• 169: Remedies for Cognitive Distortions
    Sep 13 2024

    In this episode we talk about how limited thinking patterns can be looked at, dissected, and overcome.

    • Includes a guided meditation providing ways to identify a cognitive distortion and come up with a rebuttal to go beyond it.

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:
    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #3 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
    #36 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian


    Photo by Uday Mittal on Unsplash

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    49 mins
  • 168: David Farmer, Guest Explorer
    Aug 30 2024

    In this episode, David Farmer talks about how Japanese culture, including archery, led to spiritual insight, and his further explorations with David Bingham that led to his realization of our true nature and effortless being.

    • Includes a guided meditation showing us how looking at every aspect of our experience can lead us to the direct realization of effortlessness and what it is to simply be.

    To learn more about David Farmer, please visit his website at
    EffortlessBeing.org
    Or his YouTube channel at
    https://www.youtube.com/@effortlessbeing

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:

    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #3 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
    #36 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 167: Negative Thought Patterns
    Aug 16 2024

    In this episode we talk about patterns that keep our thinking locked in mental stories and keep us from present moment awakening.

    • Includes a guided meditation providing ways to ask questions that challenge our thinking and put thought in a wider perspective.

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:

    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
    #37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian


    Photo by Karl Magnuson on Unsplash

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    46 mins
  • 166: Walter Dennison, Guest Explorer
    Aug 2 2024

    In this episode we talk to Walter Dennison about his experiences with diving into the center of emotions in order to let go of resistance and open a doorway to unveiled reality.

    • Includes a guided meditation that uses your feeling-imagination to scan first for your non-existent separate self, and then for old emotional energy being kept in your body.

    To learn more about Walter's Meetup group, please visit the "Rupert Spira NY Non-Duality Group" on Meetup:
    https://www.meetup.com/rupert-spira-ny-non-duality-group/

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:

    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
    #37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian

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    55 mins
  • 165: Positive Psychology and Awakening
    Jul 19 2024

    In this episode we compare and contrast the techniques of positive psychology with the techniques of nondual awareness practices.

    • Includes a guided meditation that focuses on raising one's vibration through gratitude in order to relax into pure beingness.

    Books or authors mentioned in this episode:
    Find Happiness Now: 50 Shortcuts for Bringing More Love, Balance, and Joy Into Your Life
    by Jonathan Robinson
    Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
    By Tal Ben-Shahar
    Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times
    By Tal Ben-Shahar
    Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
    By Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:

    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
    #37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian


    Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash

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    42 mins
  • 164: What to Do When You're Triggered
    Jul 5 2024

    In this episode we talk about what triggers you, what we normally do with triggers, and seven ways to make good use of them on the path to awakening.

    • Includes a guided meditation to use when you are triggered involving allowing the arrow of love to crack open your defensive armor and awaken the love in your heart.

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:

    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
    #37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian


    Photo by Nik on Unsplash

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    51 mins
  • 163: Seye Kuyinu, Guest Explorer
    Jun 21 2024

    In this episode we talk to Seye Kuyinu about his book, This Glorious Dance: Contemplations About Who We Are, as well as about questions that explore our true nature, and a variety of topics such as anxiety, hypnotism, and contemplative practice.

    • Includes a guided meditation, based on a Gurdjieff practice, helping us to awaken a sense of aliveness in each body part, while at the same time allowing that part to be the full container for attention.

    To learn more about Seye Kuyinu, please visit…
    seyekuyinu.com
    and
    seyekuyinu.substack.com

    And you can read his book, This Glorious Dance: Contemplations About Who We Are,
    On Amazon
    or listen on Audible.

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:

    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart,
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart,
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart,
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart,
    #37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers


    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 162: What Makes a Good Human Being?
    Jun 7 2024

    In this episode we explore what it means to be a really good human and the various factors and approaches that help create inspiring people.

    • Includes a guided meditation helping us to envision and embody who you would like to become.

    DISCLAIMER:
    The quote from Albert Einstein, reputed to have been from a letter written to his daughter, is now considered to be a fabrication, but whoever wrote it, it's such a profound sentiment, and so germane to our topic, that we decided to leave it in. For more information, see:
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-universal-force/
    and
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-truth-behind-einsteins-letter-on-the-universal-force-of-love_b_7949032

    Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

    NEWS:

    Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
    #2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
    #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
    #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
    #37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

    To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

    If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

    Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
    https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

    To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
    https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
    NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one.

    To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
    https://findinghappiness.com/
    and
    https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

    You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

    Enjoy,
    Jonathan and Brian


    Photo by Eduardo Goody on Unsplash

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    52 mins