AWARENESS NOW

Uncovering My Own Despair

April 22, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 7.53 MB

Do we really understand our own despair? Let's take some time to discover this fake news we give ourselves. Is it even real? How do we use things to not feel it?

I Am A Feather Over Fear

October 04, 2011 02:57 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Fear and anxiety can get the best of us, no? This is a meditation to expand awareness linking conscious breathing with our visual imagination.

Cicadas Teach Pain Relief

August 17, 2011 01:56 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Mostly we avoid pain. Perhaps that is why there is so much depression. If we keep putting energy into not looking into the darkness the darkness will continue. Let's look at what cicadas might have to say about it from their long life dwelling in the dirt for more than a decade before they come into the light.

Who Am I Absent of Conditioning

July 30, 2011 00:11 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MB

Who Am I Absent of Conditioning? Imagine all of the influences that have shaped who you are today...even down to how you brush your teeth the right or wrong way. How can you possibly be good enough when everything in your life has culminated to make you this way? Begin to imagine what life could be life if you came to know your own unique nature...and fell in love with it.

The Purpose of Fatherhood

July 24, 2011 04:18 - 39 minutes - 20.9 MB

To paraphrase Khalil Gibran, our children are not ours, but they come through us. What is the purpose of fatherhood? What is the impact each of who choose parenthood have on the future of our children? No, not all of us are suited to perform this task if we are to elevate the consciousness of our species. Yes, it is on us to nurture our children to carry forth their own abilities beyond us. No, it has nothing to do with us and they will be who they are.

The Four Choice Limit

July 16, 2011 02:31 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Mostly we think of ourselves as having infinite choices to make as any given moment, unaware of the influence our past has on us now. Here we consider the specific limitations, specifically those of the inherited perception of our parents there are, and question what our experience of life might be like if we add other options.

Who You Are and What For

November 13, 2009 23:54 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

Without knowing who we are and what we are here for, or more accurately creating those aspects, we may very well be doomed to suffering and unfulfilled in our being used by those who do know these things. I powerfully request you, my listeners DECLARE these to me directly right now, what are the VALUES at the core of who you are and FOR WHAT are you here. Email me, send me voicemail, whatever it is that works for you. And, if you don't not know, tell me this and that you will explore...

Awareness Of Minds Influence

October 08, 2009 04:40 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Aren't we special? Our mind is ours yet we behave like we are our mind. This ignorance has kept us in trouble since formation. Mostly we cannot even think anymore with this blob of matter between our ears. Sure we have thoughts, but they are used to perpetuate a prison mentality of all of humanity. Shall we identify with our minds and remain in hell and at war with each forever? There is a way out.

Meditation On The Space Between Breath

October 06, 2009 19:31 - 23 minutes - 13.5 MB

Above all, I want you to find this small space, this tiny little space between breathing in and out and in again. We go looking all over the place for big things outside of ourself, however, when it comes to the inner landscape, we often avoid the most profound and smallest of spaces within. Join me on this directed meditation in identifying and expanding the pause...see you there!

What The Mind Is Working On

October 04, 2009 14:54 - 13 minutes - 7.65 MB

Many of us still relate to our mind as if it is us, as if we are our minds. This is silly. We have minds. Minds do not have us. Or do they? All of us would like to be at peace, however as soon as we are seeking it it is no longer with us. We simply can't have what we seek. Seeking is a phenomenon saved for another day. Use this meditation to find yourself in the moments you no longer are seeking and expand the experience of yourself.

The Space In A Promise

October 01, 2009 21:39 - 11 minutes - 6.78 MB

Perhaps the things we can't see are far, far more important than those things that we CAN see. On the Anniversary with my wife, we celebrate 4 years of being on a wonderful honeymoon and wish every couple the same magnificent joy we have created with each other. In this episode, we explore what it is that has us have what we do. Enjoy this wonderful meditation and create bold promises that move you to a 'world that doesn't matter.'

Every Day A Day Of Atonement

September 18, 2009 22:57 - 12 minutes - 6.88 MB

In Judaism, Christianity, Islam and many other traditions there is a Judgement Day and Day of Atonement, Ashura, a day in which we request to be forgiven for our sins. It isn't necessarily that we have been sinning and carrying them around all year, though we may have, no, it can also be asking to be forgiven for those things we may not even know that have somehow impacted people in ways we are unaware. Take a moment and look. If there is any question or doubt or wondering if it coul...

Our Sound Crosses Dimensions

July 28, 2008 04:35 - 10 minutes - 7.02 MB

We have to consider that we have only a small idea of what is really going on, that our limited sense are only giving us a glimpse of reality. With that in mind it is quite possible that sound can travel between dimensions into realms that bring us back that gifts we ask for out loud. Give this singing bowl meditation a sit, and spin your wishes for self and other and world.

If Bugs Are Together

July 14, 2008 13:39 - 11 minutes - 7.57 MB

The cicada bug, also known as locust has something we human beings don't always practice. Let's take a lesson from them.

The Beauty of Missing Things

July 13, 2008 02:08 - 9 minutes - 6.2 MB

When it occurs that something is wrong it is not...it is only that something could be there, where you are, and it is missing. For me since becoming a father I noticed today what it is I have been suffering over. Take a look for yourself and see what may be missing to end your own today.

You As the Center of Sound

July 06, 2008 20:36 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Here we explore an empowering position on the source of all sound and our relationship to it. When the bird sings and sky thunders it is easy, but how about when baby is crying and mother is complaining!?

Betrayal and Forgiveness and The Grudge

May 01, 2008 05:25 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

Today we will look through the lens of quantum physics and a principle called 'entanglement' to help provide us with a powerful insight into who we are. How can we use Betrayal, Forgiveness and the Grudge to learn and become closer to one another...so close we ARE the other.

Marshmallow Consciousness

March 24, 2008 04:25 - 15 minutes - 10.3 MB

Marshmallow Consciousness is a fun way to look at the vastness of who we are for each other...a way to play with our self from a sticky and sweet viewpoint of each other that ultimately brings people up, and together.

Word As Creation Part 1

February 14, 2008 06:10 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

This is a conversation on the formation of word, How it is assembled, What word is, What we bring to word and the possibilities for us using them well. Enjoy! I think we need much more time with this one.

Meditation On Weightlessness

February 08, 2008 08:17 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

This is a useful and refreshing meditation on who we are as separate from our bodies. There is You and Your body. There is the object and the observer. Enjoy the separation and the weightlessness that comes about. Let go of the association with your body and the pounds will drop away!

No More Jobs! Be of Service.

January 12, 2008 03:25 - 9 minutes - 9.08 MB

Thank you Michael for requesting this conversation. Many people are out of meaning work these days. Don't feel alone. Focus on what really matters...contributing to others with whatsoever that special gift yours is. THAT will make the most difference for other people. You work is a holy gift, an expression of gratitude for being here with the gift of life you have been given.

Sex and Death

March 31, 2007 23:59 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

An episode even I have been waiting to create ever since a listener asked about a specific problem. The area of sex and death are massive, worth many lifetimes of exploration. In a half hour or so we look at it from an angle that might be surprising if practised. Enjoy where it brings you.

The Fourty Pound Chicken

March 27, 2007 04:29 - 11 minutes - 7.97 MB

If there is pressure in our lives, we are growing...just look at a fourty pound chicken!

Using The Mind To Create

March 17, 2007 02:52 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

We all envision something for ourselves that is not yet reality for us. As soon as we do this, IT is there and we are here, there is distance. We use our eyes and our minds wrongly, keeping things as they are or we use our eyes and minds in a way that assists us in materializing our dreams. This conversation takes a look at accelerating the process, and, how we get in our own way.

Not One Single Brick

February 27, 2007 15:39 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MB

What we focus upon we move towards, attract, and grow. If we focus on bricks in our way, we have more bricks in our way. Sometimes all we can wee with our eye is bricks, walls, barriers to what we want. As long as we put our eye on this, this is what we will have. Let it be our aim to assist each other to put our focus on what works for a worthwhile future.

We Are A Field For Planting

February 24, 2007 21:41 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

We are going on a meditation now where we imagine self as a field. What nourishment is in our field and what is unable to grow in it. What is already coming from our field? What would we like to have springing forth from it ? Be ready to do some writing afterwards if you are so inclined.

I Am Results Versus Its Results

February 24, 2007 06:23 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

Here we go on a ride to separate who we are from what we still carry around with us, what can get in the way of producing the results we want, and what happens when we go about our day with too much time on our hands devoted to honoring the chatter of a dinasaur. What it will take to consciously create every moment?

Listener Request For Effectiveness

February 21, 2007 00:07 - 3 minutes - 2.66 MB

We are up to 300 listeners. Oregon emailed to suggest creating groups of a few friends to listen and then get together and share where some of these conversations and meditations are making a difference. Also, if we can hit 300 we can hit 1000...invite some more friends on board this little ship.

Nothing For The Hawk To Survive

February 20, 2007 14:56 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

In this moment we look at one thing we do to survive. Unlike the hawk, a blade of grass or fruit tree, we have to know how, figuring things out, defending, be right. Imagine the impact this has on other human beings doing the same thing we are all the time and for nothing.

Creating New Scriptures Or None

February 16, 2007 06:09 - 16 minutes - 11 MB

What in the world would we do without some form of scripture to follow? Is it working for us or are we working for it? What is one form of scripture we all seem to agree on without any question or concern?

We Know Nothing At All

February 15, 2007 14:46 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

As human beings we only have a few developed senses, yet we go through most of our day as if what we percieve is all there is. Let us get curious about what else could be going on beyond our limited sensory organs.

Push The Button Same Song

February 14, 2007 15:02 - 29 minutes - 20 MB

Playing the same song over and over or learning new songs. Which ones are you singing? Are we subjecting others to our same old song and are they singing along?

Spaciousness of Being

February 09, 2007 07:08 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

Meditation on a special perspective. One that is with you all the time, yet one that is rarely if ever experienced at all. Let us go over this meditation until we see it clearly. Once we do, it will never be forgotten. Once we do, how will we use it for our living and for those around us?

Creating Who Are We Now

February 08, 2007 04:47 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

The things that are closest to us, our voice, manner, way of being, smell, our name, our bodies, eyes, the way we talk and form words and move our faces...have become so familiar that we are no longer the creator of ourselves. Are we willing to be so present and aware that nothing escapes us?

The Genesis of Waking Up

February 07, 2007 06:42 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MB

We are going to use the common biblical theme of Genesis to explore waking up, separating real from unreal and touching on what now-ness is. In the begining there was the word, then Light and Dark. There are estimations that the world may be in the dark right now, grovelling aimlessly in the unreal. Let us turn on the light while the human experiment can still reach the light switch.

Meditation On What Remains

February 06, 2007 03:28 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

When you have come to a dead end you must remember where it was you meant to go. This meditation may spark your memory.

Expectations In Relationships

February 05, 2007 05:44 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Here we touch on an area of relationships that causes so much suffering. Are we willing to surrender to another? Are we willing to not know another? Are we willing to drop all expectations and demands of our beloved and allow liberation to come in?

Running Conversations

February 03, 2007 21:30 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

Today we notice the many different conversations we have with our self which take hold of us. Which one to honor?

The Seagulls and Survival

February 03, 2007 21:24 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

A look at the things we chase after. After all, what is nourishing and fulfilling?

Listening and Meditation

February 02, 2007 04:57 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MB

You may have been meditating for many years now, however, this might just be a new view of the same island from a different airplane...or it may be atotally new island. Enjoy!

The Promise of Relationship

February 01, 2007 02:55 - 14 minutes - 9.92 MB

This one is a meditation on promises in relationship and what can expand within us if we allow ourself to break open. There was a problem with my recorder on the last one so I did my best to clean it up. Enjoy!

Suffering and The Water Pipe

January 31, 2007 00:45 - 11 minutes - 7.97 MB

It is time for a little look to where we suffer. Take a few moment, or an hour, or a whole day...even a few hours over the next weeks to investigate the questions. Let it be a daily meditation, an investigation, an inquiry...the orange is sweeter when take time to peel it!

Welcome to Awareness

January 30, 2007 06:32 - 1 minute - 1.1 MB

A simple welcome. The intention of this podcast.

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