Guy Finley's Blog: 3/17/10 The First Step to Awakening True Spiritual Strength
The hardest part of the journey along the upward path is the gradual realization that one's work to awaken is, at best, imperfect. Along the ascending path each footfall serves to echo an unwanted reminder of one's imperfect actions, imperfect thoughts, imperfect emotions, imperfect devotion, imperfect attention, so forth on and so on. However, seeing the truth of oneself in this light is but half the trial, and in some ways the lesser of the challenges to be faced along the Way.
Audio (28 min): 2/26/10 Further Adventures in Attention
In this special talk on attention Guy explains that we must begin to separate ourselves from interior and exterior influences because presently, we are ruled by them. We are meant to be a co-creator in using what we've been given for its intended purpose. Revelation is integration and this is discovering the relationship with what is whole. But tension separates us
Video (22 min): 7/9/04 Realize Your Higher Personal Possibilities
The road to true success begins with a step towards uncovering our true purpose in life. Journey with self-development author Guy Finley as he shows us how to navigate the territory of the ever-new Present Moment. Explore the promise, the purpose, and the power of the Higher Self that waits to be awakened in each of us.
Audio (56 min): 3/14/10 Start Standing on Your Own Two Feet
Classroom talk given by Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 3/14/10. Key Lesson:
Part 1: It is an unthinkable spiritual paradox that before one can ever hope to be dressed for the marriage divine, one must first see how unsuited he or she is to know such a Love.
Q&A: Accepting the Invitation
QUESTION I am wondering if all spiritual teachings, especially concerning being present and realizing expansion and contraction, apply to my current situation. My spouse of man
Audio (30 min): 2/2/10 Interview hosted by Guy Rathbun
Topics explored in this dialogue: What we become attached to limits us; If we don't learn lessons, they return; Resistance is the ultimate source of all repetitious, painful routine; When you listen to the solutions that negativity offers, it's like asking a shark to guide you out of the water; If you're never wrong, you can't learn; The true meaning of 'Love thine enemies.'
Audio (9 min): 2/24/10 Just Let the Music Play
Short talk given by Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 2/24/10. Talk Summary: In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it would mean for us to let real life sound its essential notes within us without the unnecessary dissonance of our resistance.
Audio (7 min): 2/14/10 A Story About True Love
Short talk given by Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 2/14/10. Talk Summary: In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the nature of a higher love that never fails to respond perfectly to what is being requested by the present moment.
Audio (13 min): 2/12/10 Master the Bucking Bronco Called Your 'self'
Short talk given by Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 2/12/10. Talk Summary: In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about an altogether new kind of victory that can be ours if we will agree to see what the present moment reveals within us.
Guy Finley's Blog: 3/8/10 End the Fear of Being 'Nothing'
If the sky were empty, birds couldn't fly.
Q&A: The Pain of Others
QUESTION I was told recently of a man with a terrible debilitating disease. It was a reminder of a great lack of understanding in me. My first impression is a terrible sense of
Audio (58 min): 3/7/10 How to Move Mountains Out of Your Way
Classroom talk given by Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 3/7/10. Key Lesson: The suffering inherent in negative states is the dark creation of a level of self that believes its conflict with life can be reconciled through resistance.
Audio (46 min): 2/19/10 The Greatest Accomplishment of All
Classroom talks given by Students of Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 2/19/10. Key Lesson: The only truly worthwhile "accomplishment" -- the one action that stands the test of passing time -- is the interior work we do that allows God to accomplish His task in our soul.
Guy Finley's Blog: 3/4/10 The Gift of Meditation
When you go outside on a beautiful day, do you step into the sunlight and <em>try</em> to enjoy the warmth, or isn't the enjoyment inherent in the experience? Similarly, when you see a falcon fly amongst the trees, land, shake its tail, and then survey its domain… or a great buck with its massive horns, broad chest, and strong neck… do you <em>try</em> to feel the nobility of these creatures? Or isn't that feeling just part of the whole moment that you yourself have become one with?
Audio (54 min): 2/28/10 Smash the 'Beggar's Bowl' Called the 'Opposing Self'
Classroom talk given by Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 2/28/10. Key Lesson: Until we learn to make peace with our own sense of emptiness, we will never know the true nature of fulfillment.
Audio (2 min): 2/7/10 The Secret Reason for All Rocky Relationships
Short talk given by Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 2/7/10. In this short talk Guy explains that the only problem we have with others is our lack of resolve to keep our attention. When we see that this is what ruins relationships we will treasure our attention. Already living within is what is capable of handling any moment because there is "no one" there trying to handle it.
Video (22 min): 7/2/04 Keys to the Liberation of Consciousness
Learn how letting go of what troubles you is the same as freeing yourself from its grip on you. Best-selling human potential author Guy Finley shows us how to unlock the doors of our consciousness and open our hearts and minds to a life free from fear, stress, and pain.
Audio (39 min): 2/13/10 The Path That Leads to Self-Perfection
In this Saturday discussion Guy exposes the life lived from a divided mind and the suffering that ensues. A mind apart from the reality we see doesn't know it perceives through its own senses and that there is more to life than what we sense. What we really want in our heart of hearts is to be at peace.
Q&A: Love of Truth
QUESTION I love the truth but, truth be told, I struggle every day of my life to remember it in moments I really need to! Though I don't like the thought, lately I'm beginning
Audio (24 min): 2/12/10 Stop Sowing Seeds of Sorrow
Classroom talks given by Students of Guy Finley at Life of Learning Foundation on 2/12/10. Key Lesson: The seeds of "what will be" are planted in the here and now, a fact of life that guarantees one thing: unless we do the inner work to be aware of ourselves in the present moment... yesterday will be our tomorrow.