It’s Time For A Compassionate Revolution – Ed and Deb Shapiro
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: We have a newspaper photograph of Bishop Tutu, his hands held in prayer position. Underneath it are his words, […]
Are soul mates real, according to science?
by Amir Levine, MD: We’re all born with the brain neurocircuitry to see another person as more special than anyone else… […]
Awaken Interviews Jonathan Robinson Pt 2 – The Enlightenment Project
Donna Quesada: What struck me about your magic trick and having a way out is that the way out doesn’t need to be arduous. […]
Awaken Interviews Jonathan Robinson Pt 1 – The Enlightenment Project
Donna Quesada: It’s a pleasure to see you again, personally, and also because I know our readers just really love your work. […]
Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur’s Inspirational Transformation!
If this story can inspire someone you know, please share it with them! Arthur Boorman was a disabled veteran of the Gulf War for 15 years, and was told by his doctors that he would [...]
Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, “We are losing our listening.” In this short, fascinating talk, […]
Awaken Interviews Richard Moss MD Pt 3 – Exploring Consciousness and Love
Donna Quesada: What have been your practices? I imagine that maintaining a state of awakening isn’t a static practice. […]
Awaken Interviews Richard Moss M.D. Pt 2 – Are You Choosing From Love or Fear?
Donna Quesada: That leads me to another point, if I can. You spoke about existential angst. […]
Awaken Interviews Richard Moss M.D. Pt 1 – Awakening Is In Service To Love
Donna Quesada: Well, Richard. It’s so nice to finally have this time with you. […]
A Conversation With Dr. Timothy Leary
Sid: I read Ronald Siegel’s book Intoxication (Dutton, 1989) which I found very interesting. He described drug experiences as just a natural part of all evolution, and even in the wild, animals … […]
Are You a Mystic? – Rabbi Rami Shapiro
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro: I have been asked that question countless times over the decades. […]
Was Timothy Leary Right?
by John Cloud: New research on psychedelic drugs shows promise for their therapeutic use. […]
Awaken Interviews Timothy Leary PhD- The Deepest Religious Experience of My Life
Awaken: Firstly, I want to thank you for spending this time with us. I appreciate you sharing your wisdom and ideas about the therapeutic and transformative potential of psychedelics […]
We Are Not Alone Here
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: The Buddhist teachings describe a great net reaching in all directions with a multifaceted mirror-like jewel at each of the many knots, […]
Why The Paradoxes Of Infinity Still Puzzle Us Today
by Alan Lightman: Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite… […]
Awaken Interviews Pri Vilayat Inyat Khan – Seeing Through the Eyes of God
Awaken: Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, it is an honor to spend this time with you. I know our awakened readers will treasure your words. […]
6 Life-Changing Stages of Spiritual Awakening
by Shannon Kaiser: Which stage of spiritual awakening are you in? […]
Work, Growth, and the Expansion of Consciousness
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work […]
Awaken Interviews Krishnamurti – Being A Human Being Who Is Actually The Rest Of Mankind
Awaken: Sir Jiddu krishnamurti, I want to first thank you for spending this time with me today. I know that our awakened readers will treasure your words. […]
Awaken Interviews Leonard Jacobson – Align Our Individual Awakening With Our Responsibility To The Planet
David Welch: Before we begin, I just wanted to let the Awaken community know how important Leonard Jacobson is to me, personally. […]
Awaken Interviews David R. Hawkins – The Divinity of All That Is Silently Shines Forth
Awaken: David, I want to first thank you for so generously agreeing to spend this time with us today… […]
Awaken Interviews Lama Palden Pt 3 – Love On Every Breath
Donna Quesada: I love that. You bring up the notion of reincarnation, which is so much a part of Buddhist teachings and Indian teachings. […]
Awaken Interviews Alan Watts – The Goal and Fulfillment of All Living Is The Immediate Now
Awaken: it might sound sentimental, but meeting you and having this time with you, is a crowning moment for me. […]
Awaken Interviews Ram Dass – Pure Awareness
Awaken: It is an honor and a privilege to spend this time with you. I have admired your work and your mission since Be Here Now! […]
Awaken Interviews Louise Hay – Loving Ourselves Works Miracles In Our Lives
AWAKEN: Louise, I am just so happy to spend this time with you! I have admired your work and your writings for so long, […]
What God, Quantum Mechanics And Consciousness Have In Common
by John Horgan: Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance… […]
Vedanta’s Definition of God: There Is No God — There Is Nothing But God
In order to grasp the essence of Vedanta, it’s necessary to have an understanding of what we call Ishvara. […]
Sadhguru At TED Conference 2009
by Sadhguru: It is the boundary of sensation that determine what is you and what is not you… […]
Awaken Interviews Kiri Westby – Pt 2 – One World, One Dream, Free Tibet
Donna Quesada: I would like to talk more about what your practice is, and how those practices helped you in your situation. […]
Enlightenment and Sam the Camera Man – Jonathan Robinson
by Jonathan Robinson: Sam enjoyed taking pictures of everything—or so “he” thought. […]
Eckhart Tolle Interviews “Awaken” About Awakening
This interview took place in front of 650 people at a retreat with Eckhart Tolle and Kim Eng in Norway in September 2015. […]
Sadhguru’s Enlightenment in His Own Words
Sadhguru: One afternoon, I rode up Chamundi Hill in Mysore city and went to a particular rock – a huge rock which was my usual place […]
Nurturing the Seed of Presence – Leonard Jacobson
by Leonard Jacobson: Being present is immensely worthwhile. It opens you into the truth of life. […]
Awaken Interviews Byron Katie Pt 2 – I Am The Cause Of My Own Suffering
Donna Quesada: And it seems like it’s willingness in seeing your part in shaping the pattern that is in place. […]
What is Enlightenment
by Rory B Mackay: So, what is enlightenment? […]
Emotional Release: A Perfect Gift to Yourself – Deepak Chopra
by Deepak Chopra, M.D: If a painful event from your past is keeping you from experiencing happiness and peace in the present… […]
After Awakening
Adapted from a talk by Roshi Robert Althouse: Faith, practice, and enlightenment in Zen master Dogen’s Genjokoan… […]
When Mind Storm Comes, Welcome and Transcend
This is a very important guidance for seekers of Truth to understand the storms of the mind and any attack of ‘personal identity.. […]
Along the Way to Awakening
by Bonnie Greenwall PhD: It has been many years now since my own kundalini activation and the energy is calm, as if it has spiraled down into a quiet center that supports my work and my [...]
Awaken Interviews Guru Rattana Pt 1 – How Our Energy’s Relates To Our Soul
Awaken apologizes for the poor framing of Guru Rattana. It is the content of the interview that is important and rather than only using the audio we decided to use the video anyway. […]
Microdose Therapy: An Accelerated Path to Healing – Jonathan Robinson
by Jonathan Robinson: For the most part, people engage in psychotherapy the same way they did a hundred years ago. […]
G.I. Gurdjieff – The Four Bodies Of Man – Immortality
G.I. Gurdjieff – the Four Bodies of Man – Immortality read by Debbie Elliott… […]
Yamada Mumon Roshi : In Zazen, I Become Nothing And Everything Become Nothing,
Yamada Mumon Roshi filmed in 1977 in his temple in Kobe : an interview of an exceptional master. An outstanding documentary… […]
Dan Millman: On Awakening
by Dan Millman: Centuries ago, a wanderer came upon another lone traveler walking serenely through a forest in India. […]
New Research Shows How Dopamine Plays A Key Role In Consciousness
by Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian: Consciousness is arguably the most important scientific topic there is. Without consciousness, there would after all be no science… […]