Vernon Howard
Vernon Howard
Vernon Linwood Howardwas an American spiritual teacher, author, and philosopher...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 March 1918
CountryUnited States of America
truth imagine
Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are....
freedom conscious
Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
understanding slave
We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
perseverance persistence boulders
Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.
reality self way
There is no way reality can be prevented from flowing the way it flows. It is our vain attempts to force it to flow in the service of our imaginary needs which sets us in painful conflict with our- selves and nature. You are not separate from the flowing reality; you are that flowing reality. See this and you will not see any- thing else which conflicts with it. You will be what you see.
people half want
You can end half your troubles immediately by no longer permitting people to tell you what you want.
understanding negative emotion
A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
heaven earth building
If heaven existed as a physical building on earth, human beings would remodel it to make it right.
perception conflict conscious
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
break-through always-trying mind
What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.
costumes crowds carnivals
Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.
rain self wind
Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like that. Nothing can ever harm you once you are consciously aware that it is so.
strong energy
When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.
mind remember mental-illness
Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.