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Stephen Kaufman's Blog
November 21, 2009
- One of the most difficult things that anyone has to deal with is the acceptance of personal good delivered with ease and grace. There is always a part of the psyche that doesn't allow for the joy of receiving. This is partly due to the fact that underlying guilt patterns seem to constantly override the true natural order of things and is generally derived from aspects of negative sentiment and ...
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November 15, 2009
- Passion! How many situations, now or in the past, have you found unsatisfying? Which ones did you force yourself to get used to even though you did not like them? Was it something you immediately rejected and then found that you had to satisfy the needs of someone else? If something you are doing does not make sense, there is obviously something wrong with it, or with you. Sometimes you get an ...
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November 7, 2009
- Intuition is that “thing” or feeling that sends messages to you, presumably from your inner self which you should pay attention to, but usually do not because of a fundamental lack of trust in your self. The value of intuition is overlooked for the very fact that it is not trusted. Webster defines intuition as “the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition of ...
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November 4, 2009
- COMING THIS MONTH FROM HANSHI WARRIOR PRESSFrom the back cover…The phenomenal success of the author’s original interpretation of Musashi’s Book of Five Rings was the inspiration that eventually led to the creation of this book. A chance meeting of two incredibly diverse human beings led to a collaboration that came as a result of their own personal relationship. Hanshi Kaufman taught the ...
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October 31, 2009
- An abundance of good is a wonderful thing when acknowledged and accepted as a normal aspect of your life. The Universe gives freely of Itself and does not consider abundance as a factor in Its giving. The Universe is constantly expanding and there will always be more of it to give, which is dependent upon the size of the receiving receptacle's desire to accept, which is you. Space is unlimited ...
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October 24, 2009
- Many people have problems when they contemplate voluntary change. This is because they fear inconveniencing others–usually for the wrong reasons. Worrying about the results of disassociating themselves from the people and conditions holding them back, they may unwittingly seek an excuse to keep the status quo, and so, ignoring their true feelings and negating their desires, additional ...
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October 18, 2009
- Everyone is successful by virtue of experiencing the life desired and the life not desired. Success, though, is usually confused with an accumulation of “things” such as houses, cars, clothes, etc., and many people who appear to have an abundance of “things” in their lives are often dismally unhappy with many other aspects. By personal thought, they are successful in getting exactly what ...
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October 7, 2009
- Life is based on personal choices, for better or worse, and the desire to see them through to completion. Sometimes it is easy to bring about change, perhaps, but a clear idea of what you desire to experience is essential. Limitations that have been in place for as long as you care to remember must be negated, their authority disavowed, and replaced with conditions you feel are right for you as ...
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August 2, 2009
- Thanks to all of you for your words of encouragement for my continued efforts to produce what will be one of the next books from Hanshi Warrior Press. It is titled, 52 Weekly Self-Revealization Acceptances - A Companion to the Original Self-Revealization Acceptance that is starting to take off in certain areas. Week 1 - I Know My Purpose I realize the magnificence of my life and I ...
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July 31, 2009
- In 500 words or less? This should be an interesting experiment. As a writer, (a person who makes their essential living from the "craft") I look forward to the completion of this exercise to be precisely 500 words without using clever little tricks and foibles though I will experiment with concepts of grammatical importance or non-importance as the case may be while continuing on in my ...
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July 30, 2009
- As an update to my “other” life (becoming more and more exciting day by day) I have been chosen by the Republican Party of New York to run for City Councilman of District 5; the Upper Eastside of Manhattan. I am meeting many people who give their best to me and I endeavor to do what is necessary to increase the quality of life that is so dearly being missed by the vast majority of my ...
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July 30, 2009
- "What was a misstep that you (or your publisher) made with publishing your first book--and how would you do things differently if you could?" I remember the day very well when I heard from my first publisher the great news that they were going to publish my treatise on Musashi’s Book of Five Rings. I was thrilled that my voice would be heard by a large audience and that a ...
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June 3, 2009
- Having just returned from an extraordinary trip to Israel on Sunday, I am still getting back to normal with the jet lag syndrome and have yet to absorb and internalize the incredible vast majority of experiences that I encountered including the obvious holy sites but also the reality of the climate between the various peoples living there; Jews, Christians, and Arabs. Forget the nonsense you ...
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May 10, 2009
- The bane of the small publisher. No doubt I will get a lot of flak on this one (assuming of course that someone actually reads these blogs, but that’s another story) and a lot of author’s will praise Amazon to the Heavens. NOT ME! As a small press I find it ludicrous to even sell to them any more. In the first place they take 55% and then you have to pay freight unless you have a big ...
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April 29, 2009
- Things keep getting better and better. One of my older publishers has decided to take advantage of my market ability and is looking at six (6) proposals for my work. I have a few other proposals out with other publishers as well. See...the whole thing is based on maintaining integrity of your work and driving forward with persistence and determination. This is exciting to me but I do not permit ...
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