Kevin Evertt FitzMaurice, M.S., Author at Kevin Everett FitzMaurice

#Pain #Strain: 2016-09-16

• Pain is necessary to protect health.

• Pain is necessary to improve or recover health.

• Strain is necessary to exercise and maintain health.

• The degree of strain is made important or unimportant by how you feel or think about the strain.

• The degree of pain is made important or unimportant by the degree of damage the pain might be warning you about.

#Reflect #Sanity: 2016-09-15

• Drama about reflections (thoughts) is meaningless noise.

• Regarding reflections as if they were living beings is neither practical nor sane.

• Using reflections to try to change or control reflections is not an intelligent response.

• Making up life stories for reflections might be amusing, but it is a delusional distraction.

• Comparing and rating reflections as if they were the real thing can only be regarded as ignorant and self-defeating.

#Problem #Solve: 2016-09-14

• Blaming a problem is not problem solving.

• Damning a problem is not problem solving.

• Regretting a problem is not problem solving.

• Whining about a problem is not problem solving.

• Worrying about a problem is not problem solving.

#Mistake #Mind: 2016-09-13

• Do you mistake a radio for music? Then why do you mistake your mind for thinking?

• Do you mistake a TV for a TV show? Then why do you mistake your mind for the images on it?

• Do you mistake a movie screen for a movie? Then why do you mistake your mind for the images on it?

• Do you mistake a telephone for a phone call? Then why do you mistake your mind for the thoughts in it?

• Do you mistake an Internet browser for a website? Then why do you mistake your mind for the thoughts in it?

#Teach #Value: 2016-09-12

• Coach’s value comes from what they teach a player to do for themselves.

• Parent’s value comes from what they teach their child to do for themselves.

• Counselor’s value comes from what they teach a client to do for themselves.

• Teachers’s value comes from what they teach a student to do for themselves.

• Advisor’s, example’s, guardian’s, guru’s, instructor’s, mentor’s, or role model’s value comes from what they teach a person to do for themselves.

#See #Hear: 2016-09-11

• The eye can see color, but the eye cannot see the cause or source of color.

• The ear can hear sound, but the ear cannot hear the cause or source of sound.

• The fingers can sense touch, but the fingers cannot sense the cause or source of touch.

• The tongue can sense taste, but the tongue cannot sense the cause or source of taste.

• The nose can sense smell, but the nose cannot sense the cause or source of smell.

#Silence #Teach: 2016-09-10

• What is silence but the great path.

• What is silence but the great source.

• What is silence but the great teacher.

• What is silence but the great reservoir.

• What is silence but the great companion.

#Understand #Comprehend: 2016-09-09

• What can be taught cannot be learned.

• What can be written cannot be understood.

• What can be expressed cannot be comprehended.

• Understanding is not of ideas even when of ideas.

• Comprehension is not of words even when of words.

#Battle #War: 2016-09-08

• Peace is not a struggle.

• Peace is not a result of war.

• Peace is not a battle that can be won.

• Peace is neither an effort nor a conflict.

• Peace is not a battle that a wise person will enter.

#Peace #First: 2016-09-07

• Peace within or no peace without.

• Peace inside first or war outside forever.

• Peace in your attitude or war in your actions.

• Peace in your inner world or war in your outer world.

• Peace in your thoughts and feeling or war in your relationships.

Author: Kevin Evertt FitzMaurice, M.S.