My Approach to Integration
Where awakening and being human come together
Where awakening and being human come together
Where awakening and being human come together
Awakening without Integration
Most spiritual traditions treat awakening as the endpoint, as if it solves everything. But awakening is only one part of development.
Emotional maturity, ethical behavior, embodied integration—these are separate processes that don’t automatically come with awakening. You can see through the illusion of self and still be run by conditioning. You can be awake and still be an asshole. Awakening doesn’t mean you’ve matured as a human.
Integration means developing all dimensions. Not just being spiritually brilliant, but also emotionally mature. Not just experiencing emptiness, but also having boundaries. Not just understanding non-duality, but also knowing when you’re full of shit.
There are many great teachers and paths to awakening. My focus is on integration—an often overlooked part of the journey.
The Three Dimensions of Full Integration
The Psychological Dimension
Know your shadows. Have boundaries. Know when you’re projecting and when you’re not. Develop integrity, not concepts. Be emotionally grown—not just spiritually brilliant.
The Existential Dimension
Actually want to be here. No longer cosmically foreign or just passing through. No more “I really belong somewhere else.” Instead: Here. Now. In this body. In this life.
The Spiritual Dimension
Awakening into embodiment, not out of it. Not transcending, but landing fully. Spirituality that doesn’t distract you from life, but leads you straight into it.
From Awakening to being human
Most spiritual traditions describe a bottom-up process:
You start in everyday life, begin to meditate, slowly open yourself to spiritual experiences, and at some point—perhaps—you wake up.
For years, I felt like a ghost lost in a human body. Spiritual experiences were far more familiar to me than everyday life.
The real challenge for me was: How the hell do you live as a human on Earth?
How do you pay bills without an identity? How do you navigate relationships when there is no separate self? How do you function in everyday life when you have seen through the illusion of time?
That’s exactly why my focus is on integration. Not on the path to awakening, but on the path from awakening back into life.
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