Awareness Explorers
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Awareness Explorers
If you want to awaken peace and love in daily life, pure awareness is always available as the background of all experience. Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor explore ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.
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204 эпизод
203: Kate Alvo, Guest Explorer on Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE)
In this episode, we talk to Kate Alvo about Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) how they can release tension held in the body from stress and...
202: The Future of Transformational Technologies
In this episode, we explore how technology is accelerating human transformation and consciousness, and we outline the five key areas that are driving...
201: Amy Islip, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Amy Islip about her experiences with guided MDMA therapy, the profound spiritual awakening that ensued, and the resulting e...
200: Recurring Themes
In this episode, we respond to ChatGPT's summary of the top 15 recurring themes throughout the 200 episodes of Awareness Explorers to date, and elabor...
199: Guru Pros and Cons
In this episode we discuss gurus and spiritual teachers and explore the potential benefits as well as the potential risks involved in following a guru...
198: Beth Miller, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk with Beth Miller, author of Awakening is Not for the Faint of Heart: Risk Everything for Love, about her profound shift in con...
197: Michael McCord, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Michael McCord, president of San Francisco Zen Center, on bringing Zen practices into daily life and work, and how enlighte...
196: Stephen Zerfas, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Stephen Zerfas, co-founder of Jhourney, which offers retreats facilitating rapid access to jhana meditation states, describ...
195: How to Be with Bad News
In this episode we discuss strategies for handling bad news as an awakening person, balancing awareness and action..
• Includes a guided meditat...
194: Embracing the Middle Way
In this episode we discuss the concept of the Middle Way and explore how to move beyond polarities in spiritual practice and daily life, thus finding...
193: Kat van Oudheusden, Guest Explorer
In this episode, we talk to Kat (Katrijn) van Oudheusden, author of Seeing No-Self, and Beyond Illusion, about discovering the illusion of separation,...
192: Samuel Jacob, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Samuel Jacob, a contemporary spiritual teacher specializing in radical self-inquiry. He emphasizes the immediate availabili...
191: Inward and Outward Paths
In this episode we explore the concepts of the inward and outward facing paths. They are presented as different approaches in various traditions that,...
190: John Travis, Guest Explorer
In this episode, we interview John Travis, founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation Center, exploring his spiritual journey and teachings, and h...
189: Trauma and Awakening
In this episode, we discuss the relationship between trauma and spiritual awakening, and how trauma can not only obscure awareness but can also cataly...
188: Exploring Intuition
In this episode we discuss intuition, its nature, how to access it, and its relationship to awakening.
• Includes a guided meditation helping yo...
187: Robert Rugg, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk with Robert Rugg, author of Awakening to Effortless Being: Realizing Your Infinite Self, about his spiritual journey, his teac...
186: Rituals
In this episode we explore the topic of rituals and their impact on experiencing deeper peace, love, and joy in life.
• Includes a guided medita...
185: Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, Guest Explorers
In this episode we talk to Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, founders of the Awakening Curriculum, about the Wheel of Identification, which is their fram...
184: What Makes an Ideal Human?
In this episode we look at twenty-five possible qualities of being an ideal human, and explore their relevance to awakening.
• Includes a guided...
183: Amy Albright and Drew Pierson, Guest Explorers
In this episode, we discuss neurofeedback, consciousness, and practical techniques for achieving higher states of awareness with Dr. Amy Albright and...
182: Kat Adamson, Guest Explorer
In this episode, we talk to Kat Adamson, widow of the late non-duality teacher Sailor Bob Adamson, about his life, teachings, legacy, and Bob's core m...
181: The Gift of Aging
In this episode we talk about the negative associations of aging but also how it can be a doorway to the gifts and spiritual opportunities that come w...
180: Craig Hamilton, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Craig Hamilton about his "direct awakening" approach to meditation that aims to immediately connect with one's true nature....
179: Everything You Don’t Like is Your Guru
In this episode we talk about how the things in our lives that we don't like can show us where we are resistant and attached, and can trigger new ways...
178: Beyond the Mind and Into the Mystery
In this episode we explore methods for entering into a state of mystery and wonder through specific questions and contemplations.
• Includes a g...
177: Cindy Teevens, Guest Explorer
In this episode, we talk to Cindy Teevens, author of Alchemy, How to Feel Good No Matter What, as well as The Happiness Lie—which challenges the belie...
176: Favorite Movies and Books to Inspire
In this episode, we share a gift bag of movies and books that have inspired us over the years and talk about how they can be powerful tools for inspir...
175: Saja Fendél, Guest Explorer
In this episode, we talk to Saja Fendél, founder of Thought Dojo, about forgiveness, and explore practical methods for realizing unconditional happine...
174: Alex Shailer, Guest Explorer
In this episode, we talk to Alex Shailer about fully experiencing feelings as a way to release them, identifying with our true nature as consciousness...
173: Time, Now, and the Non-Future
In this episode, we discuss the non-reality of the future and its traps that keep us from the now and obscure our true nature.
• Includes a guid...
172: Colette Martin and Boris Feldman, Guest Explorers
In this episode we talk to Colette Martin and Boris Feldman about their Deepening Protocol, which guides people through progressively deeper states of...
171: The Future of Consciousness
In this episode we discuss how consciousness exploration will change in the future due to emerging technologies and societal changes, and we contempla...
170: Eva Müller, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Eva Müller about her spiritual journey, her meditation techniques, and her healing transmissions.
• Includes a guided...
169: Remedies for Cognitive Distortions
In this episode we talk about how limited thinking patterns can be looked at, dissected, and overcome.
• Includes a guided meditation providing...
168: David Farmer, Guest Explorer
In this episode, David Farmer talks about how Japanese culture, including archery, led to spiritual insight, and his further explorations with David B...
167: Negative Thought Patterns
In this episode we talk about patterns that keep our thinking locked in mental stories and keep us from present moment awakening.
• Includes a g...
166: Walter Dennison, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Walter Dennison about his experiences with diving into the center of emotions in order to let go of resistance and open a d...
165: Positive Psychology and Awakening
In this episode we compare and contrast the techniques of positive psychology with the techniques of nondual awareness practices.
• Includes a g...
164: What to Do When You're Triggered
In this episode we talk about what triggers you, what we normally do with triggers, and seven ways to make good use of them on the path to awakening. ...