Freedom Is Congruence

Freedom is internal harmony, where thoughts, emotions and physical movements all cheerfully do the same thing.

They are in agreement, having no argument with each other. It is like the harmony produced by the separate strings of a guitar when plucked by a skilled musician.

Everything within you reacts harmoniously when you learn the principles of psychic music with Supermind.

~ Vernon Howard - The Power of your Supermind

I would call this congruence. We have so many influences coming at us.

Do we, at any particular moment, even know who we are? There is a way to find that freedom.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do. ~ Nathaniel Branden

Summary of the 11 Steps:

  • Move away from facades – don’t pretend to be someone else you are not

  • Move away from oughts and shoulds – this is not your own voice; it belongs to someone else

  • Move away from meeting expectations – others or your own

  • Move away from pleasing others – you own your life, no one else owns it

  • Move toward self-direction – freedom to be oneself brings responsibility for consequences

  • Move toward being a process – an ongoing state of becoming who you are 

  • Move toward being complexity – tell the truth and honor yourself in all things

  • Move toward acceptance of others – permit others to be themselves

  • Move toward trust of self – keep your word to yourself

  • Allow yourself to reveal yourself – build self-knowledge through observation

  • Don’t do anything behind closed doors – do not betray a trust or show hatred, ill will, or hypocrisy

American philosopher Vernon Howard [1918-1992] saw through the illusion of spiritual suffering in its many forms and showed the world the way to be free.  

There is a web site that carries on his work where you can find his audio and written works, as well as sign up for a daily message. Click here.

Howard taught that our minds hold the key that unlocks the secrets of life. Once we discard the wrong ideas we hold about ourselves, we make room for Something Higher to enter.

From the web site: All his teachings center around one grand theme:

There is a way out of the human problem and anyone can find it.

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