Since thought likely dominates how you communicate with yourself, it may be helpful to consider what it is and what it does exactly in relation to your personal power. One way to look at thought is a sort of repackaging of internal communication into familiar language.
Without thought how would you understand the information contained within an emotion or a feeling, for example? You likely know what is being communicated within the emotion or feeling . . . but you also want to view it in a familiar form and language. Enter: your thoughts.
It’s not much different than if you were in a foreign country, sort of knew what was being said, but you wanted the information in a form and a language you recognized. In this sense, thought can be viewed as a way of instantaneously converting and summarizing huge amounts of information you communicate to yourself into a recognizable language.
This thoughtful conversion of your internal communications is extremely useful – but at the same time it’s not a substitute for all of the raw data (emotions, impressions, sensory input, impulses and so on) which you offer to yourself.
In other words, thought is incredibly useful and may well serve a critical function – but it cannot take the place of your internal reflection on the full spectrum of information you offer to yourself at every moment.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Freedom and Responsibility of Expression
Expressing your own thoughts and feelings can be quite empowering.
The freedom in that expression comes from allowing yourself choice to express rather than remaining restricted by the expectations of others or expectations which are generated from beliefs about expression.
Within that freedom of choice there also resides a responsibility - not to others necessarily – but to yourself.
That responsibility has to do with examining your own motivations and beliefs regarding your communication, so that you are not automatically driven by beliefs which you are not even aware of. There is nothing inherently wrong about holding any belief, really. However, the point is to recognize what, exactly, motivates you to respond at all, and what motivates you to respond in a particular way.
In noticing that and in becoming objectively aware of your motivations you then provide yourself important information about yourself, which, in turn, allows you to offer yourself even more choice and thus more freedom of movement.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
The freedom in that expression comes from allowing yourself choice to express rather than remaining restricted by the expectations of others or expectations which are generated from beliefs about expression.
Within that freedom of choice there also resides a responsibility - not to others necessarily – but to yourself.
That responsibility has to do with examining your own motivations and beliefs regarding your communication, so that you are not automatically driven by beliefs which you are not even aware of. There is nothing inherently wrong about holding any belief, really. However, the point is to recognize what, exactly, motivates you to respond at all, and what motivates you to respond in a particular way.
In noticing that and in becoming objectively aware of your motivations you then provide yourself important information about yourself, which, in turn, allows you to offer yourself even more choice and thus more freedom of movement.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Peace and Beauty
You reflect beauty by sharing your inspired choice for peace.
Allow me to explain.
Peace is here now – as is war.
For both war-and-peace, conflict-and-acceptance, are within each of us.
Both remain a choice within each moment - and you always retain that momentary choice as it is the basis of your power.
Conflict is generated by defensiveness and rejection of that which is unfamiliar and fearful.
Acceptance is generated by allowing for unfamiliar differences in others and by not opposing that which is unfamiliar within yourself.
Thus, peace naturally flows from acceptance – not from opposition.
For as you oppose any expression, including war, you offer it more energy.
Choosing to trust the peace which is here now generates the reality of peace in the here-and-now.
And that is beautiful.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
Allow me to explain.
Peace is here now – as is war.
For both war-and-peace, conflict-and-acceptance, are within each of us.
Both remain a choice within each moment - and you always retain that momentary choice as it is the basis of your power.
Conflict is generated by defensiveness and rejection of that which is unfamiliar and fearful.
Acceptance is generated by allowing for unfamiliar differences in others and by not opposing that which is unfamiliar within yourself.
Thus, peace naturally flows from acceptance – not from opposition.
For as you oppose any expression, including war, you offer it more energy.
Choosing to trust the peace which is here now generates the reality of peace in the here-and-now.
And that is beautiful.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
Friday, January 29, 2010
Resistance is futile ... (Part 2)
This is a reply received in reference to the previous post, which was about resisting yourself by avoiding a focus on yourself and your own needs:
Response:
Resistance is a choice you make in each moment. In that sense, there is no question of ending it, for ending it implies that you no longer retain a choice whether to express resistance or not. And you always retain choice.
The point therefore is to make your choice within each moment with an awareness of what you are doing.
This is the basis of your personal power and what leads you to more freedom of movement.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
“So true: Are you always ready without a moment's hesitation to serve the needs of everyone in dialing distance yet resist exploring your own needs?
What you wrote here is so true yet ending the internal resistance seems like a lifetime(s) endeavor.....or is it?”
Response:
Resistance is a choice you make in each moment. In that sense, there is no question of ending it, for ending it implies that you no longer retain a choice whether to express resistance or not. And you always retain choice.
The point therefore is to make your choice within each moment with an awareness of what you are doing.
This is the basis of your personal power and what leads you to more freedom of movement.
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Resistance is futile ...
“ . . . Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. . . " - Locutus of Borg/Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, episode The Best Of Both Worlds (1990).
I’m not a treky - but I do love that phrase. It rings true. Your life as it has been is over as you allow yourself movement without resisting yourself, without hesitation and with trust in yourself.
That's a good thing.
Resisting yourself on the other hand can take on many forms.
Do you resist and deny yourself that which you offer to others? Are you loving and gentle with the local kitty cat but mean and harsh to yourself? Are you always ready without a moment’s hesitation to serve the needs of everyone in dialing distance yet resist exploring your own needs? Do you reach out to give everyone the benefit of the doubt except yourself? Do you resist or ignore your own inner voice?
Getting in touch with your own personal power is practically synonymous with accepting and trusting yourself.
Resisting yourself, on the other hand, is not only pointless, inefficient and stressful, but it’s also no fun!
No doubt, resistance is futile ...
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
I’m not a treky - but I do love that phrase. It rings true. Your life as it has been is over as you allow yourself movement without resisting yourself, without hesitation and with trust in yourself.
That's a good thing.
Resisting yourself on the other hand can take on many forms.
Do you resist and deny yourself that which you offer to others? Are you loving and gentle with the local kitty cat but mean and harsh to yourself? Are you always ready without a moment’s hesitation to serve the needs of everyone in dialing distance yet resist exploring your own needs? Do you reach out to give everyone the benefit of the doubt except yourself? Do you resist or ignore your own inner voice?
Getting in touch with your own personal power is practically synonymous with accepting and trusting yourself.
Resisting yourself, on the other hand, is not only pointless, inefficient and stressful, but it’s also no fun!
No doubt, resistance is futile ...
Joseph Fedorowsky / Personal Empowerment
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