Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living Inquiry

In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa and Kavi are in conversation about the possibility of an ongoing moment-to-moment surrender to "what is", revealing the vibrant aliveness and intelligence of life itself. They also explore some of the misconceptions of enlightenment, some of the common challenges on this journey, and emphasize the simplicity of the exhale into presence.

In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (host, husband, and co-founder of the Amoda Maa Foundation) about the true nature of love. They explore the difference between transactional love and an unbounded love that cannot be compromised or negotiated, and how this relates to the shift from ego-identity to awakened consciousness. Can love be known as a wholeness that is alread...

In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (host, husband, and co-founder of Amoda Maa Foundation) about how embracing uncertainty and the dissolution of the ego can be profound gifts on the journey to inner freedom. By accepting life's inherent impermanence, a transformative resilience emerges, where feelings and experiences are no longer held as personal identities but as na...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (husband, host, and co-founder of the Amoda Maa Foundation) about the role of community on the spiritual path. Together they explore the benefits of community, why it serves a purpose for many seekers, and how it can have an impact on our lives by providing a safe container for honesty, authenticity, and deep friendships.  Amoda and Kavi also...

In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with her host and husband, Kavi, talking about how humanity has lost the inner connection with the divine and what it means to reclaim our divinity.  Together they touch in topics such as the externalization of God in religion, the impact on individuals and society of being disconnected from our God-essence, and the possibility of remembering t...

In this podcast episode, we explore the contemporary culture of spirituality within the marketplace of life. Unlike in previous ages when immersion into the spiritual life was a total devotion by becoming a monk or living on the metaphorical mountaintop, or else took place in the latter years of one's life when householder duties were over, today spirituality has filtered into the mainstream cultu...

In this episode, we will be exploring whether it's easier for certain personality types to awaken than other types.  Are there certain traits and tendencies that are more oriented towards the dissolution of ego-identity?  Is the doorway to awakening the same for all individuals even though personal characteristics vary widely?  And has the personality have anything at all to do with the recognitio...

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with her podcast host and husband, Kavi, about the possibility of crisis as a catalyst for inner transformation. Together they explore questions such as, can we deal with crisis from deep presence, what happens to the peace and joy of awakening when life brings unexpected turbulence, and does crisis and challenge have any purpose.

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with her podcast host and husband, Kavi, about purpose and fulfillment in life. Together they dive into the deeper meaning of purpose and explore whether purpose is self-created or pre-destined. They also trace Amoda's life from an early age to the present day to illustrate the unfoldment of her life's purpose.

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (host) and together they explore the possibility of an inner revolution of consciousness that can shift us from the insanity of ego to the recognition of our one Being-ness. Can the turbulence and intensity of the world be a catalyst for this inner transformation? And what impact does this shift have on our lives? They also explore how we can...

In this episode, Amoda Maa responds to a question from a listener about relationships after awakening. She wants to know if the nature of friendships and social interactions changes, and what there is to talk about with people who are not yet awakened. She also wants to know what happens to intimate relationships. Amoda explores this in a conversation with her husband and host, Kavi.

In this episode, Kavi invites Amoda Maa to discuss the role of the body in awakening. Together they explore how to reconcile the deepest realization of true nature (the formlessness of Being) with the unavoidable fact that we experience ourselves as form (body, sensations, perceptions). They also discuss whether the well-being of the body has an impact on the spiritual journey, and whether awakeni...

In this episode, Kavi invites Amoda Maa to explore the essence of Jiddu Krishnamurti's teachings by asking her to comment on his famous statement "The difference between you and me is, I don't mind what happens." The conversation includes an exploration of how the mind habitually labels and categorizes all experience, how craving and aversion are a by-product of this, and how the prison of an "inn...

In this episode, host Kavi is in conversation with Amoda Maa about the parallel between the journey of spiritual awakening and the journey of life between birth and death. Together they explore such questions as, how does ego death relate to physical death, what is the value of meeting death consciously before we die, and why is there so much fear around death. 

In this episode, host Kavi is in conversation with Amoda Maa about the possibility of going beyond an intellectual understanding of nonduality. Together they explore how the truth of nondual realization can be fully lived in the ordinary human life. 

In this episode, host Kavi is in conversation with Amoda Maa about the deeper meaning of heaven and hell. Together they explore how heaven and hell are reflections of inner states of consciousness rather than places we go to after we die. 

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the deeper essence of the tantric and nondual approaches to enlightenment. Together they explore whether these two seemingly very different paths are in opposition to each other or whether they actually end up in the same realization of true nature. They also discuss how these two paths merged in Amoda's personal experience of awakening...

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the freedom that is available when we meet reality beyond conceptualization. Together they explore whether spiritual knowledge is valuable on the path of self-realization, how there is a deeper knowing that takes us all the way home, and how true freedom is beyond concepts and beliefs. 

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with David Ellzey to explore the relationship between the spiritual path and expression from a place of inner stillness. In particular, they touch on questions such as how does expression in the world flow differently from awakened consciousness, what happens to the "doer", and is the living of life itself an art form. The conversation is facilitated b...

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.

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". 

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.   

In this episode, Amoda speaks with Kavi about her personal transformation and cosmic revelations during her time in India in the 1990's. 

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...