Jonathan Robinson
Brian Tom O'Connor
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. Includes guided meditations with each podcast episode.
Awareness Explorers - Podcasts
158: Rastal, Guest Explorer
4/12/2024 - 75 min
In this episode we talk to Rastal about his journey from trauma and depression to fundamental wellbeing, his experience with a method from Jeffery Martin's Finder's Course, as well as how he navigates the many different levels of fundamental wellbeing, bringing it to the foreground of our experience.
157: Karen Thorson, Guest Explorer
3/29/2024 - 65 min
In this episode we talk to Karen Thorson about the interplay between health, pain, worry, responsibility, and being present with what is, as well as using the body for direct experiencing, and our unique paths among the various modalities for continuous explorations.
156: The Downsides of Awakening
3/15/2024 - 44 min
In this episode we explore the potential drawbacks of our spiritual journey, and how awareness of these drawbacks can help us to sidestep them.
155: Judith Blackstone, Guest Explorer, Part 2
3/1/2024 - 55 min
In this episode, we talk to Judith Blackstone about her new book, The Fullness of the Ground, different approaches to nonduality, and inhabiting the body as a way to connect to Fundamental Consciousness and the ground of being.
154: Free Will and Non-Doership
2/16/2024 - 42 min
In this episode we delve into the practical use of thinking that we have free will and the liberating implications of imaging that we do not.
153: A Sense of Mission
2/2/2024 - 42 min
In this episode, we talk about the benefits and potential drawbacks to aligning with and pursuing a sense of mission.
152: Rosalyn Rourke, Guest Explorer
1/19/2024 - 72 min
In this episode we talk to Rosalyn Rourke about her book, When Wisdom Arrives, the Enneagram, how to deal with feelings, and using more relatable terms that are not spiritual jargon to help people reduce suffering.
151: Identification and Disidentification
1/5/2024 - 45 min
In this episode we talk about the advantages and disadvantages of both identification and disidentification, and when it’s appropriate to use each in daily life and in our spiritual practice.
150: Sid Friedman, Guest Explorer
12/22/2023 - 66 min
In this episode we talk to Sid Friedman about how his technique—Effortless IFS—grew out of Internal Family Systems, and how we can heal contractions and life difficulties while celebrating the fulfillment inherent in our nature.
149: Abstinence and Indulgence
12/8/2023 - 51 min
In this episode we discuss the value of abstaining from various distractions and the potential value in fully indulging or experiencing the joy and sensations of the present moment.
148: Patricia Dennison, Guest Explorer
11/24/2023 - 53 min
In this episode, our guest, Patricia Dennison, offers something different. Five songs about nonduality, along with our discussion of putting nondual lyrics within the heart opening sound of simple guitar music and vocal harmony.
147: Beyond Belief
11/10/2023 - 58 min
In this episode, we explore how limiting beliefs happen and how to go beyond them into a more expansive experience of life.
146: Sam Gow, Guest Explorer
10/24/2023 - 58 min
In this episode we talk to Sam Gow about the nature of awareness, the experience of the sense of self, and how to soften doing, so that you rest in being.
145: Gareth Duignam, Guest Explorer
10/13/2023 - 60 min
In this episode, we talk to Gareth Duignam, who specializes in describing and sending various forms of transmissions for spiritual awakening.
144: Getting Curious about Cutiosity
9/29/2023 - 47 min
In this episode we explore two different aspects of curiosity, outer curiosity as a way of enhancing life and relationships, and inner curiosity as a way of spiritual growth and discovering your true nature.
143: Self-Criticism
9/15/2023 - 44 min
In this episode we explore the problem of self-criticism and various ways to go beyond that nagging voice in your head.
142: Lee Holden, Guest Explorer
9/1/2023 - 56 min
In this episode we talk to Lee Holden about Qi Gong, his teacher, Mantak Chia, and how to use Qi Gong to transform stress into vitality, through building energy in the body, emotional balance, clarity of mind, and spiritual awareness.
141: Catherine Ingram, Guest Explorer
8/18/2023 - 58 min
In this episode, we talk to Catherine Ingram about empathic activism, effortlessness, how to stay sane in a crazy world, and her teachers, Papaji and Leonard Cohen.
140: Motivation and Identity
8/4/2023 - 44 min
In this episode we discuss the interplay between identity and motivation, including how certain motivations may be more helpful than others on the journey of awakening.
139: Joan Tollifson, Guest Explorer
7/21/2023 - 58 min
In this episode we talk to Joan Tollifson about the simplicity of being present, and the value of movies, teachers, meditation, and different types of inquiry.
138: Tuning Your Inner Radio Stations
2023/7/7 - 49 min
In this episode we use a radio station analogy to explore how different frequencies can be harmful or helpful towards peace and happiness, and how to tune away from some and towards others.
137: Mind Ploys
2023/6/23 - 53 min
In this episode, we describe various ways our mind tricks us into missing reality and our true nature.
136: Adyashanti Encore
2023/6/9 - 55 min
An Encore presentation of our interview with Adyashanti from 2019. In this episode we talk to Adyashanti about spirituality as living in a state of discovery, and ways to tap into silence in daily life.
135: Roger Walsh, Guest Explorer
2023/5/26 - 68 min
In this episode we talk to Roger Walsh about a wide range of topics, including shamanism, nonduality, how to respond to global crises, and practices in all religious traditions.
134: AI and Awakening
2023/5/12 - 62 min
In this episode, we discuss how new technologies such as artificial intelligence can be used to help or hinder awakening and human happiness.
133: No Self or Better Self
2023/4/28 - 52 min
In this episode we debate the relative advantages of improving the individual self vs. transcending the individual self.
132: Gangaji, Guest Explorer
2023/4/14 - 59 min
In this episode we talk to Gangaji about her teacher Papaji, how to bring freshness to the teaching, as well as surrender, vigilance, and getting free of the narrative self.
131: Hale Dwoskin, Guest Explorer
2023/3/31 - 65 min
In this episode, we talk to Hale Dwoskin about The Sedona Method and how it has evolved from a technique to let go of painful or unwanted feelings into a truly nondual method to help you realize that there is no separation.
130: Human Awakening Environments
2023/3/17 - 50 min
In this episode we discuss the best social environments that are supportive of awakening and inspiring experiences of oneness.
129: Is Anything True?
2023/3/3 - 49 min
In this episode, we help with letting go of the mind by exploring the limitations of the intellect in evaluating, understanding, and knowing reality.
128: MDMA and Love Training
2023/2/17 - 53 min
In this episode Brian interviews Jonathan about his research and experience in how to use MDMA, better known as ecstasy, as a medicine for couples therapy, overcoming PTSD, and as training wheels for learning how to stay in an expanded and loving state of consciousness.
127: Andrew Harvey, Guest Explorer
2023/2/3 - 63 min
In this episode Jonathan talks to Andrew Harvey about the necessity of combining activism with spiritual practice in order for it to be balanced, effective and truly helpful to you and to the world.
126: Conditions and Conditioning
2023/1/20 - 55 min
In this episode we talk about how the conditions we place on our experience veil the happiness and peace that make up our true nature.
125: Victor Burkhart - Guest Explorer
2023/1/6 - 57 min
In this episode we talk to Victor Burkhart about being a conduit for truth and the excitement and newness of constant discovery on the spiritual journey.
124: Spiritualizing the Holidays
2022/12/23 - 43 min
In this episode we talk about how to create sacred time, and the advantages and pitfalls of the various ways of bringing joy and peace to the holidays.
123: Awareness Adventures
Jonathan interviews Brian about his new book
2022/12/9 - 46 min
In this episode, we chat about Brian's new book, Awareness Adventures, and discuss such topics as the use of imagination, the core wound, and Brian's newest games for awakening awareness.
122: Jac O'Keeffe - Guest Explorer
2022/11/25 - 63 min
In this episode we had great fun talking to Jac O'Keeffe about the interplay of stillness and humanness and how to deepen with each of them, including what is deeper than nonduality.
Jac O’Keeffe is a spiritual teacher, leader and author of books Born to Be Free and How to Be a Spiritual Rebel. Her teachings include pointers to prior to the nondual state, and she is clear that nondual awareness is a stepping-stone and not a destination. She has a high sense of perception that she uses to expose, unravel and heal what creates blockages on her students’ spiritual path. Her teachings cultivate wisdom, honesty, and integrity.
Jac’s work is driven by her capacity to envision the possible future of spirituality. She is a founding member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI), an organization with a mission to bring high levels of integrity to the culture of spiritual leadership.
121: C. von Hasset - Guest Explorer
2022/11/11 - 51 min
In this episode we talk to C von Hassett, author of Entering the Mind, about Dzogchen, a radical wisdom practice which points us towards the recognition of the open, expansive nature of our own innate mind in its natural state.
120: Marianne Williamson - Guest Explorer
2022/10/28 - 48 min
In this episode we talk with Marianne Williamson about the power of love, the value of A Course in Miracles, the importance of activism, and her experience of running for president.
119: A Psychedelic Debate
2022/10/7 - 50 min
In this episode Brian takes a skeptical view of the use of psychedelics while Jonathan describes their potential uses in overcoming psychological or spiritual blocks.
118:The Middle Way
2022/9/23 - 47 min
In this episode we talk about finding a middle way of peace and sanity in between the various extreme polarities presented to us in modern day life.
117: Angelo DiLullo - Guest Explorer
2022/9/14 - 80 min
In this episode we talk to Angelo DiLullo about awakening, liberation from suffering, and his book, Awake: It’s Your Turn.
116: Lesley Skylar - Guest Explorer
2022/8/26 - 74 min
In this episode we talk to Lesley Skylar about the liberation that lies beyond initial awakening, the deconstruction of identification, and the depth of our being as pure consciousness.
115: Myths of Enlightenment
2022/7/27 - 49 min
In this episode we outline ten of the most persistent myths about awakening and take a look at what’s true and false about each.
114: The Qualities of Awakening
2022/7/27 - 55 min
In this episode we explore the qualities inherent in awake awareness, and the value and potential pitfalls of tapping into various higher qualities directly.
113: Jim Dreaver - Guest Explorer
2022/7/15 - 43 min
In this episode we talk with Jim Dreaver about his new book, Untriggerable, his enlightenment experience, and what he learned from his nondual teacher, Jean Klein.
112: The Enlightment Project
2022/7/01 - 52 min
In this episode Brian interviews Jonathan about Jonathan’s new book, The Enlightenment Project, in which he shares poignant stories and valuable methods which he has learned from interviewing a hundred teachers.
111: Ted Strauss, Guest Explorer on Whole Being Coaching
2022/6/17 - 62 min
In this episode we explore the concept of coaching to help us with Whole Being Awakening, and the various aspects of our lives, including, spiritual, body, emotions, mind, and uniqueness.
110: Exploring the Art of Exploration
2022/6/3 - 50 min
In this episode we explore ways to explore topics with your friends and family, including specific obstacles to avoid and methods to use.
109: Reverence, Awe, and Devotion
2022/5/20 - 47 min
In this episode, we talk about the dangers and the value of reverence, awe, and devotion, and how we might bring them into everyday life.
108: Scott Kiloby, Guest Explorer
2022/5/6 - 57 min
In this episode we talk to Scott Kiloby about addiction, his unique inquiry methods, and ways to awaken from identification with our core deficiency.
107: Wide Open Humility
2022/4/22 - 52 min
In this episode we talk about the value of humility, the many obstacles to it, and how various paths can help to nurture an openness free of arrogance and self-importance. Includes a guided meditation to help you peel the layers of ego knowingness and self-protection and uncover true humility.
106: Are Spiritual Transmissions Helpful?
2022/4/8 - 45 min
In this episode we look at what transmissions are, whether they can lead to awakening, and how one can open to them more deeply. Includes a guided meditation leading us step-by-step through receiving and then giving transmission to another person.
105: Arthur Aghajanian, Guest Explorer
2022/3/25 - 57 min
In this episode we talk to Arthur Aghajanian about Christian mysticism and its relationship to nonduality. Includes instructions on how to do the contemplative Christian meditation known as The Centering Prayer.
104: The Value of Spiritual Experiments
2022/3/11 - 49 min
In this episode we outline several ways to experiment with spiritual principles to help discover your obstacles to awakening. Includes a guided meditation imagining a day through three different experiments.
103: Lisa Carrillo, Guest Explorer
2022/2/25 - 58 min
In this episode we talk to Lisa Carrillo about synthesizing psychology and awareness in a way that helps us see through our thought-based identity into True Being. Includes a guided meditation for noticing the benevolent presence which is already here and is beyond thought.
102: Powerlessness and Uncertainty
2022/2/11 - 47 min
In this episode we talk about how to make friends with powerlessness and uncertainty, and how letting go of resistance is the way to greater peace. Includes a guided meditation using a systematic way to become more okay with these difficult feelings.
101: Anna-Lisa Adelberg
2022/1/28 - 68 min
In this episode we talk to Anna-Lisa Adelberg of the Luminous Awareness Institute about how various aspects of healing and awareness can combine to embody a richer and deeper expression of awakening. Includes a guided meditation leading us through the experience of awareness of interconnected oneness, taking us from borderless formless awareness to fullness awareness.
100: Greatest Hits and Your Questions
2022/1/14 - 54 min
We celebrate our 100th episode by reviewing some of the key insights of the last three years of Awareness Explorers, and by answering questions from our listeners. We'd like to thank these listeners for sending in their excellent questions and giving us the opportunity to reflect on them in this episode: Sharon, Lisa, Ajay, Spencer, Joshua, Doug, and Debra. Thanks!
099: Your Relationship with Thoughts and Emotions
2021/12/31 - 51 min
In this episode we talk about how to change your relationship with your thoughts and emotions and identify with pure awareness. Includes a guided meditation that takes you step by step from full identification with an emotion to full connection with awareness.
098: Judith Blackstone, Guest Explorer
2021/12/17 - 57 min
In this episode we talk to Judith Blackstone about The Realization Process, and practical methods for fully inhabiting your body as a way of connecting with fundamental consciousness. Includes a guided meditation to help you attune to the central core of the body by tuning into the head, heart and pelvis.
097: If Life is a School...
2021/12/3 - 49 min
In this episode we reflect upon the benefits of seeing life as a curriculum to learn certain lessons and how that interacts with our true nature as awareness. Includes a guided meditation in which you are given the opportunity to review events from your past through the lens of what there was to learn from them.
096: Being Yourself
2021/11/19 - 50 min
In this episode we describe various layers and aspects to being more fully your ego personality as well as your higher universal self, including obstacles in the way to being each, and how to gently overcome them. Includes a guided meditation showing how the universal self can set the individual self free.
095: John Prendergast, Guest Explorer
2021/11/5 - 59 min
In this episode, we talk to John Prendergast about a somatic and heart-based approach to opening up to different levels of beingness. Includes a guided meditation taking us through deepening layers of peace from groundedness to open heartedness.
094: Time and Timelessness
2021/10/22 - 49 min
In this episode we explore the illusion of time, the reality of the present, and how to embrace more fully the only moment we live in—now. • Includes a guided meditation that uses phrases that point to the illusion of past and future and the portal of this eternal present moment.
093: Witness Consciousness
2021/10/8 - 48 min
In this episode we talk about the many levels of witness consciousness and the many ways to experience it in daily life. Includes a guided meditation to help you merge the witness and the witnessed into simply witnessing.
092: Colin McMorran, Guest Explorer
2021/9/24 - 53 min
In this episode we talk to Colin McMorran about transpersonal therapy, disidentifying from thought, and using analogies and metaphors for transcending the illusory self. Includes a guided meditation bringing us down into the spacious room of inner silence and then bringing that silence back into everyday life.
091: The Value of Self-Love
2021/9/10 - 52 min
In this episode we talk about obstacles to self-love, and we offer practical ideas and methods to cultivate self-acceptance, compassion, and kindness. Includes a guided meditation for moving from a part of ourselves that we don't like to an experience of openness, tenderness, and compassion.
090: Getting Love, Giving Love, and Being Love
2021/8/27 - 44 min
In this episode, we talk about different types of love, the obstacles to love and methods to uncover the love of our true nature. Includes a guided meditation using the mirror analogy to reveal how to connect to the love that we are.
089: Chris Niebauer, Guest Explorer
2021/8/13 - 65 min
In this episode we talk to Chris Niebauer, PhD. about his book, No Self, No Problem, and the parallels between recent discoveries in neuropsychology and spiritual practices such as Buddhism and Nonduality. Includes a guided meditation taking us through a series of questions to help us let go of who we are not.
088: Overcoming Your Judgmental Mind
2021/7/30 - 55 min
In this episode we discuss the pitfalls of having a judgmental mind, and present simple methods to use when judgment arises. Includes a guided meditation in which five phrases are used to help you transcend your judgmental nature.
087: Inquiring into Inquiry
2021/7/16 - 54 min
In this episode we inquire into the five different types of inquiry, and how each can be used to connect with deeper peace and happiness. Includes a guided meditation using questions to lead us into an experience of our true identity.
086: Deepak Chopra, Guest Explorer
2021/7/2 - 47 min
In this episode we talk to Deepak Chopra about his latest thoughts on awakening, consciousness, and his book, Total Meditation. Includes a guided meditation leading us to see how we are in everything, and how every experience includes, and is, the background of awareness.
085: Eric Zimmer, Guest Explorer
2021/6/18 - 68 min
In this episode we talk to Eric Zimmer, host of The One You Feed podcast, about how to create good spiritual habits through support, emotional regulation, acceptance, and finding the middle way. Includes a guided meditation helping us to experience body sensations, hearing, and breathing in one field of awareness.
084: Stepping Out of Your Story
2021/6/4 - 48 min
In this episode we explore how our minds continually create stories about ourselves, others, and the world, and we present many methods for stepping out of our stories and into inner peace. Includes a guided meditation to help you step out of stories that block you from peace, and instead enter into the stream of eternal presence.
083: Lion Goodman, Guest Explorer
2021/5/21 - 75 min
In this episode, we explore all things about beliefs with Lion Goodman, such as how they affect us, how to change them, and how to try on new beliefs that might help with awakening. Includes a guided meditation to help you let go of a limiting belief and try on and integrate a more beneficial belief.
082: Zoom with You
2021/5/7 - 65 min
In this episode we're joined by a group of listeners to explore what helps and hinders them on the path of awakening, including how and when to share spiritual ideas with others. We're sending our deep thanks for your wisdom and eloquence to all those who joined: Ajay, Barbara, Boris, Brent, Clint, Donna, Eliza, Elizabeth, George, Glynnis, Haran, Jana, Melanie, Robert, Steve, Tatini (and anyone else whose names we didn't catch.)
081: Pure Experiencing
2021/4/23 - 45 min
In this episode we talk about what pure experiencing is, what it feels like, what prevents it, and how to enjoy it in daily life. • Includes a guided meditation using the visual sense to guide you to the peacefulness and joy of pure conscious experience.
080: Tami Simon, Guest Explorer
2021/4/9 - 56 min
In this episode we talk to Tami Simon, the founder and CEO of Sounds True, about her personal practice, what she's learned from leading Sounds True, and various wisdom she's received from interviewing dozens of teachers. • Includes a guided breathing meditation from Tami on connecting with and filling your body with the natural upflow of energy from the Earth.
079: Endarkenment
2021/3/26 - 47 min
In this episode we discuss the freedom of not trying to be spiritual and allowing your shadow to show up as a path to greater awareness. • Includes a guided meditation to imagine how you would be different if you could be free of fear and inhibitions.
078: Sanjay Manchanda, Guest Explorer
2021/3/12 - 69 min
In this episode we talk with psychotherapist and neurofeedback expert Sanjay Manchanda. In our exploration, we discuss how psychotherapy and awakening can support each other, how new technologies can lead to expanded states of consciousness, and how to use trauma and strong emotions as a vehicle for further awakening. Includes two guided meditations from Sanjay. The first, for quickly disidentifying with contracted parts of oneself, and thereby open to various qualities of pure beingness, and the second, for delving into the unknown.
077: Overcoming the Dualistic Mind
2021/2/26 - 44 min
In this episode we discuss how separation is created in the mind, and ways to overcome it through seeing underlying unity. • Includes a guided meditation leading us to the experiential sense of the unity of opposites.
076: Is There Something to the Law of Attraction?
2021/2/12 - 44 min
In this episode, we tease out the useful kernels of truth and techniques of the Law of Attraction (LOA) as well as how its ideas and methods can be misused. Includes a guided meditation for using LOA principles to create an experience of higher consciousness in your day and in your future.
075: Jeffery Martin, Guest Explorer
2021/1/29 - 97 min
In this episode we talk to Dr. Jeffery Martin about his research into what helps people awaken, what methods are most useful, the nature of Fundamental Wellbeing, and common misconceptions about awakening.
074: The Voice in Your Head
2021/1/15 - 49 min
In this episode we explore what the voice in your head is, how to change your relationship to it, and what's on the other side when you don't fully identify with it. Includes a guided meditation to help loosen your identification with the voice in your head, and how to experience reality wordlessly.
073: Fred Davis, Guest Explorer
2021/1/1 - 75 min
In this episode we talk to Fred Davis about his awakening, his methods to help others wake up, and what gets in the way of living as awakeness. Includes a guided meditation that gives a quick sampling of various direct inquiry approaches to living as awake space.
072: Control vs. Surrender
2020/12/18 - 48 min
In this episode we look at surrender as an alternative to the idea that we can control our experience, and we include unique methods for experiencing surrender. Includes a guided meditation presenting several subtle ways to let go of control and enter into the realm of surrender.
071: Bruce Pardoe, Guest Explorer
2020/12/4 - 60 min
In this episode we talk to Bruce Pardoe about Heart Fluency, a system for awakening and for healing trauma by integrating difficult emotions into a field of spaciousness.
070: Your Relationship to Fear
2020/11/20 - 49 min
In this episode, we talk about types and approaches to fear and ways to effectively handle them for greater freedom and awakening. Includes a guided meditation leading us to the safety of the present moment.
069: Awareness and the Creative Process
2020/11/6 - 43 min
In this episode we talk about the similarities between the creative and spiritual process, including what opens us up to each, and what tends to block their full fruition. Includes a guided meditation to help us open up to the creative spark and let it manifest in daily life.
068: Pamela Wilson, Guest Explorer
2020/10/23 - 54 min
In this episode we talk to Pamela Wilson about clear seeing, honoring ourselves and all that arises within, and resting in the background of stillness, which is our true nature. Includes a guided meditation leading us into the silent, warm, benevolent, all-welcoming space of gratitude and stillness in the formless spiritual heart.
067: Peace in Turbulent Times
2020/10/9 - 52 min
In this episode we talk about the concepts of allowing vs. resisting, and how to find peace while also helping to reduce suffering in world. Includes a guided meditation to help allow our emotional reactions to events and thereby experience unity consciousness.
066: Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, Guest Explorer
2020/9/25 - 56 min
In this episode we talk to Bridgit Dengel Gaspard about how the various parts of oneself can be integrated into an aware ego. Includes a guided meditation to explore and assimilate two opposite parts of yourself.
065: J Jaye Gold (Justin), Guest Explorer
2020/9/11 - 58 min
In this episode we talk to J Jaye Gold (Justin), who was Jonathan's spiritual teacher for 26 years, and discusses his unique angle on spiritual groups, meditation, and his system of tools for uncovering consciousness. Includes a musical meditation.
064: The Yoga of Relationships
2020/8/28 - 51 min
In this episode we explore how relationships can be used as a vehicle for awakening and for overcoming obstacles that get in the way of knowing the nature of love. Includes a guided meditation asking several questions that can help deepen the connection in any relationship.
063: Daniel Schmidt and Tanya Mahar, Guest Explorers
2020/8/14 - 70 min
In this episode we talk to Daniel Schmidt and Tanya Mahar about their films, Inner Worlds Outer Worlds and Samadhi, the different approaches to Samadhi, and the various paths to awaking across many cultures.
062: What About Anger?
2020/7/31 - 46 min
In this episode we examine different types of anger, the causes of anger, and possible methods for dealing with anger and bringing it to awareness. Includes a guided meditation that helps us experience anger without the story attached to it.
061: Steve Farrell, Guest Explorer
2020/7/17 - 56 min
In this episode we talk to Steve Farrell about oneness, conscious business, and the necessity of having large portions of humanity wake up. Includes a guided meditation to help us feel into the inner light that is ever-present and connects each one of us.
060: What's Keeping You from Presence?
2020/7/3 - 50 min
In this episode we explore the many ways we avoid presence, and how to overcome them in daily life. Includes a guided meditation asking three questions to help us let go of obstacles to presence.
059: Jan Frazier, Guest Explorer
2020/6/19 - 55 min
In this episode we talk to Jan Frazier about what the awakened experience is like and how we interfere with the precious moments of daily life. Includes a guided description of how to approach daily life experiences from the perspective of allowing spontaneous moments of consciousness to linger.
058: Three Approaches to Happiness
2020/6/5 - 51 min
In this episode we outline three approaches to happiness—external, internal, and psychological—and the relative usefulness and methods of each. Includes a guided meditation leading us through the three elements of finding internal happiness.
057: Michael Lydon, Guest Explorer
2020/5/22 - 48 min
In this episode we talk to Michael Lydon about The Realization Process, and explore practical techniques for bringing a sense of the ground of being into our bodies. Includes a guided meditation containing a sampling of Realization Process Techniques.
056: Questions from Our Listeners
2020/5/8 - 51 min
In this episode, we discuss the value of questions and answer questions from our listeners. Includes a guided meditation that poses questions to expand your mind and help you to experience the infinite knowing beyond the mind.
055: Depression and Awareness
2020/4/24 - 43 min
In this episode, we discuss what depression is and how awareness practices can break its grip and affect it in beneficial ways. Includes a guided meditation leading you through two methods for being with negative feelings in a way that helps you get unstuck from them.
054: Are Pets the New Gurus?
2020/4/10 - 47 min
In this episode, we talk about what our pets can teach us about awareness and living a good life. Includes a guided meditation to help us listen to and embody a pet's wisdom.
053: Overcoming the "More" Mindset
2020/3/27 - 39 min
In this episode, we discuss the mind's desire for always wanting more and how to handle that tendency so that peace can be experienced. Includes a guided meditation to help bring awareness to the feeling of lack and to find peace and happiness in the feeling of enough.
052: Living with Uncertainty
2020/3/13 - 40 min
In this episode, we talk about how to thrive with feelings of insecurity during these uncertain times using various types of practices. Includes a guided meditation that helps you make friends with insecurity and uncertainty, and receive wisdom from your deeper knowing.
051: Amy Lindgren, Guest Explorer
2020/2/28 - 56 min
In this episode, we talk to Amy Lindgren about her experience of surrender, how she awakened, and what tools were most effective in this process. Includes a guided Pure Conscious Experience meditation, using an appealing visual image.
050: An Assortment of Awakening Meditations
2020/2/14 - 52 min
In this episode Jonathan and Brian take turns guiding listeners on 20 minutes of eyes-open meditations, followed by 20 minutes of eyes-closed meditations.
049: Patti Levin, Guest Explorer
2020/1/31 - 52 min
In this episode we talk to Dr. Patti Levin about her awakening experiences, oscillating between peace and conditioning, and the relationship between spirituality and psychology.
048: How to Talk About This Stuff
2020/1/17 - 41 min
In this episode we talk about how to share your experience of awareness and spirituality with friends and family in an exploratory manner. Includes a guided meditation to rehearse all the elements needed to share in with openness and curiosity.
047: Fear, Anxiety, and Awareness
2020/1/3 - 41 min
In this episode we talk we talk about how to be with fear and anxiety on the spiritual path in a way that facilitates greater awakening. Includes a guided meditation to help you drop the story about your fears and experience them as sensations in your body.
046: Susanne Marie, Guest Explorer
2019/12/20 - 58 min
In this episode we talk to Susanne Marie about the experiences of unity and of "no self," and the role that the heart and softening have in awakening. Includes a guided meditation from Susanne Marie to help open your heart.
045: Technology and Awakening
2019/12/6 - 51 min
In this episode we describe various new technologies that can foster spiritual awakening. Includes a guided meditation on how to know if a technology is truly helpful.
044: Thinking About the Future
2019/11/22 - 40 min
In this episode we explore whether the future exists and how our preoccupation with the future can be an obstacle to awakening. Includes a guided meditation to help you release the future and fully experience the peace of the present moment.
043: The New Spirituality
2019/11/8 - 46 min
In this episode we talk about how spirituality has changed over the past 25 years, and how to take advantage of the most positive changes. Includes a guided meditation engaging your intuition to discover what has kept you back and what can accelerate your growth moving forward.
042: Gail Brenner, Guest Explorer
2019/10/25 - 44 min
In this episode we talk to Gail Brenner about the connection between psychotherapy and awareness practices. Includes a guided meditation from Gail using the metaphor of the mind as the wide-open, borderless clear sky.
041: Into the Body
2019/10/11 - 44 min
In this episode we talk about how inner experience of the body can be a useful catalyst for spiritual growth. Includes a guided meditation using our body sensations to connect to the larger field of awareness that we all are.
040: Shortcomings and Humility
2019/9/27 - 48 min
In this episode we talk about how humility is crucial on the spiritual path and yet paradoxically cannot be directly cultivated. Includes an exploration of how humility can be experienced, and a guided meditation to help people let go of false ideas about themselves.
039: Carole Griggs & Ted Strauss, Guest Explorers
2019/9/13 - 59 min
In this episode we talk to Carole Griggs and Ted Strauss about a model for accelerating conscious awakening, and the advantages of consciousness coaching.
038: What if Nonduality Were True?
2019/8/30 - 41 min
In this episode we talk about the implications of nonduality in our spiritual and daily lives. Includes a guided meditation using imagination and metaphor to bring you to the experience that we're all part of one energy.
037: Paired Awakening Games
2019/8/16 - 46 min
In this episode we introduce games that can be played with two people and can quickly lead to the joy and peace of pure awareness. Includes a guided meditation that uses specific questions to guide the listener into a relaxation of their body and separate ego identity.
036: Loch Kelly, Guest Explorer
2019/8/2 - 64 min
In this episode we talk to Loch Kelly about Effortless Mindfulness, and how it differs from Deliberate Mindfulness as a method of opening to naturally compassionate, awake awareness. Includes a guided meditation or "glimpse practice" from Loch to help us know awake awareness without resorting to the thinking mind.
035: The Upside and Downside of Oneness
2019/7/19 - 37 min
In this episode we take a look at oneness from many angles, including spiritual bypassing and the paradox of oneness and humanness. Includes a guided meditation that leads us through a progression to the experience of Oneness.
034: The Mystical Use of Language
2019/7/5 - 40 min
In this episode we talk about how to use language as a tool to help you experience pure awareness. Includes a guided meditation that uses short phrases to point you back to your true nature as awareness.
033: What is Working on Yourself?
2019/6/21 - 42 min
In this episode we explore how to know if what you're doing to work on yourself is really working for you. Includes a guided meditation to help you find ways to allow the eternal present to resolve all difficulties and even to present solutions to practical problems.
032: Byron Katie, Guest Explorer
2019/6/7 - 60 min
In this episode we talk to spiritual teacher Byron Katie about the false self, the benefits of not believing your thoughts, and the lack of separation between people. Includes a guide to meditating on your judgements using Byron Katie's worksheets.
031: Acting Without Attachment
2019/5/24 - 38 min
In this episode we discuss how to act passionately in the world while being unattached to the results. Includes a guided meditation to help us combine intention with surrender.
030: John Astin, Guest Explorer
2019/5/10 - 66 min
In this episode, we talk to Dr. John Astin about consciousness research, songwriting, and practices for opening to pure experience. Includes a guided meditation, "The Borderless Field of Being" from his new book, "This Extraordinary Moment."
029: Jonathan Interviews Brian
2019/4/26 - 40 min
In this episode, Brian tells Jonathan about finding a way out of depression through awareness, his theater background, and his influences in the spiritual search. In addition, Brian leads a guided mediation using a window of eternity metaphor to help you expand your view into infinite awareness.
028: Brian Interviews Jonathan
2019/4/12 - 51 min
In this episode, Jonathan tells Brian about his spiritual teacher, the wild experiments he's done, and what he's found most helpful. In addition, Jonathan leads a guided mediation in which you contemplate your death in order to bring new aliveness to your current life.
027: Perfectionism and Control
2019/3/29 - 38 min
In this episode, we discuss how the tendencies towards control and perfectionism can interfere with our desire for peace and awareness, and how we can overcome these obstacles. Includes a guided meditation that walks you through the three phases of wabi sabi, imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.
026: Ric Weinman, Guest Explorer
2019/3/15 - 60 min
In this episode we talk to Ric Weinman about using higher energetics as a path to awakening and letting go of conditioning. Includes a guided meditation in which Ric leads us through letting go of three levels of selfhood, and into pure experience beyond self.
025: The Joy of Contemplation
2019/3/1 - 43 min
In this episode we describe how the practice of dropping a contemplative phrase into the depths of your being can lead to joy and revelation. Includes a guided meditation that introduces two phrases to use in a contemplative journey within.
024: Using Adyashanti's Teachings
2019/2/15 - 40 min
In this episode we reflect on our conversation with Adyashanti and share how you can apply his wisdom and methods to your life. Includes a guided meditation to help you use your body awareness as a barometer for living your truth.
023: Adyashanti, Guest Explorer
2019/2/1 - 55 min
In this episode we talk to Adyashanti about spirituality as living in a state of discovery, and ways to tap into silence in daily life. Includes a guided meditation from Adyashanti leading us through the three steps of experiencing meditation in its truest sense.
022: Decision to Awaken
2019/1/18 - 38 min
In this episode we discuss will and the power of making a decision to wake ourselves up. Includes a guided meditation to help develop our decision-making muscle and our sincere desire for awakening.
021: Metaphors of Awakening
2019/1/4 - 39 min
In this episode we describe a cornucopia of metaphors that help people understand awakened awareness. Includes a guided mediation using the dream metaphor to point to nondual awakening.
020: Receiving Spiritual Energy
2018/12/21 - 44 min
In this episode we explore the possibility of receiving energy remotely from spiritual beings, and the advantages and disadvantages of such approaches to awakening. Includes a guided meditation for receiving spiritual energy from a favorite teacher of your choice.
019: Rick Archer, Guest Explorer
2018/12/7 - 43 min
In this episode we talk to Rick Archer of "Buddha at the Gas Pump" about the advantages and ethical pitfalls of gurus and spiritual teachers.
018: Shifting Identity
2018/11/20 - 42 min
In this episode we discuss different ways to shift identity, different identities that are possible, and the ultimate shift in identity to awareness. Includes a guided meditation that takes you from the innocence of childlike awareness to the expansion into our innate ground of being.
017: The Value of Retreats
2018/11/9 - 43 min
In this episode we discuss different types of retreats, their potential value and potential limitations to aid in awakening. Includes a guided meditation to help you experience a head, heart, and gut awakening.
016: Lynn Marie Lumiere, Guest Explorer
2018/10/27 - 52 min
In this episode we talk with Lynn Marie Lumiere about how your relationships can grow in harmony through non-dual awareness. Includes a guided meditation from Lynn Marie pointing to the loving awareness that's always present.
015: Different Doors of Perception
2018/10/12 - 37 min
In this episode we discuss how to use visual, auditory, and sensory cues to help notice the ever-present field of awareness. Includes a guided meditation using each sense to awaken awareness. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.
014: Richard Lang, Headless Way Explorer
2018/9/29 - 51 min
In this episode we talk to Richard Lang about the variety of ways to point to Awareness known as "The Headless Way," pioneered by Douglas Harding. Includes a guided meditation with Richard to help us discover our true nature as pure Awareness.
013: Intention
2018/09/14 - 35 min
In this episode we explore the uses, abuses, and nuances of using intention to awaken. Includes a guided meditation for setting a clear intention in a way that allows relaxed awakening.
012: What is Satsang?
2018/8/31 - 40 min
In this episode we discuss what satsang is and how to use it effectively. Includes a guided self-inquiry meditation to lead you to the deeper "I" behind what you experience as "me."
011: Stuart Schwartz, Guest Explorer
2018/8/17 - 59 min
In this episode we talk to Rupert Spira about happiness, and how he leads people to the recognition of our true nature as awareness. Includes a guided meditation from Rupert for going beyond our normal notion of self into the experience of pure awareness.
010: How to Easily Know Your Obstacles
2018/8/3 - 40 min
In this episode we explore how to give and receive feedback so that you can know what your specific obstacles to awakening to awareness might be. Includes a guided meditation to help you discover what you need to know or do to be happier and what obstacles might be good for you to face.
009: Rupert Spira, Guest Explorer
2018/7/20 - 57 min
In this episode we talk to Rupert Spira about happiness, and how he leads people to the recognition of our true nature as awareness. Includes a guided meditation from Rupert for going beyond our normal notion of self into the experience of pure awareness.
008: Intuition and Decision Making
2018/7/10 - 36 min
In this episode we explore interplay between awareness, intuition, and decision making. Includes a guided meditation with a simple way of accessing intuition to help make good decisions.
007: Head vs. Heart Awakening
2018/6/22 - 42 min
In this episode we explore different types of awakening, and how each type has advantages and disadvantages. Includes a guided meditation to help you to drop from your head to your heart so you can better access your heart awakening experience.
006: What the Heck is Enlightenment?
2018/6/8 - 37 min
In this episode we explore differing descriptions and ways of viewing enlightenment and awakening. Includes a guided meditation to help imagine what would be different if you were enlightened and what obstacles would no longer be there.
005: Handling Difficult Emotions
2018/5/26 - 38 min
In this episode we explore different ways of coping with difficult emotions, including how to be with emotions without running away from them. Includes a guided meditation to help put tough emotions in perspective.
004: The Art of Letting Go
2018/5/11 - 39 min
In this episode we explore three approaches to letting go… letting go of physical tension, mental tension, and spiritual attachment. We give precise methods for handling each of these, including examples of how letting go is not the same as trying to change our experience. Includes a guided meditation for allowing whatever is to be there without resistance.
003: Thinking About Nothing
2018/4/28 - 43 min
In this episode we explore the way thinking can veil pure awareness, and we share ways to disidentify with our thoughts. Includes a guided meditation for calming your busy mind and bringing it into present moment awareness.
002: Slowing
2018/4/02 - 30 min
How to use very small disruptions and slowing down to bring pure awareness into daily life activities. Includes a guided method for using talking and movement as a trigger for awakened awareness.
001: What is Awareness
2018/4/02 - 36 min
We explore what we mean by awareness and how it can become our reliable source of peace, joy, and happiness. Includes a guided meditation on questions that lead to awakened awareness, as well as simple phrases that can trigger an immediate state of presence.
000: Introduction to Awareness Explorers
2018/4/02 - 28 min
In this first episode, we discuss why we created this podcast, and how it can help integrate awareness into daily life activities. Includes a two-minute guided meditation that gives people a direct taste of awakened awareness.
Awareness Explorers - Meditations
Guided Meditations from Awareness Explorers podcast episodes
Jonathan Robinson & Brian Tom O'Connor and Guests
042 - Open Sky Mind Meditation
Gail Brenner - 2019/10/25 - 5.19 min
041 - Feeling Your Body from the Inside
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/10/11 - 7.52 min
040 - Letting Go of Blame Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2019/9/27 - 9.10 min
038 - Imagining Oneness Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/8/30 - 6.39 min
037 - Questioning the Separate Ego Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2019/8/16 - 7.08 min
036 - Awareness is Knowing Without Using Thought Meditation
Loch Kelly - 2019/8/2 - 7.15 min
035 - Progression to Oneness Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/7/19 - 5.50 min
034 - Awareness is ..... Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2019/7/5 - 9.07 min
033 - Freedom from Self-Improvement Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/4/26 - 8.14 min
032 - A Guide to Meditating on Your Judgements
Byron Katie - 2019/6/7 - 4.15 min
031 - Intention & Surrender Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2019/5/24 - 9.05 min
030 - The Borderless Field of Being Meditation
John Astin - 2019/5/10 - 3.41 min
029 - Window to Eternity Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/4/26 - 6.44 min
028 - Near Death Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2019/4/12 - 10.35 min
027 - Wabi Sabi Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/3/1 4.54 min
026 - Sense of Self Meditation
Ric Weinman - 2019/3/15 - 6.36 min
025 - Contemplative Phrases Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2019/3/1 - 8.41 min
024 - Body Barometer Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/2/15 - 6.35 min
023 - Three Steps Meditation
Adyashanti - 2019/2/01 - 7.42 min
022 - Decision-Making Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2019/1/18 - 8.05 min
021 - Dream Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2019/1/04 - 5.36 min
020 - Spiritual Energy Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/12/21 - 6.06 min
018 - Identity Shift Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2018/11/20 - 7.26 min
017 - Head, Heart and Gut Awakening Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/11/9 - 8.24 min
016 - Loving Awareness Meditation
Lyn Marie Lumiere - 2018/10/27 - 12.52 min
015 - Triangulation Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2018/10/12 - 6.53 min
014 - Headless Experiments Meditation
Richard Lang - 2018/9/29 - 4.37 min
013 - Intention to Awaken Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/09/14 - 6.05 min
012 - The "I"of "My" Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2018/8/31 - 6.14 min
011 - Life Force Meditation
Stuart Schwartz - 2018/8/17 - 12.02 min
010 - Obstacles to Awareness Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/8/3 - 6.15 min
009 - Pure Awareness Meditation
Rupert Spira - 2018/7/20 - 5.47 min
008 - Intuïtion Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/7/10 - 7.37 min
007 - Heart Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2018/6/22 - 9.07 min
006 - What does Enlightenment Look Like
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/6/8 - 6.01 min
005 - Include Include Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2018/5/26 - 6.52 min
004 - Letting Go Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/5/11 - 5.29 min
003 - Thinking Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2018/4/28 - 8.20 min
002 - Slowing Meditation
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/4/02 - 4.39 min
001 - Awareness Question Meditation
Brian Tom O'Connor - 2018/4/02 - 6.39 min
000 - Quick Erasure Technique
Jonathan Robinson - 2018/4/02 - 5.14 min
