I think of myself as a teacher of meditation and mystical philosophy, but of course at least half of the things people ask of me are about how to live a better, more spiritual, more …
Calling in an Unimaginable Future
The aim of my work is to support people to serve the future as Artists of Possibility. That means supporting people to discover and develop their own unique expression of an unimaginable future.
Rewiring Perception and Changing the World
The world shows up for us. We wake up in the morning, open our eyes, and there it is. Like magic it just appears there.
But here’s the problem. We’ve been conditioned to assume that the reason the world shows up that way, is because that’s the way it is. More or less, we generally believe that the world is the way it appears to us.
Are You Called to Awakened Creativity?
Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve been fascinated by small creative circles of awakened individuals whose writing, poetry, art, teachings and even business ventures, changed the world.
How Paradigms Work
In this post I want to share an audio clip that was taken from a lecture I gave in a philosophy program I used to offer called The Breakthrough Intensive. In the Breakthrough Intensive we …
The Mythology We Live In
“Nothing is more practical than a good theory.” — Ludwig Boltzman, physicist and pioneer of thermodynamics. When we look at ancient cultures it’s easy for us to recognize the mythical nature of the stories they …
UnWorlding and ReWorlding
The language of paradigm shifting has gained popularity in certain circles and unfortunately, as with anything else, when we become overly familiar with something it starts to lose meaning.
Perpetual Availability and Intense Spiritual Practice
We are self aware. We don’t just experience the world, we experience ourselves experiencing it. Spiritual liberation is often spoken about as the attainment of Self-Awareness, but I think it is better understood in terms of the loss of self-awareness.
Spiritual Liberation, Flow States and the Birth of a Higher Way of Being
We are self aware. We don’t just experience the world, we experience ourselves experiencing it. Spiritual liberation is often spoken about as the attainment of Self-Awareness, but I think it is better understood in terms of the loss of self-awareness.
Reality Without Limits
In my opinion what truly limits us and keeps us from realizing our highest potentials is often not a lack of will, strength, intelligence or desire. What truly binds us is most often a lack …
From Aspirational Intention to Instantaneous Fulfillment
New Year’s Day is known for the resolutions we make for the year to come. We use the date of January 1 to consider our lives, to celebrate our successes and achievements, and reflect on …
Looking to 2018 – The Mystery Beyond Time and Space
Today I want to tell you about some exciting plans I have for 2018. A new emphasis is emerging in my work, which is enhancing the way I teach, and I want to share that …
The Awakening of Paradigm Shifting
The practice of meditation teaches us how to step out of identification with thought and feeling until we discover the free-floating source of awareness that we truly are. Once we begin to master the art …
Awakening the Intelligence of the Body: An Interview with Jody Mountain
Since 1989, Jody Mountain has been studying, practicing and teaching the ancient art of Lomi Lomi Nui/Kahuna Bodywork and it’s foundations in Ancient Hawaiian Wisdom. In this interview you will learn how this ancient spiritual …
A New Way of Being in the World: An Interview with Jody Mountain
In this conversation Jeff Carreira speaks with with Jody Mountain. Jody is a master of the ancient art of Lomi Lomi Nui/Kahuna Bodywork and teacher of the Ancient Hawaiian Wisdom from which it comes. She …
Small Arcs of Larger Circles: An Interview with Nora Bateson
A couple of months ago I met with my friend Nora Bateson while she was speaking in New York City. Our time together included sitting down to record an interview together about her new book …
You Don’t Need a Spiritual Experience to Wake Up
How many people are chasing after spiritual experiences? How many meditators are sitting hour after hour hoping to have their minds’ blown? How many people go to see gurus and teachers in the hopes of …
Being an Artist of Possibility
I’ve devoted my life single pointedly to spiritual awakening for twenty five years. Twenty of those years were spent living in a focused and intense practice community. And over the last ten years I have …
The Art of Wormhole Inquiry
A wormhole inquiry is a philosophical hack designed to liberate us from some of our most foundational assumptions about reality. There are beliefs that we hold so deeply in our unconscious mind that questioning them …
From Non-Conceptual Awareness to the Freedom of Spontaneous Being
I just got back from a week-long retreat working again with Jody Mountain to deepen my grasp of the practice and principles of the Hawaiian massage tradition of Ancient Lomi Lomi. Looking back on the …