The Body as a Vessel: Optimism and Acceptance in Spirituality

Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author, and speaker. After years of spiritual seeking, meditation, and immersion in psychospiritual practices, an experience of the dark night of the soul led her to a profound inner awakening. Then, after a long period of integration, she began speaking from silence in small gatherings. Today she offers meetings and retreats, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, attracting spiritual seekers and people looking for peace and fulfillment in an increasingly chaotic world. Her teachings are free of religion and tradition, and she brings to them a deep understanding of the human journey, born out of her own experience. She is the author of Radical Awakening (originally released as How to Find God in Everything) and Change Your Life, Change Your World: Ten Spiritual Lessons for a New Way of Being and Living. Both books were written shortly after her awakening and before she began to speak in public. Her new book Embodied Enlightenment — written 15 years after her awakening — is based on the many conversations at the cutting edge of spiritual inquiry in her meetings with people from all around the world, and addresses many of the questions relevant to today’s seeker. It has been acclaimed as “a beautiful and precious gift to an emerging new humanity.” Amoda lives with her husband and beloved, Kavi, in California. Website: amodamaa.com Amoda Maa in panel discussion: Birthing Radiant Being into Our Humanity Second interview with Amoda Maa Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 3/23/2013 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Amoda Maa Jeevan 00:04:53 - Childhood Dreams and Academic Struggles 00:07:37 - The Loss and Opening of Self 00:11:47 - Surrendering to Life and Opening to Love 00:16:09 - A Dark Night of the Soul 00:20:10 - Embracing the Darkness and Gratitude 00:25:17 - The Birth of the Christ Consciousness 00:28:30 - The Essence of the Experience 00:32:08 - Finding My Path 00:35:22 - Awakening and Enlightenment 00:39:13 - The Capacity to Accept and the Misunderstanding 00:43:13 - The Potential of Suffering as a Doorway 00:46:45 - Awakening to the Divine Co-Creative Force 00:49:33 - Embracing the Dark and Painful Parts Within Ourselves 00:53:01 - The Cycle of Abuse and Re-Triggering 00:56:35 - Accepting and Processing Harmful Situations 00:59:54 - Investigating Vulnerability and Fear 01:03:43 - Facing the Abyss: The Power of Present Awareness 01:07:20 - The Importance of Reminding and Supporting Each Other  01:10:28 - The Paradox of Meditation Practice 01:13:40 - Authenticity and Continuous Unfoldment 01:17:09 - The Concept of God and Awakeness 01:20:01 - The Profound Intelligence in Creation 01:23:54 - Seeing the God in Everything 01:27:20 - The Evolution of Awakening and Embodiment of Enlightenment 01:30:14 - The Contradiction of "Nothing New Under the Sun" and "Only a New Seed can Yield a New Crop" 01:33:28 - Embracing the Body and the World 01:36:26 - The Teachings of the Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother 01:39:40 - The Paradox of Optimism 01:43:20 - The Transition and Contribution of Spiritual Teachers 01:46:06 - Links and Contact Info Save Save Save Save Save