ENLIGHTENED APE
ABOUT ME
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My alter-ego is Shunya. I am a Corporate slave, having worked in both the City and Wall street. I have done my best to maintain my anonymity lest the political correctness gestapo find me out -- let alone HR. I continue to work in the C-suites of Corporate America, I have done degrees in Engineering, MBA, worked for bulge-bracket institutions, have more mortgages than Clapton has guitars, wife, kids, cars, vacations, daily Amazon deliveries -- yet still operate in fear of getting fired and not being able to snort on those lines of continuous consumption..
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I think only people of a certain age are able to look back and realize how fat, dumb and unhappy (FDU) they must have been. My 20 year old self was a moron. My 30 year old self was delusional. My 40 year old self was balls deep in getting his arse kicked. My 50 year old self -- looks back and thinks "Oh Buddha" -- I might be reaching a point of inflection -- it seems the quantum of learning in each decade has been doubling every year -- God help me in this next phase. The point of inflection means -- the curve gets steeper and the arse kicking get more frequent and harder -- however now as I continue to to get my own innards re-wired -- maybe I can be of service to others who are just beginning to evolve through their FDU phases.
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Honestly, our lives are dripping with an emulsion of irony, fecal matter and frankly black comedy. The Universe or whoever writes the scripts of the movies we are all starring in -- is basically Frankie Boyle or lets say Chris Rock -- twisted but hilarious. Ask any of my friends -- the thought of anyone discussing their private thoughts with me -- is comical. But, I shit you not, it actually works. I have been humbled with the opportunity to learn so much from how my clients examine their own subconsciousness and embark on their journies of self-discovery and self-healing.
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My own evolution has progressed from being a dissonant Neo in the Matrix, through the opiates of mantra meditation and yoga, through insight meditation to the blessing of finding a Shaman Brother and Maestro, a Bodhisattva teacher (who is a person-of-light) to accelerate my own self-examination but also a modality by which to help others. As well as a holy man from whom I hope to continue learning.

MY CREDENTIALS
Experience You Can Count On
Depth hypnosis certification
2019 - present
Am continuing my training and ripening with the Institute of the Sacred Stream and have completed by certificate in Depth Hypnosis with Isa Gucciardi.
Apprentice to a shaman
2017 to present
Apprentice -- well not quite -- but continue to observe and learn from my Shaman brother -- in shamanic ceremonies but also by on-going association.
Stand-up comedian and writer
2010 to present
Amateur comedian and failed writer -- the journey continues.
Corporate slave
1991 to present
Corporate Kunta Kinte -- operating in the C-suite at the highest levels of Corporate America -- suffering from the Groucho Marks syndrome -- whilst trying to follow white rabbits.