Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
VERNON HOWARDWe are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
More Vernon Howard Quotes
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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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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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Study carefully the law of cause and effect.
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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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The outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
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When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through… whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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You have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!
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Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
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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 guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
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All 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.
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Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
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You have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
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