83: Joel Schafer: Are You REALLY Awake or Are You Dreaming?

Joel Schafer is a student of the Toltec teachings and an expert in the dreaming arts.

In this episode, you're going to learn that the dreaming arts help you see life as a dream and take control of your reality, how your attention and perception shape your experience, why sexual energy is linked to dreaming energy, and why all of this matters. You will also learn how to bring death into your awareness as a guide for living with purpose and how recapitulation can help reclaim your energy from past experiences.

Joel Schafer is a personal empowerment mentor & shamanic dreaming arts teacher. Through online courses, one-on-one mentoring & in-person workshops, Joel trains people in a highly effective way to reclaim vital energy & attention utilizing the Toltec knowledge base. These are powerful nonlinear redistribution techniques that guide & support students in discovering clear purpose, increasing awareness, getting grounded, reclaiming focus & accessing strong intent.

The dreaming arts are energetic practices utilized by shamanic practitioners to achieve unique states of awareness and perception, and they can be useful for anyone wishing to strengthen their lives in any way, as they lend one the energy needed to make real change.

Joel is also a really good listener and mirror, offering practical but magical solutions to the challenges life presents. 

Timestamps:

[05:29] The difference between energetic and spiritual practices

[11:04] The connection between sexual energy and dreaming

[15:20] The role of fear in limiting perception

[19:17] What the luminous cocoon is and its impact on energy

[23:41] Using death as an advisor for life

[33:16] Reclaiming energy through recapitulation and memories

[40:46] How sexual energy influences lucid dreaming

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