The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
VERNON HOWARDYou are not separate from the flowing reality; you are that flowing reality. See this and you will not see any- thing else which conflicts with it. You will be what you see.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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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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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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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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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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All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
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Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
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Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person.
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An obvious fact about negative feelings is often overlooked. They are caused by us, not by exterior happenings. An outside event presents the challenge, but we react to it. So we must attend to the way we take things, not to the things themselves.
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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Suppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT IS, and let nature do the rest. So it is with the inner life.
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Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
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