Conversations with Amoda Maa

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi, and together they explore the possibility of meeting the world from a non-reactive place within and whether this makes a difference to our individual and collective reality. The poem Kavi quotes at the start of this podcast is: The storm rages The lighthouse stands Rooted in stillness Casting its light Into the darkness. Thanks for reading A...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the recognition of openness as our essential nature and how this is the foundation of true freedom, touching on topics such as “becoming aware of awareness” and “the unconditionality of openness”.  Watch the video of this here: Thanks for listening. Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and suppor...

In this episode, Amoda Maa speaks with Kavi about the metaphor of the crucifixion and how it relates to the spiritual journey. Together they explore the nature of suffering and how it can be a doorway to a deeper dimension of being, as well as Amoda’s mystical and visionary experience over twenty years ago.  Thanks for listening. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Teaching. Th...

In this episode, Amoda speaks with Kavi about her personal transformation and cosmic revelations during her time in India in the 1990’s.  Thanks for listening. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Teaching. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com

Amoda's second interview with Steve James, 'Guru Viking.' In this interview Steve James, host of the Guru Viking Podcast, is once again joined by Amoda Maa, spiritual teacher and author of books such as ‘Embodied Enlightenment’ and ‘Falling Open in a World Falling Apart’. Amoda Maa shares her experience of falling into the abyss of emptines and the consequences that followed. She describes the dar...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Zen teacher Henry Shukman. The conversation is facilitated by Kavi who asks questions about the profound awakening experienced by both of these teachers … Henry within the path of Zen and Amoda without any tradition or teacher. Were these experiences the same or different? And what impact did these experiences have on how life was lived since that...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the male hierarchy of religion and traditional spirituality, examining the historical, cultural and psychological influences. They also take a quick peek into the role of female teachers in contemporary nonduality. Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the popular topic of trauma in today’s spiritual culture, exploring the possibility of going beyond the victim-identity and unraveling trauma in deep presence. Thanks for listening! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the falling away of the construct of self in nondual awakening and explore what this means when it’s obvious that there’s still a human life that continues after awakening. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com

In this episode, Amoda Maa and Kavi explore the possibility of relating to others — whether it be an intimate partner, a friend, or a passing stranger — from an inner silence. They also explore a deeper understanding of love, marriage, and solitude, and how this deeper understanding and way of relating is the foundation of a new humanity.“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and...

In this podcast, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the meaning of "awakening" in spiritual and cultural contexts. In particular, Amoda talks about her own direct experience of awakening. She also explores questions such as "is awakening the same as enlightenment?", "are there different types of awakening?", and "is awakening sudden or gradual? If you enjoyed this please share it! The 7 Week...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Tim Freke , an English philosopher and author. Together they explore whether an evolutionary view of consciousness and the universe can be in alignment with a nondual awareness and the awakening journey. Tim is the author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 languages, including a Sunday Times bestseller and Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year'...

Amoda Maa is a guest on the Guru Viking Podcast. Host, Steve James, asks her about the secrecy and shame surrounding her early life and how this eventually led to her spiritual path. This is a candid interview! Guru Viking Links: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.subs...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the art of long-distance running, the “runner’s high”, and how this was a profound portal to Amoda’s first experience of transcending the confines of the ego-self. They also discuss how this experience sowed the seeds of her interest in meditation and the discovery of essential nature.  This is a public episode. If you would like to dis...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the nature of aloneness. Together they explore how we can move beyond loneliness to an intimacy with aloneness that opens a portal to a vast being-ness in which the fullness of life is known and lived.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.subs...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Ellen Emmet, psychotherapist and nondual teacher ( www.ellenemmet.com ). Together they explore the role of the feminine in spiritual awakening, especially as it relates to the traditional advaitic approach and a more heart-centered approach that includes our human-ness. Ellen offers meetings and retreats in The Awakening Body, a direct exploration...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the misinterpretation of nonduality as the opposite of duality, and how a deeper understanding can resolve this apparent conflict and bring us to a deep acceptance of all forms and individuations. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.c...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the tendency to believe that awakening out of the dream of ego-self is in a future moment when the self becomes “ready” to awaken. Together they explore this fallacy and how it perpetuates psychological suffering.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit a...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about some of the ideas, imaginations, hopes and dreams that are common to the spiritual seeker, and how we can start to see through these veils of perception to the truth that freedom is right here now. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack....

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Henry Shukman , Zen teacher at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico ( www.mountaincloud.org ) and author of One Blade of Grass. Together they explore some of the parallels between the Zen and the Nondual approaches and understanding of awakening.  ABOUT HENRY:After a spontaneous awakening at the age of 19, and a childhood marked b...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the possibility of a radical shift in consciousness when a “bifurcation point” (or “maximum stress on the system”) is reached and how this relates to our individual awakening and collective evolution. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substa...

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the relevance of the spiritual term “satsang” to the contemporary search for truth. They also explore how life itself is an ongoing invitation to deepen into the truth of our essential nature beyond the narratives and identities of the ego-mind. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the deeper meaning of the biblical phrase “In the World, But Not Of The World” and how this relates to awakening out of the dream of separation whilst still living a fully human life.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com

In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with John Prendergast, Ph. D. ( www.listeningfromsilence.com ), spiritual teacher, author, psychotherapist, and retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Together they explore the role of psychological insight in the awakening process and the gifts and challenges of being a modern-day spiritual tea...

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about how we can align with an inner authority that is of the true Self.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com