Buddha at the Gas Pump 743. Karyn O’Beirne – Awakening to the True Source
Dec 5, 2025
Karyn O’Beirne, an embodied awakened faith leader and interfaith minister, shares her transformative journey from a skeptical soccer mom to a spiritual teacher. She discusses the concept of grace as universally accessible, the spontaneity of ordinary awakenings, and the impact of Toltec teachings. Karyn emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and presence, while exploring how narratives shape our perception. She highlights personal practices like morning pages and encourages embracing grace's nudges to foster spiritual growth. A thought-provoking conversation on spirituality and self-compassion!
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Grace Has No Qualification
- Karyn O’Beirne stresses that grace requires no prior merit and can arrive for ordinary people.
- She says being "enough" in the present moment opens you to receiving grace.
Living Room Awakening
- Karyn describes a spontaneous, boundless awakening during a living-room group meditation that felt like unconditional love.
- She calls that unasked-for, profound opening "grace" and says it never needed repeating.
Three Phrases On Croagh Patrick
- On Croagh Patrick Karyn heard three phrases that answered her existential question about awareness and God.
- The phrases connected human awareness with divine self-awareness and felt like a direct answer.