I was resistant and skeptical to the idea of this at first. However, the reality of the immeasurable value of the course became apparent within the first three hours of the first day of the Foundational Seminar… This course has awakened potential within me I forgot I had. I want more! I would recommend it to everyone! Thank you!

Satvatove, Foundational Course, January 2010
Gainesville, Florida

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This show is an adventure in self-realization and conscious living. This is a place and time for spiritually based transformation through empowered communication, courageous introspection and purposeful action. Integrate ancient wisdom into your daily life and relationships.

Click the link below and listen to Steve Toth, founder of Real Coaching Radio Network (RCRN), interview David Wolf of Satvatove Institute. RCRN is a cutting edge venture in innovative use of the media to raise awareness about coaching and personal development. Hear David speak on the spiritual basis of the Satvatove programs, Satvatove and Landmark, transcending limited patterns of thoughts and behaviors, personal accountability, and lots more.

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Excerpts From The Interview

David Wolf: “In some ways, though, Satvatove is very different, substantially different….Satvatove has a spiritual basis, …my understanding of Landmark is that what they’re presenting is that at the core essence of everything, including ourselves, is nothing….In Satvatove our underlying principle is that the core of everything is spirit…not nothing. We certainly want to pierce through our false ego, but we don’t want to get rid of ego altogether, because ego means our sense of who we are, and we are someone….”

David Wolf: “My conviction is that everyone has a meaningful purpose in this lifetime, and to the extent that we’re connected with that, …alive with life purpose, then we’ll be fulfilled without separate endeavor…..If we could say that if we had ten million dollars in the bank, I’d be doing just what I’m doing now…..then we’ll experience a deep level of joy and fulfillment…..There’s no way it will be real inspiring, if we’re living from a place of “I’m doing this thing I really don’t like for so many years, so that later I’ll be able to do…”

Steve Toth: “And by the time we get there we’re 80 years old..”

David: “We’ve chased the carrot for sixty years, not being able to admit that we’ve lived an illusion…Career guidance, it’s not about chasing happiness, chasing security…It’s about choosing happiness, choosing security…”

David: “… any system is comprised of individuals of particular consciousness. With consciousness change, the quality and nature of the system will change. This doesn’t minimize the value of social advocacy…and even that starts with individual consciousness. I’m offering something. I’m endeavoring to cultivate my own consciousness, and refine my own spiritual consciousness, and to the extent that I’m effective at that, …I’ll be more potent, more pure, I’ll be effective in, not controlling, in influencing others to wake up ….for those who don’t receive what I’m offering, I could get into analyzing them, ……or I could get into what is it about myself that’s not refined enough, compassionate enough, clear enough, such that I’m not inspiring more people to receive what I’m answering….”

Steve Toth: “What an excellent answer.…I’ve probably interviewed over 4000 guests in the last few years. You’re the first one to have ever answered this the right way…”

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Interview With Steve Toth

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“Satvatove was the best decision I’ve made in 2009 and it’s not my habit to make poor decisions. Since that weekend and because of what I learned about Kyle, I’m now closer with friends & I communicate in all aspects of my life (business, family, friends, dating) with much more assertiveness and understanding. Those closest to me have noticed a massive shift and growth. I’d say, if you need a change in life, Satvatove is the best place to start.”

Kyle McNeil
Satvatove, Foundational Course, March 2009,
Edmonton, AB, Canada

I get to chant my rounds!

The morning after a 3-day transformative communication course I conducted in Brooklyn, I encountered a woman who had just completed the seminar. She was excited and had an experience she was eager to share with me. In the spiritual community where she lived she had taken a vow to chant daily a prescribed number of mantras on beads. She exclaimed, “This morning I realized that I don’t have to chant my rounds! I don’t have to chant my rounds!”  Her exhilaration filled the air with a sense of liberation. Seeing me puzzled as to why she was happy to give up her vow, she went on, “I get to chant my rounds! I get to chant my rounds!” She then explained how that morning she had begun to finger her beads and chant a few mantras. For the first time in her decades of experience tears flowed from her eyes while chanting. For the first time her attitude wasn’t “I have to chant my rounds.”

Authentic mantra chanting and high-level communication practices are two complementary vehicles through which we can utilize sound vibration to realize our spiritual identity and connect with the innermost stratum of the living soul.

A genuine mantra is a potent transformational vibration. “Mantra” means spiritual sound vibration that extricates the mind from material entanglement. Jill Bormann has conducted research on mantra meditation with various populations including military veterans. She describes meditative time with a mantra as a “Jacuzzi for the mind. It’s something you can use to focus and calm yourself at a moment’s notice, …it doesn’t require money, and it’s non-toxic… a person just needs to make it a part of their lives.” My personal favorite mantra for meditation is one of India’s most beloved, the Maha Mantra. Studies have shown that this 16-word mantra reduces stress and depression and increases qualities such as balance, fulfillment, and sense of life purpose.

In our programs we focus on transformation through communication. Awareness of how we use sound to influence our consciousness and environment is a powerful approach to personal and interpersonal development. In the beginning was the word. Just as the divine creates with sound, we can productively examine what we generate in our life with our sounds.

For example, to what extent do we build roadblocks to effective communication through responses that convey messages of invalidation, disempowerment, or self-absorption? This might take the form of unnecessarily advising or warning, shallow praise, avoidance of vital issues, or prematurely giving solutions. Effective listening is essential for the creation of the sacred space that is crucial for life-enriching relationships. Such listening focuses on what the other person is saying- not what we’re saying to ourselves about what the other is saying. In our expression we can consider the degree to which we communicate from fear, neediness, and insecurity, as opposed to purpose, joy and inspiration. Through three days of intense immersion in transformative communication the mantra yogini shifted her consciousness from “I have to…”- burdensome, obligatory, and mechanical- to “I get to…”- vibrant, inspired, and fresh.

In this episode of our series, David describes the fifth essential principle for fulfilling relationships, empathy. Principles of living in a sattvic consciousness tend to overlap and support one another and this principle is no exception. Other principles of fulfilling relationships such as “Win/Win” rely on this principle of empathy.

In The Beginning Was The Word

Just as the supreme creates with the word, we too create our lives with our word. Self-reflection is a core principle in personal growth, and it can be especially illuminating to consider our relationship with our word. In the Vedic tradition there is a literature called Upadeshamrita, or The Nectar of Instruction. The book concludes with a depiction of the most elevated spiritual consciousness, and it starts with a description of the importance of effective management of our words, for anyone interested in spiritual progress.

In the transformative communication seminars that I conduct we ask participants to examine the effects of kept and broken agreements. Typically, experiences and feelings connected with violated agreements include hurt, embarrassment, anger, betrayal, confusion, lack of clarity, disappointment and feeling devalued. Agreements honored are usually related with experiences such as trust, gratitude, responsibility, fulfillment, security, clarity, and respect. The purpose of such examination is not to moralize about the importance of keeping our promises. It’s about realizing how our relationship with our word affects our experience of life.

In this regard I suggest that there aren’t big or small agreements. Consider, for example, that I say, “I’ll call you tomorrow,” and I don’t call. We may think, “It’s no big deal.” With respect to our relationship, however, will the consequences noted above be in effect? Probably they will. At some level, your trust for me will likely diminish, and our relationship will be less whole.

Commitment is essential for self-development. Without it, we’re likely not going to significantly expand our possibilities and comfort zone. When we make agreements, we’ll probably find that, despite our best efforts, we sometimes don’t follow through. A strategy for handling broken agreements with integrity is a valuable tool for restoring relationships.

The Five As

An effective approach is the “five As”, which are 1) Acknowledge, 2) Accept responsibility, 3) Account, 4) Apologize, and 5) Amend. “Acknowledge” means to recognize that we have a broken agreement, and to express this to the person whom we transgressed. Accepting responsibility, the second of the As, denotes realization that I responded in a particular way that caused me to not honor my word. The third A is Account. Expression of accountability consists of genuinely explaining what happened. Apology is the fourth A, and it’s noteworthy that it’s fourth, not first. Oftentimes we act like apology is the first and only step in effectively handling a broken agreement. “I’m sorry” can be more about my need to restore my image, than about sincerely reinstating the soundness of the relationship. Amend is the fifth A, and consists of actively redressing the situation.

A Culture Of Trust

‘Tis a season for making resolutions, when we consider things we can do to better our lives. This is a powerful opportunity to enhance the culture of trust in our relationships, and within ourselves. My proposal is that we invoke special awareness of the effects in our life and relationships when we make an agreement and keep it.

In this episode of the series, David talks about the principle of “win/win” and describes its relationship with the spiritual principle of abundance.

It is clear to see that tensions in the workplace are growing rapidly in this demanding economic environment.

In this video, Dr. David Wolf Ph.D describes various techniques to diffuse workplace hostility and create a more peaceful work atmosphere.