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Awareness Explorers

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Feb 17, 2023 • 53min

128: MDMA and Love Training

The podcast explores the use of MDMA as a therapeutic tool for PTSD and relationship issues, as well as its potential for spiritual growth. They discuss techniques for accessing a state of bliss, joy, and love, and explore the practice of 'we be'. They also discuss perceiving the world from pure open awareness and opening up to love and compassion. The episode ends with a deep dive into MDMA, emphasizing safety and support.
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Feb 3, 2023 • 1h 3min

127: Andrew Harvey, Guest Explorer

In this episode Jonathan talks to Andrew Harvey about the necessity of combining activism with spiritual practice in order for it to be balanced, effective and truly helpful to you and to the world.  • Includes a guided meditation containing three simple practices to help you experience the birth of the divine human in yourself. To learn more about Andrew Harvey, please visit AndrewHarvey.net https://www.andrewharvey.net/ 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 Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ 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, please visit https://findinghappiness.com/ You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n
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Jan 20, 2023 • 55min

126: Conditions and Conditioning

Dive into the realms of happiness as the hosts unravel the conditions we set that obscure our peace. They share a three-step process to identify and lessen self-imposed barriers to joy. The Sedona Method is introduced as a tool for releasing the need for control and approval. With anecdotes and insights, listeners learn to embrace imperfections and redefine relationship conditions. Lastly, a practical visualization technique helps erase the constraints on happiness, revealing the joy beneath.
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Jan 6, 2023 • 57min

125: Victor Burkhart, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk to Victor Burkhart about being a conduit for truth and the excitement and newness of constant discovery on the spiritual journey. • Includes a guided meditation to help us experience the presence that is already always here and available to us before our thinking mind obscures it. To learn more about Victor Burkhart, please visit PursuitOfSpirit.com https://www.pursuitofspirit.com/ Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: 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 Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ 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 
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Dec 23, 2022 • 43min

124: Spiritualizing the Holidays

In this episode we talk about how to create sacred time, and the advantages and pitfalls of the various ways of bringing joy and peace to the holidays. • Includes a guided meditation where you are invited to reflect on precious moments of the past year, things you learned, and how you want to create your forthcoming year. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: 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 Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ 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  Photo by Darius Cotoi on Unsplash
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Dec 9, 2022 • 46min

123: Awareness Adventures – Jonathan interviews Brian about his new book

In this episode, we chat about Brian's new book, Awareness Adventures, and discuss such topics as the use of imagination, the core wound, and Brian's newest games for awakening awareness. • Includes a guided meditation and a game for dissolving any boundary that keeps you from nondual awareness. To learn more about Awareness Adventures, please visit  https://www.playawarenessgames.com/awareness-adventures To view the book on Amazon, please visit Awareness Adventures: Discovering Your True Nature Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: 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 Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ 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 
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Nov 25, 2022 • 1h 3min

122: Jac O'Keeffe, Guest Explorer

In this episode we had great fun talking to Jac O'Keeffe about the interplay of stillness and humanness and how to deepen with each of them, including what is deeper than nonduality. Jac O’Keeffe is a spiritual teacher, leader and author of books Born to Be Free and How to Be a Spiritual Rebel. Her teachings include pointers to prior to the nondual state, and she is clear that nondual awareness is a stepping-stone and not a destination. She has a high sense of perception that she uses to expose, unravel and heal what creates blockages on her students’ spiritual path. Her teachings cultivate wisdom, honesty, and integrity.  Jac’s work is driven by her capacity to envision the possible future of spirituality. She is a founding member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI), an organization with a mission to bring high levels of integrity to the culture of spiritual leadership.  To learn more about Jac, please visit  http://www.jac-okeeffe.com/ To learn about Jac's courses, please visit  hub.jac-okeeffe.com To get updates about Jac’s work and upcoming retreats, sign up here  https://www.jac-okeeffe.com/newsletter Jac's YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@jacokeeffe Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: 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 Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ 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   
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Nov 11, 2022 • 51min

121: C von Hassett, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk to C von Hassett, author of Entering the Mind, about Dzogchen, a radical wisdom practice which points us towards the recognition of the open, expansive nature of our own innate mind in its natural state. To learn more about C von Hassett, please visit: EnteringTheMind.com And RiotMaterial.com Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW: 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 Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ 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 
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Oct 28, 2022 • 48min

120: Marianne Williamson, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk with Marianne Williamson about the power of love, the value of A Course in Miracles, the importance of activism, and her experience of running for president. To learn more about Marianne Williamson, please visit: https://marianne.com/ and https://mariannewilliamson.substack.com/ To learn about Marianne’s upcoming 6-week course, Developing Your Wings: Embodying Mysticism in the Modern World, please visit: https://thewilliamsoninst.com/developingyourwings It begins Tuesday, November 1st. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEW! 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 Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/ 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
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Oct 7, 2022 • 50min

119: A Psychedelic Debate

In this episode Brian takes a skeptical view of the use of psychedelics while Jonathan describes their potential uses in overcoming psychological or spiritual blocks. • Includes a guided meditation leading you to remember a high moment and to recreate and expand upon how it felt in your body, mind, and heart. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: Top 10 Spirituality chart Top 25 Religion & Spirituality chart Feedspot calls Awareness Explorers one of the "Best Spiritual Podcasts on the Planet." Here's their list of the Top Spiritual Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts/ 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  NOTE: The content of this podcast episode is for informational purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This podcast does not advocate or endorse the use and/or possession of any drug or therapy, legal or illegal. Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

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