Here is our latest podcast episode. A discussion on a topic very close to my heart. 🎬 Watch it here 👈 👈👈 and take part by leaving a comment or question below. Are Conscious Communities really possible?

In this new podcast episode Lennart and Justin take his recent YouTube video about fake gurus and use it as a springboard to discuss the risks of spiritual teachers and the value of real mentorship. Lets take this important subject further, what do you think? Watch the episode Do we need Teachers or Gurus? 👈 here. Some questions to start but feel free to bring your own: 1. How do we truly discern a teacher's transmission or "frequency" from charisma, projection, or unresolved shadow? 2. If being your own guru is largely a "joke" because the ego will always opt for comfort when things get tough, then what safeguards exist in a teacher-student relationship to prevent exactly that ego from hijacking the process in the other direction (i.e., the teacher's ego dominating)? 3. Justin proposes communities built on collectively uncovered "natural laws" and higher principles rather than one person's rules—yet he also feels a responsibility to "go first" and lead. How can such groups practically hold accountability without slipping into top-down control or, conversely, dissolving into endless consensus paralysis due to unexamined egos?

You Ego is this constant storyteller - your Authentic Self is and was always whole. Questions, thoughts and ideas...leave a comment below and bring it on. (Make sure to have watched the podcast episode Ego & Authentic Self )

Who Am I? Breaking the Cultural Spell and Paying the Price for Freedom. I’m asking the most important question: who am I, really? To get free and reach your highest potential, you have to stop, breathe, and question why you’re doing what you’re doing—because we’ve been trained to obey cultural values that keep us boxed in, reassuring each other that our “identity costumes” fit. When you stand still long enough, you see the fear-based, automatic motions around you and notice how stressed and fake so much of it feels, even as influencers tell you how to live. Look closely and you’ll see you’re not your changing body, not your old goals, not the mind’s thoughts, and not even your passing emotions. But choosing to truly know yourself means defying a millennia-old script, and there’s a price: no guarantees, a razor’s edge path, and the willingness to stand alone.

Here is my tribute to and my criticism of the enigmatic and wonderful Alan Watts. But what do you think 🧐 genius or fraud❓