Ancient Wisdom / Modern Tools

Life is a game.

Pick up the controller.

An RPG you play in real life. Gather six rings. Win a profile built for you.

001 · Load player · 01 / 04

In ordinary life, what do you actually talk about?

000 · Origin

Consciounaut

One who explores conscious experience directly using tools and traditions of science, religion, and culture.

AnWiMoTo is designed to help you discover glitches in your default programming and to develop a system that helps you meet your goals in life. The program happens in real life. The player chooses the outcome.

AnWiMoTo is short for Ancient Wisdom & Modern Tools. It is an RPG you play in real life to discover your default strengths and weaknesses.

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  • Tactics · Concrete words · Utilitarian deeds

    Artisan

    You process by doing. Consciousness shows up in the hands, the timing, the move that only works now.

  • Logistics · Concrete words · Cooperative deeds

    Guardian

    You process by tending. Consciousness shows up as stewardship — what must be kept, served, made reliable.

  • Diplomacy · Abstract words · Cooperative deeds

    Idealist

    You process by relating. Consciousness shows up as who you are becoming, and who you are becoming with.

  • Strategy · Abstract words · Utilitarian deeds

    Rational

    You process by mapping. Consciousness shows up as seeing the engine — systems, competence, the architecture underneath.

002 · Playstyle

How you move, not who you are.

Enneagram is special abilities: gift and glitch, stress and flow. Two rings — center and stance — name a type. Tests are notoriously hard online. You get the final say.

  • 1 · Gut center

    Reformer

  • 2 · Heart center

    Helper

  • 3 · Heart center

    Achiever

  • 4 · Heart center

    Individualist

  • 5 · Head center

    Investigator

  • 6 · Head center

    Loyalist

  • 7 · Head center

    Enthusiast

  • 8 · Gut center

    Challenger

  • 9 · Gut center

    Peacemaker

003 · Gamerphase

The phase of the game you are in.

Maslow's needs. Graves' spiral. Not a pyramid of better people — a progressive map of life conditions. Four questions name a current boss. You can walk in order, or start here.

  • 1 · Body

    Stay alive

  • 2 · Safety

    Keep the nest

  • 3 · Autonomy

    Take what’s mine

  • 4 · Order

    Live the code

  • 5 · Esteem

    Win the game

  • 6 · Belonging

    Include everyone

  • 7 · Actualization

    Integrate the system

  • 8 · Transcendence

    Serve the whole

Consciousness curriculum

An open-source, DIY movement: tools, methods, and resources for cultivating consciousness.

Retreats and coaching

Live work — in person or online — to discover, deepen, or expand conscious experience.

Consciounaut cafes

Local and online circles, discussions, and book clubs for a conscious, caring, curious community.