Author: Kevin Evertt FitzMaurice, M.S.

• Reading books is not books.• Riding a horse is not owning a horse.• Living in Russia is not having Russia.• A large window does not make a large house.• Wearing cotton clothes does not make you cotton.

• Entering a brick house is not entering brick.• Arriving at the beach is not arriving in sand.• Stepping into a wooden boat it not stepping into wood.• Living in a cement condominium is not living in cement.• Working in a steel and glass building is n…

• Because of self-esteem, you believe in mental-magical rituals and spells for changing your life.• Because of your belief in self-esteem, you treat your thoughts as if they were magical rituals capable of causing results.• Because of your belief in se…

• Do you ever see the self that self-talk is talking about?• Do you ever experience the self that your self-stories are about?• Do you ever look at the self that your self-images are supposed to illustrate?• Do you ever observe the self that your self-…

• Your self is not involved in your problems, but your ego a.k.a. self-esteem probably is.• Your self is not the issue in your problems, but your ego a.k.a. self-esteem probably is.• Your self is not resisting facing your problems, but your ego a.k.a. …

• A point of view based upon your self (identity), will see life as being about your ego (what and who you are becoming).• A point of view based upon curiosity, will see life as an opportunity to discover, explore, and learn.• A point of view based upo…

• The speaking of self-talk is the self it is about, there is no other self.• The speaking of self-stories is the self it is about, there is no other self.• The speaking of self-scripts is the self it is about, there is no other self.• The speaking of …

• If self-concepts and self-images are not selves, then they cannot be used to define or replace a human self.• Every day self-esteem defines you as different selves (self-concepts and self-images) making you a multiple-personality disorder.• Where hav…

• How are you aware of disturbed feelings if not by your thinking?• Is it possible that your thinking is your disturbance?• Is it possible that your disturbed thinking is the greatest cause of your disturbed feelings?• Is it possible for your disturbed…

• Step 1: Claim knowledge is knowing itself.• Step 2: Claim knowing is doing itself.• Step 3: Claim doing is being itself.• Step 4: Claim self is knowledge for the sake of pleasing self-esteem and ego.• Step 5: Claim self is alive as knowledge when in …