Your Hauntings

The first thing you have to do is to see what a problem you are to yourself.

I'll give you a little practical hint for doing that.

When you go home today, I want you to get a piece of paper and pencil, and title it <My Hauntings>.

And then I want you to list under it your major hauntings. Knowledge of the enemy gives you power over the enemy.

Number it 1-2-3-4-5. Get just five for now. There are hundreds, but get the five major ones.

Let me explain the purpose of doing this simple exercise.

The darkness inside of you can slip anything over on you any time it wants. It can hit and run, and you feel depressed or hostile. It hits and runs and you never knew what happened.

That's because you're unconscious. It knocks you unconscious, and you didn't know you had that experience of being knocked down by your own unaware self.

Here's what I want you to do.

I want you to observe yourself throughout today, tomorrow, the rest of the week.

I want you to select out of your mind the five most prominent hauntings that you have.

I guarantee you that they are there.

I hope you have enough interest to know that the reason I'm giving this talk, and explaining this particular part of it, is to help you break free of chains you don't even know you have!

'Why should I listen to that?' people protest. 'I'll go home and watch television, and that will make me happy.'

It won't.

Remember, human nature does not want to investigate human nature for fear of what it will find.

But whatever you bravely find will finally lead to liberty.
 

~ Vernon Howard - Live in the Bright Light

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.