COCT MINISTRY
CHURCH OF COGNITIVE THERAPY
The Church Of Cognitive Therapy (COCT) aligns with global entheogenic spiritual communities that explore the sacred use of psychoactive substances beyond recreational contexts. The church emphasizes safety, ethical guidelines, and holistic mental and spiritual well-being while integrating traditional plant-based sacraments with therapeutic and spiritual objectives.
COCT Ministry is a modern entheogenic secular, religious, and spiritual movement that blends cognitive psychology, shamanic wisdom, and ceremonial plant medicine, offering a structured yet flexible path toward personal enlightenment, spiritual connection, and introduction to a global community of participation.
COCT Ministry is a pastoral trauma healing platform originally organized to heal veterans with PTSD, cancer, and addiction in 2003. Its origin was constructed using cognitive therapy, neuroplasticity, ancient ceremonial indigenous practices, and aligning with the animist belief in a Universal Divine Life Force that animates all things. These practices and beliefs were instrumental in curing a long period of depression and trauma for the organizer. The ministry's lineage is heavily rooted in veteran-to-veteran-led religious and spiritual practices.
"We reap what we sow"
We reap what we sow" means your actions (sowing) determine your future outcomes (reaping), a universal concept seen across cultures through ideas like Karma (India/Buddhism), the Bible's Galatians 6:7, the Golden Rule, and sayings like "sow wind, reap storm" in Europe, all emphasizing that good deeds bring good results and bad deeds bring bad, though the timing and manifestation vary.
Christianity (Bible)
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7)
Hinduism/Buddhism (Karma)
Actions (karma) from past lives influence present experiences, and current actions shape future lives, creating a cycle of cause and effect where suffering or happiness is earned.
Psychology/Behavioral Science
Modern studies confirm that patterns of positive behavior (honesty, compassion) lead to well-being, while negative patterns (dishonesty, hostility) lead to adverse outcomes.
Global Proverbs
French
"Qui sème le vent, récolte la tempête"
(Who sows wind, reaps a storm).
Portuguese
"Se semeias ventos, colhes tempestades"
(If you sow winds, you reap thunderstorms).
India (Marathi)
Karave tase bharave
("You pay for what you do").
China
Zhòng guā dé guā, zhòng dòu dé dòu
("plant melons, harvest melons; plant beans, harvest beans").
Sweden
Som man bäddar får man ligga
("As you make your bed, so you must lie in it").
African American Civil Rights
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Martin Luther King Jr. used the phrase to suggest nonviolent protest would eventually yield rewards, aligning with the principle.