John 1:1–18

We begin with John at the very beginning. Together let’s enter the Prologue of John's Gospel, one of the most wild pieces of spiritual writing in any tradition, and find the eternal intelligence of Logos emerging in human flesh.

We'll explore what the Greek word Logos actually means before centuries of doctrine got hold of it, why the word sarx - raw, mortal, tender flesh - is the most important word in the Prologue, and what it means that the light is shining within and has never been overcome. 

This session ends with a clairvoyant meditation to help you find and see the light that has been living in your body all along.

• Students will gain:

  • A completely new understanding of the Prologue of John, freed from doctrine and returned to its original mystical depth

  • Direct experience of Spirit as indwelling presence rather than authority from above

  • A clairvoyant practice for recognizing and working with your own light body

  • Teachings of embodiment as sacred rather than a spiritual obstacle

  • A daily morning practice to begin each day with holy knowing

John 3 & 4

Two of the most beloved scenes in John's Gospel happen back to back and they couldn't be more different. 

Nicodemus, a powerful religious insider, comes to Jesus in secret at night and leaves confused. The Samaritan woman, a stranger and outsider, meets Jesus in broad daylight and becomes the Gospel's first evangelist. 

Together they teach us that spiritual awakening is not earned by credentials or status. it is a new way of seeing that arrives like the waters of birth: totally transforming. 

We'll unpack what anōthen - “born from above” - actually means in Greek, why living water is one of the most radical images in the Gospel, and why the folks that religion pushes to the margins are often the first to receive direct revelation.

Students will gain:

• Freedom from the idea that spiritual awakening requires proper behavior or beliefs

• A practice for releasing inherited perceptions from family religion and spiritual dogma

• Understanding of why the Samiritan woman is the first to receive Jesus’ revelation

• Practical tools for finding your inner spiritual authority and letting go of others’ religious rules

The Seven Signs of John's Gospel

John never uses the word miracle. He uses sēmeion - “sign” - a word that means a signal pointing to something greater. 

In this expansive session we move through all seven signs of the Gospel: water into wine, healing at a distance, liberation from chronic limitation, feeding from scarcity, presence in chaos, the courage it costs to see clearly, and love stronger than death. 

Each sign is a lesson in how Spirit moves through ordinary life and each one carries a practical principle you can begin using immediately. In this session we learn the principle of Jesus’ healing message to us: reality is symbolic, and you already have the capacity to read it.

Students will gain:

• A working understanding of all seven signs with their historical, Greek, theological, and metaphysical dimensions

• The foundational skill of seeing places and patterns as signs pointing toward deeper spiritual truth

• Use of the seven signs as a complete spiritual curriculum moving from awakening to resurrection

• Confidence in your capacity to perceive divine movement in ordinary circumstances without requiring extraordinary events

The Seven I AM Statements

When Jesus says I AM he is not making a claim about himself. He is speaking the divine name that Moses heard at the burning bush.

Seven times the I AM is spoken over bread, light, a doorway, a shepherd, resurrection, a path, and a vine.

Together these seven statements are a map of a heavenly body: what divine life looks like when it is fully embodied in a human being. In this session we'll move through each statement slowly, explore its Greek and Hebrew resonance, and then do the work John is actually inviting us toward. We’re not just admiring these qualities in Jesus but claiming them in ourselves. 

As John 14:12 says, “All of this you shall do and more.”

Students will gain:

• Understanding of I AM statements as a map of the spiritual path, not simply doctrinal claims about Christ

• A full-body practice moving through each of the seven I AM qualities in your own life and energy field

• Tools for working with the I AM qualities that feel most alive in you and those that feel most distant

• Freedom from the theology that says only Jesus can say the I AMstatements rather than available to all who abide

• A week-long daily practice working with one I AM statement at a time as a spiritual formation discipline

John 15:1–17

Of all the spiritual practices taught in John's Gospel, one rises above all others: menō which means abiding, remaining,  and making your home. This challenges the modern Christian notion of faith as striving, performing, or achieving spiritual correctness. Menō means staying with, and it is from this place that we and Christ do our healing work.

In this session we'll explore what Jesus actually means when he says "Abide in me and I in you," all the different ways 'abide' shows up in the scriptures, and how this is the ultimate goal of the Christ Consciousness. We'll finish this section with an in-depth exploration the the Vine and Branches teaching and how it brings the whole menō together.

Students will gain:

• A new understanding of spiritual practice as staying rather than achieving or performing spirituality

• A grounding practice exploring menō and how it feels to abide in Spirit and have Spirit abide in you

• Honest pruning as a spiritual process including what it is, what it isn't, and how to work with it rather than against it

• Tools for knowing when you have slipped out of abiding and returning without self-judgment

John 13

Uniquely, John does not include the bread and wine at the Last Supper. Instead, a basin of water and a towel are the centerpiece. In John's telling, the deepest sacrament is not simply what we receive from Jesus. It is how we love, serve, and remain present to one another. Foot washing becomes an embodied expression of divine humility, mutual indwelling, and the Christ consciousness that kneels before the sacred in every person.

This chapter also invites us to reconsider one of Scripture's most misunderstood relationships. Rather than reading Judas as a one-dimensional villain, we explore the possibility that his role may have been far more complex. Using the Gospel of Judas, we see that the relationship between Jesus and Judas hints at a karmic soul agreement in service of a greater unfolding.

Students will gain:

• An understanding of why John's Gospel replaces bread and wine with the washing of feet, and what this shows about love as the highest sacrament

• Anppreciation for the metaphysical meaning of humility, service, and mutual indwelling as practices of Christ consciousness

• Historical and theological insight into the unique portrayal of Judas in John's Gospel and an exploration of his karmic relationship with Jesus

• A framework for reflecting on difficult relationships in your own life through the lenses of free will, forgiveness, soul growth, and sacred purpose

John 18–19

John's Passion story is unlike any of the other Gospels. Here, Jesus is never portrayed as a helpless victim swept along by events. He moves toward the cross with great courage and deep presence. Instead of insisting on suffering, John presents the crucifixion as the moment when divine love is most fully revealed. The cross becomes not a symbol of God's wrath, but the unveiling of a love that cannot be overcome by fear, violence, or death.

Along the way, we meet two fascinating mirrors of our own spiritual journey. Peter longs to follow Jesus but cannot yet bring himself to publicly claim the deeper truth of who he is. Pilate, on the other hand, stands face-to-face with Truth itself yet remains trapped between intellect and inner knowing. He is torn between competing forces of political power, public opinion, and the inner voice. Together, Peter and Pilate reveal two different ways we resist awakening: one through fear of losing ourselves, the other through fear of surrendering control.

Students will gain:

• A new understanding of why John's Passion centers on revelation instead of victimhood

• Insight into Peter as a symbol of the soul's struggle to claim its ture identity and move beyond fear

• A persepctive of Pilate as the divided mind, caught between intellectual certainty and the inner knowing

• A metaphysical understanding of the symbolism woven throughout John's Passion narrative, including the cross, the seamless garment, the Beloved Disciple, and the empty tomb as images of wholeness, awakening, and new creation

John 20–21

The Gospel of John ends not with a church but with a breakfast. Jesus cooking fish on a charcoal fire by the sea, feeding his friends, restoring Peter with the same kindness he used to heal everyone else, and then breathing on his disciples the same breath that moved over the waters in Genesis. 

The resurrection in John is an encounter to be received, and every person in these final chapters receives it differently. Mary Magdalene in the garden. Thomas through the wounds. Peter through the question asked three times. 

The Gospel ends mid-sentence, which is John's final theological statement: the story is not finished. You are the continuation.

Students will gain:

• A resurrection theology rooted in encounter and embodiment rather than doctrine

• A final meditation receiving their own sending and spiritual calling that has emerged throughout

• Intimacy with Christ’s breath as the new creation act echoing Genesis 

• Compassionate theology from Peter's story: what it looks like when divine love restores without shaming