Greetings.

I'm Phil Gjedsted.

aka Govinda.

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You've experienced 'bliss'. Those 'transcendental moments' of joy in your sport, hobby, work, with friends or simply amongst nature, moments when"everything comes together".

The list is almost endless of things that give us a 'taste of bliss’.

​Is it possible to have more than a taste of it, to 'make an ongoing meal and celebration of it'. 

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My initial experience with "bliss" was through surfing. Feeling at one with nature, immersed in its' energy, dancing with a moment of pure presence, free of thought – a feeling of pure bliss which became an obsession, fueling a quest for more, like an addiction..

 So, my journey  'chasing the bliss of the surf' became my focus.

From city to country, pristine beaches to communes, ashrams to boardrooms, and even from the low of an abattoir's offal room to the high of the Creative Director's chair in large advertising agencies. ​

For me, it co-incided with 'The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius' in the sixties when the surf was uncrowded, and waves of consciousness were starting to roll through the Western World.

I   started to delve into altered states of consciousness, and began to believe that experience, that 'bliss' of pure 'beingness'  was at the core of virtually all religions,  and a state increasingly being recognized by quantam physics. 

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I immersed in readings, from pioneering 'psychonauts' exploring inner-space to philosophers, writers, explorers and authentic Masters whose teachings resonated with me like a vibrant chord. 

 This was the explosion of what I call the "Love Bomb, a healing for a fractured world, recovering from the wounds of the Atomic Bomb.

I naturally, "blew my mind" with the new psychedelics which changed my view of the world, and had a big impact how I started chasing bliss'internally'. Once this started I spent time I spent time in the presence of recognised Masters of yoga, chi kung. buddhism 

I have been a willing 'human experiment ' in answering these questions.

Let me share my experiences with you,

As Joseph Campbell, who wrote Heroes Journey, said,

"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were once walls."

I tend to add there will still be walls you bump into... often of our own making ... but then you find another door opens again!

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 Join me on my 'Adventures in Consciousness',  guided by passion, intuition and synchronicity as I share my experiences the  beautiful, the nightmarish,  traumatic, and blissful with anecdotes and insights.​​​