Pseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
VERNON HOWARDPseudo-mysticism seeks to evade reality; authentic mysticism wants to live it.
VERNON HOWARDFind yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.
VERNON HOWARDYou 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!
VERNON HOWARDIf you call one thing good, you must call its opposite bad. If you think it wonderful to make a big profit in your business, you will also think it terrible if you incur a large loss. The idea is to live above the opposites.
VERNON HOWARDDon’t look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.
VERNON HOWARDDo 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.
VERNON HOWARDYou have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.
VERNON HOWARDThe outer storm ceases the moment the inner storm ends, for they are the same storm.
VERNON HOWARDResistance to the disturbance is the disturbance.
VERNON HOWARDTruth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
VERNON HOWARDThere is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and nature.
VERNON HOWARDThe need to impress others causes half the world’s woes.
VERNON HOWARDThe power of the present moment is so immense it is capable – when lived in fully – of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.
VERNON HOWARDWhen told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
VERNON HOWARDWho asks a king for a penny?
VERNON HOWARDQuit 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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