"You are Getting Exactly What You Want!" Wherever you may find yourself in life, this is what you have asked for: a rocky marriage, a lack of money, or working a dead-end job? Vernon Howard's ideas of self-observation and becoming aware of inner movements will do the...
"Don't Live at the Mercy of Other People!" People react to this quote by Vernon Howard by telling themselves they already know this, and their reaction keeps them from further investigation. Every day someone will remark, smile, frown, or use angry words, and if...
How to Find the New! How to Find the New! Having a separate self is what keeps you and me from connecting with God/The Universe. The first thing for me to realize, the New cannot be found within the boundaries of thought. I must enter the state of the unknown, not...
There is safety in the now. As soon as you leave now, you are in danger of your wild imagination, which creates enemies, separateness, and the idea that you can do something. As soon as an "I" is born from your mind, you are in trouble. Why? Because you have wandered...
"We see that we cannot behave unlovingly towards others without paying the price in psychic disturbance." -Vernon Howard. Those days are gone when you would justify our behavior by saying to ourselves, "I'm doing it to them for their own good." It really is quite...
All of my life, I have felt I was under pressure from Society to be this or that kind of person. So I would receive love and understanding from my peers. I was taught how to behave very properly, so I would be accepted. I would be welcomed, and if I could, belong. No...
Can I be utterly blunt with you? And, say if you are putting other things ahead of waking up, you are wasting your life. Either there is a God or not. And it seems wise to go to the end of this very important question, it's your very life. So you know absolutely one...
Vernon Howard's ideas and teachings have changed my life! Here is just one little example. About 4 years ago, I purchased a fig tree and planted it in my backyard. This small tree has produced figs every year since, and both my wife and I can't wait for the harvest...
"Leave It Alone," the Exercise & Doorway to Another World. If you were to experience a glimpse into another world where your day is not a struggle, your troubles turn into enlightening opportunities, and you view the universe as being very friendly, wouldn't you want...
AROUSE YOURSELF TO LOSE. REJOICE every time someone passes you, gets the advancement, the romance. REJOICE every time they pass you up, until you are in last place. And stay there until you see you should have done it years ago. NO MORE WINNING, only conscious...
There comes a time in everyone's life when enough is enough! There is a critical point that every seeker meets. He or she realizes enough is enough. No more excuses about not getting to work on changing one's life. No more convenient lies to sit with one's laziness....
Listening to a Vernon Howard talk does cost something. He does not shy away from hurting your precious feelings. He can be refreshing blunt, and to the point. Recently, I heard one of his talks in which he spoke about living on the level of opposites and how you can...
What an easy role to identify with, victimhood. Watch the news, your favorite podcast, or investigate organizations to study being a victim. If your aim is innocent, or maybe you just want to take inventory, you will be shocked by the number of victims you see. People...
People believe wrongly they can dabble with spiritual Truths and take their sweet time. What they don't realize is what is behind this idea that they don't need to be serious about their escape. Shockingly, when you spend just one more day on the side of darkness...
"You Don't Have to put Up with it Anymore." Not one day longer. What is it you can give up? Feeling victimized, a noisy mind, unpleasant people, nightmare conditions, and all else bad. Success requires that you turn in the right direction, which is to build a spirit...
Don't be afraid to die to what you imagine you are. You don't know that you imagine you know who you are. You would vow that your imagination is you. All you have ever known is your acquired nature. God says and Christ taught that if you die to your illusory self,...
You will never experience this "Other Higher World" through thinking about it. If you try, which you will, you will see endless thought traps where you are sure you are climbing up the spiritual mountain only to wake up some morning back where you started. A full...
It Is Not The World That Is Driving You Mad... Vernon tells a story of a man who has a vandal who is wrecking his house every few days, and finally, one day catches him only to discover it is he who unconsciously hired the vandal to do his evil deeds. The vandal...
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...