

Awareness Explorers
Jonathan Robinson & Brian Tom O'Connor
If you want to awaken peace and love in daily life, pure awareness is always available as the background of all experience. Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor explore ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.
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Jun 7, 2024 • 52min
162: What Makes a Good Human Being?
The podcast explores what it means to be a good human being, discussing traits like love, kindness, and balance. It delves into the power of love in healing and transforming humanity. The episode also includes a guided meditation to envision and embody the best version of oneself.

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May 24, 2024 • 1h 5min
161: Paul Austin, Guest Explorer
Paul Austin, expert in microdosing psychedelics, explores benefits of microdosing for productivity, creativity, and spiritual growth. Discusses non-dual awareness, psychedelic therapy training, parallels between surfing and psychedelics, and guided meditation for mindfulness. Explores shared energy in guided meditations and the importance of openness and skepticism.

May 10, 2024 • 52min
160: How to Quiet Your Mind Part 2
Explore various methods to quiet the mind including diversion from overwhelming thoughts, embracing emptiness and stillness, finding beauty in everyday moments, sinking into consciousness, and cultivating inner peace through personalized practices. Dive into deep relaxation and growth within the mind while sharing the journey with others. Don't miss out on this insightful exploration!

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Apr 26, 2024 • 45min
159: How to Quiet Your Mind Part 1
Explore different techniques to quiet the mind and find inner peace. Discover the problem-solving nature of thoughts and the uselessness of blame. Learn how to navigate emotional reactions and break free from thought loops. Embrace your true nature through self-exploration.

Apr 12, 2024 • 1h 15min
158: Rastal, Guest Explorer
Guest Rastal discusses his journey from trauma to fundamental wellbeing, exploring somatic work, consciousness states through drug analogies, deeper states of awakening, trauma healing, and meditation without belief systems. Includes a guided session on cultivating gratitude.

Mar 29, 2024 • 1h 5min
157: Karen Thorson, Guest Explorer
In this episode we talk to Karen Thorson about the interplay between health, pain, worry, responsibility, and being present with what is, as well as using the body for direct experiencing, and our unique paths among the various modalities for continuous explorations. • Includes a guided meditation helping us to feel the vast fullness of breath, and the field in and around our bodies, bigger than our skin, connected with everything, expanding with life, wellness, and joy. To learn more about Karen Thorson, please visit: NetworkWellnessOfBoulder.com Other sites mentioned in this episode: Epienergetics: https://epienergetics.com/ Nonviolent Communication (NVC) https://www.cnvc.org/ Jeffery Martin, The Finders Course, etc.: https://drjefferymartin.com/ https://www.nonsymbolic.org/ The Finders book: https://www.amazon.com/Finders-Dr-Jeffery-Martin/dp/1572425563 45 Days to Awakening Course: https://45daystoawakening.com/landing-page1594666682471 For a good description of Jeffrey Martin's Locations of Fundamental Wellbeing: https://insanebraintrain.blogspot.com/2015/01/jeffrey-martin-locations-of.html or The Martin Matrix, a Comprehensive Map of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience (Enlightenment/Nondual): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCfeamM07dk ~~~~~~~~~~ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #3 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart #5 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart #32 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart 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 15, 2024 • 43min
156: The Downsides of Awakening
Exploring the drawbacks of spiritual awakening, the podcast covers topics like emotional turmoil, narcissism, and integrating awakening into daily life. It emphasizes the importance of honest self-awareness, seeking guidance, navigating relationships, and overcoming challenges by embracing them with compassion and courage.

Mar 1, 2024 • 54min
155: Judith Blackstone, Guest Explorer, Part 2
In this episode, we talk to Judith Blackstone about her new book, The Fullness of the Ground, different approaches to nonduality, and inhabiting the body as a way to connect to Fundamental Consciousness and the ground of being. • Includes a guided meditation helping us to connect the space of our body with the environment, allowing us to experience both as the same space. To learn more about Judith Blackstone, please visit: RealizationProcess.org Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #3 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart #5 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart #32 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart 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 16, 2024 • 42min
154: Free Will and Non-Doership
Delve into the practical use of thinking we have free will and the liberating implications of imagining we do not. Explore the complexities of free will and non-doership, forgiveness, and non-judgment. Contemplate actions unfolding without deliberate control and embrace a world of effortless actions. Connect with like-minded individuals in the pursuit of awakening to a unified, eternal energy.

Feb 2, 2024 • 44min
153: A Sense of Mission
The podcast explores the benefits and potential drawbacks of having a sense of mission in life. They discuss the power of having a sense of mission and how it allows unique gifts to flourish. The importance of defining and aligning with a sense of mission is also emphasized. They explore the benefits of doing good for oneself and others, and share different ways to create a sense of mission. The concept of inner and outer missions is discussed, encouraging listeners to share the podcast and continue their exploration.