Between our known negative reactions towards those who we perceive to have offended us, and that healing unknown Love that restores us to the truth of each other, is hidden a kind of conscious changing ground... an inner realm whose entrance is gained by willing intention to Love, and whose sanctuary is won through self-sacrifice. Have you ever been so upset, so disturbed by someone, that i...

Looking for the meaning of any experience by taking thought about it is like focusing your attention on the single thread of a magnificent tapestry and hoping to understand the story it tells by analyzing that one thread. The story is so much bigger than that and... so is your true Self.

The spiritual body that alone can stand the buffeting of all unconscious opposing forces -- that ultimately learns to use them for its own development -- is further perfected each time we struggle, as needed, to remember this one celestial fact: nothing in this world (or the next) has the right -- or the power -- to turn our own attention against us.

When we find ourselves looking for something outside ourselves -- anything -- to complete us, to make us feel whole and happy, what is the nature of this force within us? What kind of power compels us to move heaven and earth to find a way to fulfill ourselves in this way? The answer is surprising! We are driven on by our sense of being incomplete. None of us would feel this compulsion to co...

Topics covered:  "Two words that often go before us in any painful moment are "I want.";  There is a direct relationship between your experience of the moment, and what it is that you are giving your attention to;  We are identified with the very condition that we are trying to escape, which creates the very experience that we don't want."

Part 1: If you can't give the whole of your attention to someone -- or anything, for that matter -- then you can't listen. If you can't listen, you can't possibly hear the whole story. And if you can't hear the whole story, then it's impossible to understand your role in its telling. Part 2: There are no lazy hearts or minds in heaven.

Topics covered: Five words that transform an unwanted moment for spiritual gain -- "XYZ is not the problem"; Resistance is incapable of understanding anything; Words fail to illustrate what only a heart awakened can understand; There is only one moment with a billion different experiences of it; You are a ceaseless birth; Being is the observation of endless doing; Double attention is the natur...

Topics covered: The root of fear is a mistaken identity; Seeking approval from others to prove your worthiness; Learning to use fear instead of it using you; Letting go is an inside job; Using conscience to explore possibilities; Connecting with the presence moment; As goes my attention so comes my experience; Awakening to the parts of you that project a negative reality; Using moments of nega...

Topics covered: Working with the double attention exercises; How do you come to understand and live from the immortal self; Tools for introducing others to spirituality; Walking away from abusive family relationships; Comments on the Easter talk regarding light and dark; How can I live a simpler life; Understanding what it means to 'fall into a pit'; How can I help my young grandchildren while...

Topics covered: Everything in life accomplishes two things at once; Every moment of your life you are taking in some type of food; The understanding that you're a machine is not the same as the revelation of the machine; Imagination has taken the place of sensing; Attention is exclusive, awareness is inclusive; Nothing is more dangerous than spiritual extrapolation; The world is after freedom...

Here's the real spiritual reason you should only do one thing at a time - whether putting on your socks, picking up a pencil, or pouring yourself a cup of tea: The only way it's possible to do more than one thing at a time is to have surrendered your attention to a divided nature that believes just getting things done is the same as doing things well.

Guy Finley's monthly call-in radio show 'Guy Finley LIVE!' broadcast on HealthyLife.net. Topics covered: Making time to pay attention to what is true in the middle of daily demands; Looking for happiness, wholeness, a sense of peace without knowing what you're looking for; Inside of us lives another order of being that is already complete; We are creations with a purpose beyond imagination; Th...