Burt Goldman

Stress causes a faster brain wave than does relaxation.

You might initially think courage, not faith, is the opposite of fear. But consider that courage exists only where there is fear to be overcome. Without fear there can be no courage; you would just act.

Therefore, fear and faith are the same, differing only by the degrees of positiveness or the degree of negativeness. Change the degree and you change the emotion.

Stress is not caused by problems. It is your attitude toward the problem that causes stress. Knowing the cause of stress makes it easier to deal with, for now the appropriate question can be asked. The question is not how can I rid myself of stress, but how can I change my attitude toward work, events, disappointments, fears, and people?

To deal with it [fear], go to your meditative level. Polarize the fear; visualize the positive expectations. What would you be doing if you did not have the fear? Go over this again and again.

Unremitting happiness, of course, is not a possible—or desirable—state. According to the principle of rhythm, there is always an inflow and an outflow, an ebb tide and a flood tide. You’ll always have highs and lows—there’s no way to avoid that. However, your highs will be higher and your lows will be higher. And you’ll find that what is a depressive state for you might be a moderately happy state for someone unaware of the Five Rules of Happiness.

He didn’t like it; he couldn’t avoid it, it was there; and he couldn’t change it. That left him with the choice of being happy or unhappy about the experience.

“When you have high self-esteem you are in competition with the only person it makes sense to compete with—yourself. Life then becomes a game, and all the things in life that were bothersome become challenges and part of the game.”

When you understand the mechanism of the mind, you can control your life better.

Therefore, fear and faith are the same, differing only by the degrees of positiveness or the degree of negativeness. Change the degree and you change the emotion.

You might initially think courage, not faith, is the opposite of fear. But consider that courage exists only where there is fear to be overcome. Without fear there can be no courage; you would just act.

As with any endeavor, you will improve as you practice. Improvement in this case means that ultimately you will simply close your eyes, take a deep breath, and be at level.

The basic difference between visualization and day-dreaming is that the former is consciously creative and the latter is recreational.

There is no way to get dark out of a room other than to let light in. The only way to get stress out of your being is to let in relaxation. You cannot be relaxed and stressful at the same time.