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Dale Borglum has a BS from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Stanford.  I was worked with, lived with, and was close friends with Ram Dass.

RamDev Dale Borglum is the founder and Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a pioneer in the conscious dying movement and has worked directly with thousands of people with life-threatening illnesses and their families for over 45 years. In 1981, Dale founded the first residential facility in the United States, The Dying Center, for people who wished to die consciously.

He has studied with many of the greatest masters of the last century including Neem Karoli Baba, Suzuki Roshi, Ananda Mayee Ma, Kalu Rinpoche, the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse, Mahasi Sayadaw, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Trungpa Rinpoche, Goenka, Dudjom Rinpoche and HH the Dalai Lama. Dale has taught with Ram Dass, Stephen Levine, Joan Halifax, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Rev. Wayne Muller, and many others. His life’s work and passion has been and continues to be the healing of our individual and collective relationship with death and using our mortality as an inspiration for spiritual awakening.

Contemplative Light is a community of writers and teachers providing resources for the healing of persons. Contemplative Light: Silence, Practice, Healing.

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Christina Donnell and I talk about her latest book, her utterly profound mystical experiences, and non-duality. Her award-winning book: Encounters with Living Language describes a series of illuminations she received in holy language.  Think Eat, Pray, Love meets Carlos Castaneda with a twist of Rilke! Her adventures give readers glimpses of her life in the Andes with the mystical Q'eros people, whom she lived and studied with for almost two decades.

Contemplative Light is a community of writers and teachers providing resources for the healing of persons. Contemplative Light: Silence, Practice, Healing.

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Is Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey possible for those with traumatic childhoods? Actually, for those with complex PTSD, Dr. Forman identifies a different path and points the way towards growth.

Contemplative Light is a community of writers and teachers providing resources for the healing of persons. Contemplative Light: Silence, Practice, Healing.

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Clint talks with Dr. Mark Pitstick about empirical studies that find proof of the afterlife.  

Contemplative Light is a community of interspiritual writers and teachers providing resources for the healing of persons. 

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Contemplative leader Phileena Nikole opens up for the first time ever publicly about her break up with her ex-husband and business partner, the narcissistic abuse she endured, and her miraculous healing from intense trauma back to a resting space of gratitude in her new life. 

If you are interested in spiritual direction from Phileena, you can contact her here.
https://phileena.com/spiritual-direction/

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Chris and Clint discuss the world's problems from a Buddhist perspective and what the individual practitioner can do about it.  We cover compassion exercises and techniques from Tibetan Buddhism.

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Take a look at Marc Thomas Shaw's award-winning Dante's Road: The Journey Home for the Modern Soul here: https://www.amazon.com/Dantes-Road-Journey-Home-Modern/dp/1625244932/

This is also a video on The Contemplative Light YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@ContemplativeLight

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#Awakening #Enlightenment #Mysticism #Spirituality #vortexhealing #energyhealing #energywork

Bill is now offering intuitive healing sessions with VortexHealing, a powerful form of Divine energy healing. Check out his website at integralawakenings.com

After studying energy healing on and off for many years, he is excited to be offering healing sessions online and in person. He has studied many healing modalities over the years, from a weekend training with the Barbara Brennan School for Healing in the late 90’s to Radiant Heart healing and Reiki (level 3). When he was first introduced to Vortex Healing three years ago, he intuitively knew that this was his path. In the past three years, he has taken nine multiday trainings, each of which has given him powerful new healing tools. After about 40 days of training, altogether, he now feels ready to begin sharing this amazing work with you.

This is also a video on The Contemplative Light YouTube page which has over 200k all-time downloads.  Also, check out our facebook page.

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#Awakening #Enlightenment #Mysticism #Spirituality #nde #afterlife #reincarnation #hell 

World-renowned afterlife researcher Mark Pitstick discusses with Clint:

-What happens when you die?
-Definitive proof of the afterlife
-3 things to know if you're dying
-Does hell exist?
-Religious teachings that are harmful
-What happens to suicides? 

Mark Pitstick, MA, DC, has fifty years’ experience and training in hospitals, pastoral counseling settings, mental health centers and private practice.  His training includes a premedical degree, graduate theology / pastoral counseling studies, masters in clinical psychology, doctorate in chiropractic health care, and extensive postgrad training in clinical nutrition. He also has provided suicide prevention counseling and education to many people.

You can find Mark's extensive work on soulproof.com


Download our guided Centering Prayer session here: https://contemplativelight.org/guided-centering-prayer-download/

Take a look at Marc Thomas Shaw's award-winning Dante's Road: The Journey Home for the Modern Soul here: https://www.amazon.com/Dantes-Road-Journey-Home-Modern/dp/1625244932/

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#Awakening #Enlightenment #Mysticism #Spirituality #taoism #qigong #meditation 

Jeff Patterson has run a martial arts center for 30 years in Portland, Oregon.  We cover fascinating subjects on the energetics of the body and spirit and how to use meditation to increase capacities in everyday life.  Some of the topics we touch on are:

1- The 3 Methods of Building a Personalized Meditation Practice.
2- How to Improve Performance in Every Area of Your Life with Ritual, Active, and Philosophical Methods.
3- Understanding the 5 Regulations to Become More Grounded and Reduce Life’s Stressors.

His website is https://www.theyieldingwarrior.com/ where you can get a free copy of his book.

This is also a video on The Contemplative Light YouTube page, which has over 200k views.  Also, be sure to check out our lively community on Facebook.

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