Several months ago we added the following quotation to the OneJourney Living Book: There is only one great life. I can enter into the experience only if I have first come to unity in myself, only if I have come to be a whole. — Jeanne De Salzmann (1889) What…

When we look at the world around us and the world within us, perhaps we wish we could change things — make them better. But it takes courage to face these difficulties head on, and sometimes our fear seems stronger than our better wishes. Human beings have faced this kind…

Human beings have always looked for solace in troubled times. When we feel discouraged, or overcome with sadness, we say we’re in a dark place, and all we want is to be released from it. Yes, it’s very painful. But enlightened beings across the ages have told us that there…

One idea that we see again and again in sacred writings is that each one of us is a reflection of higher truth. What that means is that all the answers we seek to our deepest questions about life already lie within us. While it is valuable to study the…

This is the time of year when many of us think about new beginnings. Each New Year’s Day we write the date — 1/1 — and our hopes are that we can make a new start in life; our wish is to wipe clean the slate our former mistakes, leave…

What is your number one need in life? Of course your physical body has needs that must be met if you are to survive. And you need social interaction and human warmth. But sacred texts from across the ages speak of another need — a need to forge a connection…

A holiday of thanksgiving is a common practice around the world today, and dates back to celebrations in ancient Greece and China. Since this is November, when the holiday of Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated in the United States, I thought it would be interesting to look at some quotes related…

By Guy Finley, OneJourney Founder I can think of no greater encouragement than the self-evident Truth that there dwells in each of us the opportunity to explore and know the Extraordinary Life. The meaning of Extraordinary I wish to convey points to the immutable and inexhaustible source that is the…

The great sages throughout time have recognized that we are born with seeds of the soul, but they must be nurtured if they are to flower. We are not born perfect, but we are born with a potential beyond anything we can currently imagine. That potential is a gift, but…

Q&A with Guy Finley Being renewed by love, and beginning your life all over again, are one and the same interior action. It starts with becoming aware of, and then bringing a conscious end to all lingering relationships you may have with old thoughts and feelings that want you to…