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?

I'm seeing many distortions in the spiritual growth process these days. Corporate yoga --- an oxymoron -- has been leading the way in this category for years of course as its real goal is to make employees more "productive". And as a Tai Chi practitioner for 25 years or so, I'm quite troubled by being bombarded lately from some outfit selling Tai Chi as a way to improve your health in 30 days. The video exercises in these ads (which I see constantly now in Youtube) have very little to do with Tai Chi and are mostly variations of basic garden-variety calisthenics. In fact, what they're selling is the diametric opposite of the essence of Tai Chi practice whereby a common dictum is that you're only a beginner for the first ten years. What to make of all this in the larger scheme of things? Why are these distortions becoming more commonplace? These are the questions in my mind.

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 )

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

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?