If you’ve felt lost in the maze of spiritual confusion—caught in the cycle of seeking elusive experiences or overwhelmed by complexity—now is the time for a new approach. 2025 offers you the opportunity to stop seeking and finally start being.

Our 3-Month Retreat is the concentrated version of the Academy of Being’s full program, designed to provide you with the clarity and tools you need to ground your realization in a direct and focused way. This is a transformative experience for those who are ready to move from confusion to clarity in a short amount of time, guided by the proven 4-Pillar Compass.

Our Mission

At the Academy of Being, our mission is to ensure that your self-realization journey is not only clear and accessible but also deeply fulfilling. We are dedicated to creating a high-quality path for you—one that provides the clarity, structure, and tools necessary to navigate the process with confidence and ease. Through our 4-Pillar Compass, we empower you to understand the stages of your journey and integrate your realization into daily life, ensuring that it becomes a lived experience, not just a fleeting insight. Our focus is on guiding you through a grounded, effective, and transformative experience of self-realization—one that is sustainable, enriching, and present in every step.

A Clear Path of Self-Realization

Our unique program was created specifically to support you - the dedicated seeker - to find your way out of the maze and really ground your realization. Here’s how we’ll do it:

• You will be initiated into our 4-Pillar Compass which is the core of our program. This is your foundation, map and navigation system through your entire realization process.

• Clearly grasping the 4 Pillar Compass is our goal for you, as it will allow you to navigate your realization process with a sense of deep knowing and trust increasing the quality of your realization journey immensely by clarifying it and refining it to its essence.

• With the close expert guidance you will receive from Bastianela you will ground the 4 pillars in your understanding and experience and master them for a graceful and thrilling realization adventure.

With the guidance of the 4-Pillar Compass, you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself and the unfolding of your realization journey. This clarity will empower you to ground your insights more fully and steadily as you progress. Clarity is at the heart of this process, and this is why a program that is as focused, deep, and thorough as ours is invaluable for any seeker on the path of self-realization. It helps elevate the quality of your journey and ensures it unfolds with ultimate effectiveness. We are honored to accompany you on this transformative journey, supporting you every step of the way.

Join Out of the Maze today.
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Final sign-up date: March 1st, 2025.
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Our Focus: The Quality of Your Realization Journey

At the Academy of Being, we challenge the myth of the “hard spiritual path.” So many seekers believe that self-realization must be a struggle—a path filled with confusion, complexity, and endless striving. But here, we offer a grounded, clear alternative. Our approach isn’t about enduring hardship; it’s about navigating your journey with confidence, clarity.

Our program is designed to speak directly to those who are tired of feeling lost in a maze of conflicting teachings. You don’t have to fumble your way through the process. Instead, with the 4-Pillar Compass, you’ll have a simple yet profoundly effective system to guide you every step of the way.

We address the “fumble mentality” head-on: many seekers feel like they’re just guessing or hoping to get it right someday. This often leads to burnout and frustration. The truth is, self-realization doesn’t have to be a struggle. Our program offers a clear, structured path to help you navigate the stages of awakening with confidence—no more stumbling or relying on guesswork.

Trust is a core element of our approach. Many seekers find it hard to trust the process, wondering if they’re on the right path or if it’s even possible to fully embody their true nature. We offer a deep level of trust in the journey. With a clear map, a proven method, and a solid framework, you can rest assured that your transformation is unfolding naturally, at your own pace.

Emotional healing is another cornerstone of the process.It’s not just about “fixing” problems—it’s about integrating your whole being, removing emotional blocks that hinder the realization process, and helping you experience your wholeness. The integration process peals of layers of conditioning which allows you to feel more and more free to be authentic naturally.

Above all, we are inviting you to experience transformation with clarity, peace, and joy. This is not about pushing through pain or enduring struggle. It’s about walking the path with confidence, knowing that you are fully supported and capable of living your deepest truth.

You deserve a path to self-realization that feels natural, easy, and transformative.

How We'll Guide You Out of the Maze

Many seekers find themselves stuck, unable to stabilize their awareness or move beyond emotional suffering and unfulfilled longing. If this you, now is your opportunity to release the struggle and step into a streamlined program that stands out in the sea of structureless, elusive teachings—one designed specifically to bring structure, clarity, peace, and grounded realization.

Join the Academy today and you will gain:

• Clarity: Understand with clarity the map, what the journey implies where you are, and how to move forward next. No more confusion, no more frustration.
• Practical Tools: Learn simple, effective practices that allow you to stabilize your real nature in everyday life.
• A Structured framework: Experience and ground your realization with our 4-pillar program that guides you from seeking to being.

This program isn’t just learning more concepts; it’s about learning a clear way to navigate your awakening - moving out of the maze and into a life of embodied realization. We’ll help you step off the spiritual treadmill and into the real peace, clarity, and joy of your own Being for good.

From Seeking to Being: What Your Journey Will Look Like

We’ve crafted a clear, coherent, and comprehensive journey to help you move gracefully on your realization journey - transforming the experience of self-realization into a living reality. Here’s how the journey will unfold:

Stage 1: Realizing – In this first stage, you’ll uncover the truth of your Being. No more chasing after abstract ideas or fleeting experiences. You’ll gain clarity and insight into your essential nature, leaving behind confusion and uncertainty. This is the stage where the fog begins to lift, and you begin to see your real self clearly.

Stage 2: Stabilizing – With clarity comes the work of stabilizing your awareness. In this stage, you’ll learn how to stay grounded in your realization in everyday life. The tools we offer will help you hold your sense of presence, even as you navigate daily challenges and emotions.

Stage 3: Embodying – The final stage is about grounding this realization of yourself and aligning your body-mind-heart to this new understanding. You’ll find that the peace, joy, and clarity you’ve been searching for are natural to your own Being.

Throughout each stage, the 4-Pillar Compass will be your foundation, map and guiding system. It will help you see what you need and give you the tools necessary for every moment. You'll know how to move forward with clarity and direction. No more guessing or wondering.

The 4-Pillar Compass: Your Foundation, Map & Navigation System

At the heart of our program is the 4-Pillar Compass—a truly unique system designed to bring clarity, structure, and gentle guidance to your journey. Born from over 30 years of personal experience—through study, practice, and teaching—this Blueprint captures the essence of the realization path, without shortcuts or unnecessary complexity. It’s a thoughtful, simplified approach that ties everything together, helping you move forward with confidence, peace, and deep understanding. We created this system with you in mind, ensuring that every step of your journey feels grounded, purposeful, and full of revelation.

Here’s how the 4 Pillars work together:

Pillar 1 – The Map: Is a practical, step-by-step guide that illuminates the essential stages and milestones of self-realization. This map will help you see where you are and what’s ahead, giving you direction and clarity.

Pillar 2 – The Method: Uncover a profound yet simple approach that helps you return to the peace of your own Being with clarity and precision, no matter what life throws your way. This method is more than just a tool—it is a guide, offering you a clear path to trace your way back to yourself - the eternal presence of awareness that you are. In times of uncertainty or challenge, it helps you stay rooted in your innate peace and clarity, grounding your sense of self in the unshakeable stillness of Being. With this method, you are deepening your experience of life, moment by moment, from a place of profound stability and inner trust.

Pillar 3 – The Integration: Heal the parts of yourself that feel wounded and in pain. This pillar teaches a powerful practice for releasing emotional and psychological blocks that keep you feeling disconnected and hurting. As you dissolve these layers of separation, you return to your natural state of wholeness, lightness, and clarity. This integration allows you to embody your essence and experience life with greater freedom, authenticity, and ease.

Pillar 4 – The Mastery: As you master the first three pillars, you naturally arrive at Pillar 4—navigating your realization process with a deep sense of peaceful knowing. This is where you begin to flow with life, experiencing more moments of pure beauty and love. The journey becomes a seamless unfolding, where you trust the process completely and live from a place of deep inner freedom and purpose.

Together, these pillars provide your foundation, a step-by-step map and orientation system that allows you to move through each stage of your realization with understanding, ease, and momentum.

When you can clearly experience and master the first three pillars—Clarity, Method, and Emotional Healing—you’ve already laid the foundation for a successful, transformative journey. You no longer have to “fumble” through spiritual practices. These pillars act as a reliable compass, guiding you through the twists and turns of the journey with confidence and trust.

When you have clarity of the stages of the realization process, a method to trace your way back to yourself no matter the circumstances, and a methodology for emotional healing that integrates the mind, body, and heart, everything changes. It becomes about navigating the journey with grace, ease, and understanding rather than blindly stumbling through it, hoping for a breakthrough.

What You Will Experience on Your Journey

When you join the Academy, you’re not just signing up for another spiritual program. You’re committing to a life-changing journey—one that will guide you deeper and deeper into yourself.

Through your journey with us, you’ll:

• Be clear on what the whole realization process entails and how to navigate each stage.
• Experience greater and greater inner peace, clarity, and joy.
• Feel free to live with more authenticity and emotional resilience.
• Stabilize your awareness of your essential nature in daily life.
• Release emotional suffering and live with greater freedom, confidence and trust.
• Embody the peace, clarity, and joy of your own pure Being, day by day.

What You Will Receive

This program is designed to take you from unclarity and uncertainty to a grounded, embodied experience of your Aware Being.

Here’s what the program includes:

• 4 Pre-recorded Foundational Teaching Modules
The complete Out of the Maze Curriculum. These teachings will help you clarify the steps ahead and ground your journey of realization.

• Weekly 90-Minute Live Classes and Access to the Recordings
Every week, you’ll dive deeper into the teachings with live sessions that include experiential practices, mentoring, and Q&A. These classes are designed to clarify your process and offer personalized guidance to support your growth.

• Lifetime Access to All Foundational Modules
You’ll have ongoing access to the foundational teachings - your go to baseline spiritual toolkit as you journey deeper ad deeper into yourself.

• 1 One-on-One Session with Bastianela
Tailored mentoring to address your unique challenges and breakthroughs in private sessions.

• Private Community Portal
Receive access to the safe, supportive space of our 2025 Out of the Maze group to connect with other dedicated seekers who are as keen as you are to clarify, and ground their realization.

• Post-Graduate Support
After the program ends, continue your journey with monthly meditation sessions and Q&A webinars. This will ensure ongoing support and reflections of your own growth as you deepen your realization. (separate participation fee applies).

The program of the Seasonal Online Retreat is a concentrated version of the Academic Year deep-dive program. We created it with great care and attention to include all the necessary elements for a complete, comprehensive experience to fully support you in making your realization a living reality.

We invite you to join us and are honored to walk this transformative path with you.

Who This is This For

This 12-week retreat is for those who are ready to dive deep into the heart of self-realization, without the pace of a longer academic year. If you're looking for a focused, intensive experience that allows you to immerse fully in the process, this is the retreat for you. It’s for seekers who want to experience lasting clarity, peace, and personal transformation in a condensed, powerful timeframe.

You’re ready for this retreat if:

• You’re looking to accelerate your journey and experience profound shifts in a short, concentrated period.
• You've been on the path for a while but feel ready to take a deep dive into grounding and stabilizing your realization.
• You want a structured, clear approach to integrate your awakening into daily life without the distractions of a longer program.
• You value working independently and want a more personalized experience with focused, direct support from a mentor.
• You’re ready to let go of abstract teachings and practices and immerse yourself in what truly brings clarity, peace, and lasting transformation.

This retreat offers a unique opportunity to dive straight into the essence of your self-realization journey in an immersive, self-paced experience. It's time to step out of the maze and embrace the clarity and depth you’ve been searching for. Welcome home.

Pricing Options & Special Incentives

We want to make this transformative journey accessible to you, so we kept this premium program at the minimum price and created a payment plan:

• Full Payment: One time payment of $2200
• Monthly Payment Plan: 3 payments of $800

Includes: Pre-recorded foundational videos, 90 min weekly live calls, recordings of live calls, one private sessions with Bastianela, lifetime access to the foundational curriculum.

Incentives for Early Sign-ups

Ready to Step Into Clarity and Transformation?

• No Refund Policy: If you have any questions about the program or would like to see if it's the right fit for you, please book a call before signing up.
• General Inquiries: For any general questions, email us at connect@bastianelagloria.com. However, please ensure you've reviewed the FAQ page beforehand.
• Immediate Access: Once your payment has been processed, you will receive immediate access to the foundational curriculum, so you can begin studying and practicing right away.
• Payment Information: Please note that the PayPal page will display the name: Bente Nicoleta Ramona / @bastianela / Bucharest, RO / The Seeker's Academy.
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