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Letting Go with Guy Finley

The first step, and in some ways the most difficult along the upper Way, is the separation of the false from what is real; imagine what happens when someone you think is your friend is suddenly seen as always having been secretly set against you. The shock is overwhelming; and the part of you that…

Every year Life of Learning Foundation’s “Talks in the Pines” summer retreat proves to be an unforgettable event for all those who attend, but this year promises to be extra special. In-person attendance is highly recommended as Guy Finley intends to share advanced spiritual practices for deepening your relationship with the Divine. Learn more &…

For better or worse, the quality and content of your life experience is determined by what you are connected to.

Question: Why do some people seem to exude peace of mind while I struggle to be calm. What is the source of composure, and how can I work to develop it within myself? Answer: For better or worse, the quality and content of your life experience is determined by what you are connected to. The…

Every daring dismissal of what we have already been is a conscious invitation to realize who we are yet to be.

Dare to see and experience yourself as you are without giving names to what presents itself before your watchful inner eyes. Allow the meaning of whatever states you see coming up in you to reveal their actual make-up to you, without interrupting their upwelling by explaining to yourself why you see what you see there…

No true spiritual growth is possible without (agreeing to) be uncomfortable.

Any agitation in the soul that is unattended by the conscious light of awareness is a dark heat, one that is unable to change anything about itself except for what it blames for its burning state. *** Real spiritual responsibility begins with our conscious agreement to stand — in full self-awareness — between the force…

Freedom from self-wrecking behavior must begin with our recognition that we are voluntarily serving that which compromises us, even though we may strongly claim the counter is true. Such a conscious awareness of (this) conflict inherent in our own divided mind may be difficult to endure, but only if we fail to realize this last…

There is no such thing as the innocent remembrance of some past pain or tormenting moment in your life.  
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