Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
VERNON HOWARDAll 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.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it’s a valuable asset if you’re poor or haven’t any sense.
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You 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.
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The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable – when lived in fully – of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
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No one can tell you what is right for you except yourself. So start telling yourself what to do. If you blunder for ten years while thinking for yourself, that is rich treasure when compared with living these ten years under the mental domination of another.
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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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Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.
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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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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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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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A false path must be tensely and angrily defended by those it has deceived.
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Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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Don’t try to live. Let yourself be lived.
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One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.
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