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In this episode, Bernhard sits down with Daniel Harner, a clinical psychologist, psychospiritual therapist, and mentor who has dedicated the last 25 years to connecting what most teachings keep separate: Jungian shadow work, Hawkins’ map of consciousness, somatic healing, and non-dual realization.
Daniel shares his journey from Austria to Sedona, six years studying directly with David Hawkins, deep Jungian analysis, and what he discovered when the path demanded more than any single framework could offer.
“You do need to know what evil and darkness look like. You have to have experienced it within yourself and in direct experience as a face-to-face moment at some point in your life.
Without you walking through your own fear of death, your own fear of darkness, and your own projections on what evil is, you will never be able to advance meaningfully spiritually.”— Daniel Harner
Together they explore the Map of Consciousness, how it really works, and where it’s been misused. The conversation bridges Hawkins’ non-dual framework with Jungian shadow work and somatic integration, making the case that you cannot transcend what you haven’t embodied.
They unpack how the luciferic temptation operates even at high levels of consciousness, how it targets the seeker at every stage of development, and why spiritual teachers fall from grace.
They also examine the distortions of pop-culture shadow work, the sacred role of the mentor-student relationship, the projections that come with it, and where AI fits into the evolution of consciousness.
A deep, honest conversation about what authentic psychospiritual transformation actually requires in these times.
Daniel’s website: www.danielharner.com
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Snow Notes Part 1:
- Daniel’s early spiritual sensitivity that led him into psychology and spiritual inquiry
- Discovering Carl Jung, Albert Hofmann, and David Hawkins as key influences in synthesizing psychology and spirituality
- Moving to Sedona in 2006 to study directly with David Hawkins
- Overview of Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness and how it was developed
- Explanation of the logarithmic scale and the critical threshold at 200
- The distinction between temporary emotional states and one’s calibrated level of consciousness
- Hawkins’ view that the majority of humanity operates below 200, and what that implies about the collective shadow
- How religious concepts of God shift depending on one’s level of consciousness, and why anthropomorphic projections dominate lower levels
- The dangers of misusing the Map for spiritual superiority, ego inflation, or spiritual bypassing
- Practical limitations and variables affecting muscle testing, including integrity, energetic coherence, and contextual framing
- The Newtonian “cause and effect” paradigm is a limitation of the intellect (level 400)
- Daniel’s personal dark night of the soul after arriving in Sedona and confronting his own shadow
- Spiritual bypassing within spiritual groups and the importance of grounding psychological work
- Hawkins’ teachings on Luciferian temptation, polarity, and why higher states of consciousness still encounter opposition
- The difference between transactional love and true unconditional love
In Part 2 (only for members), we go deeper into:
- Lucifer clarified beyond conspiracy language and how the Luciferic temptations manifest differently depending on one’s level of consciousness
- The distinction between psychological shadow material and archetypal forces interfering in spiritual work
- How serious transformational work attracts resistance, opposition, and unconscious sabotage
- Why you must face the darkness within yourself before you can advance spiritually
- The necessity of grounding mystical realization through embodiment and humility
- Bridging Jung’s individuation process with non-dual realization rather than treating them as competing paths
- Why shadow work is often trivialized on social media and reduced to self-improvement aesthetics
- The danger of using Jungian psychology as a closed system instead of a developmental stage within a larger spiritual arc
- Where psychological integration ends, and genuine spiritual realization begins
- How trauma, fragmentation, and ego structure must be addressed before accessing higher states of consciousness
- Distinguishing authentic transformation from adopting a spiritual identity
- The sacred role of the mentor-student relationship, projections, transference, and why humility is essential for holding space
- Why AI cannot replace human-to-human healing, and how it may function as an extension of the user’s own level of consciousness
- The collective surfacing of shadow in times of institutional breakdown and cultural exposure
- Whether current global polarization reflects a freezing of consciousness below 200 or a larger purification process
- Navigating corruption and evil without escaping into cynicism or naïve transcendence
- The impact of AI, hyper-stimulation, and digital immersion on ego inflation and human consciousness
- What is being asked of serious spiritual seekers in this era of acceleration, exposure, and intensified polarization
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