Years ago, I moved to Oregon and to a house with multiple wood-burning stoves. Being from the city, I had no knowledge on how to start a fire. I failed many times. I had to learn all about kindling and the proper way to get a good fire burning. Before I knew it, I...
Recently, I heard a fantastic Vernon Howard talk about interest. He connected one's happiness with 'right interest.' Heaven can only come down so far to connect with you, so you must rise up to connect with it. In other words, it will meet you halfway. If you don't...
Every day, thousands of thoughts, responses, reactions, feelings, and emotions pass through us. We can't stop them; they happen all by themselves, continuously, but we can do something. We can do something that is extremely powerful; we can see them and let them go....
Pause and Ponder How Long You Have Put Off Your Self-Development. Self-development is available every single moment of one's day. Wasting an event is a self-crime. You missed out on an opportunity to watch yourself and learn from that event. There comes a time when...
Keeping your approach to your day can be very simple. You have two basic choices. Choice #1: Continue to endure and struggle to get life to conform to your ideas. This choice includes suffering, endless self-concern, and a general unhappiness toward everything. Or...
One of the most revealing ideas of Vernon Howard's teachings is the belief that your self-images are real. You like anyone who affirms with your images and dis-like anyone who won't play your game. When you go out into the world and want people to agree with your...
The Truth does not pull punches. You are either becoming more sane or getting further lost! Which applies to you? These two directions are all there is; there is no third choice. The world teaches you that there are many roads to truth, so you will follow its...
Catching Your Fascination With Evil! Here is a very insightful, and rewarding exercise that will set you free in a way you might not have discovered yet. Catch yourself being fascinated by something bazaar that you see out in life or maybe on your TV or computer. You...
"Everyone seeks a better life!" Everyone seeks a better life, whether they are conscious of it or not. All their actions are to bring about this new life that has fewer troubles and more peaceful living. Who doesn't want to make their life better, easier, and more...
"The Mistake" We have all experienced, to different degrees, not being careful and later regretting our thinking and decisions, which at the time seemed so logical to us. We wished we had not made that foolish mistake. It could be agreeing with someone's idea, or a...
Being Interrupted in Life. This may not be clear to you today, but one fine day with your persistent interest, you will realize the value of being interrupted. You will cherish interruptions in a brand new way. You will see them as "Psychological Gold." Let's look at...
The Visit of Boredom! Have you ever been so bored that you would do anything to escape this painful inner condition? Maybe you dislike playing cards but dislike boredom even more, so you will spend hours playing card games so you won't have to meet your boredom. Here...
Vernon Howard was a modern-day true teacher. His teachings are timeless. This means that even though his physical self is gone from this earth, his teachings are still alive. Hitch your wagon to the stars. The Universe is calling. How do you respond? Most people who...
Mankind is asleep to the inner movements of his mind and feelings. Mankind is asleep. He is asleep to the inner movements of his mind and feelings. Prove this for yourself by observing and understanding everything about your feelings. In Vernon Howard's talk...
"Something did not feel right." Have you ever been somewhere, anywhere in life, in a huge crowd, or maybe with some company in which everyone appeared to be having fun and a good time, but you had a strange feeling of being out of sorts? Something did not feel right,...
The next time you have to make a purchase at a store or shop and have to stand in line, find the "longest" line to stand in. Oh sure, your old nature will cry out in protest and say, I don't have time for this. It is telling you falsely that if you rush, you will feel...
Your attention is the most valuable power you possess. Advertisers are constantly thinking up new ways to trick you into making your money theirs. Everyone would agree with this, but only a few see the utter importance of this. Your attention is being stolen one...
“It is time to get tired of it all. It is time to get utterly tired of being afraid of our inner emptiness, of anxiously waiting for good things to happen, of nervously hiding our defects from ourselves and others.” -Vernon Howard But not against outer conditions or...
"A rose must be enjoyed when you first view it because it will not last long. Your Life is the same." Everyone thinks to themself... “One Day, I will work on my being and improve my happiness. I will put my attention on finding God, something higher, and...
Learning higher lessons If you were to walk into a classroom teaching Russian or any other language you presently don’t know, you wouldn’t expect to grasp the whole language in one sitting. This is absurd. There is too much to learn. Learning the language of...
We do not know ourselves until we know our own minds. Self-acquaintance comes by noticing our hidden motives and desires, which will always be quite different from what we assume they are. For example, a man could see that he is motivated by two main desires-- to gain...
Even if you don’t comprehend something this moment, pondering and having a true interest reveals you can understand something new. "True courage consists in a persistent perception of our actual state, and not living in a dreamland about ourselves. At all costs, we...
What is the cause and cure of a man’s or a woman’s problems on earth? That is the foremost question ever formed in the human mind. Discovering the cause and applying the cure is the purpose of this book (from the “The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power”). Mankind can...
True Inspiration is an inner awakening to what is. In this elevated state, problems you had yesterday or even an hour ago are entirely canceled. Gone, and now they are laughable. Worries appear like a toddler trying to pull something over on you. They haven’t a chance...