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. 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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  2. 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
    • 9 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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  3. 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
    • 16 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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  4. 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
    • 19 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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  5. 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
    • 18 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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  6. 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
    • 8 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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  7. 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
    • 9 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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  8. 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
    • 4 Views
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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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  9. How to Have the Best of Both Worlds
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    How to Have the Best of Both Worlds

    • Posted: 09/09/23
    • Meeting: 06/24/23
    • Time: 00:04:05
    • 11 Views
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    If we were able to always accept every moment as complete and always be at peace, wouldn't it lead to us no longer pursuing anything? Would we not become entirely passive? And wouldn't that be a problem? Are we supposed to be satisfied with whatever is going on at the moment? Isn't some amount of dissatisfaction necessary to drive us to make changes in our lives?

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  10. Do Not Oppose What Opposes You
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    Do Not Oppose What Opposes You

    • Posted: 08/31/23
    • Meeting: 06/24/23
    • Time: 00:06:25
    • 6 Views
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    Will you speak more about how resistance can be our ally to make peace with what is incomplete? How we can remain open when we feel attacked in that moment, not later when the light goes on and I hit my forehead, seeing the test to see if I learned to be open?

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  11. Thought Can't Reconcile ANYTHING!
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    Thought Can't Reconcile ANYTHING!

    • Posted: 08/24/23
    • Meeting: 06/21/23
    • Time: 00:01:51
    • 14 Views
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    The next time that you find yourself in a stew, regardless of how practical it seems, just quietly note and ask yourself, why is there negativity involved in a practical decision? What does negativity have to do with what I need to do? If you just ask yourself that question, you'll start to see that there is always something at the bottom of what it calls practical that's pushing you to get something reconciled in your life.

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  12. An Unbelievable Loss Can Also Be An Unbelievable Gain
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    An Unbelievable Loss Can Also Be An Unbelievable Gain

    • Posted: 08/17/23
    • Meeting: 06/21/23
    • Time: 00:05:54
    • 35 Views
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    In this answer to a viewer's question, "letting go" author Guy Finley talks about how grief over the death of a loved one will complete itself and become something else if we will not resist the experience and allow it to be what it is.

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