Topics Covered: We are already a part of something whose power cannot be denied, even when it is refused; Never run from the fear of feeling powerless, and if you don't run you will be given, by grace, the power to see that everything you feared was a lie; The feeling of being powerless is in fact a doorway into a relationship with something that can never be made to feel...

Topics Covered: We are meant to use everything that happens to us to deepen our relationship with peace; I get disturbed whenever what 'I' know is not confirmed by the prevailing condition; Anxiety is a state that tries to find rest by racing through all of the possible paths to take in order to get through the moment; As above, so below. As within, so without; Our experience of any...

Topics Covered: We must be the ones to do the work so that the seed of self- knowledge can grow; There is an ancient prayer that goes, "From the unreal, lead us to the real. From darkness, lead us to the light. From death, lead us to immortality"; It is possible to change our relationship with our own consciousness. The change in consciousness must be an interior one...

Catch every thought that wants to make you the star of the moment. See that talking to yourself about "What does this mean and how am I going to get through it" is actually self-importance having its way with you. Reach for another relationship with life in which you don't have to think incessantly and painfully about how each and every moment affects you and your imaginary reputation.

The gifts given to Jesus at his birth represent the relationship of reciprocity; We don't live in the real world, we live in the world of "never was"; As we are now we give only what we think we can afford; There is no "I" the way you think there is; Judgment is always resistance to a condition; You've been conditioned to believe you're not supposed to have a negative reaction...

Topics Covered: My relationship to life is that I want something from it so I try to take it, but the real premise of life is to receive; The mind never stops; Nature's creatures represent principles we are meant to embody; We are always within conscience; Freedom is ceaseless atonement; A stranger in a strange land; Everything that carries me away feels urgent and critical; The birthing of in...

Topics covered: As you work you will come to see life as relationship, without a 'you' in it; It's impossible to work at perfecting something without being perfected by that work at the same time; Deviant consciousness is a result of unattended imagination; A true school provides you with an opportunity to exchange your life; The first thing a school does is awaken you to unconscious parts of...

Topics covered: We don't understand the significance of being present; If you would remember the Divine you would never forget yourself; The true love of God is the willingness to be present to the light of God at all times; Everything that's wrong in your life is there when there's no love in you; Using reason to develop right emotion; The only hope you have to have a full-blown relationship...

Topics covered: There is a proper relationship between a student and teacher; True Self knowledge is an understanding which is inherent in any moment, not something you have to call upon from your mind; Every spiritual exercise is intended to show the individual that they can't heal themselves; All aspirants have the same question which is, what do I do; The real action turns out to be no acti...

Guy Finley's monthly call-in radio show, Guy Finley LIVE! Topics include: We don't experience real life; Thinking about your life is living in a small world; A rut is a repeated path one takes over and over; An awakened human being lives in another world; The mind imprisons itself every time it imagines freedom; Life is relationship; You are not your thoughts; You cannot complete yourself thro...

Topics discussed in this dialogue: The idea that we can manifest abundance and create our destiny is only half the story -- the other half is that we are creations as well; Our relationship with the Divine is literally intended to be moment-to-moment; No matter what we're doing, we're in the presence moment -- it is the living expression of God at this level of reality; If we're unhappy it's b...

In this special short talk Guy continues his instruction on attention to include the ""Thou Art - I Am"" exercise. This deeper level of work builds on the previous attention exercises...