The 2BSilent Podcast

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

Our free catalog of online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalog⁠For more personalized support, guidance, and community join us inside The 2BSilent Membership: ⁠⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/⁠⁠Some of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations: ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations⁠EP 29 | Devotion as a Pathway to Power with Mark StavishThis week we welcome Mark Stavish on The 2BSilent Podcast to discuss power, self-trust, and devotional practice. I reached out to Mark last year to share with him an article I wrote on power and manifestation. His reply fascinated me. I thought the problems people faced with manifestation practice had to do with clarity of outcome, and consistency of results. He showed me that there is more to the problem than meets the eye. We need to address how we define power, our capacity for trust in self, and look at how we can use devotional practice to establish relationships with the invisible that extend beyond our limited ideas of self.I hope you enjoy today’s conversation as much as I did. I thought it was so important and so valuable, especially the part where he offers a simple but powerful devotional practice that can be incorporated into your daily life.*See 1 hour, 7 mins into the conversation where we discuss "Letting The Warrior Within Takeover."Resources Mentioned in Today's EpisodeThe Inner Way - The Power of Prayer and Belief in Spiritual Practice by Mark StavishThe One Year Manual: 12 Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment by Israel RegardieThe Magical World of Dr. Joseph Lisiewski  by Mark StavishThe Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. HansenThe Way of Hermes: The Way of Hermes: New Translations of The Corpus HermeticumThe Forgiveness Meditation OverviewThe Forgiveness Meditation Step by StepThe Burning MeditationTimestamps and Highlights2:00 - Wealthy Man’s Shamanism 13:00 - Discerning True Intuition18:00 - Metaphysical Perspective Value21:00 - Power in Relationships33:00 - Habits Drive Transformation34:00 - Occult Power Pitfalls38:00 - Self-Trust for Influence41:00 - Avoiding Power Leaks43:00 - Clear Goal Setting44:00 - Karma and Free Action45:30 - Spiritual Practice Challenges50:00 - Resistance to Change55:00 - Indigenous Offering Wisdom58:30 - Defining Needs Clearly1:01:00 - Starting Devotional Work1:07:00 - Daily Devotional Practice1:10:00 - Forgiveness Meditation1:14:00 - Power of Small Steps1:17:30 - Tree of Life Virtues1:27:00 - Core Spiritual Path1:32:30 - Evolving Through Power1:36:00 - Risks Without Tradition1:41:00 - Manageable Desires1:43:00 - Aligning with Nature1:47:00 - Focus and Openness1:55:00 - Redefining Power2:08:00 - Choosing a Deity2:17:00 - Overcoming Path Fears2:18:00 - Brian’s Cathedral Story2:21:00 - Burning Meditation Benefits

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

Our free catalog of online courses: ⁠⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/catalog⁠⁠For more personalized support, guidance, and community join us inside The 2BSilent Membership: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/⁠⁠⁠Some of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations: ⁠⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations⁠⁠EP 28 | Beyond Reward & Punishment: Lucid Dreaming as an Evolutionary Step: Time to remove the guard rails keeping us locked into the same patterns, decisions, and limited ways of perceiving the world. In today’s episode we expand on evolving beyond the traditional religious view that we can just be a good person and we’ll get everything we want in life. Even if we reject this idea, for many of us, it still operates below the level of conscious awareness. I know it was for me. Journey with us as we discuss replacing our inner ‘moralistic god’ with a different ideal: being awake… not just figuratively, but literally. Become a lucid dreamer that blends the waking and sleeping dreams together into a unified experience of life.Highlights from Today's EpisodeBelief in a Moralistic God: We examine lingering beliefs in a moralistic God that rewards good behavior, embedded deep in our subconscious despite reframing.Societal Control via Religion: Religions offer moral stability but foster herd mentality, which we aim to transcend.Internal Conflict and Control: Dustin’s frustration arises from subconscious beliefs, reflecting the destiny vs. free will struggle.Lucid Dreaming and Freedom: Lucid dreaming breaks conditioned patterns, enabling free exploration of the subconscious.Training the Will: A strong will is crucial for navigating spiritual practices and subconscious realms.Spiritual Practice as Exploration: Growth involves mapping the unknown, seeking truth, and embracing experiences for evolution.Balancing Physical and Spiritual: Life’s demands (health, finances) and spiritual pursuits mutually anchor and inform each other.Personalized Spiritual Goals: Goals are driven by individual desires for freedom and meaningful experiences, not external rules.Self-Mastery as Archetype: The lucid dreamer ideal blends waking and dream states with discipline and awareness.Enjoy the episode!If you have any questions about our conversation today, the practices we discussed, or about ⁠The 2BSilent Membership⁠ please feel free to reach out anytime, or schedule a free discovery call. More information on our website ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/⁠⁠⁠

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

Our free catalog of online courses: ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/catalog⁠For more personalized support, guidance, and community join us inside The 2BSilent Membership: ⁠⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/⁠⁠Some of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations: ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations⁠EP 27 | Rending the Veil, Confronting the Watchers: Wow. For me this was a really powerful conversation. It started with a few simple questions about the real meaning of "rending the veil" and what the "watchers" are, then developed into a deeply insightful and personally therapeutic conversation regarding my frustration with the difficulty of "the work." Brian, true to his nature, refuses to tell me what to do, but offers his own experience: he loves the work itself. I learn that to get beyond my present point of stagnation I need to let my heart lead, not my fears. Highlights from Today's Episode"Rending the veil" - seeing past the physical into energetic realms.The four stages of the gazing practice for seeing energy, ending in a "poof" where the physical vanishes, revealing only the energetic."Stopping the world" - as explained by Castaneda is to not name things in your mind and perception, revealing their energetic truth."Watchers" - inner forces testing your spiritual resolve.- Lucid dreaming rends the veil with vivid, conscious dream navigation.Plant medicine as a bridge to spiritual realms, but without preparation can lead to overwhelm.Is "Samadhi" rending the veil?We discuss fears that block spiritual progress.I express my frustration to Brian about how difficult the work is, and my perceived high effort, low reward; he shares how he loves the work itself.Resources Mentioned in Today's EpisodeHow to See Energy, a Complete Course in Opening The Third Eye. Available for free on our website: www.2bsilent.com/catalogJourney To Ixtlan, by Carlos Castaneda, in which he shares his experience of "Stopping The World"https://a.co/d/ealEHvsEnjoy the episode!If you have any questions about our conversation today, the practices we discussed, or about The 2BSilent Membership please feel free to reach out anytime, or schedule a free discovery call. More information on our website https://www.2bsilent.com/⁠⁠⁠

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/catalog⁠For more personalized support implementing these techniques into your daily life and your spiritual practice join us inside The 2BSilent Membership: ⁠⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/⁠⁠- Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportSome of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations: ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations⁠Highlights from this episode include: - Brian tests a YouTube-inspired experiment, talking to oak and maple trees to elicit a physical response, exploring nature’s energy.- Using speech as an anchor to sustain focus and hold clear intent during practices like meditation or lucid dreaming.- Crafting precise, unambiguous questions to channel actionable subconscious insights, emphasizing personal responsibility for desired outcomes.- Brian shares his participation in a Monroe Institute neurofeedback study to enhance sustained focus and anchor mental states.- Indirect guidance: Brian’s approach to answering unasked questions through analogies and environmental cues, fostering self-discovery.- Balancing structured intent with free-form exploration to deepen spiritual practices and personal growth.- The role of humor in making abstract spiritual concepts relatable and easing practice-related tension.Resources mentioned in this episode include: - Four Elements Manifestation Course, by Brian Osborne:https://www.learningstrategies.com/4Elements/Home- The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali, translated by Chip Hartranft: https://www.arlingtoncenter.org/Sanskrit-English.pdf- The Monroe Institute: https://www.monroeinstitute.org/EP 26 | Clear Intent, Gentle Guidance - In today's episode we explore the interplay of focused intent and subtle guidance through a lighthearted experiment inspired by a YouTube clip where a tree branch responds to a woman’s words. Testing this with an oak and maple tree, the maple’s gentle brush against the face sparks a discussion on connecting with nature’s energy through clear, deliberate focus. We delve into how precise intent, like crafting unambiguous questions in meditation or lucid dreaming, channels meaningful insights from the subconscious. The conversation examines guiding others indirectly—using analogies and environmental cues to foster self-discovery—while emphasizing sustained focus through tools like neurofeedback or breathwork to anchor mental states. We reflect on balancing structured practice with free-form exploration, the role of humor in making spiritual concepts relatable, and the importance of clear communication to avoid confusion, drawing from practices like elemental meditations and personal anecdotes to illustrate incremental, authentic growth.

View our full catalog of free online courses: ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/catalog⁠For more personalized support implementing these techniques into your daily life and your spiritual practice join us inside The 2BSilent Membership:⁠⁠https://www.2bsilent.com⁠⁠- Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportSome of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations: ⁠https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations⁠EP 25 | Small Shifts, Big Insights - This episode dives into creating space in spiritual practices to uncover deeper insights. We explore the challenge of capturing the essence of experiences, comparing it to translating "flower" across languages, where true meaning emerges through personal engagement. A vivid moment from the Liturgy of Hermes, with a spontaneous chant of "hua" during a lotus vision, illustrates how focused practice sparks unexpected clarity. We discuss making small, deliberate changes to life’s patterns, like tweaking a molecule, to move toward desired outcomes steadily. The conversation highlights repeated practices, like elemental meditations, which deepen understanding through subtle shifts. Surrendering to challenges, rather than resisting, is key, as shared in a story of overcoming pressure by relaxing into it. We view life as interconnected patterns, where incremental adjustments foster growth without disruptive leaps, emphasizing persistence and openness to non-linear progress.Highlights from this episode include - Creating enough “space” in which contact and insights can occur in your meditations and spiritual practices. - Dustin shares his experience with the elemental journey meditation from Brian’s Four Elements manifestation course. - How intense focus and effort can transition into inner relaxation and surrender. Relaxation is power. - Looking at your life situation as a pattern, and the situation / experience you want to have as a pattern as well. Seeing how you can transition from one to the other in small increments by changing small aspects of the pattern. - Overcoming self-importance and why importance induces the balancing forces of nature.- The evolutionary game of life is the most difficult game to play. - The value of returning to a practice over and over to deepen your experience of it and the results you get from it. Resources mentioned in this episode include: ⁃ The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali, translated by Chip Hartranft:https://www.arlingtoncenter.org/Sanskrit-English.pdf- The Liturgy of Hermes, by Mark Stavish⁃ How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain, by Andrew Newberg⁃ Reality Transurfing, by Vadim Zeland

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View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations

View our full catalog of free online courses: https://www.2bsilent.com/catalogFor more personalized support and guidance implementing these techniques into your energetic/spiritual practice you can join us inside The 2BSilent Membership. - Live Q&A calls every other week- Live call recordings and detailed notes- Full access to all of our courses and guided meditations- Community supportLearn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/Many of the practices mentioned in our podcasts and videos are available as guided meditations. Learn more: https://www.2bsilent.com/guided-meditations