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.
VERNON HOWARDDo 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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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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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 only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day.
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Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives
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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you’re in one.
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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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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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To change what you get you must change who you are.
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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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You must never fear anything at all.
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The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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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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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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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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