The Awareness Podcast

In this episode of Conversation in Truth, Bill Free talks to his guest Chris Beckett about what Chris calls Wisdom Freed. Wisdom Freed is about pointing your spirituality towards the most important part of your life - the everyday when you're working, going to the supermarket or catching up with a good friend. Chris discusses his own unexpected spiritual awakening and how through a series of...

We have all heard the phrase “spiritual awakening”, but do you really know what it means, especially for those of us who are living an “ordinary” life in the world? Perhaps you have an image of what you think it should look like, feel like, be like. In this episode of Living an Awakened Life, Susan and Helen go right back to first principles to discuss what spiritually awakening really is, how it...

What occurs when you give your willingness to drop all defense? Join Rona and Cyndi as they explore the power of defenselessness. In this episode you will … Listen in as Rona and Cyndi look at the relationship between defense and attack Learn how our defenses hold the separated world in place. Be guided into an exploration of where true safety lies Be given pointers that you can use the next time...

Venkatesh describes how his upbringing in a religious Hindu family led initially to spiritual questioning about the nature of God and then to the practice of Transcendental Meditation.  Venkatesh discusses how he came to give up his successful career in business to follow a path of self-knowledge. He outlines the rigorous daily programme of work and study at the Sivananda ashram, where he followed...

In this third episode of Bill’s series, on The Direct Experience of A Course in Miracles, , Bill discusses: The Ladder of Awakening  What is meant by the inward and outward facing paths Workbook Lessons 106, 107, 125 and 188 of A Course in Miracles from a non-dual perspective  Miracle Principle 28 His favorite passages from the Text  How to use ACIM as a tool for awakening Bill ends with a guided...

In this episode of Living an Awakened Life, Susan sits down with fellow Awareness Podcast host Jenny Beal to discuss  Jenny’s own spiritual journey and the misunderstandings she encountered along the way  How awakening is not a state that can be achieved  What it really means to live in not-knowing  What stands in the way of knowing the peace and happiness of our true nature in this moment  How mu...

In this episode Cyndi and Rona review the tools introduced during the first 6 episodes. When you tune in you will … Receive a review of the first 6 tools Listen in as Cyndi and Rona discuss how they all work together Be reminded of where the only problem lies Be given a demonstration of how to show up whenever an upset is seen Join Cyndi and Rona for a deepening into The Tools for Awakening Suppor...

In this episode, Marc describes how he became a mindfulness trainer and life coach and then went on to explore his true nature more deeply, initially with Jan Geurtz, a non-dual teacher specializing in love and relationships, and later with Rupert Spira and Francis Lucille. During the Covid pandemic he went deeply into what he really knew for himself. Understanding the non-dual teaching is a start...

In this episode Bill Free answers questions from the audience, discusses Workbook Lessons 361-365 of A Course in Miracles from a nondual perspective. Bill also gives a guided awareness practice to enable you to have a glimpse of your true nature and teaches on what it means to live from the space of Pure Presence. Learn more about Bill's One Year Masterclass for Awakening here .  Support the...

In this episode of Living an Awakened Life,  Louise Kay describes her own awakening and discusses the many paradoxes on the spiritual path. Louise offers a guided meditation so that you can have a direct experience of your true nature as awareness, as you listen.  Louise and Susan discuss what it really means to embody spiritual awakening and the importance of embracing everything that arises with...

In this episode Cyndi and Rona explore Joy When you tune in you will … Learn how joy is our natural state and contains limitless strength. Be invited to accept that all disturbing thoughts come from the mind, not from truth. A definition for joy that is different from what you think. How joy will unfold without efforting as you put all the tools into practice. Join Cyndi and Rona as they explore J...

In this podcast, Jenny and Hѐlen discuss the Dharma Art of Miksang, a form of contemplative photography, and its role as a spiritual practice on the path of beauty. Hѐlen describes how difficulties in her life led her to the Dharma Arts and Shambhala Buddhism. Miksang practice starts from being open and available. We have a tendency to overlook moments of pure, fresh seeing, and conceptualise what...

Bill’s goal in commenting on the lessons of ACIM through a non dual lens is to help you have the direct experience of awakening that the Course is pointing to Having studied with some of the world’s greatest teachers of A Course in Miracles, Advaita Vedanta, and the Direct Path of non-duality, Bill offers a direct experience of truth. Tune into this episode and say yes to stepping into a new Aware...

In this episode of Living an Awakened life, Amoda Maa discusses the spiritual awakening that came after many years of contemplating self-help, working on herself, looking within, trying to find out what was the source of her unhappiness, and at times deep clinical depression and trying to fix herself. Susan and Amoda discuss: the sudden, expected awakening Amoda experienced  in the midst of depres...

In this episode Cyndi and Rona discuss the state that is opposite of judgment: Tolerance When you tune in you will learn… How judgment destroys honesty and shatters trust. How Tolerance provides the ability to remain at peace without having to make any change to outer circumstances. Steps you can use when you discover intolerance (judgment) in your mind How all the tools discussed in this series a...

Billy starts by describing the path he took through a variety of spiritual teachers and spiritual books to arrive at the teaching of Jean Klein. He goes on to talk about his relationship with Jean Klein.  Jenny and Billy discuss Can recognition of our true nature happen just through reading books, or is a teacher necessary? What can a teacher impart, that books cannot?  Is there a karana-guru (a g...

Join Bill Free and Jim Gillette for this episode of Conversations in Truth.  Jim discusses his own diverse spiritual path, which includes:  learning from Timothy Leary (Ram Das) and J Krishnamurti  spending time in India to learn more about Transcendental Meditation in Maharishi’s ashram following the tenets of Radhasoami using the Centering Prayer of Thomas Keeting as a lay ecumenical minister al...

Join Susan Telford and Isira for this episode of Living an Awakened Life.  Susan and Isira discuss  what it means to be awakened  what is common to all spiritual traditions  how suffering is often the catalyst for the spiritual search  the tendency to romanticize awakening and its effects what is meant by spiritual narcissism and spiritual escapism  how we come back to the ordinariness and natural...

In this episode Cyndi and Rona discuss Gentleness, reminding us all that this path is not designed to be hard. Listen in while Rona and Cyndi discuss… That there is no effort or sacrifice in awakening. That softening around stories and giving willingness to letting go of judgment may be all that is required. How when we gently enter the pause and remember our Oneness upsets dissolve, often with ea...

In this ‘Living in Not-Knowing’ episode, Bernardo Kastrup describes his early career working as a scientist at CERN. He explains how his interest in consciousness led him to philosophy and to develop his theory of analytic idealism.  Jenny and Bernardo discuss  the nature of the world and how the illusion of being separate arises as a result of a natural process of dissociation.  Do animals and pl...

Join Bill Free and British author and lecturer Steve Taylor for the latest episode of Conversations in Truth. In this episode, Bill and Steve discuss  how awakening is the next stage of human evolution the damage and suffering that is caused by disconnection, both psychologically or individually and socially and culturally the consequences of the highly individuated separate ego and all of the suf...

In this episode of Living an Awakened Life segment of the Awareness Podcast, guest host Amir Freimann and guest Anne Sweet discuss the Simplicity of Being. Amir and Anne discuss the part traumatic events play in spiritual awakening  meditation as a doorway to understanding true nature how awakening simply reveals the inherent qualities that have always been present  the Masterclass series they wil...

In this episode Cyndi and Rona discuss the gateway that is required to make all the other tools work: Trust When you tune in you will learn… Why it is so important to rest from your story and place your trust in infinite consciousness. How to notice judgment when it shows up in the mind and the power of just noticing (without believing) the thoughts that pass-through awareness. What choosing to Tr...

In this edition of the Awareness podcast, Ann McIlraith describes her journey to the non-dual understanding through exploration of the body. She explains how T’ai Chi brings a feeling of openness and transparency of the body. The body can teach us so much, and T’ai Chi takes you beyond the body. Jenny and Ann discuss how the practice of T’ai Chi relates to the investigation of the body that Franci...

Join Bill and Bob Gottfried for a conversation about the bridge from personal psychology to collective spirituality. Drawing on the wisdom gleaned from a long career as a neurocognitive specialist and therapist, Bob shares how to naturally discover one's true self, and the ultimate shortcut to divine wisdom and deep inner peace.  Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience wit...