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A cohort
People work on awakening together for a defined stretch — a small daily practice, and shared moments along the way. Company, not a crowd.
research for the greatest good
What if waking up were ordinary?
Awakening has a reputation — rare, dramatic, only for mystics. We think it can be quiet: a little each day, with others. The Awakening Project is an honest exploration of what it actually does — shared in the open, for the greatest good.
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Why we're here
Underneath it all, something simple: less suffering, and what's true.
What it is
Three things at once, each feeding the next.
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A living record
Each cohort captures the experience — before, during, after. A first-of-its-kind record of what waking up actually feels like for ordinary people.
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A shared exploration
Done in the open, as a generous, almost non-commercial act — an honest inquiry anyone can follow, not a product to sell. (Taking the fear out of awakening is part of it — but only one part.)
The discipline
We measure the experience. We never promise the outcome.
The living record
We're finding out what waking up actually does — for ordinary people, a little each day.
7.8→8.4
Expected intense, felt gentle9.1
Stayed able to live their life fully+18
Wellbeing across the cohort (WHO-5)48
People in the first cohortIllustrative figures — what the record is built to show, from cohort one onward.
Yes, awakening has a frightening reputation, and showing it can be gentle is part of this. But that's one story — not the reason we're here.
The method underneath
The practice is the Wholeness Work — gentle, content-free, nothing relived, reliable and repeatable. The Project is the front door; the method is what people actually do. See the method →
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Be part of the first cohort.
No experience needed. Just curiosity, and a few minutes a day.