Enlightenment and Sam the Camera Man
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...
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- May 8
- 4 min
Awareness Without Borders
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...
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- Sep 3, 2021
- 4 min
Tricky Questions
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...
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- Aug 3, 2021
- 5 min
Four Phrases for Overcoming Your Judgmental Mind
by Jonathan Robinson If you can fog a mirror, you have probably noticed two things. First, there are a lot of annoying, incompetent,...
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- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
Enlightenment and the Water Bottle
by Brian Tom O'Connor In the prevalent paradigm of enlightenment, we meditate in order to become enlightened, and we imagine that when we...
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- May 31, 2021
- 6 min
Awaken Now by Reading This Brief Post
By Jonathan Robinson Congratulations on choosing to read this blog post. By giving your attention to an article such as this, it means...
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- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Am I a Camera?
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...
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- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
How to Have a Near Death Transformation
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...
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- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Nothing Needs to Change
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...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
What Enlightenment is Like
by Jonathan Robinson First, a confession: I am not a fully enlightened being. Yet, I still know what enlightenment is like because, on...
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- Dec 30, 2020
- 2 min
Practice: Two Paradigms
by Brian Tom O'Connor I'd like to contrast the awareness practices paradigm with the traditional meditation paradigm, and to point out...
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- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
The Future of Spirituality
by Jonathan Robinson Technology is changing our lives in an ever-accelerating manner. Just 15 years ago, smartphones didn’t even exist....
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- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Looking in All the Wrong Places
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...
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- Jun 27, 2020
- 4 min
The One Thing Spiritual Teacher’s Agree On
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...
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- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Sat Chit Ananda—The Joy of Being Awareness
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...
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- May 4, 2020
- 4 min
The New Spirituality: How Things Have Changed in 25 Years
by Jonathan Robinson. In 1994, I edited a book called, The Experience of God in which I interviewed 40 notable spiritual leaders, ranging...
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- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
The River Delta and Universal Awareness
By Brian Tom O'Connor. It’s often confusing how awareness can be universal, but we only know the content of our individual minds, not the...
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 4 min
My Entertaining Interview with God
by Jonathan Robinson. Recently, as I got ready for bed, I thought about how it would be great to interview God just like we interview...
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- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Happy for No Reason
by Brian Tom O'Connor In my book, Awareness Games, I talk about that “happy for no reason” feeling that the games are designed to...
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- Aug 2, 2018
- 6 min
Who Am I Really?
by Jonathan Robinson Many years ago I went to India to visit a disciple of Ramana Maharshi named Poonjaji. Poonjaji was a master in his...
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