There is a passage in the Lord's Prayer which states, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." The evil that is referred to in this passage is the temptation to complete ourselves -- the urge to satisfy our longing to understand our true purpose in this life through thinking about ourselves. When we begin to understand that it is possible for us to find real happiness and...

The purpose of true spiritual study is to begin a very slow and steady process by which the human mind that is willing to be educated is brought into the presence of new understanding. This new understanding is not something that you can give to yourself, but it must start with certain ideas that are intended to come between you and your present suffering. Presently our suffering feeds on itse...

The better the instrument, the nearer the actual replication to the original principle. We are meant to be sensitive instruments whose purpose is to let God's hand play His notes through us. And in fact we are created to actually enjoy the "sound" of reality that is being played. As a result of the natural enjoyment of the notes that are being played, we can become for others a reminder that...

Classroom Talk: 3/19/2004 - Any weakness we may harbor in our present character persists only because we have yet to see how its presence compromises our happiness, but a growing awareness of this interior shakiness changes everything. Our awakening stirs within us a Celestial Character created for the purpose of transforming the soul's stumbling stones into the building blocks of a whole new unshakable Self.

Classroom Talk: 3/19/2004 - Any weakness we may harbor in our present character persists only because we have yet to see how its presence compromises our happiness, but a growing awareness of this interior shakiness changes everything. Our awakening stirs within us a Celestial Character created for the purpose of transforming the soul's stumbling stones into the building blocks of a whole new unshakable Self.

In this answer to a viewer's question, bestselling author Guy Finley explains that freedom from fear does not come about through imagining what that freedom is. Our task is to enter into the moment as present to ourselves as we possibly can, and then to allow the intelligence that is inherent in the awareness itself to strengthen our understanding of the true purpose of each moment.

Topics covered: Relationships are a mirror; What we look at in life, even physically, stirs in us something spiritually; Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; We experience moment to moment the revelation of our own consciousness; Relationships are intended to continue to help us develop the capacity we have to act as the vessel of revelation; The purpose of a relationship is to take...

Topics covered: How patterns in relationships are developed; When the student is ready, the teacher appears; My sense of self in any moment is the product of what I'm attending to; The purpose of relationship is revelation; Love favors those who favor love; Understanding the 'Hulk' nature within us; Exercise: 'I am not this weakness'; The ABC's of Relationship Magic: Anger, Blame, and Coercion...

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...

Exercise: Choose to complete the moment instead of compete with it. All moments come with a specific purpose, to fulfill a higher plan. When faced with an unwanted event, catch the appearance of that part of yourself that wants to push its way through no matter what. Work to complete the moment by sacrificing that competing, demanding nature, which then allows a reconciliation between the heav...

Classroom Talk: 7/7/2019 - It is impossible to know the secret holiness of any moment, to realize its divine purpose -- let alone accept your role and responsibility in its appearance -– and resist what the light of that moment has come to reveal to you, about yourself, at the same time.

In a very unique form of arrogance (which is really human alone in its nature and appearance), there is a given attitude, a given perception of life--that one is not only apart from everything that one sees, but that what takes place in one's life is something that the individual (apart from what he or she sees) has some control over and can change at will...