It is that experience that you need. Studying with Shawn, the goal is not to compile data and notes. That will happen. The goal is to guide you through experiences. This way you become familiar with the Truth of a particular situation or state of being. You won’t read thousands of pages about energy, you will feel it, discover different sensations, how it flows, what it does. The reality will be your first hand experience.

To begin your study, you will discover the wisdom of “Integration.”

Integration is the process of observation. You learn to pay attention to your emotions in order to transform them. By paying attention to emotional density, your consciousness transmutes it into a feeling of lightness and freedom. This is part of the technique. The next is ego purification.

The ego is your friend. It allows us to survive and function in this world.(This will be taught in detail during your study.) However, we develop a lot of structures. These structures are our beliefs, and our habits. When these structures are threatened, a reaction automatically arises.

An example of a structure is, if a woman had a negative encounter with a pit-bull, she may develop the belief that all pit-bulls are vicious. This is not accurate. Many pit-bulls are loving and gentle. But because of her encounter, she developed the belief that all pit-bulls are dangerous. Every time she sees one, or hears about one, there is a reaction at some level. This is a triggered response, it’s automatic. It’s not a decision; it is a mindless reaction that arises from a structure she created.

Another example: A man is taught that his ethnicity is superior to others. He learned this in his family, in his community. He eventually does not question this belief of his. So, every time he encounters a contrary point of view, he reacts. He may react inside and just feel really uncomfortable, or he could actually physically lash out. This is because his beliefs have been threatened.

We build up structures all of the time. We smile to a woman in line at the bank. She frowns at us and looks down. We smile at someone else in line, and then look away. We may feel rejected. We tried to show them kindness and they pushed it away. So, we may approach various social situations, by being afraid to smile or interact with others for fear of being rejected.

We may state our opinion at a meeting, and the boss shoots it down. We may feel shame and a sense of worthlessness. Or we may become proud “Who does he think he is?!” These are structures.

Integration will teach you how to observe your reactions, and remove them from your life. You will dissolve your structures, and learn to remain unaffected, and free in whatever situation you encounter. You will have clarity. This way, instead of becoming negative, or falling into patterns that aren’t pleasant, you become empowered to see things as they really are.

Integration is the process through which we purify our experience. After years of practice, eventually virtually nothing that happens will be able to alter our state of being.

After we learn to purify our experience through Integration, you then learn how to become conscious. In all these new age books and websites you hear about expanding your consciousness, or raising your consciousness.

What is Consciousness?

Consciousness is being aware that you are aware. In the same way an Olympic athlete is extremely aware of their bodies, or a Tracker becomes so in-tuned with their environment. They are paying attention. They are fully aware of what they are observing. But more than that, they do it without zoning out.

By “zoning out” I mean when a person walks from point A to point B without paying attention to their steps, their environment. They basically get there, and much of the experience is a blur, no significance whatsoever.

By becoming Conscious(or rather, more so) we become aware of a richness in each experience that we were unaware of before.

It is possible to become so aware of your body that you feel each and every cell that composes it. It is possible to become so aware of your environment that through observation, you can tell exactly what happened there, minutes, hours, even days weeks and months ago. You can become so aware of a state of being that you can understand everything that a person is going through, without words.

It all depends what you work to become Conscious of.

The more aware you are, the more you are empowered to interact with the situation. If you aren’t conscious, that’s like playing chess while only knowing where 20% of the pieces are, and hoping your move works out. This is what most of us call “life.”

You will learn to become aware of whatever you wish, and with practice, you can refine your awareness to any degree that you find satisfactory. It is all up to you.

We use Integration to remove the bias. If we try to become aware of a situation, and we are judging it as good or bad, this way, or that. As such, we are obscuring the reality of an event.

We may judge a person as a jerk for not saying hi, when in reality they’re hurting and didn’t even see you. We may look at someone and think they will be threatening, so we don’t greet them. Meanwhile, they might actually be very friendly people.

Eventually, you reach a point of tremendous clarity. But first we need to overcome bias. This is a lifelong process.

Here is an example of how bias can blind us. Take a walk down the street with two people. One person loves buildings, and the other loves cars. The person who loves cars will see them everywhere in great detail, he may know make, model, even hear, by the sound be able to identify problems the car may have. He knows the buildings are there, but he does not see them. The other person who loves buildings will see the windows, doors, siding, take in any damage, or additions made to the building. She may know of the cars, but she will be only vaguely aware of them.

This bias narrows our perception of the experience.

This training is never ending. You purify, you become more conscious, your perception expands, you gain freedom, and choose where to direct your gaze next.

Your perception of Truth will continue to expand. This is the Experience you will gain in your study with Shawn. The depth you reach is limited only by your effort.