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We owe it to ourselves to live life fully regardless of the risks involved. The risk of not putting ourselves fully into our life is greater than the risk of going for it. We should be able to die wi…

We know we're traveling our intended path when we have more energy vitality clarity peace of mind happiness and other great qualities.  Our goals exist because, in order to achieve those goals, we mu…

For me at least, back pain is a sign that there is more support that I need to be giving to myself now. I believe the support I need to give myself now is to recognize the doubt I have in my ability …

Accepting the existence of negative thoughts and choosing not to act on them is the way to minimize negativity and maximize freedom.

If you'd like my help in accepting your thoughts as thoughts and c…

Staying focused on the big picture helps us make better choices. We make choices that move us towards the realization of our big picture and are less complikely to make short-term decisions that are …

Ideally, my attention would always be in the present moment and I'm not quite there yet. As a step forward, I want to focus on things day-by-day. If I have something wonderful happen every day as a r…

The more we accept, what's true, the more we can consciously create. What we want are the manifestation of ideas that have emotions tied to them that we want more of.  Those emotions include love, jo…

My definition of spiritual growth is the progressive realization and alignment with that which is true. Spiritual growth results in greater vitality, greater choice greater wisdom and the ability to …

For me, the risk of trying and failing is much less problematic than the risk of not trying. Put another way, I could take failing a lot better than I could take not trying.  I owe it to myself to gi…

The more I accept and align internally with  thoughts that are in alignment with the truth of who I am, the more that peace and wisdom and effectiveness are reflected back to me.  My inner world is p…

What we focus on grows in our life.  Focusing on being aware of joy in life Will increase it.  We don't create joy.  It already exists.  We just become more aware of it.

We create our world with ou…

We all have a unique path in life that leads us to Enlightenment, which I understand as the ceaseless experience of love, joy and peace.  We naturally draw experiences to ourselves that help us move …

Putting ourselves first benefits everyone. The more we have, the more we have to offer ourselves and others.  When I say have, having could be anything; money wisdom kindness,  talent, compassion, an…

Some thoughts are so awful that I find myself not wanting to acknowledge them for fear that they might be true. I don't want to deal with the horrible thought. Upon further inspection, it has never h…

My main spiritual tool is awareness and acceptance of my thoughts. With that tool I have access to wisdom and procedures which are helpful.

I'm available to help with thought awareness and choice i…

Being focused on what makes life worth living helps us keep our priorities straight. 

We create with our thoughts. Being conscious of our thoughts gives us the choice of which thoughts to act on.   I…

I have found that trusting thoughts that are accompanied by a deep and pervasive congruence has always served me well. In this podcast, I share a number of the thoughts that have that level of congru…

Acting on spontaneous thoughts that are imbued with emotions we want more of is the optimal way to lead our life. Acting on thoughts that are Imbued with desperation anger fear or other emotions that…

We know we're growing spiritually when we're centered and at peace in circumstances that used to be fraught with attachment and suffering.  We accomplished this by accepting where.we're at right now …

When people interact, they naturally are pulled towards embracing similar perspectives and understandings. The more deeply rooted in truth, our perspective and understanding is, the more likely we'll…