Tapping Into The Powerful Resource of Effective Prayer With Guy Finley

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As children we often used prayer to ask for something from an invisible and mysterious divine power. And, even as adults, we may still send our petitions to God or whomever we call on as the source of creative powers. This deep dialogue explores the best use of prayer and how prayer can be more effective, serving us in ways beyond making wishes to the Divine. Esteemed spiritual teacher, Guy Finley, says, “Prayer can help us discover that which is already living in us and is everything that we ever wanted, hoped, or actually imagined was possible.” Finley offers advice on tapping into this powerful resource, reminding us that “By the grace of God, I'm a message catcher. I have this unbelievable, beautiful, blessed life where the more I am willing to live with the question and not answer it from the intellect or from past experience, the more I am gifted with a revelation of a realization that is already part of my consciousness but that I don't know it is yet.” Also included are thoughts on the 5-prayers for self-transformation. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms).

 Bio

Guy Finley is a spiritual teacher and author. He is the Founder and Director of Life of Learning Foundation, a nonprofit center for transcendent self-study located in Merlin, Oregon. He also hosts the Foundation’s Wisdom School — an on-line self-discovery program for seekers of higher self-knowledge. He offers free online classes open to all every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Each class also includes a Question and Answer session with Guy.

 Guy Finley is the author of over 45 books including:

• The Secret of Letting Go (Llewellyn Publications 2008)
• The Lost Secrets Of Prayer: Practices For Self-Awakening (Llewellyn Publications 1998)

 Also: CD: 5-Prayers For Self-Transformation - a self-discovery course

 To learn more about the work of Guy Finley go to www.guyfinley.org.

Topics explored in this dialogue include:

• Why there is no such thing as failed prayer
• How every thought with which we identify is being sent out as a prayer
• What is the fallacy of praying for that which will complete us
• What is the efficacy of praying for the health and goodness of others
• How Covid-19 can be a kind of cleansing for us of our attachments and dependencies
• What is the connection between consciousness and prayer
• Do moments of unity and oneness with the universe ever fully go away once we experience it
• What is meant by “prayer in action”
• What are the five prayers for self-transformation: 1. Go silent before your enemies, 2. Stop rushing to get nowhere fast, 3. Do what you don't want to do, 4. Leave the uncomfortable moments alone, 5. Give up the last word
• How anxiety, resistance, and fear will not take us where we want to go
• Why we should not allow thought to tell us how to get to a quiet place. The quiet is already here
• How resistance sets us up to a whirlwind of acceleration not quietification
• Why what is true needs no defense and what is false can’t be defended

 Host: Justine Willis Toms   Interview Date: 8/22/2020   Program Number: 3710

Music Playlist

From Album: Prayer for Compassion
Artist: David Darling
2009 Wind Over the Earth #WE2340

Opening Essay: Track 02 Prayer for Compassion
Music Break 1: Track 06 Remembering Our Mothers
Music Break 2: Track 10 ShoeStrings
Music Break 3: Track 12 When We Forgive