Guy Finley

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Guy Finley (b.1949) is an American writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher. He is also a retired profressional songwriter and musician.

The son of late-night talk show pioneer Larry Finley, Finley grew up in the Los Angeles area where many of his childhood friends were the children of celebrities. At a young age, he decided to pursue a music career. [1] He became the first white soft rock artist signed to the Motown Records label. While never achieving commercial success as a recording artist, several of his songs were recorded by popular artists including Diana Ross, the Jackson 5, and Debbie Boone in the 1970s. He also composed scores for a number of motion pictures and TV shows. In spite of this growing good fortune early in his profressional life, he still felt something was missing in his personal life. Seeking to fill this void, he abandoned his music career and left for India and the Far East in in 1979 to study spiritual teachings and investigate the true nature of success through a heightened state of self-awareness. [2]

By the early 1980s, his search for spiritual awakening had led him back to the United States where he became a devoted student of spiritual teacher Vernon Howard for several years at the New Life Foundation in Boulder City, Nevada. In the early 1990's, with Howard's encouragement, he began a new career as an author of spirtual guidance books. [3]

His teachings, like those of his mentor Howard, draw from many different spiritual traditions and philosophies including: Christian mysticism, various Eastern philosophies, Fourth Way and Jungian psychology.

In addition to his writing, he teaches inner-life classes at the Life of Learning Foundation in Merlin, Oregon, a non-profit organization of which he is founder and director. He also hosts a monthly live call-in radio program, "Guy Finley Live" on HealthyLife.net[4], as well a weekly syndicated program, "Letting Go with Guy Finley". [5]

[edit] Bibliography

Books

The Secret of Letting Go (1991)
Secret Way of Wonder:Insights from the Silence (1992)
Freedom From the Ties That Bind (1994)
Designing Your Own Destiny:The Power to Shape Your Future (1996)
The Intimate Enemy:Winning the War Within Yourself (with Dr. Ellen Dickstein) (1997)
The Lost Secrets of Prayer:Practices for Self-Awakening (1998)
Seeker's Guide to Self-Freedom:Truths for Living (2001)
Apprentice of the Heart (2003)
Let Go and Live in the Now:Awaken the Peace, Power and Happiness in Your Heart (2004)

eBooks

Beyond Dependency: The Death of Addiction
The Devils 13 Most Trusted Lies:(To Keep You From the Light)
Who Put That Stone In My Shoe?:How to Walk Away From the Intimate Enemy
50 Ways to Let More Love Into Your Life

Booklets

30 Keys to Change Your Destiny
5 Steps to Complete Freedom

[edit] Selected List of Audio Programs

Education of the Soul:Answering the Longing for Immortality
Liberation of Consciousness
Living in the Light:Helping Ourselves And Others Awaken to A Higher Life
Living Now:Secrets of the Extraordinary Life
Only the Fearless Are Free
Secrets of Being Unstoppable
Secret Teachings of the Sacred Testaments
Seven Characteristics of Higher Consciousness
Seven Steps to Oneness:Journey to a Whole New Life
Teachings of the Timeless Kindness
The Genesis of Love:Relationship Magic in Heaven and on Earth
The Heart & Soul of Freedom:Liberation From Limitation
The Illusion of Limitation:The Liberation of Self
The Meditative Life
The Road to Good Fortune
The Turning Point:The Power of a Life Awakened
Waking Up Together:Building Compassionate Relationships Founded in Higher Love