Listen to Chapter 1: Winning the Lottery!
Listen to Chapter 1: Winning the Lottery!
Long Version of EcoMedication Audio
Living as the universe makes you crazy happy. You’re happy at a level you can’t even imagine before. Your happiness level simply explodes through the roof of what you thought possible and just keeps blasting higher from there.
You aren’t happy “because of ____________________” (fill in the blank). Your happiness is 100% independent of what’s going on around you. Good things happen … bad things happen … and you’re crazy happy regardless.
All the suffering you experienced in the musty basement falls away. As you explore the many rooms of the palace, daily delights await you. You start each day overflowing with crazy happy love. A researcher who has studied thousands of people in nonlocal consciousness says that the experience is “truly is beyond great. It’s the thing you’ve spent your whole life looking for without knowing it, as you search in so many other countless and fruitless directions” (Martin, 2019, p. 189).
Your heart is filled with gratitude, awe, and joy in each moment of each day. Love becomes your dominant emotion. You laugh and smile hundreds of times throughout the day. Your joy is so expansive that it infects everyone around you.
You look forward to a future filled with more of the same. Love and joy today, yesterday, and tomorrow. Your life is one long celebration of the exuberance of living in heaven.
This Course is designed to help you remember the infinite being that you already are, the unlimited wealth you already possess, and the crazy happy state that’s rightfully yours. It’s full of quick little tips, exercises that bring that reality to your consciousness throughout the day. They remind you that you’ve won the lottery, so that you don’t lapse into the forgetfulness that has characterized your existence until now and miss out on the happiness and riches you already possess.
The exercises train you to align your local consciousness with that of the universe. When you do this, all the characteristics of the consciousness of the universe flow into your local consciousness.
Without the awareness that you are the consciousness of the universe in human form, you suffer. You are buffeted by physical and mental waves, going up and down. Your emotions are positive one moment, negative the next. Your mind is besieged by negative thoughts and you don’t have the ability to control them. They distract you from the reality that you already live in heaven.
When you use the techniques in this Course, you think differently from Day One. You feel differently right away. For a while each day, you remember your riches and enjoy them fully.
We all forget heaven sometimes, but using the tips in this Course, your periods of forgetfulness quickly become shorter. Eventually, you are living the lifestyle of a blissful multimillionaire each day. You relax into that reality. It becomes your everyday mental and emotional awareness.
This transforms your local reality. With this transformation, you begin to live your life as a local expression of the nonlocal reality field of the universe, which results in a very different life. No part of your life remains untouched. Love, career, family, health, money, and work all transform. They change to reflect the changed consciousness of the person at the center of all of them: you.
This Course hasn’t been created by any one person. It is the end result of thousands of years of experimentation by thousands of master teachers. It summarizes their wisdom and distills their best techniques for remembering the riches you inherently possess. It is the millionaire giving you her millions—no strings attached.
Throughout recorded history, these wise human beings have asked the most profound questions. Who and what are we, and why are we here?
The exterior trappings of the world’s religions may look very different. But the answers they give to these questions are remarkably similar: We are individual local consciousnesses emanating from a single great universal nonlocal consciousness, and our purpose is to journey back to union with that source. While there are many paths that can take us to it, there is a single common destination.
Those who complete the journey have a direct and unfiltered experience of that source. These are the mystics. Religions are signposts pointing to the direct experience of union that the mystics enjoy. The ultimate goal of every religion is that oneness. While theologies may differ, mystics of every religion share an identical experience. They lose identification with their local selves and unite with the Infinite.
Mystic Andrew Harvey, author of The Direct Path, says that, “When you look past the different terminologies employed by the different mystical systems, you see clearly that they are each talking about the same overwhelming truth—that we are all essentially children of the Divine and can realize that identity with our source here on earth and in a body” (Harvey, 2000. p. 34).
True Masters are compassion embodied. It might have taken them decades to reach the goal. They may have gone through great suffering to get there.
They don’t want you to suffer. They want you to get to heaven quickly and easily. That’s why this approach is called the “Short Path.” You don’t need to spend decades slowly remembering that you’re wealthy and only then start enjoying your riches. You want to begin luxuriating in your inheritance right now. The Sufi poet Rumi marveled, “Why are you so enchanted by this world when a mine of gold lies within you?” This Course gives you your gold mine here and now.
The Masters who came before have experimented with hundreds of techniques. By trial and error, over millennia, they’ve discovered which ones lead to that internal gold mine quickest. They’ve described these in scriptures and sutras. This Course is their gift to you. You’ll find quotes and ideas from every major religion, since all religions provide signposts to move us toward that goal of union.
Not only is the path short, so is this Course. It’s designed to guide you through the Short Path as efficiently as possible. It consists of only a couple of hundred pages of reading, plus brief audios and videos. It’s the shortest possible distance between you and your gold mine.
Brunton’s first major book, A Search in Secret India, was published in 1934. Eventually, he wrote many others, including The Wisdom of the Overself, The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga, The Quest of the Overself, The Secret Path, and The Inner Reality.
"Asiatic and African mystics, yogis and learned men, and even rare sages of whose eminence and existence the West still knows little or nothing have given me their confidence … I have thus had several teachers, yet ... my loftiest, strangest, most significant, and most elevating mystic experiences occurred before I had ever met a single teacher … In my youth and novitiate I could not understand them. I was dazzled by the light and so continued to grope as though I were still in the dark. Now at long last I have brought my mystic and philosophic wandering to an anchor.”
"And if I abhor the thought of forming a cult and making disciples, this is not to say that I abhor the thought of assisting my fellow man to find something of what I have already found.… For no one can come into even partial comprehension of the Overself which supports the existence of all living creatures and continue to sit smugly in self-centered enjoyment of his knowledge and egoistic enjoyment of his peace.… he has to [teach] those who aspire to a wiser and better life. Their service becomes his inescapable duty."
Your inner commentator — providing an endless stream of criticism, judgment, evaluation, and description — shuts off. Past and future fall away and you’re left with only the timeless present moment. The brain’s Enlightenment Network lights up. This opens the door to the inner peace described by the mystics.
At one EcoMeditation workshop, participants were hooked up to EEG machines. After the meditation we recorded statements about our subjective experiences. One woman named “Julie,” who suffered from depression, described hers like this :
Getting distance between you and your local self — making the subject-object shift to self-transcendence — changes your perspective. In my book Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality, I borrow the word ex-stasis, the act of moving beyond yourself, from Steven Kotler (2014), author of The Rise of Superman. “Ex-stasis” means leaving the static perspective of the old you and gaining the insights that come from a higher perspective. You see your life through the eyes of your Higher Self.
Gamma is the signature wave of insight. It is also associated with learning, happiness, integration, perspective, creativity, brilliance, innovation, and play. In Mind to Matter, I call it the “Einstein wave.” EEG researchers see it in highly creative people, meditation Masters, and athletes in “flow” states. Adepts in deep meditation produce enormous amounts of gamma. They’re not just happy, they’re in Bliss Brain.
Jeffery Martin’s study of thousands of Finders (discussed below) shows that awakening brings with it “An unimaginable level of contentment and well-being (even if you already think of yourself as very happy)” (Martin, 2019, p. 32). That’s why I use terms like “crazy happy” and “bliss brain” to describe the experience. A 2500% increase in happiness is so far beyond the ordinary that it’s incomprehensible to people in ordinary consciousness.
The second item is the page number in the book The Short Path to Enlightenment (abbreviated SPE) in which the excerpt appears. Using these sources, you can go deeper into any concept that calls to you and read PB’s original explanation.
You can also purchase his books from the foundation’s bookstore at https://paulbrunton.org/store.php. You might find a hard copy of The Short Path to Enlightenment useful as you move through the Course, though this is optional. The foundation has also placed all of PBs writings in a database. This makes it easy to search for any topic you’d like to investigate further: https://paulbrunton.org/notebooks/
PB says that the success of the Short Path is dependent on “how much love … a person brings to it.” He continues by stating that you must have “fallen more deeply in love with [your Higher Self] than anything else” (NB 23-1-90; SPE p. 24). A century after he wrote those words, we know from MRI studies that passion enhances the activation of neural circuits. It’s like the dimmer switch on a light bulb. The greater the current of emotion running through a circuit, the brighter it glows.
Newberg’s lab has now compiled these into a database that contains the experience of more than 2,000 people. He’s analyzed these by subject and theme. They have five characteristics in common. These are:
These five characteristics are universal. They’re typical whether the person is a Buddhist, a Baptist, a Jew, a Sufi, a Daoist, or a Hindu. They’re the same in atheists and agnostics; belief in God is not a prerequisite for enlightenment.
Based on my many conversations with Andrew, I’ve modified EcoMeditation over time. I’ve also developed the Transcendent Experiences Scale, which measures those five characteristics. It’s one of the questionnaires you filled out on the way into this course. It’s giving us valuable information about the precise degree to which the Short Path Quest increases these five factors.
Steven Kotler is a futurist whom I’ve interviewed several times. He’s an expert on “flow” states. He finds that both peak performance and meditation can put people into ecstatic states of flow. He shows how the work of neuroscientists is giving us a picture of the objective changes occurring in the brains of Masters. He calls this “mapping cloud nine.”
This was a remarkable brain function change from just 28 days of practice (Church, Stapleton, Baumann, & Sabot, 2021). As we use MRIs and EEGs to measure the results of various practices, we’re able to determine which ones are most effective at changing the brain. Coupled with profiles of the brain states of adepts, we can now train ordinary people into these states in just a few weeks or months. The EcoMeditation MRI study showed that in just a month, non-meditators can be trained to reach Bliss Brain.
Jeffery Martin is a professor and entrepreneur. For two decades he’s been studying people who have made the transition to the persistent happiness of the nondual state. He calls them the “Finders.” Before they crossed the threshold into what Martin calls “fundamental well-being,” they were “Seekers.” Once they entered that state, they became Finders.
Martin’s data show that Finders experience a level of happiness that people in ordinary states of consciousness can hardly comprehend. Fundamental well-being is the bedrock of their existence. While they have good days and bad days, and there are many levels within fundamental well-being, the Finders live with a basic sense that they are okay and the world is a safe and nurturing place (Martin, 2019). This echoes the 2,500% increase in gamma found in MRI studies of the brains of adepts.
This data means that it’s highly likely that the exercises in this Course will take you to a new state of consciousness. We’re not just hypothesizing that states of happy well-being might occur. Research involving thousands of people shows that effective training reliably produces persistent changes in consciousness.
The experience of meeting an authentic Master in person seems to be one of the triggers for awakening. Jeffrey Martin reports that most Finders “had been actively working toward Fundamental Well-being for some time, but the shift did not occur until this direct contact. In some cases, they were just one person in a large audience the Finder was speaking to. Yet, for some reason, the shift occurred during or after seeing the person” (Martin, 2019, p. 162). So whenever you have the opportunity to spend personal time with a Master, even at a distance, grab it with both hands.
Originally we planned to have people complete a 12 module EFT course to clear trauma, but we realized this was far too much information for this basic purpose. So we designed the brief Personal Peace Procedure course to meet this need. Clearing trauma before starting the Short Path makes a Dark Night experience much less likely. I’ve done many studies of EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques. It combines elements of talk therapy with acupressure. Over 100 studies show that it rapidly reduces many types of distress, including anxiety, depression and PTSD.
This first chapter has been all about the what and why of the awakening experience. In the next chapter, the second in Part I, I’ll share with you the mechanics of navigating easily through this Course. Then, in Part III, we’ll dive into PB’s exercises and begin happily checking off the “Milestones” of the path.
We’ll then take two steps that prepare you for the Short Path. Together these form Part II of this Course.
The first step involves using 7 very special audio tracks. Though I call them “meditations,” and they’re based in EcoMeditation, they’re actually brain exercises. They give you the Glimpse of ecstasy that the Sufis describe. They do this by stimulating your brain to produce the 7 most pleasurable neurochemicals known to science. Even though you’ve had Glimpses before, these exercises are designed to raise your brain to new heights of ecstasy.
After spending this time in bliss, you then go through the Personal Peace Procedure. This uses EFT acupressure tapping to clear away the negative emotions from past experiences. This second preparatory step makes it highly unlikely that you will have a Dark Night experience once you start the Short Path itself.
You’ll practice the 7 meditations for 3 days each for a total of 21 days. The Personal Peace Procedure will take you about the same amount of time. The next chapter, Chapter 2, is short. It will take you about 30 minutes to read, and about twice that time if you listen to the audio version.
At the end of Chapter 2 there’s a summary of all the milestones and exercises on the Short Path. You can mark this complete without reading it; it’s just there so you can see them all at a glance if you want to review the structure of the Short Path course at any time.
In the box below, please share any “aha” moments you’ve had while reading this first chapter. Once you’ve saved what you’ve written, click “Mark Complete” and you’ll automatically find yourself in chapter two.
When you’re done, click “Mark Complete” and you’ll get access to the next chapter.
I have been exploring the body / mind connection for several years now and the book Mind to Matter is what led me to find this course, The Short Path to Oneness. I am excited about the prospects of methodically putting the work in to deepen my awareness and live a full and vibrant life.
I am looking forward to meditation and the benefits of non-local mind. I am looking forward to learning and growing in ways I could not have imagined.
The purpose of eco meditation was important for me. The words Consciousness Knowing Self, became a little clearer.
Realised I had an enlightened experience many years ago, felt overwhelmed and scared, and did not understand it. Today I would be curious.
Thank you
Thank you, I am so thankful that I am in this course.
So looking forward to this!!
Love love love!!
“I designed the seven meditations that generate dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and other neurochemicals in the brain to give novices a “felt sense” of what mystics experience. You’ll get these meditations at the very beginning.”
Thank you!!
The addition of the Self-transcendence to Maslow’s hierarchy was a surprise to me. In all my years of work in psych, social work, and nursing I had never heard this. I think I had always felt that aspect was rolled into the original of Self-actualization.
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I’m not sure I’ve had any epiphanies, especially after having read bliss brain where I did indeed have moments of insight. That is a wonderful book. As a psychotherapist and someone who has pursued spirituality, I have always searched for a scientific explanation for spirituality so that I may incorporate it it into my work. The first books I read that were better able to connect the two realms were by Eben Alexander (Proof of Heaven) and by Pin Van Lommel ( Beyond Life). Although these books were able to explain some of the physics and neurobiological aspect of connection to source, they were missing the “how to” part . This course seems to be what I have been looking for.
I had so many ‘aha’s’, but especially enjoyed reading about Galaxy Brain. I also was incredibly interested in the photos and information regarding the formation of neural pathways…how quickly in the right stage of sleep.
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I had so many ‘aha’s’, but especially enjoyed reading about Galaxy Brain. I also was incredibly interested in the photos and information regarding the formation of neural pathways…how quickly in the right stage of sleep.
WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY THE TEACHER WILL APPEAR…
I AM READY AND HAVE BEEN DOING OVER 20 YEARS OF SEEKING IN THE EASTERN
PHILOSOPHY. I HAD LOTS OF “AHA” MOMENTS AND WAS ALSO FRIGHTENED TO DO THE ECO MEDITATION NOT KNOWING IF I WOULD GO CRAZY OR SOMETHING. BUT HEARING MOST FINDERS SEEM ORDINARY FROM THE OUTSIDE AND DOES NOT OFTEN RESULT IN DRAMATIC EXTERNAL CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH THE INNER TRANSFORMATION IS RADICAL. I AM NOW READY TO LIVE FULLY PRESENT IN MY REGULAR LIFE. THANK YOU
I recently discovered Tapping. It is fascinating and I came across this course so I am exploring it. But I am assuming I should first use Tapping and hopefully see results on myself, right? Thank you
I am fascinated and very interested in how the sleeping time could be used to change the brain! Thank you for sharing it!
I am also fascinated by dreams too but I have hard to understand their meaning. It is clear that we have different type of dreams some are “deeper” than other dreams and they seem to have deeper roots in our mind. The dream world is really mysterious and fascinating!
Interesting! I literally live few minutes walking from the University where dr. Andrew Newberg is working. I was a PostDoc in the same institution. I attend every year the Medical Yoga Conference in the same institution and it is where I saw dr. Andrew Newberg for the first time. I was really fascinated by Dr. Andrew Newberg book: “The ability to experience enlightenment … appears to be wired into our brain and consciousness”. But I still couldn’t find the right path to enlightenment. I believe I am still trying to understand and/or feel at which level of spiritual evolution I am at this point and which practice would be better in my case. Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing Chapter one! Could you please let me know if there is way to edit and/or delete comments?
Very interesting! I am a Biologist, PhD, and since I was a student I was interested in finding the right mentor who could help me to bridge biology&neuroscience with psychology&spirituality. I started to meditate + yoga since in high school but I was never able to really improve my meditation and breath work. Lately I also practice Taichi (fantastic to improve balance and focus). When I was younger I was also very disappointed by all traditional religions and felt lost. I still have family trauma and serious physical conditions to overcome. So, I started now (and I hope it is not too late) to explore other kind of meditations.
Very interesting! I am a Biologist, PhD, and since I was a student I was interested in finding the right mentor who could help me to bridge biology&neuroscience with psychology&spirituality. I started to meditate + yoga since in high school but I was never able to really improve my meditation and breath work. Lately I also practice Taichi (fantastic to improve balance and focus). When I was younger I was also very disappointed by all traditional religions and felt lost. I still have family trauma and serious physical conditions to overcome. So, I started now (and I hope it is not too late) to explore other kind of meditations.
Looking forward to the possible transformations in my life.
I am finishing Mind Valley Mystic Brain. I am excited to start on this journey. I have already notice such a difference. A very impressive note from the mystic brain is that I have been in physical excruciating knee pain for the last 6 months as I await a knee replacement. 3 days ago I woke up and the pain was gone and movement was better. I am committed to continue this journey and committed to meditation daily! Thank you for sharing this this valuable work & chapter of The Short Path.
Thank you for sharing Chapter 1. The Short Path to Oneness course holds power to change. I resonate with many of the below comments.
I see that science is affirming the spiritual ideas that have been here since the beginning of this earth time, and I always find every new “discovery” exciting. I hadn’t realized how quickly we can rewire our brains and that it is so measurable. I have many practices I am encouraged to do, and this gives me a new sense of purpose and excitement to make full use of what I already have.
This reinforces what I’ve learned as a student of A Course in Miracles. Connecting with our Source (Love) and our true Self is everything. Our thoughts and beliefs create our reality.
I’m less interested in the science of it. More interested in experiences and living it.
I witness people being so ungrateful and unaware of how much they have and the beginning of this started with the story about the lottery win and never even knowing you have won. I actually do live my life full of gratitude and actually I dont physically need actual money in abundance to fill my heart, my head and soul as what I need is my family, my grandson, my pets and the sea, the trees and the beauty of nature. Having a roof over my head and heating, having a garden and being able to live my life free to be…me
Reading this reminds me of the book I’m reading, Evolve your Brain. Very interesting!
I found this course by accident I was in so much distress so much mental anguish that I wanted to die. Thank you so much for this course and looking forward to the meditation tomorrow morning.❤️❤️❤️
Loved the idea of “The states you cultivate in your mind become the traits you hardwire in your brain”
I am excited by the statement that if you stop using old self-referencing pathways that are used to process your misery, they start to disintegrate in 3 weeks
Aha moment: “Keep God in remembrance until the self is forgotten”
Reflecting on my life, I realize that I have been aware of the concept of a “higher self” for quite a while. It is as if I have been waiting to continue the process of living in “bliss”.
While the concepts of meditation and the short path to enlightenment are not surprising to me, I was surprised that MRI’s have been done to measure brain activity, and although a change is expected, it was surprising at the extent of the activity.
Very interesting, especially the history and work and how its evolved over time, so many more books to read! So much to learn but very exciting. Being able to rapidly rewirethe brain is so interesting.
Thank you. I am so glad I am in this course.
Thank you for the background information. A helpful step along the path.
I am thankful that I have had experienced enough to understand much of what is described here, glimpses and moments that let me know.
This was interesting to me. I think I need to read that book mentioned.
I am thrilled to learn about Paul Brunton and all the other mystics, sages and masters who have given us access to AWESOME spiritual tools for better life, health and well-being! I am excited!
Awakening or living in a state of brain bliss can be done through a short path.Enlightenment is possible as it is hardwired in our brain
Awakening downregulates the DMN
It is possible to be 2400% happier
Wow. Everything about this resonated….
From one who is well acquainted with the long path! So excited to shift to the SHORT PATH!
Thank you, Dawson….
thank you for this course!
I am thankful for this new knowledge. Being brought up in a cult, this is very helpful for me. I am ready for my new future.
xo JB
so for me what I continue to learn is this whole concept of enlightenment is old very old. When i first became aware of this I think was in the late 70’s with EST and Werner Erhardt. Then came the course in Miracles and it never has stopped since then. I think I did take a break from this for a while and in the early 80’s when aids became the fear of the world I started back again and have never looked back. I can’t get enough info fast enough. I loved ready this and I have new books to read. This afternoon I started to read an Abraham Maslow book I put it down and guess what happened next I found this in my inbox and came here to you. There are never any coincidences and I love that I am here reading this. loved the part about meditations. I do eight hour sleep meditations. They are the best and when i wake up i feel amazing and ready to start my day. Love reading this now maybe I will win the lottery. Thank you Ruthie
I was surprised to find out that Dawson was so involved with Unity church, as I have involved with my local Unity Church for over 40 years. I was also surprised to find that several of the spiritual teachers that he felt inspired by are the same ones that I have enjoyed and learned from over the years.
I was also surprised that the beginning of a course on EFT started with a spiritual foundation rather than diving right in to EFT practices.
I like learning that these concepts and practices are embedded in science and in how the brain works.
All this is just so intriguing to me. All religions looking for unity in the end, we are one.
The chapter inspires further development and transformation. Thank you!
Thank you for this amazing chapter! My most important realization is simply understanding more fully that it all starts within ourselves, and there is no magic formula to find our own path to happiness. It has always been present for us! I have considered myself extremely intuitive, and I’m so excited to have found this course from experiencing passion, community and compassion (as PB mentions) through EFT tapping. For the last five years, I have started experiencing more awareness and understand more about our core beliefs, which can prevent us from getting to the a state of enlightenment. It had been recent when I decided to study further and learn how to implement these teaching into my daily life. I cannot wait to experience even more transformation, and I’m so thankful to have discovered the Short Path! I completely understand how the Long Path can become difficult to most of us. I love the concept to use both and learned how to implement the Short Path into our ordinary lives.
The fact that EcoMeditation MRI study showed that in just a month, non-meditators can be trained to reach Bliss Brain is so promising and encouraging for humankind.
I had an enlightenment experience at age 23 (56years ago) which totally changed my life. There was not nearly the amount of support or understanding at that time! I have been on the path since. I have practiced many religions for over 50 years, have a Tibetan Buddhist master teacher and am a Sufi Healing Cherag. I am a mystic, long term meditator and a distance healer as well as a retired MD. I am an intermittent finder seeking to inhabit that brain state full time. It is so exciting and surprising to me to see the understanding and support that is now available! We are laying the foundation for a new way of being human.
It is a fortunate time on earth to have wisdom keepers, such as you, who are able to so beautifully and thoroughly provide foundational practices. I find such delightful validation for my own journey in these precious sweet and savory words. I feel my “crazy happy” bubbling like Champagne! Thank you for this profound summary analysis of the integration of science and spirituality.
I was astonished and heartened to know that I had similar experiences as a 5 year old with the disillusionment of the teachings of a harsh non forgiving Scottish Presbyterian religion and the large gap between ‘Pulpit’ preachings and the contradictory ‘Monday through Saturday’ behaviours.
Thank you for letting me be a part of this. I look forward to more interesting and meaningful information to better myself
Very insightful. It amazes me that everything we want is already present. The examples of the neurons connected made so much sense. Charging our minds is worth doing the work. I’m looking forward to becoming more enlightened.
I love reading on the topic of spirituality and on consiousness, the mind and our thoughts. It’s so powerful. the more I read the more intune and present I am in my day to day life. I am so excited to learn more about EFT !
I am grateful that I was guided here. I desire to be completely free of the traumas of my early years in life. I see there is a path to live a different path free of all self-sabotaging unconscious thoughts. I am excited to be starting this program.
In my fifties, I learned how to love myself, live in a place of nonjudgment, and most freeing learn that the opinions of others does not define who I am.
I want more unconditional love poured in so I can pour out unconditional love into all situations every moment of the day.
I found this course “by chance” while studying neuroplasticity. I did some meditations on my own and read some books including those by Joe Dispense. I’m excited to begin this course and I am sure I’ll make good use of it.
There was so much to take in in this chapter, I will need to listen or read again. So much resonates with me and I am excited to continue the training. I had not come across PB before and love that the course offers so much wisdom in a modern style.
I can’t wait to get started!
I confess my ignorance: I did not know Paul Brunton but what I have read inspires me and I am very curious to try out this method that combines ancient knowledge with the scientific discoveries of our times.
Looking forward to experiment it.
Very interesting
Completed 21 day walk with you higher power course, and relistening as the deep meaning of the introduction and guide to telling us what we are going to be told is invaluable. Immersion and repetition and love are one needs to reach the goal.
Eddy: This preview resonates with me completely. Makes me feel that I am starting to embark ona Spiritual path I have been seeking for a long time.
Looking forward to enhancing my EFT training. Thank you.
Thank you, for the reminder of the kingdom being within us and to not have to have a reason for our bliss
The thing that surprises me the most is amount of time it will take to become possibly self actualized to states of awakening is reduced by an immense amount. That anyone who is willing to embrace these techniques can accelerate healing past hurts and live in the moment more happily and blissful. I am thankful to Dawson for taking us through his journey in how he discovered so much wisdom.
All I can say is wOW !!!!!
I have long ‘believed’ that source-is-within-me, yet I seldom tap into it. I love the science partnering with the spiritual aspect of what is being offered in this course – and I am fatigued with the ‘long path’!
There were a couple of aspects of the awakening process which struck me. I will focus on connection and community. While we often thinking of meditation as a solitary experience, the elevation that comes from meditation in community is significant. Likewise, connection to another through intense feelings of passion produces brain remodeling. And we also see that empathy is a neurologic event.
Teachings are taken from various religions and spiritual practices to embody your highest self.
Beautiful work Dawson. My husband Kevin and his partner Stephen interviewed you on their podcast titled ” Raising Our Vibration.” This booklet was filled with gems for me. A reminder that Trauma and Anxiety claim a lot of a person’s attention until released. I appreciate hearing about your journey with the Christian church. I had some similar experiences. Exposure therapy stood out to me as well for my son and I both to work with. Thank you for your work! Much Love,
Monica
Xx
Brilliant reading. The research is phenomenal.
Fascinating reading. Love all the research that has gone into it. Looks like I’ll be reading a lot of books in the next few months. Caroline, Australia.
I had no idea that this was a possibility for me. To imagine living in a much happier, more focused state of contentment would be bliss!
The aha I have is that ordinary moments can propel us to transcendence when we are passionate and mindful of what we are doing, fully attend to each moment, and experience them with as many senses as possible. What a wonderfully freeing concept to have an embodied awakening where we can fully participate in our lives without having to cloister ourselves away ! This encourages me to be more mindful, engaging each moment and experience as special.
So glad you emphasize community as an accelerator to enlightenment. When I have done group meditations, they seem “easier” to get in the zone and much more powerful than alone.
Thank you for the decades of work and study that have gone into producing this course!
Thank you for introducing me to the work of Paul Brunton and the many other sages and teachers who shaped your life and spiritual journey. I look forward to reading them and learning more on this amazing path. Since reading Blissbrain, I’ve been convinced that shutting down the DMN is essential and now we get to practice doing this!
Hallelujah!
The results of being in this state of oneness is what I have heard of before and I am looking forward to those.
My personal example is Byron Katie. I have been in her presence.
My most tangible experience of love was in the presence of a few sheep who were in a state of presence, that filled me with love and gratitude and it is my desire to offer this as a direct experience to other people.
Have been practicing EFT Tapping for almost a year. Find that I always feel great after doing the short tapping sessions.
Hope to become more consistent with practice through this course and clear some blockages that are from previous traumas.
Having read Bliss Brain and listening to Dawson for about a year now, I believe the Short Path is for me!
Confirmed for me what I have intuitively known for what seems like “forever”. Yet, somehow, I always got lost in the suffering. I am in what I consider crisis mode now. I need to explore this enlightenment path. My soul depends on it.!
Wow what a juicy chapter with so much to take in. I love the integration of the science with the mystical writings. I find it interesting that the DMN holds the keys to integrating suffering as well a-ha moments…and that meditation so amazingly can turn off the suffering DMN without also turning off the a-ha integration. Since the DMN is related to past/future thoughts…is it also related to integration of memories, good, bad and inbetween? Does it effect the perception of events and how they are remembered, ie. as suffering vs. an inspiring moment? Thank you.
P.s. actually for a few days before starting this course, I had been wanting to make a list of the inspiring teachers in my life. I’m really looking forward to that.
I am French. Even though I speak currently English, it took me a long time to go through all the information of Chapter One, having to open my dictionary more often than I thought I would have needed to. This was demanding!
However I was thrilled to learn that I could use my sleeping hours to change my brain. Furthermore, that I would sleep and dream in Bliss Brain.
As I love to meditate before going to sleep, I am just very excited to start these promising meditations.
As I read, I realized why I was not drawn to any religion. I was also looking for a unity above/behind religions, not a superficial and socially regulated manifestation.
This “awakening, light-conscious/enlightened body + soul” is much more sympathetic to me than when it comes to only the spiritual. That’s more believable to me.
Unfortunately, I cannot participate in the course due to distance (I live in Hungary), financial and language barriers (my friend is Google Translate). However, I studied EFT for 2 years with András Sághy and read the book The Genie in Your Genes in his translation, so the Inner Peace process is progressing nicely. I will see how far I can get with the 21 day meditation, the Bliss Brain meditation and the 7 published ECOmeditations. I plan each meditation for at least 3 days, and if some internal obstacle arises, I knock.
Thanks for everything. Love and peace.
The down regulation of the DMN and upregulation of love/compassion in Ecomeditation compared to mindful breathing was a surprise to me. Feeling grateful for those extra bonuses, also grateful for the progression from state to trait bliss. Looking forward to this course!
Yesterday I did the eco meditation and it was relaxing, peaceful filled me with love. I started it again tonight. Was interrupted twice: my husband looking for his anorak asking me where he could find it, and after 5-6 minutes coming back asked me if it was finished I said no but I stopped……..
I didn’t get angry, though.
Maria
My quest has been very long in my life. Started decades ago and in some way has never really ended. To know that there is a way that can take you to a a place of love and peace where you can dwell is of confort to me.
Maria
The information re theta being the brainwave that acts as a conduit for our local self to access our Higher Self was fascinating. Also found the MRI scans of monks while in a state of compassion exhibiting extraordinary amounts of gamma waves of great interest.
Thanks, Dawson, for combining your life long study of the mysteries of consciousness with a solid scientific understanding of the Higher Self.
I have visited this chapter more than once and each time I become more intrigued by the material. It is amazing how the brain operates while we are at sleep. Just recently I order PB book, “The Short Path to Enlightenment” and I am looking forward to reading it. The use of modern technology to verify the changes in the brain is just amazing to me.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of this. What a rich, profound overview of the spiritual journey, with all the diverse pathways to the infinite, and then to bring in the brain science was so very informative. Understanding the DMN (Default Mode Network) was particularly illuminating. Knowing that my negative thinking yatters on and on about past and future when it doesn’t ‘have a task’ is so helpful. Just reminding myself of the DMN doing its thing, (and remembering that brain diagram flashing red) brings my attention back to the present moment, and the goodness that is here now. As well, I love the idea of using the sleeping hours to change my brain. The sleeping hours are so precious, and so to move into sleep with the intention of moving deeply into Bliss Brain is a joyous possibility. As well, to have Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs move from Self-Actualization to Self-Transcendence was revelatory. Finally I appreciated Dawson sharing his life journey, and how all of this rich and informative material came together as it did. Wondrous. Thank you.
Very interesting
I’m familiar with the the process of awakening or enlightenment but the new information to me on the physiology of the brain, rewiring and responses during meditation and especially enlightenment was exciting to me and helped me understand what is happening to me in my meditation practice and fueled excitement and anticipation of future bliss and consistency in a new level of happiness in my daily life.
Processing. So much.
The unexpected title Short Path to Oneness’ grabbed my attention and I must say got my eye roll! I grew up in a traditional Hindu family in India, went to Christian Missionary English “convent schools”, married and embraced Islam and tried to understand the mystical path of Sufism! Certainly felt many times along this 60 year journey that the “long path” was not for me – just could not put my real life – be it school, college, career, wife, mother, bread-winner – on pause to pursue it!! Also did not think I had the discipline or ability for the sacrifice it called for. I read the chapter in one sitting! So much was familiar – except the actual direct experience! So intrigued that a short path is even possible! Omg, With a mentor too! Alleviated some fear… can’t wait to see where this takes me next…
I read through this chapter mostly looking for things that would let me know that this was a scam. Although I have been reading and practicing some of Dawson Church’s meditations for several years, I have recently been victim of an Internet scam and I have become even more cautious than I was before.
Nevertheless this chapter is quite convincing. When I briefly thought about the spiritual teachers who have affected me deeply, there have been two with whom I have had in-person contact. I have since thought of these two as genuine masters. I have not consciously connected my experiences with them until this chapter suggested starting a list.
The Section “Embodying Enlightenment” rings true. Our physicality is always changing, and this fact must be incorporated–not negated or denied–into any spiritual practice.
Epiphanies: I have always believed that there was a short path where consciousness realized shifted everything and that the spiritual long pathway lacked clarity re tools, techniques, habits, and a structured path that could be followed in ease, joy and grace.
I have read Bliss Brain and have done the 7 biochemicals and found personal evidence re does what is intended to do. And did not continue to practice until embodied. So what intriqued me most was what are the stepping stones. Part of it answered above with mentor & community. I had no one to share experience with or explore experiences with.
I had recently experienced the awakening of God being “in” me as opposed to this entity that was “somewhere” outside of me. This chapter inspired that reality more fully. The realness of that experience is overwhelming love.
I practice EFT every day using some of Dawson audios and I use his ecomeditation audios and I can testify that they have made a change in my life. I have no doubt that this course will change the many lives of those that are willing to embark on this path with their whole heart * the mind will follow *
I am so amazed how your info in combination with the meditation works for me – I am filled with awe. I can feel it:-)))
The bringing together of everyday life and transcendant experiences. It reflects where I would like to be.
Very informational and knowledgeable on how we manifest thoughts. Similar information that I have heard before feels differently, somehow. I’m looking forward to seeing what the training has to offer.
this was very interesting and informative. feeling grateful and very excited to take this course.
I loved reading this and feel empowered already! Would like to know/experience more!
I am a hypnotherapist and have heard most of this lesson before. It was long, but a good read. It also reinforced that learning different modalities starts with similar teachings.
What I have ached for, and this reminded me of again, is where to find this like minded community near me? I am in the middle of a very Christian area. Last time I had an amazing group experience was at a conference many years ago. It really is something that I hope everyone will get to experience in their own personal journey.
Arrives at a time of interesting personal growth. I have lived an amazing life. Have been a seeker since age two. Brief moments of Finder experiences but not there yet. Feel very close, think I can get there, but aha moment when realized resistances I have put in place keep me back. Looking forward to considering this course.
I started ecomeditation daily and I noticed changes within a few weeks of practice. The most remarkable is the fact that I can connect quicker to the non-local self.
I have experienced a few enlightment moments at different stages of my life, never really knowing wath to do with it. I was surrounded by a very superficial way of life and felt like an alien. No one pick up on my cues, with time , i drifted into fog brain. My environment have just started to reflect all of these enlightments. I am very grateful that now days there is this major awakening wich I can finally be part of and feel normal and empowered. Thank you!
We are all in a journey. We are shown the things we need to see in order to Learn and move forward. For some the journey is easier than others. Some Learn the lessons faster. There is no set order in which to face these things. Some learned the lessons and released the trauma years ago and do are already in a much lighter place. xx
Very interesting and inspiring. Looking forward to feeling the “Bliss”.
I realized that I get in my own way more than I ever thought…..there is a way past my old patterns
First “aha” moment: Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is within you.”
I believed for a long time that heaven is not a place at the other end of the universe. “The kingdom of heaven is near.” How near? It’s within you. How near is that? God is in you, and you are in God.
Second “aha” moment: Ecstasy Is Trainable
This was a remarkable brain function change from just 28 days of practice (Church, Stapleton, Baumann, & Sabot, 2021). As we use MRIs and EEGs to measure the results of various practices, we’re able to determine which ones are most effective at changing the brain. Coupled with profiles of the brain states of adepts, we can now train ordinary people into these states in just a few weeks or months. The EcoMeditation MRI study showed that in just a month, non-meditators can be trained to reach Bliss Brain.
I remember reading in the Bible, over 40 years ago, that you don’t need to be a believer to be saved. Unfortunately, I don’t remember where it is in the Bible. I was young and not smart enough to write it down. The point is that God is for everyone, that you believe or not. As far as I know, all religions tell us that we need to believe to be saved. Then, it might just depend on the version of the Bible you are reading. I’m quite sure I read that in the “Bible de Jerusalem”, in French, the Bible we were studying in High School.
I have experienced most of this at one time or another, including the dark night after bliss. I am looking forward to being able to experience the bliss without the dark night.
I’m struggling this week with how to resolve an issue in my marriage. I realized while reading this overview that I can look at the whole situation from a much broader and higher perspective. I’ve been so bogged down in the specifics, the dynamics, the words, the emotions, the fear, the sadness, the uncertainty, the mental spinning and spinning and spinning …..
But while reading this, I’m reminded that I am an eternal being and none of this petty stuff really matters. Love is the most important thing. I am love. When I embody that and embrace the truth of that, Love will shine through me in every conversation and every interaction.