Zen Benefiel is a man of many paths, who has approached life in both conventional and unconventional ways. This approach has enabled him to bring his breadth of experience and knowledge together in ways that inspire and empower others.
Zen’s life has been fulfilling, having been in the corporate world, gone through incredible personal transformations, and then guided along a path leading to a more spiritual way of living. This journey encompasses bridging two worlds, two minds (the mental mind and the heart-centered mind), and becoming a warrior of light.
“Being orphaned at birth and adopted 6 weeks later gave me some introspective time, I’m sure. Four years later, my parents told me about my adoption, which left me with a question. ‘If I have a mother and father in heaven, can I talk to them?’ A few weeks later, as I stood looking out the window over our porch in silence, I heard a booming male voice: “Hey, you!” I developed a relationship with this voice, never giving it a name, yet trusting it implicitly. That was my early beginning.” Zen discovered the power of intuition and the importance of genuinely listening for the highest form of receiving from whatever is out there, bigger than us.
He began having out-of-body experiences at the age of 7. Between the ages of 8 and 10, Zen had bi-weekly (that he was aware of) experiences of rising into an orange, cigar-shaped cloud that seemed a mile long. At age 18, returning to college (pre-Med) and praying to know the truth, willing to die for it, if necessary, precipitated a profound experience of cosmic consciousness in and beyond the ‘light’. Returning with a gasp for breath, Zen knew we are all cosmic consciousness condensed into form, just unaware. For him, that was a heck of a rite of passage!
“I questioned the structures around me—religion, science, education—not from rebellion, but from a burning desire to know, to feel the truth of things from the inside out. What followed wasn’t a withdrawal from the world, but a more profound engagement with it. I worked in aerospace and education, exploring ancient texts and quantum physics, walking through mysticism and metaphysics, and coming face to face with beings and intelligence that stretched the imagination. Each encounter, whether terrestrial or otherwise, added to a mosaic of meaning that continues to evolve.” Zen became mesmerized by the vastness of the enormous amount of information flooding his experiences.
He explained that life has since unfolded as a journey of convergence, where corporate insight meets cosmic consciousness, and discipline meets divine spontaneity. The fulfillment came not from escaping the world, but from learning how to live fully within it while embracing the mystery. He now walks as both witness and participant in a planetary awakening, hoping to inspire others to trust their inner knowing and live from that sacred space where science, spirit, and the personal self become ONE.
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