Podcast
The ‘Awakening Into Life’ podcast series is a collection of talks that I have given, and continue to give, since my own profound perceptual shift in 2014.
I am slowly reposting the first 30 episodes to this page.
Episode 1: A Basic Introduction to the Pathless Path
Using the metaphor of the mountain, we could look at an authentic spiritual awakening as having three distinct stages that each need a different approach. The journey looks one way while going up the mountain, another way from the top of the mountain, and yet another way when we are coming back down the mountain again and into our lives.
Episode 2: The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment, Part 1
This is part 1 of the very first public talk that I ever gave. The topic was “The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment”. It was held in 2015 at a New Age/New Thought community and covers a continuum of conscious awareness, along with the first two spiritual practices that can help bring about an experiential awakening out of the dream of duality and into the full embodiment of a realized life.
Episode 3: The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment, Part 2
This is part 2 of the very first public talk that I ever gave. The topic was “The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment. It was held in 2015 at a New Age/New Thought community and continues where the first part ended. It covers additional spiritual practices, such as facing and letting go of our pain, paying attention to synchronicity, and being wary of our traps, all of which can help bring about an experiential awakening out of the dream and into life.
Episode 4: The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment, Part 3
This is part 3 of the very first public talk that I ever gave. The topic was “The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment. It was held in 2015 at a New Age/New Thought community and continues where the second part ended. In this section of the talk, I address questions and engage in conversation with those in attendance. I touch briefly on my own journey, talk about important aspects of welcoming the whole human experience, and also offer a meditation, grounded in the heart, that I refer to as ‘the heart breath’, all of which can help bring about an experiential awakening out of the dream and into life.
Episode 5: The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment, Part 4
This is part 4 of the very first public talk that I ever gave. The topic was “The Promise, Process, and Pitfalls of Obtaining Spiritual Enlightenment. It was held in 2015 at a New Age/New Thought community and continues where the last talk ended. This particular episode follows up on some of the things that I would likely say differently six years later. I provide clarification on purpose, using the continuum of conscious awareness model, the ego as a curious paradox that gets a ‘bad wrap’, what the word ‘god’ is really pointing toward, taking responsibility even amidst the perfection inherent in the way of things, the role of trauma in the body and how it keeps us in our minds, and some deeper reflections on the ‘traps’ portion of this particular talk.
Episode 6: My Story of Awakening, Part 1
This is part 1 in a 6-part series that takes a close and intimate look at my own experiential journey of awakening. Parts 1-4 are taken from a talk I gave, in 2016, as part of a long-term series I was hosting at a local Zen center. Parts 5-6 are an update on my adventures from where I am now, five years later. In this first part, I talk about some of the events and experiences that led up to my initial awakening – ending with that moment in which everything fell away and all that remained was awareness of awareness. It is my hope that this in-depth look at my own awakening process can be of comfort to those who are having difficulties on their own journey – so you can see that you are not alone and that we are all in this together.
Episode 7: My Story of Awakening, Part 2
This is part 2 in a 6-part series that takes a close and intimate look at my own experiential journey of awakening. Parts 1-4 are taken from a talk I gave, in 2016, as part of a long-term series I was hosting at a local Zen center. Parts 5-6 are an update on my adventures from where I am now, five years later. In this second part, I describe several of the initial opening experiences and insights that occurred during the early stages of my own awakening. It is my hope that this in-depth look at my own awakening process can be of comfort to those who are having difficulties on their own journey – so you can see that you are not alone and that we are all in this together.