We are a peculiar race of beings. On one hand, each of us professes to be concerned with growing and self-developing while, on the other hand, none of us ever wants to be wrong. This is a paralyzing contradiction. If we are always right, or at least afraid of being wrong, what have we to learn? Couched in our hidden attitude is that we already know everything. This is a serious problem if we a...

How many of you are short fused? We'll say it in other words. How many of you have virtually no tolerance for anything outside of what you want? On a scale of 1 to 100 degrees, what is your acceptable range relative to meeting moments? Is it something like 2 to 98? Or is more like 78 to 79? That's about it, isn't it? This tiny little bandwidth, and if anything even threatens to...

Nothing makes less of us than trying to be more than whatever the present moment asks us to be... regardless of its nature.

Classroom Talk: 4/9/2023 - We can keep running through our day -- rushing to get to where the next thought tells us we need to be -- or we can work to let these painful impulses pass into, and through us; there is no other choice: either we're awake, and aware of the presence of this "demanding self" -- watchful, and willing to die to its dark will -- or we're caught in its draft, in a painful race going nowhere fast.

Key Lesson: Part 1: The divided mind -- driven as it is by unconscious desires -- is very similar to a dog that has learned to throw its own stick. It cannot come to a rest until it has exhausted itself, and even then it can’t let go of what it feels compelled to chase. Part 2: The cost of starting over spiritually is not what we pay to achieve some distant desire, but it is in our...

Topics covered: How do you let go of wrongs done against you; Is the story of Adam and Eve related to the divided mind; Can a person with no belief in a divine power achieve a higher life; What is the difference between resistance and standing up to bullying thoughts; Self-judgment seems to take away my simple joys and spontaneity; What is the importance of a spiritual school; Why is love toda...

In this special Saturday discussion during our Holiday Banquet Weekend, Guy answers questions on a variety of inner life topics, including: The real work begins in earnest when you realize that your mind is always occupied; You are given two gifts -- time and attention; Don't let a day go by without setting a spiritual intention; How do you know that you're on the right path; You can't hold on...

Saturday video Q&A with Guy Finley recorded at Life of Learning Foundation on 12/3/11. In this special Saturday discussion Guy answers GuyFinleyNow member questions on a variety of inner life topics (see below). Topics covered: What is the relationship between illumination and salvation; Why is it so hard to let go of worries and fears; Could you expand upon the idea DTO (Do the Opposite); Is...

At least twice a month I receive an email or letter telling me how much anger and hatred the person is feeling towards someone who betrayed them in some way...and asking how on earth can it be possible to live without this recurring resentment and its searing pain. It's hard to put these personal kinds of trials into proper perspective because we are dealing with the operations of two worlds...

We all want the comfort of knowing that there are things we can count on, that there is something in this life permanent. Yet, everything seems to slip away from us; people, places, and events all change. And as they go so does our sense of security, leaving us once again seeking something to give us a permanent sense of well-being. There is a cure for this seemingly endless longing...

Real higher understanding supplies you with everything you need to actualize it: clarity, instruction, and encouragement to succeed.

We have an essential need to be at peace. Part of that essential need to be at peace is to know that we are in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing -- and to know it in such a fashion that nothing can come along and convince us otherwise. There is only one way that can happen for us, and that is through the idea of being a true individual...