In this episode I chat with Ilona Ciunaite as she shares her incredible journey from feeling lost and incomplete to finding clarity, ease, and lightness. Ilona's life changed dramatically after a profound experience that led her to question everything and embark on a quest for a new way of seeing reality. Through years of exploration, she developed a method called 'Deep Looking' to help others achieve the same transformation.

Join us as Ilona reveals how you can shift from a sense of separateness to experiencing oneness with all existence. Discover the tools and insights that guided her to inner peace and learn how they can help you too.

Join Walter Driscoll and myself on this episode where we talk Non duality and the process and failings involved.

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is a writer and lifelong explorer of what is. Her background includes Buddhism, Advaita, nontraditional meditative inquiry, radical nonduality, martial arts, somatic work, addiction recovery, political activism, visual arts, and a devotion to both boundless presence and the beauty of the ordinary. Joan has held public and private meetings as well as occasional workshops and retreats since 1996. She encourages people to question the stories, beliefs and misunderstandings that create so much of our human suffering, especially our tendency to mistake conceptual maps for the living actuality. Her bare-bones approach is open, direct, down-to-earth, and rooted in the ever-fresh aliveness of presence-awareness. Rather than relying on outside authorities, traditional ideas, acquired knowledge or beliefs, this is about direct, firsthand, present experience.

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Paul has been involved in seeing what we're not - non-duality and recovery -for 33 years.

His talks are uncompromising, direct and pointed towards your authentic self.

Pauls way of pointing is unique and spontaneous, a rarity found in a select few.

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Hale Dwoskin is the New York Times best-selling author of The Sedona

Method, and is featured in the movie, Letting Go. He is the founder of Sedona

Training Associates, an organization that teaches courses based on the

emotional releasing techniques inspired by his mentor, Lester Levenson. Hale is

an international speaker and featured faculty member at Esalen and the Omega

Institute. He is also one of the 24 featured teachers of the book and movie

phenomenon, The Secret, as well as a founding member of The

Transformational Leadership Council. For over three decades, he has regularly

been teaching The Sedona Method to individuals and corporations throughout

the United States and the United Kingdom, and has been leading coach

trainings and advanced retreats since the early 1990s. He is also the co-author

with Lester Levenson of Happiness Is Free: And It’s Easier Than You Think! (a

five-book series).

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In this Discarded Compass interview John talks with Andreas about his spiritual awakening after a meeting with Tony Parsons.

Andreas gives insights into pre awakening and talks an uncompromising message that leaves you with being and the mystery of everything and nothing being simply this… what’s apparently happening for no one.

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One seeing one knowing one heart 

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Join John as he talks with Benjamin Smythe about THIS which cannot be described and the his unique experiences of life from his own perspective.

Ben talks about his life dealing with mental illness and awakening.

His journey as told by no one.

It's a quirky interview and we are sure you will like it.

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Ariana sees the personal self moving through a journey called time/space is a dream. All there is, is absolutely nothing appearing as everything. It’s completely unbelievable and unknowable.

This communication is not a belief system or a teaching. It is not about logic or mental understanding. This communication is completely energetic and the words can resonate.

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Join John as he talks to Mandi about her awakening after a horrific accident and her spiritual life at present, which includes mentoring and also Halo Reading details here:

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Mandi Solk is from the UK. Throughout many years of Spiritual discovery which included Christian Science, Taoism, Zen, Buddhism, Non-duality and ACIM and mysticism, and my own death experiences through accidents and illness in this present lifetime - which gave me the experience of a love beyond this world, there has been gradual awakenings, interspersed with a few sudden shifts, which led me to write a little book in 2006 called: ‘The Joy of No Self’ which seemed to effortlessly write itself.

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In this episode Tim talks with John about his vision for Unividualism and the new integration of old style teachings with a new way of living and integrating awakening.

Tim Freke is a pioneering philosopher whose bestselling books, inspirational talks, and life-changing events have touched the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

He is Winner of ‘MBS Writer of the Year Award’ 2020, Kindred Spirit magazine, and one of ‘The 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People’ on the 2020 list in Watkins Magazine (# 50)

He is the author of 35 books, translated into 15 languages, including a top 6 Amazon ‘Surprise Bestseller’ and Daily Telegraph ‘Book of the Year’ 

He has been exploring spirituality since a spontaneous awakening when he was 12 years old.

In his latest books, ‘Deep Awake’ and ‘Soul Story’, Tim offers a revolutionary approach to awakening for the 21st century and a visionary new understanding of the nature of reality.

Tim is the creator of Unividualism: A Deeper Way of Living and the founder of The International Community of Unividuals, which combines evolutionary science and deep spirituality to offer a visionary new understanding of the nature of reality and the purpose of life

He leads experiential Deep Awakening retreats internationally

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In this interview the delightful Naho Owada talks with John about her awakening and some very interesting non duality pointers.

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It was before the age of one when Naho sensed that humanity, this world, was not a comfortable place. Her mother told her that she first noticed Naho’s experience of the world while she was in her baby seat. Naho appeared to be in shock. She said that often her eyes would be wide and moving from left to right, as if she were seeing evil or in terror. Naho was very tense.

Somewhere around the age of three, there was a natural sense that saw clearly the loneliness or suffering underneath all humans. Naho could see in the faces that there was something hiding, an unease underneath the smile. Naho was always feeling uncomfortable.

By the time Naho turned five, she asked her mother why she had to continue to live.

It was in her teen years that Naho began her deep search in finding the cause of the uncomfortableness, of which she never found. Around the age of 20, Naho realized she would not find the answer where she was looking. She didn’t experience any tragedies in her life and therefore knew that it was not the story of the life that was causing her suffering.

At the age of 25, she met a man who had had an experience of this. He told her that the cause of suffering was the phantom self. She began to see that wherever she went, there she would be. It seemed to be following her; this ‘I’. She couldn’t escape the self that seemed to be having such uncomfortableness. It was from there that she knew she found the answer she was searching for.

It became evident that everyone is born with a sense of lack that comes from apparent separation--but this has nothing to do with the story of their apparent life. People try to find the answer in their storyline and that is because they think if they change the story, it will bring them happiness. That isn't true. That will only bring relief for a short period of time. It began to be obvious that the person we believe our ‘self’ to be, is a complete illusion.

Soon thereafter, there came an apparent moment (while on her way to the organic supermarket) that the illusion completely vanished. What was left is everything, without a center.

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In this episode we have a delightful and insightful conversation with

Richard Sylvester and Dawn Garland.

Richard Sylvester is a humanistic psychologist, lecturer and therapist. For many years he engaged with a variety of spiritual practices while also training in psycho therapeutic techniques and teaching counselling. Since 2004 he has been writing and speaking about non-duality.

Dawn is a psychotherapist and currently starting to give spiritual talks.She has an amazing insightful story to tell.

Richard is the author of five books. ‘Confessions Of A Seeker – adventures in spirituality, therapy and belief’ is about his seeking years. His books about non-duality are ‘I Hope You Die Soon’, ‘The Book Of No One’, ‘Drink Tea, Eat Cake’ and ‘Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers’. Richard holds meetings about non-duality regularly in London, and he has also spoken in Paris, Munich, Berlin, Prague and Tokyo.

You can find out more at http://www.richardsylvester.com and on Richard’s Facebook page, and you can watch him on his YouTube channel .Dawn also talks about love of this and the intimacy of it in her life. She will have a website coming soon which you can keep an eye out for which is www.dawngarland.co.uk. You can contact Dawn through Richards web page and email.

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TOM DAS

We hope you enjoy this insightful and different Non Duality perspective from Tom Das. I really enjoyed our chat.

About Tom:

From an early age, he was exposed to practices such as aikido, yoga, and

meditation, which instilled a sense of spiritual curiosity in him.

As he grew older, he discovered the teachings of Jesus, Swami Vivekananda, and Jiddu Krishnamurti, which sparked a deep interest in the direct experience of God. He immersed himself in spiritual texts, devouring works on Buddhism, Zen, Taoism, Mystic Christianity, Vedanta, and Dzogchen.

Despite pursuing a career in science and mathematics, his spiritual journey remained a priority, leading him to explore and seek answers for over 15-20 years. Along the way, he discovered Sri Ramana Maharshi, whose teachings resonated with him on a deep level and sparked a sense of overwhelming love and devotion.

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Join us in this engaging and light hearted interview with Tim Cliss. Also please visit Tims website for more information at www.timclissthis.com

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Tim always wanted to know. He was a seeker, and a questioner.

As a child he was one of those annoying kids who always asked "why?"

He grew up in a small village in The Fens in Cambridgeshire where he still lives today.

Loving sport he became a PE teacher, but secretly always wanted to dance.

One day whilst leading a group of students on a hike in Derbyshire he was walking up a rocky wooded hill.

He stopped. Time stopped. Afterwards he described it as,

"I knew the rocks and trees and they knew me.

I was the rocks and trees and they were me."

That's not really how it was, but that seemed like the only way he could make sense of it.

After that 'revelation', things were never the same. His seeking was now focussed on finding an answer to what had seemed to have been revealed. He found the message of non-duality, and was bitten. There was immediate and undeniable resonance. There was absolutely no doubting that this was it! There followed many, exciting, frustrating and painful years of being a non-duality addict. He bought every book that even vaguely resonated, watched endless YouTube, promiscuously flitting from one speaker to another looking for the secret nugget that would lead to liberation. He learnt a lot. He understood a lot. It became obvious that all his knowledge and understanding were worthless, and he fell into despair. The despair lasted, until it stopped. In its place was emptiness, peace, silence, and love, but mostly emptiness.

Of course, none of that happened.

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Join John as he interviews Jim Newman in this deep dive insighful episode full of great pointers and discussion.

Jim Newmans website : http://www.simply-this.com

Jim Newmans NON-DUALITY meetings share a mystery, a paradox. The paradox is that THIS, this appearance, isn't what it appears to be. It is and it isn't. It's no-thing being something. It's emptiness appearing as everything. It's unified appearing as divided or separated.

Within this apparent paradox arises an experience. That experience is, that this appearance is happening to 'me'. That experience is not paradoxical; it feels very real. There's no space, no room, no possibility for the reality, that 'this' isn't happening to ‚me’. That experience of duality is dissatisfying. It's uncomfortable. Out of that experience arises the need to bring about a wholeness, to cover up the feeling that what is, isn't complete, to make the feeling that it's not okay - okay. Out of that arises the need for good and bad and right and wrong. So this appearance then turns into ‚my life‘, and my life is the need to make 'this' better, 'this' good, to find out or to solve the problem of why I don't feel like it's okay, why I feel like something's wrong, why I feel like I need to seek, to find something else.

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John talks with Paul Morgan-Somers about his early life and his spontaneous awakening at an early age. Paul discusses awakening , integration and the ongoing singing of his song.

After a series of spontaneous experiences as a teenager he spent the next 5 years in a Vedanta Centre Monastery, contemplating and integrating what he calls the song of the ocean. 

Playing in the love and wonderment of what Is, and singing and sharing his song with others , as Paul says there are no others only THIS.

Since then Paul has quietly drank tea, traveled and chatted with people from all over the world, about that which simply Is, yet cannot be described. 

Much loved by many seekers, he is profoundly present and polite and authentic.

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Welcome to this episode with Jac O'Keeffe. Jac talks with john about her insights and also the new organisation she set up with others called the ASI.

Jac is an authentic and very intuitive teacher who cares deeply about her teaching and students.

Jac talks about the locked in trauma that can prevail unseen in students and especially teachers that believe they are beyond integration.

The ASI was set up when Jac saw the need for spiritual teachers to have a support resource and also a reference for spiritual teachers to engage with and learn from.

Spiritual Integrity and integration are some of the topics talks about in this episode.

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Jac O’Keeffe is a spiritual leader with a unique style. Her teachings include pointers to prior to the non-dual state, and she is clear that non-dual awareness is a stepping stone and not a destination. She has high sense perception abilities that she uses with precision to expose, unravel and heal what creates blockages on our spiritual path and in our understanding. Her teachings also cultivate wisdom, honesty, and integrity. She exposes taboos that are usually avoided in spiritual circles and encourages conversations around issues that are fundamental to our human experience.

Jac’s work is driven by her capacity to envision the possible future of spirituality. Spiritual leadership has been authoritarian for millennia. Perceived as infallible, spiritual teachers were not held accountable. Combine this with an absence of an emphasis on the teacher's personal growth and human evolution, and conditions become ripe for the abuse of power. Now is the time for a systemic change to a new paradigm which is intersectional, inclusive, and mutually receptive. Jac supports the evolution of spiritual leaders and their teaching methods to include accountability and kindness, making spirituality more relevant and applicable to regular life.

Jac is a founding member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI), an organization that encourages the importance of strong ethical principles in the ongoing growth of spiritual communities and their leaders. https://www.spiritual-integrity.org

Her books include Born to Be Free and How to Be a Spiritual Rebel.

For more information about Jac visit jac-okeeffe.com.

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An in depth interview with Kenneth Madden from Galway Ireland. Kenneth talks with John about his sudden non event of awakening and all that the message entails.

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Visit Kenneth’s website here for more info about his zoom talks, and meetings or contact Kenneth directly at kennethmadden@gmail.com or the website link below.

Kenneth talks very clearly from a non-dual place. He had an awakening during a Vipassana retreat many years ago.

He says, 'I had no idea about the world of the spiritual seeker and such terms as awakening, enlightenment and liberation. I remember describing it at the time as like a veil being lifted to reveal that what I had always been looking at was what I had always been looking for. I also remember saying that no experience I had ever had could come close to what happened. It was subsequently seen that it wasn't an experience and that it wasn't a happening as nothing in fact had happened. It was a loss, a loss of me and a seeing of life as it truly is; whole and boundless, complete, unconditional love.'

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Welcome to our episode with Australian Teacher Gilbert Schultz. Gilbert talks with John about his spiritual awakening, his teachers and insights gained. Gilbert is a very on point to the point teacher and I recommend you listen to this podcast.

Books:

What’s wrong with right now if you don’t think about it. https://amzn.to/3o4qv83

Self Aware

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Gilad Karni

We hope you enjoy this insightful and different Non Duality perspective from Gilad Karni. I really enjoyed our chat.

Contact glad via his website.

https://karnigilad.com

About Gilad

Like any living being, “I” am an ever-present being that is not separated by individual perspective, even though it seems to be. The nature of Self is oneness. The nature of Self is ever-present. The nature of Self eternal joy and freedom. All social problems, from the individual level to the global level, are rooted in misunderstanding our true Self and believing in the false sense of separation. My work is in dissolving the mind's false sense of separation and limitation and facilitating the truest expression of Self from the person I am with, bringing unity of Self, business, leadership, and society in alignment with the oneness of our nature.

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Through the practice of Embodied Awareness you can awaken to your True self, discover your purpose and live a fulfilled life of joy, passion and creative expression.

Louise's gentle approach to spiritual awakening and integration supports the process of disidentification from a conceptual self, as well as the release of unconscious beliefs and conditioned behaviours and the integration of repressed emotions and energies in the body.

https://www.louisekay.net

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Rose is the writer of the book 'wondrously free'. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband. She is giving (zoom)meetings about Non Duality in Holland and all over the world.

Some links: website: www.rosemarijnroes.nl  

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From Melbourne, Australia. Traveling around Europe atm.

Just ordinary being living naturally like any animal since 2013-2014.

Edited Bob Adamson's talk with help of Trevor Long of 'Ozark' and turned it into a booklet named Awareness of Being is Stillness, available on my website. Recommending John Wheeler's talks available on my channel as it has been reported that it has helped many.

YouTube channel Sabine NowHere or https://youtube.com/c/ SabineHNonDualityDownUnder

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Eric Putkonen is an writer and speaker about nonduality, enlightenment, and living awake & engaged. He awoke in November 2005 and speaks from his direct experience and insights. He enjoys speaking about the related topics of being present, self-inquiry, the end of suffering, silence of mind, stillness, effortlessness, love, truth, harmony, unity, and more! He is known for his down- to-earth and straightforward style and for making the subject matter clear, plain, and practical (i.e. simplified).

Erics Website : https://sites.google.com/view/ericputkonen/home

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Mystic David Hoffmeister is a living demonstration that peace is possible. His gentle demeanor and articulate, non-compromising expression are a gift to all. David Hoffmeister is world-renowned for his practical teachings about spiritual awakening. His clarity about the function of forgiveness and his radical use of mindful movie-watching in the release of judgment is unsurpassed. The purity of the message he shares points directly to the Source.

Davids website > https://davidhoffmeister.com

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In this delightful uncompromising interview Anna Brown talks about her way of seeing and how she embraces and integrates this into an authentic way of life.

Anna is just a sweet friend that LOVES celebrating and reminding One that they are already home and in Paradise, only forgetting. Seemingly.

Anna's website where you can contact her and also enquire about one to one sessions and meetings

https://www.wonderfullynothing.com

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