Ryan Oelke on Awakening in Life

Feb 25, 2020

Ryan Oelke, co-founder of Buddhist Geeks and founder of Awakening In Life, shares his insights as a seasoned meditation teacher. He discusses the power of Radical Curiosity and how it can facilitate personal awakening in everyday moments. Oelke emphasizes the need to embrace small spiritual practices amidst our busy lives, weaving mindfulness into daily experiences. He also reflects on the adaptation of ancient spiritual traditions in modern contexts, encouraging listeners to trust their intuition while navigating their spiritual journeys.

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ADVICE

Radical Curiosity

Practice radical curiosity by sitting with your "wolves" to understand them.
This allows you to respond with confidence instead of reacting impulsively.

INSIGHT

Radical Curiosity Defined

Radical curiosity involves being open to what's happening without judgment.
It lets you fully see and experience the present moment, enabling a better response.

INSIGHT

Life as an Opportunity to Awaken

Awakening doesn't require special conditions or retreats; life itself is the opportunity.
This counters the idea of needing to escape life to wake up.

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Ryan Oelke is the co-founder of Buddhist Geeks and is the founder of Awakening In Life. Ryan is a meditation teacher with an MS.Ed. in Counseling Psychology and has 18 years of experience in meditation. He is also a certified teacher in Judith Blackstone’s Realization Process. In this episode, Ryan and Eric discuss using Radical Curiosity and embodying our experiences to Awaken In Life.

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In This Interview, Ryan Oelke and I discuss Awakening in Life and…

Practicing Radical Curiosity
Coming home to yourself as you are in this moment
Being radically open to what is happening to fully see it
How nothing collapses consciousness faster than judgment
How being curious implies being engaged with the subject matter
Awakening in Life
Life as the opportunity to awaken
Ways to integrate spiritual principles into the moments of our life
Cultivating capacity through formal practice
How to use the little moments that might otherwise be “thrown away” during the day
That focusing on embodying our experience enables it to become more deeply our own
How awakening in life is a responsive, integral path
A prescriptive path/model vs. a responsive path/model
Having a deep trust in your own experience
Metta Dharma
That the entire point of waking up in life could be to have an appropriate response.

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