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Ep 113112: The Enlightenment Project—Brian Interviews Jonathan About His New Book

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. • Includes a guided meditation leading us through twenty different descriptions of Awareness. To learn more about The Enlightenment Project, please visit: TheEnlightenmentProject.net Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: Top 10 Spirituality chart Top 25 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Jul 1, 202251 min

Ep 112111: Ted Strauss, Guest Explorer on Whole Being Coaching

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. • Includes a guided meditation from Ted helping us to integrate boundless awareness with our concept of our personal selves, our thoughts, our emotions, and our bodies. To learn more about Ted Strauss, please visit: https://iconscious.global/ and http://tedstrauss.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: Top 10 Spirituality chart Top 25 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Jun 17, 20221h 1m

Ep 111110: Exploring the Art of Exploration

In this episode we explore ways to explore topics with your friends and family, including specific obstacles to avoid and methods to use. • Includes a guided meditation on how to listen to others from the background of awareness. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: Top 10 Spirituality chart Top 25 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Jonas Denil on Unsplash

Jun 3, 202249 min

Ep 110109: Reverence, Awe, and Devotion

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. • Includes a guided meditation that helps you tap into reverence and awe by remembering such experiences in your life and relaxing back into them. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: Top 10 Spirituality chart Top 25 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Na Inho on Unsplash

May 20, 202246 min

Ep 109108: Scott Kiloby, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk to Scott Kiloby about addiction, his unique inquiry methods, and ways to awaken from identification with our core deficiency. • Includes a sample session in which Scott takes Jonathan through his distinctive inquiry approach. To learn more about Scott Kiloby, please visit: https://kiloby.com/ Scott's monthly member signup: https://kiloby.com/members-signup/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: Top 10 Spirituality chart Top 25 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

May 6, 202256 min

Ep 108107: Wide Open Humility

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: Top 100 Spirituality chart Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Klemen Vrankar on Unsplash

Apr 22, 202251 min

Ep 107106: Are Spiritual Transmissions Helpful?

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #20 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart #73 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Melissa Askew on Unsplash

Apr 8, 202244 min

Ep 106105: Arthur Aghajanian, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Arthur Aghajanian, please visit: imageandfaith.com Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #20 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart #73 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Mar 25, 202256 min

Ep 105104: The Value of Spiritual Experiments

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #20 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart #73 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Alex Kondratiev on Unsplash

Mar 11, 202248 min

Ep 104103: Lisa Carrillo, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Lisa Carrillo, please visit: https://www.experiencingthetrueself.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Feb 25, 202257 min

Ep 103AE Episode 102 Powerlessness and Uncertainty

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Jakub Kriz on Unsplash

Feb 11, 202246 min

Ep 102AE Episode 101 Anna-Lisa Adelberg

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. To learn more about Anna-Lisa Adelberg, please visit: https://www.luminousawareness.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Jan 28, 20221h 7m

Ep 101100: Greatest Hits and Your Questions

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! Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ Although we don't have a guided meditation in this episode, if you want to listen to the meditations from other episodes alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Marcel Eberle on Unsplash

Jan 14, 202253 min

Ep 10099: Your Relationship with Thoughts and Emotions

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Louis-Philippe Poitras on Unsplash

Dec 31, 202150 min

Ep 9998: Judith Blackstone, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Judith Blackstone, please visit: https://realizationprocess.org/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Dec 17, 202156 min

Ep 9897: If Life is a School...

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Vasily Koloda on Unsplash

Dec 3, 202148 min

Ep 9796: Being Yourself

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Aditya Saxena on Unsplash

Nov 19, 202149 min

Ep 9695: John Prendergast, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about John Prendergast, please visit: http://listeningfromsilence.com/ YouTube: John Prendergast - Listening from Silence https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvvZA03wHLuRBrYU9jyB5KA Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Nov 5, 202158 min

Ep 9594: Time and Timelessness

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Srikanta H. U on Unsplash

Oct 22, 202148 min

Ep 9493: Witness Consciousness

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Ian Stauffer on Unsplash

Oct 8, 202147 min

Ep 9392: Colin McMorran, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Colin McMorran, please visit: https://www.seeingnow.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Sep 24, 202152 min

Ep 9291: The Value of Self-Love

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Jackson David on Unsplash

Sep 10, 202151 min

Ep 9190: Getting Love, Giving Love, and Being Love

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by S Migaj on Unsplash

Aug 27, 202143 min

Ep 9089: Chris Niebauer, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Chris Niebauer, please visit: https://chrisniebauerphd.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/chris5264 https://www.facebook.com/noselfnoproblem Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Aug 13, 20211h 4m

Ep 8988: Overcoming Your Judgmental Mind

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash

Jul 30, 202154 min

Ep 8887: Inquiring into Inquiry

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Jul 16, 202153 min

Ep 8786: Deepak Chopra, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Deepak Chopra please visit: DeepakChopra.com Photo by Michael Allen Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Jul 2, 202146 min

Ep 8685: Eric Zimmer, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Eric Zimmer please visit: oneyoufeed.net https://www.oneyoufeed.net/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Jun 18, 20211h 7m

Ep 8584: Stepping Out of Your Story

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Jonas Jacobsson on Unsplash

Jun 4, 202147 min

Ep 8483: Lion Goodman, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Lion Goodman please visit: LionGoodman.com And if you're interested in learning the Clear Beliefs method, please visit: ClearBeliefs.com Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

May 21, 20211h 14m

Ep 8382: Zoom with You

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.) Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash

May 7, 20211h 4m

Ep 8281: Pure Experiencing

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Apr 23, 202144 min

Ep 8180: Tami Simon, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Tami Simon, please visit: SoundsTrue.com You can also listen to her podcast, Sounds True: Insights at the Edge, here: Sounds True: Insights at the Edg‪e To Learn more about her program, The Inner MBA, visit: https://innermba.soundstrue.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ and https://www.playawarenessgames.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian

Apr 9, 202155 min

Ep 8079: Endarkenment

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers

Mar 26, 202146 min

Ep 7978: Sanjay Manchanda, Guest Explorer

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers

Mar 12, 20211h 8m

Ep 7877: Overcoming the Dualistic Mind

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers

Feb 26, 202143 min

Ep 7776: Is There Something to the Law of Attraction?

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Feb 12, 202143 min

Ep 7675: Jeffery Martin, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Jeffery Martin, please visit: https://www.nonsymbolic.org/ https://45daystoawakening.com/ You can also find Dr. Martin's book, The Finders on Amazon: Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Jan 29, 20211h 37m

Ep 7574: The Voice in Your Head

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Jan 15, 202148 min

Ep 7473: Fred Davis, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Fred Davis, please visit https://awakeningclaritynow.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Jan 1, 20211h 14m

Ep 7372: Control vs. Surrender

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Dec 18, 202047 min

Ep 7271: Bruce Pardoe, Guest Explorer

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. Includes a guided meditation delving into the process for meeting and healing emotions such as feelings of unworthiness or trauma. To learn more about Bruce Pardoe and Heart Fluency, please visit https://heartfluency.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Dec 4, 202059 min

Ep 7170: Your Relationship to Fear

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Nov 20, 202048 min

Ep 7069: Awareness and the Creative Process

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Nov 6, 202042 min

Ep 6968: Pamela Wilson, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Pamela Wilson, please visit http://www.pamelasatsang.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Oct 23, 202053 min

Ep 6867: Peace in Turbulent Times

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Oct 9, 202051 min

Ep 6766: Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, Guest Explorer

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. To learn more about Bridgit's book, The Final 8th, please visit https://www.final8th.com/ To learn more about Bridgit Dengel Gaspard and Voice Dialogue, please visit: http://www.bridgit-dengel-gaspard.com/ This episode is dedicated to the memory of Hal Stone, co-creator of Voice Dialogue, who died on May 23rd, shortly before this episode was recorded. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top 15 Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Sep 25, 202055 min

Ep 6665: J Jaye Gold (Justin), Guest Explorer

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. J Jaye Gold (Justin) has been assisting people in their search for inner meaning for 40 years. He is currently living in the Sierra foothills of Northern California where he works with several dozen seekers of truth. To learn more about Justin, please visit www.JustinGold.net To check out Justin's books, please visit: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=j+jaye+gold+books&ref=nb_sb_noss Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top 15 Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Sep 11, 202057 min

Ep 6564: The Yoga of Relationships

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. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top 15 Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z Or on our Awareness Explorers website: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

Aug 28, 202050 min

Ep 6463: Daniel Schmidt and Tanya Mahar, Guest Explorers

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. Includes a guided meditation to help us drop all the obstacles that keep us from allowing the present moment to be exactly as it is. Daniel Schmidt and Tanya Mahar are the creators of the films, Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds, and Samadhi. They also run The Samadhi Center in Ontario. To learn more about Daniel Schmidt and Tanya Mahar, please visit https://awakentheworld.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/AwakenTheWorldFilm https://samadhi.ca/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top 15 Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/

Aug 14, 20201h 9m