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More Quotes by Ken Keyes Jr.
To be right, be willing to admit you are wrong.
You should always be aware that your head creates your world.
Whenever you're unhappy, your emotions are telling you that the people or things around you are not conforming to your vision of the world, or the way you think things should be.
If you want those around you to act in a more loving and conscious manner, act in a way that helps them to do so.
Lots of people look for happiness through sensations, whether it's through sex, the taste of food, the sound of music, the sensations of movies and plays, creating a certain environment in their home, and so on. Looking for happiness through sensations keeps you constantly searching for the next "fix" and for more varied sensations. Sensations become addictions, and nothing is ever enough.
Be aware that the difference between heaven and earth is not so much altitude but attitude.
Happiness does not lie in getting people and things outside of you lined up exactly to suit your desires.
Giving up an addiction means re-programming that part of your brain that makes you restless and unhappy if a desire is not realized.
Upgrade your addictions to the status of preferences. Here's the distinction between an addiction and a preference.
I am freeing myself from security, sensation and power addictions that make me try to forcefully control situations in my life and thus destroy my serenity and keeps me from loving myself and others.
