do you feel…

• A hunger to discover and embody your life's purpose?

• A thirst to experience a fulfilling career that will catalyze the planet’s evolution?

Are yOU looking for…

• A way to make a difference, instead of just getting by—to live from passion instead of just paying the bills?

• A community that is bright, emotionally mature, intellectually curious, and on fire with the possibilities of human potential?

• An uncompromising self-discovery program taught by industry experts in the field of Purpose Guiding™?

Register below to attend this seminar LIVE Zoom gathering or to receive the recording.

introduction to purpose discovery

DATE: Tuesday May 7
TIME: 11am - 12:30PM PdT

11am PDT, 2pm EDT, 6pm BST, 7pm CEST

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Purpose discovery IS FOR YOU IF…

Your career is humming along. Yet, in the pit of your stomach lies a secret knot where dread prevails. It says, "Is this as good it gets in terms of serving my community, leaving a mark, evolving society and leaving a viable planet for future generations?"

You don't want to work 40+ years and not experience the satisfaction of pouring yourself into a career that can dramatically change lives and evolve society. You desire a career path that is rewarding, spiritually fulfilling, and evolutionarily significant.

You want to honor your desire to serve life. You long to heed the voice within that encourages you to take up work of vital importance. You want to pay tribute to grand plans, live from your deepest joy and make a real difference.

Imagine a life where you are sharing your greatest gifts, being part of a generation of purpose-driven change agents, artists and leaders, and meaningfully moving humanity forward.

Imagine living your purpose every day and being richly rewarded for the privilege. Imagine being part of a world-wide peer group, working together to create a more purposeful, just, sustainable, and peaceful human presence on earth.

1.  A Sense of Belonging

Knowing your purpose brings a sense of intimacy with life. Knowing your purpose means finding your unique place within the meshwork of life. Only when we recognize who we are at a soul level, can we truly inhabit our place, our niche, and our deepest calling. Eg. as the artisan who feels his workshop is his sacred chamber, or the teacher who feels the classroom to be her natural habitat.

2.  A Shape to Your Life

Purpose is like a container that you pour your life into. Pour a cake mix into a Bundt pan, and you'll get a Bundt-shaped cake. Pour your life into your purpose, and you get a purpose-shaped life.  Pour a cake mix into a pan with no depth, and you get a formless mess. Pour your life into no particular thing, and you get an underdeveloped life. Purpose brings definition, depth, structure, shape, form, and a blueprint to your existence.

3.  Becoming a Force of Nature

The playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote, "This is the true joy in life...being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances." It's not just the shape of your life that is of benefit to others, it's also the dimensions/scope of your life. When we allow our soul’s truest nature to live itself out through us, life takes on a dimension of flow, sacred power and ease as the hand of grace supports our path’s unfoldment.

Dear Friend,

I’m honored that you are considering joining us for the Discover Your Purpose program. Creating this course has been a true pleasure for me, and we are excited to get to be with a cohort of passionate people from all over the world who feel inspired to live a life of purpose.

For over 20 years, I’ve been practicing as a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and purpose guide, and I have come to the conclusion that the big missing piece in meditation and therapy is the understanding of purpose.

Unlike therapy which helps us heal and develop at the level of personality, and unlike meditation which is about resting as awakened awareness, purpose is about discovering and embodying what you are here to do in this lifetime.  

Meditation asks, “Who am I?”

Therapy asks, “How do I heal and become happier?”

Purpose work addresses the question, “Where do I belong in the ecology of life?”  

I can tell you that guiding people to discover their purpose is amongst the most satisfying experiences of my professional life. But, what is even more important is that purpose guiding breaks the spell of our default purposes of safety, security, comfort and outward success, and orients us towards our true purpose, which is to embody our unique calling within.  

When we all have the opportunity to live our calling, we can support our collective true purpose: to become co-creators of our species’ evolution. We may, thus, give birth to more beauty, truth and goodness into the world.

If what I’m saying resonates with you, don’t push it away. You can contact us below to discuss how purpose guiding can not only contribute to your own happiness, but also to a positive future for all life.

With Love,

Jonathan Gustin

1. UNPARALLELED CONTEXT

Through the Integral framework (especially the 3-worlds map), purpose guides find a rich tradition to rely on for guidance.

2. COSMIC UNDERSTANDING  

Our guiding is informed by the evolutionary understanding that the purpose of evolution and the purpose of soul are identical: to midwife more goodness, truth and beauty.

3. SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION

Through Enlightened awareness, we come to know all aspects of ourselves (ego/Soul/Spirit) as expressions of Undivided awareness.

4. UNSURPASSED METHODOLOGY

At PGI, our mission is to offer one of the most comprehensive purpose guiding self-discovery courses anywhere. We do this through distilling and utilizing ALL the cutting edge modalities available today.

Lead Teacher:

Jonathan Gustin is the founder of the Purpose Guides Institute and creator of the Purpose Discovery Program. Jonathan teaches majority of the sessions for this program, assisted by a great roster of associate teachers. A purpose guide, psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and integral mentor, Jonathan has served in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years. He also serves as adjunct faculty at John F. Kennedy University in the Consciousness and Transformation Studies program. Jonathan has taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Green Gulch Zen Center, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Open Circle, Bay Area Integral, The Nondual Wisdom & Mental Health Conference, iEvolve, San Quentin State Penitentiary, Marina Counseling Center, and iRest Institute. He has co-taught with human potential pioneer George Leonard, Buddhist activist Joanna Macy and depth psychologist Bill Plotkin.

Recent Guest TeacherS:

Dr. Sharon Blackie is an award-winning writer, psychologist and mythologist. Her highly acclaimed work is focused on the development of the mythic imagination, and on the relevance of myth, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today. As well as writing five books of fiction and nonfiction, including the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, her writing has appeared in anthologies, collections and in several international media outlets – among them the Guardian, the Irish Times, the i and the Scotsman. Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and has taught at several academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals.

Stephen Cope is a best-selling author and scholar who specializes in the relationship between the Eastern contemplative traditions and Western depth psychology. Among his seminal works in this area are: Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, The Wisdom of Yoga, and The Great Work of Your Life. His most recent work, The Dharma In Difficult Times, the sequel to The Great Work of Your Life shows us the way through our darkest times to our truest calling. Cope helps give readers a roadmap for the journey to their true calling. Stephen is a psychotherapist, Kripalu Yoga teacher, and author of several books on yoga and meditation. He is the founder of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living.

Associate Teachers:

Brody Hartman is the co-founder of SoulTrue and has worked with many Fortune 100-500 clients, start-ups and nonprofits. He helps CEOs, employees, and organizational leaders embody their purpose.

Niharika Sanyal lives in Auroville, India, a community centred around the philosophy of Integral Yoga. She completed an Ed.M in Human Development & Psychology from Harvard and her work serves the Way of the Heart.

Michael Denmeade has spent most of his adult life learning what he calls the Mitakyasin Way—how to live in Right Relationship and Reciprocity with all life. He is a spiritual mentor, vision quest guide and fire keeper for sacred ceremony, answering the call when medicine people need him. 

Katherine Haig is the Associate Director at PGI. With a background in classical music, she brings attentiveness to her interactions with clients and hopes to serve as a witness to the freedom of Being beyond Knowing.

Tara Byrne is the creator of Shamanic Awakening. Her work is shaped by her own soul awakening experience, which took her to live in Peru, where she completed a life-changing plant medicine apprenticeship.

• 12 LIVE, Interactive 90-minute Course Sessions with Jonathan Gustin and other PGI Teachers (with time for Q&A) on Zoom

• 12 LIVE small group meetings with a highly trained PGI Mentor, for deeper sharing in your own intimate small group, and opportunities to receive mirroring and reflections from your Mentor.

• Two LIVE 90-minute bonus meetings with a renowned PGI Guest Teacher

• 12 Practice Guides, one for each of the 12 Modules, of 10-14 pages each outlining practices, philosophies and exercises to deepen your soulwork

• 7 Guided Soul-Encounter Meditations (of 50min each on average)

• 12 Module Audios by Jonathan (of 30-min each)

• Online Community Forum for discussion and connection

• Additional readings and resources that support your soulwork

• Become eligible to apply for the Purpose Guides Training: While the Purpose Discovery program is a complete "stand-alone" course, it also serves as Semester-I of the Purpose Guides Training, which will be offered from Jan-June 2024.

• Note about a possible optional expense: We highly recommend availing three 1-to-1 sessions with your Mentor during the program, typically offered at a sliding scale rate. These are optional, but we recommend budgeting for them if you can.

What you need to participate: The only equipment you’ll need is a computer, tablet or mobile device with an internet connection. You may also join course sessions and coaching sessions by phone. Attendance on most large group calls, and all small group calls is required.

What if I need to miss one or more sessions? All twelve of the Large Group Sessions are recorded and made available to view/listen online, through online playback or by downloading to your personal audio player. We highly recommend not missing more than 1-2 small groups meetings, as these build community and connection deeply and are not recorded.

How much time commitment does the course require? Our program is not meant for auditing. We require heartfelt participation of all participants in the practices, in order to hold a sacred container for all (which usually amounts to 10 hours a week of time). Please note that one of our practices involves an 8-hour SoulQuest out in nature, in early November.

How can I best prepare for this course? Our program is most effective for folks who have already cultivated some amount of wellness and stability in their lives. Some of the best ways to prepare for this journey are to spend time in nature, support your body with nourishing food and movement, deepen relationships with friends and/or family members, and engage in quiet contemplative practices such as meditation or mindfulness. Note: this program is not recommended for those with ongoing addiction, severe untreated trauma or untreated mental illness. If you are feeling uncertain about your readiness for this ego-destabilizing journey, and are looking for more stability and wellness in your life first and foremost, we recommend working with a coach or therapist for a time before embarking on this purpose discovery journey.

When the course meets: Course begins on Sept 6, 2023 and contains a total of 12 meetings from Sept-Dec. Please note that you will be asked to engage in Module 1 from August 30-Sept 6, but there can be some flexibility around this.

Regular tuition for this course is $2600 when Jonathan offers it to a mini cohort of 6 people. Take advantage of our special pricing and own the entire course for only $1600.

BEST VALUE: 1 PAYMENT OF

$1400

1.  A VIGOROUS, HEALTHY AND LONG LIFE.

• Live up to 7 years longer (NIH, 1998; Carlton, 2014)
• Maintains healthier cell structures (UNC/UCLA, 2013)
• Reduces overall mortality rate by 23% (Mt. Sinai, 2015)
• Correlated with cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and immune health (Institute on Aging, UW-Madison, 2006)

2.  A STRONG MIND.

• Doubles the likelihood of learning something new each day (Gallup/Healthways, 2013)
• Yields a 42% increase in the experience of contentment (Leider/Metlife, 2009)
• Decreases onset of Alzheimer's Disease by 240% (Boyle/Rush, 2014)
• Fights depression (Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980)
• Decreases rates of teen depression (PNAS, 2014)

3.  A HEALTHY HEART.

• Reduces death by coronary heart disease by 23% (Mt. Sinai, 2015)
• Reduces death rate from stroke by 72% (Koizumi, 2008)

4.  MORE PROFITABLE AND REWARDING CAREERS.

• Quadruples the likelihood of being engaged at work (Gallup/Healthways, 2013)
• Linked (91%) a strong corporate purpose with profitability (Deloitte, 2013)
• Cited by global CEOs as one of the top 3 things (along with ethics and values) to focus on (IBM, 2012)
• Yields a 47% increase in the experience of abundance (Leider/Metlife, 2009)

5.  MORE FULFILLING RELATIONSHIPS.

• Yields a 31% increase in the experience of feeling love (Leider/Metlife, 2009)
• Increases meaning in times of dissonance (Stanford, 2014)

6.  A MORE KIND, TOLERANT AND EDUCATED SOCIETY.

• Increases racial tolerance (Harvard/Cornell/Carleton, 2014)
• Increases appetite for education (Stanford, 2015)
• Increases incidence of philanthropy and volunteering by 50% (Gallup/Healthways, 2013)

7.  A MORE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY.

• 92% of customers will choose a product that has a higher purpose when price and quality are equal (Nielsen, 2014)
• 55% of customers will pay more for a product that has a higher purpose, an increase of 10% since 2011 (Nielsen, 2014)
• Driving corporate strategy: In 2014, "purpose", "mission" and "change the world" were mentioned 3,243 times on earnings calls, investor meetings and industry conferences, a 40% increase over 2009 (Factiva, 2015)
• Driving consumer behavior: 16% of US adults and 50% of EU adults make purchases with purpose (LOHAS, 2015)
• Driving business in the US: Social enterprise employs 10 million people, with revenues of $500 billion; about 3.5 percent of total US GDP (Impact Investor, 2012)
• Driving hiring: 70% of Millennials want purpose at work (Harvard Business Review, 2014)
• Driving conscious capitalism: 350+ professors in social entrepreneurship from 35+ countries, with 30+ national and international competitions, 800 different articles and 200 cases used in social entrepreneurship courses (Wingate University, 2008)
• Driving media: 800% more news articles about social enterprises between 2001 and 2011 (Nexis, 2012)

1. HIGH-IMPACT SERVICE

You want to be of service to the world. With so many causes, how do you choose? Knowing your purpose brings clarity to what your task is in this lifetime. Knowing your purpose brings lucidity to the gifts you offer to the world. What would the world have been deprived of if Albert Einstein or Mother Teresa had different jobs?” Life is not served when you take up a vocation that is not yours.

2. LEARNING TO CHOOSE PURPOSE

Humans have invented wondrous things: the symphony, flying machines, the declaration of independence, and the heart transplant. We've also created mass extinction, pollution, pervasive social injustice, and the atom bomb. Clearly, some of us are working towards birthing more goodness, truth, and beauty, while others are struggling to find their true calling. We can (and must) learn to move away from our excessive attention to our default purposes (of safety, security, and consumerism) and towards our true life-purpose.

3. EVOLVING THE SPECIES

Right now is an "evolve or perish" moment on the planet. If human beings survive all of the upcoming social and ecological disasters, it will be because we evolved as a species. Our great-grandchildren will have become "post-human" relative to the impulses now holding sway over humanity.  While the humans of the 2100's might be genetically identical to us, they will also be quite different. Imagine 7.4 billion people becoming homo evolution ("evolving man").