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Michael Bernard Beckwith

Michael Beckwith

Founder and Spiritual Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center.

In 1986, Michael Bernard Beckwith founded the Agape International Spiritual Center, a trans-denominational community of thousands of local members and global live streamers. Highly regarded for its cultural, racial, and spiritual diversity, the late Coretta Scott King wrote to Beckwith, “I greatly admire what you are doing to bring about the Beloved Community, which is certainly what my dear husband worked for and ultimately gave his life.” Dr. Beckwith is a sought after meditation teacher, conference speaker, and seminar leader on the Life Visioning Process, which he originated. Three of his most recent books—Life Visioning, Spiritual Liberation, and TranscenDance Expanded are recipients of the prestigious Nautilus Award. He has appeared on Dr. Oz, The Oprah Winfrey Show, OWN Help Desk, Larry King Live, Tavis Smiley, and in his own PBS Special, The Answer Is You. Every Friday at 1 pm PST, thousands tune into his radio show on KPFK, Wake up: The Sound of Transformation.

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Life Visioning

by Michael Bernard Beckwith

Michael Bernard Beckwith. Alexandra and I love him and his wisdom. He’s a model of integrated spirituality for us one of our absolute favorite teachers. In this Note, we’ll take quick at his powerful “Life Visioning Process” and have some fun getting our wisdom on with Big Ideas ranging from The Four Stages of Evolutionary Growth to unplugging from the Internet and plugging into the “Inner-net.” Good stuff!

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Meditation & Purpose

Modern Classic soul Spirit Spirituality Volume II

Spiritual Liberation

Fulfilling Your Soul’s Potential

by Michael Bernard Beckwith

Michael Beckwith runs the Agape church in Los Angeles and is one of the most plugged in human beings I've ever seen. In this Note, we'll explore some of his many Big Ideas—including how important discipline is and the fact that as we rock it, our discipline turns to blissipline. We'll also see how to avoid spiritual constipation by PRACTICING what we study and how even enlightened beings burn their bagels on occasion (so we can prolly relax into our own imperfections).

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Antifragility & Purpose & Self-Image

Love Modern Classic New Thought Spirit Spirituality

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Mistakes? They’re Just Mis-takes
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You As the Director of Your Life

Imagine yourself as the Director of a movie. Huge budget. You have an amazing crew. Best actors in the world and an impeccable script. Question: Do you think you’re going to film the whole movie in one long, perfect take? Even with decades of experience and the best of every...

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Confidence & Conquering Perfectionism

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Never Waste a Mis-take
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It’s All Awesome Data!

Have you ever made a mistake? (Hah.) Right. (I’ve made a mistake or 3 million as well.) Here’s the deal: When we approach it with the right mindset (that would be a growth, experimental mindset), we come to realize that those mistakes are P R E C I O U S. The dat...

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Conquering Perfectionism & Learning

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The Inner-net vs. The Internet
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One Has All the Real Answers

In Life Visioning, Michael Beckwith tells us we need to turn off the Internet and plug into the Inner-net. We THINK the Internet has all answers. And, I suppose that’s true on one hand. It’s packed with information. Facts. Some meaningful, much trivial. But ...

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Creativity & Meditation

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Spiritual Farts
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Let’s Move from Theory to Practice

In our last +1, we explored the analytics of American farting behaviors and compared that to the even more prolific Facebook-liking behaviors. (Laughing.) Today, we’re going to explore the subject of farts a little more. A particular, shall we say, spicy variety of farts. ...

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Habits & Optimal Living

action Practice soul Spirit Wisdom

Blissipline
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Bliss + Discipline = Secret Sauce

Michael Beckwith coined one of my favorite words: blissipline. Two parts: Bliss + Discipline. This brilliant thought from Beckwith captures its essence pretty well: “The gift of self-discipline is that it has the power to take you beyond the reasoning of temporary emotion ...

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Habits & Willpower

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