The Awareness Podcast

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...

In this Living an Awakened life episode, Susan Telford talks to spiritual teacher Shakti Caterina Maggi about spiritual awakening and how awakening is the beginning of our spiritual life. Listen to Shakti, as she invites you to a direct experience of your true nature as you listen to her voice.  Shakti says, “It's something that virtually any human being can experience provided that they have...

In this episode Cyndi and Rona introduce what some have described as the most difficult of all spiritual practices, The Pause When you tune in you will learn… · What The Pause is and why it is so powerful (hint – it is in The Pause where all is healed) · How to implement this technique into your everyday life · The transformative power of letting everything be as it is while letting any physical d...

In this Living in Not-knowing podcast, Donald Hoffman explains how science is now catching up with what many of the spiritual traditions have been saying for millennia - that there is only one consciousness, and that time and space are not fundamental. What does science tell us about the nature of our human experience? Can we escape from the virtual reality headset that prevents us seeing things a...

In December 2022, Bill Free and Lisa Natoli spent 3 weeks in India. They traveled with a group hosted by Prachi Jain, director of the tour company Escape To…  Listen as they share the joy of what India offers and how India brings a deeper awakening, a deeper sense of the peace and flow of Life. Learn more about Prachi’s work https://www.escapeto.in/ Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening...

In this episode Diederik shares how his life experiences led him to a choice between suicide and spiritual awakening.  Tune in to hear  How events that happen in early childhood create unconscious core beliefs How those beliefs create an identity that we rarely question How we self sabotage if one of those unconscious beliefs is that we do not deserve to be happy  What happened when Diederik was d...

In A Course in Miracles Honesty is defined as consistency.  During this podcast Cyndi and Rona discuss what that means and how it can be used as a very effective Tool for Awakening. Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here.  Listen + Subscribe Stay up to date and tune in at centerforawakening.org/podcast ... You can a...

In this episode, Francis describes what it means ‘to live in not-knowing’ and explains the distinction between non-duality and non-dualism. We discuss the different ways in which we can approach the hidden knowledge of awareness. After the first stage in which we discover the absolute reality of pure consciousness, Francis explains why it is essential to recognise that this one reality shines as t...

Join Bill Free and Hans Wilhelm for a conversation about their spiritual paths. Among many other things, Bill and Hans discuss reincarnation, karma, consciousness and illusion and what they have both learned on their spiritual journeys.  Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Free to join. Find out more here.  Listen + Subscribe Stay up to date and...

In this episode, Lisa discusses what lead to her awakening in 2018 after decades of spiritual seeking. She discusses her practice of A Course in Miracles as both  committed student and beloved teacher and how the teachings of Rupert Spira and other teachers of nonduality led her not only to Self-realization , but also to a deeper appreciation and understanding of the Course. Lisa also discusses he...

Tune in to this episode of the Living in Oneness Podcast as Simone describes her journey in The Great Mystery. Her desire for Truth leads her from a life in Law into one of study and service.  Learn how an interest in NVC (Non Violent Communication), Dyads, and Trauma Healing has shaped her current work.   Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experience with ongoing live teachings! Fre...

In this Living in Not-Knowing podcast, with Anne Hay, we trace her path from early glimpses of peace and freedom, through a range of spiritual disciplines, to reach the recognition that organized practice was not going to bring what she was looking for. Several times she was brought face-to-face with death through an early traumatic experience, the death of her parents, cancer and other health iss...

Bill’s guest in this episode is singer/songwriter Neda Boin.  Neda is a well known teacher of A Course in Miracles and the creator of The Voice Liberation Program.   Listen as Neda explains what Voice Liberation is and how it works to heal unconscious residue, guilt or trauma that may be hidden in the mind that thinks itself to be separate. Support the show Deepen your spiritual awakening experien...