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Promoting Healthy Spiritual Awakening

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What have I learned from 40 years of STE research? STEs are real. STEs have been reported for thousands of years, by persons of impeccable repute: in scriptures, in sacred texts, and by great saints and mystics of all faiths. STEs are happening to millions of people around the world. STEs happen to persons of all ages, of … Read more

The Gifts And Grounding of Spiritually Transformative Experiences with MD Yvonne Kason

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In this episode we speak with with Dr. Yvonne Kason, who coined the term spiritually transformative experience (STE). Yvonne is an author, retired family physician, transpersonal MD-psychotherapist, and retired professor of Toronto University. She was a founding member of the Kundalini Research Network, the Canadian Coordinator of the Spiritual Emergence Network, the founder of the Spiritual Emergence Research and Referral Clinic, and the co-founder of the Spirituality in Health-Care Network

STE After-Effects

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Common After-Effects of Spiritually Transformative Experiences A long-term change happens after the awakening STE.  After their first or spiritual awakening STE, many Experiencers find themselves launched into a long-term process of transformation which affects their body, mind, and spirit.   After-effects may vary over time, but many after-effects continue for the rest of the Experiencer’s life. … Read more

I DIED FIVE TIMES: DR. YVONNE KASON’S NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCEs

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Today we have a very special guest: Dr. Yvonne Kason M.D. who has had 5 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and is the author of five books, her most recent being, “Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences” (2019). In its revealing pages, she states the following: “On November 8, 2003, my life changed completely. I was gravely injured in a slip-and-fall accident, and instantly died.” She then adds that on that day she had what she described as “a profoundly beautiful Near-Death Experience in the heavenly realm of loving white light” in which she was welcomed by her gurus Mahavatar Babaji and Paramahansa Yogananda, before she managed to recall all her past lives, and was finally given the chance to come back. And this is precisely what this video is all about!

Spiritual Emergencies

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Spiritual Emergencies “Spiritual Emergency” refers to a crisis during one’s spiritual transformation.  Spiritual emergencies may happen after dramatic STEs and due to challenging unusual states of mind that may happen during a person’s spiritual awakening process (aka spiritual emergence).  The terms “spiritual emergence syndrome” and “spiritual emergency” were coined by California psychiatrist Stan Grof MD and … Read more

Inspired Creativity

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Inspired Creativity Experiences​ Inspired Creativity is a powerful creative experience mixed with a mystical experience. Some STE Experiencers have powerful inspired creative experiences that are deeply intertwined with a mystical or paranormal element. Persons experiencing inspired creativity may produce remarkable amounts or demonstrate outstanding quality or even genius in any field, including original writings, poetry, musical … Read more