#19 - Pearls of Wisdom, with Stephan Rechtschaffen (Full Episode)

Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD, author of Timeshifting, is cofounder of the Omega Institute and creator and director, and visionary of Blue Spirit Costa Rica in Nosara. He has been teaching Manifest Your Vision for more than 20 years and regularly consults with centers, organizations, and businesses in this emerging field. For decades, he has been involved in developing communities that model sustainable and spiritual dimensions of living a more wholesome and authentic lifestyle. He has served and currently serves as a consultant or board member to many organizations that promote this type of work, including Upaya Zen Center, the Center for Discovery, and GeoFund.   Rechtschaffen is also a widely recognized holistic physician who lectures on health, wellness, nutrition, longevity, and time. He is a coauthor of Vitality and Wellness and author of Timeshifting, a book that focuses on one’s relationship to time and stress amidst the quickening pace of modern life. These interests have drawn him to living and working in the more mindful and slower paced environment of Blue Spirit Costa Rica.   “No permanence is ours; we are a wave That flows to fit whatever form it finds”  ― Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game   If you were to distill the turning points and lessons of your life phases into pearls of wisdom what would they be? From your childhood, Adolescence to Adulthood  As the Founder of Omega Institute in 1977 and now Blue Spirit Costa Rica you are deeply immersed in the field of spirituality, personal development, and hosting retreats for almost half a century:   What are the critical developments you see happening in the sector with spirituality going mainstream and personal development being usurped as a commodity? What are your main learnings, key takeaways, and pearls of wisdom that you want to share?   I want to have you reflect on your notion of the absence of individual and social wisdom - replaced by information and speed - thus talking about time and process - its connection to deeper wellbeing - and thus sizing of new tribal communities that can honor peaceful and nature-based practices   They say we are in the third wave of the psychedelic renaissance. I’m pretty critical of many things I see going on. What’s your take on psychedelics - your personal experience - especially when it comes to training states of consciousness through techniques like meditation.  What is it that gives you the most hope when you look at the current state of affairs on the planet? What are the necessary steps towards a planetary civilization ahead when we look at the insides that make us human?   Finally, when you dare to take a daringly positive outlook beyond the collective multi-crises we are currently facing, what would the leverages be that made us create a future in peace, ecological health, and abundance with all sentient beings on this beautiful planet?

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