All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
VERNON HOWARDThere 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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The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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All we have to do is to receive what we are given…We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
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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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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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When 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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The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
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Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
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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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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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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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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.
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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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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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See human nonsense as nonsense and save years of trying to make sense out of it.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through… whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
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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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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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