Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneli- ness are abolished
permanently. Financial affairs are not financial problems. You are at ease with yourself. You are not at the mercy of unfulfilled cravings. Confu- sion is replaced with clarity. There is a relieving answer to every tormenting ques- tion. You possess a True Self. Something can be done about every unhappy con- dition. While living in the world you can be inwardly detached from its sorrows to live with personal peace and sanity. p.19
Your Power of Natural Knowing
The Magic Castle
Here’s a secret method for replacing fog with sunshine. When you feel scared, don’t pretend you’re brave. Truth gives you permission to be just as scared as you really are. Just
be aware of your anxiety without worrying over it. This self-help not only banishes fear but delivers great relief. It is like a tired actor who removes his uncomfortable costume after a hard night onstage.
Since he no longer needs to impress the audience he can just relax and enjoy being himself. p.41
The Esoteric Path to a New Life
The Secret of Self-Observation
You can be totally different. You can have an excitement that never swings over to depression. It is the true excitement of finding yourself. Nothing is more exciting than to watch a fear fade from your mind forever. Nothing is more delightful than to possess self-command in a world of chaos. There is no greater inspiration than to know that you have found the true path at last.
Conquer Anxiety and Frustration
Take Charge of Life
When meeting any situation in life, one of two things happens:
1. The situation takes charge of you
2. You take charge of the situation It is one or the other.
There is no third choice. So it is important to examine both of them. When a situation takes charge of you, it is always accompanied by a feeling of anxiety. Listen to this discomfort, for it
is trying to teach you something valuable. It may be trying to reveal that you are imagining yourself to be in command of the situation, when in fact you are commanded by it. Exposing imaginary self-power is highly
helpful.
50 Ways to See Thru People
Change of Nature
Have you ever been nice to someone in order to keep him in your life, only to see him suddenly turn against you? Being nice to someone, pleasing him, has no influence whatever in
changing his nature from bad to good. It is useless and unnecessary to try to change others, for nature-change must include self-change. You will never again waste your days or be betrayed if you remember that you
have no real need for a harmful or sour man or woman.
Your Power to Say NO
Expose These Yes-Traps
We learn to escape from self-defeating behavior in small ways at first. You can do this by thinking of present situations where you now say YES but wish you could stop. Recall
several small situations. Perhaps you have agreed to meet regularly with a friend or relative but realize that it is really a burden. Maybe you agreed to take the leadership in a certain project but now you wish you
had declined. You now know WHERE you must say NO. The next step is also clear. SAY NO. Make the necessary contact and resign. Just like that. Do it even if you feel nervous about it. Don’t listen to your timidity.
Do what is right. Do you know what you are doing! You are getting your life back!
