The Monthly Satsang at Awakening Together

Participants came together to discuss the Awakening Together Satsang with Brian Tom O'Connor. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang interview. We hope you enjoy this offering. If you would like to learn more about Brian, please visit one of his websites (playawarenessgames.com) or listen to his podcast (awarenessexplorers.com). If you've enjoyed this podcast, consider sharing it with a friend. Rating and/or reviewing it is another way to spread the word and help others discover it. You may also enjoy our other podcasts: Awakening Together Presents Out of the Stillness: https://anchor.fm/at-out-of-the-stillness Awakening Together Presents: Early Teachings & Classics with Regina Dawn Akers: https://anchor.fm/rdaearlyteachings Awakening Together presents Clarifying the Teachings with Regina Dawn Akers: https://anchor.fm/clarifying-the-teachings Awakening Together presents Being Aware of Awareness Guided Meditations: https://anchor.fm/awakening-together-baa Awakening Together Presents Regina's Awakening Games: https://anchor.fm/atreginasawakeninggames You can learn more about Awakening Together here: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/ #Spirituality #AwakeningTogether #BrianTomOConnor

Rev. Shawna Summers interviewed Brian Tom O’Connor, author of Awareness Games: Playing With your Mind to Create Joy, and a co-host of the Awareness Explorers podcast. His newest book is called Awareness Adventures: Discovering Your True Nature. He is also an actor, theatre director, cabaret performer, and formerly depressed guy who stumbled onto the source of joy and happiness in the background of all experience. Brian does not claim to be an enlightened person, which he says is, in fact, a good thing, because if someone as imperfect and flawed as he is can find it, he maintains that we all can. He invites us to try the games and make up our own.  Experiment.  See what works for us.  He posits that it’s all about our direct experience. He asks us to play with pure awareness and discover the background of all experience, where happiness is hiding in plain sight. If you would like to learn more about Brian, please visit one of his websites or listen to his podcast. playawarenessgames.com  awarenessexplorers.com If you would like to donate to Brian Tom O’Connor you can do so at this link during January 2023: https://awakening-together.org/donate/support-the-current-satsang-guest/ This interview is part of Awakening Together's Monthly Satsang series: https://awakening-together.org/category/sidebar/satsangtalks/ Prefer video? You'll find a link to a video of this Satsang here: https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-brian-tom-oconnor/ If you've enjoyed this podcast, consider sharing it with a friend. Rating and/or reviewing it is another way to spread the word and help others discover it. You may also enjoy our other podcasts: https://awakening-together.org/announcing-two-new-awakening-together-podcast/ #AwakeningTogether #AwakeningGames #BrianTomO'Connor

Leonard Jacobson shared the teachings from his most recent work Liberating Jesus as well as about his upcoming book which he plans to release in February of 2023. This interview is part of Awakening Together's Monthly Satsang series: https://awakening-together.org/category/sidebar/satsangtalks/ Leonard is deeply committed to helping others break through to the joyous experience of living in the NOW. Leonard teaches how to become fundamentally present and how to arise in mastery of your mind and ego, so that you are no longer involuntarily pulled out of Presence. Leonard embodies a profound depth of Presence and his teachings are a powerful reminder that in truth, there is no life outside of this moment. He has been guiding people how to be present for over 40 years. Leonard teaches that the fully awakened state of consciousness is available now. It is not something that occurs in the future. It is not something that we can arrive at through spiritual practice. It is already here, waiting to be revealed. As you awaken into the present moment, your thoughts will stop, your mind will fall silent, and you will awaken to an inner silence and peace that is beyond understanding. You will begin to encounter what the mystics and Masters have been speaking of for centuries. One of the most significant aspects of Leonard’s teaching is his unique insight into the nature of the mind and ego. Leonard teaches us how to come into right relationship with the ego in a way that helps the ego to relax, and he teaches us how to integrate awakened consciousness into everyday life and relationships. He is the founder of The Conscious Living Foundation, a registered non-profit organization. In 2005, he was awarded the Peace Prize by Religious Science International, although he is not affiliated or associated with any religion or church. His teaching is both inclusive of, and transcendent of, all religions and spiritual traditions. It is for all those genuinely seeking to awaken, and for all those who want to overcome the pain and limitations of the past, and open into a more loving and abundant world. Leonard is the author of six books, Words from Silence, Journey into Now, Embracing the Present, Bridging Heaven & Earth, Liberating Jesus and In Search of the Light, a winner of the Indie Children’s book award. Journey into Now has been translated into eight different languages. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina and offers evening teaching sessions, weekend workshops, and longer residential retreats in the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. For more information on the offerings of Leonard Jacobson, please visit his website: https://www.leonardjacobson.com. During December 2022, you can make a donation to Leonard via the following link: https://awakening-together.org/donate/support-the-current-satsang-guest/ Prefer video? You'll find a link to a video of this Satsang here: https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-leonard-jacobson/ If you've enjoyed this podcast, consider sharing it with a friend. Rating and/or reviewing it is another way to spread the word and help others discover it. You may also enjoy our other podcasts: https://awakening-together.org/announcing-two-new-awakening-together-podcast/ If you feel inspired to support Awakening Together with a donation, find out how to do so here: https://awakening-together.org/donate/.

Participants came together to discuss the Awakening Together Satsang with Simone Anliker.  The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang interview. We hope you enjoy this offering. For more information about Simone, you can visit her website: simoneanliker.com. Link to Global Dyad Meditation: https://simoneanliker.com/dyad-meditation/ If you've enjoyed this podcast, consider sharing it with a friend. Rating and/or reviewing it is another way to spread the word and help others discover it. You may also enjoy our other podcasts: Awakening Together Presents Out of the Stillness: https://anchor.fm/at-out-of-the-stillness Awakening Together Presents: Early Teachings & Classics with Regina Dawn Akers: https://anchor.fm/rdaearlyteachings Awakening Together presents Clarifying the Teachings with Regina Dawn Akers: https://anchor.fm/clarifying-the-teachings Awakening Together presents Being Aware of Awareness Guided Meditations: https://anchor.fm/awakening-together-baa Awakening Together Presents Regina's Awakening Games: https://anchor.fm/atreginasawakeninggames Awakening You can learn more about Awakening Together here: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/ #Spirituality #AwakeningTogether #SimoneAnliker #Dyads 

Simone Anliker was interviewed by Rev. Cyndi Krupp as part of Awakening Together's Monthly Satsang series. Simone shares her many gifts and practices in practical and loving terms. Her background with the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) as well as somatic healing techniques brings a unique blend of understanding trauma and integrating it with the Wisdom of NonDuality. In 2017 Simone founded the Global Dyad Meditation Project, an online platform that provides Global Dyad Meditation to a worldwide audience. In her in-person and online program “Spiritual NVC”, Simone teaches the wisdom of trauma healing, the core of Nonviolent Communication, and the Dyad Meditation as practical tools to realign with Divine Essence. Simone is a NARM Trauma Master Practitioner, a Havening Techniques® Practitioner, a CNVC Certified Trainer for Nonviolent Communication, a ChakraDance Facilitator, and a Global Dyad Meditation Teacher. She has a master’s degree in law (LL.M.) and is the author of “The Power of Dyad Meditation – A New Way of Meditating in Times of Loneliness and Social Stress”. Simone trains internationally as a transformational and meditation coach. For more information about Simone, you can visit her website: simoneanliker.com. During November, 2022, you can make a donation to Simone via the following link: https://awakening-together.org/donate/support-the-current-satsang-guest/ Prefer video? Check out the YouTube playlist for this satsang series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFnatqbUHYuczgQwezkYW9ln If you've enjoyed this podcast, consider sharing it with a friend. Rating and/or reviewing it is another way to spread the word and help others discover it. If you feel inspired to support Awakening Together with a donation, find out how to do so here: https://awakening-together.org/donate/ You may also enjoy our other podcasts: Awakening Together Presents Regina's Awakening Games: https://anchor.fm/atreginasawakeninggames Awakening Together Presents Out of the Stillness: https://anchor.fm/at-out-of-the-stillness Awakening Together Presents: Early Teachings & Classics with Regina Dawn Akers: https://anchor.fm/rdaearlyteachings Awakening Together presents Clarifying the Teachings with Regina Dawn Akers: https://anchor.fm/clarifying-the-teachings Awakening Together presents Being Aware of Awareness Guided Meditations: https://anchor.fm/awakening-together-baa You can learn more about Awakening Together here: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/ #Spirituality #AwakeningTogether #SimoneAnliker #MonthlySatsang

Chelan Harkin spoke with Anne Blanchard on October 16, 2022, as part of Awakening Together's monthly satsang series. Chelan is the author of two beautiful books of spiritual poetry. Her first collection is called Susceptible to Light. Her most recent book is Let Us Dance! The Stumble And Whirl With The Beloved. Chelan describes her poetry collections this way: “Let Us Dance! The Stumble And Whirl With The Beloved, is here to inspire you to harness your beautiful, dynamic power and look the world directly in the eye. It emboldens the reader to let go of shames and shoulds with The Beloved and entices you to step up to the dance floor of your life and ask The Divine for a whirl.“ “Susceptible to Light… is mystical and ecstatic in nature… (it) is here to remind you of your joy, to assist you in reconsidering ways of relating to your life that better serve and open your heart; to deconstruct anything about God that doesn’t feel close, intimate, authentic, and warm; and to remind your soul to break the surface and take a breath.” If you would like to learn more about Chelan you can visit her website ChelanHarkin.com. You can also find her on social media on Instagram (@chelanharkin) and on Facebook (Chelan Harkin Poetry). If you would like to purchase her books you can do so through Amazon Smile here. You can find out more about Awakening Together here: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/ Prefer video? These Satsangs ara also available on our YouTube channel playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFnatqbUHYuczgQwezkYW9ln

Participants came together to discuss the Stan Davis satsang that was held on August 21. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang. Stan Davis, a former newspaper publisher, serves as the Spiritual and Executive Director of AHAM – the Association of Happiness for All Mankind. For more information on the offerings of AHAM, you can visit their website: https://www.aham.com/ If you would like to find out more about Awakening Together, visit: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/

Stan Davis was interviewed by Rev. Karen Worth on August 21, 2022 as part of the Awakening Together Monthly Satsang series. Stan Davis, a former newspaper publisher, serves as the Spiritual and Executive Director of AHAM -the Association of Happiness for All Mankind. He is also an experienced and certified Self-Inquiry (meditation) instructor and trainer with the AHAM, which owns and operates a wooded 40-acre meditation retreat and spiritual training center in Asheboro, NC, and a beautiful center in South India. AHAM shares a unique, yet simple and very effective conscious transformational meditation process of awakening called “Self-Inquiry,” sometimes referred to as Awareness Meditation or the “meditation for anyone…anytime…and anyplace.”  He studied and practiced under the personal guidance of AHAM’s founder, an Awakened or Self-realized Teacher. During this time, Stan himself has realized Self-Inquiry as the way to directly and instantly connect with and express from Pure Awareness, I AM or the Source of Being, prior to the ego or body-mind. He now shares this process of real and lasting peace, well-being and fulfillment with those who are ready to receive it, which then becomes their own experience. Stan has also given talks and seminars at many Unity and Religious Science churches and other organizations on well over 100 occasions here in the USA and Canada. AHAM, an acronym for the Association of Happiness for All Mankind, is a non-profit spiritual education/meditation training organization.  AHAM’s purpose is the elimination of upset and suffering by the uplifting of consciousness, and the realization of happiness-now or fulfillment lived now as the natural state of Being. For more information on the offerings of AHAM, you can visit their website: aham.com. To find out more about Awakening Together: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/

Participants came together to discuss the Hale Dwoskin satsang on July 17. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang. You can find a link to a video of the Hale Dwoskin satsang on the Awakening Together YouTube channel at the following link: https://youtu.be/mkGNYPWwK_U If you would like to learn more about the Sedona Method or Hale Dwoskin you can find him at www.sedona.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSedonaMethod, on YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/TheSedonaMethod, on Instagram @theSedonaMethodOfficial or listen to his podcast at www.Sedona.com/LettingGo. If you would like to find out more about Awakening Together, visit: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/

Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed Hale Dwoskin on July 17, 2022. Hale Dwoskin has dedicated more than four decades to teaching and sharing the Sedona Method. The Sedona Method is designed to help people alleviate their suffering, actualize their goals, and discover the Truth of who they are. Hale is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sedona Method and coauthor of Happiness is Free And It’s Easier Than You Think with Lester Levenson. He is one of the featured teachers in the book and movie phenomenon The Secret as well as a featured teacher in Rhonda Byrne’s latest book, The Greatest Secret. He is also featured in the movie Letting Go. Hale is the director of training, lead teacher, and spokesperson of Sedona Training Associates, an organization created to promote the emotional releasing techniques inspired by his friend, mentor, and original teacher Lester Levenson. He is also a founding member of the Transformational Leadership Council. If you would like to learn more about the Sedona Method or Hale Dwoskin you can find him at www.sedona.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSedonaMethod, on YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/TheSedonaMethod, on Instagram @theSedonaMethodOfficial or listen to his podcast at www.Sedona.com/LettingGo. Explore more Awakening Together Satsangs here: https://awakening-together.org/category/sidebar/satsangtalks/ Learn more about Awakening Together here: https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/

Participants came together to discuss the Shawn Nevins Satsang. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang interview. Come to share or just listen to others.  All are welcome!

Rev. Saina Fernandez interviewed Shawn Nevins who is an author, advocate, and filmmaker, for Awakening Together's June Satsang, held Sunday, June 19. Shawn began his spiritual path in college with the Self Knowledge Symposium, which led to Richard Rose, an enlightened teacher in rural West Virginia.  He spent four years on Rose’s farm, meditating, reading, experimenting with celibacy, hypnosis, fasting, dream work, and many other practices, until hitting a dead end.  He spent another three years delving into intuition—particularly through writing poetry.  Along the way, Douglas Harding‘s suggestion to look at the space he was looking out from challenged everything he thought he knew.  Finally, in a moment of complete honesty, he experienced something beyond experience—a place which is no place, where there is no flip side to the coin. His books include Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment, The Celibate Seeker: An Exploration of Celibacy as a Modern Spiritual Practice, The Resurrection of John Davis: A Screenplay, and Adventures in Caving: Kentucky and Indiana.  He is co-author of the poetry collections Images of Essence (with Bob Fergeson) and Hydroglyphics: Reflections on the Sacred (with Phaedra Greenwood), as well as the forthcoming Passages: An Introduction and Commentary on Richard Rose’s Albigen System (2022). Shawn’s documentary film work under Poetry in Motion Films includes Closer Than Close, which caught the attention of Bruce Joel Rubin (academy award-winning screenwriter of Ghost and Jacob’s Ladder), Meetings with Remarkable Women, Traveling Lighter with Paul Hedderman, and Mountain High: Touching the Void with Bob Fergeson. A frequent speaker and workshop leader at TAT Foundation events, Shawn has also spoken at San Diego State University’s “Consciousness Hacking” course (2017), the Perfectly Okay online group (2021), Pittsburg Self-Inquiry Group (2022), and been featured on Conscious.tv (2018).  His other endeavors include creating and curating an extensive collection of interviews and reviews of spiritual teachers and other resources at SpiritualTeachers.org. For a link to a video of this sastang, visit https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-shawn-nevins. You can donate to Awakening Together at: https://awakening-together.org/donate/donate-online/ (Please note that no satsang was held in May 2022 in this series.) #ShawnNevins #RichardRose #TATFoundation

Participants came together to discuss the satsang with Cay Villars. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang. You can find a link to a video of the satsang itself here.

Cay Villars was interviewed by Laura Joy Bedford in the Awakening Together online sanctuary. Cay is a mystic in full devotion to following the Voice of Jesus in the continual celebration of inner Light. Some call this Enlightenment or Union with God. She is called the “laughing mystic” for the joy and sense of humor expressed in Satsang/Joining in Light Sessions. She began hearing a Voice while volunteering as a behavioral change coach in prisons for men and women in Wisconsin. While studying A Course in Miracles (ACIM) she experienced mystical visions in which Jesus appeared. In the first vision, he gave her the blue Joining in Light image, a symbol of the healing power of joining to quickly release upsets and thus celebrate shared Light within. Jesus taught her to hear and follow His Voice through assignments in India, Portugal, Europe, Mexico, Bali, and Jerusalem. Her “storyline in the world” included executive coaching, management, marketing, intuitive healer, and scientist, which led to the realization that there is no storyline of more value than the happiness of Divine Being in celebration of all the Love there is. The symbols of Joining in Light in the form of Light Circles and Jesus: A New Covenant ACIM, a message to ACIM Students JANC ACIM) were extended to Cay in mystical visions and conversations with Jesus–the Voice for God. Yet this is only a reminder that this Voice is available to everyone as everyone is Light, the Light of Love within. JANC ACIM is a message of encouragement to all ACIM students and students of non-duality that Jesus is available to directly support them fully in their path to Enlightenment. A PDF of JANC ACIM is offered freely on the Joininginlight.net website.  A beautiful full-color printed text is now available on Amazon. Cay extends Jesus’ teachings that everyone can hear and follow Jesus/the Voice for God as a means to Enlightenment, the complete undoing of the ego to transcend all pain, illness, and suffering of the world. This is the joy and peace that surpasses understanding. She is Director for the Joining in Light Silent Devotional Center.  The Center is a 501c3 nonprofit devoted to the mystical teachings of Jesus for the release of hidden desires for pain and suffering.  The Center offers daily zoom joining sessions, a phone app, online programs, and in residency Light training programs hearing the Voice for God and quickly releasing hidden subconscious desires to deny Divinity. Joining in Light Devotional Center website https://joininginlight.net. For a link to a video of the sastang, visit https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-cay-villars/. #CayVillars #ACIM #mystic #JANCACIM

Rev. Ute Maria Cedilla was interviewed by Rev. Christy Goldsmith. Rev. Ute Maria is a noted and passionate authority on the teachings of Emma Curtis Hopkins, one of the founders of the New Thought movement. She is a Licensed Unity Teacher, and an ordained Religious Science and Interfaith Minister. She is an associate minister of the Emerson New Thought Center – a church without walls and a member of the Affiliated New Thought Network. Ute Maria has published a compilation of High Mysticism and Résumé entitled Highwatch, the Mysticism of Emma Curtis Hopkins, and has led a number of training workshops for Religious Science practitioners and ministers. In more recent years, Ute Maria’s focus has been on studying Kabbalah and the Sacred Tarot with Builders of the Adytum, a Western Mystery School. If you’d like more information about Rev. Ute Maria Cedilla and the Ministry of the Highwatch you can visit her website https://highwatch.org/. A video of this talk is available here: https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-rev-ute-maria-cedilla-2/

Participants came together to discuss the Rev. Deborah Johnson satsang held on February 20. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang. You can find a link to a video of the satsang at the following link: https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-rev-deborah-johnson-2/

Reverend Deborah L. Johnson was interviewed by Rev. Jackie Walden live in the Awakening Together sanctuary on Sunday February 20, 2022. Rev. Deb shares insight on forgiveness, grief, social justice, gratitude and saying YES. She reminds us that what the world needs most is for us to be awake. Rev. Deborah is the founding minister and president of Inner Light Ministries and The Motivational Institute. A life-long social justice activist, Rev. Deborah is the successful co-litigant in two landmark cases in California – one set precedent for the inclusion of sexual orientation in the state’s Civil Rights Bill, the other defeated the challenge to legalizing domestic partnerships.  A voice for compassion, equality, and reconciliation, her primary focus has been on coalition building, conflict resolution, public policy development, and cultural sensitivity awareness. She holds a vision of Oneness, beyond creed and doctrine, and feels particularly called to heal the sense of separation between those adhering to conservative and progressive ideologies. Her groundbreaking work has been featured in numerous books, magazines, radio, and television programs including Conversations with Neale (Neale Donald Walsch) radio show, Shambhala Sun magazine, Showtime TV’s Black Filmmaker Showcase production, Jumpin’ the Broom, the film God and Gays: Bridging the Gap, and ABC Nightline. Rev. Deborah is the author of The Sacred Yes and Your Deepest Intent of the Letters from the Infinite series, as well as Living the Sacred Yes: Affirmations for Action.  She is also co-writer of several songs on Singing the Sacred Yes by Valerie Joi. Wherever she goes, her message is always one of possibility, inclusion, empowerment, and transformation. As an advocate for continual and lifelong learning, Rev. Deborah is a faculty member at several institutes of higher learning: UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Business Executive Leadership Diversity Training Institute; Pacific School of Religion; Holmes Institute of Consciousness Studies; and the Agape University of Transformational Studies and Leadership. She is also an Advisory Council member in the Women’s Studies Department at Brandeis University. She holds a BA in economics from USC, an MBA from UCLA, and a ministerial degree from the Holmes Institute. For more information Watch a video of Rev. Deborah on Light Streaming Follow Rev. Deborah on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/revdeborahjohnson Rev. Deborah’s website: https://www.deborahljohnson.org For a link to a video of this satsang, visit: https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-rev-deborah-johnson-2/

Participants came together to discuss the Liz Cronkhite satsang on January 16. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang. You can find a link to a video of the Liz Cronkhite satsang at the following link:  https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-liz-cronkhite/

Liz Cronkhite was interviewed by Regina Dawn Akers in the Awakening Together sanctuary on January 16, 2022. Liz is a spiritual teacher, life coach, and writer, most notably of The Plain Language A Course in Miracles and 4 Habits for Inner Peace. Liz enjoys working one-on-one with students of A Course in Miracles and other nondualistic paths to help them access their inner peace. She emphasizes a direct relationship with Spirit as the way to do this. In 2018, Liz experienced a moment she calls The Break when existence as she knew it fell away, taking with it the life she had been living. Since that moment, she considers herself to be in an awakened dream. The spirit-centered life she led before, as well as this dramatic shift, are detailed in A Memoir of Christ: A Student of A Course in Miracles Awakens. You can learn more about Liz and what she offers at acimmentor.com. For a link to a discussion of the satsang and to a video of it, visit: https://awakening-together.org/awakening-together-satsang-with-liz-cronkhite/

Participants came together to discuss the Stephen Mitchell Satsang. The purpose of this Sangha is to share what was most impactful, hear from others about what they took away, and deepen into the teaching from the previous day’s Satsang interview.  To listen to our next guest satsang and/or join the next rountable discussion, visit https://awakening-together.org/about-awakening-together/start-here/