What occurs when you give your willingness to drop all defense? Join Rona and Cyndi as they explore the power of defenselessness. In this episode you will … Listen in as Rona and Cyndi look at the relationship between defense and attack Learn how our defenses hold the separated world in place. Be guided into an exploration of where true safety lies Be given pointers that you can use the next time you see the desire to defend. Join Cyndi and Rona for this powerful discussion Support the show Deep...
Aug 18, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 80
Venkatesh describes how his upbringing in a religious Hindu family led initially to spiritual questioning about the nature of God and then to the practice of Transcendental Meditation. Venkatesh discusses how he came to give up his successful career in business to follow a path of self-knowledge. He outlines the rigorous daily programme of work and study at the Sivananda ashram, where he followed a progressive path of both Jnana and Bhakti yoga. A spontaneous decision to visit the Ramana Maharsh...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 79
In this third episode of Bill’s series, on The Direct Experience of A Course in Miracles, , Bill discusses: The Ladder of Awakening What is meant by the inward and outward facing paths Workbook Lessons 106, 107, 125 and 188 of A Course in Miracles from a non-dual perspective Miracle Principle 28 His favorite passages from the Text How to use ACIM as a tool for awakening Bill ends with a guided meditation offering you a direct experience of your true nature. Learn more about Bill's One Year Maste...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 78
In this episode of Living an Awakened Life, Susan sits down with fellow Awareness Podcast host Jenny Beal to discuss Jenny’s own spiritual journey and the misunderstandings she encountered along the way How awakening is not a state that can be achieved What it really means to live in not-knowing What stands in the way of knowing the peace and happiness of our true nature in this moment How much effort is required on the spiritual path Susan and Jenny’s own experiences of trying coming to an end ...
Jul 28, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 77
In this episode Cyndi and Rona review the tools introduced during the first 6 episodes. When you tune in you will … Receive a review of the first 6 tools Listen in as Cyndi and Rona discuss how they all work together Be reminded of where the only problem lies Be given a demonstration of how to show up whenever an upset is seen Join Cyndi and Rona for a deepening into The Tools for Awakening Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Fin...
Jul 21, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 76
In this episode, Marc describes how he became a mindfulness trainer and life coach and then went on to explore his true nature more deeply, initially with Jan Geurtz, a non-dual teacher specializing in love and relationships, and later with Rupert Spira and Francis Lucille. During the Covid pandemic he went deeply into what he really knew for himself. Understanding the non-dual teaching is a starting-point, but it takes courage to really live as consciousness, with no ground beneath your feet. M...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 75
In this episode Bill Free answers questions from the audience, discusses Workbook Lessons 361-365 of A Course in Miracles from a nondual perspective. Bill also gives a guided awareness practice to enable you to have a glimpse of your true nature and teaches on what it means to live from the space of Pure Presence. Learn more about Bill's One Year Masterclass for Awakening here . Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more h...
Jul 07, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 74
In this episode of Living an Awakened Life, Louise Kay describes her own awakening and discusses the many paradoxes on the spiritual path. Louise offers a guided meditation so that you can have a direct experience of your true nature as awareness, as you listen. Louise and Susan discuss what it really means to embody spiritual awakening and the importance of embracing everything that arises with love and gentleness. Learn more about Louise's July Masterclass with the Teachers of God Foundation b...
Jun 23, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 73
In this episode Cyndi and Rona explore Joy When you tune in you will … Learn how joy is our natural state and contains limitless strength. Be invited to accept that all disturbing thoughts come from the mind, not from truth. A definition for joy that is different from what you think. How joy will unfold without efforting as you put all the tools into practice. Join Cyndi and Rona as they explore Joy Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to ...
Jun 16, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 72
In this podcast, Jenny and Hѐlen discuss the Dharma Art of Miksang, a form of contemplative photography, and its role as a spiritual practice on the path of beauty. Hѐlen describes how difficulties in her life led her to the Dharma Arts and Shambhala Buddhism. Miksang practice starts from being open and available. We have a tendency to overlook moments of pure, fresh seeing, and conceptualise what we see, giving everything a name and a form. In Miksang, instead of photographing objects, we expre...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 71
Bill’s goal in commenting on the lessons of ACIM through a non dual lens is to help you have the direct experience of awakening that the Course is pointing to Having studied with some of the world’s greatest teachers of A Course in Miracles, Advaita Vedanta, and the Direct Path of non-duality, Bill offers a direct experience of truth. Tune into this episode and say yes to stepping into a new Awareness of who you truly are. Awakening isn’t something you have to wait for. The direct experience is ...
Jun 02, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 70
In this episode of Living an Awakened life, Amoda Maa discusses the spiritual awakening that came after many years of contemplating self-help, working on herself, looking within, trying to find out what was the source of her unhappiness, and at times deep clinical depression and trying to fix herself. Susan and Amoda discuss: the sudden, expected awakening Amoda experienced in the midst of depression the question she asked Amoda’s experience of awakening whether or not it is necessary for awaken...
May 26, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 69
In this episode Cyndi and Rona discuss the state that is opposite of judgment: Tolerance When you tune in you will learn… How judgment destroys honesty and shatters trust. How Tolerance provides the ability to remain at peace without having to make any change to outer circumstances. Steps you can use when you discover intolerance (judgment) in your mind How all the tools discussed in this series are used together Join Cyndi and Rona to experience the beauty of the judgment free zone Support the ...
May 20, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Billy starts by describing the path he took through a variety of spiritual teachers and spiritual books to arrive at the teaching of Jean Klein. He goes on to talk about his relationship with Jean Klein. Jenny and Billy discuss Can recognition of our true nature happen just through reading books, or is a teacher necessary? What can a teacher impart, that books cannot? Is there a karana-guru (a guru with the ability to lead one to enlightenment) out there for all spiritual seekers? Do some people...
May 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Join Bill Free and Jim Gillette for this episode of Conversations in Truth. Jim discusses his own diverse spiritual path, which includes: learning from Timothy Leary (Ram Das) and J Krishnamurti spending time in India to learn more about Transcendental Meditation in Maharishi’s ashram following the tenets of Radhasoami using the Centering Prayer of Thomas Keeting as a lay ecumenical minister all while living his life as a businessman, husband and father Learn how after 5 decades of spiritual pra...
May 06, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Join Susan Telford and Isira for this episode of Living an Awakened Life. Susan and Isira discuss what it means to be awakened what is common to all spiritual traditions how suffering is often the catalyst for the spiritual search the tendency to romanticize awakening and its effects what is meant by spiritual narcissism and spiritual escapism how we come back to the ordinariness and naturalness of our true nature the 4 sacred pillars of indigenous wisdom and how those pillars are relevant to ev...
Apr 28, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 65
In this episode Cyndi and Rona discuss Gentleness, reminding us all that this path is not designed to be hard. Listen in while Rona and Cyndi discuss… That there is no effort or sacrifice in awakening. That softening around stories and giving willingness to letting go of judgment may be all that is required. How when we gently enter the pause and remember our Oneness upsets dissolve, often with ease. Join Cyndi and Rona and prepare to soften Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening exper...
Apr 21, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 64
In this ‘Living in Not-Knowing’ episode, Bernardo Kastrup describes his early career working as a scientist at CERN. He explains how his interest in consciousness led him to philosophy and to develop his theory of analytic idealism. Jenny and Bernardo discuss the nature of the world and how the illusion of being separate arises as a result of a natural process of dissociation. Do animals and plants have an inner life? What can we say about the nature of the inanimate world? Could AI one day have...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Join Bill Free and British author and lecturer Steve Taylor for the latest episode of Conversations in Truth. In this episode, Bill and Steve discuss how awakening is the next stage of human evolution the damage and suffering that is caused by disconnection, both psychologically or individually and socially and culturally the consequences of the highly individuated separate ego and all of the suffering it causes. common symptoms of awakening and how to recognize them Support the show Deepen your...
Apr 07, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 62
In this episode of Living an Awakened Life segment of the Awareness Podcast, guest host Amir Freimann and guest Anne Sweet discuss the Simplicity of Being. Amir and Anne discuss the part traumatic events play in spiritual awakening meditation as a doorway to understanding true nature how awakening simply reveals the inherent qualities that have always been present the Masterclass series they will be offering in April Learn more about the Masterclass by clicking here. Support the show Deepen your...
Mar 24, 2023•53 min•Season 2Ep. 61
In this episode Cyndi and Rona discuss the gateway that is required to make all the other tools work: Trust When you tune in you will learn… Why it is so important to rest from your story and place your trust in infinite consciousness. How to notice judgment when it shows up in the mind and the power of just noticing (without believing) the thoughts that pass-through awareness. What choosing to Trust that all is well, just as it is, does to empower and energize your spiritual practice. An invita...
Mar 17, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 60
In this edition of the Awareness podcast, Ann McIlraith describes her journey to the non-dual understanding through exploration of the body. She explains how T’ai Chi brings a feeling of openness and transparency of the body. The body can teach us so much, and T’ai Chi takes you beyond the body. Jenny and Ann discuss how the practice of T’ai Chi relates to the investigation of the body that Francis Lucille teaches, and the discovery of our borderlessness through which the feeling of separation t...
Mar 10, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Join Bill and Bob Gottfried for a conversation about the bridge from personal psychology to collective spirituality. Drawing on the wisdom gleaned from a long career as a neurocognitive specialist and therapist, Bob shares how to naturally discover one's true self, and the ultimate shortcut to divine wisdom and deep inner peace. Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here. Listen + Subscribe Stay up to date and tune in...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 58
In this Living an Awakened life episode, Susan Telford talks to spiritual teacher Shakti Caterina Maggi about spiritual awakening and how awakening is the beginning of our spiritual life. Listen to Shakti, as she invites you to a direct experience of your true nature as you listen to her voice. Shakti says, “It's something that virtually any human being can experience provided that they have the interest of looking at what it is that is aware in them.” Then join Shakti for a 2 part Masterclass i...
Feb 24, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 57
In this episode Cyndi and Rona introduce what some have described as the most difficult of all spiritual practices, The Pause When you tune in you will learn… · What The Pause is and why it is so powerful (hint – it is in The Pause where all is healed) · How to implement this technique into your everyday life · The transformative power of letting everything be as it is while letting any physical discomfort burn itself out. · How to discover the space between words and thoughts where the light of...
Feb 17, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 56
In this Living in Not-knowing podcast, Donald Hoffman explains how science is now catching up with what many of the spiritual traditions have been saying for millennia - that there is only one consciousness, and that time and space are not fundamental. What does science tell us about the nature of our human experience? Can we escape from the virtual reality headset that prevents us seeing things as they really are? Can Artificial Intelligence become conscious? What do we mean by 'understanding'?...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 55
In December 2022, Bill Free and Lisa Natoli spent 3 weeks in India. They traveled with a group hosted by Prachi Jain, director of the tour company Escape To… Listen as they share the joy of what India offers and how India brings a deeper awakening, a deeper sense of the peace and flow of Life. Learn more about Prachi’s work https://www.escapeto.in/ Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here. Listen + Subscribe Stay up...
Feb 03, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 54
In this episode Diederik shares how his life experiences led him to a choice between suicide and spiritual awakening. Tune in to hear How events that happen in early childhood create unconscious core beliefs How those beliefs create an identity that we rarely question How we self sabotage if one of those unconscious beliefs is that we do not deserve to be happy What happened when Diederik was diagnosed with lung cancer Diederik explain in detail the 6 step Choose Again method which has brought p...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 53
In A Course in Miracles Honesty is defined as consistency. During this podcast Cyndi and Rona discuss what that means and how it can be used as a very effective Tool for Awakening. Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here. Listen + Subscribe Stay up to date and tune in at centerforawakening.org/podcast ... You can also access the Awareness Podcast on your favorite podcast app and on the CFA YouTube Channel . This po...
Jan 20, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 52
In this episode, Francis describes what it means ‘to live in not-knowing’ and explains the distinction between non-duality and non-dualism. We discuss the different ways in which we can approach the hidden knowledge of awareness. After the first stage in which we discover the absolute reality of pure consciousness, Francis explains why it is essential to recognise that this one reality shines as this world. That’s the only way to be stable in this understanding. Otherwise, we feel nostalgia for ...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 51
