The Awareness Podcast, Ep.# 95: Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Joost Vanhove: A Holistic Path to Happiness
Dec 07, 2023
In her final episode for the Awareness Podcast, Jenny talks with Joost Vanhove about his spiritual journey which involved exploration of a very wide range of ideas, methods and teachings. His keen interest in spirituality was initiated by repeated childhood experiences of expansion and oneness. It wasn’t until his teens that by chance he discovered the writings of a 14th Century Belgian mystic which confirmed for him the reality of what he had experienced.
Joost describes and gives examples of the way language influences our thought processes. Jenny and Joost discuss the role of language in the spiritual path and difficulties and pitfalls in trying to understand the ancient texts and the writings of non-living sages. We agree that much more can be transmitted in face-to-face communication with a living teacher.
Joost goes on to share how over a long period he came to create his self-development model using ideas from many different traditions and from friends on the spiritual path. He describes the meaning and content of the four pillars of this model – Perception, Acceptance, Vision, Action. We discuss how this fits with the Direct Path teaching of his teacher, Francis Lucille, and the principle of living in not-knowing.
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ABOUT JOOST VANHOVE
Joost Vanhove had deep spiritual experiences of oneness from childhood which led him to an exploration of spirituality and healing. Initially he studied linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics, and at the same time he was trained in breath coaching, transpersonal coaching and therapy. Other courses followed: NLP, aura and chakra healing, hypnotherapy and intuitive development. In addition, he followed trainings in shamanism, communication and various forms of yoga, meditation, and energy work, including reiki. He also studied A Course in Miracles and has followed a number of non-dual teachers, including Francis Lucille.
He made use of his wide-ranging studies and interests to create a holistic self-development model based comprising four fundamental aspects of life: Perception, Acceptance, Vision, Action. This model brings together the most effective ideas and methods from a wide variety of teachings and disciplines, combining the rational aspects with the intuitive aspects, and the energetic approach with the cognitive. He has many years’ experience working with individuals and groups, helping them to discover a joyful, meaningful, fulfilled life, with lasting happiness.
Joost can be contacted via his website: https://www.centrumgea.be/
