Rites And Initiations Connecting Shamans To The Cosmos
by Alberto Villloldo: Rites of passage and initiation have been practiced for millennia by all peoples in the Earth… […]
Are You a Mystic? – Rabbi Rami Shapiro
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro: I have been asked that question countless times over the decades. […]
Shamans And Cosmology – Alberto Villoldo PhD
by Alberto Villoldo PhD: The shamans of the Andes know and serve a sacred dream, one that guides planets across the heavens and our human destiny here on Earth… […]
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 […]
Tree of Life Meanings, Symbols, and Mythology
by Kristen M. Stanton: The Tree of Life, sometimes referred to as the World Tree or the Tree of Knowledge, appears in the mythology and folklore of cultures around the world… […]
Wisdom Seeks for Wisdom
by Suzuki Roshi: In this teaching from 1965—taken from the oldest extant recording of his talks—Shunryu Suzuki Roshi explains what it means to understand your true nature… […]
Space-Time And Overcoming The Past
by Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D: Don Antonio Morales, who was on the faculty of the University of Cusco and was a full-blooded Inka, became my primary mentor… […]
Stonehenge: A Summer Solstice Experience
by Shagun Rastogi: I wanted to watch the sunrise on the summer solstice from Stonehenge, ancient druid temple, aligned to the solstice, keeper of mysterious magic yet unknown to us… […]
How to Be Happier—the Buddhist Way
by Victor M. Parachin: Humans lean toward the negative, but we can overcome this tendency. Discover five Buddhism-inspired ways to be happier right now… […]
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. […]
The Significance of Self-Importance
It is much easier to notice traits in others than in ourselves… […]
Called To Step Into A New Destiny – Alberto Villoldo
by Alberto Villoldo: You can grow a new body. You know you can, because you have already grown a body… […]
Awaken Interviews Thomas Merton – Nirvana Is Found in the Midst of the World Around Us
Awaken: Firstly, thank you for so graciously sharing your wisdom with our awakened readers today. […]
Mother Mary And Mary Magdalene
byElla Rozett: Holding Two Marys Together… […]
Thich Nhat Hanh and the Light We Carry Forward
By Marianne Williamson: The blessing he leaves behind. When a great soul leaves the earth, the gifts they shared while they were here dissolve into a misty blessing that remains though they are gone… [...]
Healing The Death Within Us – Alberto Villoldo
by Alberto Villoldo: All of us have felt haunted by death at one time or another… […]
And Now He Has Wings: The Art of Collaboration
‘And Now He Has Wings’ is a collaborative EP by Ram Dass & AWARÉ, exploring the feelings that we have as humans… […]
Beyond Goodbye
by John Blake: William Peters was working as a volunteer in a hospice when he had a strange encounter with a dying man that changed his life… […]
18 Calming Prayers for Anxiety That Offer Instant Stress Relief
by Olivia Muenter: These soothing words will bring comfort and inner peace to your heart… […]
Kahlil Gibran On Children
by Kahlil Girbran: Your children are not your children. […]
My Amazing Little Experiments With Telepathy
by C Y Gopinath: I think we’re all telepathic. We just don’t know it… […]
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. […]
The Gift of Challenging Times: 7 Vedantic Tips For Thriving Amid Adversity
by Rory Mackay: Without doubt, we live in challenging times… […]
The Gift of Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to create new neural networks for both our individual health as well as for society in general… […]
Compassion: The Second Abode – Roshi Joan Halifx
by Joan Halifax Roshi: Compassion is not an idealized state. It is a profound realization that we are not separate from one another… […]
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! […]
The Illumination Process – Alberto Villoldo
by Alberto Villoldo: At the core of the shamanic energy healing session lies the Illumination process… […]
Mitochondria And The Feminine Life Force – Alberto Villoldo
by Alberto Villoldo: In humans, the prefrontal cortex, located in the front of the brain, takes on critically important significance as our link to the future, our key to enlightenment… […]
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. […]
Say A Little Prayer
by Ken McLeod: Reaching beyond our limits, we make practice real… […]
Sadhguru At TED Conference 2009
by Sadhguru: It is the boundary of sensation that determine what is you and what is not you… […]
Slaying The Dragon
In this clip from Episode 1 of Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth, Bill Moyers and mythologist Joseph Campbell explore the mythological significance of what it means to “slay our dragons”… […]
Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist Monk And Peace Activist, Dies At 95
Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and leading voice in opposition to the Vietnam War, has died at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam. He was 95… […]
Teaching Shamanism At Atlantic University
by Rachel E. Mann: “Welcome to the shamanic worldview in which we recognize that there are multiple dimensions and realities beyond the physical space-time continuum…” […]
Déjà vu: A True Story – Social Short Story
by Anu Lal: But then I found my gaze fixed at a point in space outside, where the cars parked, through the windows at the left corner in the back of the class… […]
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 […]
Top 10 Mindset Resolutions
by Peter Diamandis: Today, I’m going to share my Top 10 Mindset Resolutions to help you thrive in 2022… […]
Tantra: From Ecstasy To Enlightenment
Lindsay Fulcher enters the transgressive realm of Tantra… […]
Nagual
In Mesoamerican folk religion, a nagual (pronounced [na’wal]) is a human being who has the power to shapeshift into a jaguar form… […]
Nurturing the Seed of Presence – Leonard Jacobson
by Leonard Jacobson: Being present is immensely worthwhile. It opens you into the truth of life. […]
Christmas For Mystics – Marianne Williamson
by Marianne Williamson: The holidays are only holy if we make them so… […]
Letting Go Of Your Fear Of Death And Dying Consciously
by Dr. Alberto Villoldo: When the mind starts to busy itself crafting a story about how we’ve been wronged, or […]
Mary Magdalene – A Woman Of Power And Vision By Judith Shaw
by Judith Shaw: Who was Mary Magdalene? The first thought of many today is that Mary Magdalene was a repentant prostitute. But was she? Until the third century, Mary was considered an “apostle…” […]
Are You Worthy?
by Esther and Jerry Hicks: Abraham speaks on the subject of our ideas of self-worth and our feelings about our actions… […]
The Way Of The Psychonaut
by Dr. Stanislav Grof: The Way Of The Psychonaut… […]