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Buddhist Pilgrimage to

Sri lanka, 2019

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This is @mark_manegold. He’s been with me since I began teaching in 2009. Loyal AF. We hit India and Nepal in the last few years. We’ve explored inner worlds too. We’ve plummeted and summited. Together. Shared vulnerability and our humanity. And through it all recognized that the grit of our existential predicament and the grace of our innate potentials are inextricably bound. Anyone seeking to avoid one, and still access the other hasn’t yet discover a simple truth about our nature.
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Most of the pilgrims including me were facing a significant life challenge. We journeyed not for comfort, but for clarity. The Dharma doesn’t make life less painful. It’s neither a panacea nor an anesthetic. The Dharma just ensures we grow from the struggle, rather than perpetuate it. Wisdom is often hard won, but worth the price if you see life as a series of inescapable cycles. We come again and again to the nightmare until we wake up, learn and evolve. Perhaps one of the more inspiring pilgrims was @jeweltrees facing an unimaginable life dissolution, but there she was showing up with it all. Every. Single. Day. May we journey with each other life after life until all our aspirations are achieved. 🔥
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Young Jedi knights. 🔥
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The adventure only begins when you leave home, culminates when you find it within, and comes full circle when you return to it to awaken others to the journey. ♾
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I’m honored by Richard Gere’s stellar endorsement, he co-founded @tibethouse.us and has done so much for the Tibetans in exile.

But each and everyone who buys, gifts, recommends or reviews #GradualAwakening has my sincere gratitude. Thank you so much.
Writing GA was my life for more than a year, but it represents 20 years of devoted study, a commitment to preserving an endangered sacred wisdom tradition, and my effort to disrupt the mass hallucination of materialistic society.

Now the book is done and out, the journey doesn’t end, it only begins a new phase.

This year I’m going deeper into the psychology and practice and bringing together a committed tribe of fellow travelers for an enduring journey on the Gradual Path... I’ll be offering a two-year hybrid in-person and online program along with an annual pilgrimage to the sacred sites of Asia based around the book.

I want to work intimately with a small group of really committed people who are all-in, ready to do the hard work, over the long haul, that it takes to become more fully human.

If you’ve been around the spiritual block for some time now, bounced from workshop to workshop and are looking to take things to the next level with greater focus and purpose...like this post with a 🔥 sign and tag those you think are ready and I’ll make sure you get the details before we publicly announce them.

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Unexpected moments when the inner heroine in each of us shines through. Here @tiffanymarienyc and @kanchistan transformed into dakinis before our eyes as they spontaneously led us in the most mesmerizing chants at the charnel ground of Pashupatinath. Even the locals were drawn into the vibe. There’s so much untapped potential in us. Everyone has something vital to contribute. Inspiration is key to breaking through fear.
Plans for our next pilgrimage are all set, another adventure awaits for those who are ready to be released and find their calling.
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