Urban Thought Collective

About Me:

Roderick Watkins has a MA in Counseling Psychology. His mission is to aid you in finding resolutions for conflicted parts of your being using spiritual resources to guide you on the path towards a unified self.

This is a message from my unconscious helping me through some difficult times.
I woke up in the middle of the night having a strong desire to write and this letter was the product. It had a calming effect on me and reassured me that I am doing my best. Its sort [...]

How you feel about yourself can have an effect on your financial prosperity. You can block the flow of money into your life with negative self esteem or by not realizing your self-worth. In this time of recession it is important that you are aware of how you measure your value as person.
Many people measure [...]

Thanks to Oprah, many people are aware of the law attraction proposed in the movie “The Secret.” The reality to this law is that each moment is filled with many opportunities. The reason we are unaware of these opportunities is because we limit our perception to only those things we believe are possible. Thus [...]

Hello Everyone… I’m in Washington this week and headed to Oregon next. While in Washington, I had the opportunity drive along the I-5 and take note of the scenery. As I was driving I began to think how nice it would be to have dinner along the coast. I hear Washington is known [...]

Last weekend while visiting New York, I found myself intrigued by the accessibility of the city while walking or using a train. After the excitement of walking began to wane, I started to feel exposed. I realized I was out in the open interacting with people on a level I was uncomfortable with. [...]

Barack Obama is not only the Democratic Presidential Nominee, he is also healing for the spirit of this nation. His lineage represents a homeopathic remedy for the collective conscious of America.
The American Institute of Homeopathy states that, “Resolution of an illness occurs when the sick individual is given a small dose of a medicine [...]

At a young age we are taught emotional repression. When we discipline our children and they are hurt, we immediately tell them to suck it up and threaten them with more pain if they don’t comply. As we mature into adolescence, our emotions are then defined into gender roles. Men are limited [...]

Last Sunday a NASA Phoenix probe landed on Mars. The purpose of this mission is to validate the existence of water on the red planet. Water is the common element that all life on Earth shares. Scientists hope that the presence of water on Mars leads to the first signs of [...]

Bettering ourselves requires introspection. Our thoughts can have a powerful affect upon our external reality, and lot of time can be spent in our heads. Unfortunately, thought alone is not enough to change our behavior.
We must remember the importance of balance. For all the work we do to modify our internal [...]

This week, I thought I would do something different. I want to share a practical exercise for conscious expansion. The purpose is to become more aware of your inner being. The inner being is the part of you that is aware. People have referred to it as the spirit, the unconscious [...]