The seed of greatness is sown in an instant, but in this world of ours everything great takes time to grow. This means that patience, mingled with persistence, is the special nutriment that sustains all things great. Therefore, should we wish to win the Great Life, we need only add equal measures of quiet watchfulness to our spiritual willingness and a Great Goodness cannot help but flourish w...

It is not the appearance of daily dark clouds that makes our lives seem suddenly dreary or stormy, but that we disappear into these negative states of self and, in our subsequent spiritual sleep, then mistake these storms for being one and the same as ourselves. Who you really are is to these storms as is the bright beam of a lighthouse to the dark rocky shoals it illuminates.

As we wake up to those parts of us that would have us believe we can change our lives by following the directions of the very self that we no longer wish to be, then we are on our way to winning a New Life. The Real spiritual journey begins with letting go of who we have been instead of calling upon it to be our travel guide.

More and more these days, as a result (primarily) of unproductive spiritual practices fomented by false teachers, I receive questions similar to these that follow. My answers follow. What is your opinion on the use of psychedelics by aspirants who seek to know life that way? If psychedelics can revitalize a relationship with life thus making more valuable people, spiritually, then why do you...

That we should search only our own conscience for confirmation of what is good and true, this is the best definition of integrity. For that which is good and true is not social in nature, but spiritual in need and in deed...

True spiritual "progress" is inseparable from seeing, and agreeing to undergo whatever it takes to effect real changes in one's character. Such interior action never moves in a single direction, but rather occurs in all directions at once, like the radiations of the sun. To understand the truth of this means that one cannot have and hold a wish for stability at the same time one is working to...

If our spiritual Aim in life is authentic inner-change, then we must know two facts. First, any measure of True self-change is the positive effect of one having paid the price to realize some new degree of self-wholeness... Which means, secondly, that any time we look outside of ourselves and find blame with others for putting us through painful changes, we are inwardly divided and must be he...

Show me someone who is identified with his or her conviction (about anything), and I'll show you a soon-to-be apologist. The true spiritual battle takes place between being right or wrong, between fight and flight; it isn't until "Yes and No" have been properly explored -- and ultimately expired -- that the aspirant reaches a new level of self understanding. May the New Year be bright and f...

Topic: How to Spot a False Inner Guide From the True One; Questions: Is the devil a man-made creation so we have something to blame for our suffering; Working with the Stop, Drop, and Endure exercise; How do I know whether the strong feelings that surge through me are the 'real me'; I understand I should observe without thinking but my tendency is to analyze everything.

Guy Finley's monthly call-in radio show, Guy Finley LIVE! Topics covered: We come into this world as Seekers; The reason we seek is because it brings us into relationships, and relationships reveal levels of consciousness; The real search begins where I am, with what I am, in what I am; It is the Sacred that is searching for itself in us; There's nothing wrong with any particular path, except...

Just as there must be a marriage between the aspiring soul and the timeless Spirit that gives it life, so must there be a union between spiritual sweat, sacrifice, and the fruit of what that interior work reveals.

Guy Finley talks about how unnecessary anxiety, fear and suffering can come to an end when we voluntarily agree to become conscious of the parts of ourselves that presently hide out in the dark.