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I am here for you
As I transition the Level 1 training to the online course, some people have expressed concern about having support as they move through their process. I am here for you. There are many means of connecting. Monthly satsang, weekly online meditation and our social media channels are there as means of community and support.
If you need my personal attention, feel free to email using the button below. I will answer. Depending on my schedule, I may not be prompt, but I will answer. If you find you need more extensive support, perhaps personal coaching would be appropriate.
My Pathless Path
Many have asked how my path of self-awareness began. Here is the extended tale.
In the 80s, I was in Key West for Spring Break when a sign for psychic readings caught my eye. I had been interested in such things for a while and I must have mentioned it too many times, because my girlfriend said with exasperation, “Why don’t you just go in there?” I did… and everything changed.
The shop was mostly T-shirts and tourist kitsch. In one corner were shelves and display cases housing spiritual books, tarot decks and metaphysical items. Standing beside it was a striking man in a black shirt with a neat black beard and long black hair in a tight pony tail.
He asked if he could help. I couldn’t recall the name of a book I was seeking, so I described it and the author. As I spoke, the man’s eyes widened noticeably, as though he recognized me or something about me. He began to pull books and a tarot deck off the shelves and give them to me. At the time, I was interested in native American spirituality and he was handing me books on the Western Mystery Tradition. I explained this to him. His response was, “You don’t understand. I am not selling these to you. I am giving them to you.” I was a bit flabbergasted and still too green and naive to understand what was happening. Later, I came to understand that he made me pay for what I wanted and gave me what I needed.
At some point, he mentioned Tantra to me. After giving him a blank stare, he asked if I knew of Tantra….
When I said I hadn’t, he explained that Tantra is the basis of all spiritual, mystical and magickal systems. The feminine and masculine energies and the sexual/creative life force are at the root of all. Only the names are different. He then added Sunyata’s book, Jewel in the Lotus to the pile.
The next evening, he did an amazing tarot reading for me. The following evening, he initiated me into two esoteric schools. The initiation experience left no doubt in my mind that I had encountered tangible spiritual knowledge. I thirsted for more. I was sent out to seek and explore and was told that another teacher would appear one day. I never saw that man again, other than in dreams.
I read voraciously and practiced diligently, often until past dawn. I had no idea of the progress I was making. Since I was the only person in the area who was studying such things, I had no basis of comparison. I did not follow any particular path other than my own.
One of the tasks of an aspirant is to study all religious and mystical traditions until it can be seen that they all come from the same Source. This I did. I can’t say that I am a scholar of any religion, but I have explored enough to know they come from the same Source and teach the same truths using different language. Though I did not follow a particular path, multiple paths coalesced inside me into a path that was truly me.
Someone once asked me what path I was on. I responded that I was on the path-of-don’t-f**k-around. Pathless path sounds better in polite company, but the point is that I was on a path of my own making and it was not a path at all. The focus of my life was 100% on spiritual growth and expanding awareness. It was as though I was breaking brush in a spiritual wilderness, finding my own way to the goal.
Years after Key West, I met Sunyata at a retreat where he came to lead an advanced practice. He told me later that he had been watching me for days before we spoke. I watched him, too, as I strongly felt the resonance between us. Eventually, he spoke to me directly and I asked some questions. He responded to one question by saying, “I think you are more spiritually evolved than you are consciously aware.” That blew my mind. I didn’t sleep that night, pacing the temple until dawn as realization after realization clicked into place and the progress I had made integrated into my awareness.
Soon after the retreat, I began having series of profound spiritual experiences. It took a full year to integrate them. During that time, Sunyata would not respond to my attempts at communication. I realized later that to be an independent individual, I had to integrate those experiences on my own. Otherwise, I would have become a satellite of Sunyata and he wouldn’t allow that.
A year later when I saw him again, he looked me in the eye and said, “You got it.” Although there was always more to learn from the walking library that was Sunyata Saraswati, from that moment on, we were no longer teacher-student. We were ancient friends and spiritual allies.
Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.
– R. Buckminster Fuller
My Purpose and Vision for the Future
There are solutions to every challenge that humanity faces. We have all of the technology and logistical skill we need to create a paradise on Earth in which every human can live a healthy, abundant, fulfilling life. All we need is to collectively make the decision to do so.
My life is dedicated to that cause. To me, there is no other enterprise more worthy of my time and energy. I have taken a four vector approach to addressing these challenges. I invite you to join me on this journey.
Teaching
Consciousness is the foundation of all solutions. Humanity won’t seek or integrate real solutions until they rise out of the consciousness that created the problems. That is why teaching Kriya and other spiritual sciences is a priority.
Permaculture and Regenerative Agriculture
Permaculture is an ethical design system that prioritizes Earth care, people care, return of surplus and zero waste. Regenerative agriculture builds soil and regenerates ecosystems while producing food and other products.
If all agriculture is converted to regenerative, we can sequester enough carbon to return to pre-industrial atmospheric levels without removing a single vehicle from service while producing more and healthier food, eliminating agricultural pollution, recharging aquifers and restoring degraded ecosystems. I have been studying permaculture and regenerative agriculture for years and recently received my Permaculture Design Certificate from Geoff Lawton’s Discover Permaculture school.
Community
Rather than just preach and teach about social change, I intend to put the principles into action by creating a community of the future. Skeptics can then see the tangible results, know that change is possible and choose to participate when they are ready. We can demonstrate that ecology and economy can go hand-in-hand. Principles and profits can go together.
The initial focus will be on food security and resource independence. The community would include resident homes, intern and apprentice housing, a retreat center to teach spiritual sciences, regenerative agriculture, healing arts and to support agri-tourism. Regenerative agriculture will produce the needed food, clothing, shelter and other necessities of life in regenerative ways, leaving more soil and resources after each harvest. Plentiful bounty will be sold to the public, providing cash flow and demonstrating the profit model. The possibilities will be endless as we live our truth together in natural abundance, harmony and prosperity.
Social change
I have written an 800 page book that describes how we can create a universally prosperous, fulfilling and regenerative society using existing technology and logistical skills while keeping an eye to new innovations on the near horizon. The book needs editing and updating prior to publishing. Soon, I will begin creating video content for social media that shares this information in a more accessible format.
Join the effort. If anyone is inspired to participate in one or more of these vectors and wishes to contribute time, skills or other resources, please reach out to me.
Testimonials
“The Level 1 practice and Cobra Breath initiation has been life changing… It has been a profound journey of self-discovery and expansion. Jeff is refreshingly down to earth and holds a safe space with full integrity.”
“Why take the stairs when you can take the elevator?”