True Power

It isn't easy to avoid the heavy effects of our increasingly chaotic and at times dangerous world. We can arm ourselves however with tremendous power and resilience.

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.

When we feel fear we are given an opportunity to learn about ourselves in a profound way. In order to overcome fear we discover strengths that we were often not aware we had. These strengths, and how to access them, are often only exposed to us when we are in our extremes.

The only things we can control are the images and the thoughts that go on in our brain. You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

The practice of relaxation and meditation will assist you as you courageously navigate your course through past, current and future fears and anxieties.

Share your light with others: with strangers, with those who you feel might not deserve it, and with those who need you the most.

Soul Anchoring

Spirituality is a crucial part of a full and rich life experience. To open a door towards finding, reconnecting or expanding your own views, I have written mediations containing several of the world’s spiritual and religious beliefs.

Be open to new ideas and other views, as they will help you connect and expand your own.

There is a place within each of us that is receptive and open to inspiration and wisdom. Pondering and meditating on these passages can remind us of our own higher potential, and provide us with a profound anchor when the waves of life come crashing upon us.

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi--Francis Bernadone, Italy 1180
Discourse on Good Will--The Buddha
The Sheema--from The Torah
Finding Unity--Lao Tzu
Tibetan Prayer--Lama Khemsar Rinpoche
Celtic Prayer--Andy Baggot
On Work--Kahil Gibran
The Real Work--Rumi
The Bhagavad Gita- The Illumined Man

Evening Moral Inventory

The most recent additions for subscribers to www.mythoughtcoach.com, Evening Inventory and Matt's Morning Prayer are tools for overcoming addiction. Addiction in any form will inevitably take precedence over every other worthwhile desire if it is allowed.

Addiction has been defined as: 1) Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance; or 2) the condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.

Nature has supplied us all with the ability to become hooked--and we all engage in addictive behaviors to some degree: heroin, morphine, amphetamines, tranquilizers, cocaine, nicotine, caffeine, sugar, steroids, work, theft, gambling, exercise, and even love and sex.

In the 12 Steps of Recovery, Step 11 calls for prayer, meditation and an evening moral inventory.

Ultimately our greatest wholeness and peace requires that we heal and refine our inner world. Otherwise we become increasingly susceptible to addiction in one form or another, and therein lose our freedom.