Awareness Explorers

by Brian Tom O’Connor Consider the game of Monopoly. There is a two-dimensional board on which squares have been drawn separating them...

by Jonathan Robinson Everyone wants to live with an open heart, but few people talk about exactly how to do that amidst the hustle and...

by Brian Tom O'Connor Many of you have heard of Douglas Harding's spiritual technique known as "The Headless Way," which we discussed on...

By Jonathan Robinson We all want more peace, joy, and magic moments in our lives. Unfortunately, modern-day life is filled with a lot of...

by Jonathan Robinson Whatever the issue, we Americans have found a way to turn it into an us vs. them experience. We are drowning in...

by Jonathan Robinson Sam enjoyed taking pictures of everything—or so “he” thought. He even thought he was really good at it. He’d video...

by Brian Tom O'Connor Imaginary lines There's a spot in the United States called the four corners. It's where the southwest corner of...

by Brian Tom O'Connor Why awareness? Why awareness of awareness? Why is being aware of being aware so tricky for some people? Why do some...

by Jonathan Robinson If you can fog a mirror, you have probably noticed two things. First, there are a lot of annoying, incompetent,...

by Brian Tom O'Connor In the prevalent paradigm of enlightenment, we meditate in order to become enlightened, and we imagine that when we...

By Jonathan Robinson Congratulations on choosing to read this blog post. By giving your attention to an article such as this, it means...

By Brian Tom O'Connor A simple analogy for getting a sense of who you really are is the camera. So imagine a side view of the inside of a...

by Jonathan Robinson. It’s a great blessing to know your life is going to suddenly end in about five seconds. I figured that was how much...

by Brian Tom O'Connor There is an idea in nondual circles that there is nothing to do in order to become enlightened or wake up to the...

by Jonathan Robinson First, a confession: I am not a fully enlightened being. Yet, I still know what enlightenment is like because, on...

by Brian Tom O'Connor I'd like to contrast the awareness practices paradigm with the traditional meditation paradigm, and to point out...

by Jonathan Robinson Technology is changing our lives in an ever-accelerating manner. Just 15 years ago, smartphones didn’t even exist....

by Brian Tom O'Connor There's a song, "Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places." Like that song, we've been looking for happiness in all...

by Jonathan Robinson. Many years ago I went to India to visit a disciple of Ramana Maharshi named Poonjaji. As I nervously sat down on...

by Brian Tom O'Connor. Sat Chit Ananda is a term that has made its way into western popular culture from the Upanishads of Hinduism. I am...