“Who Else Wants to Learn More About Boosting Self Esteem?”

Dear Friend,

You’ve stumbled upon this site for a reason, perhaps a friend shared it with you, perhaps you found a link to it by sheer coincidence while you were searching about self esteem and taking your life to the next level…

Whatever the reason – know this…the man you’re about to meet and the contents of this site may have a dramatic influence on your life over the next few weeks.

My name is John Lake, I’m a prolific blogger, artist, and self-improvement and meditation ‘junkie’. This site is my attempt to share with you my remarkable experiences and conversations with a man I met in Los Angeles in the summer of 2004.

His name is Burt Goldman—and his message is mind-blowing. Here I present to you…

My Lessons with Burt Goldman, The American Monk

Who is Burt Goldman? Let me tell you. In the last few years alone, Burt:

  • Wrote several books on self esteem and got one published
  • Took up photography and got one of his works shown in galleries world-wide
  • Took up painting, set up an art website, and became a sought after painter
  • Taught himself to sing, and even released a CD
  • Set up two new personal development and meditation businesses each doing over $1 million a year

But here’s the amazing thing…

Burt just turned EIGHTY-THREE YEARS old.

At a time in life when most people in the world are alone, sick and miserable—or worse—long dead… Burt is going through a self esteem renaissance period of his life with no slowing down.

Is he some sort of science-fiction, super-human? Actually no, he’s just an ordinary man living in Los Angeles.

But Burt does have a one BIG secret…

He claims that he has learned to focus his mind in such a way, that he’s able to slow down aging, pick up new skills at will, and maintain perfect health.

But how?

You see, for the last 50 years, Burt has been traveling the world to study the self esteem movement and has been meeting and studying spiritual masters from every inch of our planet. He became a disciple of the great Yogananda, the legendary teacher who introduced Yoga to the West. He became the protege of Jose Silva, the Mexican-American, who introduced dynamic meditation to the Western world.

Now, at the age of 81, Burt is ready to share with the world what he’s learned. And I’m honored to be part of this sharing. His message is going to have a profound effect on how we live our lives in the modern world. I dare say—it could be earth shattering.

We’ll be using the Internet to broadcast Burt’s message to the world. In the video below, Burt explains what he’s going to give to the world.

Our goal is to raise the consciousness of 1 million people over the next year. And we’re going to do this for free—using the Internet to deliver 7 Lessons from Burt Goldman, the American Monk.

Each Lesson includes a short text followed by 3 guided meditation exercises read by Burt that are designed to take you to a higher level of Consciousness.

Gave Me Tremendous Power and Energy

“It is great! My life is changing! You helped me to convert my miserable life into happy days! No, I did not win a lottery. It is much better: I found you! My life got so busy and interesting I have not to much time to exercise! I cannot imagine how many good things I can do with my life!

It can get only better and better every day! Your method gave me a tremendous power and endless source of energy to do my work and help others!”

~ Gabriela Pielarska

You Changed My Life

“In a nutshell, you have changed my life.

I am only 16 and yet through your meditation program and stress relief methods, I am now able to look upon my daily negatives in a new and positive light.

Boring aspects of my life such as college and general blues are now eradicated and are now replaced with a desire to motivate myself to thrive in life and attain my dreams.. so thank you for making this teenager value life!”

~ Matthew H.

Seven Lessons, each with 3 Exercises

To be part of this consciousness-changing event, and to learn how you can apply the teachings of some of the world’s most important spiritual masters into your busy, hectic life—sign up using the form below.

PS: Sparking a change in your life couldn’t be any easier than this, so let The American Monk transform your life the way you’ve always wanted today.

I like you and that is why I am here to help,

Burt Goldman – The American Monk



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