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Awareness Explorers

If you want to awaken peace and love in daily life, pure awareness is always available as the background of all experience. Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor explore ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

Mindfulness Religion & Spirituality Meditation Spirituality
Update frequency
every 13 days
Average duration
52 minutes
Episodes
196
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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195: How to Be with Bad News

195: How to Be with Bad News

In this episode we discuss strategies for handling bad news as an awakening person, balancing awareness and action..

• Includes a guided meditation addressing the dichotomy between taking action and …

00:41:39  |   Fri 12 Sep 2025
194: Embracing the Middle Way

194: Embracing the Middle Way

In this episode we discuss the concept of the Middle Way and explore how to move beyond polarities in spiritual practice and daily life, thus finding a balance between extremes and recognizing the in…

00:42:59  |   Fri 29 Aug 2025
193: Kat van Oudheusden, Guest Explorer

193: Kat van Oudheusden, Guest Explorer

In this episode, we talk to Kat (Katrijn) van Oudheusden, author of Seeing No-Self, and Beyond Illusion, about discovering the illusion of separation, and her set of essential inquiries that use empi…

00:54:41  |   Fri 15 Aug 2025
192: Samuel Jacob, Guest Explorer

192: Samuel Jacob, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk to Samuel Jacob, a contemporary spiritual teacher specializing in radical self-inquiry. He emphasizes the immediate availability of awareness, completeness, and happiness in t…

00:58:19  |   Fri 01 Aug 2025
191: Inward and Outward Paths

191: Inward and Outward Paths

In this episode we explore the concepts of the inward and outward facing paths. They are presented as different approaches in various traditions that, if pursued to their core, eventually arrive at a…

00:41:20  |   Fri 18 Jul 2025
190: John Travis, Guest Explorer

190: John Travis, Guest Explorer

In this episode, we interview John Travis, founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation Center, exploring his spiritual journey and teachings, and his emphasis on the importance of integrating mind…

00:58:27  |   Fri 04 Jul 2025
189: Trauma and Awakening

189: Trauma and Awakening

In this episode, we discuss the relationship between trauma and spiritual awakening, and how trauma can not only obscure awareness but can also catalyze awakening. We also describe some effective tra…

00:49:33  |   Fri 20 Jun 2025
188: Exploring Intuition

188: Exploring Intuition

In this episode we discuss intuition, its nature, how to access it, and its relationship to awakening.

• Includes a guided meditation helping you to cultivate the open receptivity required for intuit…

00:45:45  |   Fri 06 Jun 2025
187: Robert Rugg, Guest Explorer

187: Robert Rugg, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk with Robert Rugg, author of Awakening to Effortless Being: Realizing Your Infinite Self, about his spiritual journey, his teachings on effortless being, his approach to self-r…

00:55:16  |   Fri 23 May 2025
186: Rituals

186: Rituals

In this episode we explore the topic of rituals and their impact on experiencing deeper peace, love, and joy in life.

• Includes a guided meditation in which we reflect on past meaningful ritual expe…

00:48:04  |   Fri 09 May 2025
185: Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, Guest Explorers

185: Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, Guest Explorers

In this episode we talk to Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, founders of the Awakening Curriculum, about the Wheel of Identification, which is their framing of the Ten Buddhist Fetters, as well as pract…

01:46:25  |   Fri 25 Apr 2025
184: What Makes an Ideal Human?

184: What Makes an Ideal Human?

In this episode we look at twenty-five possible qualities of being an ideal human, and explore their relevance to awakening.

• Includes a guided meditation taking several qualities of an ideal human,…

00:53:02  |   Fri 11 Apr 2025
183: Amy Albright and Drew Pierson, Guest Explorers

183: Amy Albright and Drew Pierson, Guest Explorers

In this episode, we discuss neurofeedback, consciousness, and practical techniques for achieving higher states of awareness with Dr. Amy Albright and Dr. Drew Pierson , founders of Holon, a blend of …

01:13:21  |   Fri 28 Mar 2025
182: Kat Adamson, Guest Explorer

182: Kat Adamson, Guest Explorer

In this episode, we talk to Kat Adamson, widow of the late non-duality teacher Sailor Bob Adamson, about his life, teachings, legacy, and Bob’s core message: There is no separate self, only awareness…

01:19:02  |   Fri 14 Mar 2025
181: The Gift of Aging

181: The Gift of Aging

In this episode we talk about the negative associations of aging but also how it can be a doorway to the gifts and spiritual opportunities that come with growing older.

• Includes a guided meditation…

00:46:43  |   Fri 28 Feb 2025
180: Craig Hamilton, Guest Explorer

180: Craig Hamilton, Guest Explorer

In this episode we talk to Craig Hamilton about his “direct awakening” approach to meditation that aims to immediately connect with one’s true nature. He also emphasizes the importance of integrating…

01:06:07  |   Fri 14 Feb 2025
179: Everything You Don’t Like is Your Guru

179: Everything You Don’t Like is Your Guru

In this episode we talk about how the things in our lives that we don’t like can show us where we are resistant and attached, and can trigger new ways to transcend and learn from those daily occurren…

00:53:17  |   Fri 31 Jan 2025
178: Beyond the Mind and Into the Mystery

178: Beyond the Mind and Into the Mystery

In this episode we explore methods for entering into a state of mystery and wonder through specific questions and contemplations.

• Includes a guided meditation that uses questions to direct you into…

00:46:58  |   Fri 17 Jan 2025
177: Cindy Teevens, Guest Explorer

177: Cindy Teevens, Guest Explorer

In this episode, we talk to Cindy Teevens, author of Alchemy, How to Feel Good No Matter What, as well as The Happiness Lie—which challenges the belief that external factors control our happiness—abo…

01:02:46  |   Fri 03 Jan 2025
176: Favorite Movies and Books to Inspire

176: Favorite Movies and Books to Inspire

In this episode, we share a gift bag of movies and books that have inspired us over the years and talk about how they can be powerful tools for inspiration and spiritual growth when approached with a…

00:47:12  |   Fri 20 Dec 2024
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