It has been emphasized by many great teachers that any attempt to 'fix' ourselves is not only futile, but counter productive to our spiritual growth. Perhaps this compelling propensity we have is due to our arrogance; we don't want to view ourselves as...
Life can be very confusing and frustrating when we believe in 'nice' and 'helpful' people. Almost always, we find their nature is the exact opposite of what it appears to be on the surface. Vernon Howard offers us perfect protection: *** "This world that you live in...
Here is a beautiful lesson about Life impressions from Vernon Howard in The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power : Life Lessons "What kind of impression are you making on yourself? It is self-enriching to find out. Every twenty-four hours you receive thousands of...
This excerpt is by Maurice Nicoll, taken from The Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, Vol. 2. It has to do with psychological entropy, or in other words, a state in which "We cannot apply ourselves to anything and so cannot...
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An excerpt from Jiddu Krishnamurti , The Collected Works: *** Sir, take violence. Again, let us think that thought through. First, I do not like to acknowledge that I am violent, because socially and morally I am told that to be violent is a very bad...
What is identification? Vernon Howard explains it perfectly in Esoteric Encyclopedia of Eternal Knowledge: IDENTIFICATION Begin today to comprehend the enormously important idea called identification. Your understanding will sweep away a thousand difficulties in a...
...Don't hesitate to challenge any negative feelings you discover within yourself. That is a giant step toward their dismissal. Over many years of lecturing and counseling, I find many people hesitant to question their negative condition. They fear there may not be an...
Most of us have been brought up in society to want to feel a part of something; to belong to this or that group -- giving us the sensing that our lives really matter and that we are not alone in the world. As Jiddu Krishnamurti so eloquently puts forth in this excerpt...
A life saving excerpt by Vernon Howard, from The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power: *** Abandon Human Effort We remain weak as long as we cling to unhealthy attitudes. What if a man bought a prize-winner steer and fed it all sorts of delicacies that he assumed...