For years I believed the source of my negative mind chatter was the programmed responses of something I called The Drunk Monkey. You know what I am talking about. The Drunk Monkey is that voice that interrupts and interjects its opinions without your permission. It is unasked-for chatter about this or that. It is the distracting judgments running through my mind about everything; including things I knew nothing about. The critic. Self-loathing, doubt, fear, and negative projections. This article contains 3 Key Take-Aways: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. You can’t dominate and control your negative mind chatter to achieve peace of mind. 2. Your…
Author: Matthew Ferry
Matthew Ferry
Matthew Ferry is a spiritual teacher, master coach, and best-selling author. Since 1993, he has helped thousands of high-performing professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives transcend fear, quiet their minds, and create what he calls Enlightened Prosperity™—success without stress. His signature methodology, The Rapid Enlightenment Process™, has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal for Advanced Social Sciences. He is the author of Quiet Mind Epic Life, creator of the Mental Journey To Millions, a 2x TEDx speaker and best-selling author.
When you practice these unprovable dogmatic statements, your mind starts to go quiet and you become present to your infinite nature. If you are going to make things up, you might as well make things up that empower you and feel good. It’s not about right or wrong, good or bad. It’s about feeling and living. To make things more interesting. Each of these statements causes your muscles to go strong when you expose yourself to them. Not sure that means anything other than you are strengthened by these statements. I am a soul. An aspect of the quantum field…
Over the past few years, Kristen and I have been working diligently to train our kids on how to prosper in the world once they are on their own. One of our new initiatives is to pay our kids to read books, articles, listen to podcasts and watch TED talks that inspire entrepreneurship, personal development, and financial intelligence. We instituted this new “Get Paid To Learn” program in September and it’s already working great. In order to earn $$$, the kids have to present five key takeaways and summarize how what they read or watched impacts their lives. Last week,…
Can difficult questions create intimacy with your life partner? Yes, they can. How about that spark? Can a guided conversation kindle the spark in your relationship? Get ready for some heat! Does an enlightened approach to relationship improve intimacy? After coaching thousands of busy entrepreneurs and executives, I can say with great certainty that an enlightened approach to your relationship will dramatically improve your intimacy. Even if you have lost your intimacy. And even if you have slipped into resentment with your partner. Let me remind you that enlightened means having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook; spiritually…
Stop living in the volatility of your emotions and experience of the quietness of mind. In this interview, you will hear… An unpopular spiritual point of view Feelings and emotions. Are they the same? The exquisiteness of the Quiet Mind Are you affected by the world around you, or do you affect it? The highly spiritual, completely dysfunctional everywhere mindset. How to be an effective human being with a quiet mind The 4 things that help us blend the spiritual with the material mindset. Observing the functions of the drunk monkey (the mind) Understand and work with the roots of…
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Being enlightened is just a perspective. It is not a place. It is not a destination. It is a state. It is a point of view. It is a contextual framework. Each enlightened person will behave differently than all other enlightened people. You won’t do it the way I do it. I won’t do it the way you do it. There is no one right way or wrong way to be enlightened. Why? Because enlightenment is just a perspective about existence. Here are some of the definitions from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary to help put this idea into context. Merriam-Webster’s Definition…
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED how chatty the mind can be? The thing never shuts up. It constantly fires off unwanted, uninvited thoughts that distract, worry and concern you. Often at really inconvenient times. The mind throws you into states of doubt, fear, and frustration when it thinks it’s in danger. Once you see what the mind is doing, you begin to notice that it serves one purpose: to keep you safe in a world where eventually you will die. The mind is not designed for creativity, calm, or peace. In fact, listening to your intuition is ridiculous to a mind…
Find out how Enlightened Perspectives have touched the life of husband, father and entrepreneur Jason Thomas. An Interview by Lindsay Andreotti (Lindsay) Being a Spiritual Hooligan. What does it mean to you? (Jason) I grew up in a very conservative Christian household, and I am no longer abiding by the illogical rules and dogma that has held me back from experiencing my life to the fullest. I’m not about doing what everyone else tells me to do. Now I do what works! (LA)What’s working in your life right now as a result of being part of this tribe? (JT) All…
Enlightenment. It still seems odd to me at times…the word, that is. It has been since February of 2017 that I stepped into an enlightened state of consciousness. That’s almost two years of being on an enlightened path, and still, I have residual dogma and sometimes embarrassment about using that word. I mean, come on! I swear like a drunken sailor, I enjoy an amazing glass of red wine or three occasionally, and my children (I swear) would try the patience of Buddha or Jesus. I ain’t exactly the picture of a wise man on the side of a mountain,…