Examine every action and reaction. Do you act naturally or do you act because you feel compelled? If you feel compelled, stop. Compulsion is slavery. Example: Refuse to go along with the crowd.
VERNON HOWARDYou have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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Change is never a loss – it is change only.
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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 outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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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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Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
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Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can’t have both.
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We clearly realize that freedom’s inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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Resistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.
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Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
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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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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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