Episode 16: Awakening our Collective Capacities
with Jeff Vanderclute
“Listening is an aperture through which the new world rises.”
“Here’s an invitation into the participatory relationship of reality. We’re all yearning to give and receive more in this awakening in the potlatch of life.”
~ Jeff Vanderclute
Welcome everyone! Let’s talk spiritual mastery!
I’m your host Sheri Herndon and we’re here for another profound conversation into the deep questions of life. Not only is this about probing the topics that matter most, but also creating a container in which we invite each listener and viewer to drop in and feel the participatory nature of this generative space. Today with my guest Jeff Vanderclute, we go right into the heart of how we listen to the wisdom of life, ask for what we need, tune in to the deeper truths and find wholeness in our own lives. Sometimes it is the simple things that are equally profound and take a lifetime to master. Hopefully you will leave this conversation with an experience of a beautiful transmission of insight into the participatory nature of reality, into natural law itself, and to always coming home to who we truly are. Jeff’s very presence is a gift because his embodiment of being an awake human who is in daily touch with the god-source is palpable and present to all.
We covered a great breadth and at the same time depth which makes for juicy and meaningful connection that goes right straight to our hearts and minds and souls. We covered alot of ground around embodiment, transmission, our relationship to source, being a clear vessel, and also the power of asking for guidance, and the power of listening. We didn’t name it this way, but it was also like listening to the animate intelligence, that is another kind of AI, animate intelligence, that is built on 13.8 billion years that is within our body, within our 50 trillion cells. You can feel this quality of the infinite when you stop, pause and contemplate that reality. So here we are feeling and exploring the participatory nature of reality.. Which ultimately has a huge impact in our lives and in the impact we have in the world - we are consciously cocreating with life. All of this ties in with how we can feel that we are developing new capacities within ourselves and with each other.
Jeff and I have known each other for a number of years…and his path of consciousness and transformation and awakening has been nothing short of a shooting star, he embodies the new capacities and this new human in ways that is rare and a gift. His journey and his core pillars of social transformation, consciousness and technology, has supported his becoming an attractor for wisdom. One of the lines that stands out from our dialogue of many is that “Listening is the portal through which the new world arises.”
He has several books coming out and he’s open sourcing all of them through his website. The one close to being released is “Beyond Every Teaching”. We talk about what this means and also we talk about what are root meanings, what does it mean to get down to first principles and to understand how much language and our assumptions are filtering what and how we see. We are still seeing through the glass darkly but we can soon see face to face.
Part of our context is around the inquiry - who are we becoming as members of the new species. Everything is shifting and faster than we imagine and we are together in a moment of collective choice.
While our dialogue is deep and philosophical, it’s also packed with practices, awareness and ways to tune in even more deeply. These are resilience capacities, which we’ll be needing more and more.
We close with a discussion about the Second Coming as defined in one of Jeff’s root meanings. The Second Coming has long been an image of the future. This is a reframing, an invitation to this infinite flowering conversation that we are in now. I invite you to join us and if inspired please do share the episode and subscribe to Awakening Together and please share your feedback. We are so grateful you are here!
Bios
Jeff Vander Clute is an adviser, author, and mentor to executives and enterprises that are working for transformation. He helps people to navigate complexity, lead with wisdom, and build enlightened organizations that increase holistic well-being. His work supports the development and evolution of consciousness as well as the expression of people’s true gifts.
As a pattern-reader who has transformed his whole being into a tuning fork for truth, Jeff has inspired awakened leadership and impact worldwide. He combines intuitive listening and analysis to discern pathways and strategies that are aligned with life. Jean Houston says, “Jeff is a modern Merlin. He is profound in the mystic way – the understanding of more levels and patterns of reality than we see in our normal everyday state of consciousness.”
Jeff is a co-founder of Sourcing The Way, and he is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, the Global Compassion Council of Charter for Compassion International, and the Association for Spiritual Integrity. He serves on the board of directors for Alliance for the Earth and Garden of Light, and he was previously the board chair of the Source of Synergy Foundation and the Happiness Initiative (now Happiness Alliance).
SHOW THEMES/LINKS
Show Notes:
Thich Naht Hahn, Next Buddha is a Sangha
Alan Briskin - 6 Stances of Collective Wisdom
Highlights:
Creating sacred space
What is a transmission - a terma (hidden treasure)
Exploring what is ‘enlightened embodiment’
Understanding the timeliness of collective awareness
How can we practice collective awakening
Personal story - Kundalini activation
Consciousness in technological innovation
What is the attractor around wisdom
How one’s cosmic downloads can be put into service of all life
What is the spiritual etiquette for asking for support
The power of authentic Listening
Exploring selections from Jeff’s upcoming book “Beyond Every Teaching”
Hearing about new definitions for Healing and the Second Coming from Jeff’s book-in-progress “Root Meanings”
Receiving an invitation to join us in this participatory universe