Inspirational quotes by Stuart Wilde, from his book The Force

"If you allow your intellect to react to much, you can get bogged down in definitions and never really get a grip... .The mind programs and stores all your thoughts and feelings, and it accepts whatever emotions, fears, and limitations it is taught. If a mother says to her child, 'Put on your coat or you'll catch your death cold,' the subconscious mind of the child accepts that as an authoritarian belief pattern, and the next time the child goes out without a coat, his or her mind brings forward that energy and says, 'lack of coat: sickness,' and he or she develops a cold. This type of negative programming builds up, and...the...children accept totally whatever their parents or guardians tell them. ...The process of dealing with the mind, its negativities, its emotions, feelings, and attitudes, is the key to spiritual growth. ...In overcoming limitation, you move closer to the next dimension- a dimension of unparalleled exhilaration, existing beyond day-to-day perceptions. ...In effect, as the negativity of the mind loses predominance over your day-to-day affairs, what you think you are dies, and gradually the real you comes to life. ...[Yet] your mind is strong. It has been in command for many years and will not give ground unless it has to. ...As you clear away the debris, the light shines ever stronger and its power encourages you to go deeper. ...Your mind is the block. It stands between you and the whole glory of the cosmic experience. ...The energy of detached observation is so powerful that if you couple it with non-judgement, you instantly enhance your own strength. ...And you will understand more and more deeply that what you are is God." Stuart Wilde (The Force, excerpted from pgs.14-74)

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These inspirational quotes are taken from the unpublished writings of Jack Haas, selected from the notebooks 1990-2005.