To identify with even the brightest star is to lose sight of the boundless heavens within which it shines... Without whose vast tracts of darkness would no celestial light be seen.

Remastered Classic Talk: 7/22/15 - To identify with even the brightest star is to lose sight of the boundless heavens within which it shines... without whose vast tracts of darkness would no celestial light be seen.

Topics covered: Our present level of consciousness believes it is natural and wise to not-want what we are experiencing; The sensation of life is not life. Believing that sensation is life is a trap perpetuated by a level of consciousness that pursues sensations that it is already familiar with because it produces a familiar sense of self; You don't need to imagine what it is like to be spiritual, because -- when you remember...

Topics covered: staying awake, the more you remember yourself the more you see, the more you see the more you have, choose to be chosen, choose the upward path...

Topics Covered: The inner work we must do is simple, but simple does not mean easy; The world is populated with people who measure their value, and the value of others, through their possessions. People believe that they will not have a life without what they want or don't want; All psychological fear is connected to an identity crisis. One of the root fears is that we will cease to exist...

Living within us dwells an order of being that knows, without thinking about it, what is authentically good for us. The problem isn't that this higher level of being--with its natural, calm command--is actually missing just when we need it most. The real problem is that we forget it!

In this short talk, Guy Finley explains that the purpose of true spiritual teachings is to create something real within oneself that is independent of the events of passing time.

Topics covered: Anytime you are negative you are not seeing the truth of the moment; Without understanding you are under the authority of something that you believe understands the moment; When you make a mountain out of a molehill, you are suffering from TMS: Tiny Mind Syndrome; No moment is ever about just one thing. But it is about one thing to the 'I' that has been stirred into action...

There is nothing that life can deliver to your door that is not effortlessly handled in the same moment you remember this truth: nothing has the right to enter into and remain in your heart or mind without your consent.

Just as we don't see light itself, but only its reflection, so is this true of Beauty and of Love. We see only the expressed reflection, manifested forms, of these eternal characters, not their actual being. This is because light, beauty, Love, are not physical, but spiritual in origin; they cannot be seen directly and can only be known by becoming one with their creative expression.

A famous artist had a hit record long ago containing the lyrics, "I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter, and make believe it came from you." The next moment you find yourself with a stronger connection to what it really means to be a human being, sit down and write yourself a letter about what you think it means to be a real human being.

Guy Finley explains that the idea of "remembering ourselves" is completely different than being drawn into thinking about ourselves. Remembering ourselves is a perfect action that is in harmony with the "celestial tempo," while thinking about ourselves creates a lifeless prison cell that is decorated with familiar pictures.