The meditative life is the natural outcome of having realized the limitations of thinking about yourself.

The quiet awareness of true stillness tells an untold story of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Topics Covered: The purpose of truthful teachings is to interrupt the usual functions of your mind; You never do anything other than "you" again; Our work is to bring us into a new order of awareness of "what is"; The principal action of the mind is to drag everything down into something it can manipulate; Nothing in this world can be born until something dies; Change is one form taking on ano...

You can have consciousness of life. The difference between just living and being aware of the fact that you are real life is so immense that it cannot even be compared. You have to be willing to know that you are alive, as opposed to just thinking about being alive. If you want to know about real life, you have to be willing to be alive, with everything that it entails. Presently we do not tr...

The day will come when you understand that you are intended to be a "message catcher of the Divine" waiting for its breeze to touch you and bring new understanding into your heart. But in order to receive its message, you need to wait in the one place where it can touch you -- in stillness.

Student Talks: 11/1/2019 - Key Lesson: Our experience of any given moment cannot be any more complete than is our willingness to completely receive it.

In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why it is so important for all of us to learn something new and true about ourselves everyday.

Topic: Transforming the Present Moment into a Living Prayer (Classroom Talk 1/11/23)

Classroom Talk: 1/28/2005 - Sooner put out a fire with jet fuel than gain the upper hand on some anxious state by throwing more agitated thoughts into its turmoil.

Classroom Talk: 12/25/2002 - Only what awakens us to our own immortality truly profits us. All else serves only to gently rock us into a fitful sleep in the stream of passing time.

Classroom Talk: 6/25/2023 - Part 1: Enlightenment is instantaneous, but keeping the lights on is another story altogether! Part 2: Intention is the front runner of a race yet to be run, a new order of will yet to be tested, but waiting to be realized.

Classroom Talk: 4/14/2002 - Part 1: True gratitude is the only water that can douse the flames of desire. Part 2: One's pleasures do not necessarily hold feelings of gratitude, but being grateful is always a pleasure.