What is spiritual strength? It can be said in dozens of ways, but for now let's put it like this: it's knowing you don't have to compromise yourself in any way -- with anyone, over anything -- in order to be content, confident, and secure in life. Here are seven proven ways to increase this new kind of spiritual strength. Study them with the wish to uncover the secrets hidden in their empower...

There is a significant difference between "self-improvement" and real spiritual transformation. To understand this difference, consider the following: a newly opened rose is not an improved bud; this naturally fragrant expression of beauty and grace blossoms on its own when sunlight stirs its bud into awakening. Learn to stand in the light of self-awareness. Welcome its soul-stirring touch,...

Eventually you are going to find, through your own work and the opening of your own interior eyes, that which you are intended to find along the road. However, the opening of one's spiritual eyes is a lot different from assessing and mulling over spiritual knowledge with one's intellect. The opening of spiritual eyes means that, now and again, you catch a glimpse of the invisible movement of t...

Guy Finley concisely reveals in this short talk the proper way to spiritually fight for ourselves, which involves seeing the truth about the parts of ourselves that want to drag us down.

When it comes to the possibility of spiritual rebirth, it isn't that God does not will this for all of his earth-clad children. Quite the contrary: In this world of ours the goodness of God's Will is always active through his Son. What nullifies the birth of this eternal Life within us is that we have yet to learn how to ask and receive it. What is freely offered to us goes unaccepted because...

Each of us grows physically without any real inner struggle on our part. Our bodies mature; we learn to tie our shoes, and dance, and do gymnastics. Social skills develop naturally. We grow in our mental abilities as well: we learn a new language, expand our knowledge to grasp a scientific theory, or learn a set of mathematical axioms. This, too, is natural. However, inwardly, emotionally for...

""I've been trying to think of a way in which to express to you something that's very important: No one is going to change you. The fact of the matter is that unless you do your own work inwardly, by law what is below you will gain ground. But if you do your work, what is below you will become part of what is above you. It's an ancient mystery and beautiful paradox. This school that you are pre...

Is having a silent mind essential to spiritual development, and what exactly is gained by practicing inner silence? True silence is not just the absence of noise; it is a kind of spiritual medium in which not only are we able to discern what is false, but through which what is true can increasingly reach us and teach us. It is very helpful to practice some form of being silent. As you devel...

Guy Finley explains that real freedom is not found through obtaining powers or possessions, but in understanding the "wanting" nature within us that feels a captive of anything that interferes with what it wants.

When it comes to the abiding qualities of a truly quiet mind, real inner strength, or a compassionate heart, what attracts and wins this grace isn't what we ask for -- or the urgency with which we make our supplication; only one thing here really counts... and that's what we're willing to give up in order to realize these timeless spiritual gifts.

In the last meeting during his recent talks at Kripalu, Guy told a story about a hero who overcame the beasts that blocked the book of Life by "choosing love"...and then he went on to talk about a missing "spiritual element" in our live that he called "U2." This whole concept made a big impression on and within me. I would really appreciate hearing more on this subject as it somehow makes a sh...

Classroom Talk: 3/21/2021 - We have no greater Friend in life than that small part of us that loves what is True. The more we are able to recognize and honor the fact of this matter, the more powerfully does this interior Friend step forward... And prove to us the value of our love for it.