The Value of Ending Useless Thoughts - Vernon Howard

[The Mystical Man]

Vernon Howard is great.

Edited September 9, 2022 by The Mystical Man

[The Mystical Man]

"This is what we're doing here: to understand what it means to be nobody, which is many, many steps into fear." - Howard

[The Mystical Man]

Nothing is easier than falling asleep. Nothing is more difficult than staying awake. 

Vernon Howard was a voice of sanity.

Edited September 11, 2022 by The Mystical Man

[ZzzleepingBear]

On 2022-09-10 at 0:44 AM, The Mystical Man said:

"This is what we're doing here: to understand what it means to be nobody, which is many, many steps into fear." - Howard

This is quite a profound quote.

It made me think that nobody wants to be a nobody. Everybody wants to be a somebody inorder to stand out from everybody else who inevitably must be bunch of nobody's. Since the nobody's is seen as less than sombody, it stil takes alot of nobody's to bring value to someone who is considered to be a somebody, who's value also are based on how many there are that can be judged as nobody's in their presence.

And it's not a stretch to assume that most peoples biggest fear is that of being a nobody.

 

[The Mystical Man]

"You're going to be astounded at how much mind power you waste in simply thinking unnecessarily about other people." - Howard

Edited September 12, 2022 by The Mystical Man

[The Mystical Man]

"Whatever serves unconscious egotism defeats the spiritual life that you could have." - Howard

"If I am agitated, I am wrong." - Howard

"I'm talking about what you do to people inside your own mind." - Howard

"If you are shaking, if you are nervous, if you are not one with yourself, whatever you are doing is wrong, because it is arising from a 'you'." - Howard

"It is absolutely impossible to make a rude remark toward another human being or to hate them in your heart without you making yourself sick." - Howard

Edited September 13, 2022 by The Mystical Man

[The Mystical Man]

"If your life is a series of conflicts of having to be defensive, of being afraid of what life and people can do to you, all you have to know is to know that your present state is wrong, because it's a state of pain." - Howard

"All you have to know is that your distress is wrong." - Howard 

"You don't have to serve false needs inside or outside anymore. You're free of them right now." - Howard

"Christ's crucifixion and resurrection was a triumph of eternity over time." - Howard

"Can you see some false action or duty which you can only suspect now was unnecessary?" - Howard

Edited September 15, 2022 by The Mystical Man

[The Mystical Man]

Vernon is the ?

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[Kshantivadin]

On 9/13/2022 at 7:28 AM, The Mystical Man said:

"It is absolutely impossible to make a rude remark toward another human being or to hate them in your heart without you making yourself sick." - Howard

 ? . Reminds me of Trungpa Rinpoche talking about how any self-referential thought evokes a subtle nausea