Return with Elixir
MODULE 3 OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES IMMERSION
The global pandemic and social justice movement of 2020 was foretold by astrologers and ancient wisdom cultures as a time of great transition, involving both a death and rebirth of epic proportions and ushering in a historic new paradigm.
Each of us has a role to play in the great transition, for dormant in us is a nascent hero or heroine who will rise to face the global crisis and convert it into an opportunity for personal growth and social transformation.
Modern materialistic culture has lost its orienting myths, heroes, rites or passage and sacred rituals that for millennia were essential in helping human beings optimally evolve to become agents of change for their tribes and society.
In this course we will reconnect with the mythic dimension of life following in the footsteps of visionary mythologist Joseph Campbell and depth psychologist Carl Jung. We will review and converge Campbell’s 12-stage model of the Hero’s Journey, Jung’s notions of the archetypes, shadow and process of individuation and the Tibetan Buddhist science of consciously reversing the death-rebirth process during our visualization practice.
Ultimately we aim to empower the rewriting of a new, more heroic narrative that alchemically transforms our ordinary human trials and traumas into a life-bestowing wisdom for others.
Now is the time to leave the safety of home, confront the shadow, slay our demons, find buried treasure, and return home with elixir.
Answer the Call
Workshop: Visualization
Class 1: Monomyth
Class 2: Departure
Class 3: Initiation
Class 4: Ordeal
Class 5: Treasure
Class 6: Rebirth
- How to consciously transform ordinary life with the three phases of the Tibetan rebirth process - death, liminality and re-emergence.
- How to stop transgenerational cycles of stress and trauma and learn the lessons you are here to discover.
- The twelve major stages of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth the Hero’s Journey
- How to use the Hero’s Journey as a roadmap for your own personal process of transformation.
- How use a myth of your choice as a mirror reflection and map of your own psychological trials and tribulations.
- Inspiration to leave your comfort zone, face demons, discover hidden potentials, and contribute value to society.
- What are the necessary psychological milestones involved in a traditional initiatory rite-of-passage.
- How to identify and work with shadow aspects of unworthiness, incompetence, scarcity, fear and alienation.
- Why sensationalized, quick-fix, and pseudo-spiritual gimmicks common in the market place don’t work.
- How to link personal growth and agency with social responsibility and global change.
- A potent visualization of the mandala of Shakyamuni Buddha
- The architecture of a sacred mandala
- The eight dissolutions of the Tibetan Art of Dying
- The seven-step process of mentor-bonding (guru-yoga)
- Rehearse new skills during visualization to manifest your ideal life
- Use our unique workbook to map your own hero's journey, as well as chronicle your dreams, reflections, mandalas, and synchronicities
Sixteen Hours of High Quality Video Includes:
Meditation Workshop 3: VISUALIZATION | 4 hours
Course 3: TRANSFORMATION | 6 x 2hr classes
Study Suite & Guided Meditations
Audio available for download
Workbook
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Treasure
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About Dr. Miles Neale
Contemplative psychotherapist and author of Gradual Awakening, Miles shares with you his twenty years integrating Tibet’s ancient wisdom with modern psychology.
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