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Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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, which inevitably comes and goes, and awakening itself, which cannot be gained, maintained, or lost. Spiritual openings and profound states may have great value, but they can also become something the seeker grasps onto, cl...
2026-10-081h 02
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryThe 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 completion. But when peace is always located in the next moment, this moment becomes something to move away from. Amoda invites us to look closely at this subtle mechanism of seeking an...
2026-10-0115 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryWhen 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 arises the constant attempt to manage, control, fix, reject, or change what is happening. Amoda invites a different possibility: the relaxation of attention. Not as a withdrawal from experience or an attempt to ge...
2026-09-2414 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryThe 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 meet what is here without resistance. As the subtle effort to maintain and protect the separate self begins to relax, the contraction at the centre of experience is seen to be less solid than it appears....
2026-09-1715 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 deeply into uncertainty, grief, loss, love and impermanence, revealing surrender not as a spiritual technique or destination, but as a way of meeting life itself. When the argument with this moment ends, even br...
2026-09-1054 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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. Quietness is not something we create or force. It is revealed when this inner movement begins to soften. The conversation then opens into a more personal exploration of Amoda's own awakening...
2026-08-1353 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 which is unbound by any story or experience. As the effort to become, improve, reject, or grasp begins to soften, a deeper freedom becomes available—not freedom from life, but freedom within life.
2026-07-3043 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 69: The Freedom of Not KnowingIn 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 separate self is built upon imagined futures, remembered pasts, and the need to secure an outcome, while true presence invites us into a direct intimacy with life as it unfolds. The conversation touches...
2026-07-0247 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 68: The Mystery of Grace | A Special Gathering with Amoda Maa & KaviIn 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 by readings from Poems of Grace and an intimate dialogue on vulnerability, suffering, beauty, and the deeper intelligence that moves through all experience. Rather than a formal teaching or interview, this...
2026-06-1150 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryThe Willingness to End ResistanceIn 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 reveals how this constant interference creates the very sense of separation and suffering we long to escape. Through clear and practical insight, she points to the possibility of meeting each moment without interpretation, categorization, or resistance. This...
2026-06-0419 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 67: A Peace Beyond UnderstandingWhat 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 inquires into the difference between seeking peace through control, withdrawal, or ideal conditions, and discovering the peace that is already present beneath inner resistance and the movement of the separate self.
2026-05-2847 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryWhat 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-present ground of being itself. Rather than searching for a future experience or higher consciousness, Amoda invites us to turn inward and examine the one who is seeking. Through direct inquiry and intimate self-exploration, the...
2026-05-2111 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryDie Before You Die | The End of the Self and the Discovery of FreedomThis 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 dismantles our assumptions about life and death, showing that both are rooted in impermanence and are not opposites, but expressions of the same movement. As we begin to see that what we fear is not death it...
2026-04-2329 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryTo Know God, You Must Welcome EverythingThis 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 denial of God can function as veils when rooted in unexamined identity. At the heart of this discourse is a radical invitation: to recognize that nothing is...
2026-04-1628 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryThe Emptiness at the Heart of BeingIn 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 that this "void" is not the end of you, but the end of the false self — the collapse of identities, concepts, and imagined meaning. What remains is a simp...
2026-03-2620 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 65: The Ego Is Not a Thing — Seeing Through the Sense of SelfIn 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 psychological suffering. The conversation looks at the difference between the functional sense of self, which allows us to live and relate in the world, and the psychological id...
2026-03-191h 05
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 59: Unveiling the Light of Being: Ordinary Life, Extraordinary OpennessIn 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 unpacks how veils of conditioning (guilt, shame, unworthiness, grievance, the acquisitive ego) obscure this radiance, and how glimpses often arise in shock, beauty, or profound presence when the mind stops referencing.Awakening is both sudden and grad...
2025-10-101h 02
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 59: Unveiling the Light of Being: Ordinary Life, Extraordinary OpennessIn 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 unpacks how veils of conditioning (guilt, shame, unworthiness, grievance, the acquisitive ego) obscure this radiance, and how glimpses often arise in shock, beauty, or profound presence when the mind stops referencing. Awakening is both sudden an...
2025-10-021h 02
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 58: The Courage to Stay OpenIn 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 and how the path of awakening is a journey into the radiance of being, which is always open. This conversation points to the heart of non-dual realization, while also offering gentle guidance for th...
2025-08-0154 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 57: The Power of Aloneness and the Path to WholenessIn 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, to the deeper patterns of addiction, emotional avoidance, and compulsive seeking. At the heart of this inquiry lies a powerful invitation: to stop running from the quiet, and instead turn inward with open...
2025-06-0353 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 56: Awakening in an Accelerating WorldIn 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 transformation, challenging individuals to either collapse into fear or embrace a radical shift in awareness. Rather than offering a utopian vision of mass ascension, they discuss how the intensification of fear, anxiety, and division...
2025-03-1756 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 56: Awakening in an Accelerating WorldIn 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 transformation, challenging individuals to either collapse into fear or embrace a radical shift in awareness. Rather than offering a utopian vision of mass ascension, they discuss how the intensification of fear, anxiety, and division m...
2025-03-1756 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 55: The Simplicity of Surrender, An Exploration of the Path of AwakeningIn 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.Join Amoda and Kavi at one of the upcoming in-person or online events.Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Amoda Maa Teachings.
2025-01-2756 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 54: Awakening to Love's True NatureIn 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 already present in being? Can love be the recognition of one’s innate completeness? And what does it take to embody this knowing in everyday life?...
2024-12-171h 06
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 54: Awakening to Love's True NatureIn 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 already present in being? Can love be the recognition of one's innate completeness? And what does it take to embody this knowing in everyday life?
2024-12-161h 06
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 53: The Gift of UncertaintyIn 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 natural waves within open awareness. This journey invites a life lived in silent awareness and surrender, where each moment becomes an opportunity to meet reality without resistance or the need for certainty....
2024-10-2959 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 53: The Gift of UncertaintyIn 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 natural waves within open awareness. This journey invites a life lived in silent awareness and surrender, where each moment becomes an opportunity to meet reality without resistance or the need for certainty.
2024-10-2859 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 talk about why they have recently launched the “Field of Love” Online Global Community.Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to recei...
2024-09-3051 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 talk about why they have recently launched the "Field of Love" Online Global Community.
2024-09-3051 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 51: Reclaiming the DivineIn 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 the wholeness of God within as our essential nature.Thanks for listening. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Amoda Maa Teachings.
2024-08-1256 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 50: Spirituality in the MarketplaceIn 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 culture. Amoda Maa is in conversation with host and husband, Kavi, talking about whether this spiritual filtering into the everyday life has changed the nature of the spiritual path and if there are an...
2024-07-011h 05
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 49: Personality Types and AwakeningIn this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with her husband and host, Kavi, and together they explore 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 recognition and abiding in true nature?Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to re...
2024-05-2157 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 48: Crisis as a Catalyst for Inner TransformationIn 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.Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Amoda Maa Teachings. This is a public episode...
2024-04-0554 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2024-02-191h 01
Conversations with Amoda MaaEPISODE 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.Join us for this new program:REALIZING THE OCEAN OF AWARENESS:A Series of Nondual Meditations5-Week Online ProgramThanks for listening. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and...
2024-02-191h 01
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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.Explore the 2024 posted events. More coming.Thanks for listening. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the teaching.
2023-12-2148 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2023-12-2048 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 awakening has a direct impact on the body.Check out the 4 Week Program with Kavi in January:Bringing Light to the Body:Thanks for listening and reading Amoda Maa...
2023-10-301h 00
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 "inner divided state" is created.The conversation also includes an examination of the difference between “not minding” and “not caring”, and whether the mind has any useful function at all...
2023-10-0557 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 "inner divided state" is created. The conversation also includes an examination of the difference between "not minding" and "not caring", and whether the mind has any useful function at...
2023-10-0257 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 42: Spiritual Awakening and Meeting Death Consciously NowIn 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. Thanks for listening. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Teaching. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss t...
2023-09-0557 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 42: Spiritual Awakening and Meeting Death Consciously NowIn 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.
2023-09-0557 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 41: Living the Truth of Nondual RealizationIn 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. Watch the video on YouTube:Thanks for listening to the podcast. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Amoda Maa Foundation This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack...
2023-08-1558 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 41: Living the Truth of Nondual RealizationIn 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.
2023-07-2558 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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. Thanks for listening. Please subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Teaching and Foundation. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2023-07-071h 01
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2023-07-041h 01
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 39: Tantra and Nonduality — Two Approaches to EnlightenmentIn 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 and how this unified approach is at the core of her teaching today. Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts an...
2023-05-191h 03
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 39: Tantra and Nonduality — Two Approaches to EnlightenmentIn 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 and how this unified approach is at the core of her teaching today.
2023-05-191h 03
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 by Kavi. About David Ellzey: David is an author, coach, public speaker, and mime artist. He is steeped in the nondual realization that permeates all his work. www.davidellzey.com
2023-03-081h 05
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 by Kavi. About David Ellzey: David is an author, coach, public speaker, and mime artist. He is steeped in the nondual realization that permeates all his work. www.davidellzey.com
2023-03-081h 05
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 ragesThe lighthouse standsRooted in stillnessCasting its lightInto the darkness.Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Teaching. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...
2023-02-1345 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2023-02-0645 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 35: Openness, Awareness, and FreedomIn 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”. Watch the video of this here:Thanks for listening.Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Teaching. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
2023-01-1835 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 35: Openness, Awareness, and FreedomIn 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".
2023-01-1635 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 34: The Metaphor of the CrucifixionIn 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. Thanks for listening. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Teaching. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...
2022-12-231h 12
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 34: The Metaphor of the CrucifixionIn 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.
2022-12-231h 12
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 dark night of the soul that preceded this experience, and how its aftermath healed her childhood abandonment trauma.Amoda Maa also talks about the life of a spiritual teacher, how she went from liv...
2022-11-281h 35
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 dark night of the soul that preceded this experience, and how its aftermath healed her childhood abandonment trauma. Amoda Maa also talks about the life of a spiritual...
2022-11-281h 35
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 31: Two Different Paths, One AwakeningIn 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 time? These questions and more are explored! About Henry trained for years in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is now an authorized Zen master, leading Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Me...
2022-11-021h 12
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 time? These questions and more are explored! About Henry trained for years in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is now an authorized Zen master, leading Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe...
2022-11-021h 12
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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. Thanks for reading Amoda Maa Writing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-10-1057 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2022-10-1057 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 unraveling trauma in deep presence. Thanks for listening! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-09-121h 05
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2022-09-121h 05
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-08-121h 03
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2022-08-121h 03
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 and greet each other. ” ― Rainer Maria Rilke This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amod...
2022-07-1855 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 and greet each other. " ― Rainer Maria Rilke
2022-07-1555 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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?If you enjoyed this please share it!The 7 Week ‘Tantra of Life’ Course starts this Friday. There is still time and space to join. Last years was an exceptional journey into acceptance and awareness."The mind-shattering magnificence of e...
2022-06-171h 06
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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'. He is one of 'The 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People' on the 2021 list in Watkins Magazine (# 57) and the winner of 'Author of the Year 2020' in Kindred Spirit magazine. Tim is the founder of 'U...
2022-06-0358 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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'. He is one of ‘The 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People’ on the 2021 list in Watkins Magazine (# 57) and the winner of ‘Author of the Year 2020’ in Kindred Spirit magazine.Tim is the founder of ‘Unividualism’, which combines evolutionary s...
2022-06-0358 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-05-181h 22
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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
2022-05-161h 22
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 23: The Art of Running and the Experience of No-SelfIn 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-05-1356 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 23: The Art of Running and the Experience of No-SelfIn 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.
2022-05-1356 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-04-2253 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2022-04-2253 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 of experience sourced in the non-dual tradition of Kashmir Shivaism, Authentic Movement, and self-inquiry. In addition, she has a private practice as a Psychotherapist, and facilitator of Authentic Movement. She lives in Oxford (UK) with her...
2022-04-0558 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 of experience sourced in the non-dual tradition of Kashmir Shivaism, Authentic Movement, and self-inquiry. In addition, she has a private practice as a Psychotherapist, and facilitator of Authentic Movement. She lives in Oxford (UK) with her husband Rupert Spira, also...
2022-04-0158 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 20: An Exploration of the Relationship between Duality and NondualityIn 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-03-2150 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 20: An Exploration of the Relationship between Duality and NondualityIn 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.
2022-03-1850 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 19: The “One Day I Will Awaken” SyndromeIn 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-03-0450 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 19: The "One Day I Will Awaken" SyndromeIn 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.
2022-03-0450 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 18: Myths, Illusions and Impediments on the Spiritual PathIn 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2022-02-1150 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 18: Myths, Illusions and Impediments on the Spiritual PathIn 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
2022-02-1150 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaPODCAST: Episode 17: A Conversation about Zen and NondualityIn 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. ABOUT HENRY:After a spontaneous awakening at the age of 19, and a childhood marked by severe chronic eczema, Henry embarked on a reluctant journey of healing and deeper awakening, in various traditions and therapies. He trained for years in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is n...
2022-01-2949 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 17: A Conversation about Zen and NondualityIn 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 chronic eczema, Henry embarked on a reluctant journey of healing and deeper awakening, in various traditions and therapies. He trained for years in the Sanbo Zen lineage, and is now an authorized Zen m...
2022-01-2849 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaPODCAST: 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2021-12-3155 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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.
2021-12-3155 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaPODCAST: Episode 14: In The World, But Not Of The WorldIn 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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2021-11-1251 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 14: In The World, But Not Of The WorldIn 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.
2021-11-1251 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 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 teacher.
2021-10-2551 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 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 teacher. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2021-10-2551 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 7: Seeing the Beloved in EverythingIn this episode, Amoda Maa talks with Kavi about softening our gaze on the world and how this allows the tension of "me" and "other" to relax into a deeper acceptance of all that is.
2021-07-1547 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 7: Seeing the Beloved in EverythingIn this episode, Amoda Maa talks with Kavi about softening our gaze on the world and how this allows the tension of “me” and “other” to relax into a deeper acceptance of all that is. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2021-07-1547 minConversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryEpisode 5: A Conversation about Embodied EnlightenmentIn this episode, Amoda Maa speaks with Sayde Kassam from the Unify Global Network about the significance of embodied enlightenment in a world climate of fear and uncertainty. Unify is a nonprofit organization that celebrates our shared humanity by hosting worldwide meditations and community-based action. This conversation was recorded in April 2020.
2021-06-181h 03
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 5: A Conversation about Embodied EnlightenmentIn this episode, Amoda Maa speaks with Sayde Kassam from the Unify Global Network about the significance of embodied enlightenment in a world climate of fear and uncertainty. Unify is a nonprofit organization that celebrates our shared humanity by hosting worldwide meditations and community-based action. This conversation was recorded in April 2020. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2021-06-181h 03Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryThe Freedom of Open AwarenessIn this podcast, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Susan Hill, founder of WOW Peace, an organization dedicated to inspiring people to realize their nature as peace. They discuss awakening out of the dreamspell of "me" and how emotions and thoughts can then flow through open awareness.
2021-05-1132 min
Conversations with Amoda Maa - Exploring Awareness Through Dialogue and Living InquiryAmoda Maa on Pathways RadioIn this first podcast Amoda Maa in conversation with Paul O'Brien, founder of the Divination Foundation and Pathways Radio, talking about the freedom and joy of living as openness, and discussing her most recent book, "Falling Open in a World Falling Apart." More information at www.amodamaa.com
2021-05-0528 min
Conversations with Amoda MaaEpisode 1: Amoda Maa on Pathways RadioIn this first podcast Amoda Maa in conversation with Paul O'Brien, founder of the Divination Foundation and Pathways Radio, talking about the freedom and joy of living as openness, and discussing her most recent book, "Falling Open in a World Falling Apart." More information at www.amodamaa.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amodamaa.substack.com
2021-05-0528 min