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Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living Inquiry
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living Inquiry
Conversations with Amoda Maa features unscripted dialogues with spiritual teacher and author Amoda Maa. The podcast explores the nature of awareness, presence, and inner freedom through a living inquiry. Hosted by Kavi, each conversation invites listeners to rest and discover what is already present beyond the stories of self and mind. It avoids techniques and belief systems, focusing instead on being as it is.
Episodes
Episode 73: Awakening Is Beyond Experience | What Cannot Be Lost
What if awakening is not an experience at all? In this episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa, Amoda and Kavi explore one of the most persistent misunderstandings on the spiritual path: the belief that awakening will arrive as a particular experience — perhaps a state of bliss, unity, expanded consciousness, or profound peace. Amoda speaks to the essential difference between an experience, whi
The Search for Peace | What Happens When Seeking Ends
In this bonus episode, taken from a recent online retreat, Amoda Maa explores one of the most fundamental movements of the human experience: the search for peace. We often imagine that peace will come when something changes—when the body feels better, the relationship becomes more harmonious, the future feels more certain, the mind becomes quiet, or we finally reach some spiritual state of compl
When Attention Comes to Rest in Itself
In this bonus episode, taken from a recent online public meeting, Amoda Maa explores the deeply ingrained habit of attention contracting around the objects of experience — our thoughts, feelings, sensations, memories, problems, and plans. When attention becomes bound up with experience, identity becomes bound up with it too: I am this thought. I am this feeling. I am this difficulty. From here a
The Quiet Revelation of True Nature
Awakening is often imagined as something dramatic—a powerful energetic shift, an extraordinary state, a moment in which everything suddenly changes. But the revelation of our true nature is often far quieter than this. In this bonus episode, Amoda Maa explores how liberation is revealed not through effort, discipline, or the attempt to transcend experience, but through a simple willingness to me
Episode 72: The Depth of Surrender | When You Stop Arguing With Life
In this conversation, Amoda Maa and Kavi explore surrender not as defeat, passivity or giving away our authority, but as a profound softening of the grasping mind. Beginning with Amoda's teaching on "the soft stop," they look at the habitual movement to control, resist, interpret and resolve our experience — and what becomes possible when that movement begins to loosen. The conversation moves d
Let It Be: When Nothing Needs to Be Fixed
In this bonus episode Amoda explores what it means to live from the quietness of being without withdrawing from the movement of life. Thoughts, emotions, fears, reactions and disappointments continue to arise, but they no longer have to define who we are or become the authority through which we interpret every experience. Through fear, sadness, contraction and triggers, Amoda points to the possibi
The Light of Being in Everyday Life: When Awakening Becomes Fully Lived
In this bonus episode, Amoda explores what happens when awakening is no longer held as a transcendent state, spiritual attainment, or identity, but begins to permeate the ordinary movements of human life. She speaks about the subtle ways the self can appropriate realization, turning even openness, stillness, or spiritual experience into something to possess, preserve, or return to. When that mov
Clear Seeing: The End of Separation and the Soft Inner Gaze
In this bonus episode, recorded during Amoda's recent retreat in Europe, she speaks about clear seeing as the essence of awakening. Ordinarily, we do not see life directly. Experience is filtered through accumulated memories, beliefs, fears, preferences, judgments, and the continual reference point of "me." Everything becomes my thought, my feeling, my problem, myexperience—and in this claiming, t
Episode 71: The Quietness of Awakening: Amoda Maa on Suffering, Surrender & Freedom
In this beautiful and intimate conversation, Amoda Maa explores the quietness at the center of being and the deeper realization that true peace is not the absence of movement, emotion, or difficulty. Beginning with her recent writing on the quiet radiance of presence, Amoda speaks about the ways resistance, craving, avoidance, and the inner argument with life sustain the sense of a separate self
Beyond the Practice of Presence
Presence is often treated as something we must cultivate through effort or practice. In this discourse, Amoda Maa points to a deeper recognition: presence is not something we achieve, but the ever-present openness in which all experience already appears. As identification with the story of "me" begins to soften, we discover that awareness remains unchanged by thoughts, emotions, or circumstances.
Episode 70: Coming Home to the Clear Light of Being
In this opening discourse from Amoda Maa's first seven-day retreat in Europe, Amoda invites us to discover the clear light of being—not as a mystical experience or future achievement, but as the ever-present awareness already here beneath thought, emotion, sensation, and circumstance. Awakening is revealed as a quiet but profound shift: from being defined by the story of "me" to resting in that
The Presence That Is Always Here
In this bonus podcast, Amoda points to the quiet truth of being that remains when the layers of identity begin to loosen. As we stop deriving our sense of self from biography, memory, body, thought, and feeling, a deeper knowing comes into the foreground: the simple presence of I AM. Amoda explores how this recognition often begins as witness consciousness—the sense of being aware of experience
Episode 69: The Freedom of Not Knowing
In this conversation, Amoda Maa explores what it means to live beyond the psychological need for certainty. While practical planning has its place, much of our inner suffering comes from the mind's constant attempt to predict, control, and negotiate with life. Together, Kavi and Amoda explore the difference between practical knowing and the deeper freedom of not knowing. They discuss how the separ
The Quiet Radiance of Being | Everything Belongs
In this bonus episode, Amoda offers a discourse from The Radiance of Being online retreat (November 2025). She explores what it truly means to welcome life as it is. Far beyond a spiritual practice or technique, welcoming everything is revealed as a way of living—an attitude of openness that allows the light of being to shine through all experience. Amoda points to the subtle resistance that creat
Seeing Through the Veil of Separation
In this bonus episode from The Radiance of Being online retreat (November 2025), Amoda explores one of the deepest assumptions of the human mind: the belief that we are separate individuals moving through a world that exists outside of us. Through gentle inquiry, she invites us to examine this unchallenged sense of "me" and discover that what we take ourselves to be is not a fixed identity, but a
Episode 68: The Mystery of Grace | A Special Gathering with Amoda Maa & Kavi
In this special episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa, we share a live online gathering inspired by Kavi's new poetry collection, Poems of Grace. Together, Amoda and Kavi explore the mystery of grace, awakening, surrender, love, and the sacredness hidden within ordinary life. The gathering begins with a discourse from Amoda on the nature of grace and its role in the awakening process, followed b
The Willingness to End Resistance
In this bonus episode from The Unveiling the Self Online Retreat, Amoda Maa explores the profound freedom that becomes available when we stop resisting our experience. Much of human life is spent trying to manage, improve, avoid, suppress, or control what arises within us. We resist thoughts, emotions, memories, sensations, and circumstances, believing that peace lies somewhere beyond them. Amoda
Episode 67: A Peace Beyond Understanding
What is true peace — and can it be discovered in the midst of life's uncertainty, conflict, and disturbance? This episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa explores the nature of true peace — not as a temporary state of calm, emotional comfort, or the absence of difficulty, but as the deeper ground of being that remains untouched in the midst of life's turbulence. In conversation with Kavi, Amoda in
What Is Closer Than Your Seeking?
In this short discourse, Amoda Maa explores one of the most common misunderstandings on the spiritual path: the belief that awakening is a special experience to be attained in the future. She gently reveals that all experiences — thoughts, emotions, sensations, even states of bliss or peace — come and go. True awakening, she explains, is not another passing state, but the recognition of the ever-p
Episode 66: Ending the Search: Discovering What Has Never Been Lost
In this conversation, Amoda Maa and Kavi explore the nature of seeking and the possibility of its end. What often begins as a genuine longing for truth, peace, or fulfillment can gradually become an endless movement, driven by the belief that something is missing and must be found. Together, they explore the subtle shift from seeking in time toward the direct recognition of what is already here. T
Die Before You Die | The End of the Self and the Discovery of Freedom
This episode features a discourse from Amoda Maa's online program Die Before You Die, offering a profound and intimate exploration into the nature of death, self, and true freedom. Rather than pointing to physical death, this teaching reveals a psychological ending—the dissolution of the accumulated self made of beliefs, fears, memories, and identities. Through direct contemplation, Amoda gently d
To Know God, You Must Welcome Everything
This special bonus episode from Amoda Maa explores the nature of God, not as a distant entity or belief system, but as the very fabric of existence itself. Through a non-dual lens, Amoda gently dismantles the deeply conditioned sense of separation that shapes human experience—the belief that we are somehow apart from life, from each other, or from the divine. She reveals how both belief in God and
Beyond Mindfulness: Discovering Awareness Itself
In this contemplative inquiry, Amoda invites us beyond the familiar practice of mindfulness and into a deeper recognition: awareness itself. Most of us live immersed in the content of experience—thoughts, emotions, sensations—rarely questioning the field in which all of this appears. Through gentle guidance and direct questioning, this meditation begins to loosen the habitual identification with e
The End of the Seeker
In this talk, Amoda Maa explores the nature of the seeker and what is truly meant by its end. At a certain point on the path, a deeper question arises: who is the one seeking awakening? Looking closely, we begin to see that the seeker is not a solid entity, but a movement of thought and identity. What remains is not a better or improved self, but the simple recognition of awareness itself — alread
The Emptiness at the Heart of Being
In this talk, Amoda Maa speaks about what many on the spiritual path secretly dread — the emptiness at the heart of being. We spend much of life trying to avoid it, filling the silence with thought, emotion, activity, even spiritual practices. Yet what we fear as emptiness is not a lifeless void, but the very ground of existence — the living presence out of which everything arises. Amoda reveals t
Episode 65: The Ego Is Not a Thing — Seeing Through the Sense of Self
In this episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa, Amoda and Kavi explore one of the most misunderstood topics on the spiritual path: the ego. Rather than something solid that must be destroyed, the ego is revealed as an activity of resistance within the mind — the movement of grasping toward experience or pushing it away. This movement creates the sense of a separate self and becomes the root of ps
After Awakening — Living Realization in Ordinary Life
After awakening, a natural question often arises: how does realization live itself out in ordinary life? In this bonus episode, Amoda Maa explores the integration of awakening not as effort or self-improvement, but as the natural permeation of realization into work, relationships, money, and everyday living. There is nothing to manage and no spiritual identity to construct. As awareness stabilizes
Episode 64: The Quiet Whisper of Truth — Awakening and the Direct Path
In this special episode, Amoda Maa shares selected passages from her book Unveiling the Light of Being, including reflections from the introduction, "The Direct Path," guided meditative inquiry, and later chapters such as "Living as a Prayer" and "A Deeper Knowing of Presence." Through clear and compassionate pointers, she invites listeners into the simple recognition of being — a meditation witho
Episode 63: The True Feminine and Masculine in Awakening — Beyond Gender and Distortion
What is the true feminine and masculine in awakening — and how have these principles become distorted in both women and men? In this intimate conversation, Amoda and Kavi explore the feminine as openness and uncompromising presence, and the masculine as clarity and service — not as identities, but as expressions of consciousness itself. Together they examine how distortion arises through ego-iden
Episode 62: Do You Need a Guru to Awaken? - Osho, Transmission and the Field of Love
In this episode Amoda and Kavi explore a question that has echoed through the centuries of spiritual seeking: Do you need a guru to awaken? Throughout history, seekers have gathered around teachers, mystics, masters — drawn by something intangible, something alive. Amoda spent time at the Osho Ashram in Pune in the years after Osho had left the body, immersed in his teachings and the field that re
Episode 61: The Embodiment of the Light of Awakening in Ordinary Life
In this talk, Amoda Maa invites us turn from the recognition of the light of being to its embodiment — the lived expression of awakening in the midst of ordinary life. Recognition shows us that our true nature is awareness. Embodiment asks: How do I live this in the chaos, beauty, and unpredictability of being human? Embodiment is an ongoing journey — not a final state. It is the gentle returning,
Episode 60: Does Enlightenment Lead to a Perfect Life?
A special episode: In this talk, Amoda Maa dismantles the persistent myth that awakening or enlightenment delivers a perfect, pain-free, or effortless life. Awakening does not eliminate life's polarity—its ups and downs, birth and death, pleasure and pain. What fundamentally changes is the end of resistance. When there is no longer a separate self opposing experience, a deep peace and acceptance
Episode 59: Unveiling the Light of Being: Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Openness
In this episode of 'Conversations with Amoda Maa,' Amoda and Kavi explore what she calls the "light (radiance) of being"—our essential, quality-less nature that's prior to personality, thought, emotion, and circumstance. Amoda clarifies that "light" isn't a special effect or perfected persona; it's the ever-present transparency of awareness that remains when all experiences pass. The conversation
Episode 58: The Courage to Stay Open: discovering the radiance of being at the core of all experiences
In this intimate face-to-face conversation, Kavi and Amoda explore one of the most vital themes of the spiritual path—openness. What does it truly mean to stay open when life hurts, when fear arises, when the ego contracts in self-protection? Why is openness central to freedom and not merely a psychological tool? With clarity, tenderness, and depth, they examine how our culture teaches closure an
Episode 57: The Power of Aloneness and the Path to Wholeness
In this episode, Kavi and Amoda explore the subtle but profound shift from loneliness to aloneness. What begins as a reflection on the discomfort of solitude opens into a deep inquiry into the root of human suffering — the existential sense of separation. Together, they examine the many ways we habitually distract ourselves from the rawness of being — from the small everyday impulses to keep busy,
Episode 56: Awakening in an Accelerating World
In this conversation, Amoda Maa and Kavi explore the intensity of our times as both a crisis and an opportunity for awakening. Amoda shares insights from her book Embodied Enlightenment, highlighting how humanity is at a pivotal evolutionary moment where consciousness is becoming aware of itself through us. Despite the turmoil and division in the world, this darkness serves as a catalyst for tran
Episode 55: The Simplicity of Surrender, An Exploration of the Path of Awakening
In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa and Kavi are in conversation about the possibility of an ongoing moment-to-moment surrender to "what is", revealing the vibrant aliveness and intelligence of life itself. They also explore some of the misconceptions of enlightenment, some of the common challenges on this journey, and emphasize the simplicity of the exhale into presence.
Episode 54: Awakening to Love's True Nature
In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (host, husband, and co-founder of the Amoda Maa Foundation) about the true nature of love. They explore the difference between transactional love and an unbounded love that cannot be compromised or negotiated, and how this relates to the shift from ego-identity to awakened consciousness. Can love be known as a wholeness that is alread
Episode 53: The Gift of Uncertainty
In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (host, husband, and co-founder of Amoda Maa Foundation) about how embracing uncertainty and the dissolution of the ego can be profound gifts on the journey to inner freedom. By accepting life's inherent impermanence, a transformative resilience emerges, where feelings and experiences are no longer held as personal identities but as na
Episode 52: Is Community Important on the Spiritual Path?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (husband, host, and co-founder of the Amoda Maa Foundation) about the role of community on the spiritual path. Together they explore the benefits of community, why it serves a purpose for many seekers, and how it can have an impact on our lives by providing a safe container for honesty, authenticity, and deep friendships. Amoda and Kavi also
Episode 51: Reclaiming the Divine
In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with her host and husband, Kavi, talking about how humanity has lost the inner connection with the divine and what it means to reclaim our divinity. Together they touch in topics such as the externalization of God in religion, the impact on individuals and society of being disconnected from our God-essence, and the possibility of remembering t
Episode 50: Spirituality in the Marketplace
In this podcast episode, we explore the contemporary culture of spirituality within the marketplace of life. Unlike in previous ages when immersion into the spiritual life was a total devotion by becoming a monk or living on the metaphorical mountaintop, or else took place in the latter years of one's life when householder duties were over, today spirituality has filtered into the mainstream cultu
Episode 49: Personality Types and Awakening
In this episode, we will be exploring whether it's easier for certain personality types to awaken than other types. Are there certain traits and tendencies that are more oriented towards the dissolution of ego-identity? Is the doorway to awakening the same for all individuals even though personal characteristics vary widely? And has the personality have anything at all to do with the recognitio
Episode 48: Crisis as a Catalyst for Inner Transformation
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with her podcast host and husband, Kavi, about the possibility of crisis as a catalyst for inner transformation. Together they explore questions such as, can we deal with crisis from deep presence, what happens to the peace and joy of awakening when life brings unexpected turbulence, and does crisis and challenge have any purpose.
Episode 47: What is Your Life's Purpose?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with her podcast host and husband, Kavi, about purpose and fulfillment in life. Together they dive into the deeper meaning of purpose and explore whether purpose is self-created or pre-destined. They also trace Amoda's life from an early age to the present day to illustrate the unfoldment of her life's purpose.
Episode 46: The Inner Revolution That Changes Everything
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi (host) and together they explore the possibility of an inner revolution of consciousness that can shift us from the insanity of ego to the recognition of our one Being-ness. Can the turbulence and intensity of the world be a catalyst for this inner transformation? And what impact does this shift have on our lives? They also explore how we can
Episode 45: What Happens to Relationships After Awakening?
In this episode, Amoda Maa responds to a question from a listener about relationships after awakening. She wants to know if the nature of friendships and social interactions changes, and what there is to talk about with people who are not yet awakened. She also wants to know what happens to intimate relationships. Amoda explores this in a conversation with her husband and host, Kavi.
Episode 44: Does the Body Matter in Spiritual Awakening?
In this episode, Kavi invites Amoda Maa to discuss the role of the body in awakening. Together they explore how to reconcile the deepest realization of true nature (the formlessness of Being) with the unavoidable fact that we experience ourselves as form (body, sensations, perceptions). They also discuss whether the well-being of the body has an impact on the spiritual journey, and whether awakeni
Episode 43: Amoda Maa Explores J. Krishnamurti's Statement "I Don't Mind What Happens"
In this episode, Kavi invites Amoda Maa to explore the essence of Jiddu Krishnamurti's teachings by asking her to comment on his famous statement "The difference between you and me is, I don't mind what happens." The conversation includes an exploration of how the mind habitually labels and categorizes all experience, how craving and aversion are a by-product of this, and how the prison of an "inn
Episode 42: Spiritual Awakening and Meeting Death Consciously Now
In this episode, host Kavi is in conversation with Amoda Maa about the parallel between the journey of spiritual awakening and the journey of life between birth and death. Together they explore such questions as, how does ego death relate to physical death, what is the value of meeting death consciously before we die, and why is there so much fear around death.
Episode 41: Living the Truth of Nondual Realization
In this episode, host Kavi is in conversation with Amoda Maa about the possibility of going beyond an intellectual understanding of nonduality. Together they explore how the truth of nondual realization can be fully lived in the ordinary human life.
Episode 40: What Are Heaven and Hell?
In this episode, host Kavi is in conversation with Amoda Maa about the deeper meaning of heaven and hell. Together they explore how heaven and hell are reflections of inner states of consciousness rather than places we go to after we die.
Episode 39: Tantra and Nonduality — Two Approaches to Enlightenment
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the deeper essence of the tantric and nondual approaches to enlightenment. Together they explore whether these two seemingly very different paths are in opposition to each other or whether they actually end up in the same realization of true nature. They also discuss how these two paths merged in Amoda's personal experience of awakening
Episode 38: Freedom Beyond Knowledge
In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the freedom that is available when we meet reality beyond conceptualization. Together they explore whether spiritual knowledge is valuable on the path of self-realization, how there is a deeper knowing that takes us all the way home, and how true freedom is beyond concepts and beliefs.
Episode 37: Art, Stillness and Awakened Consciousness (with David Ellzey)
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with David Ellzey to explore the relationship between the spiritual path and expression from a place of inner stillness. In particular, they touch on questions such as how does expression in the world flow differently from awakened consciousness, what happens to the "doer", and is the living of life itself an art form. The conversation is facilitated b
Episode 36: Can We Meet the World Without Being Reactive?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi, and together they explore the possibility of meeting the world from a non-reactive place within and whether this makes a difference to our individual and collective reality. The poem Kavi quotes at the start of this podcast is: The storm rages The lighthouse stands Rooted in stillness Casting its light Into the darkness.
Episode 35: Openness, Awareness, and Freedom
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the recognition of openness as our essential nature and how this is the foundation of true freedom, touching on topics such as "becoming aware of awareness" and "the unconditionality of openness".
Episode 34: The Metaphor of the Crucifixion
In this episode, Amoda Maa speaks with Kavi about the metaphor of the crucifixion and how it relates to the spiritual journey. Together they explore the nature of suffering and how it can be a doorway to a deeper dimension of being, as well as Amoda's mystical and visionary experience over twenty years ago.
Episode 33: Amoda's Personal Journey of Transformation in India
In this episode, Amoda speaks with Kavi about her personal transformation and cosmic revelations during her time in India in the 1990's.
Episode 32: Becoming a Spiritual Teacher - Amoda Maa's Interview with Guru Viking (part 2)
Amoda's second interview with Steve James, 'Guru Viking.' In this interview Steve James, host of the Guru Viking Podcast, is once again joined by Amoda Maa, spiritual teacher and author of books such as 'Embodied Enlightenment' and 'Falling Open in a World Falling Apart'. Amoda Maa shares her experience of falling into the abyss of emptines and the consequences that followed. She describes the dar
Episode 31: Two Different Paths, One Awakening (with Henry Shukman)
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Zen teacher Henry Shukman. The conversation is facilitated by Kavi who asks questions about the profound awakening experienced by both of these teachers … Henry within the path of Zen and Amoda without any tradition or teacher. Were these experiences the same or different? And what impact did these experiences have on how life was lived since that
Episode 30: Is Spirituality Dominated by the Masculine?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the male hierarchy of religion and traditional spirituality, examining the historical, cultural and psychological influences. They also take a quick peek into the role of female teachers in contemporary nonduality.
Episode 29: Do We Need to Heal our Trauma Before We Can Awaken?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the popular topic of trauma in today's spiritual culture, exploring the possibility of going beyond the victim-identity and unravelling trauma in deep presence.
Episode 28: The Nondual Dilemma: is there or isn't there a self after awakening?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the falling away of the construct of self in nondual awakening and explore what this means when it's obvious that there's still a human life that continues after awakening.
Episode 27: Enlightened Relationships, Fairytale or Evolutionary Possibility?
In this episode, Amoda Maa and Kavi explore the possibility of relating to others — whether it be an intimate partner, a friend, or a passing stranger — from an inner silence. They also explore a deeper understanding of love, marriage, and solitude, and how this deeper understanding and way of relating is the foundation of a new humanity. "Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect an
Episode 26: What is Awakening? An exploration of "awakening experiences" and enlightenment.
In this podcast, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the meaning of "awakening" in spiritual and cultural contexts. In particular, Amoda talks about her own direct experience of awakening. She also explores questions such as "is awakening the same as enlightenment?", "are there different types of awakening?", and "is awakening sudden or gradual?" https://www.amodamaa.com/
Episode 25: The Evolving Universe and the Awakening Journey (with Tim Freke)
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Tim Freke, an English philosopher and author. Together they explore whether an evolutionary view of consciousness and the universe can be in alignment with a nondual awareness and the awakening journey. Tim is the author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 languages, including a Sunday Times bestseller and Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year
Episode 24: Amoda Maa's Interview with Guru Viking (part 1) - "My Early Life"
Amoda Maa is a guest on the Guru Viking Podcast. Host, Steve James, asks her about the secrecy and shame surrounding her early life and how this eventually led to her spiritual path. This is a candid interview! Guru Viking Links: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast
Episode 23: The Art of Running and the Experience of No-Self
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the art of long-distance running, the "runner's high", and how this was a profound portal to Amoda's first experience of transcending the confines of the ego-self. They also discuss how this experience sowed the seeds of her interest in meditation and the discovery of essential nature.
Episode 22: Loneliness, Aloneness, or All-Oneness?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the nature of aloneness. Together they explore how we can move beyond loneliness to an intimacy with aloneness that opens a portal to a vast being-ness in which the fullness of life is known and lived.
Episode 21: The Feminine in Spiritual Awakening (with Ellen Emmet)
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Ellen Emmet, psychotherapist and nondual teacher (www.ellenemmet.com). Together they explore the role of the feminine in spiritual awakening, especially as it relates to the traditional advaitic approach and a more heart-centered approach that includes our human-ness. Ellen offers meetings and retreats in The Awakening Body, a direct exploration
Episode 20: An Exploration of the Relationship between Duality and Nonduality
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the misinterpretation of nonduality as the opposite of duality, and how a deeper understanding can resolve this apparent conflict and bring us to a deep acceptance of all forms and individuations.
Episode 19: The "One Day I Will Awaken" Syndrome
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the tendency to believe that awakening out of the dream of ego-self is in a future moment when the self becomes "ready" to awaken. Together they explore this fallacy and how it perpetuates psychological suffering.
Episode 18: Myths, Illusions and Impediments on the Spiritual Path
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about some of the ideas, imaginations, hopes and dreams that are common to the spiritual seeker, and how we can start to see through these veils of perception to the truth that freedom is right here now. www.amodamaa.com
Episode 17: A Conversation about Zen and Nonduality
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Henry Shukman, Zen teacher at the Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico (www.mountaincloud.org) and author of One Blade of Grass. Together they explore some of the parallels between the Zen and the Nondual approaches and understanding of awakening. After a spontaneous awakening at the age of 19, and a childhood marked by severe chroni
Episode 16: Is Humanity Facing a Bifurcation Point?
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the possibility of a radical shift in consciousness when a "bifurcation point" (or "maximum stress on the system") is reached and how this relates to our individual awakening and collective evolution.
Episode 15: Life is Your Satsang
In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the relevance of the spiritual term "satsang" to the contemporary search for truth. They also explore how life itself is an ongoing invitation to deepen into the truth of our essential nature beyond the narratives and identities of the ego-mind.
Episode 14: In The World, But Not Of The World
In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the deeper meaning of the biblical phrase "In the World, But Not Of The World" and how this relates to awakening out of the dream of separation whilst still living a fully human life.
Episode 13: Does Psychological Insight Play a Role in the Process of Awakening?
In this podcast episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with John Prendergast, Ph.D. (www.listeningfromsilence.com), spiritual teacher, author, psychotherapist, and retired Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Together they explore the role of psychological insight in the awakening process and the gifts and challenges of being a modern-day spiritual teache
Episode 12: Inner Authority and Awakening
In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about how we can align with an inner authority that is of the true Self.
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