Reconnect to the Astonishing Miracle of Life

The Wondrous Aliveness of Now... ͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­ Forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]() for more [Reconnect to the Astonishing Miracle of Life]( The Wondrous Aliveness of Now... [Jordan Bates]( Apr 17   [READ IN APP](   🌿 Retreat Update: Hey Family, just letting you know we now have only 2 spaces left for our [upcoming retreat]( ~40 days from now, May 26th - June 1st. We expect these final spaces to be filled soon. So if you sense in your heart you’re meant to experience a Sacred Reset in Mexico with Ayahuasca, Bufo, and soulful community, now is your moment to [schedule a call with us to speak heart-to-heart about it](. [Schedule a Call With Our Team]( Dear Friend, Pause for a moment and look around you… Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing… Stop for a second. Pretend you are seeing all of this for the first time. Pretend you are a newborn baby, fresh out of the womb, eyes suddenly opening. Pretend that you spent all of eternity as a blank void—a space of pure nothingness. And then suddenly, out of nowhere… FLASH. All of this appears. An eruption of light and sound and flavor and movement.  A blank canvas suddenly splashed with rainbow-color. Unimaginable textures. Hyper-intricate poetry. Rushing forth.  All around you, within you, as you. How radiant. How juicy. How unexpected. How intimate. Closer than close. The most mundane of moments… An astounding miracle. A completely inexplicable mystery. Forget all the stories you tell yourself about what “life” is. And just let yourself melt into the WOW-ness. This is all actually here. And no one truly knows what it is or where it’s coming from. It’s fresh and new in this moment. This moment has never been experienced before and never will be again. How is it that the moment continually refreshes itself?  Couldn’t it just as easily collapse into nothingness?  Yet it doesn’t. The past is completely gone.  You can’t find it anywhere. The future does not exist.  It’s nowhere to be found. And the present slips away instantaneously. It’s already gone before you can say what it is.  Yet here we are. Here we always are. On this razor’s edge of ‘now.’ All this marvelous activity bubbling forth from nowhere and immediately melting away. Can you feel it? How precious this is? How intimate?  How innocent?  To simply bear witness to this. Bear witness to this sparkling flash of pure lucidity. This big bang. Now. And now. And now. Reconnect to the miracle. Stay with the non-knowing-ness. Bathe in the immediacy. It’s right here. Riches beyond measure. “When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”  With Love, Jordan Bates --------------------------------------------------------------- “Miraculous power and marvelous activity. Drawing water and chopping wood.” — Layman Pang [Share]( --------------------------------------------------------------- If you feel called to reconnect to the miracle of life on a profound level… If your Heart is calling for a Sacred Reset… Consider joining us in Mexico from May 26th - June 1st for our next Apotheosis retreat. We still have 2 spaces left. This retreat is going to be something special. We have a unique approach at Apotheosis that cultivates truly heart-connected community on our retreats. And we infuse a variety of modalities, healing practices, and transformational exercises to make our retreats profoundly impactful. In this upcoming retreat, I (Jordan) will be facilitating along with Eric Brown and Nick Stubbs. And we’re honored to be working alongside the wonderful team of curanderos at Kumankaya, who will be leading the Ayahuasca and Bufo ceremonies. With an intimate tribe of 12 guests, you’ll be in good hands, surrounded by the loving support of our team and your fellow tribe members. If you feel called to be there, [go ahead and schedule a call with us](. We’d love to have a heart-to-heart with you to find out if Apotheosis fits well in your life at this time. [Schedule a Call With Us]( You can [learn more about this retreat here](. Thank you for reading. Sincere heartfelt love to you. You’re beautiful. With Care, Jordan Bates & the Apotheosis Team --------------------------------------------------------------- [Share]( --------------------------------------------------------------- About Apotheosis Our mission at [Apotheosis]( is to assist in creating a more beautiful world by guiding people through deeply transformational experiences. Having first emerged within HighExistence, our retreats have now served 140+ people from dozens of countries. Our signature approach—which incorporates soulful community, unique psychedelic ceremonies, grounded life mastery, Divinity-reconnecting modalities, a myriad of workshops, and a robust preparation & integration program included in the cost of a retreat—distinguishes us as high-integrity facilitators of once-in-a-lifetime transformational experiences. Consider joining [our next retreat with Ayahuasca and Bufo—May 26th to June 1st in Mexico](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Author Bio: [Jordan Bates]( is a dad, husband, [space holder]( [men’s coach]( [rapper]( [course creator]( [blogger]( truth lover, co-creator of [Apotheosis]( & [HighExistence]( and author of [four books](. You can learn more about his work [here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- What People Say About Apotheosis: “I learned that the depth of my soul and the soul of the world (as I know it) is bottomless. I knew the source was the same. But I hadn’t truly FELT that, until this experience. The depth is as infinite as life is eternal.” — Tara, 33, USA [Share]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Apotheosis by HighExistence is free today. But if you enjoyed this post, you can tell Apotheosis by HighExistence that their writing is valuable by pledging a future subscription. You won't be charged unless they enable payments. [Pledge your support](   [Like]( [Comment]( [Restack](   © 2024 Jordan Bates 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 [Unsubscribe]() [Get the app]( writing]()