The modern empowerment culture tells you to love your body. But nobody explains why, beyond the functional purpose of raising our society’s perennially low self-esteem. On the other hand, many traditional spiritual teachings carry the implicit connotation that the body is a burden, that whatever you experience through the body is unenlightened and ephemeral. The truth goes much beyond either. The truth is that your body is your portal of connection between consciousness and matter.…
There’s a high correlation between pain and growth. Not because the former necessarily leads to the latter. But because growth often requires resistance and pressure. It’s the resistance and pressure you find against the status quo that instigates openings for growth. From a certain perspective, whatever pain or suffering you’re going through is a gold mine– a rich source for your personal transformation towards a higher potential. Yet I’m sure you’d agree that suffering is…
The feeling of self inadequacy, and the shame, guilt, sadness associated with it, is a most human among human traits. We’re so used to it that most of the time you’re probably not even aware that you’re feeling not good enough. The pop culture of empowerment prescribes positive self belief as an antidote– if you’re feeling inadequate, you’re not talking to yourself correctly. Stop the negative thinking and believe in yourself! You’re the smartest, funniest…
Shame is one of the most powerful programming that run on the human operating system. It’s powerful partly because we impulsively want to run away from it, and what you avoid inevitably holds power over you. It’s also powerful because unlike other so called negative emotions, such as fear, sadness, and anger, the target of shame is almost always the self. Not even any ephemeral aspect of the self. But the self in its totality…
Guilt, shame, and fear carry a bad rep in spiritual circles. They are “low vibration”, keeping you from your personal freedom, the villains. You should get rid of them as fast as you’re able… but should you? Every script that has ever been running your life served a constructive purpose, at least at the time when they were installed. In the name of advancing our conscious evolution, we sometimes forget that our old programming, however…
In 99% of cases we humans work similarly to a computer. Just like your laptop, you have a storage system to keep experiences, impressions, information and knowledge. And like your laptop, you have programs (or “scripts”) installed in you to handle various life situations. Without the ability to store stuff or without pre-installed scripts, neither you nor your computer would know how to function. They are essential features to your humanness, and your computer’s…computerness. But…
There’re few “big picture” skills that will benefit your life in the long term as much as having a solid, intuitive connection with your higher self. If you learn to train and follow your authentic intuition, you’ll live a life of few regrets at the end of the day, because you’ll have fulfilled every potential and promise your particular human journey has in store. Yet you may find that a lot of times the supposedly…
Recently when my team submitted a routine update of the Soundwise iOS app to the app store, it was rejected. It had never happened before and the feedback we got from Apple was cryptic. None of us knew what was going on. In 5 seconds after I got the message, I felt as if my blood pressure shot to 200. I thought of what it could mean for the users Soundwise was delivering audio programs…
Empathic light beings often struggle to fit in the “real world”. You’re a wizard. They are muggles. They don’t understand you. I get it. Yet if your mission is to elevate the consciousness of this planet with your light, you can’t do that without operating effectively in the world. And on the journey of ever expanding light, we sometimes forget that it’s not other people’s job to appreciate your uniqueness or the value that you…
“I feel like I’ve grown so much internally and spiritually, but my external environment stays the same. Why? Don’t they say ‘As within, so without’?” “I have so much potential. But I don’t feel I’m realizing my potential. What am I not doing right?” These are some of the questions I get asked regularly, about the relationship between spiritual growth and worldly attainment. It’s one thing to talk about “potentials” as a general term, it’s…
Many times listeners ask me, “How do I trust my destiny?” Other variations on the theme: How do I trust the bigger plan? How do I know the Universe has my back? How do I stop freaking out when things don’t go my way? You get the idea. Sometimes your mind puts forward a question that is actually no question at all. But simply a diversion trick to resist change. Because if you keep asking…
I had a friend who was the busiest woman in the world. Everytime I talk to her, she was inevitably on her way to doing something important, an appointment, a meeting, an event… She was incredibly productive, and also never had any time. You’d think someone like that probably accomplishes a lot in their day and makes a great impact in the world. But not quite. She was not particularly happy with either her career…
Archetypes are emblems of human development paths. They are shared aspects of our collective hero’s journey. Knowing about your archetypes can bring great awareness to your own path of growth. It also helps you properly acknowledge how far you’ve come and shed light on your highest destiny. At times of setbacks and uncertainty, it reminds you to remain patient and grounded. One of the archetypes so many of my listeners share is the Conscious Empath.…
99 percent of humans, 99 percent of time, live in the “dimension of phenomena”, where it’s all about thoughts, emotions, energies, and stories, and consciousness manifests as very sophisticatedly programmed intelligence. Yet at some point in your life in the dimension of phenomena, the question emerged: “Is this all there is to life?” For many people that was the beginning of their spiritual journey. And that question was basically your intuition telling you that the…
After episode 57, where I talked about my new year’s resolution to follow my authentic inspiration as my only guidance for action for the next 12 months, I got some questions from the listeners of SoI– “How do you tell if you’re “following your inspiration” or are just being irresponsible and let your impulse rule the day?” “But one needs planning and discipline to succeed at anything. If you just go where the wind blows,…
Most approaches that claim to help with stress cure the symptoms, not the cause. That’s why they are called “stress management”– they make your stress and anxiety more manageable, but they don’t make them go away. Earlier this week I had to have a sit-down talk with myself because I was feeling overwhelmed. So I channeled the Source to explore my own stress. The result was some illuminating messages that I want to share with…
New year’s resolutions are notorious for their lack of stickiness. But this one is different. Recently I’ve been called to push my own evolution to the next phase, to deepen my commitment to living an authentic life even more. I was called to sign a “contract” with the Universe: for the next 12 months, I’m going to do, and ONLY do those things that I genuinely feel inspired to do, with no questions asked. Now…
There is a simple ritual I call “prophetic listening” that I’ve been doing for several years now, usually around the beginning of the year. It’s helped me build forward momentum in my life, align myself with my highest destiny, and enable me to focus on what are truly important for the 12 months ahead. In Episode 56 of The School of Intuition, I’m going to tell you how to do this practice. It’s super easy…
You’ve probably been told growing up that being intelligent and hardworking is how you’d go places in life. Yet oftentimes you see people with similar backgrounds and similar amounts of talent, drive, and work ethic, yet the end results of their lives are drastically different. Why? The answer, like reality itself, is complicated. But here’s one important piece of the puzzle: What you choose to “work” on have a huge impact on where you end…
A caterpillar walks into a therapist’s office. “I’m depressed,” he says to the therapist. “Because you know what the problem of my life is? No wings. I have no fucking wings, man! Can you fix that? How can I get me some butterfly wings?” If the caterpillar were your friend, as the wise person you are, you’d probably try to talk some sense into it. You’d probably say, “Sweetheart, you don’t become a butterfly by…