Everyone is Terrified of Holy Madness

Please enjoy this segment from my live workshop “Exploring the Mystic’s Path,” from 2018.

Everybody is afraid of the unexplainable, mysterious voice that draws you into a place you can’t describe—to that part of you that lives beyond the rational world. You can’t explain it to others. You can’t even explain it to yourself. You’re afraid of madness. And it is a kind of madness—a holy madness. And everyone is terrified of holy madness.

I begin this workshop with a deep bow to the Camino de Santiago. Walking the Camino was one of the top wishes on my bucket list, and this workshop was born from that longing. The Camino is more than a physical path; it becomes a mirror and a teacher, calling you into rhythm with something eternal. It reveals where you’re holding on, where you feel lost, and where you are being asked to let go. It reawakens the truth that life is, at its heart, a journey. And when you claim that word—journey—and bring it into your awareness, it becomes a bridge. Your life begins to take on shape and meaning. The fragments of your story begin to gather around a center.

My approach to this workshop is rooted in mysticism—the experience of the nature of the Divine—and it begins with entering into the experience of your soul. So, what is your soul? The soul carries the inherent knowledge of the cosmos. And not just knowledge, but sacred knowledge. Long before there were any religions, the human being had a soul. It’s part of our design. In the mystical centuries, the soul was everything—you did everything for your soul, and it mattered deeply to you. This workshop is an invitation to return to that depth and to begin to cross the journey of your life from a place of soul.

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