How To Safely Expand Consciousness

Amorahki:

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Superpowers of the Soul. This is more chi and I am absolutely delighted to be here today. And to welcome back our wonderful guest, Rabbi Matthew Ponak, who has so graciously returned to continue our conversation that we started the last episode to talk about How To Safely Expand Consciousness. Matthew is a teacher of Jewish mysticism, spiritual counselor, and the co-founder of the McKenna Institute, Ordained with honors as a Rabbi at the Neo-Hasidic Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. He also holds a master’s degree in contemplative religions from Europa University. He is certified as a focusing professional to guide others to deeper self-knowledge and healing. And he is also the author of Embodied Kabbalah Jewish Mysticism for All People. We are so happy to welcome Matthew back to the show today, to continue our conversation. In the last episode, Matthew and I got to talking about reversing burnout, a super important topic right now because of how fast the burnout trend is growing. And especially on the heels of all the stress and uncertainty from recent global conditions. And so Matthew delivered so much practical wisdom on that show, I highly encourage you to check it out, if you hadn’t had a chance to listen yet. But he delivered so much that I asked him to record a part two episode as well so that we could dive just as deeply into this topic that kind of came up, but we didn’t get to explore fully, which I also feel is so very important, but maybe a little less easy to find people talking about. And so without any further ado, Matthew, welcome back to the show. I’m so glad you’re here again.

Matthew Ponak:

For me, if I had encountered teaching around this, when I was a teenager, I would have saved myself and my family, a whole lot of headaches. I was like a moth to a flame when I was a teenager, and I was burned by the spiritual fires in a way that no one warned me about, I didn’t know it was possible to expand one’s consciousness too quickly. And since I learned about those teachings, after I already got myself into a fair amount of trouble, I have felt very deeply about the importance of this topic for anyone engaging in a spiritual or mystical quest. And just in general, people should know that there is such a thing as hitting the brakes, on the spiritual path. And sometimes that’s exactly what we need to do just like hitting the brakes while we’re driving.

Amorahki:

Oh, see, I knew you would be the perfect person to have this conversation with yes, I can relate to, I don’t know all of that. And I’m so grateful. I’m so grateful. You know, yeah, looking back at my younger self, I’m so grateful that we get to participate in this offering today and have this conversation that I’m sure will really serve and will really help others I too wish had been readily available, growing up and experiencing some of the things I did, but also, just as importantly, now, as a mother, in the world on this planet today. And as a friend to other parents, mothers, and fathers of all kinds, raising children in the world today that are exploring themselves and that are feeling called the spiritual paths and adventures. I’m so grateful to have this opportunity to co-create this with you today and have that out in the world for them. I’m so grateful for that. Thank you for being here. Absolutely. All right. Well, as I’m sure it’s very apparent, I can’t wait to hear what you have to share about it. And folks, I definitely am going to ask Matthew to share a little bit more about that story of his so stay tuned for that. I think it’s going to be very juicy. I think it’s going to be an extremely rich and valuable conversation. I’m excited to dive in. So let’s go ahead. We’ll take our short break now. So we don’t have to interrupt this juicy conversation. Before we do that. Matthew, can you share with us the best place for us to send people to find out more about you and connect with you?

Matthew Ponak:

Absolutely. My website MatthewPonak.com. And also my Facebook professional page, which is Rabbi Matthew Ponak.

Amorahki:

Super, thank you so much. And we’ll make sure those links are on the show page for you everyone. Okay, you are listening to Superpowers of the Soul here on the Superpower Network. And we will be right back to get deep into How To Safely Expand Consciousness with Rabbi Matthew Ponak in just a moment, stay with us.

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