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Your Enlightened Vision
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Your Enlightened Vision

The Enlightened Vision is who you are before your physical body takes its final breath. We offer this practice of the Enlightened Vision to frame what is truly important to you as millions of people around the world are setting goals for themselves–to distill all the things, projects, responsibilities, and tasks down to their very essence… how all of it makes you feel, who you want to be, and what values you are prepared to devote your life to.

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Psychedelics, Psychology, and the Soul
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Psychedelics, Psychology, and the Soul

Psychology was originally defined as “the science of the psyche or the soul.” Psychedelics combined with the study of the mind promises to unveil one’s spirit from the protectors of the mind.

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The Pursuit of Wholeness
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The Pursuit of Wholeness

Wholeness is more than a state of being. It is a practice of persistently feeling truly and deeply. It stems from a value of consistently honoring one’s Self, allowing the beingness of life to exist, and surrendering pain before it becomes suffering.

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The Enlightened Vision
Austin Mao Austin Mao

The Enlightened Vision

The Enlightened Vision is who you are before your physical body takes its final breath. We offer this practice of the Enlightened Vision to frame what is truly important to you as millions of people around the world are setting goals for themselves–to distill all the things, projects, responsibilities, and tasks down to their very essence… how all of it makes you feel, who you want to be, and what values you are prepared to devote your life to.

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Who Are You?
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Who Are You?

Who are you? When did you become you? Are you this body? Come into awareness of consciousness witnessing your senses, sensations, and thoughts. What happens when you allow your awareness to witness itself? This practice of meta-meditation has the power to demonstrate a simple yet absolutely profound idea: you are something so much more than what you do or have. You are so much more than this body.

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The Subjective Truth & Your Innate Power
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The Subjective Truth & Your Innate Power

Truth is a feeling. It is an energy that, once touched, can only be explained through the most magnificent and encompassing of words. We each have a subjective relationship with Truth. It whispers to us through our intuition; it manifests in our hearts as inspiration; it feels right when we are in our Truth, when we speak our Truth, when we love each other from a place of Truth. The position of Truth is integrity, and when we are with someone who is an integrous person, we can feel the safety, stability, and peace of this person.

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Gratitude & the Miracle of Life
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Gratitude & the Miracle of Life

There is a certain texture to the feeling of gratitude that transcends labels of happiness, joy, or love. Gratefulness, just like meditation, can be tread to the point of Enlightenment. It is when we realize that all of life is experienced in the present moment that we can feel grateful for all that is, was, and all that ever will be.

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Dogmatic About Non-dogma: A Lesson in Discernment
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Dogmatic About Non-dogma: A Lesson in Discernment

I felt triggered… after the “shaman” shared his beliefs as truth. I sat with my feelings, quieting my mind to hunt for the righteousness within me… I know anger is an incredibly valuable emotion because it offers the opportunity to discover where I am still in victimhood… What belief is here? What am I not allowing myself to see yet?

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