The Awareness Podcast
Welcome to The Awareness Podcast, where we discuss integrating spiritual awakening in everyday life with teachings and interviews of teachers at the cutting edge of spiritual evolution. Listen in for insights and practices to help remove the obstacles to Self-realization, inner peace and happiness. Brought to you by the Center for Awakening. To learn more about the Center for Awakening, go to https://hub.centerforawakening.org
Is Spiritual Awakening More Common Than We Think? with Susan Telford and Steve Taylor
In this episode of The Awareness Podcast, Susan Telford welcomes transpersonal psychologist, best-selling author, lecturer and spiritual poet, Steve Taylor, PhD.
Steve shares his own personal awakening experiences that began at a young age and that ultimately led him to devote his life to the study, investigation and process of spiritual awakening.
In his newest book, The Adventure: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Awakening, Steve explains, through his research of hundreds of people who had a profound spiritual awakening, that these experiences are not mystical or extraordinary, but rather they are more common than we...
From Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation with Bill Free and Sadhviji
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati was born in the USA and her spiritual journey took her to India, where she has lived for many years in the Parmarth Niketan Ashram ashram.
In this edition of the Awareness Podcast, Bill Free chats to Sadhviji about her recently published memoir, Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation.
Sadhviji speaks about her very conventional American life that was turned upside down by a vacation to India when she was 25 years old and in the middle of a PhD at Stanford.
It was there that she...
Self Inquiry: A Meditative Approach with Susan Telford and Heena Vasani
In this episode of The Awareness Podcast, Susan Telford sat down with Heena Vasani to discuss Heenaâs life and work using Dr Gabor Mateâs Compassionate Inquiry.
Heena had a kidney transplant 27 years ago, a topic she discussed with Jenny Beal here: https://hub.centerforawakening.org/blog/episode87
In this conversation with Susan, Heena shared how she almost refused the transplant,
because of a deep seated sense of unworthiness.
In finally accepting the donated kidney as a priceless gift, only made possible the death
of another young woman she never met...
The Conditions of No Escape: Exploring the Mystery of Awakening with Susan Telford and Daniel Schmidt
In this new episode of The Awareness Podcast, Susan Telford sits down with award-winning filmmaker and founder of the Awaken the World Initiative, Daniel Schmidt to discuss spiritual awakening.
Learn about what Dan describes as a "pattern interrupt" and how that has played out in his own life.
Susan and Dan discuss what is meant by the term "spiritual ego" and how effort on the spiritual path can take us further from the Truth of who we are. Dan speaks eloquently about the importance of what he calls "the conditions of no escape" and "the s...
Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Angelo DiLullo
In this final episode of Living an Awakened Life, Susan Telford sits down with Angelo DiLullo to discuss:
What is really meant by âawakeningâ.The importance of shadow work How to tell if you have made spiritual awakening into a hobbyWhy it is important to have a teacher The practical way to approach teachings such as there is no choice and there is no doer. The meeting of the relative and the absolute that occurs in deep stage realizationAngelo also describes the 4 classes he will be teaching for the Journey of Awakening Teaching Series in January, entitle...
Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren #12: Putting it all together.
What does using the Tools for Awakening look like in day to day life?
Join Rona and Cyndi as they:
Summarize the tools discussed over the past 11 episodesDescribe real life examples of how these tools can be usedExperience the peace and joy that comes from fully committing to this work.Join Cyndi and Rona as they put it all together.
Would you like to join Cyndi and Rona live each week and explore spiritual awakening in the company of like-minded men and women? We invite you to join our online spiritual Community called...
Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Joost Vanhove: A Holistic Path to Happiness
In her final episode for the Awareness Podcast, Jenny talks with Joost Vanhove about his spiritual journey which involved exploration of a very wide range of ideas, methods and teachings. His keen interest in spirituality was initiated by repeated childhood experiences of expansion and oneness. It wasnât until his teens that by chance he discovered the writings of a 14th Century Belgian mystic which confirmed for him the reality of what he had experienced.
Joost describes and gives examples of the way language influences our thought processes. Jenny and Joost discuss the role of language in th...
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free and Amy Haible: Advaita in ACIM
In this episode of Conversations in Truth, Bill and his guest Amy Haible come together for a lively discussion of A Course in Miracles and how Advaita integration can be so helpful to students of ACIM and nonduality.
Amy shares what A Course in Miracles has meant to her and gives us more details about her weekly, live sessions in our Evolve Community exploring this enlightening subject.
And, if you'd like to join Amy Haible to explore the text on A Course in Miracles with an emphasis on non dual teachings? Then check out her...
Living An Awakened Life with Rona Marren and Susan Telford : Enter the Stillness: Live from the Silent Heart
Join guest host Rona Marren as she turns the tables and interviews Susan Telford.
Listen in as Rona and Susan discuss:
Why Susan calls the burnout that ended her career as a high school teacher âFierce GraceâSusanâs journey of awakening through different spiritual traditionsWhat Susan means by 'The Seventh Sense'The unexpected arrival of poetry in Susanâs lifeSusan also shares a bit about her upcoming Masterclass in our Evolve Community this December titled: Enter the Stillness: Live from the Silent Heart, when she will guide participants to a direct experience of the profound...
Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Ellen Emmet: Psychology From a Nondual Perspective
In this episode, Jenny and her guest Ellen Emmet explore the interplay between the vertical, here-and-now dimension of the spiritual path, and our human experience in space and time.
They discuss:
The role of exploration of the body in the spiritual pathWhether freedom, truth and authenticity are prerequisites for happinessBody-mind conditioning as universal patterns of the mental realm, analogous to the patterns of the physical realm that are the subject of scienceDealing with traumaWhen shadow-work is neededHow to protect ourselves from developing âspiritual egoâThe importance of spiritual friendshipsThe podcast ends with Ellen describing how difficult circ...
Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren: #11 Open-Mindedness
What does it mean to be Open Minded?
During this conversation with Rona and Cyndi you will learnâŚ
The Open Mind is an empty mindHow the Open Mind is an effect â it is never a âcauseâ and it can never be forced.How the Open Mind is the gift received from willingness and intentionJoin Cyndi and Rona for this discussion and set the intention to empty the mind.
Would you like to join Cyndi and Rona live each week and explore spiritual awakening in the company of like-minded men and women? We invite y...
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free and Rosalyn Rourke: When Wisdom Arives
In this episode of Conversations in Truth, Bill and his guest Rosalyn Rourke discuss Rosalynâs new book, When Wisdom Arrives:Â From Imagined Unworthiness to Freedom. Tune in to hear...
How Rosalyn felt when her daughter died unexpectedly at the age of 39What prompted Rosalyn to write this book Rosalyn explains her favorite sentence in the book: "If thoughts and feelings were truth, they would be called facts.âWhat Rosalyn means by âokaynessâ and how you can live there alwaysLearn more about Bill's One Year Masterclass for Awakening here.Â
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Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Jac O'Keeffe: The Gifts and Perils of Power
Join Susan and Jac O'Keeffe for a wide-ranging conversation about what it really means to live an awakened life.Â
Susan and Jac discuss
What it means ( and what it doesnât mean) to be awakened The importance of dealing with our humannessHow to wake up and grow up spiritually How there is no final destination in awakening That even after awakening, there is still work to be done How Jacâs own journey has been all about finding out the truth for herselfWhat attachment to non duality is and what it signifiesTo learn more and to jo...
Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren: #10 Patience
A great working definition for patience is being here Now without focusing on outward future goals.
When you join Rona and Cyndi you will discoverâŚ
The gift in being OK with the present moment just as it is.How natural patience becomes when you Trust.An invitation to watch for the subtle signs you are believing something has to change for you to be okay.Instruction on how to bring the âwanting things to changeâ to present moment awareness and what once may expect as a result.Join Cyndi and Rona as they continue to offer...
Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Heena Vasani: Life is Our Teacher
In this episode, Jenny's guest, Heena Vasani describes how her mother abandoned her at a very young age, and Jenny and Heena discuss how the trauma from that experience led to inner work over many years to find resolution and healing.
Heena describes how her spiritual journey started in her early 20âs with a profound glimpse of her true nature that occurred when she was about to undergo a kidney transplant.
Jenny and Heena also discuss:
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free and Justin Gold
Join Bill Free for this episode of Conversations in Truth, as he welcomes Justin Gold to hear:
What Justin learned from Christianity, Islam, and JudaismWhat he learned about meditation from a 3 year old child.His multi-dimensional answer to Billâs question, without the use of memory, who are you?The importance of âsupervisionâ on the spiritual path.About Justinâs spiritual community and the social and aid work they do.Learn more about Bill's One Year Masterclass for Awakening here.Â
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Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Tom Das: Many Ways To Freedom
In this second conversation on The Awareness Podcast, Susan and Tom begin by discussing the profound opening that occurred live on the first episode together that was the end of seeking for Susan.
If you have not listened to that podcast, you can hear it here.
Susan and Tom also discussÂ
How when Tom meets somebody and they share something with him, a teaching emerges that is appropriate for them. ÂTom also discusses what to expect in his 4-Part LIVE Masterclass series âMany Ways To Freedomâ beginning in October.
To learn more an...
Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren: #9 Generosity
The worldâs definition of generosity is different than truthâs.
Do you know the difference?
Join Rona and Cyndi as they âŚ
Join Cyndi and Rona for this invitation to embrace generosity and let go of fear.
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Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Elizabeth Reninger: Where Spiritual Traditions Meet
In this episode, Jenny's guest, Elizabeth Reninger describes how when she was very young, the birth of her sister and the death of a young child in a farming accident sparked an early curiosity about the nature of human existence. The death of her father a few years later led to the recognition that we are not the body.
Her childhood curiosity persisted into adulthood and led to a path of exploring the deepest truth. Initially this was through academic studies, but later through a variety of spiritual traditions. She was fascinated by what the various teachings...
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free and Chris Beckett : Wisdom Freed: The Everyday Spiritual Path to Liberation
In this episode of Conversation in Truth, Bill Free talks to his guest Chris Beckett about what Chris calls Wisdom Freed.
Wisdom Freed is about pointing your spirituality towards the most important part of your life - the everyday when you're working, going to the supermarket or catching up with a good friend.
Chris discusses his own unexpected spiritual awakening and how through a series of Micro Meditations - simple, quick moments of presence done throughout the day, he allowed the natural process of awakening and liberation to unfold.
Chris discovered that these...
Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Helen Hamilton: Awakening to the Truth
We have all heard the phrase âspiritual awakeningâ, but do you really know what it means, especially for those of us who are living an âordinaryâ life in the world?
Perhaps you have an image of what you think it should look like, feel like, be like.
In this episode of Living an Awakened Life, Susan and Helen go right back to first principles to discuss what spiritually awakening really is, how it shows up in our lives and the changes it brings.
Helen shares her own experience of awakening; what she describes as âthe...
Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren: Defenselessness
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 âŚ
Listen in as Rona and Cyndi look at the relationship between defense and attackLearn how our defenses hold the separated world in place.Be guided into an exploration of where true safety liesBe given pointers that you can use the next time you see the desire to defend.Join Cyndi and Rona for this powerful discussion
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Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Venkatesh Deshpande - The Ramana Way
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 Maharshi ashram at Tiruvannamalai, resulted in him falling in love with Ramanaâs teaching and seeing tha...
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free: The Direct Experience of A Course in Miracles, Part 3
In this third episode of Billâs 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 pathsWorkbook Lessons 106, 107, 125 and 188 of A Course in Miracles from a non-dual perspective Miracle Principle 28His favorite passages from the Text How to use ACIM as a tool for awakeningBill ends with a guided meditation offering you a direct experience of your true nature.
Learn more about Bill's One Year Masterclass for Awakening, here.Â
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Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Jenny Beal: What Does It Mean to Live In Not-Knowing
In this episode of Living an Awakened Life, Susan sits down with fellow Awareness Podcast host Jenny Beal to discussÂ
Jennyâs 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 Jennyâs own experiences of trying coming to an end in radical waysHow saying âI know I'm pure consciousnes...Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren: A Review
In this episode Cyndi and Rona review the tools introduced during the first 6 episodes.
When you tune in you will âŚ
Receive a review of the first 6 toolsListen in as Cyndi and Rona discuss how they all work togetherBe reminded of where the only problem liesBe given a demonstration of how to show up whenever an upset is seenJoin Cyndi and Rona for a deepening into The Tools for Awakening
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Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Marc Keller: Effortless Being
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.
Marc has a serious and incurable medical condition called ârestless legs syndromeâ whic...
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free: The Direct Experience of A Course in Miracles, Part 2
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.Â
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Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Louise Kay: Embodiment and Integration
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.Â
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 by clicking here.Â
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Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren: Joy
In this episode Cyndi and Rona explore Joy
When you tune in you will âŚ
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
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Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and HŃlen Vink -Miksang: Expressing the Beauty of the Ordinary World
In this podcast, Jenny and HŃlen discuss the Dharma Art of Miksang, a form of contemplative photography, and its role as a spiritual practice on the path of beauty.
HŃlen 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 express the simple, direct and brilliant experience of a flash of perception, be...
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free: The Direct Experience of A Course in Miracles, Part 1
Billâs 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 worldâs 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 isnât something you have to wait for. The direct experience is here for yo...
Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Amoda Maa- Unconditional Openness, the Way of Freedom
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 depressionthe question she askedAmodaâs experience of awakening whether or not it is necessary for awakening to be integrated into oneâs lifethe arising of the inner impulse to teachthe importance of deep listen...Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren -Tolerance
In this episode Cyndi and Rona discuss the state that is opposite of judgment: Tolerance
When you tune in you will learnâŚ
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 mindHow all the tools discussed in this series are used togetherJoin Cyndi and Rona to experience the beauty of the judgment free zone
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Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Billy Doyle - Yoga in the Kashmir Tradition
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.Â
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 need more than teacher?The yoga Billy teaches and its...Conversations in Truth with Bill Free and Jim Gillette
Join Bill Free and Jim Gillette for this episode of Conversations in Truth.Â
Jim discusses his own diverse spiritual path, which includes:Â
learning from Timothy Leary (Ram Das) and J Krishnamurti spending time in India to learn more about Transcendental Meditation in Maharishiâs ashramfollowing the tenets of Radhasoamiusing the Centering Prayer of Thomas Keeting as a lay ecumenical minister all while living his life as a businessman, husband and fatherLearn how after 5 decades of spiritual practice, Jim came to the profound realization of âI donât know, I donât care and it doesnât mat...
Living An Awakened Life with Susan Telford and Isira: âWe are One, not #1ââWhat Indigenous Wisdom Brings to Awakening
Join Susan Telford and Isira for this episode of Living an Awakened Life.Â
Susan and Isira discussÂ
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 effectswhat is meant by spiritual narcissism and spiritual escapism how we come back to the ordinariness and naturalness of our true naturethe 4 sacred pillars of indigenous wisdom and how those pillars are relevant to every single human being. ÂIsira also offers a guided practice, so that you can have a di...
Tools for Awakening with Cyndi Krupp and Rona Marren - Gentleness
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 discussâŚ
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
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Living in Not-Knowing with Jenny Beal and Bernardo Kastrup - What is this World?
In this âLiving in Not-Knowingâ 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.Â
Jenny and Bernardo discuss
Conversations in Truth with Bill Free and Steve Taylor
Join Bill Free and British author and lecturer Steve Taylor for the latest episode of Conversations in Truth.
In this episode, Bill and Steve discussÂ
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