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In this bonus episode from The Radiance of Being online retreat (November 2025), Amoda explores one of the deepest assumptions of the human mind: the belief that we are separate individuals moving through a world that exists outside of us. Through gentle inquiry, she invites us to examine this unchallenged sense of "me" and discover that what we take ourselves to be is not a fixed identity, but a constantly changing pattern of thoughts, emotions, sensations, and memories. As these shifting experiences are seen more clearly, another possibility begins to reveal itself: the quiet, ever-present awareness within which all experience arises. From this recognition, the veil of separation gradually becomes transparent. Life is no longer lived from fear, contraction, or self-protection, but from an effortless openness that allows greater clarity, compassion, and freedom. This is not an invitation to adopt a new philosophy or spiritual belief, but to discover directly the undivided field of being that has always been here. As the illusion of separation softens, what remains is the light of being itself—the peace, love, and freedom that are never truly absent.

In this special episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa, we share a live online gathering inspired by Kavi's new poetry collection, Poems of Grace. Together, Amoda and Kavi explore the mystery of grace, awakening, surrender, love, and the sacredness hidden within ordinary life. The gathering begins with a discourse from Amoda on the nature of grace and its role in the awakening process, followed 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 episode is offered as a contemplative space—a gentle invitation to slow down, soften, and listen beyond the mind. Topics explored include: • Grace and the awakening process • Surrender and the end of resistance • Poetry as a doorway into silence and being • Love, grief, beauty, and vulnerability • The sacredness of ordinary life • The relationship between form and formlessness • Living with an open heart amidst uncertainty We hope this special gathering offers a moment of reflection, stillness, and remembrance.

In this bonus episode from The Unveiling the Self Online Retreat, Amoda Maa explores the profound freedom that becomes available when we stop resisting our experience. Much of human life is spent trying to manage, improve, avoid, suppress, or control what arises within us. We resist thoughts, emotions, memories, sensations, and circumstances, believing that peace lies somewhere beyond them. Amoda 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 simple yet radical willingness allows the false structures of identity to gradually dissolve. Using the metaphor of the open sky, Amoda invites us to discover a presence that includes everything yet remains untouched by passing experiences. Rather than turning away from life, true freedom is found through intimacy with it. In the freshness of each moment, awareness recognizes itself, and the self-made prison begins to fall away.

What is true peace — and can it be discovered in the midst of life's uncertainty, conflict, and disturbance? This episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa explores the nature of true peace — not as a temporary state of calm, emotional comfort, or the absence of difficulty, but as the deeper ground of being that remains untouched in the midst of life's turbulence. In conversation with Kavi, Amoda 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. Amoda points to "the peace that passes understanding" — a peace beyond mental concepts, beyond the acquisitive mind, and beyond the endless attempt to manage experience. The conversation explores how inner conflict perpetuates suffering, why resistance itself becomes a subtle form of violence toward what is, and how genuine peace begins with the ending of the inner argument. Rather than pointing to spiritual bypassing or detachment from the world, this dialogue reveals how true peace allows us to meet life, suffering, relationship, and uncertainty from a deeper ground of openness, quietness, and compassion. The episode also touches on awakening, the undoing of the separate self, social responsibility, and the importance of living inquiry rather than striving for a perfected spiritual persona. Peace is not dependent on future circumstances. It is available now, through the willingness to soften resistance and meet experience directly. The episode concludes with a gentle contemplative invitation into presence and inner quietness.

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 whole mechanism of seeking begins to soften. What is discovered is not something new or extraordinary, but the simple clarity of that which has always been here and can never be lost. This discourse points to the profound relief and freedom that comes when we stop chasing awakening as an attainment and recognize the timeless awareness within which all experience appears and disappears.

This episode features a discourse from Amoda Maa's online program Die Before You Die, offering a profound and intimate exploration into the nature of death, self, and true freedom. Rather than pointing to physical death, this teaching reveals a psychological ending—the dissolution of the accumulated self made of beliefs, fears, memories, and identities. Through direct contemplation, Amoda gently 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 itself but our imagined ideas about it, a deeper possibility opens. The invitation is to meet this moment without carrying the past, without clinging to concepts of who we are. In this naked, unguarded presence, something timeless begins to reveal itself. This is not a philosophy or belief system, but a living inquiry—one that can dissolve fear, awaken true aliveness, and uncover a freedom that is already here.

This special bonus episode from Amoda Maa explores the nature of God, not as a distant entity or belief system, but as the very fabric of existence itself. Through a non-dual lens, Amoda gently dismantles the deeply conditioned sense of separation that shapes human experience—the belief that we are somehow apart from life, from each other, or from the divine. She reveals how both belief in God and 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 separate, and that each of us is a living focal point through which the totality of being comes to know itself. From this perspective, every moment, every experience, becomes a doorway into direct knowing. Rather than seeking God as something beyond or higher, Amoda points us back to the immediacy of experience—where the transcendent and the immanent are not two, but one living reality. The path is not one of attainment, but of seeing clearly, of allowing the veils of fear, belief, and identity to dissolve. This episode culminates in a profound and simple pointer: to know God, we must be willing to welcome everything.

In this contemplative inquiry, Amoda invites us beyond the familiar practice of mindfulness and into a deeper recognition: awareness itself. Most of us live immersed in the content of experience—thoughts, emotions, sensations—rarely questioning the field in which all of this appears. Through gentle guidance and direct questioning, this meditation begins to loosen the habitual identification with experience and turns attention toward the very nature of awareness. Is awareness something located in the body or mind? Does it have a boundary? Can it be found, contained, or divided into inner and outer? Using the metaphor of waves and the ocean, Amoda reveals how the changing content of experience can never provide lasting fulfillment, while the ever-present field of awareness remains constant, open, and untouched. As this recognition deepens, a natural equanimity begins to emerge—less driven by grasping or resistance, and more rooted in the unchanging ground of being. This is not a meditation aimed at achieving a particular state, but an invitation to look directly and discover what has always been here. This clip was taken from an online program, 2024.

In this talk, Amoda Maa speaks about what many on the spiritual path secretly dread — the emptiness at the heart of being. We spend much of life trying to avoid it, filling the silence with thought, emotion, activity, even spiritual practices. Yet what we fear as emptiness is not a lifeless void, but the very ground of existence — the living presence out of which everything arises. Amoda reveals 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 simple, undeniable aliveness: vast, intimate, and free. To no longer fear emptiness is to come home. There is no edge, no boundary, no separate self — only the stillness that holds everything in itself. This discourse is taken from the 7-day retreat at Borden Estate, New York, September 2025.

In this episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa, Amoda and Kavi explore one of the most misunderstood topics on the spiritual path: the ego. Rather than something solid that must be destroyed, the ego is revealed as an activity of resistance within the mind — the movement of grasping toward experience or pushing it away. This movement creates the sense of a separate self and becomes the root of 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 identity that becomes caught in comparison, defense, and control. From this perspective, awakening is not about eliminating the ego, but seeing through the mechanism of identification. They also explore the direct path — the recognition of awareness that is already present — and why glimpses of awakening may seem to come and go. The deeper invitation is not to recreate special experiences, but to meet life directly, as it is, in each moment. This dialogue reflects on surrender, identity, and the mysterious ways awakening unfolds, pointing again and again to the simple discovery of our true nature beyond the self-image we take ourselves to be.

What is the true feminine and masculine in awakening — and how have these principles become distorted in both women and men? In this intimate conversation, Amoda and Kavi explore the feminine as openness and uncompromising presence, and the masculine as clarity and service — not as identities, but as expressions of consciousness itself. Together they examine how distortion arises through ego-identification, how love withdraws in the face of domination, and how embodied awakening restores a natural harmony between these qualities. This is transcendence not as escape from life, but as realization lived fully through form. This discourse was taken from a recent in-person retreat in North Carolina, 2026, USA.

In this episode Amoda and Kavi explore a question that has echoed through the centuries of spiritual seeking: Do you need a guru to awaken? Throughout history, seekers have gathered around teachers, mystics, masters — drawn by something intangible, something alive. Amoda spent time at the Osho Ashram in Pune in the years after Osho had left the body, immersed in his teachings and the field that remained. In this conversation, we explore her experience there, the role of the guru, the power and danger of projection, and what it truly means to awaken. Is the guru a necessity — or a mirror? And what is the true source of awakening? Some of the questions we explored: Do you actually need a guru to awaken? What is a guru, really? Is awakening dependent on another, or is it always within oneself? What drew you to Osho's teachings after he had left the body? What was happening in you that longed for guidance or direction? Did you feel you were seeking a guru — or something deeper?  

In this episode of 'Conversations with Amoda Maa,' Amoda and Kavi explore what she calls the “light (radiance) of being”—our essential, quality-less nature that's prior to personality, thought, emotion, and circumstance. Amoda clarifies that “light” isn't a special effect or perfected persona; it's the ever-present transparency of awareness that remains when all experiences pass. The conversation 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 gradual: nothing outward needs to change, yet life is revolutionized from grasping and drama to a lightness of being—an ordinary, intimate openness that meets daily life without seeking the next moment for fulfillment. They touch on the potency of the shared field in gatherings, the end of horizontal seeking, and the simple inner inquiry: “What remains when experience passes?” The episode closes with a note about Amoda's forthcoming book, Unveiling the Light of Being, and upcoming events.

In this intimate face-to-face conversation, Kavi and Amoda explore one of the most vital themes of the spiritual path—openness. What does it truly mean to stay open when life hurts, when fear arises, when the ego contracts in self-protection? Why is openness central to freedom and not merely a psychological tool? With clarity, tenderness, and depth, they examine how our culture teaches closure 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 those still navigating emotional contraction, fear, and the longing for peace. Whether you're a long-time seeker or just beginning, this dialogue offers a bridge between the human struggle and the timeless ground of awareness.

In this episode, Kavi and Amoda explore the subtle but profound shift from loneliness to aloneness. What begins as a reflection on the discomfort of solitude opens into a deep inquiry into the root of human suffering — the existential sense of separation. Together, they examine the many ways we habitually distract ourselves from the rawness of being — from the small everyday impulses to keep busy, 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 awareness. Rather than offering a method or goal, the dialogue invites a deep recognition that awareness is already present, already whole, and that what we most deeply long for cannot be found through striving, but only through a willingness to stop and fully meet what is here. What is offered here is a simple yet radical truth: that what we call “the void” is not empty or frightening, but the very fullness of being itself. This is not a conversation about escaping life, but about entering it more fully — by embracing aloneness not as a problem, but as the sacred ground where healing, love, and true wholeness can finally be discovered.

Welcome to another charged-up episode of the Everything EV Podcast from EV Powered, hosted by Matt Allan, George East, and Richard Alvin (fresh from the Miami Formula E paddock).This week, we explore the biggest electric reveals from the Shanghai Motor Show, including major updates from Lexus, Mazda, Subaru, MG, and more.New Cars Incoming:Lexus reveals its first electric ES saloonMazda teases the sleek EZ-60 SUVSubaru goes electric with its trailblazing Outback alternativeMG confirms production of the stunning Cyberster GTS coupeJAC, Amoda and Denza drop bold new EV concepts for EuropeGeorge goes Gallic with the delightfully no-frills Citroën ë-C3 – a return to simplicity with physical buttons and comfort-focused design.Design chat:George speaks with vehicle designer Nir Kahn about the shift away from mega-range and hyper-horsepower in favour of lightweight, efficient, and fun-to-drive EVs. Find out why he thinks small urban cars are the key to a smarter EV future.EV market insights:Polestar offers battery health checks on all used modelsSkoda launches its most powerful car ever: the Enyaq L&K VRSWhy automakers are focusing on affordable electrification without gimmicks Whether you're into smart urban design, futuristic concepts, or just want to know if your next EV should have a key, this week's episode has something for everyone.Don't forget to subscribe, share and follow for weekly insights, road tests and interviews from the world of EVs.For more EV news, visit ⁠EV Powered⁠ and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.

In this conversation, Amoda Maa and Kavi explore the intensity of our times as both a crisis and an opportunity for awakening. Amoda shares insights from her book Embodied Enlightenment, highlighting how humanity is at a pivotal evolutionary moment where consciousness is becoming aware of itself through us.  Despite the turmoil and division in the world, this darkness serves as a catalyst for 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 mirrors a deeper collective and personal reckoning.  At this threshold, each person has the opportunity to break free from old paradigms and align with the unfolding of consciousness itself.

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.

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.

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.

From the Henssler Financial Studio this is your news minute on the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast presented by Engineered Solutions of Georgia. Today is Monday, October 2nd and I'm Keith Ippolito. On October 14th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Hudgens Center for the Arts in Duluth will host an Art Talk featuring two prominent local artists, Olu Amoda and Dwain Vaughns. Their exhibitions have been on display at the center since August 12th. Amoda, the recent winner of the Hudgens Prize, will discuss his sculptural work, known for repurposing everyday objects to elevate contemporary art conversations. Vaughns, a renowned Gwinnett photographer, will share insights into his exhibition "Airfoils," which captures the essence of flight and the natural world. The event offers a unique opportunity for art enthusiasts to engage with these artists and gain a deeper understanding of their creative processes. The Hudgens Center for the Arts is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. For more information, visit www.thehudgens.org. For more news about our community, visit gwinnettdailypost.com. For the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast, I'm Keith Ippolito. www.gwinnettdailypost.com  https://www.esogrepair.com www.henssler.com www.thehudgens.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amoda encourages us to loosen our grip and soften the way that we respond to life and how the fundamental nature of reality is open awareness. She speaks about ending our argument with reality and meeting it with kindness, tenderness, and openness. “That is the beginning of transformation.” Amoda Maa is a spiritual teacher who, after immersion in psychospiritual practices, and experiencing her own dark night of the soul, offers meetings and retreats with seekers of peace and true fulfillment. Her teachings don't belong to any tradition or lineage although they do tap into the wisdom of many esteemed wisdom philosophies. She is the author of How to Find God in Everything: An Invitation to Awaken to Your True Nature and Transform Your World (Watkins 2008), Change Your Life Change Your World (Watkins 2012, Radical Awakening: Discovering the Radiance of Being in the Midst of Everyday Life (Watkins 2016), Embodied Enlightenment: Living Your Awakening in Every Moment (New Sarum Press 2022) and Falling Open in a World Falling Apart (Larson Publications 2020Interview Date: 3/30/2023 Tags: Amoda Maa, nondualism, India, openness, tenderness, dualism, self-righteousness, right action, Inner authority, inherited beliefs, patriarchy, surrender, grace, Personal Transformation, Spirituality

In this episode of Living an Awakened life, Amoda Maa discusses the spiritual awakening that came after many years of contemplating self-help, working on herself, looking within, trying to find out what was the source of her unhappiness, and at times deep clinical depression and trying to fix herself.Susan and Amoda discuss:the sudden, expected awakening Amoda experienced  in the midst of depressionthe question she askedAmoda's experience of awakening whether or not it is necessary for awakening to be integrated into one's lifethe arising of the inner impulse to teachthe importance of deep listeninghow to work with teachings such as the body and the world are illusionsAmoda also discusses her upcoming live Masterclass series, “Unconditional Openness, the Way of Freedom”, beginning June 5th.For further information and the link to join the Masterclass click here. Support the showIf you are interested in exploring spiritual awakening, we invite you to register for our free 7 Days to Awakening self study course, created by Lisa Natoli and Bill Free.Learn more about the The Awareness Podcast and access show notes for every episode at: www.teachersofgod.org/podcastLearn more about The Teachers of God Foundation at: www.teachersofgod.org Original music by Omashar

In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the deeper essence of the tantric and nondual approaches to enlightenment. Together they explore whether these two seemingly very different paths are in opposition to each other or whether they actually end up in the same realization of true nature. They also discuss how these two paths merged in Amoda's personal experience of awakening and how this unified approach is at the core of her teaching today. 

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the freedom that is available when we meet reality beyond conceptualization. Together they explore whether spiritual knowledge is valuable on the path of self-realization, how there is a deeper knowing that takes us all the way home, and how true freedom is beyond concepts and beliefs. 

In this episode, Amoda Maa speaks with Kavi about the metaphor of the crucifixion and how it relates to the spiritual journey. Together they explore the nature of suffering and how it can be a doorway to a deeper dimension of being, as well as Amoda's mystical and visionary experience over twenty years ago.   

In this episode, Amoda speaks with Kavi about her personal transformation and cosmic revelations during her time in India in the 1990's. 

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 living an ascetic life of anonymity in the English countryside to moving to America to become a well known teacher, and shares her observations of the boys' club dynamic in the spiritual teaching scene. Amoda Maa also recounts relearning relationship after her enlightenment when she met her now husband, and discusses the feminine frequency of awakening and how that relates to the inner marriage. Original release: https://youtu.be/eBbw3py_mOY

Through surrender of our sense of doer-ship and ownership we discover that all is already the Beloved. As we inquire into what we appear to be and discover what is beyond this appearance, there is a natural acceptance and love of what is at it is. Amoda Maa joins Hale Dwoskin on this episode of “Letting Go & The Greatest Secret.” Their conversation is an invitation to the dance of Freedom that is already all. Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher and author, offering a profound invitation to all who wish to embody the truth of awakened consciousness in everyday life. She has been sharing her teachings since 2012, initially at small gatherings in the United Kingdom. Since 2016, she has been living in the United States, and today her teachings are followed by a growing number of seekers worldwide. Learn more and connect with Amoda at www.AmodaMaa.com, www.Facebook.com/AmodaMaaJeevan, www.Twitter.com/AmodaMaa, www.Instagram.com/AmodaMaa, and www.YouTube.com/c/AmodaMaaJeevan. Hale Dwoskin is the author of the New York Times best seller "The Sedona Method" and the coauthor of "Happiness Is Free: And It's Easier Than You Think" with Lester Levenson. He has been helping people let go and discover their true nature since 1976. He is also one of the featured teachers in Rhonda Byrne's book and movie phenomenon "The Secret" as well as a featured teacher in "The Greatest Secret." Learn more about Hale and the Sedona Method at www.Sedona.com, www.YouTube.com/user/TheSedonaMethod, www.Facebook.com/TheSedonaMethod, and www.Instagram.com/TheSedonaMethodOfficial. To comment or ask a question about this episode please go to our channel on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Bs80d3yHGXs.

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, New Mexico. His memoir One Blade of Grass chronicles his journey. www.mountaincloud.org

In this podcast, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the meaning of "awakening" in spiritual and cultural contexts. In particular, Amoda talks about her own direct experience of awakening. She also explores questions such as "is awakening the same as enlightenment?", "are there different types of awakening?", and "is awakening sudden or gradual?" https://www.amodamaa.com/

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In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Kavi about the art of long-distance running, the “runner's high”, and how this was a profound portal to Amoda's first experience of transcending the confines of the ego-self. They also discuss how this experience sowed the seeds of her interest in meditation and the discovery of essential nature. 

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the relevance of the spiritual term “satsang” to the contemporary search for truth. They also explore how life itself is an ongoing invitation to deepen into the truth of our essential nature beyond the narratives and identities of the ego-mind.

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about how we can align with an inner authority that is of the true Self. 

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Rebecca Hanscombe (director of the School of Ecstatic Movement in the UK). www.schoolofecstaticmovement.com They explore the body as a gateway to presence and the role of movement in the awakening process. 

In this episode, Amoda is in conversation with Kavi about the urgency of meeting each other beyond division if we are to evolve individually and collectively. 

In this episode, Amoda and Kavi explore whether relationship can take place in an awakened individual's life and how this differs from the conventional paradigm of relationship based on the need to be loved. They also discuss some of the key aspects of their own relationship and how love itself is the primary relationship. 

Amoda is in conversation with Paul Cash, publisher/editor at Larson Publications, which publishes a variety  of life-changing books in the genres of spirituality, inspiration, and personal transformation—including the widely acclaimed 16-volume "Notebooks of Paul Brunton" and Amoda's "Falling Open in a World Falling Apart". https://www.larsonpublications.com/

In this episode, Amoda and Kavi have an unusual conversation about the deeper meaning of tantra and how this relates to nonduality, as well as exploring Amoda's personal experience of the tantric way. 

In this episode, Amoda and Kavi have a frank and intimate conversation about the role of psycho-spiritual practices on the path of awakening, both from the perspective of being a teacher and in her own personal experience. www.amodamaa.com

In this episode, Amoda talks with Kavi about the deeper meaning of surrender and its relationship to the natural state of being. 

Staying open, vulnerable, and accepting in the face of pain, hardship, grief, and fear sounds too hard. That's our mind trying to protect our heart. In fact, it's doing the exact opposite. Life is easier when we stop blocking our feelings and the truth of our experiences. In doing us, we allow ourselves to be fully human and experience all aspects of life. Resistance increases the very thing we are trying to avoid. Being open to what is happening, enables us to move through it with grace. We all have ways to protect ourselves from being open. We keep so busy that we don't have time to process our feelings, or we use text messages instead of calling to avoid dealing with our own reaction to upsetting news or the other person's reaction. Awareness is the first step in change. Once we become aware that we are prolonging our pain by trying to avoid it, we can choose to make new choices and to stay open. Please join us Thursday to learn how to live being fully awake and open.

Staying open, vulnerable, and accepting in the face of pain, hardship, grief, and fear sounds too hard. That’s our mind trying to protect our heart. In fact, it’s doing the exact opposite. Life is easier when we stop blocking our feelings and the truth of our experiences. In doing us, we allow ourselves to be fully human and experience all aspects of life. Resistance increases the very thing we are trying to avoid. Being open to what is happening, enables us to move through it with grace. We all have ways to protect ourselves from being open. We keep so busy that we don’t have time to process our feelings, or we use text messages instead of calling to avoid dealing with our own reaction to upsetting news or the other person’s reaction. Awareness is the first step in change. Once we become aware that we are prolonging our pain by trying to avoid it, we can choose to make new choices and to stay open. Please join us Thursday to learn how to live being fully awake and open.

https://youtu.be/-qcQ1sRIUPQ Amodo Maa is author of Falling Open in a World Falling Apart. Amoda is a spiritual teacher, a warrior of the heart, sharing a fresh approach to the age-old search for spiritual freedom. More information about the guest can be found at https://www.amodamaa.com/

Amodo Maa is author of Falling Open in a World Falling Apart. Amoda is a spiritual teacher, a warrior of the heart, sharing a fresh approach to the age-old search for spiritual freedom. More information about the guest can be found at http://https://www.amodamaa.com/

This week’s episode is with Amoda Maa Jeevan. It is an outtake from a longer guest teacher gathering that happened with Liberated Being members on November 14th of 2020. We talked about her recent book, Falling Open in a World Falling Apart. A fitting title for the times we are living through! In this talk, Amoda connects some important dots between embodiment and spriritual awakening. She gets to important inquiries like- Awakening from what? To what? And what does this have to do with being spiritual or not spiritual (more concepts, as you’ll hear…). What Amoda is pointing to, and what embodiment work is also for, is about shedding conditioning and coming home more deeply to our own internal space and experience. You can find more of her work at www.amodamaa.com Liberated Being is at www.liberatedbeing.community and on Instagram @liberatedbeing. The embodied practice studio is open with live classes all week.

Amoda Maa – Falling Open in a World Falling ApartAired Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM ESTIn 1970, The Moody Blues released a groundbreaking album entitled, “A Question of Balance.” “Dawning Is the Day” was one of the songs on the album written by lead singer and guitarist, Justin Hayward. The lyric said, in part,“So rise, let us see you,Dawning is the day.Miss, misty meadow,You will find your way.Wake up in the morning to yourself,Open your head and look around you.Listen, we think we have found you.”The theme of the album was addressing the seemingly unanswerable questions and finding the answers in the recognition of our humanity, compassion and love. In 2020, the questions seem deeper, much more difficult to answer and almost insurmountable. Is there a way that we may reawaken to who we truly are, find that balance and live with love?My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, Amoda Maa, says there is a path to awakening and balance. Amoda Maa is a spiritual teacher, a warrior of the heart, sharing a fresh approach to the age-old search for spiritual freedom. Her teaching features timeless truths in ways that are highly relevant and alive to this moment—for contemporary seekers willing to go to the raw edge where spirituality meets humanity. Since 2012, Amoda has been offering meetings and retreats to support and deepen the living of an awakened life. She has been a speaker or guest teacher at a variety of conferences, featured in several magazines, interviewed for numerous broadcasts and podcasts, and has written four books with translations in five languages. She lives in New Mexico. Her website is https://www.amodamaa.com/ and she joins us this week to share her path, her wisdom and her new book, Falling Open in a World Falling Apart.Visit the Destination Unlimited show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/destination-unlimited/Connect with Victor Fuhrman at http://victorthevoice.com/#AmodaMaa #FallingOpenInAWorldFallingApart #VictorFuhrman #DestinationUnlimited

My guest today is   Amoda Maa. Amoda Maa is a spiritual teacher, offering meetings and retreats to support and deepen the living of an awakened life. She has been sharing her teachings since 2012, initially at small gatherings. Today, her teachings are followed by a growing number of seekers world-wide. Amoda brings to her teachings a depth and breadth of understanding of the human journey, born out of her own immersion in the furnace of personal transformation. In 2002, in the depths of existential aloneness, she experienced a profound awakening in which there was a liberation of self from the knot of ego and an ongoing unfoldment into inner silence. After a long period of integration, in which all seeking and all methods stopped, she started to speak in public. Her teachings are free of any ideology and are not affiliated with any lineage or tradition. While she is often referred to as a ‘nondual teacher,' she prefers to emphasize the full embracement of the human experience as a path to liberation. Her work continues to evolve in alignment with the real-life concerns of the modern-day seeker of peace and fulfillment in an increasingly chaotic world. And I highly recommend her most recent book, Embodied Enlightenment.  It's been a big help to me.  Our conversation had lots of good depth to it so hope you enjoy.   Contemplative Light provides education and resources in a global effort towards inner transformation through meditation and contemplative prayer.Clint Sabom is Creative Director of Contemplative Light. He lived in Budapest, Hungary in 2003 as a Gilman Scholar. He speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese. In 2007, he lived for six months in a silent monastery.. He holds bachelor's degrees in Religious Studies and one in Spanish literature. He has traveled extensively through Europe and South America. He has spoken and/or performed at Amnesty International, Health Conferences, High Schools, and art galleries across the US. He has studied and done in his own work in Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism, Shamanism, NLP, and hypnosis.   Clint offers a powerful audio mini-course on emotional release, with powerful techniques you can use the rest of your life.  Learn more here: https://contemplativelight.teachable.com/p/emotional-releaseSupport the show (https://contemplativelight.org/)

In this episode, we’re speaking about a new paradigm for intimate relationship with our guests Amoda Maa and Kavi Jezzie Hockaday. Amoda and Kavi have been together for 16 years and have observed the unfolding of an unexpected relationship between them that appears to have a life on its own. They share with us a new vision for how relationships may evolve, as well as an exploration of the ways in which our conditioning can affect our perspective on love. We touch on the difference between conscious relationship and what we could call “awakened” relationship, what co-dependency is and how you may discern if your needs are actually a subtle form of co-dependence, and what it can look like to truly embody love. Then we touch on a topic that could be a whole episode in and of itself; how the frequencies of masculine and feminine are showing up in relationships today and what it could look like to shed the “inner patriarchy” in love. Join us on what Brooke called “a new planet” as we envision a new paradigm for love and partnership.    Amoda Maa and Kavi Jezzie Hockaday both write, teach and speak on awakening and love. For more information on retreats and offerings go to www.amodamaa.com or www.kavijezziehockaday.com. If you’re moved by this conversation in particular, please visit Amoda’s website for information about their upcoming retreat at Light on the Hill. 

(http://www.cuttingedgedoc.com/69-amoda-maa/amoda/) Join Amoda Maa, Kavi, and Dr. David for an inspiring conversation … weaving personal story with powerful distinctions … that open up exciting new possibilities for human beings! In 2002, an experience of the dark night of the soul led to a profound inner awakening. After a long period of integration, in 2012 she started speaking to small gatherings in her home country, England (UK). Her mother’s unexpected and dramatic death in 2013 was a pivotal experience that not only completed a painful chapter in Amoda’s life, but also brought an even deeper realization of the oneness of being and the mystery of existence. Today, Amoda Maa is a unique voice attracting spiritual seekers all around the world as well as countless ordinary people looking for peace and fulfillment in an increasingly chaotic world. Amoda is now based in the USA, offering talks, meetings and retreats to a growing audience. She is also a faculty member of California Institute of Integral Studies (https://www.ciis.edu) ), and a frequent radio-show guest. She brings to her teachings a depth and breadth of understanding of the human journey, born out of her own immersion in the furnace of personal transformation. She also has a wealth of experience as an emotional release therapist and transformational group leader, and is a highly skilled breath-worker. In the 1990’s, she developed a revolutionary method of “ecstatic movement meditation” which she taught for many years in the UK. While she no longer focusses on these methods, her teaching includes the wisdom of a holistic perspective. Amoda Maa is an author and Spiritual Guide.  Kavi is a writer and poet and musician. They currently live in the SF Bay Area, and serve people all over the world. More about the work of Amoda Maa at http://www.amodamaa.com (http://www.amodamaa.com) Dr. David and his work can be accessed at http://www.davidkamnitzer.com (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=DJbc38hQtrs&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidkamnitzer.com&redir_token=6DKKl7Sta4b8Ey-w9Kxe_AWlszZ8MTUxNzk4Njc0MkAxNTE3OTAwMzQy) ___________________________________________________ Go to  www.onlygreatstuff.com (http://www.onlygreatstuff.com)  to find the products that are right for you! The music at the beginning and end of the show was created and performed by Breana Gilcher and is gratefully used with permission! As always, a big “Thank You” to K.B, my Assistant, who makes it such a pleasure for me to serve you here at FREEING THE BODY … FREEING THE SOUL!   The post David Kamnitzer (http://www.cuttingedgedoc.com) .

Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author, and speaker. After years of spiritual seeking, meditation, and immersion in psychospiritual practices, an experience of the dark night of the soul led her to a profound inner awakening. Her teachings are free of religion and tradition, and she brings to them a deep understanding of the human journey, born out of her own experience. Amoda is the author of several books her newest being Embodied Enlightenment, a book that Brooke and I both loved. It is about the journey of being fully awake and fully human, and we highly recommend it. Amoda offers private meetings and retreats, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events. To find out more about Amoda Maa please go to, visit http://www.amodamaa.com. In this episode with Amoda we cover so much. We speak of course about being fully awake and fully human, we touch on spiritual bypassing, agendas, tenderness, and common misconceptions about the spiritual path. The whole conversation is a treasure that you can listen to over and again.

Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author, and speaker. After years of spiritual seeking, meditation, and immersion in psychospiritual practices, an experience of the dark night of the soul led her to a profound inner awakening. Then, after a long period of integration, she began speaking from silence in small gatherings. Today she offers meetings and retreats, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, attracting spiritual seekers and people looking for peace and fulfillment in an increasingly chaotic world. Her teachings are free of religion and tradition, and she brings to them a deep understanding of the human journey, born out of her own experience. She is the author of Radical Awakening (originally released as How to Find God in Everything) and Change Your Life, Change Your World: Ten Spiritual Lessons for a New Way of Being and Living. Both books were written shortly after her awakening and before she began to speak in public. Her new book Embodied Enlightenment — written 15 years after her awakening — is based on the many conversations at the cutting edge of spiritual inquiry in her meetings with people from all around the world, and addresses many of the questions relevant to today’s seeker. It has been acclaimed as “a beautiful and precious gift to an emerging new humanity.” Amoda lives with her husband and beloved, Kavi, in California. Website: amodamaa.com Amoda Maa in panel discussion: Birthing Radiant Being into Our Humanity Second interview with Amoda Maa Interview recorded 3/23/2013 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast. Save Save Save Save Save

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