189. Thomas Hübl

Thomas HublThomas Hübl is a modern mystic, spiritual teacher, author, and systems-thinker. His work integrates the essence of the great wisdom traditions, scientific knowledge, and his own personal experience.  Thomas offers a unique approach to life as a ‘mystic in the marketplace’ and helps people to attain a deeper level of self-awareness and personal relationship and to transcend a ‘culture of the personal’ and a self-centered worldview. Through his work, people from all walks of life learn how to become a living expression of spirit and how to participate in ‘we cultures’ through an embodied inner and outer connection.

His teachings combine transformation through the integration of trauma, somatic sensitization, advanced meditative practice, and a deepening understanding of cultural processes.  Since 2004, Thomas’ leading-edge work has spread worldwide through workshops, multi-year training programs, and online courses. The non-profit ‘Celebrate Life Festival‘ brings together more than 1,200 people every year and has showcased a wide network of experts in various disciplines, through dialogue and exchange. In 2008 Thomas founded the ‘Academy of Inner Science’. This provided a framework for dialogue between the inner science of consciousness and the external scientific-academic exploration of life.

Over the years Thomas has also organized several major healing events, aimed at healing the Holocaust’s cultural shadows. Thousands of Germans and Israelis have been brought together through these processes.  In 2016 Thomas and his wife Yehudit founded the non-profit ‘Pocket Project‘, with the aim of exploring collective trauma and shadow work and integrating this through large-scale group processes. A global organization has been launched, intended to research and explore specific aspects of local traumatization. This applies both to past traumas and also to current conflict zones. Thomas was born in Austria in 1971 and now lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, with his wife, the Israeli artist Yehudit Sasportas and their daughter Eliya.

Interview recorded 8/18/2013

Transcript of this interview.

Second interview with Thomas.

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

YouTube Video Chapters:

  • 00:00:00 – Introduction to Thomas Hubl
  • 00:03:46 – Following Inner Guidance
  • 00:07:14 – The Fundamental Opening
  • 00:10:56 – Changes in Life and Relationships
  • 00:14:07 – Deep Meditation in Teaching and Individual Work
  • 00:17:30 – Overview of Teaching and Spiritual Development
  • 00:21:06 – Developing for the Greater Context
  • 00:24:52 – Integration of Shadow Aspects in Practice
  • 00:28:30 – Simultaneous Inner and Outer Directedness in Spiritual Practice
  • 00:31:57 – The Dangers of Saying “The World Is an Illusion”
  • 00:35:15 – The Paradox of Existence
  • 00:38:28 – The Fullness of Creation and Stillness
  • 00:41:43 – Aligning with Cosmic Flows
  • 00:45:15 – Overcoming Conditioned Reality
  • 00:48:59 – The Balance Between Monastic Life and Culture
  • 00:52:31 – The Challenges of Conditioning and Freedom
  • 00:56:12 – The Importance of Meditation in Awakening
  • 00:59:49 – Awakening Intelligence in All Expressions
  • 01:03:22 – Embracing Complexity and Human Excellence
  • 01:06:45 – The Fusion of Scientific and Mystical Realizations
  • 01:13:21 – Healing the Shadow of the Holocaust
  • 01:16:52 – Healing the Collective Unconsciousness in Europe
  • 01:20:23 – Creating a Massive Impact with a Group
  • 01:23:46 – The Importance of Cracks in Society
  • 01:27:19 – Reaching through the Ceiling of Consciousness
  • 01:30:45 – Signs of Healthy Spiritual Development
  • 01:34:16 – The Influence of Collective Consciousness on Leadership
  • 01:37:39 – Beings of Pure Light
  • 01:40:57 – Inner and Outer Competencies for Global Challenges
  • 01:44:18 – Introduction to Thomas H-you-ble