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As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.

Vernon Howard

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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Delusion Men Thinking
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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Mistake Past Regret
You have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
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Care Made Mind
A cheery relaxation is man’s natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.
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Consider Fall Men Mind
All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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Heartache Viewpoints Wrong
Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.
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Acquisition Understanding
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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Psychics Sea Self
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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Always Break Mind Through Trying
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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Always Assuming Force Genuine People Thievery
Who asks a king for a penny?
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Asks Kings Pennies
The need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
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Half Needs World
Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement – the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The cure is to see fantasy as fantasy, which will reveal it as neither necessary nor rewarding.
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Events Movement Outcomes
Interpretation blocks reception while masquerading as reception. Rightness does not need interpretation; it requires simple acceptance and nothing else.
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Acceptance Block Simple
Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
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Guidance Heard Night
A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.
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Needs Obsessed Obsession
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
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Inspirational Inspiring Life

As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.

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As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.

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