I found this great interview on YouTube with Guy Finley and Dr. Rita Louise.
Welcome to a profound exploration of spiritual growth and self-discovery with our special guest, Guy Finley, in this enlightening interview titled “Guy Finley: The Search, The Seeker, The Sacred.”
Hosted by the insightful Dr. Rita Louise, this conversation delves deep into the timeless quest for meaning and the inner journey that defines the human experience.
Guy Finley, renowned for his wisdom and teachings on personal transformation, shares his perspectives on the sacred process of seeking and the profound truths that lie at the heart of our spiritual endeavors.
Join us as we embark on a journey to uncover the mysteries of the soul and the sacred path that leads us to a deeper understanding of ourselves and the universe.
Guy Finley is the best in The Secret of Letting Go of Our False Selves.
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The Seeker
Within each of us lies an innate drive—a profound yearning that transcends the mundane aspects of our daily lives. This inner voice, often drowned out by the noise of external distractions, is the essence of the seeker.
It whispers to us, urging us to explore the depths of our own existence and to uncover the layers that conceal our true selves. As seekers, we are not merely passive observers but active participants in life’s grand tapestry.
Our quest is fueled by curiosity and a desire for connection, pushing us to ask the difficult questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? Why do I feel this restlessness? This relentless pursuit is what propels us forward, guiding us through both trials and triumphs as we navigate our unique paths.
The Search
The search is a sacred journey that takes us beyond the superficial pursuits of material wealth and societal validation. It compels us to delve deeper into our consciousness, seeking understanding and clarity about our place in the universe.
This search often leads us through a labyrinth of experiences—some enlightening, others challenging. Each experience serves as a stepping stone, helping us peel back the layers of fear, doubt, and limiting beliefs that have been ingrained in us over time.
As we traverse this path, we begin to recognize that the search itself is as valuable as the destination. It’s in these moments of introspection and revelation that we discover insights about ourselves that were previously hidden, allowing us to align more closely with our authentic selves.
The Sacred
The concept of the sacred transcends religious dogma or cultural definitions; it is an intrinsic part of who we are and how we relate to the world around us. The sacred exists in every facet of life—in the laughter shared with friends, the quiet moments of solitude, and even in our struggles.
As we embark on our journey inward, we start to perceive this sacredness in all things. It invites us to cultivate mindfulness and appreciation for each moment, transforming ordinary experiences into extraordinary ones.
Recognizing the sacred within ourselves fosters a sense of belonging and interconnectedness with all beings. This realization encourages us to live with intention and compassion, reminding us that we are part of something much larger than ourselves.
The Journey to Greatness Within
The journey toward discovering our greatness is not about striving for perfection or accumulating accolades; it’s about peeling away the layers that obscure our inherent brilliance. Each challenge we face becomes an opportunity for growth—a chance to confront our fears and break free from self-imposed limitations.
This transformation requires courage and vulnerability as we learn to embrace our authentic selves without judgment. By engaging in practices such as self-reflection, meditation, or creative expression, we can nurture this inner journey.
Over time, we begin to recognize that greatness isn’t a destination but a continuous process of evolution—an unfolding of our potential that enriches not only our lives but also those around us.
Transformation of the Soul
Throughout history, spiritual traditions have emphasized the importance of soul transformation as a pathway to enlightenment.
This transformation involves shedding old identities and embracing new ways of being that resonate with our higher selves. It requires patience and perseverance as we navigate through periods of discomfort and uncertainty.
Yet, it is precisely in these moments that profound growth occurs—when we confront our shadows and emerge stronger on the other side. As we commit to this transformative process, we cultivate resilience and wisdom that empower us to face life’s challenges with grace.
Unity in Diversity
Despite the myriad paths available to us—each rich with its own teachings—there exists an underlying unity that connects all spiritual journeys. Just as rivers flow toward an ocean, all spiritual practices ultimately lead us back to a shared source: universal consciousness.
This realization invites us to appreciate diversity rather than view it as division; it encourages dialogue and understanding among different belief systems. By recognizing that every path has its value and purpose, we foster a sense of community among seekers from all walks of life. In doing so, we contribute not only to our own spiritual growth but also to a collective awakening that has the power to heal and transform our world.
In conclusion, no matter where you find yourself on this journey—whether you are just beginning or have been walking your path for years—remember that you possess within you an infinite wellspring of potential waiting to be tapped into. The kingdom of spiritual freedom is not a distant dream but a reality accessible at any moment. Embrace your role as both seeker and sacred being; let your light shine brightly as you illuminate your path and inspire others on their journeys as well.
Guy Finley: The Search -The Seeker -The Sacred Part 1
Guy Finley discusses how our thoughts and behaviors can reveal trapped beliefs and emotions.
Dr. Rita Louise hosts this YouTube video on Just Energy Radio.
All of us, you and me, and everyone listening belongs to an incredible—single story.
One great story runs not just through our individual lives but also through everyone who’s ever walked this planet.
That single great story is that within us, each of us lives this longing to seek out that which, if you will, as I think it was Whitman who said, “at the central urge of every atom is to return to its source.”
We all long to find love, to find out what makes us whole, so we have a seeker in us, and of course, we all go on a search. What else is our life, if not an almost unceasing search, high and low hill, and dale, to find something to end that sense of being incomplete?
Ultimately, when we have run through all the things we can move through, little by little, we begin to realize that what we’re looking for has always lived within us, which we can call the sacred. Whether we call it “God,” “Christ,” or “Krishna,” the name is so unimportant.
This book helps the reader discover that through a series of chronological quotations starting five- thousand years ago. I prove that every one of these paths, traditions, and religions has said the same thing in the same way.
About this one, the story runs through the center of each of us.
So, the book introduces the reader to a beautiful idea:
- That we are not alone.
- That we have never been.
- Once we understand where not to look anymore, the rest begins naturally. We find out for ourselves the seeker meaning, that part of us that seeks the search for love, and the love that we find—all living in the very center of our being.
Whether physical or spiritual, the purpose of exploration serves one purpose, and that is to discover and recover who we are that we have forgotten is true about us.
We all know what has to happen. We have to get tired of dead ends. We must get tired of explaining our pain to ourselves and justifying ways to compromise ourselves to win some consolation that passes as soon as the conditions create it.
We set out to do the very best we know how to do with our knowledge.
Maybe I’ll be a happy camper if I win everyone’s approval at the office. Or perhaps I think I have to have ten million dollars; maybe I need a six-pack set of abs or whatever a person imagines will make them feel safe, whole, and significant.
But as we see repeatedly, we get to the end of whatever desire has told us will bring an end to this dark feeling we have, and lo and behold, we are no different.
Now we’ve got people who like us or have the six-pack of abs or whatever we desire, but the emptiness remains; why?
Because this sense of emptiness, of being incomplete, even inadequacy, that sense inside of us cannot be reconciled by anything outside of us, and the reason it can’t be appeased by anything outside of us is that – the very source of needing to be whole and fulfilled is being given to us by the divine – for gradually bringing us full circle like the prodigal son.
To realize we have been looking in the wrong places.
There is nothing wrong with having a nice physique, good health, and enough money to be physically secure. But in and of themselves, those things are inadequate to the consistent sense of not being complete.
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Guy Finley Interview
What do you think [listeners] is the source of your stress? How many of us rush?
Rushing, and all forms of rushing, are born out of feeling incomplete and inadequate. When we get caught up in an anxious state, our mind projects an adverse event coming down the pike.
We are worried about the event because as we look at what our mind tells us is true, that same mind that projects the negative image feels inadequate in the face of the image made.
So now it feels incomplete. So now it will try to control command or otherwise get to the end of its dark imagination, and of course, that never works. The deeper core issue is that we, as human beings, live opposites.
A wonderful marriage creates all that is made; this is pure physics, but a wonderful marriage of positive/ negative energies reconciled by modifying power.
So inside of us, there is this paradigm that we, by and large, are completely unaware of it at its source because the mind, in that body of energy has developed only knows how to look outside of itself for a way to make that essential disturbance go away, and it can’t.
That’s the point, and our life lessons gradually lead us to this realization.
The task has never been to try and take me, make myself, or do something with myself in the world with my relationships that will finally make me feel whole. We are already complete; we don’t live where that “holiness” exists.
That’s the book’s purpose, to prove that in each of us is this beautiful, divine, loving intelligence that first makes itself known in a way in which we begin to long for a union with it.
The longing for a union produces a search – our relationships reveal to us the purpose, the very qualities of ourselves that we didn’t know about. I fell in love with you because you would help me see things about myself; I cannot see any other way.
So the search introduces us to ourselves but eventually reveals that what we’re looking for isn’t something to teach us to ourselves but to marry us with what we already are so that we move from a search or a realization into an act of conscious integration at the moment based on this new understanding.
Some seven billion men and women are on this planet, and like in the garden, some of us haven’t even come out of the husk yet. Some have a few leaves, while others are just starting to fruit.
That’s just the order of things, but the story remains the same for all of us because seeded within us is this celestial nature of love called God. What we have in ourselves is expressing itself in one way or another.
When someone can’t stand someone they work with, that is evidence, whether it’s seen or not, of a great dissatisfaction not with the person they can’t stand but with their reactions that define them at the moment through that relationship.
(Our relationships reveal who we are, for better or worse).
So gradually, when we quit our jobs, we went to fifteen different places to be free of “those kinds of people.” We saw that we met “those kinds of people wherever we went.”
It dawns on that person that they’ve been searching for something they couldn’t find outside of themselves because everyone they meet is introducing them to themselves.
Then, the search ends, and the integration process begins, where I become responsible.
Because you see, first, I search for ways to make you like me, or I search for ways to be dominant, to swim with sharks because I believe the problem is you.
Or I think the problem is that I’m inadequate and don’t have enough about me that’s likable so that I will develop these traits.
But I repeatedly see that what I do doesn’t matter to make you like me. Because even if you like me, I’m not liked by somebody else, and I’m just as bothered by that.
These experiences bring us to a point where we must turn our attention around and become conscious of the nature that describes our life instead of trying to fit into what defines our life as being.
Inherently, we are not happy campers; naturally, we always feel as though even in the best moments, the moment the event passes, it passes into us the next feeling like “I gotta go do something else. I need to make something else out of myself.”
Where does that come from?
Divine Dissatisfaction
It’s because within us lives what I call in the book – “a divine dissatisfaction.” A divine dissatisfaction cannot be satisfied by anything the world can give us, or for that matter, what the physical mind can imagine
They don’t go together; it’s like trying to put a fire out in the barn by pouring water into the kitchen sink. It doesn’t work; we seek it because we aren’t satisfied.
We say to ourselves, though I’m seeking to become something, no one wants to “become something” unless they’re dissatisfied with what they are.
The clearer that becomes, the sooner we save some of our attention.
We start to want to be present in the moment to ourselves instead of being pushed from pillar to post in an unprofitable search for a way to make us feel good about ourselves through conditions outside of ourselves.
Dr.Rita: But can’t that be a good thing? Doesn’t that help us and society move forward and advance?
Guy Finley: Well, first of all, Rita, our society is not advancing; medicine, yes, science – maybe. Even medicine is questionable because it’s run by the A.M.A., owned by the pharmaceutical industry.
Morally, there’s no chance we’re moving forward spiritually—it’s highly doubtful. That doesn’t mean that art is awakened here, and there aren’t pockets of individuals who saw the spreading darkness of this divided mind acting on the world for its purposes.
If it works quite that way, it’s pretty beautiful. Christ himself, and every great spiritual teacher, we wouldn’t even know about these individuals if they hadn’t exposed what they exposed and then alternately been punished by the darkness they revealed.
We are living at a critical time. The corruption of character is so evident that we either agree with the belief that we must do what we must to protect ourselves or realize the folly of searching for a way to free ourselves by enslaving ourselves with false ideas.
The book’s whole point is the entire point of everything I’ve been working for. Every one of us lives the dissatisfaction of Christ, the dissatisfaction of Buddha, and the dissatisfaction of Krishna.
and lives in every one of us, just as in these great Saints, Prophets, and Mystics—that which will try to bury not only that dissatisfaction but the individual who has it. We don’t know that the thing that tries to destroy the light glorifies it.
If it weren’t for something acting against our wish to be true, kind, and loving, we wouldn’t even have the wish, to begin with, let alone a way to express it in such a way that people around us and maybe the world itself would stand up and notice.
Something already as special as anything will ever live in me; let me focus on that.
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Conclusion
As we conclude this enriching dialogue with Guy Finley, we are left with a deeper appreciation for the search that drives us, the seeker within each of us, and the sacredness that underpins our journey.
Dr. Rita Louise’s insightful questions have illuminated Finley’s profound teachings, offering us valuable insights into the nature of our spiritual quest. May the wisdom shared in this interview inspire you to continue your own journey with renewed vigor and clarity, embracing the sacred path that leads to true self-discovery and inner peace.
Thank you for joining us, and may your search be ever illuminated by the light of understanding and love.
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