268 - Khaled ElSherbini - How a Scientist Interprets Ancient Wisdom Traditions for a Modern Audience
“The psychospiritual is a journey; there's no destination. You can never say suddenly, okay, I've done my work. I'm healed! I'm perfect! I'm enlightened! It doesn't work that way.” - Khaled ElSherbini
I take my woo-woo quite seriously. Still, I understand why some people don’t (or can’t) give credit to ancient wisdom traditions like astrology, Reiki, or the Enneagram. It’s not the message embedded in those beliefs. It’s the language. There is also a bit of bias towards knowledge with little to no basis in scientific proof unless you count a bazillion years of ancestral knowledge and experience. I do. So does Khaled ElSherbini, PhD. He’s the founder of Consciousness Academy (CA), the leading IEA-accredited Enneagram school located on the Sinai Peninsula, which is, coincidentally, a place that three of the world’s major religions (Islam, Judaism, and Christianity) believe holds spiritual significance. If you like your woo-woo grounded in modern scientific understanding, this convo is for you!
“I'm originally a PhD. in mechanical and aerospace engineering, says Khaled before launching into a seriously impressive list of professional bona fides. “I've had several lives and actually was pretty good in all of them, but none of them gave me fulfillment.” That internal unrest led Khaled on a journey of personal development and psychospiritual transformation, culminating in his founding CA with his wife in 2015.
CA quickly became a destination for others seeking a deeper understanding of and connection to themselves. Students appreciated Khaled’s thoroughly modern scientific background and his ability to translate ancestral esoteric theories for contemporary living. He relies on the Enneagram, an ancient personality typing tool, to help students gain self-awareness and insight into their motivations and behaviors.
In 2020, CA transitioned to an online model (for obvious reasons), which allowed it to extend its reach. Before the shift, Khaled sensed that people desired something beyond the rote checking off goals and accomplishments. “People were thirsty for something spiritual that doesn't involve their religious beliefs,” he explains. “The mystical side of religions was lost just like everything inner was lost in the modern civilization, or at least was looked down at.”
I’ve taken several courses at CA and can confirm that they center the mystical but in an organized, logical way. The “proof” we seek is already embedded in us. “It's just waking up something that you haven't looked at for a long time,” Khaled says.
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Dr. Khaled ElSherbini is a transpersonal psychologist and former aerospace scientist. He is the visionary founder of The Consciousness Academy and Enneagram Egypt and also serves as a faculty member at Meridian University. Dr. ElSherbini dedicates his expertise to the realms of consciousness, personal development, and psycho-spiritual transformation.
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