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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Marvelous
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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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Every day that you attempt to see things as they are in truth Is a supremely successful day.
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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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Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight into an entirely new world of living. e. An intuitive grasp of Truth, above and beyond intellectual reasoning. f. A personal experience, in which we are happy and healthy human beings.
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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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It is against the law to permit weak people to steal your strength. Never permit it.
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You need only choose ... then keep choosing as many times as necessary. That is all you need do. And it is certainly something you can do. Then as you continue to choose, everything is yours.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
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We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.
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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
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We can become slaves to things we don't understand
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Self awakening enables you to see the human scene as it is, not as it appears to be, which frees you of its chaos.
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Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher goal is the most obscene and decadent phenomenon of any civilization.
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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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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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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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The problem is not what other people think, do or say it is your reaction.
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