Testimonials

I was not seeking a guru or teacher but freedom. In Yasuhiko Genku Kimura, I have found a way-shower and fellow seeker. It was his groundbreaking article, “Self-responsibility, Self-integrity, and Freedom from the Guru" (2004) that called me to explore his writings and programs further. What I found was not an adult continuation of my freshman philosophy track at Stanford but a divinely creative space where authentic thinking, moment-by-moment truth, and individual freedom can flourish—a space where self-responsibility, self-integrity, and self-generation are embraced and expressed in the marvelous unfoldment of ATCE's true leaders and awakened travelers.

My creativity as a writer, director, producer, and painter is expanding into new dimensions thanks to Kimura-san's illumined ATCE program and compassionate direction, as well as the contributions of its fellow seekers from the U.S. and abroad. It is from this heart space, with gratitude, that I look forward to ATCE II, and to the rare gift of one of the truly great thinkers, way-showers, and integral philosophers of our time. You won't believe such an essential, transcendent program exists in this day and age.

‑‑Will Kendall, Venice, California

Writer, Director, Producer, & Media Executive

I am a rational man who requires sufficient amount of evidences to support my beliefs, decisions, and view points, but I did not know why I felt so stuck in my life, both professionally and socially, despite lack of obvious reasons. A prayer, full of anguish and beseechment, was offered to heaven. Many books were consumed; many seminars participated. They comforted me in this rut, but the comfort did not last long because I only believed in heaven but I “knew” that it did not exist. As a last measure, I took the ATCE course, thinking that this was it. If nothing ever comes out of it, I was never going to take another course.

A miracle of miracles occurred, for I found salvation through ATCE. I got a new job and I made amazing friends with whom I share a profound sense of belonging and intimacy. Above all I now know that heaven exists, and we are here to bring it down to earth. I made a complete peace with my past and I am fully engaged with the present, heeding the call of the future. Above all, I am grateful to be on a creative evolutionary odyssey with other wonderful human beings. To know that I am no longer alone, to know that my group exists which will not force me to conform to the group norm, is literally a kosmic salvation that I have been seeking as a stable yet ever-changing foundation for further growth. That is what ATCE delivered to me.

‑‑Byungwook Bob Yu, Montreal, Canada

Web Programmer

I was always captivated and challenged by the breadth and intensity of the class discussions and of profundity of the readings. Yasuhiko’s profoundly insightful and thought-provoking online consultations as well as the conference calls with class participants from North America and Europe bridged the time gap between classes and kept me connected, focused, and stimulated. I also re-connected with meditation.

As a result of my ATCE experience, I expanded my sphere of thinking and I feel a greater unity between my own self and the world and universe. I am more in touch with and more accepting of who I am. I feel more closely connected to my own religion and my creator. I believe that my spirituality has been enhanced and has become more authentic. I now have a better understanding of my life purpose for my own growth and for the betterment of my community. For those reasons and more, I highly recommend ATCE to those who are interested in expanding their knowledge and increasing the depth of their understanding of themselves and others for their own transformation.

‑‑Keith G. Myers, Brea, California

Corporate Senior Executive & Philanthropist

ATCE delivered even more than it had promised.  ATCE helped me clearly identify my true Authentic Self and has ignited me to live a more passionate, joyful, and balanced life. Yasuhiko is truly unique because he encourages participants to be their own "guru" and think for themselves. Thanks to ATCE, I have begun to unfold into the person I've always wanted to be. I have more fun, make more money, attract more "like minded" relationships and have strengthened my connection to humankind. I highly recommend ATCE!

‑‑Krista Tucker, Los Angeles, California

Writer

Yasuhiko’s ATCE program gave me all the clarity I have been seeking for over 25 years. His way of bringing the timeless wisdoms to me were remarkable and deeply meaningful. Through various readings, lectures, and group dialogues, I have been able to find my answers and take the steps to create and live the vibrant life I was meant to live!

‑‑Kevin Rafferty, Dana Point, California

Corporate Consultant and CEO Coach

ATCE called me because, for the last few years, I knew authenticity had to be added to wisdom as a prime quality highly desired in my life. The readings have been stimulating leaps into a quantum (invisible) world which were previously beyond my grasp. There is now a more nearly complete feeling of the implications of the quantum world, authenticity, our interconnectedness, interactions, interdependency, and the need for creativity than before. Yasuhiko’s commentaries were consistently brilliant and very helpful explanations of a quest that calls the core of my being. Most helpful of all were the explanations of the longings of the soul.  Indeed, his writings and speeches will be anticipated with great joy.

‑‑Rebecca Field, Los Gatos, California

Educator and Evolutionary Cosmologist

To be a part of the profound discussions masterfully led by Yasuhiko Genku Kimura, you truly get the feeling that you are reaching the unchartered territory at the leading edge of spiritual and intellectual thought. I also found it very exciting to join the brilliant community of thinkers who participate in ATCE. Working with them to figure out new ways to bring the powerful concepts discovered in ATCE into our daily lives has been a truly enriching experience.

‑‑Erik Quisling, Hollywood, California

Entrepreneur and Author, Fables from the Mud

I first came to know Yasuhiko Genku Kimura in the Master's Degree Program on Conscious Evolution I was taking where he delivered two brilliant lecture-seminars. He impressed me so much that I promised to myself to go to one of his courses, if I got the chance. That chance came last year when he created the ATCE I course. I signed up as soon as I heard about it. I did not intend to come every month as I live in Copenhagen, Denmark, but I became so enthusiastic about the course that I took all the classes in spite of the much traveling from Europe I had to do each time. I loved every minute of each class. Yasuhiko has a great ability to meet people at all spiritual levels, and he is a master in creating an atmosphere that makes the participants interested in getting to know each other and enjoy being together as much as they enjoy the teaching.

‑‑Bodil Bierring, Copenhagen, Denmark

French and Spanish Teacher and Translator

Yasuhiko Kimura's ATCE course opened the door that allowed me to embrace the greatest knowledge and truth of my own existence. The path of authentic thinking is the true path of real salvation - which is the healing that's derived from the wholeness that can only emanate from real integrity.

Yasuhiko's profound wisdom, insight and mystical knowledge points the way for those who are willing to accept the "good news" the greatest teachers of the ages shared. If you are ready - you come to deeply know that there is only Oneness. You Are and I Am. All the divinity you have ever sought lies within. Admittedly, much has been written of these truths; but Yasuhiko does more than teach them. His ATCE program awakens them within you. Rest assured, he is neither a preacher nor proselytizer. But he is, as he describes himself to be - a "philosopher of change". And if you participate, ATCE will change you.

Everything Yasuhiko teaches is substantiated through reason, logic and the wisdom gleaned from the esoteric and challenging writings he asked us to read. The dynamic all day sessions allowed for a flow of divine ideas that enriched all who participated. It was nothing short of ecstatic sharing energized by the most powerful process of evolutionary thinking.

Ironically, one of the greatest things I can say about ATCE is that it's not for everyone. If you are not willing to transcend your ideological, spiritual or religious constructs... if you believe that there is no need to evolve... if you are simply content in where you now stand in life... for god sakes, don't enroll in ATCE! But if you do, you will discover the best pathway I have yet found to inner discovery and the manifestation of my greatest aspirations. This is because ATCE will teach you the secret behind "The Secret." ATCE lovingly challenges you... it nurtures you and allows you simply to become the best possible you, you are continually capable of becoming. What's more you will never again cease evolving along that path, because the awareness that ATCE awakens can never be put back to sleep... You leave ATCE knowing all along that the greatest love in all the universe has never been apart from you.

‑‑David C. Bojorquez, California

Filmmaker/Director

From Participants’ Letters

Since you and I met in 2001, you have consistently, brilliantly, and wondrously opened my worlds of thought. Whether it is a 3-hour class or weekend workshop or a year-long seminar, sometimes it is just that one statement or connection which you make that reveals so much and brings me to ah-ha moments that I cherish and grow with. For me this translates into creating a new perspective and wholeness out of (and for) that which exists and into affirming all that which I am and we all are. . . .

I thank you for that which you wish to do in order to create beauty in our lovely worlds and for your vision of “omnicentric world community.” I know that you will continue to impact and move universes with subtle and sublime shifts, even as we each unfold in our uniqueness as you have so clearly taught and wished. We shall all be witness. Many thanks.

‑‑Ambika Talwar, Los Angeles, California

Professor of English, Seminar Leader, Holistic Practioner, Poet & Author

. . . Some of us have suffered considerable ostracization and isolation because of our intense refusal to compromise for long in structures that do not respect and encourage autonomy and self-mastery. Ours are not virgin hearts or minds but the heartminds of truly independent thinkers. We were attracted to your work because some of this same experience and predilection has clearly shaped your profound and deeply considered thinking and presentation. You sensed this in many of us and invited us into what quickly became a profound and loving conversation.

Your ideas and descriptions of experiences such as “alignment beyond agreement,” “omnicentric community,” “synergy,” “wholeness,” “process thought,””authentic thinking” resonated deeply with us and continue to do so. Also, you as a person have resonated deeply with many of us. We recognize our own struggles and desires in your relating of your struggles and desires. We have so longed for a community in which the longings of our souls can find full and free expression. We have so longed for conversations beyond the narrow confines of the egoic “I” and instead from a free and open place that is aware of each of our true I-nesses, our full flow from the pure subjective into the field of the pure objective, recognizing them both as emanations from the one Spirit.

You have helped us give voice to these longings and with great generosity have helped us refine our language both for inquiry and for communication with one another in the growing body of “one-another-ness” as we move out as clearer, stronger manifestations and centers of this Wholeness in the world. I know how full you are of insight and how pregnant you are with wisdom. I have heard your great longing to share what you have learned in too much isolation and solitude. I plan to be there to hear as much of it as possible as you share it. Your offering is a great resource and blessing for the whole world and especially for those of us in this emerging and linking omnicentric community. We wish to hold, continually welcome, and support your love and service just as you hold and support ours. . . .

‑‑Lewis Marshall, Brooklyn, NY

Theologian and Episcopal Priest