Recently, I heard a talk by Vernon where he said this: "If you are not happy right now, when are you going to be? Cancel your ideas about happiness, and you will have it." Drop your plans about finding happiness, and become aware of yourself and of everything in the...
"In Life, You Always Meet Yourself." Pondering and grasping this beautiful truth can change everything. Have you ever noticed that wherever you take your physical body, you always meet the same old you. There might be a temporary sensation of newness, but it quickly...
This is from Vernon Howard's booklet: Conquer Harmful Anger 100 Ways, #9. "All anger is unconscious. This means that a hostile man does not see his anger while it is raging, though he can feel its fiery pain. Unseen anger is like picking up a hot potato without...
You have tried everything else why not try something different... "We need to make a vow to not try to change ourselves. To stop attempting to add something to ourselves."
One huge hoax that society plays on all its members is being afraid. The fear has a man on the run, and if not looked at, the fear monster gets bigger each day. Fear says, "Don't look, or you could go mad." What could be more maddening than running away from something...
Vernon Howard's exercise. SOOIB: Stay Out Of It, Birdbrain! What a beautiful spiritual exercise this is. Your whole past life consists of you reacting this way or that, and yet, you have never arrived at happiness. Ponder this deeply. Years and years of your solutions...
The Question: "But what if we cannot find this self-satisfying reality?" The Answer: "I laugh when I hear that the fish swimming in the water is thirsty." -Kabir. The question and answer clearly state, it is here, right in this moment. The fact that you can't see it...
"What prevents us from seeing ourselves as we really are is the human game of playing it safe. We will never wake up by playing it safe. We must persistently venture outside our circle of pseudo-safety to where our notions can be battered by reality. You learn how to...
Vernon gave a talk about giving up all concern for results. I decided to work with this miracle exercise. Vernon said, whatever the task before you, do your best to do it correctly, and give up your wish for the outcome to be this or that. He said, if you do this, the...
Have you ever had a mystical experience where your everyday life was temporarily interrupted, and you saw everything differently? Maybe you didn't recognize it at all, because it was so new. It could have happened for a few moments, or minutes, or maybe a whole...