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Inner Transformational Odyssey

INner Transformational odyssey

Matthew Corlett
Jan 22, 2022

In this vast expanse of existence, you are much more than a speck in the cosmos. You are a confluence of energy, a synthesis of experiences, and a vessel of profound potential. An expression and a witness of the one consciousness that creates all things.

True, we find ourselves besieged by life’s myriad trials – anxiety, overwhelm, tumultuous relationships, and the ceaseless grind of overwork partly inspired by the constant stimuli provided by technology and addiction.

The challenges for awakening are not only those of our ‘outer’ circumstances (including other people), but almost always our inner reality, our thinking, our mind, our perceptions, our identification with things.

Yet, within us lies an untapped reservoir of resilience and inner wisdom. If these words echo within you, perhaps it’s time to traverse the pathway inward, to find liberation, fulfillment, and love that exists in the quiet spaces of your own heart.

With these words, we pose the question: are you ready to embark on this transformational journey towards inner peace and spiritual awakening?

We believe and behave as if the world shapes our perception, casting long shadows upon the canvas of our minds. In part it does, as we usually identify ourselves through the outer world. What if we dared to step beyond this shadowplay, to question if what we perceive as reality is indeed a passive reception… or an active creation? By acknowledging that our perception is but one of myriad realities.

Zoom out… Envision a cosmic web that connects us all – an intricate tapestry binding us to everything that is, was, and ever will be. Embracing this interconnectedness allows us a glimpse of the self’s expansiveness, revealing an essence that transcends the illusion of separation. As you awaken to this unity, a profound sense of belonging and inner peace envelops you.

In this journey of self-discovery, let presence be your compass. Allow it to guide you through the emotional landscapes and turbulent experiences. View them not as foes to conquer, but as currents in the river of life that carry you towards your destination. Beneath the choppy surface of these waves, an unstoppable force of creation lies – from the heart of stillness found only in the present moment.

You are more than your thoughts, beliefs, and experiences. You have the capacity to transcend these boundaries and dive into the profound depth of your being. This odyssey within demands courage, an open heart, and the readiness to embrace change. And… the possibilities for growth and understanding it yields are boundless.

"Before I met Matt, I was struggling deeply with anxiety. It was keeping me from the deep intimacy I now realize I needed most. With presence and compassion, he helped me be liberated from the past, so I could really create a wonderful life of purpose and meaning NOW"

M. Volpe

Business Owner, Married Father of 2

In Stillness, resides a seeing, a sensing, a knowing far beyond what the identified mind is capable of. In this space, answers to problems are incredibly wise, and it's all there within

Matt Corlett

Quick Cure for Disappointment

Trade disappointment for just a little appreciation... then take another look

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October 29, 2022

I had the wonderful opportunity to feel a deep appreciation for someone in my life today. It was like a wave that washed over me.

It became contagious. I started to find all sorts of little things I appreciate. And as my attention moved more to appreciation I noticed how some irritation I had been holding onto, slowly slipping into a sense of doom, some disappointment I had been carrying about something else, just lifted away.

I realized I had a distorted view and possibilities were far greater than my disappointment.

Matt is INCREDIBLE. I worked with him for a few months and his guidance is like no other - pure magic. He led me to my own inner light and wisdom in ways I could not have gotten on my own

I met Matt in one of the darkest periods of loss, grief, pain and suffering... he helped me build myself better than I was before.

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Disappointment is a process, not a state to occupy. Shifting it is as easy as flowing with the stream of life.

Disappointment when sustained as an attitude closes the mind off to alternatives, to opportunities, to potential. It might lend a short term feeling of superiority, or control…

Sustained it can lead to arrogance, a very small world view, and false safe harbor far away from the present moment and your precious heart.

Trading just a little for a little appreciation, just feeling into what that feels like, it’s almost impossible not to feel a shift in your being, back toward your centre, compassion, calmness and presence.

The secret is… it can be appreciation about ANYTHING, even unrelated things. So the next time you find yourself disappointed say in your significant other, and your mind is starting to stew over all the things he or she is doing wrong, or isn’t doing right, and how that for sure must mean they don’t TRULY care about you… well, stop for a moment. Know you can always pick up where you left off.

Look up, stretch your arms, and just appreciate this moment now, where nothing bad is happening. Appreciate how your cloths feel, or how you can witness beautiful things. Appreciate the taste of your favorite food, or how a giggling baby lights your soul up.

Now, take another look at your partner in that situation. Go back to the same issue. Your perspective has shifted even just a bit, has it not? So appreciate that. And before you know it, you might find a smile on your face, and before long you can turn your disappointment into a statement about what you like, and just share that with her or him, taking responsibility for your emotional destiny.

And all it took, was to trade a little disappointment for little appreciation.

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To me or FOR me?

To Say 'everything happens for me' is something to feel into.

I am asking you a simple question: do you believe that everything happens TO you or FOR you?

The call to embrace that ‘things happen FOR me’ seems to be something that many healers, spiritual people, entrepreneurs, manifestation industry pros and mindset masters ask. I’m not asking you to embrace it. I’m asking you to consider it more deeply so you can truly feel it and open to more love.

Sound good?

Despite these spiritual mindset snippets appearing here and there, they are not mere expressions. They can actually be practices, states of being, and bring new experiences and growth into life. Look, it’s easy to say, ‘Ya, totally I gotta BELIEVE that things happen for me I totally do! All good things are coming.’ Do you know what I mean?

Often I find we like the idea if we believe that saying it will bring PLEASURABLE things, things we think we want or need to BE happy. For an improved future state.

Oh my loves, that is the path to pain, disappointment and doubt in all that is good.

Things happen 'for' me! (as long as they are good things)

So what happens when I really embody the belief? Allow myself to open up to it.

Join me for a moment. Feel it. Go beyond the mind, and feel it in your body, feel it radiating from all around you into you, feel it radiating from you all around you. All things that I experience are for my greater good, for the best, for me.

When I allow myself to open to it fully and feel it i feel a deep relaxation, like I can ‘let go’ of always trying to control things or worry….

If I follow further the feeling and embody it like I fully believe, I enter a state of complete loving and realize there is nothing to feel but gratitude.

If I am out of gratitude, hating what IS, thinking my circumstances are opposed to my desires, to my dreams, to my potential, that people, places and things are always IN MY WAY then do I really believe that ALL things happen for me? What if I think even ONE person, event or circumstance is opposed to what is good for me?

To believe that all things happen FOR you is to LOVE WHAT IS. And that is a practice, not an expression. It is something worth consideration, embracing, trying on, and sinking in.

Am I in a state of perpetual loving gratitude? If not I can realize I’m believing something more along the lines that happens DON’T happen FOR ME, they are in opposition, a distraction or worse.

If you find this, here’s a hack: REJOICE!

That’s right. Rejoice the pain and suffering of it. “For this I am truly grateful so I can become aware of beliefs I have about circumstances and events that perpetuate suffering and pain.”

If you’re looking to work more in alignment with the universe, to work more in alignment with what is good and great about you and life, to open to greater love and possibility, more flow, improved sense of self, book a no-obligation free strategy call and let’s get you opening to wonder of your own being: https://bit.ly/3P3VPRG

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What Can Awareness Do?

can you let go, forgive, and find beauty?

Matthew Corlett
Jan 22, 2022

I would like to take a moment to share with you the power of awareness. It is a super power, and lucky for you, you’ve got it! You are using it ALL the time and in fact, ‘you’ might even be the expression of it.

Let’s keep it really simple. Imagine for a moment you are angry. You might not even know why, but you find yourself pissed off.

Maybe it’s some work you have to get done that you’d rather not do, or your teenager is ‘making everything impossible’.

You might say to yourself or someone else, “Fuck! I am so angry right now because I always have to do this stupid work I hate!” Your conscious awareness of thoughts might end there, but there is always more assumed under the loud voice.

If I came along and recommended bringing awareness to it, you might say, “Hey A-hole I’m already totally aware of what a disrespectful, hormonal teenager I have that continues to push me to insanity!”

But this is not awareness. This is judgement and assumption. Also superpowers mind you, but not like awareness.

It is unquestioning belief of thoughts that are circling around, quietly and loudly, in your consciousness, and it is feeling as if your emotions are inevitable, or a natural result of reality.

The simple formula: my thoughts are true, I am my emotions. You are wholly identified with your feelings, and focused on the problem that caused it.

It might even seem logical. How else could you, would you, should you feel right? Of course. My thoughts are true, I feel this way because of this problem. End of story. 1+2=3.

Or is it?

Pause, become aware, be open

Awareness is a practice. It is a way for you to observe yourself from a new vantage point without shame, judgement, criticism or blame.

Awareness creates a wedge between your thoughts, your feelings, and ‘you’ (and that is a topic for another space, that ‘you’).

To practice awareness, curiosity and courage are your allies. Are you ready to get curious about you? Do you have the courage to take total responsibility for your emotions and well being?

Do you have 10 seconds?

Put your hand on your heart, close your eyes so that the input of your present circumstances are closed out of you mind for a moment.

Take notice of your body. Without saying you are ‘angry’, notice your posture, your breath, your shoulders, the position of your head. Tune into your muscles of your face, your neck. If you’re an empath, feel into the deeper vibrations of your physical being.

If you’re interested on how to do that, book a call and we’ll get you started.

Observe and take note. My face is so strained, my heart beat is racing, I feel like I’m choking on something, my breath is shallow, there is a lot of pressure building up in my scalp, my stomach is in knots and my fists are clenched.

This is one step of awareness, to become aware of the physiology of your anger. Not that you need to get rid of the anger, or change it, but if you did want to pause it, with practice you just change your physiology, and it’s impossible for anger to take grip.

As you observe more, you start to become the observer. As you identify more and more as the observer, you will naturally find a different sensation growing in you.

Now it’s time to bring your awareness to the things you are focused on. “I’m focused on my son, his behavior. I feel powerless and frustrated. I feel like a failure as a dad. He doesn’t respect me and really I am weak and stupid. I hate him but I feel so sad that I failed as a parent”

It can get ugly in there. Again, observe, bring your awareness without criticism shame or blame. Really just become aware of your focus, the thoughts you are thinking, and the language you are using in your mind.

All of this combined is creating meaning, which means creating reality. Painful things happen, but suffering is the result of the meaning we give them.

Notice how it feels in your body to have those thoughts, to hold that focus, and notice other ideas and words that arise when you believe the thoughts are true.

If you cant go further, ask yourself this powerful question: Who am I when I believe these thoughts are true?

You might hear, “I am sad, lonely, and upset. I feel let down by my parents because they really mistreated me, and I never wanted my son to feel that. But maybe I made a mistake. I’m worried. I feel hopeless and powerless. The whole world feels awful.”

Now you are really starting to get the idea of all the thoughts you are believing, maybe some ideas from the past, some old wounds, that are creating your experience.

Your body is a gift in the way it expresses vibrationally the thoughts you believe are true with emotional intensity. It gives you consious mind the opportunity to perform an intervention.

Notice where your focus is obsessing. Is it any wonder you’re experiencing what you are experiencing?

As you build your awareness muscles, you will find that you assume the truth of a lot of things. I’m not saying you should, or shouldn’t or that those are bad, good, false or true things.

I’m saying they are wildly creative. If you are feeling really awful as a result, in general that’s a wake up call to change your internal models of the world. It’s time to change your focus onto what would be wonderful, and to recalibrate your mind, emotions and body on what would be good for you.

Wherever you go there you are. Feel gratitude for the challenge with your teenager, as it’s helping you realize the power to create a better reality is in you.

When you work with me, you will learn many other tools of awareness that will help you understand your teenager (for example), and yourself and others in ways that will build compassion, forgiveness, and create opportunity for loving change.

But it starts with awareness right now. So get started, right now!

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“Awareness is a neurologically advanced state where you are engaging both your conscious and unconscious minds simultaneously”John Asseraf – Founder of Neurogym
Awareness creates opportunities that can’t exist without it. It is more than thinking out of the box, it’s revealing the box isn’t even there in the way you thought it was. Matt Corlett