Lynn Marie Lumiere, MFT is a nondual psychotherapist and author who is dedicated to awakening consciousness and meeting life’s challenges as doorways to greater freedom. Her work is sourced in over 40 years of dedicated spiritual and psychological exploration as well as almost 30 years of marriage and practicing psychotherapy. This experience has led her to the understanding that no matter what the problem, healing and freedom from suffering is possible when we tap into our infinite and ever-present true nature. She has been especially interested in applying this understanding to healing relationships and trauma.
Lynn Marie is one of the pioneers in the exploration of nondual wisdom and psychotherapy and is a contributing author to "Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy (Omega Book)" (2003). She is also the author of "Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships" to be published July 1, 2018 by New Harbinger. Her primary spiritual teacher is Adyashanti and she has studied with many teachers from nondual, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. She lives in Grass Valley, California.
Books:
Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships
The Awakening West : Evidence of a Spreading Enlightenment
Website: lynnmarielumiere.com
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Transcript of this interview
Interview recorded June 2, 2018
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:03:51 - The Paradox of Awakening in Relationships
00:07:23 - The Impact of Spiritual Practice
00:10:51 - Meeting Life with Awakened Consciousness
00:14:26 - Recognition of Non-Dual Awareness
00:17:44 - Resting in Nondual Awareness
00:21:28 - The Availability of Awakening
00:24:51 - The Love We Seek from Others
00:28:36 - The Role of Relationship in Awakening
00:32:05 - The Pattern of Repeated Marriages
00:35:34 - The Advantages of a Non-Dual Understanding in Therapy
00:39:18 - Healing Trauma through Meditation
00:42:52 - The Importance of Addressing the Root Cause
00:46:40 - The Evolutionary Imperative and the Survival of the Species
00:50:15 - Evolving from Self-Absorption to Awakened Activism
00:53:53 - Moving Beyond Activism and Division
00:57:27 - Awakened Activism and the Power of Individual Expression
01:01:19 - The Solution to Harmonization
01:04:55 - The Three Rs of Awakened Relating
01:08:44 - Returning to Direct Being
01:12:20 - Mind Training for Direct Awareness
01:15:48 - The Scientific Method and Spiritual Beliefs
01:19:17 - Taking Responsibility and the Love of Truth
01:22:37 - Being Truthful in Relationships
01:26:19 - Resolving Trauma with Awakened Awareness
01:29:59 - The Inequity of Wealth and Privilege
01:33:17 - The Collapse of Empires and the Importance of Taking Care of Each Other
01:36:38 - The Possibility of Unnecessary Deaths in the Future
01:39:59 - The Paradox of Doing and Non-Doing
01:43:30 - Devoting Yourself to Awareness
01:47:08 - Engaging with the Author