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

Does the unconscious mind exist?  What happens in meditation?  What's the best way to meditate?  What dissolves in meditation?  How?  This is an edited version of a live Q & A with these and other questions discussed supporting past podcasts and/or one's individual path of awakening. These podcasts are meant to supplement your personal path of awakening whatever that might be. They a...

In this podcast William responds to a listener who wrote, "I am on my awakening journey.  It has been amazing the last few months.  Deep awareness during waking hours.  The silence has been so beautiful.  Now I seem to have regressed.  Meditation continues to be amazing flowing with acceptance, surrender and kundalini, etc.  But when my eyes are open, I'm procrastinating, avoiding doing...

Edited live session where listeners participated in questions and answers supporting their practice.  All of these podcasts are designed to enhance and support the listeners path to awakening whatever that might be.  In this podcast we addressed the main two types of meditation and how to do them.  Meditation for calmness and meditation for awakening.  Also, we address the nature of the observer. ...

You are always a Radiant awake Being!  But why don't we feel that we are?  Because we cover up our radiance.  We are innately happy but we postpone allowing ourselves to experience our Happiness.  Can we simply stop postponing and stand as who we are....as Awake, Happy Beings?  Ramana said, "The only difference between you and me is that I know I am awake and you don't know that you...

An edited recording of a live session with questions from participants concerning their path of awakening.  Great information but sound quality on this recording is only adequate.  Topics covered were psychedelic drugs and awakening, awakening is us without our "problems", meditation, deconstruction of old mental emotional constructs that are now blocking awakening, passing of SivaShakti...

We can relax into life because it is all as it should be.  Our life is being handled by us, the Infinite.  We can trust because the One is Love and is us.  We love ourselves and will take care of us.  All is happening as it should.  Let life figure it out while we relax.  Are we ever called to do anything then?  Yes because we are part of the One.  We are guided by our intuition or our fear depend...

What is our role in society and our lives?. Does the personality have free will? Who is running our lives? Do we disappear as individuals when we "awaken"? Are we God? Why do some people choose evil? 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 last 50 years on my...

This edited question and answer session supports one's path of awakening. Among questions discussed were how to let go of negative thoughts, are medications helpful or harmful to awakening, Where is a good place to start in one's travels to India, is psychotherapy helpful, etc.  Great info but audio quality is only adequate.  These podcasts are meant to supplement your personal path of a...

With so much hurt and pain around us how are we to respond?  "Evil abounds when good men do nothing."  Is social action called for or not?  War?  Protest?  Prayer?  How are we to be in our world?  Does awakening or meditation change to world? 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 th...

This edited recording of first question and answer live event held.  Designed to address questions on our path of Awakening.  It also supports these awakening podcasts, Awakening Together.  Topics include what happens on the path of awakening and what is a good way to start one's spiritual path.  Great information but audio quality only adequate. These podcasts are meant to supplement your pe...

What happens when we open up into our Selves......when the Divine becomes us and we mostly disappear?  Do we find ourselves "In the world but not of it?"  How do we experience life from here?  Let's talk! 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 last 50 y...

Life can be so stressful when we feel that it is up to us to get everything right.  What if it turns out that the entire universe is conspiring to help us?  Why?  Because it is us.  And it is Love so we love ourselves naturally.  We explore the power of the Infinite guiding and supporting us. These podcasts are meant to supplement your personal path of awakening whatever that might be. They are a...

As we continue to explore different ways to fall into Trust, we look at a current problem in our lives as a portal into our awakening.  How can problems be helpful to us?  Join me as we take a look. 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 last 50 years on my path of aw...

Everything is ok in our world and lives, yet it does not always feel that way.  Is the world an illusion or a delusion?  To see is to be free.  What happens as the delusion melts?  Trust happens. 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 last 50 years on my path of awake...

As we continue to deepen in our Trust, we  open and relax into Oneness.  Here we explore the question of why is the world as it is.  It seems that the perfect has created the imperfect.  How can we trust that?  How can we approach living in this kind of world? 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 awaken deeply we must open completely.  To open completely we must trust completely.  In complete Trust is complete opening.  In complete opening there is only oneness.  How do we start to Trust that deeply?  Start by trusting what is.  Let's stop and notice our experience now.  The direct experience of our thoughts and feelings now.  As we trust this simple action do we open some,....into...

Often, we are haunted by old emotions and thoughts.  We can't seem to release them.  We explore this phenomenon of being stuck with our "past".  And then we explore some simple steps to dissolve our troubles.  We are multidimensional Beings, and each dimension requires and responds to a different kind of tool.  In this podcast we explore one of these deep and powerful tools.  This i...

A couple of simple observations on Astrology and Awakening taken from my experiences in India.  Astrology is very important in India.  Every event is scheduled around auspicious times based on astrology.  The fundamentally important principle is one the Light of Being dispelling the darkness of ignorance.  As our solar system comes closer and is illuminated by the star Sirius, we are in the Satya...

You are a vast multidimensional Being.  As your blocks release you open and see multiple aspects of your Self incarnated.  You experience both a core awakening as well as multiple localized awakenings all through your incarnation.  Awakening flows down through all of you as you experience awakenings in your chakra system, body, mind, emotions, boundaries, Oneness, clarity into clairvoyance, other...

This Guided Meditation for Forgiveness stands alone and also supplements the previous guided meditation on Forgiveness and Release as well as podcast 47 on Forgiveness.  In this guided meditation you are guided to relax, picture the person that you want to forgive, feel what comes up for you, let it burn off a bit and then soak up the healing power of your Being, Divine, etc.  As you relax into yo...

This Guided Meditation for Forgiveness stands alone and also supports the previous podcast on Forgiveness and Awakening.  In it you are guided to relax, picture the person that you want to forgive, feel what comes up for you, let it burn off until you are no longer affected by those bad actions of the other.  From there what is left to forgive?  You are free.  They are recognized as having the pro...

You are a shining Light....Radiance and Love itself.  To the degree we don't experience this we are covered and crusted over.  Jesus was an amazing example of letting his Light shine.  As he said, "Don't cover your Light with a basket.  Let it shine".  We explore forgiveness as maybe the major lynch pin for opening up and letting go of the blocks that cover us up. These podcast...

Guided meditation to melt into the Peace that we are.  Our Being is Peace and our creations such as tensions, thoughts, and emotions can melt back into that Peace until there is only Peace.  This meditation guides us back into our Being, the Peace that passes all understanding.  Please do not practice this meditation while driving or any activity except sitting or lying down ready to enjoy letting...

This week our practice is Being rather than doing.  So often we are afraid to connect to life and ourselves because we don't know what to do once we do connect.  How do we act with others?  What do we say? How do we deal with our own stories?  With our guilt, fear, shame, anger, hurt, etc.?  So, we dissociate from life, from others and from our selves.  When we walk on the beach, we just are....

The blocking mind is fragile and thin.  The Awe and happiness experience when you are in contact with the slightest beauty or success is your true Being.  It is always present behind the thin veneer of ego.  There and many paths to opening including yogic ones.  Which are yours? What are the mechanics of opening and staying open?  We explore these topics in this podcast. These podcasts are meant t...