Through our willingness to work deliberately at placing our usual self in "second place," we agree not only to change the way we see our relationships, but we also agree to be changed by the truths our new relationships will inevitably show us about us.

Here is a great spiritual paradox, but the first step towards real interior freedom begins with seeing its profound truth: there is only one thing that binds us to any given unwanted moment, and that is... how much we don't want to be in it!...

To know the real pleasure of relationship with any other person requires no thought on our part. On the other hand, thoughtlessness wrecks any relationship into which it rears its ugly head.

Without the work it takes to actualize them, spiritual realizations are as useless as a plow without a horse to harness its power.

There is a part of us that is always trying to figure out what we have to do to be with what we love, instead of seeing that what we love is always with us now. If what we love is not with us now, then it is never with us. The sensation of longing has nothing to do with the love for which we long. Part of spiritual maturity is gradually outgrowing the need we have to be identified with things...

Topics covered: Discussion of Guy's book, The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred and the OneJourney project; Seeing the contradictions in life; Truth is always timeless; There is one seeker that lives in us all; New understanding leads to reclaiming your life; The common thread of all man's seeking; How a true relationship allows us to grow; What does it mean to live a fearless life; You cannot go...

Though we often find ourselves feeling so, in truth... there is no such thing as being powerless. We see how a person who resists life -- who hates or fears unwanted changes -- becomes the instrument of a power that effectively renders him powerless to do anything but struggle. But we've seen the converse as well: the one who realizes that the only power negative states have is to create the i...

Whoever loves to sound his own horn, soon finds himself playing all by himself!...

ED: Hello. I'm Dr. Ellen Dickstein. Welcome to a Fireside Chat with bestselling inner life author, Guy Finley. We're going to be discussing Guy's new book, Apprentice of the Heart. Guy, this book is remarkable, and it's a real departure from your previous books in which you presented principles that people could use to follow the inner journey. This book is very personal, almost like a journal...

Classroom Talk: 5/30/2003 - There are times when the greatest act of kindness we can express towards another human being is to swallow our own sadness, or to refuse to make that sarcastic or impatient remark. Acts of kindness such as these cost us ourselves, and when we agree to pay this price it is a better, brighter world that we buy back.

Whoever loves to sound his own horn, soon finds himself playing all by himself!

Guy Finley explains that anyone who remains in an abusive relationship of any kind does so only because of his or her own weakness and unconscious agreement. As we work to separate ourselves inwardly from the false belief that we cannot live without the acknowledgement of others, we will come to know true inner freedom no matter what our exterior conditions may be.