About this episode
Best-selling "Letting Go" author 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 important personal and social issues – relationships, success, addiction, stress, peace, happiness, freedom – and lead the way to a higher life. Finley is the acclaimed author of The Secret of Your Immortal Self: Key Lessons for Realizing the Divinity Withinand more than 40 other books and audio albums (plus over 1,000 unique audio programs) that have sold millions of copies in 24 languages worldwide. His syndicated weekly radio program is aired on several international networks including Healthy Life Radio, Achieve Radio, Sedona Talk Radio, and Healthlife.net. Guy is a faculty member at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York and is a regular expert contributor to Beliefnet.com, the Huffington Post and many other journals. Guy is the founder and director of Life of Learning Foundation, the renowned non-profit Center for Self-study in Merlin, Oregon where he offers four inner-life classes each open to the public. www.guyfinley.org www.guyfinleynow.org www.onejourney.net Facebook Page Free MP3 Audio Album - Seven Steps to Oneness: Journey to a Whole New Life More books: The Meaning of Life(audio album) Life Is Real Only When You Are CD Album(audio album) The Essential Laws of Fearless Living: Find the Power to Never Feel Powerless Again Let Go and Live in the Now: Awaken the Peace, Power, and Happiness in Your Heart The Intimate Enemy: Winning the War Within Yourself The Lost Secrets of Prayer: Practices for Self-Awakening Design Your Destiny: Shape Your Future in 12 Easy Steps 365 Days to Let Go: Daily Insights to Change Your Life The Courage to Be Free: Discover Your Original Fearless Self The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred: Journey to the Greatness Within Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 8/8/2015 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:47 - Growing up in Hollywood with the In-Crowd 00:09:12 - The Bonsai Tree Experience and the Revelation of Self 00:13:20 - The Journey of Self-Discovery 00:18:02 - Milestones on the Path of Self-Realization 00:22:42 - The Foundation Must Be Laid 00:27:19 - Discovering Truth Within Myself 00:31:37 - The Value of Heartbreak and Resistance 00:35:56 - The Importance of Patience and Tolerance 00:40:15 - The Intelligence of Awareness 00:45:06 - Seeing the Celestial in the Common 00:49:54 - Seeing Life in a Different Way 00:54:36 - Resistance and Negative States 00:59:28 - Recognizing and dealing with negativity 01:04:16 - The Practice of Purifying the Nadis and Energetic Patterns 01:08:52 - Seeing through the Illusion of Self 01:13:38 - The Benefits of Meditation and Alignment 01:18:15 - The Interface between the Subtle and the Gross 01:22:51 - Useless Suffering vs Voluntary Suffering 01:27:11 - The Tipping Point of Consciousness 01:31:24 - The Interpretation of the Trinity 01:35:57 - Understanding the Cycle of Happiness and Unhappiness 01:40:09 - Transcending Conditions and Finding Freedom 01:43:45 - The Contradictions of Self-Worth and Identity 01:47:25 - Transformation from Pursuit to Presence 01:50:45 - The Universe Revealing Its Consciousness 01:54:38 - Discovering Your Infinite Potential 01:57:45 - The Metaphor of a Line in Air 02:00:17 - The Search for the Sacred 02:03:01 - A Conversation with Gary Renard 02:04:59 - Prolific Work and Reasonable Prices