The Basic Course
Over 12,000 people have jumped into my Basic Course in Living from the Inside-Out (it’s free—grab it here) and most of them have glimpsed a simple truth about what it is to be human:
We are spiritual (formless) beings having a human (in form) experience.
Our experience of life is being created moment to moment through the interplay of three fundamental principles:
The Principle of Mind
There is an animating spirit behind life – an intelligent energy that runs through everything like an invisible power grid, waiting to bring anything we plug into it to life.
Like waves in an ocean, we only appear to be separate from the whole. In fact, we do not exist apart from it, but rather only and always as a part of it.
The Principle of Consciousness
There is a capacity in every human being to both experience our thinking and/or the intelligent energy always at play behind the scenes.
It is like a mirror, reflecting whatever passes in front of it without being affected by it. It is the sky through which birds fly and inside of which clouds come and go; it is the space where miracles happen.
The Principle of Thought
There is a pure creative potential in the universe which brings form out of the formless like Harold’s purple crayon in the children’s books. It is the playdough of the universe.
It is the playdough of the universe – the missing link between the formless (spiritual) potential of Mind and the separate realities we all live and work inside of.
The Advanced Course
But if the basic course in the inside-out understanding is simply that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, the advanced course is equally simple, if often harder to see:
No, really!
Over three weeks in May, I’ll be leading a light-hearted deep dive into the lived experience of our deeper nature. We’ll be exploring both our spiritual nature and our human experience, basking in beautiful feelings while looking to see more about what’s really going on behind the scenes of our day to day lives.
Here are the themes we'll be focusing in on each week
Week One
Understanding "Spiritual Physics"
Most people scour the internet, books, and podcasts looking for recipes for happiness, success, and well-being. But trying to engineer a live well-lived when you don’t understand the physics behind it is like trying to follow a recipe when you’re missing some of the ingredients and you don’t know how to cook. It might occasionally work out, but most of the time you’re left wondering what you’re doing wrong (or what’s wrong with the world).
During our first week together, we’ll be exploring what we are, how well we’re made, and why we so often find ourselves lost and confused along the way.
Week Two
The Feeling of Life
This is what it feels like to be alive, before the contamination of our personal thinking about who we’re suppose to be and how we’re supposed to live.
Our second week of exploration will be as non-intellectual and packed with deeper feelings as we can handle!
Week Three
The Way We're Designed to Live
One of my favorite things about the Three Principles/inside-out understanding is that it is inherently non-dogmatic. That is to say, pointing to the existence of an ever-present formless reality and the intelligent energy permeating the form doesn’t tell you what brand of beer (or kefir) you should drink, how you should think, or what to do with your one and only precious life.
In our final week together, we’ll focus in on how a deeper understanding of the principles behind the human experience can serve as a guide for each of us as we teach ourselves how to live our lives in harmony with the best we have inside us.
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How It Works
Live and Interactive
We’ll meet on zoom for an hour each day, Monday to Friday, at 8am pacific/11am eastern/4pm UK. I’ll get us started with a few “insight catalysts” and then we’ll dive in to our exploration, sharing what we see and don’t see with the intention of seeing more deeply and bringing both lightness and depth to our exploration.
Recordings
All sessions will be recorded and the audio will be available for streaming or download. We’ll also have an exclusive group for participants of both courses.
Community
You’ll be able to use our “Caffeine for the Soul” app to listen to the recordings, and interact with the community on your smartphone!
Dates and Cost
Dates: 5th-23rd May
Cost: $99
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It’s like a backstage pass to everything I’ve got brewing—three-week explorations, quick insights, and more—all yours to enjoy at your own pace. Whether you’re new to this or a regular looking for a fresh sip, it’s a sweet deal to jump in and play.
What our students say about The Advanced Course
“I’ve bloody loved this course. Thank you to everyone on here and a massive thank you to Michael Neill. What a beautiful exploration with Michael’s gentle guiding hand at the helm. I don’t have a specific takeaway but I know I am having a greater depth of understanding.
My heart feels full and I have found myself swimming in the ocean of oneness more frequently over these last few weeks. Loving all of you.”
“The 3 weeks of 3Ps is a deep dive indeed, I have changed, deepened my seeing. Reminding myself not to grab for the butterfly as it passes but to wait and let it find me. Thank you MN, it is a gift.”
“This course has been a delight and a privilege. Thank you so, so much Michael for this extraordinary opportunity and to everyone who participated, especially all of the people who magically asked the exact questions that arose for me! I have loved this time with everyone, hanging out with the cool kids and having a life-changing conversation.
When I signed up for this course (which I was only able to do because it was so affordable, thank you!) my hope was that it would help me to actually live more insightfully rather than just understanding the principles in an intellectual way. I wanted the experience, not just the concept. My hope has been answered beyond all my expectations. So that’s my takeaway; I’m living more of it and it’s a joy!
This course has given me a priceless gift. My cup runneth over. Thank you.”
“It’s been a wondrous journey over the last three weeks… I had amazing insights at the beginning and then lost my way through illness and pain, ending with a life changing conversation with Michael yesterday. For that I am so very grateful. I see that my moments of being in deeper wisdom and letting go of thought around pain eases my suffering.
A new journey is beginning.… I’m so excited! Thank you Michael with all my love to you XX”
“Michael I have really enjoyed this course! It is making such a difference, and providing a lot of insights. I come prepared with questions to each call, and then find they fall away. So I enjoy just listening with a beautiful feeling. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
“This course has been the most profound of all the Advanced Courses I have attended.
I think the missing piece for me after all the “seeking” has been the playful bit of the joyous and it is now playing out exactly as it should.
Thank you to everyone who has shared. So much love for you all.”
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