You stop viewing yourself as being "pushed around" by the world when you realize that only you can "push" yourself. To quote Buddha: "Nothing is upsetting you. You get upset because you are upsettable." Ken Keyes Jr. More Quotes by Ken Keyes Jr. More Quotes From Ken Keyes Jr. You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it. Ken Keyes Jr. fixingchildhoodresponsibility A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Ken Keyes Jr. positiveinspirationallove Upgrade your addictions to the status of preferences. Here's the distinction between an addiction and a preference. Ken Keyes Jr. addictiondistinctionconsciousness By fully tuning in to the now moment in your life, you will discover that you always have enough to enjoy every moment of your life. The only reason you have not been happy every instant is that you have been dominating your consciousness with thoughts about something you don't have- or trying to hold on to something that you do have but which is no longer appropriate in the present flow of your life. Ken Keyes Jr. tuningflowtrying You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense. Ken Keyes Jr. sufferinggivingworld Everything is a gift of the universe -even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment. Ken Keyes Jr. frustrationsuccesshappiness Love is not a matter of what happens in life. It's a matter of what's happening in your heart. Ken Keyes Jr. law-of-attractionheartlove Everyone and everything around you is your teacher. Ken Keyes Jr. teachingeducationteacher 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. Ken Keyes Jr. choicestryingpeople To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have. Ken Keyes Jr. karmahappinessinspirational As we grow in higher consciousness, we discover that it is more important to be the right person then to find the right person. Ken Keyes Jr. consciousnessgrowsimportant The past is dead; The future is imaginary; Happiness can only be in the Eternal Now Moment. Ken Keyes Jr. spiritualhappinesspast Life goes by rapidly. Don't delay. Don't put it off. Don't wait until you have some spare time. Don't wait until the time's 'right'. Ken Keyes Jr. personal-developmentdelaywaiting The only real problem in your life is how you're using your mind. Ken Keyes Jr. reallife-ismind Acceptance doesn't mean that you've resigned yourself to live the rest of your life with a particular person, or in a particular situation. It just means that you won't cause yourself emotional discomfort because of the way things are in this moment. Ken Keyes Jr. emotionalacceptancemean As the watcher of the screen, you are perfect. The movie that is playing on the screen might be horrendous, but you are not the movie. You are what is watching the movie. Ken Keyes Jr. consciousnessperfectmight To be right, be willing to admit you are wrong. Ken Keyes Jr. willing 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. Ken Keyes Jr. creatinghomesex 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. Ken Keyes Jr. serenityaddictiontrying 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. Ken Keyes Jr. wanthelpingway
