All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
VERNON HOWARDWhen one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
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Do not let them deceive you into assuming that they are creative forces; they are not. They are thieves of genuine powers. As always, your awareness of their thievery is your first fine step toward casting them out.
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Interpretation blocks reception while masquerading as reception. Rightness does not need interpretation; it requires simple acceptance and nothing else.
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There is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and nature.
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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You know what is right. Deep down, you know. The battle between your true wisdom and the counterfeit wisdom of society is what causes frustration. Refuse to compromise with what you know is right-with what is right for you.
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Who asks a king for a penny?
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Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind, which is never upset by anything. Your goal is to nourish it into greater strength. Then, every step is sunlit.
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Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.
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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need more consciousness.
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If you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business, you will also think it terrible if you incur a large loss. The idea is to live above the opposites.
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Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
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We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.
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Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone.
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A cheery relaxation is man’s natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.
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You have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!
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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.
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