[vc_row us_bg_image=”2485″ us_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” us_bg_pos=”top center” us_bg_parallax=”still” us_bg_image_source=”media”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”TEACHERS, WAYSHOWERS, HIEROPHANTS
… the best guides on the planet” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:50px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22padding-top%22%3A%2245px%22%2C%22padding-bottom%22%3A%2245px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%2C%22font-size%22%3A%2250px%22%7D%7D”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row columns_type=”default”][vc_column][vc_column_text]What follows is a short list of spiritual guides, teachers, wayshowers and hierophants that have made a significant impact on my life… and who I highly recommend to anyone on the path. Take these with a grain of salt, do your own testing and let me know how it turns out.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row columns_type=”default” disable_element=”yes”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”PEMA CHODRON” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-bottom%22%3A%2215px%22%7D%7D”]Pema, quite simply, changed my life. She is a master teacher, prolific author, and wise soul who fully embodies that old adage: walk your talk. Read anything she’s written; you won’t be disappointed.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”THICH NHAT HAHN” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-bottom%22%3A%2215px%22%7D%7D”]Thay’s philosophical understanding of the dharma is equally matched by the simplicity with which he communicates its complexity and depth. This is an act of a clear mind. Listen, read, contemplate and meditate with a master… and learn to plant the seeds of mindfulness.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”TARTHANG TULKU” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Tart hang Tulku is an amazingly prolific human being, with over 40 books covering a wide variety of topics… including some deeply philosophical work on Time, Space and Knowledge, which I have yet to wrap my mind around. But if you want some very poetic direction on meditation, beauty, Buddhist practices and Tibetan Yoga, look no further.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][us_image image=”2480″ size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row columns_type=”default” disable_element=”yes”][vc_column width=”1/3″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][us_image image=”2435″ size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”B. ALAN WALLACE” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]I am forever grateful to B. Alan for helping me get a better handle on the depth, wonderment and sheer beauty of Tibetan 7-Point Mind Training. This is a practice for life. so if you want clarity and some direct operational understanding, read his book: “Buddhism with an Attitude”. Make this your starting point before venturing off into all those esoteric commentaries.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”ROBERT THURMAN” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]
Not only Uma’s dad, Robert is also the first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk… obviously, he’s been dedicated for years. On top of that he’s a professor, writer, organizer and long time friend of the Dalai Lama’s. I met him first hand at a retreat he co-facilitated years ago; I was in awe of his joy, humor, generosity of spirit and patience and the whole-hearted way he imparted his wisdom from exactly that place.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”KRISHNAMURTI
” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Clarity, depth, perfection… do yourself a favor and read or listen, really listen. Wisdom simply doesn’t get better than this when you’re ready to question everything; just make sure you’re ready to have your mind blown.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row columns_type=”default” disable_element=”yes”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”KEN WILBER” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Ken wrote his first book in his early 20’s after dropping out of college… and never looked back. He’s one of the most important philosophers in the world and the most widely translated academic writer in America, with 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages.
He is the originator of arguably the first truly comprehensive developmental integrative philosophy; Integral Theory, a coherent organization of every relevant idea on the planet. Read anything he’s written, but his latest stuff contains the hallmark of his ever progressing thinking.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”ANGELES ARRIEN” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Angeles Arrien is a gift; a master synthesizer, a cultural anthropologist, a brilliant storyteller and a prolific author. We lost her in 2014 but she resonated with warmth, heart, joy and the kind of compassion rarely encountered
I was fortunate to have taken several of her workshops, but her 2 day workshop on the Tarot, at CIIS, was eye-opening. Here was a whole new way for getting beyond cultural bias and expanding your awareness of the human psyche. Angeles calls it, “walking the spiritual path with practical feet”. Look her up, buy her books, make the Tarot a daily practice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”MILTON ERICKSON” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%7D%7D”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row columns_type=”default” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23444444%22%2C%22background-color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%7D%7D”][vc_column][vc_tta_tour el_class=”tab_style”][vc_tta_section active=”1″ title=”Spirit” tab_id=”Spirit”][vc_row_inner columns_type=”default” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-bottom%22%3A%2230px%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Pema Chodron” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-bottom%22%3A%2215px%22%7D%7D”]Pema, quite simply, changed my life. She is a master teacher, prolific author, and wise soul who fully embodies that old adage: walk your talk. Read anything she’s written; you won’t be disappointed.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Thich Nhat Hahn” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-bottom%22%3A%2215px%22%7D%7D”]Thay’s philosophical understanding of the dharma is equally matched by the simplicity with which he communicates its complexity and depth. This is an act of a clear mind. Listen, read, contemplate and meditate with a master… and learn to plant the seeds of mindfulness.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Tarthang Tulku” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Tarthang Tulku is an amazingly prolific human being, with over 40 books covering a wide variety of topics… including some deeply philosophical work on Time, Space and Knowledge, which I have yet to wrap my mind around. But if you want some very poetic direction on meditation, beauty, Buddhist practices and Tibetan Yoga, look no further.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”B. Alan Wallace” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]I am forever grateful to B. Alan for helping me get a better handle on the depth, wonderment and sheer beauty of Tibetan 7-Point Mind Training. This is a practice for life. so if you want clarity and some direct operational understanding, read his book: “Buddhism with an Attitude”. Make this your starting point before venturing off into all those esoteric commentaries.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Robert Thurman” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]
Not only Uma’s dad, Robert is also the first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk… obviously, he’s been dedicated for years. On top of that he’s a professor, writer, organizer and long time friend of the Dalai Lama’s. I met him first hand at a retreat he co-facilitated years ago; I was in awe of his joy, humor, generosity of spirit and patience and the whole-hearted way he imparted his wisdom from exactly that place.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Krishnamurti
” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Clarity, depth, perfection… do yourself a favor and read or listen, really listen. Wisdom simply doesn’t get better than this when you’re ready to question everything; just make sure you’re ready to have your mind blown.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Mind” tab_id=”mind”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Ken Wilber” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Ken wrote his first book in his early 20’s after dropping out of college… and never looked back. He’s one of the most important philosophers in the world and the most widely translated academic writer in America, with 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages.
He is the originator of arguably the first truly comprehensive developmental integrative philosophy; Integral Theory, a coherent organization of every relevant idea on the planet. Read anything he’s written, but his latest stuff contains the hallmark of his ever progressing thinking.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Angeles Arrien” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Angeles Arrien is a gift; a master synthesizer, a cultural anthropologist, a brilliant storyteller and a prolific author. We lost her in 2014 but she resonated with warmth, heart, joy and the kind of compassion rarely encountered
I was fortunate to have taken several of her workshops, but her 2 day workshop on the Tarot, at CIIS, was eye-opening. Here was a whole new way for getting beyond cultural bias and expanding your awareness of the human psyche. Angeles calls it, “walking the spiritual path with practical feet”. Look her up, buy her books, make the Tarot a daily practice.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Milton Erickson” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23a33f24″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22margin-top%22%3A%220px%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22%23a33f24%22%7D%7D”][vc_column_text]Erickson was a revolutionary, a ground breaker and a master communicator who developed a unique hypno-therapeutic style, that he adjusted to fit the uniqueness of each human being he worked with. Definitely, not a one size fits all kind of guy. He saw the unconscious mind as creative, resourceful and solution oriented as well as highly responsive to non-verbal communication… of which he was a master.
Quite simply, he revolutionized the field, changed lives, influenced a whole generation of therapists and left a legacy that we’re still learning from.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Body” tab_id=”Body”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]We will Shortly Update This Section.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tour][/vc_column][/vc_row]