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What does waking up mean exactly? Who is asleep? And what is” learning what your life is trying to teach you” all about? Why is your life your perfect teacher? On this show we will be exploring title...
View ArticleRumblings
We may be surprised at what arises when we first embrace and practice awareness. If we have really opened to awareness and trusted the process, then, usually, we will encounter emotions and fears which...
View ArticleThe Necessity of Risk
When we invoke mercy for ourselves and others, our entire world shifts into a kinder and more compassionate place. This week we will further our explanation and exploration of this powerful and life...
View ArticleDeepening Awareness
This week we will be reviewing the four strategies for Waking Up, Awareness, Personal Responsibility, Inner Work, and Action. Our focus will continue on Awareness with our special guest Tim Freke, an...
View ArticleThe Gateway to Change: The Foundation of Personal Power
We begin this episode of with a short review of the awareness work we have been doing in the first four episodes. Rumi is going to help us with this task. Episode 5 introduces personal responsibility,...
View ArticleThe Voice of Reason
Spirituality is all about moving into the unknown. Joseph Campbell once said that “in our generation, the voice of reason is the guardian at the gate into the unknown.” What does this mean exactly? We...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to the Judge
Judgment is the greatest cause of trouble, harm and discord in the world, and there is no destructive force as intractable as righteous judgment. Despite its drawbacks, and all the pain, suffering and...
View ArticleThe Ocean We Swim In. Personal Responsibility and Fear
In this episode, we begin with a discussion of the good medicine, humor. A sense of humor is one of the major attributes we can possess or achieve in life. Having a good sense of humor and being a...
View ArticleThe World Within You
John O’Donohue says, “A world lives within you. No one else can bring you news of this inner world.” In this episode we begin our exploration of Inner Work, the third strategy in waking up and learning...
View ArticleWho Says So?
There are many paths and systems for doing inner work; for clearly identifying and dealing with our inner demons and for creating changes. We might decide that one great path has everything for us, or...
View ArticleAction!
On Waking Up, Learning What Your Life Is Trying to Teach You. We have been exploring the first three strategies for waking up and embracing a conscious life: awareness, personal responsibility and...
View ArticleAction: Putting It All Together
What if your heart took over the creation of your reality? What would the world be like then? Rumi said, “A prince is just a conceit until he does something with generosity.” So it is with us. We can...
View ArticleAction: The Eyes Have It!
In this episode, we will be exploring two more action practices: connecting the eyes to the heart and deep listening. These compassionate practices, when introduced into our daily life, can create a...
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