My Approach to Integration
Where Awakening and Being Human Come Together
My Approach to Integration
Where Awakening and Being Human Come Together
The Blind Spot
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 Complete Picture
The Three Dimensions of Full Integration
Grounded
The Existential Dimension
Choose to be here. Fully inhabit this life. No longer cosmically foreign or just passing through. No more “I really belong somewhere else.” Instead: Here. Now. In this body. In this life.
Mature
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.
Awake
The Spiritual Dimension
Explore what lies behind concepts and stories. Let go of what you thought was true. Die into the Unknown. Surrender to the Mystery. Embodied, radical, unconditional.
These three dimensions aren’t sequential or hierarchical—they can emerge, deepen, and interweave simultaneously. Flexible, dynamic, and unique for everyone.
My Journey
From Awakening to Being Human
Bottom Up
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.
My journey was different: top-down.
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.
Here you can read my whole story →
How I Work with You
I’m not a teacher. I’m more like a midwife. I hold the process, accompany you, offer orientation—but you walk the path yourself.
My work is trauma-informed. Integration requires a regulated nervous system. Without safety in the body, everything collapses at the first deep opening.
You’re your own compass. No stages, checklists, or methods. Every experience is unique—and each has its place.
