Living a Sacred Life - Module 1

Living a Sacred Life: The Path to the Superconscious through Meditation and Spirit Contact began as a course in Shamanism, then became a book, and now an online course at Udemy.  In traditional cultures, the term "Shamanism" has to do with weather modification, how to find food, where to migrate, healing the sick, how to represent spiritual principles to the tribe, and how to co-exist with natural forces, etc.  In our Western World, Shamanism or more aptly, "Neo-Shamanism" takes on a very different meaning because our priorities are different than ancient cultures.  It mainly focuses on connecting with your spirit guides, spirit helpers, and guardian angels for spiritual growth and deeper spiritual connection to the planet.  Hence, I've come to use the phrase "Spirit Contact" more often than Shamanism because I believe it to be more accurate to our modern culture and it doesn't offend those indigenous peoples who don't feel it appropriate to take a Russian or Tungus word to describe their spiritual beliefs.

I realized that during my time learning about and teaching Shamanism or Spirit Contact that true personal transformation occurred when basic shamanic techniques were mixed with grounded spiritual principles from Buddhism, and explained through the lens of psychology and science.  So this is what I present to you in this course: a fusion of philosophies, principles, and techniques that guide you toward true inner transformation and a deeper connection to nature.

I'll lay down the foundational elements in Module 1 and my intention is to take all of this content deeper in Module 2 and beyond. 

What's in the Course?

• The course is narrated slide presentation based with key points outlined with images that support the key points.

• There are exercises that have included downloadable recordings to listen to at your leisure to hone your skills.

• Every lesson comes with a transcript.

• This course does not come with any certification.  If you find that important, I can create something for you, but you won't find it useful on the other side.

• This course does not have any rites, attunements, or initiations because you don't need them.  This is between you and creator.  You're already made in the image of the Creative Force of the Universe and my job is to remind you of that.

• The course is filled with clear, concise knowledge that is essential to wrap your head around and liberate yourself from dogma, thus empowering you to find your own answers.  The intent is to expand your mind and not fill it with any unnecessary junk. 

The Truth About Meditation

If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say, “I’ve tried to meditate but I just can’t seem to stop thinking.”

It’s true, you can’t stop thinking, nor should you. It’s what makes you human. You can still think and meditate, and I’ll show you how.

There are many free meditations on Youtube with nice music, telling you to breathe. Perfect… breathe… and then what? We’ll go over that.

There are hundreds of different mediations out there in the world. In the course, I’ll show you the two most powerful to start to shift your mindset and perception of the world and yourself and prepare you in the best way to connect with your spirit helpers.

The benefits of meditation touch every area of your life. It changed mine in such dramatic ways that if it were a person, I’d be indebted to them.

There’s Nothing Standing Between You and God

There has been a great deception that needs to be dispelled Now! God, or what I call the Creative Force of the Universe is in everything around you, and inside you.

You cannot be separate from creation because you are creation. Experience it for yourself with these thoughts and skills that I present in LSL.

God is not judging you, nor testing you. You are judging and testing yourself. And there’s a reason for that. This is presented in the course.

Angel, spirits, guides, teachers are all waiting for you to participate in experiencing the Creative Force of the Universe with them. And it’s not hard to get there. I’ll show you how.

If you’ve ever pondered on the origins of humanity, our purpose here, and what you have to do with it all, don’t let someone else tell you about these things. The answers are already inside you.

The Myths About the Imagination

Many people have been convinced that playing in the imagination is bad. Most of us were told at some point that we had to grow up. Find your innocence again.

If you’ve ever been told that you needed to be realistic, you were given very bad advice. Reality is a subjective experience and you deserve to have your own.

The truth is that we’re using the imagination all the time. Learn how to direct and focus it to create the world that you want to live in.

The depth of our imaginations is relative to the confines of our beliefs. Learn to unbelieve so you can be again.

Use the power of myth and the make-believe to empower your life.

What Are Spirits and Are They Dangerous?

What if I told you that you’ve had spirits with you your entire life?

You may have been told that playing with the unknown is bad. However, there’s crime going on everyday right in your own neighborhood. Does that stop you from going to the market?

There’s “good” and “bad” everywhere. You may have been missing out on all the wonderful and caring spirit friends and allies that are there waiting you help you because you were told it was bad.

If you call them angels, does that make it feel safer? Because I’ve found they’re one in the same, and I’ll show you how that works.

They're called “spirit guides” because they can be excellent at guiding you to seeing what you’ve been blinded from seeing. I’ll show you had to work with them, or better yet, they’ll show you.

Create Good Habits

If you find it hard to change, it’s not your fault. It’s built into you. There’s a way to make it happen.

Your behaviors are built in to you like a program. That program is malleable. Learn the tools to modify the program.

Have you ever wondered how it is that those closest to you see things differently from you and sometimes it’s really hard to manage? Learn to manage it.

Have you wanted to follow a dream, pursue a new career, but seem to find ways to talk yourself out of it? There’s a reason that happens and it doesn’t need to be that way.

Yes, you can drop bad habits too…

No One Ever Taught You That

What if you had someone tell you the unmanipulated truth about spirituality? You mean, there’s a truth? Yes, and it’s the only truth that matters because it’s yours.

In a perfect world, your parents and teachers would have taught you what’s in this course when you were just a kid.

I’ll give you a framework and ideas with which to play with that framework. This will give you meaning for your life, a passion for living, and a place in the universe.

Being ok with the craziness of the world and not part of it is something you should've been taught when you were little. However, it's never too late.

These are simple tools. So simple that everyone can do them. And it doesn’t require a plane ticket, learning an exotic language, or doing anything that jeaopordizes your well-being. In fact, it enhances it.

Connection Doesn’t Happen On a Cell Phone

If you truly want to experience power, it doesn’t come from electricity. It comes from connecting with the planet.

Appreciation is the key to the real “good life.” And getting there is as easy as 1-2-3000.

The Earth is waiting for you to feel a deeper relationship and once you get it, you’ll wonder how you missed it for so long.

Ok, cell phones are pretty cool. I don’t want to bash them, but who you really are is waiting for your discovery, and it ain’t gonna happen in a text message.

You’re not alone. There are millions just like you that are searching for a new paradigm of spirituality and want to be part of a community.

How Do You Know What You Know?

Sometimes you just have a hunch, a gut feeling, but you can’t explain it…

What if I told you that your body may provide the key to understanding how your instinct, your intuition and your sense of knowing works?

What if I told you that you can learn to cultivate it, to utilize it, and to live by it?

Often we think that we’re not special. Those other people that we see on TV, those are the special ones with those crazy powers they have. What if I told you that everyone has those abilities and you can too.

You can learn different ways of knowing and work with the ones that come easiest for you by identifying them.

Creating Space in Your Life for Spirit

Time, money, obligations, expectations, have-to’s, need-to’s, OMG!!!

Remember what I said about beliefs? They’re not reality. They’re just the way you experience things right now.

The conundrum is that the more time you give to your spiritual practice, the more time you’ll have.

There are simple ways to create a life that is guided by the Creative Force within you. We’ll take it step-by-step in the course.

Take back what’s yours… your life! Join others who have taken this journey and only looked back to see if they dropped anything, which of course, they did…

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What others have said:

First of all I want to say thank you to Sean for this amazing course and for the opportunity he has given me to learn from him.  While taking the course I experienced a greater awareness of life and spirit, and felt like my eyes had been opened. The excercises I was given were fantastic and I learnt to not only feel and merge with nature (plants, rocks, animals etc) but I also met my spirit guides and learnt how to communicate with them, which was absolutely amazing.

After completing the course I am now able to journey and to communicate with my spirit guides amongst many other skills. I feel a greater sense of peace and empowerment knowing that I have love and assistance from my guides and that I can actually contact them when need be.

I would highly recommend Sean's course and book. The tools that Sean has given me are invaluable and I cant thank him enough. To anyone thinking of whether or not to read the book or to complete the course, stop thinking and just do it! I guarantee it will be one of the best investments you've ever made.

Lauren Gilchrist

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I took the Shamanic healing course for the purpose of learning how to manage and heal my chronic pain syndrome, which I’d had after an injury for more than a year. I noticed the effects of this course beginning from the very first class, and it overall went beyond my expectations.

Sean is a talented teacher who combined theory with practice. The meditation exercises which Sean was teaching in his class quickly opened inner abilities within me which I did not know about, such as: Astral projection, telepathy, clairvoyance, and even energy healing.

It connected me to a beautiful spiritual world and opened my eyes to the beauty of nature! Since taking this course I always feel connected to the spirit world and my spirit guides who guide me in my life!

This course totally changed my life. It brought me to new path of spiritual enlightenment and transformation!

Yelena Alper

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I approached Sean’s Living a Sacred Life Course with a curious and open mind about Shamanism and how it relates to our natural world. Having done some journeying before, what I was blessed to experience during this course were amazing, more intimate and vivid journeys with my spirit guides. In the process I learned to ask questions and receive answers from my guides, and also to journey for others. Enlightening and useful methods of meditation were also introduced. In addition to the course, I’ve attended shamanic sound healing sessions with Sean and find him to be a dedicated and compassionate teacher and healer, interested in both individual and global healing and transformation.

Denise Balma

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I really enjoyed the class with Sean. I had previous experience with shamanic journeys and was looking to learn more and strengthen my ability to meet with my spirit guides. Sean taught me how to practice meditation safely and connect to my guides even without leading myself into a trance. I met one of my most important spirit guides and since the course, I always feel connected to it. With Sean’s training, I was able to receive guidance and hear my guides very loud and clear, and experienced overall personal healing. The class exceeded my expectations and I feel very appreciative!

Anna Alper

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Taking the Living a Sacred Life course facilitated by Sean Imler resonated with me and my higher self on various levels.

What drew me to the class and kept me engaged, was Sean's multimodal approach. Hypnotic language patterns, Native American invocation and gratitude songs. Introduction to helpful indigenous herbs, sounds to lead us into journeying/ altered states of consciousness. Journeying to connect with a guide. Discovering we can journey for another, which can be easier than journeying for self. Oh yes, and anchoring in these successful altered states, so they're easier to attune to in the future.

Sean is a modern day Mystic/ Urban Shaman and hypnotherapist whom uses Lakota lodge songs to welcome in the cardinal directions, then sending them home song upon completion of our time. I love attending sweat lodges, singing along, so this totally resonated with my soul.

The use of sounds during our shamanic journeying time, was very conductive to get us to altered states. Drumming, rattling, and sound bowls, beautiful.

As someone that has studied the power of words (hypnotic language patterns and NLP,) I REALLY appreciated the aforementioned details ESPECIALLY as it was paired with persuasive language patterns.

I was able to note and appreciate language patterns; including pauses, analog marking, as well as pacing and leading to lead us into our journeying. So supportive, and easier to integrate meditative/ journeying practices.

There were various moments information was being presented, I couldn't help but smile as I listened to the content. Being thankful that I had attracted this amazing teacher that resonated with various aspects of myself.

I highly recommend checking out Sean Imler's new material. You're sure to come away with great spiritual tools for Living A Sacred Life.

Marissa Gonzalez

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Sean's course and more importantly his one on one coaching/teaching sessions completely changed my life. I gained access to new tools that help center myself quickly and get into states that bring forward endless creativity and possibility. Before, it was like I have been living my life like a computer that only has one cable to the Internet. Now, it's like I am completely free and my consciousness was upgraded with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Rich Ocampo

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Nothing but praise and gratitude to the infinitely gifted teacher and healer, Sean Imler, for helping me to expand my once rudimentary and shallow spiritual practice into a deeply meaningful and ALIVE Way of Life. Don't miss the opportunity to personally connect with Sean as he teaches how to create a truly multi-sensory, multi-dimensional, healing, balanced, reverent, joyful Spiritual Life.

Keryn Dawer

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Living a Sacred Life class from Sean Imler introduced me to practices that helped deepen my connection to my own guidance and the Spirit realm. I learned different ways to listen and connect with my guides and to trust the messages. It was a wonderful, loving experience. I felt Sean used many techniques, shamanic and others, that helped me get out of my thoughts about life and Accept this Life in a new and loving way. Plus, he’s a great guy.

Debbie Thacker