Awaken Interviews Leonard Jacobson Pt 2 – Opening Into God Consciousness
Donna Quesada: Leonard, is it necessary to have a spiritual teacher? […]
Neem Karoli Baba (Maharajji)
Though he never set foot in America, his spiritual influence manifested in the work of many American devotees, including Ram Dass. By Phil Catalfo: Neem Karoli Baba (circa 1900-1973) never set foot in America. But he [...]
Neem Karoli Baba – The Saint called nobody
by Life Positive: “He appeared and disappeared for years, being known by different names in various parts of India. His western devotees knew him as Neem Karoli Baba, […]
Maharaji on Contentment
Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba would sometimes wax eloquent while talking about contentment in life: “The real contentment comes only when there is no desire, no hankering in your mind for anything. […]
Great Indian Yogi: Neem Karoli Baba
Neem Karoli Baba (Maharajji) as explained by Ram Dass. […]
Awaken Interviews St. Teresa of Avila – Union of the Whole Soul with God
Awaken: In your work, you so often speak of the importance of humility when traveling the spiritual path. Why is this so important to our spiritual growth? […]
Awaken Interviews Jon Kabat-Zinn Pt 2 – The Capacity To Simply Be
Donna Quesada: Is mindfulness an act of keeping things in mind…in fullness, or is it an act of letting go and letting things out of the mind? […]
Awaken Interviews Sri Ramana Maharshi – Your Duty Is To Be… I Am That I Am
Awaken: Thank you, Sri Ramana Maharshi, for honoring us with your time today. If I may, I will start by diving right into the heart of things… What does it mean to awaken? […]
Faith in Revolution – Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda: Published in the winter 2008 edition of Tricycle, a leading U.S.-based magazine on Buddhism in the West. […]
Closer Now to a Nuke-Free World – Daisaku Ikeda
by Daisaku Ikeda: The following are excerpts from an email interview with SGI President Daisaku Ikeda […]
Osho on Sexuality to Love – Sex accepted, respected, lived, becomes love.
Question – Beloved Master, tell me the way from sexuality to love. […]
Expanding Consciousness
by Abigail Brenner M.D.: Going beyond What You Think You Know. […]
Float Your Worries Away? A Sensory Deprivation Tank Could Help With That
by Adam Barnes: Sensory deprivation tanks, or float tanks, as they’re commonly called, are dark, soundproof tanks designed to create an environment devoid of sensation. […]
Osho And Eckhart Tolle: Online And Offline, It’s The Same Message
I enjoyed reading these two excerpts, one from Osho and one from Eckhart Tolle, describing the nature of the mind and how it distracts us. […]
How do I Stay In The Present Moment When It Feels Unbearable? | Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh: How do I stay in the present moment when it feels unbearable?, question asked during a public Q and A session… […]
Beware of Future-Tripping – Gabrielle Bernstein
by Gabrielle Bernstein: When I was newly sober, I was terrified by the idea of trying to stay sober forever. I’d future-trip about what it would be like not to have a drink at my wedding or [...]
Ramana Maharshi – Quotes
Quotes accompanied by images & video footage of Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi the ‘Sage of Arunachala’… […]
Ananda Giri The Radical Thinker
by Ananda Giri: It is true that we cannot continue with our same old habitual ways of thinking and expect our lives to be very different. […]
PAULO COELHO: Discussion he once had with a friend about God
by Paulo Coelho: I was never one to dwell on the past; I feel that the present is the result of all that we have lived […]
Are You a Mystic? – Rabbi Rami Shapiro
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro: I have been asked that question countless times over the decades. […]
Comparing Yourself To Others – Leonard Jacobson
Leonard Jacobson: Why would you do that? https://vimeo.com/727995281 Awaken Spirit Posts Source: AWAKEN
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. […]
Arjuna Ardagh “Better Than Sex” The Art Of Awakening Coaching
I am pleased to highly recommend Arjuna Ardagh’s book “Better Than Sex” The Art Of Awakening Coaching. The following are excerpts from his book in regards to the masculine and feminine practice of Awakening. David [...]
Krishnamurti on Solitude
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) was a unique figure in twentieth century thought. […]
Buddhist Leader Pushes for Nuclear Abolition Treaty – Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda: The following is the full text of an email interview with SGI President Daisaku Ikeda […]
On Forgiveness – Donna Quesada
by Donna Quesada: Of all the meditation retreats and spiritual workshops I’ve done in my life, there’s one that stands out. It was a long, intense and exhausting weekend in 2014. […]
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. […]
Meeting Neem Karoli Baba
Bruce Badrinath Das Margolin tells his story of travelling to India, meeting Ram Dass who points the way to Neem Karoli Baba. […]
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… […]
Mahayana Buddhism and Twenty-first Century Civilization
by Daisaku Ikeda: Delivered at Harvard University, September 24, 1993 […]
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. […]
Kim Eng And Eckhart Tolle Relationship – True Love And The Transcendence Of Duality
Kim Eng: During my travels, one of the most frequently asked question is “What is it like to be in relationship with an enlightened being?” […]
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! […]
Flowing With The River Of Life – Mary O’Malley
by Mary O’Malley: Imagine walking through the woods when suddenly you begin to hear the sounds of running water… […]
Joseph Campbell Your Were Never Born And You Will Never Die
By Joseph Campbell: “The idea of the reincarnating principle is thus of two orders: […]
Stay Present and Absorb the Beauty of Life – Sandra Ingerman
by Sandra Ingerman: I have been sharing that Isis is really encouraging us all to stay present right now. She keeps telling me […]
Illuminating Purpose – Dr. Bohdanna “Billie” Zazulak
by Dr. Bohdanna “Billie” Zazulak: Mother Nature has always called to me for adventure and challenge; […]
Avadhuta Gita: Song Of The Liberated Soul
Translation and Commentary by Rory Mackay: Chapter Six… […]
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Mystic and Scientist
by Robert Ellsberg: Far ahead of his time, Pierre Teilhard anticipated the birth of a global web of consciousness: We must all go forward together in love, while still preserving individuality, or we will perish. ” [...]
Heart of Matter
This last volume in Pierre Teilhard’s collected works contains two previously unavailable essays of key importance: “The Heart of Matter,” a spiritual autobiography written in 1950, […]
Rediscovering Fire
by Ursula King: [Teilhard’s] vision of love is a spirituality that celebrates the oneness of creation, a spirituality that acknowledges love as the clearest understanding we have of God, of ourselves, of history, and of the cosmos. – [...]
How To Manifest Your Intentions With Reiki
by Jessie Quinn: Manifestation is all about calling something into your life through your energetic actions… […]
Maharishi Mahesh on Suffering
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi addresses the question: Is it nature’s plan for man to suffer? […]
The Science of Creative Intelligence &Transcendental Meditation
In 1972, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is asked about the connection between the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) and his Transcendental Meditation technique. […]