Mark L Butler, who studied with Howard from 1972 until 1992, established the Eagle Literary Foundation in Eagle, Idaho, in 1994. Īfter Howard's death, several non-profit Foundations were established as a result of his many years of teaching.
The foundation, now located in Pine, Arizona, continues Howard's legacy via personal classes held by some of the students who studied with Howard, as well as the marketing of his writings and recorded talks. In 1979, Howard founded the non-profit learning center New Life Foundation, where he continued to teach until his death in 1992.
Thus, he taught that inner liberation is a ridding process, and that the false self is a fictitious collection of self-images or pictures about who we think we are (Psycho-Pictography, page 33). He asserted that this new life can only be found through awareness, and that the human ego is a barrier to this awareness. He explained that a new and higher inner life is found through releasing the negative conditioned ego, which he described as the " false self". He taught that there is a way out of suffering, and advocated self-honesty, persistence, the study and application of spiritual principles, and a sincere desire for inner change, according to Psycho-Pictography (page 34). Krishnamurti and American Transcendentalism. These included: Christian and Eastern mysticism, Gurdjieffian Fourth Way teachings, the Gospels of the New Testament, Jungian psychology, J. Howard drew from what he perceived as being a "common thread" among several different philosophical and spiritual traditions for his insights and teachings. By the early 1970s, he had moved to Boulder City, Nevada, and had begun teaching spiritual development classes after being contacted by numerous individuals interested in his writings. These writings emphasized the importance and practice of self-awareness. In the 1960s, he began writing books that focused on spiritual and psychological growth. He began speaking on the principles of personal development in the late 1950s while living in southern California. Howard was born near Haverhill, Massachusetts, and began his writing career in the 1940s as an author of humor and children's books.