Integral Spiritual Practice

Maybe you were inspired by an experience at a workshop or connected with the transmission of an inspiring teacher. Or perhaps you witnessed a friend take a leap in their own spiritual growth—and realized you could do it, too.

Whatever awakened you to that higher possibility, the key is that you made a decision and took action to consciously evolve yourself and how you live your life.

You started meditating every morning or attending a yoga class. You began eating a healthier diet, went on retreat, or starting working with a therapist.

For a while, you felt great!  Finally, you were on the path of awakening…

And then… a few weeks or months went by… the initial blush of inspiration faded… perhaps you got busy, bored or side-tracked by the demands of daily life… whatever it was, you fell back into your previous ways of being.

You stopped attending class as frequently, or getting up early enough to practice.

Or, if you’ve continued, it’s been with less passion and excitement, as if sometimes you’re just going through the motions, without a profound connection to the sacred or the feeling that you are actually moving forward.

And bottom line: you don’t feel like you’ve been authentically transforming in the ways you imagined—or were promised—you would.

In fact, it’s a very common trap that many of us in spiritual circles fall into….

We often talk about “enlightenment,” “awakening,” and other beautiful ideals, but when it comes to actually living a fully inspired, meaningful, and awakened life, we consistently fall short.

Even worse, we beat ourselves up for not living up to our own unrealistic expectations—which only exacerbates the problem.

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Spiritual Myths and False Perceptions

In truth, there has never been anything wrong with our ideals, intentions, or practices. But many of us HAVE fallen prey to a handful of damaging myths about the spiritual life that undermine our honest efforts to make real, tangible progress on the path.

These myths about spirituality, spiritual practice, and spiritual experience are often very subtle.

Most of the time, we’re not even aware of them or how they’re affecting our spiritual life. But they act like the emergency brake on your car. If you leave it on by mistake and step on the gas, you won’t be able to move!

Fortunately, these myths are not hard to correct. In fact, there is one simple key that will help you overcome them almost immediately: awareness.

By simply noticing how these 3 deceptive myths are operating in your consciousness and daily life, you’ll begin to go beyond them. You’ll release the “emergency brake” that is blocking your conscious evolution, and suddenly your vehicle will begin moving again.

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Transcending the Spiritual Myths that Sabotage Your Evolution

For over 30 years Terry Patten has been researching transformative practice and the highest possibilities of human potential. He is one of the leading voices within the Integral Spirituality community.

At the age of twenty-one, he joined a spiritual community and gave his entire life over to a powerful guru and master. For the next 15 years he lived at an ashram monastery, deeply immersed in spiritual practice. It pervaded his every breath and every thought, in every moment of the day. This level of daily focus on spiritual transformation filled his whole being with love and led him to profound experiences of unity with the divine nature of the universe.

But at some point, Terry sensed a conflict and a stirring deep within. He began to question the validity of this spiritual existence when it felt so disconnected from the rest of the human community.

What happened over the next several years turned Terry inside out.

He had to let go of all his assumptions. He had to question everything. But in those anguished moments, he found his true path. He connected with other spiritual leaders, and it was through those connections that he realized the value of what he’d known all along—that sustainable transformation requires a consistent practice.

Furthermore, he discovered full awakening requires a practice that includes ALL aspects of inner and outer life, and not just personal but relational and cultural as well.

Terry began to share his insights and soon people were asking for his guidance. He started with just a few students and has gone on to work with thousands around the world.

His unique approach addresses the subtle barriers and real-world issues that so many of us face when it comes to actually living an engaged, compassionate, and awakened spiritual life.

You’ll hear more of his fascinating story and how you can overcome these common obstacles to an awakened life during this FREE online seminar.

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If you feel the call to evolve to a whole new level in your spiritual life, to revitalize and deepen an existing but stagnant spiritual practice—or to kick-start a healthy, balanced, integral evolutionary practice for this first time—then I invite you to enter your name and email below and join Terry for this transformative event.