Phil Goddard

Peace & Understanding

26-Oct-2015

A few days ago I heard someone describe an understanding as “something that brings peace” Well, that might well be the case, but peace isn’t dependant upon anything. The only time we don’t feel peace is when we believe it IS dependant upon something.

True Gratitude

14-Oct-2015

It’s so easy to make a judgment of someone by what they have said, yet when we pause and consider a basic truth, we are ALL love, it becomes easier to see someone, who we might initially think is ungrateful, as simply feeling hurt or fear in that moment.

Preventing Miracles

02-Oct-2015

Whenever we are holding a grievance we are both judging and resisting reality. As Byron Katie says, every time we fight reality we lose. When we hold a grievance we are resenting reality, we keep ourselves out of the flow of how things are, and it’s only within that flow that miracles reveal themselves.

Being Undefined

01-Sep-2015

Each time you say “It is…” or “I am…” you define and hence confine. Every definition has edges, constrictions, a denial to infinite possibilities.

Get Over Yourself

26-Aug-2015

I'm not really interested in who you think you are…

Self Love

22-Aug-2015

By all means have the dark Belgium chocolates, buy yourself red roses, treat yourself to a massage, get down to the gym and feast on spinach soup for lunch. Allow yourself some quiet time…

Self Acceptance

19-Aug-2015

Most of us were brought up in families and schools where ‘being good’ actually meant complying with rules and not being an embarrassment. We’ve spent a large portion of our life seeking approval, not wanting to be so different we stand out, endeavouring to meet our elders and teachers expectations…

The Day it All Changed

06-Aug-2015

I heard the screaming, the shouting, the pandemonium, as shock took over my body for a few moments, wondering what on earth I might find as I went upstairs. My mother was crying, “No! No! No!" as if she had found my father dead. In a way she had…

Being Enlightened in the Rain

16-Jun-2015

I’m so enlightened I f@&king HATE drizzly wet weather!

I recently saw someone write ‘the material world is irrelevant’

Reasons to be Unhappy

11-Mar-2015

The ONLY reason I am EVER unhappy is because I think I should be.

I am always the one creating all my rules for UNhappiness…

The Most Potent Force in Leadership

08-Feb-2015

What IS the Most Potent Force in Leadership?

I recently had a conversation with someone who worked with me in my previous career. She had a powerful question for me.

The Blue Dot of You

29-Jan-2015

We are all going to die.

I’ll give you any odds you want on anyone reading this being alive in 100 years time.

Loving Your Friends

28-Nov-2014

Do you actively love your friends?

I love and I am love, but I also see love as an activity, as a being. It is something we do and be.