Author: Kevin Evertt FitzMaurice, M.S.

#Self #Thing: 2017-06-18

• Self as an experience is self as a dead thing.
• Self as a knower of an experience is self as a dead thing.
• Self as a reaction to an experience is self as a dead thing.
• Self as a memory of an experience is self as a dead thing.
• Self as a judgment of an experience is self as a dead thing.


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#Pay #Price: 2017-06-17

• What is the price of peace? Is it forgiveness?
• What is the price of tranquilly? Is it acceptance?
• What is the price of happiness? Is it equality and humility?
• What is the price of good relationships? Is it compassion and understanding?

• Are you willing to pay the price? Or are your ego, pride, and self-esteem more important?

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#Resist #Change: 2017-06-16

• People resist change because the known is safer.
• People resist change because the known is easier.
• People resist change because the known is useful for pride.
• People resist change because their ego is invested in the known.

• People resist change because the unknown cannot be used to claim either the pride of knowing or the pride of knowing better.

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#Surrender #Control: 2017-06-15

• Why is it a challenge to stop trying to control other people? Is it because of the pride of superiority?
• Why is it a challenge to give up control of what you cannot control? Is it because of the pride of no-ting?
• Why is it a challenge to give up trying to control what you cannot control? Is it because you desire to appear to do better?
• Why is it a challenge to stop desiring to control what you cannot control? Is it because of the pride of claiming to be better?

• Why is it a challenge to accept that your control is limited to yourself? Is it because of the pride of claiming to know better?

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#React #Listen: 2017-06-14

• Don’t react with thinking, do react with listening.
• Don’t react with judging, do react with compassion.
• Don’t react with blaming, do react with understanding.
• Don’t react with ideas or images, do react with acceptance and awareness.

• Don’t react with thoughts, do react with following out or meditating whatever it is that you are reacting to.

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#Clean #House: 2017-06-13

• If you keep your house clean, then why don’t you keep your mind clean?
• If you keep your body clean, then why do you keep your conversation clean?
• If you keep your teeth clean, then why don’t you keep your thoughts clean?
• If you won’t let the city dump trash into your yard, then why do you let the media dump trash into your heart and mind?

• If you won’t let neighbors dump trash onto your lawn, then why do you let coworkers dump trash onto your heart and mind?

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#Travel #Within: 2017-06-12

• Only the travel within can educate you.
• The traveller can only discover themselves.
• The journey of life is the journey of self-awareness.
• The fool travels the world to discover different people, but the spiritual always discovers themselves in others.

• You can physically travel the world and not have moved one inch, because you did not move any deeper into yourself.

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#Human #Thinking: 2017-06-11

• Human thinking looks like dogs itching.
• Human thinking looks like chickens scratching.
• Human thinking sounds like scraping pans and pots.
• Human thinking sounds like factory and manufacturing noise.

• Human thinking works as well as banging two heads together.

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#Faith #Confidence: 2017-06-10

• Trust is a form of faith or it is a lie.
• Hope is a form of faith or it won’t help.
• Confidence is a form of faith or it will fail.
• Optimism is a form of faith or it is insincere.

• Cheerfulness is a form of faith or it is phony.

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#Hate #Instead: 2017-06-09

• Instead of protesting against something, work for socially helpful and productive projects.
• Instead of rebelling against something, help develop and implement positive social changes.
• Instead of resisting what others are trying to do, lead by example and work for creative change.
• Instead of hating those you accuse of hating, construct and contribute something positive to society.

• Instead of griping and whining about those you accuse of whining, volunteer your time to a worthwhile cause.

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