Short Talks

These insightful and stirring audio clips, recorded live during Guy Finley's ongoing classes, deliver quick nuggets of condensed wisdom. Audio blog-style talks on a variety of topics are 3-25 minutes in length. Many clips are part of Guy’s ongoing Podcast series. Subscribe to Guy's free Podcast and be informed as new ones are posted.

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  1. We Cannot Excuse Our Way into Peace of Mind
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    We Cannot Excuse Our Way into Peace of Mind

    • Posted: 09/12/24
    • Meeting: 09/12/24
    • Time: 00:11:00
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    We cannot excuse our way into peace of mind. It is impossible to excuse our way into having peace. If we let an excuse, or a justification, or an explanation become our guide in the moment we do something unkind, then we will never enter into this new level of being where the strength that we seek, and long to participate in, awaits us.

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  2. What Does it Look Like to Live an Awakened Life?
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    What Does it Look Like to Live an Awakened Life?

    • Posted: 02/02/24
    • Meeting: 08/09/23
    • Time: 00:04:23
    • 11 Views
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    In this short talk, bestselling "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about what it means to wake up from spiritual sleep, which does not include comparing ourselves to what the world says it means to live an awakened life.

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  3. We are Given Everything that We Need
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    We are Given Everything that We Need

    • Posted: 01/22/24
    • Meeting: 08/06/23
    • Time: 00:01:44
    • 7 Views
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    In this brief Q&A session, "Secret of Letting Go" author Guy Finley talks about bringing an end to the painful position of thinking that life owes us something, and what it would mean to have real gratitude.

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  4. Do What You Know is Right and True for You
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    Do What You Know is Right and True for You

    • Posted: 12/08/23
    • Meeting: 07/23/23
    • Time: 00:04:50
    • 6 Views
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    In this answer to a viewer's question, inner-life author Guy Finley talks about doing the right thing in our relationships with others, and how unconditional love does not mean unconditionally tolerating people who repeatedly refuse to see where they are hurting themselves and others.

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  5. The First Aim is to Remember Yourself
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    The First Aim is to Remember Yourself

    • Posted: 12/01/23
    • Meeting: 08/02/23
    • Time: 00:04:01
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    In this answer to a viewer's question during a live broadcast, "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about how everything in our lives becomes rightly organized -- including the pursuit of goals -- if we will remember to put first things first.

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  6. I've Become Estranged From Someone Very Close To Me
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    I've Become Estranged From Someone Very Close To Me

    • Posted: 11/18/23
    • Meeting: 07/26/23
    • Time: 00:08:53
    • 3 Views
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    In this answer to a viewer's question, "Secret of Letting Go" author Guy Finley provides some insights into how there can be resentment, antagonism, and hostility between two people who claim to love each other.

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  7. On the Other Side of the Resistance is the Flow
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    On the Other Side of the Resistance is the Flow

    • Posted: 11/02/23
    • Meeting: 07/19/23
    • Time: 00:04:44
    • 3 Views
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    In this answer to a viewer's question, "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about the difference between observing a particular psychological condition -- such as feeling a lack of energy -- and resisting the condition.

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  8. This is What Unconscious Resistance Is
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    This is What Unconscious Resistance Is

    • Posted: 10/23/23
    • Meeting: 07/16/23
    • Time: 00:04:09
    • 6 Views
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    In this answer to a viewer's question, "letting go" author Guy Finley shares some insights about staying present as the observer of fast and furious thoughts, as opposed to getting pulled down into their world.

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  9. You Can't Hide from What You Don't Want to See in Yourself
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    You Can't Hide from What You Don't Want to See in Yourself

    • Posted: 10/12/23
    • Meeting: 07/05/23
    • Time: 00:03:15
    • 1 Views
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    In this short talk, Guy explains that no matter how fast or far we may run, it is impossible to outdistance, let alone hide from what we don't want to see in ourselves.

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  10. Is Being Overwhelmed a Trick of the Mind?
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    Is Being Overwhelmed a Trick of the Mind?

    • Posted: 10/09/23
    • Meeting: 07/02/23
    • Time: 00:04:00
    • 3 Views
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    In this video clip Guy addresses the following question that was submitted by an online viewer: "I watched negative states telling me to react to this and that. I stood there. Then I was driving to work and I didn't stand there. They surrounded my mind. I felt consumed by I's. Is being overwhelmed a trick of the mind?"

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  11. What Am I Doing on This Planet?
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    What Am I Doing on This Planet?

    • Posted: 09/30/23
    • Meeting: 09/24/23
    • Time: 00:08:13
    • 1 Views
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    Watch this short excerpt by Guy Finley in which he tells two poignant stories that illustrate our deepest wish to know our purpose in Life and answer the ultimate question, "What am I doing on this planet?"

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  12. Connect Yourself Directly to the Source of Wisdom
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    Connect Yourself Directly to the Source of Wisdom

    • Posted: 09/27/23
    • Meeting: 06/28/23
    • Time: 00:04:12
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    In this question and answer exchange with an online viewer, "letting go" author Guy Finley answers the following question: Could you please comment about the relationship between human condition and divine order in us?

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