172: Colette Martin and Boris Feldman, Guest Explorers
Oct 25, 2024
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Colette Martin, a consciousness coach, and Boris Feldman, her collaborator on the Deepening Protocol, explore profound themes of well-being and awakening. They discuss techniques for 'sinking in' to present experiences, emphasizing the importance of letting go of resistance for deeper emotional growth. Gratitude emerges as a key element in fostering personal transformation. Their dialogue highlights the balance between embracing discomfort and achieving peace, along with guided meditations for mindfulness and self-discovery.
Colette Martin's diverse spiritual journey blends traditional healing and unconventional practices, emphasizing the importance of personal experience in awakening.
The transition of the Sinking In process to a group workshop format illustrates how collective dynamics can enhance shared experiences of consciousness exploration.
Trauma can serve as a catalyst for deeper consciousness, facilitating significant emotional shifts and fostering compassion along the awakening journey.
Deep dives
Colette Martin's Journey into Spirituality
Colette Martin's background in spirituality is rich and diverse, originating from her studies in healing arts, yoga, and various spiritual modalities. She has unique experiences as an event coordinator, working alongside spiritual teachers, mediums, and channels, which allowed her to delve deeply into spiritual practice and philosophy. Her journey reflects a combination of traditional healing practices and unconventional studies, including interactions with medical professionals, emphasizing a well-rounded approach to consciousness and healing. Colette's involvement in the Finders community has further enriched her understanding of personal and collective awakening processes.
The Sinking In Process and Its Group Dynamics
The Sinking In process, originally developed for one-on-one coaching, was recently adapted to a group workshop format, allowing for exploration of consciousness in a shared setting. This transition provided insights into how group dynamics can foster collective awakening, offering participants a unique opportunity for shared experiences and feedback. The workshop revealed unexpected outcomes, with participants reporting deep experiences, showing that even traditional methods can yield effective results in a group context. By experimenting with the format, the facilitators found that flexibility and openness in approached yielded positive feedback from attendees, highlighting the potential for group awakening processes.
Understanding Fundamental Well-Being and Awakening
Fundamental well-being serves as a cornerstone in the journey of awakening, encouraging individuals to tune into a persistent sense of okayness that exists beyond everyday thoughts and emotions. Participants are guided to focus on their personal experiences of well-being, which can shift and deepen through iterations of consciousness exploration, known as 'dives.' This process cultivates an understanding of various levels of awakening, described as locations, where the progression involves moving from self-centric experiences to a broader perception of non-duality. Such attunement demonstrates that awakening does not necessitate complex knowledge; rather, the acknowledgment of inherent well-being is accessible to all.
The Role of Trauma in Awakening
Trauma can act as a catalyst for awakening, often accelerating individuals to deeper levels of consciousness through intense personal experiences. Both Colette and Boris share that many awakened individuals have experienced significant life trauma, which propelled them into a different mode of being, often leading to profound realizations about life. Although trauma's impact varies, it frequently leads to emotional shifts that allow for greater understanding and compassion towards oneself and others. The community recognizes these transitions as a natural part of the awakening journey, further emphasizing the importance of connection and guidance from those who have traveled similar paths.
Deconditioning and the Nature of Resistance
Deconditioning is an essential aspect of the awakening process, where individuals learn to release ingrained patterns and beliefs that hinder their true nature. Colette and Boris highlight the importance of meeting resistance with awareness, allowing for healing and transformation to occur organically rather than through forceful methods. By creating a supportive environment and connecting participants with their sense of fundamental well-being, both facilitators can guide them through resistance, promoting a compassionate understanding of their experiences. This approach not only facilitates personal insight but paves the way for deeper collective healing within the community.
In this episode we talk to Colette Martin and Boris Feldman about their Deepening Protocol, which guides people through progressively deeper states of fundamental well-being and awakening. The process involves sinking into present experience, letting go of resistance, and allowing deeper states to emerge naturally.
• Includes a guided meditation leading us to ever deepening levels of present moment experience.
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