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Being self critical and denying what's true and positive about ourself, can hold us back.  The way to heal this is to accept how things are right now.  Looking at the reflection of our thoughts and beliefs in our world provide an accruate assesment of where we're at right now.   For me, I see that I believe in myself enough to have a spiritually focused life that works fairly well on all levels; h...

Every attempt at achieving an objective is an act of faith.  We must believe we have a chance of success in order to try.  With every attempt our faith grows stronger.  At some point our faith is strong enough that we manifest or achieve our objective.   Understanding this helps us to persist, not give up. If you're interested in the coaching I offer to help you gain greater mastery of your thinki...

What we see in others is a projection of oursef.  When we see something we don't like in another, it's a projection of what we don't like in ourself.  The great news is that when we heal that "disliked" trait in ourselves, it heals it in others.  That's because our experience of others is a projection of ourself.  If we completely see ourself as a loving creator in our life, we'll see others as lo...

We create with the focus of our attention.  What we pay attention to grows in our experience of life.  That's why it's so important to pay attention to the emotions tied to every thought because acting on that thought will increase our experience of the emotion tied to it. The more we pay attention to what is wonderful in our life, the larger part of our life it becomes.  I love my wife.  I'm happ...

Our experience of life is what we create with our thoughts.  As I embrace the thinking that I am ONE with all that exists, I find myself embracing the thought that everyone and everything is part of me.  Because I have control over myself, I have control over my perception of everything and everyone. I'm finding myself moving fron thinking other people exist to thinking that everyone and everyting...

We create global consciousness each moment with the focus of our attention.  What we pay attention to is what exists for us.  If we're not paying either conscious or unconscious attention to something, it does not existg for us.  We can be certain that everything in our world is being created in the current moment by us.  If we want to create something different, we just change the focus of our at...

Everything we perceive including people, objects, thoughts and everything else, even sunshine, are projections of who we are.  The more we can identify and relate to this truth, the more love, joy, peace and power we experience.  Empathetic healing is a way we can increase our acceptance of this fact.   With empathetic healing we note what another is experiencing that is negative and identify that...

It's important, for me at least, to remember the whole point of life is to recognize, accept and experience that we are all ONE; ONE with GOD and all there is.  This can be a challenge as I have created time and the idea that I'm separate, not ONE.  The pain of thinking of myself as separate is so painful that I'm motivated to find peace in relating more to being ONE. I'm grateful to have the tool...

The truth of who we are is that we are ONE with all that exists.  When we think of ourselves as separate individuals inhabiting a planet with billions of other separate individuals, we create stress for ourself.   The more we can relate to the fact we are experiencing being ONE whenever we're happy, at peace, living in joy and spontaneous acting on loving thoughts; the more we are relating to bein...

When we heal ourself, we are healing the world.  This is because, we are the world.  We are ONE with all that exists.  We are all that exists.  For me, and most others, this is a difficult understanding to relate to.  One approach that works for me is to relate to the reflection of the truth that we are all one in my experience of the world. Some of the ways I relate to aspects of being ONE includ...

At some point to relieve suffering we must accept the truth that we've always been and always will be ONE with God, all that exists.  A step in that level of acceptance is to empathize with with others, see them as part of us.   I'm here to support myself, which includes you, in this ultimate release of suffering that accompanies acceptance of what is true at the highest level.  As part of me, I i...

At some point we let go of seeing ourself as being separate and see ourselves as being ONE with all that exists.  That final step has been described as an act of grace that comes upon us and is beyond our volitiion.  I am having the thought that I'm coming up on that as the intensity of the suffering of seeing myself as being separate is extreme, verging on unbearable.  Far too often, I find mysel...

Everyone and everything is part of me.  When I experience criticism, that is part of me being criticical, and when I understand the truth of that I embrace that part of me in my heart, hold that part of me and tell that part of me that it's ok.  I can feel that part of me being healed as it accepts the love and acceptance I have for that part of me.  Everythiing I experience in life is me.   What...

The more we accept ourself, the more we accept and take ownership of our power.  We've created everything in our life.  One thing that I'm becoming increasingly accepting of is that I have created help and support in my life.  That help doesn't replace the need for me to help myself, take responsibility for my life and everything in it.  What it does do is facilitate my healing through acceptance....

We are always in a state of well being.  We're conscious of that state when we slow down enough to notice it.  I've recorded this podcast to reinforce a habit of slowing down enough to be conscious of well being, the fact that I'm OK, always have been, always will be, and could never be otherwise.  My/our true nature is to be ONE with all that exists, living in eternal love, joy and peace.  The ga...

Any thought that is part of being separate creates suffering.  That includes thinking about the past and future as if they exist anywhere other than the mind.  Being present, focused on the present moment, allows us to be free of suffering, being self conscious and stressed.  Any thought that has the emotion of well being, peace, love, joy or inspiration is part of the consciousness of being ONE....

The outer world is an accurate measure of the degree to which we accept our value.  If there is a gap between the value we feel we are offering and the value the outer world assigns to our contribution, it's a message there is an inner conflict about the value we are offering.  One way to help close this gap is to continue to offer the highest and best value we can.  Every bit of persistence incre...

The only way to end suffering is to accept the truth.  The most basic and powerful truth is we are ONE.  You are part of me.  I am part of you.  There is only ONE.  Nothing exixts outside of ourself,  We are all that exists.  When I interact with what I used to understand as other people, I now realize to be at peace and live in joy I need to understand that I'm interacting with parts of myself.  ...

All the choices we make are made in the hope and expectation that the choice will enhance our experience of love, joy, peace, happiness, strength and all the other experiences that are part of us when we realize and experience being ONE.  When we are conscious of this motivation the is behind every act and thought we have, life makes far greater sense.  Then we are able to be more efficient and ef...

There is a universal consciousness that affects everyone to some degree.  Often times it's referred to as a "national mood" or a global trend.  I am inspired to meditate on that consciousness and see to what extent I can influence global consciousness.  Right now there is a trend of growing authoritariism around the world.  I am writing articles that shed light on the cause and healing of bullys....

It takes courage to choose to follow our inner guidance over conventional wisdom and the advice of others when there is a conflict.  It begs the question, do we know better what's best for us, or should we follow those with more experience and credentials even when it conflics with our inner guidance?  Of course, given a choice, there wouldn't be a conflict between my inner guidance and conventiio...

We've created our life as it is now for a reason.  Understanding that reason helps us understand how and why we've created the life we have.  If that's of interest to you, contact me at scottfriedman40@gmail.com My books are available on Amazon.  Links to the books appear on my website, www.thoughtcoachingbyscott.com  

The advice of "be yourself" is often given.  It makes sense to spend some focus on "who and what am I' to gain greater clarity on what it means to be myself.  This podcast is part of my effort to gain greater and more specific understanding of what it means to "be myself".  As always, I believe example is the most powerful form of leadership.  I hope my example inspires you to answer the question...

As we progress we narrow our focus on the way to being present all the time.  In my progression, I focus on the present all I can, and find myself often focusing on being ONE with the traits I notice in others.  This is moving me forward because the most efficient way forward is to focus with greater detail where we are right now. I offer coaching for those who want my help in being more accepting...

The more we accept the thoughts in our mind and the emotions they create, the greater choice we have in which thoughts we act on and the life we create for ourselves. If you'd like my help in being more conscious of your thoughts and experienceing more of the energy that makes available for us to consciously direct, contact me at scottfriedman40@gmail.com My books are avaiable on Amazon.  Links to...