More Quotes by Ken Keyes Jr.
Whenever you feel upset, take full responsibility for the emotions that you are experiencing. Get to work as quickly as possible identifying the programming, or the addiction, that is leading you to reject what other people are saying or doing.
Conscious people always have a choice of whether to try to modify the actions of people around them or to change their response to the incoming stimuli.
We always have enough to be happy if we are enjoying what we do have.
To be right, be willing to admit you are wrong.
The past is dead; The future is imaginary; Happiness can only be in the Eternal Now Moment.
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.
By tuning in to your minute-to-minute stream of consciousness, you discover the addictions that make you worried, anxious, resentful, uptight, afraid, angry, bored, etc. You thus use every uncomfortable emotion as an opportunity for consciousness growth. Even though you may still be feeling emotional and uptight, you begin to get at the roots of your ups and downs - your brief bits of pleasure and your long periods of unhappiness.
Be aware that the difference between heaven and earth is not so much altitude but attitude.
Watch your own body and mind, and the people and things surrounding you, from the deep, calm place inside of you. When you do that you'll have insights as to what you need to do in order to flow with the river of life around you.
Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept.