Alexander Glavan's

I had been interested in Rastal’s model and methodology for a while, when a friend introduced me to Jason Soll’s Guided Shifting program. I went through it a couple of months back and I want to share some of my own discoveries around it. Background If you’re unfamiliar with Rastal’s work, the quick rundown is that as he was trying to backwards engineer the work and methods of Jeffery Martin (i.e. the Martin Matrix), without actually attending one of those very expensive retreats, he found something. I’m not sure what he found is the same as the Martin Locations, but...

Back Story After the “honeymoon” which followed first awakening on January 4th, 2024, I was stuck in severe dark night territory for nearly a year, during which my preexisting conditions significantly worsened. In recent months, I’ve made significant breakthroughs and steady daily progress on both fronts thanks to what I call somatic inquiry. The path here wasn’t straightforward. The awakening process surfaced significant old trauma all at once, like an avalanche. I simply couldn’t process it all—it became like indigestion, my system overloaded, which made my conditions flare up extremely aggressively. By April, I was in considerable pain, and by...

This digital space chronicles my personal evolution, a tapestry woven from threads of exploration, insight, and eclectic interests. The journey from suffering to awakening rarely follows a straight line—these paths intertwine in unpredictable ways. After decades navigating chronic illness alongside spiritual exploration, I’ve discovered they aren’t separate journeys but different facets of the same unfolding. Who I Am I’m a long-time spiritual seeker, now a finder, as Jeffery Martin would put it. I’ve spent years exploring the nature of mind, body, and reality. My path has led me through diverse landscapes of experience—from the depths of chronic illness to awakening...