Every other week, Dr Joe writes a blog in which he elaborates on common questions, introduces new material, simplifies complex ideas, and expounds upon the foundational teachings of this work.
Dr Joe’s Blog
Choice Points on the Path — Part I
My team and I recently returned from a long stretch of travel; leading retreats from Switzerland … to England … to Florida and New York over a period of 40 days. I try to make time to meet with members of our community during each event, and I’m always struck by the insights, challenges, break...
Romancing the Future
I’m overjoyed and so moved by the response to my latest meditation, “Love the Life You Love.” Since we first shared it with our community a little more than a month ago, it’s become one of our most popular meditations of all time. And I want to tell you mor...
A Note from Hemal H. Patel, Ph.D
I want to take a moment and introduce you to my dear friend and colleague Dr. Hemal Patel, who is Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, San Diego. I thought it would be nice for him to let you know how things are going with the research we are doing on all of you. So, for those of you who have not yet met him, here is Dr. Hemal.
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Feeling Our Way into the Mystical – Part II
In my last post, I talked about the next stage of evolution in dream work – beyond strange visions; beyond the mundane; beyond the more frequently felt survival emotions like fear. I shared my “recipe for the mystical” – to be tired and happy; curious and playful; relaxed and open. When we cul...
Feeling Our Way into the Mystical – Part I
We’ve been talking recently about strange dreams and visions people encounter in the work – especially when they’re just starting out. As I explained in my last two posts on “Opening Pandora’s Box,” the more we can learn from the emotions these experiences are inviting us to explore and understand, the more we can change – and, therefore, the deeper we can go into the unknown. And the deeper we go into the unknown, the closer we get to the mystical.
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Opening Pandora’s Box, Part II: Finding Out What’s on the Other Side
In my last blog post, I shared with you some questions we’ve been getting from people – usually early in their practice – about strange dreams and visions. In Part I of Opening Pandora’s Box, I wrote about why these experiences arise – and the opportunities...
Opening Pandora’s Box, Part I: Crossing the Threshold
Recently, we’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about a common topic. Notes have come in to our team at Dr Joe Live – my monthly conversations with students around the world – and to our Customer Service team, which helps our community members with questions and problem-solving.
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Awakening the Courageous Heart
A few months ago, our team shared a clip online of me talking at one of our Week Long Advanced Retreats. I was reflecting on the transformation of men in the audience after one of our Walking Meditations – and how much courage it took for them to open their hearts.
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Exciting Early Findings from Our QUANTUM Research Study
Earlier this year, my research team and I shared some exciting news in a Livestream we broadcast from our Week Long Advanced Retreat in Marco Island, Florida. In addition to sharing our findings about studies already under way, we discussed some experiments we were beginning that week – including the largest meditation study ever conducted.
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Becoming Worthy, Part III – You’re Worth the Walk
For several weeks, we’ve been talking about what it means in this work to “become worthy.” After examining what we don’t mean by worthiness – and what we do mean – we’re now ready to put it into practice … and take it with us into our daily lives.
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Becoming Worthy, Part II – Showing Up for Yourself
A couple of weeks ago, we started to examine what we mean when we talk about “becoming worthy.”
As I mentioned previously, our understanding of a complex word or idea is sometimes helped by first examining what it doesn’t mean. So, if you haven’t read part I in this series, you can find...
Becoming Worthy, Part I – An Invitation
At some point in their journey with this work, everyone will encounter the idea of “becoming worthy.” Maybe it’s while practicing one of our Walking Meditations. Or it might be during a live event. Or at home in their personal practice.
Without context, it can be easy to make assumptions about what we mean when we use potentially charged words like “worthy.”
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Without context, it can be easy to make assumptions about what we mean when we use potentially charged words like “worthy.”