Exercise: Catch the moment where 'no' appears and work to say 'yes' instead. Realize that if your mind is talking to you then it's deflecting something. Catch that point of deflection and choose in favor of reflection and awareness of yourself.

Topics Covered: Being willing to see ourselves as we are is the practice of meditation; A relationship with the Divine doesn't require control or strength; None of us want to be without something to do; We must learn to see equally above and below, light and dark; You are free, the why is a lie; When you talk to yourself you are not the one talking and you are not the one who is...

Topics covered: Discussion of the topic for Talks in the Pines "Quieting the Mind, Freeing the Heart"; What does it mean to be a useful human being; You must be quiet so you can hear life tell you your true purpose; Anytime you're not present to yourself you are serving a lower will; All individual purposes serve a greater purpose; Why does it seem like we have to come up with our own purpose;...

Topics covered: Talks in the Pines 2017 "Seeds of the Soul"; Helping an addicted loved one; Are there spirits that can prevent material success; My family has expectations of me; I was in an abusive relationship and am afraid to love again; Is knowing yourself required before you can surrender; False impressions of myself; What to do when others make poor choices; Bogged down by guilt; Mistrus...

Topics covered: What is inspiration and are there different ways to use it; How can these teachings be applied to art; What is the difference between denial of a problem and letting go of it; How can I better discern practical, necessary thought from unconscious, hurtful thought; How do we drop a disturbance without resisting it; Some of my passions are not supported by friends and family; Are...

Exercise: Catch 'Little I' when it starts talking to you. 'Leave the room' of your noisy thoughts that are giving you a big sense of self, and deliberately go into stillness, where you can have direct communication with Truth.

Topics covered: My wife manages me by punishing our children; Does the term 'law' from recent talks refer to personal beliefs; How do I know if I'm actually in the presence of God or just dreaming; Is it possible to not have a sense of self; How do we distinguish what is not aligned with Higher principle; How do I discern if what I hear from a spiritual teacher is true; How long does it take t...

Transcending any limitation in life begins with being willing to realize it consciously.

Exercise: Write down the weak traits within you, and when they appear work to observe them instead of identifying with them. See that anything in you that wants to talk about the weakness is actually trying to bury it. Go quiet so you can collect facts about the quality of the weakness, and gradually you will come to recognize that it is not 'I.'...

In this short talk Guy illustrates the importance of awareness in every moment of our lives. Who we are presently can't change us. In order to begin the hard work of authentic change we must make it our aim to do one thing in awareness -- sitting down, walking, eating -- even if for just...

Topics Covered: Egotism and self-love produces useless suffering; Useless suffering cannot be separated from useless, unseen resistance; The more we resist something, the more we suffer, believing that the resistance to what we want to do or be will somehow liberate us from what we don't want; The more you talk to yourself about why you suffer, the more you suffer...

Topics Covered: How do I handle my judgmental feelings about my son; Can I still grow while in a toxic relationship or should I leave; How can one heal and free themselves after a sexual assault; Nothing in me loves the truth anymore; When I’m tired and I listen to a talk I’m suddenly reenergized; How does the universe know what's best for you; I’m resentful and angry...