Meaning of Life
The Power of the Vision Quest: Workshop with John Dupuy & Dr. Bob Weathers
Vision Quest guide John Dupuy and addiction expert, author, and recovery coach Dr. Bob Weathers share their passion for and expertise in helping others find their deepest purpose and follow the path they were born to follow using the Vision Quest as the means to get there. John tells us the universe is eager to…
Read MoreFor Ukraine, One Year Later: A Song and a Conversation
February 24, 2023 was the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Of course you could say the invasion began in 2014 when the Russians illegally invaded and stole Crimea from Ukraine. This was after the Budapest Memorandum, in which the US and Russia declared that the current (as of 1994) boundaries of Ukraine were…
Read MoreJourneying to the Depths of our Soul
How do we connect with our soul? How can we be true to our deepest selves? Master hypnotherapist Joseph Kao has created a transformational program called Journey to the Depths of the Soul to help us awaken to who we really are and what we are here to do.
Read MoreHow to Survive New Year’s: Part II of How to Survive the Holidays
There’s a real cultural thing about New Year’s Eve that you’ve got to get toasted, right? That’s how you bring in the New Year. Being an introvert, I don’t remember the last time I went to a drunken New Year’s Eve celebration… I don’t even like to watch the ball fall in Times Square. In…
Read MoreWaking up: Awakening to your True Nature | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on July 26, 2017
In this call, John and Doug answer the question, “What is spiritual awakening?” John mentions a book that he and Doug are currently working on with the working title of The Practice of Life or The Life of Practice. There are four parts to this practice of life or life of practice to help us…
Read MoreWorking with the Flow State for Purpose, Growth, and Connection | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on June 21, 2017
John talks about how using these meditation technologies can help us reach different states which can help us evolve and get us “in the zone” to be better people and to do our work in the world.
Read MoreCycles of Practice, Developing Intuition, and the Importance of Letting Go | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on June 14, 2017
John and Doug talk about iAwake Technologies’ new track developed by Doug Prater himself, Stealing Flow – a tool which can help you become your best self. They also discuss Stealing Fire, the book which was the inspiration for Stealing Flow. John also talks about depression and how to overcome it through finding your path and…
Read MoreWhat if you could be a 30% better you? | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on May 3, 2017
John and Doug discuss how to be a better you – how you should always be available to what you can learn. You have to show up to whatever you experience and do the best you can do in that moment. For John, his daily practice helped improve 30% in spirituality, in health, and in…
Read MoreOn the Meaning of Life: How to Wake Up and Show Up
I’d like to talk about the meaning of life and tell you what that is from my perspective. First of all, I think we have to wake up. We have to remember; we have to know who and what we really are and wake up to our true identities, because before that we’re just wandering…
Read MoreShamanic Journey Meditations: Making the Most of Your Vision Quest
For all of you who might be interested in undertaking a Vision Quest, I would like to share with you some powerful shamanic journey meditations. They work on the principle of direct revelation. These meditations are helpful to make your experience very rewarding, whether you are going on a traditional Vision Quest, at a sacred…
Read MoreVision Questing in the Postmodern World: Now More Important Than Ever
Vision questing is a very personal topic for me; I have vision quested for years and also developed wilderness therapy programs that put hundreds of people out on vision quests. I’m talking about the traditional type of vision quest here, in which the individual goes into the wilderness and finds a spot. When we were helping…
Read MoreCreativity and Conscious Evolution
I picked up a book the other day by Rollo May called The Courage to Create, published in 1975. Rollo May was an existential psychologist, and I think he was quite influential in some of Ken Wilber’s early stuff. His half-brother, Gerald May, wrote a classic in the recovery field, calledAddiction & Grace. Anyway, The Courage to…
Read MoreTrue Patriotism and the Integral Way
On the 4th of July this year, I was thinking about patriotism. We were considering having a 4th of July sale on iAwake Technologies’ products and the slogan, “Be a good patriot this July 4th. Develop your brain.” came to mind. I liked it―a bit humorous, but pretty serious at the same time. What is…
Read MoreSo, what is enlightenment anyway?
I want to talk about non-duality and enlightenment and open up that whole can of worms, because there’s just a lot of talk about it these days. We put ourselves through all kinds of crazy things in order to achieve it: we join ashrams, follow spiritual teachers, spend lots of money, and really do all…
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