Happiness is equal to one's capacity to love. Lester Levenson More Quotes by Lester Levenson More Quotes From Lester Levenson Misery is complexity. Happiness is simplicity. Lester Levenson sadness spiritual happiness You can have anything you want, providing you first let go of wanting it. Lester Levenson law-of-attraction letting-go positive The only method of receiving love is to give love, because what we give out must come back. Lester Levenson receiving-love love-is giving The more miserable you get, the less you should look for an escape (socializing, entertainment). Rather, isolate until you see and let go of the reason for it, or move into your real Self. Never let go of - through escape from misery - a good opportunity to grow. Lester Levenson real letting-go moving Don't probe darkness to understand light. Don't dwell on sickness to be healthy. Don't indulge in thoughts of lack to have supply. Lester Levenson indulge-in light spiritual I began by asking myself, “What do I want out of life?” And the answer was happiness. Investigating further, I went into the moment when I was feeling happiest. I discovered something which to me was startling at the time. It was when I was loving that I was happiest. That happiness equated to my capacity to love rather than to being loved. That was a starting point. Lester Levenson capacity-to-love asking feelings Every time you feel miserable, there is present an excellent opportunity to make a big step forward. Lester Levenson spiritual steps opportunity There is more pain from holding on to the thought of pain than there is in the situation itself. If you let the world strike you, it will do so less cruelly than your own imagination. Lester Levenson pain imagination world Until we become fully free, we put up a false front, a facade, to others for the purpose of winning the acceptance and approval of others. We behave in accordance with what we think the other one wants rather than by expressing our own real feelings. Lester Levenson real acceptance spiritual Feeling sad about anything is holding onto it. Say, 'This is something I have to let go of,' and immediately you will feel better. Lester Levenson feel-better spiritual letting-go We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future. Lester Levenson letting-go happiness past A mental picturing of that which we want, with the complete acceptance and the conviction that it is ours now, will bring it quickly. Lester Levenson conviction acceptance want I was letting go and undoing the hell I had created. By squaring all with love, trying to love rather than trying to be loved, and by taking responsibility for all that was happening to me; finding my subconscious thought and correcting it, I became freer and freer, happier and happier. Lester Levenson responsibility letting-go trying The vast majority of people's concept of love is actually hate, more or less. “I need you, I must have you, I can't live without you, you're mine,” is all non-love. Lester Levenson hate love-is people The way to infinite joy is through the elimination of desire, - no attachments, no aversions. Lester Levenson attachment spiritual joy All unhappiness is caused by our trying to be limited, to be an ego. The more we are our Self, the happier we are. We will never be completely happy until we are completely being our Self. Lester Levenson ego self spiritual If we don't like what's happening to us in the world, all we have to do is change our consciousness - and the world out there changes for us! Lester Levenson happenings consciousness world Nervousness is caused by wanting two opposing things at the same time, one consciously and the other subconsciously. The battle is resolved when you make the subconscious desire conscious. On the other hand, if you know what you are, there will be no conflicts. You can do that through seeking. It is not necessary to understand the negative. It is far better to be positive. Be Your Self. Lester Levenson self two hands There's no such thing as a mistake--we do it! There's no such thing as an accident--we do it!. Lester Levenson accidents spiritual mistake Human love is needing the other one. Divine love is giving to the other one. Lester Levenson divine love-is giving
