Hello, Shangriballa Family! I have a feeling many of you will be as excited about this as Patrick and I are. We've heard countless times how much the Trauma-Informed Non-Dual sessions at our retreats have helped you gain not only profound insights but also integrate them upon returning home. It's the critical link between the cushion and real life, right? Well, we took those deep-dive sessions and recorded them! We packaged them up so you can revisit the wisdom, or catch up on what you might have missed. Think of it as your ongoing integration support, available right here in our classroom. Here’s what you get: - Part 1: The Blueprint of Trauma. We explore what it means to be trauma-informed and understand the very foundations of how the separate self creates and holds trauma, - Part 2: Connecting the Threads. This is where the magic happens! We examine closely how trauma affects every aspect of your life and skillfully connect those threads to the core understanding of non-duality. - Part 3: Working with the Body. It's not enough to just know this stuff. This final piece shows you how to bring all this information together, embodying it and working with it actively in yourself to dissolve the mist. Who gets access? This entire three-part workshop is a gift for our retreat alumni. If you've joined us at a Shangriballa retreat, drop a comment below saying 'Access, please!' and I'll personally grant you entry. Don't let those amazing insights fade; keep the integration flowing! What part of the trauma work did you find most helpful at your retreat?" https://www.skool.com/shangriballa/classroom/a3ed6c1e?md=229b53aa895c48e08cebe9f0922c7d0a

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists" ~ Nikola Tesla ​Nikola Tesla, one of history's most brilliant inventors, saw his mind as more than just a thinking machine. He saw it as a receiver, an antenna picking up signals from a universal source. This wasn't just a quirky saying; it was how he genuinely felt his groundbreaking ideas came to him. He wasn't just inventing things; he was discovering them, pulling them out of a vast, unseen ocean of information. ​This idea of a universal "core" of knowledge sounds a lot like what philosophers call non-duality. Non-duality, or "not-two," is the idea that everything is fundamentally connected. There's no real separation between you and the universe, or between your mind and the source of your thoughts. Our individual minds are just small parts of a single, unified consciousness. ​Beyond the Light Bulb Moment ​We often think of creative breakthroughs as a sudden flash of brilliance, a "light bulb moment." But Tesla's quote suggests something deeper. He felt a direct connection to a source of pure knowledge, a wellspring of ideas that wasn't limited by his individual experience. He would get vivid visions and insights that seemed to come from outside himself, which he would then work to bring into reality. ​This isn't a new concept. Many great thinkers, artists, and innovators throughout history have described similar experiences. They've spoken of feeling like a conduit for a higher power or a universal creative force. Tesla simply put it into a framework that blended his scientific mind with a spiritual understanding of the universe. ​The Science of Oneness ​Tesla even hinted that future science would explore these non-physical connections. In fact, his fascination with these ideas was sparked after he met the Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda. He was so impressed by Vivekananda's explanation of Advaita Vedanta, a school of thought centered on the concept of a single, non-dual reality, that he began using Sanskrit terms like Akasha and Prana in his own work. He believed that if science could ever truly study these non-physical phenomena, we'd make more progress in a decade than in all the centuries before.

If I asked you to think of a thought, any thought, do you struggle to think of one?? Most people do. Try it. This is simply because you are not your thoughts! They come and go. So we must observe them come and go like the weather.