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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 how...

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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. N...

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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 th...

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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 cel...

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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 achieve...

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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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