Apr 29, 2019
A description of the Stage Eleven mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model, using color symbolism — altered consciousness, intuition, self, energy — to convey the dissolution of separateness into pure creative energy at the journey’s most foundational point.
Apr 22, 2019
A description of the Stage Nine mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model, where recognizing oneself as a consciousness within the body takes on a divine quality, yielding focused intuition and a felt connection to others as fellow consciousnesses.
Apr 10, 2019
A description of the Stage Six mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model, where rigid ideology begins to share space more equally with the true self, the divine, and emerging energy, while others are still seen mainly through their experiences.
Apr 8, 2019
A description of the Stage Five mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model, where ideology dominates entirely — a black hole absorbing others, experiences, and needs — leaving the true self, the divine, and freedom captive to a rigid worldview craving validation.
Apr 3, 2019
A description of the Stage Four mandala from the Purna Asatti stages model, where the individual first notices that others have needs too — experiences radiating outward to bring awareness of others — in a stage that feels satisfied but faintly smug.
Feb 25, 2019
A Stage Eight teaching from the Purna Asatti journey on energetically connecting with others to sense their emotions, intentions, and current stage — a practice for understanding people, protecting yourself, and offering help to those quietly struggling.
Jan 23, 2019
A Stage Six exercise for seeing every person — liked or disliked — as a reflection of some past, present, or future aspect of yourself, and for consciously connecting to the divine light within each one to deepen compassion.
Jan 3, 2019
A Stage Five teaching on reading about other ideologies from an anthropological viewpoint to grow comfortable with differing beliefs without feeling offended, and on regularly updating one’s own guiding principles as experience evolves.
Dec 20, 2018
A Stage Four teaching on building regular routines for caring for others’ needs and, more importantly, one’s own — mapping physical, emotional, spiritual, medical, and purpose-driven needs onto a daily and weekly calendar.
Dec 16, 2018
A Stage Three teaching on connecting to feelings by naming emotions and tracing anger back to its root fear, and on sensing internal energy through body scanning, including early awareness of the chakras.
Dec 14, 2018
A Stage Three teaching on distinguishing true needs from wants by repeatedly asking why you think you need something, and on recognizing that while you have needs, you are more than them and have a purpose to offer.
Dec 12, 2018
A Stage Three exercise for moving beyond one’s own needs by imagining another person’s situation, feeling what they would need in it, and providing even a small part of that to recognize their shared humanity.
Oct 16, 2018
The foundational teaching defining Purna Asatti, or complete connection: connecting fully to self, others, and reality across every aspect of being, mapped to the chakras, and reframing tantra as enlightenment through connection rather than sexuality alone.
Mar 27, 2018
A spiritual essay exploring the idea that everyone you meet embodies some aspect of yourself, arguing that recognizing those reflections makes unkindness impossible while revealing which parts of yourself still need forgiveness.