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Dividing Attention

by jwestly88 | Feb 1, 2014 | Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Gurdjieff-Ouspensky, Psychology, Self-Help, Spirituality, Uncategorized

The things we attend to in life determine our personal reality. If we choose to pay attention to superficial  material strivings, which are, by their very nature, impermanent, then the focus  and quality of existence will correspondingly be superficial, material and...

Surrender: The First Step

by jwestly88 | Jan 6, 2014 | Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Gurdjieff-Ouspensky, Psychology, Self-Help, Spirituality

Somewhere along the path of inner development we eventually, of necessity, encounter the concept of Surrender and are compelled to confront its personal meaning. We all have an imaginary picture of what we want from Life, whether it is becoming a movie star or...

Lying, an Obstacle to SELF-Awareness

by jwestly88 | Nov 18, 2013 | Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Gurdjieff-Ouspensky, Psychology, Self-Help, Spirituality, Uncategorized

The path to greater Self-Awareness is a perilous journey that requires complete sincerity from the traveler. This path is strewn with many obstacles or challenges to test the mettle of the seeker. One of the greatest of these is our lack of sincerity, our reluctance...

Analysis Leads to Paralysis

by jwestly88 | Nov 30, 2012 | Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Gurdjieff-Ouspensky, Psychology, Self-Help, Spirituality

Presence Practice is chiefly concerned with disciplining the mind to focus energy and attention into the Present Moment. In an undisciplined state, the mind frequently tries to perform operations it is incapable of doing, things like “figuring something...

Clear the Deck

by jwestly88 | Nov 8, 2012 | Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Gurdjieff-Ouspensky, Psychology, Self-Help, Spirituality

Practicing Presence is the simple act of focusing one’s entire attention into the present moment.  A no brainer you might say. It seems so simple. Just BE where you are, where your feet are rooted. How is it that we find it so difficult? Ever notice when you...

Self-Remembrance

by jwestly88 | Oct 22, 2012 | Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Gurdjieff-Ouspensky, Psychology, Self-Help, Spirituality

If you are a reader of this blog, it is likely you have had occasion to ask: “Who am I? Why am I alive?” Many of us have spent lifetimes attempting to answer this question. My first attempts centered around my vocation, my job, my career. In the beginning,...
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James Westly, MC, LPC, is a psychotherapist, consultant, speaker, and author whose passion is the search for, the practice and dissemination of techniques that develop the Human Spirit. This site is about Consciousness, what it means to be Awake and Aware; the inner practices that facilitate Presence; the application of inner practices that facilitate Present-Moment awareness; how to assess how much of one’s attention is focused in the Here and Now. The content is oriented around the writer’s own inner work and the tools he has developed in over 30 years of seeking the Now. Read More

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