All identification is dependency; Awareness is seeing without a center; The mind is always trying to dissect life; Every wish to change something in your life is produced by fear; A thought has no substance, it's a representation of something; Fear is built-in to dependency; The way out of your pain is through humility; You must struggle with your weakness instead of use it as an excuse...

Guy Finley talks about the difference between the conditional love that we currently experience, and the real, higher kind of love that our hearts long for, which can only be realized by loving and living in the present moment.

Practicing the presence of God doesn’t necessarily change what comes to us, only who it is that it comes to.

Topics covered: All true spiritual teachings have a singular purpose, and that is to call human beings into another world that already exists within them; An unconscious nature within us believes that it is superior to everything that it judges; The love that lifts a person above the loveless world of thought has an infinite capacity to recognize perfect similarity...

Learning to let the whole world pass us by is the only way to discover that the fear of losing some imagined power, possession, or position in life is the same dying to an equally imagined lower level of self that "lives" to cling to it.

The practice of anchoring our attention in the present moment helps dissolve the suffering born of revisiting any painful moment...

The practice of ceaseless prayer only becomes sensible, and therefore possible, as you awaken to just how truly senseless is the tendency of the unattended mind.

Spiritual wisdom trails intellectual knowledge in direct proportion to the extent that one falsely believes excellence in something can come before a constant practice of the same.

Honesty heals; lies hurt. In these four words lives all one needs to know and practice, that is, assuming one wishes to be whole, harmless, loving, and true.

It is impossible to be thinking about a spiritual principle – as in how to best use it in one’s hour of need – and practice it at the same time.

One of the most powerful forces in the universe available to human beings is also one of the least understood and appreciated. This powerful force is silence. The secret strength found in silence is as practical in daily life as is its true character life-changing. You can actually possess, and reap the benefits from, a quiet mind. When you want to directly enjoy the sunshine, you must go out...

Topics Covered: Thought cannot touch what is spiritual. We are meant to be connected to a much broader and more profound world. All true teachings exist for the purpose of awakening and developing the part of us that can participate in this broader world; Without knowing it we look for our possibilities in the past. What the personality wants and pursues does not serve the soul...