Tacit knowledge in Judeo-Christian, or Western cultures portends that each of us has a specific, and likely individualistic life purpose. Tacit knowledge in Taoist, Shinto, Hindu, and Buddhist, or Eastern cultures portends that we all have the same life purpose: to achieve self-actualization through the process of enlightenment. Regardless, the extent to which you achieve your life purpose — whatever it may be – is the extent to which your life path is consistent with your life purpose. This is why it's so important to have an explicit understanding of your life purpose – so you can make wise and appropriate choices to propel yourself forward on your journey. I will harness the specific co-active ontological coaching method to help you identify and articulate your life purpose – thus giving you direction, motivation, inspiration, perspective, and a platform for a more enlightened way of being.

Self-possession can broadly be viewed as autonomy – the capacity of a rational individual to make informed, un-coerced choices – and the opposite of co-dependence. Indeed, self-possession is an incredibly powerful station in life whereby a person takes on complete ownership of the whole of their life – the opposite of victimhood – and manifests the resources required to satisfy their own needs, wants, and desires – without input from external sources. Self-possession includes self-love, self-respect, self-worth, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-awareness, and self-reliance – all products of self-focus. Self-possession is a requirement for choice, as courage, faith, and self-confidence must replace fear, doubt, and insecurity in order for present-moment awareness and possibility to open up. Self-possession is an authentic expression of our perfect and infinitely wise nature, and therefore it works. I will work with you to better understand, enhance, and ultimately achieve self-possession – thus giving you access to power, freedom, choice, security, empowerment, and the gamut of self-fulfilling energies.

In essence, integrity is the implementation, or the manifestation of self-possession in real life, which along with agency/choice – collectively, the Golden Triad of Illuminated Cairns – opens the door to transformation. Integrity works on several levels – each requiring more of us in the way of self-possession, accountability, awareness, authenticity, humility, courage, and ultimately honesty and the truth. But just as the truth – which gives us access to reality – will set everyone involved free, accessing truth can be very tricky and even elusive given the multiple layers and sides of truth and the differences in people's individual truths – not to mention manifestations of the ego/identity complex. Yet, we must strive for truth, as it is necessary for any reasonable degree of reality and integrity. I will work with you to distinguish areas of your life where you can achieve higher degrees of integrity until such time that you come to experience the highest form of integrity: knowing yourself as perfect and complete and one with the perfection and infinite wisdom of God and the universe – thus giving you access to a foundation in reality, mental balance, workability, ease, power, freedom, choice, and unparalleled transformation.

Also known as free will, agency/choice is God's greatest gift to us – and with it, a tremendous opportunity and responsibility to use it wisely. Very few people truly understand agency/choice, and even fewer practice it throughout their lives. True agency/choice is unconditional and based in non-attachment and possibility – requiring a very high-level degree of self-possession and integrity. Agency/choice is entirely distinct from decision – which requires very little in the way of self-possession and personal accountability. Agency/choice is the counter-weight to pre-established ways of being given by genetics and early life experience, and is the third of the Golden Triad of Illuminated Cairns that serves as a gateway to transformation. I will work with you until you come to know and practice agency/choice – thus giving you access to unparalleled power and freedom, and transformation toward a more enlightened way of being.

Transformation is an amazing shift of energy and being – a combination of self-possession, integrity, agency/choice, timing, receptiveness, and awakeness. Transformation is quite distinct from change, whereby a person changes from one known way of being to another – which is sourced in the same energy, and produces more or less the same results. Transformation is the assumption of a permanent, more enlightened way of being – free from the constraints or limitations of the past. Indeed, transformation is an irrevocable evolution – best illustrated by the assumption of the form of a butterfly from the form of a caterpillar. It is an invention, as opposed to an innovation – within one's self and throughout one's life. I will work with you to distinguish the qualities and manifestations of transformation – thus giving you access to freedom, power, hope, inspiration, wisdom, a taste of the bliss of enlightenment, and ultimately access to your Authentic Self.

Because we are social animals, sustainable and lasting transformation typically requires the transformed, aligned space of listening or perception of others – depending on our degree of self-possession, we are influenced by our external environment. Indeed, the form of the butterfly is permanent, but its wings are also very delicate. Alignment is achieved when we synchronize another person's perception – the way in which we are listened to/heard, thought of/regarded, and spoken of/empowered to be in the world – of us with our own, and ultimate alignment when others' perception is synchronized with our Authentic Self. Alignment requires incredible self-possession, integrity, and communication – as well as compassion, honesty, courage, and a high degree of authenticity. In the space of alignment, we find freedom in the expression of our individuality. Ironically, this requires that we acknowledge – to ourselves and others – our fears, doubts, insecurities, and inauthenticities; in other words, our humanity. I will work with you to align your relationships around your Authentic Self – thus giving you access to freedom, power, personal self-expression, space to breathe and be, sustainable transformation, intimacy, and partnership.

In some schools of thought, in every relationship, we are either dominating and controlling others or we are avoiding being dominated and controlled by others – either way, it's a subversive and equally ungratifying dynamic. Whereas they are born of the same source energy – insecurity and fear – domination and control are distinct from one another, in much the same way that influence and control are distinct from one another – it's all a matter of degree. What it truly boils down to is compassion, awareness, and self-possession – whereby you do not have any need or desire to dominate or control another person, and you fear not being dominated or controlled by others. I will work with you to distinguish areas of your life where you are engaging in the dynamic of domination and control, and achieve the goal of reducing domination to the level of control, control to the level of influence, influence to the level of no-interference, and no-interference to the ultimate shared experience of synergy – thus giving you access to intimacy, partnership, self-respect, manifestation, and freedom from drama.

Everyone is part of a relationship, but rare is the person who engages in genuine partnership – the reason being that the list of requirements for genuine partnership is incredibly long, and without one, the others often falter. In essence, partnership is about intimacy and connection founded in unconditional love and acceptance, which themselves require very high-level degrees of self-possession and integrity. Although the two are often collapsed, intimacy is completely distinct from sex, and can be created and shared with everyone in our lives. It's my assertion that a lack of genuine intimacy is at the root of all addiction. I will work with you to distinguish the tenets and qualities of intimacy and genuine partnership, which can be gained in any type of partnership, including: self, romantic partners, business colleagues, parents, children, siblings, friends, humanity, and God – thus giving you access to ease, flow, joy, inspiration, freedom from escape into addiction, success, the gift of giving unconditional love and acceptance, and the unparalleled joy of intimacy and connection in all of your relationships.

Unless learned somewhere, it's unlikely that a person properly distinguishes between past, present, and future. Most people, when asked, believe that who we are today is given by our past – specifically by our past experiences. Not true. In fact, it's our projected image or vision of the future that gives us our current state of mind and therefore for most, being. The reason it appears as though the past is sourcing our present is because most people's future is nothing more than an extension of the past – as opposed to an empty slate, the way it is intended to be. Thus the saying: history has a way of repeating itself. The only way to circumvent this vicious cycle is to uncollapse the past and the future, and remain in the present – all of which pivots on completion of the past. I will work with you to guide you through the often arduous and painful process of completing the past – thus giving you access to present-moment awareness and awakeness, a clean slate to envision an inspiring future to live into, peace, intuition, wisdom, space to breathe and be, choice, transformation, possibility, freedom from drama, and reality.

We are born into this world fully self-expressed, and yet somewhere along the way we learn to suppress ourselves – our thoughts, our feelings, our hopes and dreams, and indeed our authentic selves and our lives. All of this results in frustration and ultimately anger and rage – frustration from the lack of reality; anger from covering up hurt and/or projecting being out of integrity; and rage the amalgamation of suppressed emotions. Lyrics of "The Logical Song" by Supertramp say it best: "When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical; and all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, joyfully, playfully watching me, but then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, logical, responsible, practical; and they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, clinical, intellectual, cynical…" I will work with you to once again find that fully self-expressed voice that has likely been buried/cloaked by layers of doubt and cynicism under the auspice of logic and practicality – thus giving you access to authenticity, a clear voice, power, freedom from anger and rage and escape into addiction, happiness, joy, play, wonder, beauty, and magic.

We live in an extraordinary world at an extraordinary time. In an attempt to keep pace, many people strive to be extraordinary and to live an extraordinary life – this is the ambition and aspiration of many; certainly here in the West. In their pursuit, some look for short-cuts, loop-holes, and launching pads – all the while neglecting the perfection of the now and the natural stepping stones that are required to build a strong and sustainable foundation beneath their monolithic creations. The result: divorce, suicide, addiction, domination, mental illness, dis-ease and disease, and a wake of unresolved energy and trauma. A true master of life is one who has successfully negotiated and passed through the early stages of building a foundation of character and integrity that will ultimately support future creations of the extraordinary kind. Indeed, extraordinary must first pass through ordinary – there is no leap-frogging in this arena. I will work with you to come to terms with the power of being a master of the ordinary – thus giving you access to the extraordinary, choice, integrity, self-respect and honor, ease, peace, and flow.

If there is a single quality that will enable us to access the tools and experiences that ultimately give us the reality of life as perfect and magnificent, it's faith. Whether we're talking about being true to ourselves through honesty and authenticity, making choices, creating self-possession and reducing our control over others, engaging in partnership and seeking out intimacy, completing the past by processing painful and traumatic experiences, following our intuition, surrendering to the greater forces of God and the universe, living in the present-moment and experiencing our experiences and emotions, or confronting our fears, doubts, and insecurities – it all boils down to faith. Faith is the light that casts out all darkness in the form of fear, which is all born of the past and driven by ego. Ironically, nothing exists in reality without faith – including and especially possibility and potentiality; the baseline for all material manifestation. I will work with you to distinguish your fears and execute the faith needed to transcend your fears – thus giving you access to possibility, potentiality, freedom, power, success, and an authentic way of being beyond the constraints of ego and the past.

Language is the master director of reality as we know and experience it. For better or worse, our individual languaging is established early in life. It's my assertion that the ego and cognitive language [that is to say, language of the mind as opposed to intuitive or non-cognitive language] come into existence at more or less the exact same time – making them forever inextricably linked, like brothers. From that point forward, our mind trusts the ego to "play" with our language, which forms our identities and dictates our actions and experiences – and ultimately our reality. However, the ego and cognitive language are like computer programs that are scribed by fear and the past for the purpose of enhancing survival. And while survival is good, the ego's extreme focus on it severely restricts possibility and transformation – unlike intuitive language, given its basis in the present-moment. I will work with you to enhance your internal, intuitive, listening, and external language skills – thus giving you access to a deeper view of reality, authenticity, a deeper trust in intuition, possibility, and transformation.

Think about the people in your life who you respect and trust the most. What all of these people have in common is that they possess wisdom – a product of perspective and a high-level degree of intuitive languaging. They do not judge; they do not overreact; they understand; they are grace and honor personified. We all possess intuition, but rare is the person who lives their life guided by it or has mastered the language behind it. Indeed, we all have access to God's and the universe's infinite wisdom through intuition, but we must create a clearing to see it, feel it, hear it, and ultimately experience it. Confusion, doubt, insecurity, and fear occur in the absence of this connection, and problems, complexity, and unnecessary drama occur in the absence of the execution of our inherent wisdom in the form of intuition. Intuition – which I refer to as our higher, or authentic sense – can be cultivated and developed through silence, inner-calm, and ultimately present-moment awareness. I will work with you to recognize, experience, and trust intuition as a basis for choice – thus giving you access to transformation, reality, and your authentic self as one with God and the universe.

In life, we're taught to fight, and never surrender. For most people, surrender comes only after every available option is exhausted – the key word here. And yet, surrender can be an incredibly powerful and wise thing to do under certain circumstances, in certain relationships, over certain issues, and at certain times in our lives. Indeed, surrender is not quitting, giving up, or forfeiting so much as the self-possessed choice to allow the greater powers of God, the universe, and our authentic selves to take over. In essence, surrender is antithetical to control, which is orchestrated by the ego and the cognitive mind and founded in fear – principally of death and the unknown: master fears that hold dominion over all other fears. I will work with you to find the courage, humility, and self-possession needed to transcend fear and the ego's quest for control, such that you can experience your Authentic Self through the process of surrender – thus giving you access to levity, peace, calm, intuition, wisdom, reality, possibility, choice, and transformation.

Possibility is all that is not known to us – it resides in the space of the unknown. In quantum physics and quantum mechanics, this is the space of emptiness, which constitutes most of the universe – including us. Inherent in this empty space exists what quantum physicists refer to as "potentiality" – specifically the potential for transformation and manifestation. Given that fear and the ego are inextricably linked through cognitive language derived from the past, we now have an opening to transcend the ego and tap into the Authentic Self through the unknown space of possibility. However, entering into this space requires incredible self-possession, courage, and intuition through present-moment awareness. I will work with you to develop these qualities such that you come to see, know, and ultimately experience possibility and potentiality – thus giving you access to freedom, power, choice, manifestation, transformation, and an authentic way of being beyond the constraints of ego and the past.

Clearly, many people are interested in the power of manifestation. We all want to believe that we can create our thoughts and our visions in reality. Whereas our thoughts do ultimately impact our reality, manifestation is a little more complex and requires more than merely positive thinking, gratitude, and being in positive environments. In fact, manifestation – defined as the production of positive outcomes in reality – requires: 1) a background conversation of the possibility of abundance and gratitude; 2) alignment with your authentic self as one with the infinitely abundant resources of God and the universe; 3) present-moment awareness, which requires completion of the past such that a space of emptiness can exist; 4) authentic intention, or a conviction of knowing; 5) right precedence; 6) alignment of others around your vision; and 7) integrity, which itself requires dedicated resources such as time, energy, and attention – or hard work. I will work with you to implement each of the steps on the path to manifestation until such time you begin to manifest your visions in reality – thus giving you access to fun, motivation, inspiration, excitement, freedom, power, success, ease, and flow.

Whereas the frequency and degree may differ greatly, we are all presented with opportunities throughout our lives. Yet, most people relate to opportunities as windows to get ahead in matters pertaining to finances, relationships, health and fitness, and other matters of this world. Few among us relate to opportunities as windows to attune our spirits and develop our souls. The most intelligent and honorable thing we can do in this life is to recognize where and when these gateways to spiritual attunement and soul development appear and step into them. For instance, it may be compelling to simply walk away from a failing relationship, and yet, when we do, we carry with us not only the unresolved energy of that relationship, but the failed opportunity to develop ourselves by successfully completing an aspect of our journey. If identified and honored, just about anything significant – "good" or "bad" – in our lives can be used as a gateway to propel ourselves forward on our journeys. Perspective is the single requirement to identifying gateways; just as courage is to honoring them. I will work with you to enhance your ability to distinguish gateways throughout your life, and aid you in stepping into them – thus giving you access to unparalleled transformation, wisdom, and self-possession.

With a current population of 7 billion human beings, and given the harsh realities of war, poaching, rape, enslavement, and genocide (to name a few) it's easy to view the world/humanity as chaotic, destructive, ignorant, and even evil or doomed. Yet, should you take to time to know people from around the world, you'll find incredible love and decency. Individually we are somewhat well – collectively we are quite sick. The deeper you step into your own humanity and enhance your own value of life as sacred, the more you will see and experience the magnificence and interconnectedness of humanity. And from this well flows compassion – a requirement for any master of life. Genuine compassion involves primarily self-possession, no-interference, unconditional love and acceptance, respect, wisdom, courage, and sometimes brutal honesty. Because I specialize in East/West synthesis, I will work with you to transcend the constraints of cultural identity, which will enable you to connect to your own humanity and consequently all of humanity – thus giving you access to connectedness, ease, peace of mind, partnership, intimacy, integration, and balance.

Everything I've talked about to this point has one thing in common – they're all a function of awareness/awakeness. Thus, the only question that remains: what type of awareness/awakeness? In sports, present-moment awareness is referred to as "the zone." In meditation, present-moment awareness is referred to as inner silence and stillness – or emptiness. Be it in the zone or in the space of emptiness through meditation, present-moment awareness/awakeness is when one transcends the constructs of the mind and ego and experiences life in that moment – which passes from one second to the next. Because neither the past nor future are real, the present-moment is the only place and time [which happens to simultaneously transcend time and space] where reality exists. I will work with you to gain a deeper and more lasting experience of present-moment awareness/awakeness – thus giving you access to reality, power, freedom, ease, compassion, intuition, possibility, choice, transformation, love, and your Authentic Self.

Non-duality exists in the space of emptiness – where everything and nothing exist, co-exist, and do not exist. This concept is best illustrated through the symbol of Yin/Yang. At some point however, one must transcend everything/nothing as merely an understood concept, and experience everything/nothing on an ontological level before one can tap into the bliss of enlightenment. This requires that we transcend the constraints of the ego through mind-based language – which induces duality, and thus contradiction, complexity, paradox, irony, and confusion – and experience reality as it is: simple and easy by way of everything/nothing, good/bad, right/wrong, positive/negative. When you stop resisting and trying to control yourself, others, and life – which is a function of the ego and mind-based language born out of fear from past-based trauma – and experience yourself, others, and life in the present moment, you will have an opening to transcend the dual-mind and step into the reality of yourself as one with everything – thus giving you the experience and qualities of enlightenment, which are love, light, levity, and grace; the experience of heaven on earth; your Authentic Self as everything/nothing.

Yes, in effect, our Authentic Self is the culmination and coalescence – the synergistic blend so to speak – of all the Cairns of Illumination. In a manner of speaking, it's our soul and our spirit. It's what lies beneath the inauthentic manifestations of the ego and the construct of reality as given to us by cognitive language – the shadow self and the illusions that lead us to mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual illness and imbalance. Our Authentic Self is our primordial nature of intrinsic awareness – indestructibility, non-discriminating openness, incorruptible purity, flawless clarity, profound simplicity, and all-pervading presence. It's our perfect and immortal creation, and our inextricable connection to The Creator. And when exposed to the light of God, or Truth, or love, or whatever language you choose to describe the indescribable, our Authentic Self can now begin to merge until we ultimately become one with the light of God – known as enlightenment.