The 21 Stages of Meditation
by Donna Quesada: Kundalini yoga teacher and writer Donna Quesada recently attended The 21 Stages of Meditation retreat,
Awaken Interviews Guru Meher Khalsa Pt 3 – Embrace The Feminine
Donna Quesada: Exactly. And so, this brings me to another question that we like to ask here to those we interview.
Awaken Interviews Guru Meher Khalsa Pt 2 – Face The Shadow
Donna Quesada: Interesting, so the default, or “factory setting”is toward the negative, fearful emotions…
Awaken Interviews Guru Meher Khalsa Pt 1 – We Scarcely Know The Upper Limit Of Awakening
Donna Quesada: Guru Meher, I’d like to start out by thanking you for your time.
Awaken Interviews Ora Nadrich Pt 3 – Total Awareness
Donna Quesada: So, it’s almost like using that time to create a new habit? The Morning Cup of Coffee is a moment to habit change?
Awaken Interviews Ora Nadrich Pt 2 – The Inner Journey
Donna Quesada: Ora, what is your background? Do you consider this a spiritual or part of a spiritual path that you are helping people embark on?
Awaken Interviews Ora Nadrich Pt 1 – Present Without Thoughts
Donna Quesada: Hi Ora. Ora Nadrich: Hi Donna.
Awaken Interviews Gangaji Pt 3 – Find Where Love Is Awakened
Donna Quesada: So much of spiritual practice is about dropping the searching, and by extension, the attachments that we think we need.
Awaken Interviews Gangaji Pt 2 – What Is Always Here?
Donna Quesada: So it’s a kind of a spaciousness, a distance to where you’re able to see all as passing clouds…
Awaken Interviews Gangaji Pt 1 – Practical Ramifications Of Awakening
Donna Quesada: Well, Gangaji, the first thing I want to say is, thank you! Thank you for joining us, and I know that our Awaken listeners will appreciate your time, as well, and will love what you have to share with us.
Awaken Interviews Kundalini Master Guru Singh Pt 3 – We Need Millions of Masters
GURU SINGH: It’s exactly like money. Ego is what ego does. Money is what money does.
Awaken Interviews Kundalini Master Guru Singh Pt 2 – Direct Experience Of The Divine
Donna Quesada: So there’s this interplay between doing and letting. Doing and letting go.
Awaken Interviews Master of Kundalini Yoga Guru Singh Pt 1 – Awakening Is A Spectral Process
Donna Quesada: Sat Nam, Guru Singh! Guru Singh: Sat Nam! How are you?
Awaken Interviews Dr. Steve Taylor Pt 2 – The Collective Awakening Is Occurring
Donna Quesada: Oh, this person is awakened or this person is a spiritual teacher…everything is perfect for this person…they’ve got it all figured out. But not necessarily.
Awaken Interviews Dr. Steve Taylor Pt 1 – Wakefulness and Experiences of Mysticism
Donna Quesada: You’ve written so extensively about the subject of awakening…what led you to this aspect of your work?
Awaken Interviews Sharon Salzberg Pt 3 – Balance As A Guiding Light
Donna Quesada: Lovely. Well, I watched your Ted Talk, and I loved it, of course. And there was a story you told about a woman
Awaken Interviews Sharon Salzberg Pt 2 – Doing From A Place Of Perspective And Understanding
Donna Quesada: Now, I want to go a little deeper. I find this so fascinating that it starts with us… this kind of self-blessing.
Awaken Interviews Sharon Salzberg Pt 1 – The Light of Loving Kindness
Donna Quesada: Well, Sharon, I want to thank you for spending this hour with us… I know we’ll be benefiting from your years of experience…
Some Thoughts on Presence – Donna Quesada
by Donna Quesada: I confess that I have had the thought that presence is boring… There must be more, I mused.
The Anniversary of Steely Dan’s Aja; Ode to Deacon Blues – Donna Quesada
by Donna Quesada: Deacon Blues Chorus—
Awaken Interviews Mother Teresa – Real Prayer Is Union With God
Awaken: Thank you for spending this time with us. There’s so much discontent and divide in the world right now…
Awaken Interviews Caroline Myss Pt 3 – The Maximum Habits of the Heart
Donna Quesada: I guess I have two questions. Why isn’t this stuff taught in our curriculum? Why is it so antiquated?
Awaken Interviews Caroline Myss Pt 2 – What Is In One Is In The Whole
Donna Quesada: So, breaking away from the tribe? Caroline Myss: But you have to understand what you just said.
Awaken Interviews Caroline Myss Pt 1 – What Is Truth?
Donna Quesada: Hi Caroline, thank you again for sharing your time with us and the Awaken community.
