Guy Finley

Guy Finley's encouraging and accessible message is one of the true bright lights in our world today. His ideas cut straight to the heart of our most pressing personal and social issues — relationships, fear, addiction, stress/anxiety, peace, happiness, freedom — and lead the way to a higher life.
Guy is the author of over 25 books and audio albums that have sold over a million copies in 12 languages worldwide. In addition, he has presented over 1,000 unique self-realization seminars to thousands of grateful students throughout North America and Europe over the past 20 years. Guy has been a guest on hundreds of television and radio shows including national appearances on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NPR, Wisdom Network, and many others. Guy is also director of the Life of Learning Foundation, a foundation with the purpose of "help[ing] individuals realize their True Relationship with Life through higher self-studies." Visit the site at www.guyfinley.com.

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  • Unwrap the Unimaginable Gift
    When we recall the turning points in our lives, the times where we had no choice but to go through those wrenching self changes that come with personal crisis, it shouldn't be hard to remember how sure we were that these same trials heralded our doom. But behind each of these seeming impossible moments stands an unseen (at the time) purpose: to bring us to a certain realization or experience of the truth about our self. And while this medicine may be bitter, it also heals us. How? For...

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  • (Audio) The Sure Cure for Unhappiness
    In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how our level of happiness is ultimately determined by our level of self-understanding. Click here to listen to this podcast "The Sure Cure for Unhappiness"...

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  • Find Freedom from What Wrecks You
    Nothing is healthier for us than the beautiful process of awakening to how we have been unwittingly involved in our own suffering. We stand in good company when we consent to see these truths within ourselves. All truth teachings agree: freedom from compulsive or otherwise self-wrecking behavior begins with recognizing that we have been unknowingly serving what makes us suffer. Yes, awakening to what has been an unseen conflict in us is a challenge, but this interior work of self-realization is...

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  • Riches Beyond Achievements and Acquisitions
    Achievements in and of themselves change little in us… they amount to little more than a merit badge that tarnishes in time; rather it is the suffering we consciously endure in the name of love that helps to perfect and transform our nature into something newer and truer; it is not what we acquire, but what we give (up) that actually enriches us....

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  • The Shock of Successful People Destroying Themselves
    Recently there have been reports of the tragic and untimely deaths of a well-known singer and a promising Olympic athlete. By any account, this is sad news, and all condolences go out to family and friends. But the serious aspirant must look into this kind of unhappy event with a wish to read between the lines, to see and realize the underlying story that leads to such tragedies. How is it that anyone with so much talent, fortune, and fame comes to such a sorry end? Here is one answer for your...

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I am always surprised by your strength—by how happy I am to be too weak to do anything except completely accept you. What is this power of yours? How shall I understand it?
Are you a Gathering Force?
When you come, do you colect all the parts of me that have wandered off high and low looking for you ... somehow drawing the all into one place wherein their deep peace is that they once again know that they neeed never look for anything beyond being drawn into your gentle holding?
~ Guy Finley, Apprentice of the Heart

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“Guy Finley’s insights are an absolute goldmine of true wisdom and AH-HA moments. . . no wonder he is simply one of the best at describing the “inner game” and awakening to a higher level of self. He gently points a finger to our hearts and reminds us to seek within. Something about the passion in his voice as he talks and the way he describes everything makes it so clear that we actually can meet life without all the fears, stresses, anxieties, and worries.”
~ Karen King
Co-Founder, InnerHealingCompass.com