May 84 minAwareness Without Bordersby 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...
Sep 3, 20214 minTricky Questionsby 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...
Aug 3, 20215 minFour Phrases for Overcoming Your Judgmental Mindby Jonathan Robinson If you can fog a mirror, you have probably noticed two things. First, there are a lot of annoying, incompetent,...
Jul 4, 20212 minEnlightenment and the Water Bottleby Brian Tom O'Connor In the prevalent paradigm of enlightenment, we meditate in order to become enlightened, and we imagine that when we...
May 31, 20216 minAwaken Now by Reading This Brief PostBy Jonathan Robinson Congratulations on choosing to read this blog post. By giving your attention to an article such as this, it means...
Apr 28, 20213 minAm 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...
Apr 2, 20214 minHow to Have a Near Death Transformationby 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...
Feb 28, 20212 minNothing Needs to Changeby 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...
Jan 31, 20214 minWhat Enlightenment is Likeby Jonathan Robinson First, a confession: I am not a fully enlightened being. Yet, I still know what enlightenment is like because, on...
Dec 30, 20202 minPractice: Two Paradigmsby Brian Tom O'Connor I'd like to contrast the awareness practices paradigm with the traditional meditation paradigm, and to point out...
Dec 2, 20204 minThe Future of Spiritualityby Jonathan Robinson Technology is changing our lives in an ever-accelerating manner. Just 15 years ago, smartphones didn’t even exist....
Aug 24, 20202 minLooking in All the Wrong Placesby 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...
Jun 27, 20204 minThe One Thing Spiritual Teacher’s Agree Onby Jonathan Robinson. Many years ago I went to India to visit a disciple of Ramana Maharshi named Poonjaji. As I nervously sat down on...
May 28, 20202 minSat Chit Ananda—The Joy of Being Awarenessby 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...
May 4, 20204 minThe New Spirituality: How Things Have Changed in 25 Yearsby Jonathan Robinson. In 1994, I edited a book called, The Experience of God in which I interviewed 40 notable spiritual leaders, ranging...
May 1, 20202 minThe River Delta and Universal AwarenessBy 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...
Apr 30, 20204 minMy Entertaining Interview with Godby Jonathan Robinson. Recently, as I got ready for bed, I thought about how it would be great to interview God just like we interview...
Apr 29, 20202 minHappy for No Reasonby Brian Tom O'Connor In my book, Awareness Games, I talk about that “happy for no reason” feeling that the games are designed to...
Aug 2, 20186 minWho 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...