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Aug 24
3 min

October 2020 Online Reunion for SpiritQuest Alumni

"Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up." - Oliver Wendell Holmes It's been an exc...

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Jul 29
9 min

Nutritious & Delicious

Hey fam! I wanted to send an update sans words that rhyme with Jonah Cyrus. Given that we still haven't conducted any retreats since Mar...

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Jun 25
6 min

The Garden of Your Mind

If we don't regularly maintain SpiritQuest Sanctuary, the jungle swallows everything in sight. Accordingly, we continue to perform mainte...

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May 27
5 min

A Lifetime in a Day

Lending a Hand in Support of SpiritQuest's Staff Due to the coronavirus and the total shutdown of international travel, SpiritQuest has ...

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May 2
5 min

The Things You Look At Change

I've repeatedly gotten the question: what are things like in Peru at the moment? In many respects, it feels like some scene in Bill Murra...

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Apr 11
6 min

Vamos!

The world has been ground to a halt by a virus approximately one ten-thousandth of a millimeter in diameter. Something that is invisible ...

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Apr 2
5 min

#31 - The Last Time

"No matter how many times you do something, there will come a day when you do it for the last time." - Sam Harris There will be a last t...

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Mar 22
8 min

#30 - Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

I remember a few months back reading about the wildfires rampaging through much of Australia. A bookstore in the fire-ravaged town of Cob...

#29 - Is a Thing Right? (Coronavirus Update)

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Mar 12
7 min

#29 - Is a Thing Right? (Coronavirus Update)

It was a no-no. And a big one, at that. The participant in question was looking to do an Ayahuasca tour, and wanted SpiritQuest to be one...

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Feb 18
10 min

#28 - The Bank of Ayni & Reciprocity

Ayni. If you've done our work, you know that the Quechuan term Ayni means reciprocity. In some places in Peru, Ayni is translated as, "To...

#27: Mission Very Difficult: Effing the Ineffable

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Feb 5
7 min

#27: Mission Very Difficult: Effing the Ineffable

Hermanas y hermanos! It's nice to be back in the newsletter flow! Our team took some well deserved time off around the holidays and recen...

#26: A Year in Review & Naive Optimism...Check!

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Dec 27, 2019
9 min

#26: A Year in Review & Naive Optimism...Check!

As the sun is about to set on 2019, there are no shortage of pieces online that take a look back in the rearview mirror and provide insig...

#25 - An Illuminating Glimpse: The New Biopark.org

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Nov 19, 2019
3 min

#25 - An Illuminating Glimpse: The New Biopark.org

Certain people accomplish feats in their lives that figuratively become the culmination of a life's work. You need look no further than D...

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Oct 29, 2019
11 min

#24 - There's Always More

(Quick initial note for people receiving this e-newsletter for the first time: I've recently connected with a number of you, and if you w...

#23 - Rest In Pride, Don Howard. Your Power of Love Radiates Brighter than Ever!

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Oct 17, 2019
13 min

#23 - Rest In Pride, Don Howard. Your Power of Love Radiates Brighter than Ever!

Don Howard Lawler October 3, 1947 - October 13, 2019 (Ascended) My friend and SpiritQuest grad Martin and I are collaborating and buildin...

#22 - Audacious Aspirations (New Don Howard GoFundMe)

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Oct 3, 2019
5 min

#22 - Audacious Aspirations (New Don Howard GoFundMe)

The 15 Second Cut to the Chase Version: Every penny contributed to Don Howard's previous GoFundMe has been spent on medical cost and expe...

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Sep 20, 2019
9 min

#21 - A Heavy, Heavy Feather

Each one of us is on our own path of learning. On that path, according to Don Howard, “We can receive our lessons with the weight of a ha...

#20 - You Mustn’t Be Afraid to Dream a Little Bigger, Darling!

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Sep 4, 2019
6 min

#20 - You Mustn’t Be Afraid to Dream a Little Bigger, Darling!

I'm impressed when I hear about other people's dreams. They fly around. They solve complex criminal mysteries. They become their own Marv...

#19 - They Can Call It What They Wish. You Do What You Do!

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Aug 20, 2019
12 min

#19 - They Can Call It What They Wish. You Do What You Do!

The ideas for my e-newsletters, when I sit down to type them out, are normally clear as crystal. Yet here I am. Blanking hard on this one...

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Aug 4, 2019
9 min

#18 - With Their Song Still Inside Them

"Most people lead lives of quiet desperation and die with their song still inside them." Such a powerful quote right! Good luck just easi...

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