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...
When you need help, think; “contact” not “creation.” You are not a creator. Oh sure, yes you can create: build a table or paint a picture or write a poem, but inwardly you are not a creator. Can you create real happiness, how about a inner state of self-command, or a...
The importance of a bridge when meeting a deep unpassable crevice or gully cannot be overstated. Without the bridge, you’re blocked in the direction you are headed. If you have always wanted but failed at attaining peace and contentment, welcome. Vernon Howard’s...
Once you realize that there are parts of you that have no interest in escaping your present life, everything changes. You see clearly where you can go to work on yourself with surprisingly good results. Every time you make a sincere decision to examine your fear with...
Tool 6 — Look and Listen There’s an old adage that suggests we should never judge someone until we’ve walked a mile in their shoes. This tool is about just that: looking at the situation from the other person’s viewpoint and really listening to what they have to say....
Are you being paid? Great question to ask oneself. Vernon once gave a great talk about a man who got a new job. After working for a week, the employer never paid him at the end of the week. He was new, so he figured they must pay every two weeks, but at the end of the...
The False Self is all a mechanical man has for a companion. This Self is always angry, sad, jealous, envious, rude, hostile, revengeful, restless, frustrated, desperate panicky, and has 100's of mad desires that it wants and is angry about not getting. Now the man...
This subject of having a clear mind is enormous and connects with every action you take. “Man knows everything about his life except what to do with it.” -Vernon Howard. Most everyone agrees with this human folly of believing that there is not much one can do about...
Don’t Do The Accepting Or Rejecting You watch and see how soon you are kidnapped when you go out of this door. Just know that that is happening. If you see that, you’ll also know why you barely missed that car going out of the driveway. Because you weren’t...
Vernon Howard was the one man who continued over the years to inspire me to new heights. His information which I put to work in my own life, has been an everlasting source of good news. I was re-reading his book, “The Mystic Power to Cosmic Power,” and here’s...
from a talk by Vernon Howard I'm going to read out loud another one of the exercises in the series of Practical Exercises For Inner harmony. This one is called, Start Your Day Right. I will now read the exercise entitled, Start Your Day Right. Start your day in an...
The Great Hoax. Assuming is dooming. We all have this bad habit (to various degrees), and that habit is “we assume things.” We receive these judas thoughts and fall for them hook, line and sinker. Just going through the motions is a terrible way to go through one’s...
It takes years of self-study to be able to catch, see and then dismiss negative thoughts. What could be more critical than dismissing any negativities? Most people ignore self-examination because they believe there is nothing to learn, so they spend their lives...