Awakening Together, Relaxing into Happiness with William Cooper, Master of Theology, Licensed Professional Counselor

What are mantras and how do we use them?  First, in part 1 we explore one kind of mantra meditation and its' use of mantra sounds with no meaning.  Next we look at the awakening meditation's use of mantras from the heart.  Sathya Sai Baba observed, "A pure thought from a pure heart is better than a mantra".   We explore this heart mantra in relation with the Unity Church mantra...

Psychotherapy is not awakening but it can help release places inside that are blocking Awakening.  Carl Jung, Ramana, and Carl Rogers and spiritual bypasses are discussed.  For those who feel that therapy could be useful different ways of access are discussed including free methods of co-counseling not limited to Reevaluation Counseling, Co-counseling international, al anon, adult children of Alco...

After years of intensive practice, I discovered two very obvious and simple truths of Awakening.  The first is that the deepest part of me is beyond existence so can't be found through the mind or senses.  I can only know this deepest aspect of my center through my intuition.  Not knowing this I looked in the wrong places including aspects of my personality.  Second, awakening in the body req...

This is a discussion and listing of a number of powerful books that help you on your path of awakening.  Examples are, The Infinite Way, The Untethered Soul, The Surrender Experiment, Living Untethered, Autobiography of a Yogi, In Search of a Secret India, I am That, Pointers from Nisargadatta,  Any book by Thich Nhat Hahn, Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad Gita, Essential Rumi, Tibetan book of Living and Dy...

Many have been and are interested in the purpose of their life.  Is there such a thing?  Bhagavan has said that, "Life is for living" and "Life is relationships" and "To see is to be free".  Joseph Campbell suggests that we match our heartbeat with that of the universe, match our nature with Nature.  Bhagavan feels that whatever is destined will happen regardless of y...

This recording of a live session has been edited for length, clarity, and to be helpful.  In this last live question and answer session before India we discussed the usefulness of being triggered during the holidays to see and work on one's reactions, shadow work, journaling, forgiveness, psychotherapy is different yet complimentary to awakening, inauspicious awakening, difference between rel...

Unfortunately millions of people experience "Christian" fear and guilt.  As a college student I came to church with an open heart hoping and trusting for a deeper opening and Christian support.  Love quickly turned into guilt and fear of what I was taught could be a severe and punishing God.  After two years I knew something was wrong so I enrolled in a 4 year residential theological pro...

This is an edited recording of a live Q & A which continued some of the topics of the previous Q & A podcast. This podcast is another great discussion about the experience of awakening including the awakening experience of one of the participants.  Also, about meditation and the monkey mind, layers of awakening, the experience of awakening and then "losing awakening", shadow work...

You can't connect deeply to a God you fear.  Bhagavan suggested that there are two paths to awakening, Spiritual practices or simply praying to God to do the work and awaken you.  For you to ask God to awaken you, you have to be able to connect to that God.  Since God is infinite, God can be seen in a way that bypasses your psychology.  So if you love women and are afraid of men, have a femal...

What is God and does "God" exist?   Many have been stuck on their path of awakening because they haven't known how to address this question.  Many feel alone in an absurd meaningless universe.  Camu and Sartre founded the existentialist and absurdist philosophies based on this predicament.  If this is a concern and one has existential angst in life one might not even be aware of whe...

In this recording of a live session, participants asked, "What it is like to be awakened, what kind of spiritual practices and meditation do I do, why are their meditations not deep".  We talked about beneficial guidance from angels, Jesus, my guru, etc.  Its helpful but we can go beyond all of that.  What is it like to awaken through a guru and do you need a guru?  These podcasts are me...

Your innate nature is incredible radiance of peace, love, and joy.  Nothing you have to do.  It is flowing through you now just as strongly as it flowed through Jesus and Buddha.  But why doesn't it feel so?  Because we have frozen much of it into pain.  Just look inside and feel what you feel.  Look outside and see the world you have created.  Pain emits lots of radiance.  Even a life of pai...

This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. This live session was open to all and designed to support your awakening process.  A participant asked William to recount his surprise experience with Archangel Michael and Jesus.  Separately but related we talked about Inner Trust.   These podcasts are meant to supplement your personal path of awak...

 So many on the path to awakening are curious about traveling to India.  Many would like to go but are not sure how or what to do once there.  This four-part series is designed to give you a starting place.  We describe a bit of the spirit and culture of India.  What to expect and possibly where to start if you decide to travel to India.  Interesting even if you do not.   William has been to India...

So many on the path to awakening are curious about traveling to India.  Many would like to go but are not sure how or what to do once there.  This four-part series is designed to give you a starting place.  We describe a bit of the spirit and culture of India.  What to expect and possibly where to start if you decide to travel to India.  Interesting even if you do not.   William has been to India...

This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. In this live session, participants sent in questions concerning their process of awakening.  We discussed four aspects of awakening, experiencing your Being, trusting that the universe is you and knows what to do....the personality does not have to know all, releasing all that you are not, and letti...

So many on the path to awakening are curious about traveling to India.  Many would like to go but are not sure how or what to do once there.  This four-part series is designed to give you a starting place.  We describe a bit of the spirit and culture of India.  What to expect and possibly where to start if you decide to travel to India.  Interesting even if you do not.   William has been to India...

So many on the spiritual path are curious about India.  Many have considered going but it can seem like a daunting task.  Where to begin?  Where to go?  This is the first of a 4 part series on traveling to India.  I have traveled to India 14 times for around 12 weeks per trip.  In these podcasts I give you my sense of India, perspective and a place to start.  In the last of this series I give  you...

This is a recording of a Live Q & A which has been edited for clarity, length, and helpfulness. The live sessions are an opportunity for anyone to ask questions that come up during their awakening process.  It supports the previous 74 podcasts but does not require that you have listened to them.  We discussed the 3 steps of awakening meditation, the process of awakening, various practices, the...

We are fractured into 1000 inner voices and personalities.  When one comes up, step into it and own it.  Then let it update its files and notice that something has changed since it was created.  Life is much better, and You (it) are the ground of all Being....Peace, Happiness and Love.  Ask your small inner hurting personality if that is better or worse than when it was created under painful circu...

Periodic live Q&A sessions are to give the listeners a forum to ask questions they have about their process of awakening.   In this edited session we discussed the process of awakening, letting go, Maya, illusion vs delusion, grief, trust, manifesting those things you want and don't want, books supporting the awakening process, etc.   "The Infinite Way" by Joel Goldsmith on seei...

As we meditate and go through our day how do we keep from getting lost in our dramas.  It is easy to escape through our daydreams, thoughts, wallowing in our emotions, relational drama, etc.  It is one thing to be aware of our dramas and it is another to be captured in our dramas.  How can we be in this world but not of it?  Enjoying everything yet being attached to nothing.  How can we stay in ou...

Edited recording of live session to support our path of awakening.  Listeners submit questions during this live podcast that they have regarding their path or the previous 70 podcasts.  Questions included, how to cope with great inner pain, why no awakening after decades of meditation, use of marijuana, psychotherapy assisted psychedelics, do I need a guru, how to find a guru, etc.  These podcasts...

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." Lao Tsu.  In awakening is clarity and in clarity the power of You (the One and infinite) shines through. Creation reforms around your clarity in a whole and flowing way. We explore clarity and creation in this podcast.  In this podcast I referred to one of my writings called "Miracles".  In it I describe "Miracles...

Is it necessary to meditate to awaken.  Nope!  The common theme of most awakening practices is one of connection.  Connecting to nature or your breath or your feelings.   Or, best, connecting to everything.....life as it is.   These podcasts are meant to supplement your personal path of awakening whatever that might be. They are a compilation of what I have found to be the most helpful over the la...