Author: Kevin Evertt FitzMaurice, M.S.

•1 The potter starts with an ugly lump of clay and over time reshapes it into an exquisite pot or vase.•2 The mason starts with a pile of rocks and over time repositions them into a beautiful and useful wall.•3 The carpenter starts with a pile of lumbe…

•1 Thinking is not evidence or proof.•2 Thinking is not sensing or verifying.•3 Thinking is not experiencing or feeling.•4 Thinking is not recognizing or remembering.•5 Thinking is labeling, marking, naming, stamping, tagging, and linking to other labe…

•1 Boring comes when you label something boring and then take that label to heart.•2 Stress comes when you label something stressful and then emotionalize that label.•3 Shame comes when you label something shameful and then take that label to heart.•4 …

•1 It is not boring; your thoughts are boring.•2 It is not unusual; your thoughts are unusual.•3 It is not different; your thoughts are different.•4 It is not stressful; your thoughts are stressful.•5 It is not problematic; your thoughts are problemati…

•1 It is not disturbing; your mind is disturbing.•2 It is not disgusting; your mind is disgusting.•3 It is not distracting; your mind is distracting.•4 It is not distressing; your mind is distressing.•5 It is not demanding; your mind is demanding….

•1 You are always single; it is your ego that always has many selves.•2 You are always simple; it is your ego that is always complicated just like lies.•3 You are always secure; it is your ego that is always insecure or pretending not to be.•4 You have…

•1 Inside, you are never the spoken.•2 Inside, you are never the speaker.•3 Inside, you are always the host and reflector of any speaker or spoken.•4 Inside, you are never the knower or understander of the spoken but always the host.•5 Inside, you are …

“Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.”•1 The bath water is religion, and the baby is the spiritual path.•2 The bath water is modern philosophy, and the baby is ancient philosophy.•3 The bath water is the news, and the baby is sharing the strugg…

•1 When you psychologically own others, then others exist to serve your ego, and honor killing seems practical and reasonable.•2 When you psychologically own others, then others live to help your ego, and you must control what they make you appear to b…

•1 Personalizing or making things about you requires you to be grandiose and self-centered.•2 Personalizing or making things about you requires you to be narcissistic and often psychopathic.•3 Personalizing or making things about you requires you to cl…