About two months ago I wrote an article Polyphasic sleep, consciousness development and business development, in which I explained my fundamental motivation for doing this experiment, which is resolving my tortured relationship to time and money and then using this freedom for business development. Since then, there have been extraordinary events in the development of our commune, and nice progress in developing my internet marketing and social media consulting company. I have also created and am actively engaged in four high-power developmental groups: I have a half-hour every week-day Mastermind call with two friends, I have a group that is exploring synergies and developmental possibilities between the Waking Down in Mutuality and the Shalom Mountain communities, and I have a business development / study group for Project Mojave. In addition I am coaching one-on-one with Saniel Bonder (who is an effin’ genius) and sometimes inviting other people to the call. Despite all successes, it’s been an up-and-down process, polyphasic sleep has been irregular at best, and my coffee addiction is substantially unchanged. I had therefore concluded in my previous article that polyphasic sleep had been an extremely valuable thing for my own personal (consciousness) development, but the jury was still out whether it would lead to any results in terms of business development.
I want to suggest that consciousness development is a fundamental goal for anyone who attempts a polyphasic sleep experiment, even if they do not declare it as such. And that business development (prosperity) flows from that, but it may take a little time.
Think of it. Short of actually going to live in an ashram or doing an intensive meditation retreat, what could be a better consciousness experiment than polyphasic sleep? It can be done at home in the midst of one’s everyday activities, it doesn’t cost anything, and it can lead to dramatic personal transformation. In the case of the Uberman schedule, this is doubly true as it has pronounced consciousness altering effects as well – I really like Ka Ntru’s blog on this topic (search for “polyphasic sleep”).
After 5 months on this experiment what is gradually emerging is that the leading edge of my own development is deepening and clarifying my relationship with my wife, Rebekah. This is an awesome yet shocking realization – awesome in terms of the possibilities, and shocking in that this had not been obvious to me before. In my usual masculine, goal-oriented, single-pointed consciousness, bulldozer style of being, I have been speeding forward without great awareness or concern for the people around me and their needs. Perhaps this was developmentally appropriate and timely – and I can hardly complain about the results – but the time has come to get this handled. It’s possible as well that “getting this handled” is a masculine problem-solving approach towards a situation that is likely to be a lifetime of work – oh lucky me to have such an interesting problem to solve, as the problem of relating lovingly and deeply and powerfully all the time to the person with whom I have chosen to share my life (and my business!).
I am planning a major post on this topic to the Lifestyle Design blog soon.
