

In this Saturday discussion Guy explains how a conscious understanding of the body of laws that we presently live within is essential to authentic change of being.

Most of our fears are based in a false belief that life can throw something at us greater than our ability to rise above it, or whatever frightens us about it. But this mistaken perception is as false as are the limitations it imposes on us. Our True Self never fears unforeseen changes in life any more than the sun trembles before the appearance of a shadow cast by its own light.

Topic: How to Awaken and Practice Immaculate Compassion (Classroom Talk 1/25/23)

In this Saturday discussion Guy delves into the meaning of commitment, and explains that our pursuits in this life are not to arrive at what we imagine, but to expose who we truly are. This is the true commitment that requires sacrifice, and allows what is higher to answer the authentic need within.

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 Saturday discussion Guy explains that we are not the creators of love, but rather the instruments of love through which God seeks Himself. Our biggest problem as human beings is that we are completely separate from the true mystery of life and instead seek to complete ourselves through our unreconcilable desires. The only way real change can take place within us is when we agree to exc...

Guy Finley answers student questions during an informal round table discussion.

Topics covered: Images of ourselves exist instead of us, and they exist only in our mind; Actions that we take against ourselves are the response to unseen anxiety we felt the moment before; To create or to complete, that is the question; Aside from practical thought, the very nature of planning for a moment to come is the seed of fear; Our minds are seeded with constant dissatisfaction...