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my awakening - neoslife80/ is neoslife calling you?For eight months now, neoslife has been birthing itself into form in the energetic realm, existing through my sharing of the vision, my passion and commitment to the land that found its way to me and by sharing stories and experiences with its growing community - you. The other part was its physical manifestation by working on it tirelessly and putting my financial assets into neoslife’s creation. This has not been easy as the fear of losing my shirt by ‘betting’ so big on this vision has been ever present throughout this journey. So much h...2024-06-1704 min
my awakening - neoslife79/ meet neoslife's co-founderMeet Karen Aiyana Birch.Three weeks ago, Karen and I met over a Zoom call. There was something distinctly different about this call. The conversation was easy, felt safe, open and vulnerable.It was not about what was said but what didn't need to be said. There was an instant recognition of each other, who we are being. It’s hard to capture in words. It has to be experienced, that way of being.a new way of beingI believe that this ve...2024-06-1305 min
my awakening - neoslife78/ birthing a new civilisationA message to the neoslife community — in response to conversations in our WhatsApp group.Thanks to all of you for being a part of and contributing to this community by sharing your insights, reflections and ideas. I am in awe of and grateful to the nearly 300 souls that have found their way here. I am reading and taking in every comment even when I cannot reply to every single one.Fundraising I’d like to add some specific clarity around fundraising: I used to be an investment banker and a tech startup founder. I am ver...2024-05-0708 min
my awakening - neoslife77/ experiencing heaven on earth liveneos·life’s vision is to create Heaven on Earth. Yet Heaven is first and foremost an inner state. It is a place where we feel in harmony, satiated with joy, peace and love. This place is available to any of us anytime. While we are not yet on the physical neos·life land, this Tuesday, May 7 at 19h GMT / 20 CET / 11am PST / 2pm EST I have the pleasure of partnering with my dear friend SKAI, a quantum healer from France, bringing you a unique Heaven on Earth live exper...2024-05-0401 min
my awakening - neoslife76/ transcending all conflictsLove is the only answer to all our problems. It transcends gender, race, politics, opinions, beliefs. It transcends everything. Thanks to some recent challenging experiences around the emerging community of neoslife, I have realised that neoslife at its core is really about one thing: How much can I love. How much can I love in the face of disagreement, ego, separation, judgement, conflict and adversity. The question is not am I right. The question is how much can I love. Thank you...2024-04-3005 min
Under The Pines PodcastE12: Building Conscious Communities & Transforming Society | From Finance to Spirituality w/ Vincent Daranyi: neoslife
Vincent Daranyi shares his journey from a successful career in Investment Banking, to getting kicked out of his own start-up in brazil which led to a spiritual awakening and the creation of neoslife, a 410 hectar village in Portugal. He emphasizes the importance of questioning the purpose of life and exploring deeper truths. He discusses the need to live our truth, overcome shame and fear of failure, and break free from societal expectations.
Vincent also challenges the current systems and structures in place, including education and work, and highlights the potential for a more equitable...2024-04-211h 42
my awakening - neoslife75/ neoslife is taking off 🛫In this newsletter:* Signing the promissory purchase contract * Another neoslife podcast* New website* First renders of the 34 bedroom neoslife hotel to open in 2025 * Meet Neo, the 4th resident of neoslife * Last Call: Two spots left for the retreat next week. If you are an investor, supporter, influencer or future resident, we have two spots left for the most transformative journey of your life. Apply here: ir.neoslife.comThanks for reading my awakening - neoslife. Subscribe for free to receive new posts.2024-04-0503 min
ReFi Podcastneoslife with Vincent Daranyi | BONUS EpisodeIn this week’s episode of the ReFi Podcast, John is delighted to welcome his friend Vincent Daranyi, a former investment banker turned serial entrepreneur, to share his profound journey of self-discovery and his vision of neoslife—a 1,000 acre regenerative village just 75-minutes outside of Lisbon that offers an entirely new way of being.
Vincent has spent the last eight years diving deep into life's biggest questions and found a unique perspective on the role of awakening human consciousness in addressing the most pressing challenges of our time. In this conversation we get to hear about Vincent’s trans...2024-04-041h 00
my awakening - neoslife74/ the only change is from withinneoslife on podcast Recently I had the opportunity to share my journey from investment banking to Bitcoin, psychedelics, spirituality and neoslife on the Once Bitten Bitcoin podcast. If you enjoy this newsletter, you will enjoy this podcast. Here are the Spotify and Youtube links. neoslife in development This is an early-stage of what I am working on with a Shan, our 3D designer. It’s not a refection of the actual village but us playing with how to best display it: neoslife on WhatsAppThe growing neoslife community has no...2024-03-3106 min
Once Bitten! A Bitcoin Podcast.Building A 'Citadel' In Portugal. @weareawakening1 #433Self-sustainable freedom-loving #Bitcoin community project.
$ BTC 62,872
Block Height 835,509
Today's guest on the show is @weareawakening1 Vincent Daranyi who joins me to share how and why he is building a #Bitcoin Citadel in Portugal.
5:55 Lauren’s question: What is a Citadel?
9:30 Don’t fight the system, create a better one
13:30 How Daniel and I met
16:00 My life story, banking and how I found Bitcoin
19:00 The fiat financial system and the world’s challenges
24:00 Waking up to truths
34:25 Conspiracy ‘theories’ and the story of your enslavement
41:42 From investment banking to
43:35 Life (including all the shits) happen
50:00 My journey of awakening and seeking truth
54:4...2024-03-202h 15
my awakening - neoslife73/ unleash true greatnessThis April, I am inviting eight participants to a transformational retreat on the future neoslife estate in Alentejo, Portugal. You will be guided by the best facilitators that have supported and catapulted me forward on my journey of growth. Building on the retreats we started last year, in a first, all of us are joining forces to bring you the most transformative experience yet.We will embark on two different journeys with the Toad and the Heart Protocol. I have written about my profound experiences with both these medicines in previous...2024-03-1802 min
my awakening - neoslife72/ the power of bitcoinOur fiat money is, just like the systems we are part of (countries, governments, companies etc.) a collectively agreed upon imagination. Conversely to what we are told, since the $ has been decoupled from gold in 1971, fiat money is no longer backed by anything but our joint belief. With the incessant money printing going on and the ever increasing government debt ($34,000,000,000,000 for the US alone, i.e. $100,000 for every US citizen), more and more people are questioning how much longer this house of cards can stand. "I don’t believe we shall ever have a good mo...2024-03-0206 min
my awakening - neoslife71/ taking the headset offNote: At the end of the article you find a new video of the estate neoslife is buying.Imagine putting on an Apple VisionPro headset and entering a virtual world. Now imagine never taking this headset off and believing that the virtual reality you are experiencing is Reality. This is what life is. We put on the “headset” of being a person at birth and we take it off again at death. Yet we believe that we are the headset, our body and mind, when they are merely our interface to experience life.What...2024-02-2207 min
my awakening - neoslife70/ conspiracies are no longer theoriesAfter a decade of seeking truth, I have to conclude that the seemingly inconceivable is true: Censorship is everywhere.We play part in a global conspiracy. It is all a big show. Nothing is what it seems to be. Governments are no longer our protectors but our enslavers. Wars are fought not to bring peace but to extend power and wash money. Politicians are groomed, elections influenced and leaders are instructed what to do. The media is its propaganda machine serving the agenda of our global...2024-02-1403 min
my awakening - neoslife69/ you are humanity's only hopeIt has become clear to me that there’s a need to swiftly create and scale a “human transformation engine”. More on that below. “We f**k each other over all the time, without even realising it. We f**k every living thing on this planet over and think it’ll be fine because we user paper straws and order the free range chicken. And the sick thing is, I think deep down we know we’re not fooling anyone. I think we know we’re living a lie. An agreed upon mass delusion to help us ignore and kee...2024-01-1010 min
my awakening - neoslife68/ going all-in, no backdoors.I am committing my entire net worth to bring neoslife to life — to ignite…a new age of enlightenment The world is crumbling: War, conflicts, polarisation, destruction of nature, moral decay, anxiety, depression and loneliness epidemics just to name a few. We have lost our way on a staggering scale. Simultaneously, AI and robotics are taking over the world at unfathomable speed. Within a few years there will be close to no human task that technology cannot take care of. This means most of us will become - commercially speaking - useless. Pa...2024-01-0307 min
my awakening - neoslife67/ creating heaven on earthif you are looking to invest into the future of humanity, here's an opportunity to be part of it. we found magical land to build the neoslife center — a paradigm shifting place that will be the first of its kind in the world.since this article was published, neoslife got a new home at neoslife.com.when we are in full alignment, things move at lightning speed. not in my wildest dreams would i have expected to write these lines already in 2023 but after years of quiet preparation the neoslife village, center and re...2023-11-2006 min
my awakening - neoslife66/ everything you ever wantedwhat if i could promise you everything you ever wanted? you might think: “how could he possibly know what i want?” or “how could he possibly give me what i want?” if you are like every other human being after removing all the mentally made-up wants i would bet that what you really desire is to enjoy freedom through peace of mind, joy and love. what’s standing in the way? your mind. why? because it’s driven by fear. fear of not having enough, fear of not being enough, not being safe, not being loved, not being unders...2023-11-1504 min
my awakening - neoslife65/ the end of all warsthe god moleculetwo weeks ago, we held our first “awaken” experience together with john and fouad who have served the “god molecule” to 12,000 people. john is an american psychiatrist who realised on his journey that he could help people much more than prescribing symptom numbing pharmaceuticals by giving them a profound spiritual experience. six years ago, he quit his nyc based practice and started serving 5-meo-dmt exclusively.as a reader of this newsletter you know i’ve explored all kinds of psychoactive substances. however, there is nothing quite like this one which is extracted from the v...2023-10-1703 min
my awakening - neoslife64/ human 2.0: the reunion with selfthere will be two types of humans: those that are acting from the mind and those that are acting from a higher principle call it love or the heart. based on the current paradigm the world is operating from it might be hard to see where this new human will come from and how it could possibly survive in such an adverse world. but this is looking at it from the mind and through the current paradigm we are stuck in. one could argue that the current human is on a self destructive path where, while some...2023-09-2407 min
my awakening - neoslife63/ the future of lifethis article is based on a spontaneous instagram live and has been adapted and expanded on for legibility. if you like to watch the original, here it is:the purpose of lifeas we are gearing up for our event awaken to self, i have been reflecting: what is the purpose of life? what are we doing? we're all chasing something, right? we're building companies, building families, building businesses, building our lives. and one day we die — and that could be very soon or in 40, 50, 60 years and then so what? all of what we have bui...2023-09-2009 min
my awakening - neoslife62/ awaken to selfwant to experience your higher self and having the most profound experience of your life? learn about our “awaken to self” journey at the end of this article.humanity at crossroadswe are at crossroads. there are two prevalent competing themes in the world:one of increasing government control/fascism, conformism, so called woke-ness and division on all levels from gender to sexual preferences to affluence to political orientation to narratives. it’s the theme of self/ego, separation, conflict, control, power and dominance. the oldest human story there is — a...2023-09-1511 min
my awakening - neoslife61/ stripping nakedi am doing something i have not done before: sharing a coaching session where i am the coachee. it’s a vulnerable display of my journey and its human struggles. i feel there’s a lot of insights to gain from and that’s why i am sharing it. you get to experience vincent behind the scenes. the video and timestamps are at the bottom of this article.challenges on the journey after last week’s newsletter went out, i woke up that morning with anxiety. despite having clarity on the spiritual level the human journey d...2023-09-0610 min
my awakening - neoslife60/ the biggest lie (we believe)this might be the craziest email you’ve ever received — and the most life-changing one: what if i could prove that you are not who you think you are? how would that impact your life and the choices you make? it would change everything. this is such a once in a lifetime message. this is no hyperbole. this is about a revolution in consciousness — the most important revolution ever.who is me?my name is vincent. i’m 45 years old. i’m male, single. i coach, i write, i think, reflect and explore life and what it me...2023-08-2915 min
my awakening - neoslife59/ immortalityin this newsletter: * immortality through awakening — the evolution we are meant to go through* the heart protocol journey — meet your true self in july* integrating your experience — how to bring insights from psychedelic journeys into your daily life* the historic role of psychedelics in the evolution of humanity — and their role in our future survivalinterested in the heart protocol and/or my integration offering, please read here:if you die before you die, you won’t die when you die. — the immortality keywe are afraid of...2023-06-1912 min
my awakening - neoslife58/ invitationif the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed. — terence mckennahow truly free are you? in spite of all the money and success, do you feel overworked, stressed, exhausted, anxious, worried, low or even depressed? do you find yourself always busy, always running, always clamouring for the next big whatever, always competing to be ahead of whatever trend or technology, always thinking about your next move, always working on becoming more successful, wealthy, important, loved or valued and never ever feeling you have arrived?after seven years on th...2023-06-0512 min
LIMITLESS ONEWhat It Means To Be Human With Vincent DaranyiHave you ever considered a plan to escape the matrix, leaving your promising career, giving up your home, leaving all your possessions, and embarking on a journey to discover the meaning of life and, ultimately, to find yourself in the process? Our guest today has been on a paradigm-shifting 8-year journey, so he can bring back this sacred knowledge to share with you today. Vincent Daranyi, the Founder of Neoslife, takes us on a journey to what it means to be human. He explores stripping naked, Ayahuasca, and the 8-year journey to the soul. He also dives deep into...2023-05-261h 18
my awakening - neoslife57/ 5-meo-dmt: experiencing full Realityin the last two months, i had the two most profound and life-changing experiences of my life. yes, a lot of superlatives here. before those, that had been last year’s ayahuasca experience which i described here. however, these recent experiences took it to a whole new level: i got to meet the real „me“, twice.on april 15, i experienced the heart protocol, a combination of two psychoactive substances that, over a multiple hours long journey, catapulted me into nothingness where i experienced being pure consciousness and saw how this consciousness, which we are all made of, created...2023-05-2614 min
my awakening - neoslife56/ the meaning of lifelast december, henrik zillmer, serial entrepreneur, host of the honest podcast and a dear friend of mine and i sat down to discuss a question both of us have been pondering and to which, i believe, many of us would like the answer: i was not too excited to share our contemplations when he published it this month. my inner critic was saying: april 2023 vincent does not approve of what december 2022 vincent was thinking and saying. and indeed, today the podcast would be different.the response of one of his listeners, himself a big entrepreneur...2023-04-2603 min
my awakening - neoslife55/ total freedom“what is your life about, anyway? nothing but a struggle to be someone, nothing but a running from your own silence.” — rumiattachment is the enemy of freedom. it kills from the inside out. this short clip from lord of the rings is a powerful illustration of what attachment does to us:two years ago, i wrote an instagram post about what i call the three stages of freedom: freedom of money, freedom of time and freedom of mind. the first two are obvious: to be able to do what you want when you want with who...2023-02-2211 min
my awakening - neoslife54/ money, money, moneytl;dr money is the false god in the 21st century and greed is single-handedly responsible for our experience and the state of the world. greed has been a pattern of mine begging to be transformed into something higher. the only way to do that was to do what seemed to be the unthinkable. and once i did it, i experienced a new sense freedom and possibility. money is what runs this world. it runs every one of us and everything we do. as a wise man once said: “if you want to see some really selfish beh...2023-02-1213 min
my awakening - neoslife53/ connecting the dotstoday’s episode takes a different, more entertaining format. the above audio is the message to a friend. she responded: “great message. you should broadcast wider.” she is a “type a” senior executive in finance - i thought this will resonate with my readership. listen to it at 1.25x or 1.5x speed. it gets more thought provoking as you continue to listen.i cover and connect a wide range of topics from the purpose of life, trauma, karma, ego, mirroring, embodiment, spiritual path, soul, thinking vs. being, the game of life, the limitations of the mind, science and spirit...2023-02-0524 min
my awakening - neoslife52/ the death of egoshort for time? skip down to the bit titled “ego death”.“again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of god.” — matthew 19:24there are days when i feel like i am a pressure cooker about to explode. as i am working hard to transmute my shadows into gifts, i am confronted with the fears and stories of myself. i am letting go of the old, of my patterns, behaviours and ways of thinking that are fear and scarci...2023-02-0312 min
my awakening - neoslife51/ the only battle there is“if it is bread that you seek, you will have bread. if it is the soul you seek, you will find the soul. if you understand this secret, you know you are that which you seek.” — rumii could be the founder of a unicorn tech startup. i could be a senior managing director in an investment bank. i could be the ceo of a multinational corporation. my peers are holding these positions. i was on the path and i had the ambition. yet i am living in a rented home in the countryside reflecting and writing about...2023-01-2813 min
my awakening - neoslife50/ the great workafter a powerful experience i sat down and wrote the following, call it a mission statement:"who am i and what am i here to do?" are the most difficult and the most important questions in life. when i know who i am i know what i need to do. my being informs my doing. most of us spend our whole life trying to become someone. it is a painful and never-ending process that i know all too well. i have spent the last eight years looking for the answer and i am committed for...2023-01-2209 min
my awakening - neoslife49/ the human journeyThe juicy content and insights are in the later part, so if you have no time or patience, skip to after the picture. I’d like to start with an apology. I feel that in the last episode, I slipped back, at least partially, into teacher mode with statements like “we are all traumatised”. While I do believe that it’s not for me to make any statements about you or people in general. I am here to share my journey with the goal that you might gain something from following it: An insight, a realisation, new ideas, so...2023-01-1613 min
my awakening - neoslife48/ the matrixno time to read? scroll down to the three insights in bold.over the last three days, i’ve spoken to a friend who’s deep in depression, a friend who has faced suicidal ideation on her spiritual journey, a friend who’s going through major s**t with her family and a friend who’s dissolving her past relationship which turns out to be a financial mess. myself, i’m now living in the countryside where days can pass when I don’t interact with another soul in person. being alone without distractions is a powerful pl...2023-01-0914 min
my awakening - neoslife47/ the game of lifeWelcome to a new year.As I was closing 2022, I have been reflecting on what I learnt this year. I wrote down a lot of things but if I had to boil it down to one thing, it is this: I have an ego: It’s called Vincent, it has 44 years, is 186cm / 6’1’’ tall, has green-brown eyes, has been a banker, entrepreneur, seeker, writer, coach, etc. etc. This ego thinks it knows a lot, has learnt a lot, prides itself in having gone down many rabbit holes and having come out of them more knowledgeable and wise...2023-01-0110 min
my awakening - neoslife46/ forty-four xmas giftsI just finished reading an incredible book. It is the most clear, concise and entertaining book on how to live your most fulfilling and meaningful life with the least suffering. Or in short: The book beautifully captures the wisdom of Truth. It deeply resonated with me more than any other book because it captures the essence of life better than any other book I have read so far. I would like to gift 44 of my readers this book as a Christmas present or for that matter a holiday or New Year’s gift. Instead of ruminating soon ho...2022-12-2304 min
my awakening - neoslife45/ getting punched by ego„You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It‘s your call.“ — Wayne DyerToday‘s episode was meant to be about the holotropic breath workshop I attended this past weekend but something more pressing came up: I got threatened and physically attacked by a friend. There‘s a lot to unpack here. No time to read? Look for Insight #1, #2, #3 and #4 in bold. Also, the text version is extended to the audio recording as I made some last minute additions around the false guru concept, added Insight #2 and #4 and numerous smal...2022-12-1911 min
my awakening - neoslife44/ making the mundane sacredAs I got up from my meditation, I realised there are no mistakes. Whatever I did, do and will do, they are just steps in my journey called life. And then, there will come a moment when I die. This might sound rather sombre but it is all but that. The reality that there is an end to my life is actually hugely empowering. Because it means, I can live full out, there is no need to worry, to be anxious, to regret. Yes, of course, my mind loves to do all of these things. And that’s...2022-12-1304 min
my awakening - neoslife43/ the door to a beautiful lifeThis is a longer one. No time? Scroll down for the 3 min TL;DR.It’s 2 am. I’ve just finished watching a new documentary on the effects of the mRNA vaccines (see here). It’s a crazy world. I realise this is a very controversial topic and this newsletter is not about Covid. But it is the reason I am typing these lines at 2 am in bed. After I finished watching it, I could not fall asleep and as I was contemplating life, my journey, the world and how much I have changed since my days...2022-11-2412 min
my awakening - neoslife42/ connecting the dotsThere’s no randomness in life or the universe. None. A few years ago, maybe even as recent as last year, I would have laughed about such a preposterous statement and probably thought the speaker of such words has no idea what he's talking about, at best, or, at worst, silently thought of him as an idiot. Little did I know. I can observe this change in me, call them beliefs or views of the world, across the board. I used to be hardcore reason and science-minded, an atheist with a purely mechanical and material understanding of lif...2022-11-1806 min
my awakening - neoslife41/ surrender - i don’t mind what happensAs I am working on my new project - which is not really a new idea but something I have been working on over the past few years and now all the pieces are finally coming together in one big synthesis - I find myself doing things the old way.I am strategising around the pitch deck, how to raise money, how to develop the MVP (minimal viable product), who to partner with and hire, how to protect the integrity of the vision and make sure that it unfolds successfully. And as I am doing all this...2022-11-1607 min
my awakening - neoslife40/ birth of the new meIf you have not read the previous episodes, please start here (36/ drinking ayahuasca, again) for context.Tonight is the fourth and last time we are drinking Ayahuasca. Of the four phases of life, it is the phase of relaxation. We will also be drinking a smaller amount than the night before. Tonight was the most incredible night. I was a much shorter time under the influence of Ayahuasca. I think it subsided after three hours - though perception of time is distorted. My body got a complete makeover. Ayahuasca is a powerful plant that not o...2022-11-1404 min
my awakening - neoslife39/ the night i met godIf you have not read the previous episodes, please start here (36/ drinking ayahuasca, again) for context.Every ceremony begins with each participant sharing their intention for the night with the group. One says: I ask God and Mother Ayahuasca to…” We go around in the circle. It’s my turn. After yesterday’s most beautiful and heart-opening experience, my cup of love for life is full and I am ready to move on from asking for something for myself: "I ask God and Mother Ayahuasca to give me the strength, wisdom and grace to serve humanity with love.”2022-11-1107 min
my awakening - neoslife38/ ayahuasca - being bathed in loveIf you have not read the last two episodes, please start here (36/ drinking ayahuasca, again) for context.I want to highlight that Ayahuasca is a very personal experience. If you were to drink the medicine, yours will be entirely different from mine. There are common elements yet our journeys and their unfolding are unique. The saying goes: Ayahuasca does not give you what you want but what you need.After yesterday’s ordeal and no sleep, I can feel the resistance to going into ceremony again. Luckily, I have been here before and I am 100% co...2022-11-1007 min
my awakening - neoslife37/ ayahuasca - jumping over the edgeIf you have not read yesterday's post, read it first for context: 36/ drinking ayahuasca, again.The next four nights and ceremonies will follow the four phases of life which we can observe everywhere in nature, in the seasons, our ageing process and our heartbeat: excitement, expansion, contraction and relaxation. Tonight is excitation. And excited I am. And a little apprehensive. Last time I drank Ayahuasca ten months ago, I got lost in the recesses of my mind fighting the battle that I had fought many times before drinking the medicine: Having to make a choice b...2022-11-0811 min
my awakening - neoslife36/ drinking ayahuasca, againToday marks day 100 since I started my no-excuses meditation practice which led to this newsletter. And today I am also sharing with you my recent and most profound experience in life, yet. I find myself in a big dome with 20 people sitting in a circle. We are all dressed in white and are calmly awaiting the storm. We came together from all over Europe to attend the sixth seminar together with our teacher and guide of two years, Dr. Nader Butto. Nader is one of the most fascinating people I had the honour of journeying...2022-11-0704 min
my awakening - neoslife35/ the disease of thinkingThinking is a disease. At least in the way I have been using this capacity all my life: For decision-making. Thinking was not created for me to decide what to do by weighing one option against another through reason, thinking was created to be creative, to create. When I use thinking for decision-making I create misery because logic is not what drives life and well-being. We are all familiar with the situation where we need to make a decision and we are advised to write down the pluses and minuses of the different options. Hell, I have g...2022-11-0403 min
my awakening - neoslife34/ the broken meLight is flooding the room and I am looking into the greenery somewhere in the centre of Lisbon. Next to me is Gillian, my conscious alignment therapist and one of the recent additions to the tribe of mentors, guides and coaches that are propelling me forward. I have been learning more about myself in the past months than I have in all the years before. Suddenly, it is all coming together and I am getting to know the real me. And I get to see how broken I am, also in a physical sense. By how broken...2022-11-0304 min
my awakening - neoslife33/ do not do what you want“Do not do what you want, and then you may do what you like.” -- Sadasiva, Indian saint. I could not sleep all night, reflecting on the realisations I have been having, excited about what is unfolding, messaging with my coach in the middle of the night, scrolling social media and seeing what the rest of the world is up to and after several attempts to fall asleep, I turned to Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. And I came across this passage:When the warrior humbly asked for some spiritual instruction, Sadasiva wrote with his finge...2022-11-0203 min
my awakening - neoslife32/ forgiving everyoneForgiving everyone. That is what came up in my meditation and it was so clear and easy to do so I just did it. Letting go of all grudges, of all hurt, of all the seemingly unjust stuff that has been done to me. In that moment, it struck me as the most obvious thing to do. How could I have not seen that before? Why would I want to walk around carrying with me this weight of grudges for what has happened in the past? That’s a lot of stuff to carry. As the saying goe...2022-11-0104 min
my awakening - neoslife31/ a new way of being“This is my secret. I don’t mind what happens.” — Jiddu KrishnamurtiTwo months of meditating twice daily have left their mark. I’m much calmer and my continuously present worries about money and what to do with life, wondering where my journey is taking me, are quieting down. I’m finally arriving at a place of peace where everything is “perfect” the way it is in the sense that I don't need anything to be different. I’m excited about where this will lead me and I’m no longer concerned about it. I’m just doing my work w...2022-10-3102 min
my awakening - neoslife30/ breaking throughNothing matters. And that’s a good thing. As I am facing a certain meaninglessness on my journey something magical happens in the background: Detachment. It’s Friday evening and I’m lying on my bed, scrolling through social media and exploring what’s happening in the world and in people’s minds. And I notice that I am detached. As in, I see people having fun, sharing their achievements, weddings, holidays, party pictures, the usual stuff. I’m excited for them and at the same time, I’m happy in my bed on a Friday night by myself. And...2022-10-2804 min
my awakening - neoslife29/ the butterfly effectI think I am small. I think I am a victim of circumstances and I have to react and respond to the world rather than create it. But I am powerful beyond measure. It is my thinking that keeps me small. We are all powerful beyond measure. We are all butterflies that can cause a storm. Just our thinking keeps us small. When I rise above my thinking, when I connect with my true self and powers, anything becomes possible. I attract the frequency I operate on: If I am in my shadow, in my limited self...2022-10-2704 min
my awakening - neoslife28/ life as a masterpieceWe have all heard of SaaS - software as a service. This is how most internet-based businesses work these days. They sell you a monthly or yearly subscription to their services. But what about LaaM? While the last decade’s rage in investing was all about SaaS, I believe the time is ripe for LaaM to take front and center stage this decade: Life-as-a-Masterpiece. What am I really here for? I can, which is what I have been doing most in my life, just go about my ordinary life, get up, do my job, develop my career, my...2022-10-2604 min
my awakening - neoslife27/ what needs to be doneWaking up, I started playing with my phone, scrolling, swiping, you name it. After I was done, I sat down to meditate. And it was a difficult meditation. My thoughts were racing and I was all but in a calm state. When I looked at my Oura ring afterwards, my heartbeat and my heart rate variability were not where they normally are during meditation. I could sense my body was under stress, relatively speaking. And as I set there in meditation and my mind finally started slowing down, a thought arose: Why am I doing this? Why...2022-10-2503 min
my awakening - neoslife26/ waking up from cancerThe following is an excerpt from a conversation I was having with a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer.Things are inverted from what we’re told and that’s why there’s so much unnecessary suffering. You’re not your body. You’re higher self, infinite awareness that uses an avatar, your body, to have a finite, limited-by-the-senses experience. The challenge is that you, and every one of us, forgot that that’s not who you are and you get attached to your current version of little “I” which is the ego with your personality...2022-10-2407 min
my awakening - neoslife25/ i'm not a victimI’m not a victim. Yet that’s how I have been operating most of my life. Not in an obvious way. Not by complaining about how difficult my life is or the weather or other people. But through my unconscious behaviour. Something would disturb me and I would not say anything. I would not say anything because I didn’t want to create a conflict, I didn’t want to piss someone off. Instead of expressing my dislike about something, I would remain quiet and hold it against them. Unknown to them but to my mind it seeme...2022-10-2104 min
my awakening - neoslife24/ i can't make any mistakesI can’t make any mistakes. This unconscious belief has kept me in bondage for most of my adult life. Only now do I understand how powerful these subconscious beliefs are and how they have been driving my decisions, behaviour, feelings and actions in small and big ways and every aspect of my life. I can’t make any mistakes and the fear of failure. I now know where they stem from. Because the conscious Vincent cannot relate to them. I have taken many risks and made many mistakes in the process and I now laugh about them...2022-10-2003 min
my awakening - neoslife23/ getting triggeredThe other day I received a message from a friend. We haven’t spoken in a while and we always had an interesting dynamic between us. And his message triggered me. It seemed to me that he was challenging whether what I was doing, the commitment to focus so much on inner growth or healing, was healthy and whether there should not be a balance between living life and doing this work. His challenges seem to always trigger me. And of course, my bursts of consciousness seem to have triggered him and that prompted the message in th...2022-10-1902 min
my awakening - neoslife22/ why i get upWhy do I get up? Why do you get up? Of course, I get up because my body wakes up and then I start my day. But why? Because I have to do x and y and because I have to do my job, make money, have appointments, etc. What if today I had no nothing and none of these things, would I still get up? I mean, the bed can be a pretty nice and comfortable place. This is a powerful question. Why do I get up? What is there for me to do in the...2022-10-1805 min
my awakening - neoslife21/ nothing really mattersNothing really matters. At least not what I think, what my mind thinks matters. A radical statement. And yet, in my meditations, that's how I feel. My mind is a beautiful storytelling machine. It continuously creates stories around who I am, what I need to do, say and be. But they are just that, stories. I get attached to those stories and I get sad or angry when those stories don’t come true, whether it is in my career, success, relationships, money, ... But when I meditate, my thoughts subside and I am just with myself in a...2022-10-1705 min
my awakening - neoslife20/ my biggest distractionFor most of my life, I have been both chasing to make more money and trying to spend less money and save more. Not even consciously. Money never really mattered that much to me but then it also really mattered to me. What do I mean? It consciously did not matter that much but it did in my subconscious mind. I can now see how so many decisions I have made have been influenced by money. And you might say that’s normal. But I wasn’t conscious of it. If you would have asked me: Vincent what...2022-10-1404 min
my awakening - neoslife19/ the power of painI encourage you to listen rather than to read this episode. I got goosebumps while recording it.Today, I am sharing with you an excerpt of a social media post of a friend who suddenly found himself in hospital. It is a powerful account of how everything is put into real perspective when you are not well and therefore goes to show how much drama our minds create when we are well. My mind is not interested in finding joy in life but constantly looking out for what’s wrong. Until something is so wrong th...2022-10-1203 min
my awakening - neoslife18/ a first stepSince episode 7, you can also listen to me reading the burst by clicking play above or look up my name or the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify or Stitcher. Unconsciously, I am continuously looking for myself outside of myself. I am looking at what other people do putting myself into a box that I know because I have seen it outside of me, in the external world, how other people do things. And that’s my fatal mistake. I am unique, just like everyone else is, and hence I am meant to express myself uniquely. I...2022-10-1006 min
my awakening - neoslife17/ lied to all my lifeI can do whatever I want but I know that there’s only one path to seemingly illusive happiness and that is... drumroll... by being myself. How do I know who I truly am? Let’s start with who I am not as I'm painfully realising myself. I am not the construct of my mind, the version of who I think I am. That one, the one I think I am, is just a creation of my mind through conditioning since my first day on this planet, through childhood and everything that I have experienced. I am...2022-10-0704 min
my awakening - neoslife16/ pitch black nothingnessAfter a lifetime of using my mind and thinking as a way to navigate life, I am learning the art of nothingness. One of my teachers challenged me to close my eyes and imagine myself in a pitch dark space with nothing in it and to stay there as long as I can. And when a thought arises, to notice it and let it go. Pretty much like a meditation practice in silence but with the added challenge of putting myself into pure nothingness. And to extend the practice into the rest of the day, to let...2022-10-0504 min
my awakening - neoslife15/ waking up is hardAs I reviewed today's burst, I noticed it is repeating itself. I am taking a deeper look at the content for my inner process. You are free to dismiss it, if you feel called to do so.I was having lunch with a friend sharing with her my journey of waking up. In between the motions of waking up to Reality, letting go of fears, realising I am not my body and connecting to my true self vs. thinking I am going crazy, I should stop this never-ending seeking and spiritual journeying and go back to doing...2022-10-0304 min
my awakening - neoslife14/ a choiceless choiceWhen I become still, I connect with my true self, my eternal self vs. the psychological construct and finite ego self. And I recognise that while I can do what I want in life, there is only one path that makes sense, that deeply resonates within me, that is me, and all the choices collapse into one choiceless choice. There is only one authentic way to be and do. It’s not the easy path, it’s not the obvious path but it’s the only path that makes me light up, that makes me thrive, that leads...2022-09-3005 min
my awakening - neoslife13/ clarity is pricelessHow often do we find ourselves in indecisiveness, whether it is what should I pick from the dinner menu or whether it is should I marry him or her? Decisions can be agonising and drag on for years or even decades of matters unsettled in the mind. Whenever there’s indecisiveness, there’s suffering as I cannot progress with and enjoy life. I can delay the decision but that doesn't really work, procrastination just adds to the suffering, it just drags it out. How beautiful would it be if I never really had to make a decision beca...2022-09-2905 min
my awakening - neoslife12/ nothing to fearThere’s nothing to fear. Everything I’ve ever been afraid of is an illusion. My fear of running out of money, my fear of being a failure, my fear of missing out on life, my fear of not mattering, my fear of being alone. I could go on and on. All of these fears are illusions because they are born out of the psychologically wounded Vincent, wounded by all the painful things that happened to him like the divorce of his parents, getting kicked out of his company, his heart being broken, being made fun of when...2022-09-2806 min
my awakening - neoslife11/ choosing which trains to rideHaving finished a 40-day twice-daily hours long meditation streak, I sat down for the first day of my next 40-day cycle. And what came up was “living an awakened life.” Living an awakened life means living from a place of wonder, love and possibility. Going through life with an open heart and a sense and deep feeling of conviction that everything will fall into place and great things are going to come if only I go through life with that very feeling. I literally manifest the life I live through the thoughts I think and not the othe...2022-09-2705 min
my awakening - neoslife10/ nothing is like it seemsI was feeling I am ripped apart again, not physically but inside myself. There are two worlds and it feels like I am straddled between them with one leg in each. And it’s a very unnerving place to be. Really, there is only one world but the other world, the one I am coming from and where most of the world operates within, is an illusion - yet a very powerful one. It’s the world of the mind. It’s a fictitious world as it is solely made up by my mind. It’s not real but...2022-09-2606 min
my awakening - neoslife9/ three magic wordsToday, I am giving you and me a break and instead I am sharing a powerful meditation from the book Three Magic Words. It talks about the paradigm shift from thinking to knowing, from chasing to being, from controlling to trusting. It gives us a glimpse of how an awakened life looks and feels like. It might not speak to your mind but maybe it does resonate with your heart, gut or soul. You will know. I know that I am pure spirit, that I always have been, and that I always will be. There is inside...2022-09-2403 min
my awakening - neoslife8/ driving myself insaneWaking up is f**ing exhausting. I feel I’m in a constant place of undecidedness but it’s not that usual place of indecision. It’s the biggest “decision” there is. And if my striping naked Ayahuasca experience is of any indication (you can listen to it here), the decision has already been made. I am just dancing around it as I am trying to avoid completing it. And that is creating the very suffering - both in real life as well as at that time in my Ayahuasca experience. I had to let go, surrender and strip...2022-09-2305 min
my awakening - neoslife7/ the most beautiful workI found myself on a call where a friend complained about a friend of hers who kept reminding her of her ex-boyfriend and this brought back painful memories. This is a gift in disguise. Because when I put myself in a place of suffering, the suffering is there to show me what I am doing to myself. Not the suffering is the gift but what the suffering teaches me. Her friend was her gift because it showed her a wound that she is having. Her friend played the "bad guy" to point it out to her, unconsciously, just by...2022-09-2205 min