Interpretation blocks reception while masquerading as reception. Rightness does not need interpretation; it requires simple acceptance and nothing else.
VERNON HOWARDAnger 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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All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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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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Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
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You must never fear anything at all.
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We are slaves to whatever we don’t understand.
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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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When the mind is exhausted in trying to find the answer, the answer dawns.
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The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
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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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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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Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
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The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
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