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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it’s the understanding of something.

Vernon Howard

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
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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Inspirational Strength Strong
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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Conflicts Else Flowing Things
You must never fear anything at all.
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Fear Mind never
Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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Secret Teachable Whole
Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.
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Healing Honesty Self
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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Block Ground Higher Hurt
The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.
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Fun Really Truth
A perfect method for awakening is to examine the results of our daily actions. If they are harmful, we know we need more consciousness.
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Awakening Needs Perfect
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
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Self Unseen Weakness
Mysticism is not this or that particular cup on the table; it is the water poured into all of them.
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Cups Tables Water
You know what is right. Deep down, you know. The battle between your true wisdom and the counterfeit wisdom of society is what causes frustration. Refuse to compromise with what you know is right-with what is right for you.
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Battle Causes Frustration
Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
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Guidance Heard Night
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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Desire Understanding Water
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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Conflict Conscious Perception
An obvious fact about negative feelings is often overlooked. They are caused by us, not by exterior happenings. An outside event presents the challenge, but we react to it. So we must attend to the way we take things, not to the things themselves.
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Challenges Feelings Gratitude

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