This episode takes a step back to discuss the theme of this show, which is about the Matrix and, specifically, about disconnecting from it.

There are many layers to the Matrix, but simply put, it's an illusory construct of mass consciousness belief systems. These are group beliefs that come from 'out there': from family, friends, society, culture, religion, education, politics, science, media, and the list goes on.

The Matrix is made up of beliefs, and all beliefs are untrue. It's a blueprint of lies that you downloaded into your consciousness to create your world. A world where most of us trudge through amid self-created limitations, fear, dissatisfaction and lack because we've bought into the crap stories, the crap counterfeit software bootlegged from other people’s minds.

From a very young age, these mass beliefs program your mind and turn you into a robot. They're like viruses that take over your mind and dictate how to view life and live life.

Basically, the Matrix is all the shit that’s not yours.

They're the I-am-not's that perpetuate the illusory dream and keep you from knowing what's real. They pollute your mind and hold you back from realizing your birthright to live out your passion and joy as your I Am.

The Matrix is like a thick layer of heavy dense clouds that blocks you from seeing and feeling the warmth, clarity and brightness of the ever-present light of your Presence.

Here's the thing though...

Beyond all the various levels, or Matrices, that appear to be coming from the outside and subjecting you with its programs, agendas and viruses, there's only one Matrix you need to focus on, and that’s the Matrix of your own mind.

Upon closer examination, the Matrix is not 'out there'. The Matrix is within – within your mind. And in order to initiate disconnection, the release must come from within. 

You see, no matter how powerful or hypnotic the beliefs in the Matrix 'out there' appear to be, none of them can have any affect on you unless you choose to make them true and make them real for yourself.

Yes, you may have originally taken on suggestions from the outside, but ultimately, there's only one way to bring those ideas to play out in your reality, and that's to make them your own.

The fact remains that no matter how things look, you're always the creator of your reality, and a conscious creator must accept full responsibility as having at some point chosen – consciously or unconsciously – everything he or she experiences in life. 

You're either a creator or you'e a victim. And if you choose creatorship, you need to lay aside all victimhood, including dismantling, or uncreating, all the things that you aren't and that aren't yours. 

All these I-am-not's are part of the Matrix, and none of it is real. And because what's not real is nothing, the best way to disconnect is to see it for what it is – nothing – and make the conscious choice to simply and gracefully let all the shit go.

Episode Permalink: http://disconnectmatrix.com/podcast/12

Anxiety – what is it and what can you do about it?

Anxiety is a state of being in constant worry, distress, nervousness, fear, or any negative emotion, often about an unknown future situation.

Anxiety is insanity – it's a mental disorder, an imbalance of the mind. The crazy thoughts that populate your mind are like the lunatic inmates who've run amok and have taken over the asylum. This chaos then becomes the experience of your reality.

The Matrix of the mind is like a labyrinth in a fun house that keeps you lost, confused, and in terror of what's ahead, what's around the corner. And just when you finally turn the corner to be relieved that there was nothing behind it, you're faced again with yet another corner, another dead end, another unknown threat in the horizon.

Anxiety is the constant suspense of not knowing how to get out of this labyrinth, with the underlying fear that something's hiding in the shadows to nip at your ankles and trip you up at any moment.

Anxiety comes from mind, and you are not your mind.

This preoccupation, this focus on identifying with the reality of your anxiety – your insane mind – is the trap that distracts you from knowing your true nature, your true Self, which is the sanity and clarity of pure knowing Presence.

I discuss the mechanism of thought and mind, on how they're nothing more than replays of the past. This in turn recreates more of your past into the present and the future. That's why most people feel as if they're running their lives on a hamster wheel – reliving more of the same-old same-old, day in and day out, year in and year out.

So if you want to experience newness and tap into new potentials and possibilities, you must begin to release the stronghold of your mental preoccupations and learn to let go of self-negating thoughts and emotions. In other words, you disconnect from the focus on the past and reconnect to a new focus on the Now.

Finally, I share a simple and effective method for releasing anxiety and any strong thoughts, emotions and mental disturbances permanently. You do this by inviting in, then allowing, the thoughts and emotions to run its course within your body and being.

You can say that you're literally eating anxiety for breakfast!

Episode Permalink: http://disconnectmatrix.com/podcast/11

This episode was inspired by the story of my friend Linda's 9 year-old son, Dylan.

It's a story that all of us can relate to about a time when we were young and free to dream to be, do, and have anything we imagined.

But as we grew up, our parents and other authority figures, along with the rest of the world – often with loving intentions – quickly eroded the certainty and joy we once had of our limitlessness.

Soon we were pegged into a small place of not-good-enough, not-smart-enough, not-whatever-enough to be, do, and have it all.

We were told to stop dreaming, to stop following our heart, and eventually to change our tune from the ecstatic knowingness of "Yes I Can!" to the dejection of "No... I can't."

Instead of the sovereign's joyful be-do-have formula of creating the life of our choosing in grace and ease, we were mandated the rigid, difficult, arduous and so-often disappointing rule of have-do-be – the Matrix's way of guaranteeing that we stay limited, resigned, and in fear of our own power, strength, and ability as Creators.

This episode is about reclaiming our birthright as the unlimited Creators that we intuitively knew to be when we were Dylan's age.

It's about restoking the inner fire – the passion of our being – the embers that, although now just a faint soft glow, have nonetheless never been extinguished.

Be-do-have is the advanced technology of living in the grace of our true nature.

It's living the I Am That I Am – our only true reality.

Episode Permalink: http://disconnectmatrix.com/podcast/10