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In this profound and wide-ranging conversation, Jeff Carreira speaks with Acharya Shunya, a revered teacher of Vedic wisdom and the first female lineage-holder in her 2,000-year-old spiritual tradition. Together, they explore the living transmission of ... Read More

In this interview, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati shares the extraordinary story of her transformation from a Stanford-trained academic to a revered spiritual teacher living on the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh. With disarming honesty and ... Read More

In this luminous dialogue, Jac O’Keeffe shares the powerful story of her spiritual awakening and the decades of inner work that followed. With candor, humor, and unflinching insight, she describes the moment divine love flooded ... Read More

Jeffrey Kripal explores how extraordinary experiences—mystical, paranormal, or anomalous—require new interpretive frameworks beyond traditional science and religion. He proposes “thinking-with” experiencers to co-create meaningful narratives that make space for paradox and subjectivity. With Jeff Carreira, ... Read More

Tarot reader Julia Eve reflects on her intuitive practice in light of the podcast The Telepathy Tapes, finding deep resonance between her symbolic work and the telepathic abilities of autistic children. She and Jeff Carreira ... Read More

Shelli Renée Joye shares her lifetime journey weaving mysticism, science, and consciousness into a coherent framework she calls “tantric psychophysics.” Drawing from electrical engineering, Eastern traditions, and modern quantum theory, she discusses collective consciousnesses or ... Read More

When we decided this month's issue of The Artist of Possibility Magazine would be focused on Ecology, Nature, and Spirituality, I immediately wanted to speak with Timothy Morton. Timothy is one of my favorite ecological ... Read More

When we decided this month's issue of The Artist of Possibility Magazine would be focused on Ecology, Nature, and Spirituality, I immediately wanted to speak with Nora Bateson. Nora Bateson is one of my favorite ... Read More

It was a pleasure to speak with Christopher J. Miller about his understanding of what it means to be a spiritual artist. Chris is an artist, author, teacher, and produces The Spiritual Artist Podcast where ... Read More

In this interview I spoke with Aterah Nusrat about her research aimed at deepening her understanding of the relationship between spirituality and health and well-being, with planetary health and well-being. Nusrat is clear that until ... Read More

In this interview I had the pleasure to speak with my dear friend Mary Adams about her involvement with The Extinction Rebellion and how she sees her current work as an activist as a natural ... Read More

In this workshop I focus on one of the key themes in my new book, Transdimensional Spirituality: Cultivating Mystical Vision and Illuminating the Soul. I explore the spiritual path of the Earthbound self, from its earliest spiritual yearnings to the attainment of luminous absorption with source consciousness.

Jeff Carreira speaks with Athena Laz, a spiritual mentor, lucid dream teacher and psychologist.

Jeff Carreira speaks with Dr. Lawrence Edwards, who has taught meditation for over 40 years and is the founder of the Anam Cara Meditation Foundation.

Jeff Carreira speaks with spiritual teacher EJ Gold about the nature of spiritual work and the function that spiritual schools play in facilitating individual and collective awakening.

Jeff Carreira speaks with author, Phil Moore about The Future of Children Rewirement Training.

In this conversation Lauralee Kelly and I share how we can heal our pain and become a more perfect vehicle for the inherent wholeness of our divine essence.

In this dialog Jeff Carreira speaks with award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator Nora Bateson about how we as human beings engage together in community and the underlying dynamics that make them healthy. You will see ... Read More

In this dialog I speak with Hans Höhener who devoted a great deal of his life to studying and translating works by and about the Indian mystic Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. The discussion begins ... Read More

In this dialog Jeff Carreira speaks with Dr. Erin Prophet, the daughter of two famous spiritual leaders, Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Her father started the group as The Summit Lighthouse in 1958. After his ... Read More

Mary Adams talks with Jeff Carreira about the time she spent with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj in Mumbai, India in 1973. This is the second dialog with Mary.

This conversation offers a fascinating exploration of the miraculous potential and dramatic dangers of the guru/disciple relationship and intensive spiritual practice.

Jeff Carreira writes transdimensional fiction. His novels use the powerful medium of story to illuminate the mysterious ways in which we can awaken to the invisible realms and hidden truths that always lie just beyond the familiar world around us. His stories challenge our fundamental notions about what is real, by presenting characters who find themselves having experiences, or being in circumstances, that force them to question everything they ever thought. What they discover, in a variety of ways, is that reality is much different than they could have imagined.

Jeff Carreira reads part two of his book, The Gift of Spiritual Abundance: Five Principles for Being Happy and Fulfilled Right Now.

Jeff Carreira reads part one of his book, The Gift of Spiritual Abundance: Five Principles for Being Happy and Fulfilled Right Now.

In this conversation, Jeff Carreira speaks with Dan Millman about his latest book, Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit: The True Story of My Spiritual Quest, which shares the reflections on the extraordinary experiences that shaped Dan Millman’s evolution from youthful dreamer to spiritual teacher, written to inspire readers on their own quests.

In this conversation Jeff Carreira speaks with author and former rockstar, Gary Lachman about his book Dark Star Rising: Magik and Power in the Age of Trump, and the reality of magic in the world today. The conversation explores how Gary's post-modern attitudes have led to the revitalization of magic in the world, and includes discussion about the twentieth century magician Aleister Crowley, psychologist Carl Jung, the English philosopher Collin Wilson, and other pioneers of modern magic.

In this seminar Jeff Carreira offers a profound and comprehensive introduction to his teachings on meditation.

In this dialog Jeff Carreira and James Bampfield speak about their similar experiences as part of spiritual practice communities with a reputation for extreme practice.

In this seminar with Jeff Carreira you will discover the secret to transforming your life. You will see that learning to rest in our true power is one of the key habits that allow us to live a life of abundance and fulfillment.

In this seminar Jeff Carreria explores insights from his new book Higher Self Expression to discover how to live an awakened life as an Artist of Possibility.

This is a chance to deepen into the miracle of non-dual release, starting in recognition of Truth’s radical demand that we leave all of our cherished ideas behind as we enter direct contact with her grace.

Explore the profound transition from spiritual attainment to spiritual realization in the way that it was taught by the Indian sage Ramana Maharshi.

Join me for this free workshop and together we will find the strength and courage to stay true to our deepest inner calling and in so doing, give our greatest gift to this world in need.

In this conversation we speak with Claude Needham about the transformational role-playing game he has developed called Dream Life. In this podcast you will discover how the game combines and examines different elements of our dreams ... Read More

In this dialog graduate of Jeff Carreira's Meditation and Awakening Teacher Training, Tim Werts, speaks with Jeff Carreira about his path of spiritual awakening and Christian scripture.

Maura R. O’Connor, a bright and compassionate humanitarian, ecologist and journalist talks with Jeff Carreira about some of the philosophical questions that she raises in her book Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things. In this discussion you will hear a fresh voice calling into question many of our common assumption about ecological conservation and environmentalism.

In this seminar, I offer meditation instruction and guidance that will direct your attention in ways that give you access to your own true inner potential for freedom.

In this episode, recorded over a decade ago, Jeff Carreira speaks with the biographer Robert Richardson, who died last month. In this conversation he discusses his writings on Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James. Richardson devoted 10 years to researching and writing each of these three biographies and each presents a detailed picture that brings the personalities of these men and their achievements vividly to life. In the wake of his recent passing, we want to honor Robert D. Richardson by offering this interview for you to listen to and enjoy.

In this episode, Jeff Carreira speaks with Peter Connor. Peter is a futures trader, spiritual adept and optimal performance coach, who recognizes that our current economic system is inadequate. As this fascinating conversation unfolds, Peter ... Read More

In this episode, Jeff Carreira speaks with author, Reggie Walker about his book 'Life Is Funny but It Ain’t No Joke: A Journey of Awakening Through Wisdom Sayings'.

In this seminar recording with Jeff Carreira, you will learn how a paradigm works by exploring some of the ways that you have been worlded to experience reality in particular ways. Those of us who ... Read More

In this seminar Jeff Carreira encourages you to let go of all your ideas about the future and open to the possibility of radical and total freedom NOW! You will discover that surrender is the only spiritual practice there is. And that the essential key to an awakened life is embracing exactly the way things already are.

In this workshop, we will explore the energy of transformation that is abounding right now. We will harness the power of immediate possibility to envision, and even more importantly begin, a new life together.

This seminar is designed for those of us who have spent months, years and even decades doing spiritual work and developing our inner self. Perhaps without realizing it, we have been cultivating the qualities of an open heart and an open mind that is exactly what is needed now. In short, we were training for a moment like this.

In this episode Jeff Carreira talks with mystical philosopher, Tim Freke about his visionary new understanding of the nature of reality and the purpose of life.

In this seminar you will discover the central role that artistic endeavors have always played in shaping human culture and you will undoubtedly see yourself as an artist in ways you never imagined.

In this teaching given during a recent meditation retreat, Jeff Carreira describes five inner attitudes and qualities of consciousness - stillness, emptiness, generosity, timelessness, selflessness and not knowing - that creates the space around our practice that allow miracles to happen both during meditation and in our lives.

In this teaching given during a recent meditation retreat, Jeff Carreira shares three powerful insights that will have a profound impact on your practice and your journey to awakening.

In this teaching given at the start of a recent meditation retreat, Jeff Carreira shares essential guidance for the meditation instructions that he calls The Practice No Problem.