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 Final and Absolute Secret to a Fearless Life
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    The Final and Absolute Secret to a Fearless Life

    • Posted: 12/14/16
    • Time: 00:05:10
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    Best-selling "letting go" author Guy Finley explains how psychological fear is always connected to the idea that something of value can be taken from us. But who we really are cannot be hurt.

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  2. How to Find Lasting Freedom in Spiritual Stillness
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    How to Find Lasting Freedom in Spiritual Stillness

    • Posted: 08/17/16
    • Time: 00:11:49
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    Guy Finley explains that real freedom is not found through obtaining powers or possessions, but in understanding the "wanting" nature within us that feels a captive of anything that interferes with what it wants.

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  3. Choose to Remember the Light
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    Choose to Remember the Light

    • Posted: 05/23/16
    • Time: 00:06:39
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    Guy Finley explains that the path to a quiet mind is not through battling with what we think opposes our peace; it is by remembering what we love, and giving our attention to self-observation so we can instead be a witness of the moment.

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  4. How to Know a True Inner Guide from a False One
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    How to Know a True Inner Guide from a False One

    • Posted: 05/06/16
    • Time: 00:15:24
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    Guy Finley explains that being able to discern a true inner guide from a false one begins with understanding that any moment that disturbs us is actually intended to be a moment of illumination. Our first task in these moments is not to take action, but to work to be still and see the whole of the moment in a new way. The true guide is always a healing force, while the false guide is a conceal...

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  5. Slow Down, Wake Up, and Become Watchful
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    Slow Down, Wake Up, and Become Watchful

    • Posted: 03/28/16
    • Time: 00:06:03
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    When the mind is asleep to itself, fearful imagination kicks into gear whenever unwanted events occur. We then resist the very outcomes that we have imagined, and then we end up looking for something outside of us for rescue. In this question and answer session, Guy Finley talks about why the right answer in these moments is always to slow down, wake up, and become watchful.

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  6. Refuse Abuse, Within and Without
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    Refuse Abuse, Within and Without

    • Posted: 03/02/16
    • Time: 00:12:50
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    Guy Finley explains that anyone who remains in an abusive relationship of any kind does so only because of his or her own weakness and unconscious agreement. As we work to separate ourselves inwardly from the false belief that we cannot live without the acknowledgement of others, we will come to know true inner freedom no matter what our exterior conditions may be.

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  7. What is True Prayer?
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    What is True Prayer?

    • Posted: 01/19/16
    • Time: 00:13:07
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    Guy Finley explains that a real prayer formulates naturally within spiritual aspirants once they clearly see the fact of their own nature, and realize the necessity for genuine higher help.

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  8. Awaken True Spiritual Sensitivity by Learning What it Means to "Wait" on Life
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    Awaken True Spiritual Sensitivity by Learning What it Means to "Wait" on Life

    • Posted: 12/29/15
    • Time: 00:05:30
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    In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how we must learn what it means to wait on God if we wish to be connected to more than just the temporary sensations of passing time.

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  9. Learn to Use Energetic Forces for Self-Revelation
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    Learn to Use Energetic Forces for Self-Revelation

    • Posted: 10/23/15
    • Time: 00:06:10
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    Guy Finley explains that when strong energetic forces such as anger, rage, and anxiety appear in us, we can either deliberately use them for our spiritual growth, or they will be unconsciously misused and squandered through resistance.

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  10. Your Pain, Planetary Forces, and the Unseen Path to Freedom
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    Your Pain, Planetary Forces, and the Unseen Path to Freedom

    • Posted: 10/15/15
    • Time: 00:06:56
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    In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how we are not intended to manipulate or control everything that we see within ourselves. We are instead intended to watch and witness what is being revealed so that a higher kind of reconciling force can act upon what has been disturbed within us.

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  11. Are You Living in the World Called "Waking Sleep"?
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    Are You Living in the World Called "Waking Sleep"?

    • Posted: 09/27/15
    • Time: 00:06:25
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    In this short talk, Guy Finley explains that when we begin to observe that most of our time is spent in a sort of twilight state of sleep, we will begin to understand the necessity for waking up and working to remain present to ourselves.

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  12. Step Out of the Prison of Familiar Suffering
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    Step Out of the Prison of Familiar Suffering

    • Posted: 06/26/15
    • Time: 00:05:14
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    Guy Finley explains that until we get tired of living from the negativity we've accepted in our lives we will continue to push away new possibilities. But just starting to doubt this false certainty of the inevitability of negativity is the first step out of this self-made prison.

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