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. Here's the Best Spiritual News You'll Ever Hear!
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    Here's the Best Spiritual News You'll Ever Hear!

    • Posted: 04/02/25
    • Meeting: 04/02/25
    • Time: 00:07:14
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    In this video, we'll explore the concept that the only conflict we ever truly face is the one within us. It's not the world or the people around us, but the outdated ideas, beliefs, and identities that we cling to that keep us trapped in circles of frustration. When we recognize this, life can no longer be a battle. It becomes a journey of self-discovery and transformation.

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  2. Don't Avoid the Emptiness You Feel - Here's Why!
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    Don't Avoid the Emptiness You Feel - Here's Why!

    • Posted: 03/22/25
    • Meeting: 07/05/23
    • Time: 00:06:36
    • 33 Views
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    Discover the profound truth about emptiness and inner peace—one that may surprise you. The greatest obstacle to the peace of heaven isn’t the world, your past, or your future—it’s what you have yet to understand about yourself. In this eye-opening exploration, we uncover a deep resistance within us, the fear of losing our familiar struggles, and the rarest form of self-knowledge: realizing that we don’t truly want to know the truth of ourselves...

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  3. Discover the End to Feeling Empty
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    Discover the End to Feeling Empty

    • Posted: 03/10/25
    • Meeting: 09/25/24
    • Time: 00:06:14
    • 29 Views
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    Real peace comes when you see that neither fullness nor emptiness defines you. No more chasing or fearing -- just witnessing life as it turns, like seasons changing. Shadows aren't real, just reflections of something greater. What if the fear you run from is only your own illusion? Let go and experience the freedom beyond the mind's endless grasping.

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  4. Who Is In Charge When I Get Angry and Upset?
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    Who Is In Charge When I Get Angry and Upset?

    • Posted: 02/24/25
    • Meeting: 02/02/25
    • Time: 00:02:29
    • 31 Views
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    Who is in charge when anger takes over? Guy explains that we often don't realize something else is controlling us in moments of stress or resentment, and invites us to, instead of reacting, pause and ask, "Who is in charge?" Stay with the question without rushing to answer. This awareness creates a crucial separation between our True Self and our reactive nature. Remembering this in the moment can lead to real inner freedom.

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  5. How Do I Stop Self-Judgments from Entering My Mind?
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    How Do I Stop Self-Judgments from Entering My Mind?

    • Posted: 02/11/25
    • Meeting: 02/02/25
    • Time: 00:03:22
    • 26 Views
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    Guy Finley answers a viewer's question about the constant self-judgment we impose upon ourselves. He explains that the need we feel to "succeed" comes from an identity attached to an end goal, and when that goal isn't met, it feels like everything falls apart. Guy goes on to say that instead of trying to control the judgments...

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  6. How Can I Stop Self-Hate?
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    How Can I Stop Self-Hate?

    • Posted: 01/20/25
    • Meeting: 12/11/24
    • Time: 00:05:31
    • 25 Views
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    In this insightful video, we explore the cycle of self-hate and its hidden dynamics. Many of us unknowingly nurture self-hate by identifying with the negativity it generates, creating a perpetual loop of blame and judgment. The key to breaking free lies in awareness—learning to observe and question the patterns driving self-punishment. 

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  7. How Do I Know If I'm Hearing the Divine... Or Just My Own Mind?
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    How Do I Know If I'm Hearing the Divine... Or Just My Own Mind?

    • Posted: 11/02/24
    • Meeting: 08/13/23
    • Time: 00:06:27
    • 37 Views
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    If you are engaged in an interior dialogue with yourself, you are not listening to Divine guidance. In this short talk, Guy talks about keeping it simple. The higher answer to the pain of difficult moments is to see the consciousness that is responsible for the pain, not in struggling to change all of the exterior conditions that are blamed as the reason for the suffering.

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  8. You Can Change Yourself with New Understanding
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    You Can Change Yourself with New Understanding

    • Posted: 10/10/24
    • Meeting: 08/09/23
    • Time: 00:02:21
    • 25 Views
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    In this short talk, Guy explains that nothing outside of yourself is punishing you. What is punishing you is your own resistance to what it feels like when people are rude, crude, or unkind. You want to blame others for the pain that you are in. See the resistance. Be aware of the pain of resisting. Be aware of the pain of blaming. The more you can be aware of that pain, the more unwilling you will be to lend yourself over to the demand that others...

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  9. 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
    • 35 Views
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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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  10. 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
    • 25 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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  11. 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
    • 22 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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  12. 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
    • 32 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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