Podcasts about waking down

In this conversation with Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves Bonder we explore the spirit/matter split, an integrative approach to spiritual inquiry, inner polarization, the core/heart wound, “second birth awakening” and the breadth of experience post awakening. Saniel Bonder is the co-founder of the Human Sun HEART Work. He has devoted his adult life first to a 20+ year spiritual quest and then to "democratizing enlightenment" by transmitting and teaching this work for more than three decades. As a prolific author, teacher, and coach, Saniel has helped high-performing teams and hundreds of individuals achieve their greatest potential. His books include Waking Down, Healing the Spirit/Matter Split, Great Relief, and The White-Hot Yoga of the Heart. Linda Groves-Bonder is the co-founder of the Human Sun HEART Work and has personally assisted many individuals into stable whole-being awakeness. A former professional artist, singer/songwriter, and actress, Linda holds a B.S. in Art Education from Ball State University. Visit coachesrising.com to see our acclaimed online coach trainings and other offerings.

Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder work together as spiritual teachers through the Human Sun Institute, the organization they co-founded. Best known for the process called Waking Down (later Waking Down in Mutuality), they describe their mission this way: "To being heart-based embodied awakening to a worldwide audience." Our conversation focused on their spiritual histories and their current work, such as what it means to become "a human sun." We also addressed delicate issues relevant to contemporary spiritual seekers: the potential of power abuse by teachers and the vulnerability of their students. SanielandLinda.com Find books from Philip Goldberg and other MindBodySpirit.fm podcast hosts in the online store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep. 53 (Part 2 of 2) | Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder live and guide others along the path of embodied awakening, using the tools of transmission, mutuality, self-inquiry, evocation, and more. They have named their process of spiritual embodiment “waking down,” to distinguish working the nuts and bolts of an individual's unique path of spiritual development from the more general transcendent state described by the term “waking up.” Saniel and Linda not only mentor people on the road to awakening, but also through the challenges and never-ending process of purification that characterize post-awakening stages.How do we speak to our present state of divinity? What really leads to the stabilization of awakening? In this heartfelt, open conversation, Linda and Saniel share practical wisdom about nonduality, self-sense, and radical transcendence; the importance of fostering communion and appreciation; using “HEART” to point to ultimate reality; and also describe their own unique and beautiful ways of sanctifying and ritualizing everyday life. Saniel and Linda's system of opening people up to an awakened life, is very much an individuated one; their 10-year vision is one million hearts illumined. Recorded October 27, 2022.“Practicing one's identification as the Great Mystery.”(For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)Topics & Time Stamps – Part 2The importance of self-acceptance while also understanding change is possible (00:56)The post-awakening process and Daniel Brown's map of maps (06:39)The stages of awakening: the unawakened persona, awakened personhood, and personification of the awakening cosmos (12:39)Post-awakening opens us up to new challenges: wake down, shake down (16:18)The inquiry process in post-awakening stages (20:44)Bringing people to confidence in awakened stages (23:57)Contributing not only by what you do but by your very being (25:53)Becoming a HEART activator and managing the other side of the transmission process (28:49)Evocation: how to speak to your present state of divinity (30:15)The need to foster individuation, communion, and appreciation and living in gratitude (31:20)Sanctifying and ritualizing everyday life (34:40)The feminine aspect Linda brings to the teaching: empathetic, motherly, a whole-being welcoming (37:28)What are Linda and Saniel's daily practices? (40:02)Saniel & Linda's 10-year vision: 1 million hearts illumined (51:00)Resources & References – Part 2Six Step Recognition Yoga (YouTube video)Samjama, one-pointed absorption in the object of meditationDr. Daniel Brown, meditation teacher who mapped the process of awakening and beyond: a map of mapsSaniel Bonder, Great...

Ep. 52 (Part 1 of 2) | Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder live and guide others along the path of embodied awakening, using the tools of transmission, mutuality, self-inquiry, evocation, and more. They have named their process of spiritual embodiment “waking down,” to distinguish working the nuts and bolts of an individual's unique path of spiritual development from the more general transcendent state described by the term “waking up.” Saniel and Linda not only mentor people on the road to awakening, but also through the challenges and never-ending process of purification that characterize post-awakening stages.How do we speak to our present state of divinity? What really leads to the stabilization of awakening? In this heartfelt, open conversation, Linda and Saniel share practical wisdom about nonduality, self-sense, and radical transcendence; the importance of fostering communion and appreciation; using “HEART” to point to ultimate reality; and also describe their own unique and beautiful ways of sanctifying and ritualizing everyday life. Saniel and Linda's system of opening people up to an awakened life, is very much an individuated one; their 10-year vision is one million hearts illumined. Recorded October 27, 2022.“Practicing one's identification as the Great Mystery.”(For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1John talks about his early experience with cults, shadow, Integral (01:01)What does it mean to be enlightened/awakened? Saniel's capacity for transmission and mutuality (06:20)Cult leaders and what really leads to the stabilization of awakening (10:29)What is waking down (versus waking up)? (15:43)“Onlyness” and the down aspect of waking down: embodiment (19:09)Nonduality, the self-sense, and radical transcendence: the simultaneity of being here as a divinely human being (20:04)Sahaj samadhi: living in a transcendental condition while also participating in everyday life (24:30)Using “HEART” to point to ultimate reality (25:28)The nature of human evolution is not human seeking God, but God seeking human (26:11)The unique ways individuals find to open up to the greater reality are often a surprise (31:36)What are the specific elements of Saniel & Linda's process? (33:20) Tanking up on the transmission aspect: meeting in mutuality together, and exploring the precepts and practices that have emerged for Saniel over the last 3 decades (35:43)Individuating the system (38:42)Self-inquiry and Saniel & Linda's own working kōans (40:22)12 gateways to realizing yourself as a divine human being, 6-step recognition yoga, and active conscious dreaming (43:08)Ethics, emotional work, shadow, community, and waking down in mutuality are all part of the “down” aspect of the work (45:58)Broken-off zones in relationships can be a chokehold on the transformational process (53:27)Crystalizing a deeper identity as the “all”: recognizing each person's uniqueness and appreciating the other (55:40)The effectiveness of Six Step Recognition Yoga: see it, feel it, live it, be it, transcend in place, and speak it all along the way...

Continuing my celebration with past guests are Joel Monk (founder of Coaches Rising) and Ishita Sharma (founder of Come to Center). Coaches Rising is an amazing resource for practitioners who are working to evolve the field of coaching, exploring how to show up for our clients with deep questions, presence, openness. And Ishita is a faculty member for one of their more recent programs, The Power of Presence.Our conversation centers around the questions: What is presence, and why does it matter? Why did Joel decide to build a whole program around presence? Why is presence the difference that makes the difference? The three of us play in that space in an attempt to be present with each other, to let go of a particular agenda for this conversation, and laugh, share, and learn from each other.NOTE: In the last 15 minutes or so, Ishita invites you as the listener to get in touch with a moment where you really felt in flow or felt most like yourself. When that moment comes, prepare yourself to pause and really get into your mind and body and evoke that experience. And when you press play again, listen to the way we use that invitation to bring our conversation to its conclusion. ALSO, NOTE: Toward the end, we also got interrupted by a VERY loud lawnmower. We decided to let that be part of our dance with presence and distraction. Hopefully, I've edited it enough that it isn't too jarring as you listen in, and you can join us in the perfect humor of that moment :-)Connect with Us:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Joel and Ishita:#17 Waking Down and Spiraling Up (with Joel Monk)coachesrising.com#19 Embracing Your Wholeness (with Ishita Sharma)cometocenter.comListen to Ishita's free, guided call to explore inner coherence: bit.ly/3KvIqjcJoin Murmurations, a 6 month program to help usher you into the next stage of evolution and alignment with your Higher Purpose: cometocenter.com/groupintensive

For the seventh episode of the FIRE FROM HEAVEN series, Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder return for a follow-up dialogue with Layman, this time to discuss an upcoming book, and then to explore the concept of spiritual democracy; the place and dynamics of transmission in a democratized spiritual context; the importance of embodiment and ecological awareness in developing or emerging spiritual traditions; the cultivation of collaborative mutuality among spiritual teachers and adepts, not just among followers; and much more. Saniel and Linda: http://www.sanielandlinda.com/ Free intro video, The Heart and Waking Down in Mutuality http://www.humansuninstitute.com/the-... Free daily ‘Unshakable Joy Immersion' meditations on Saniel's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/saniel.bonder

I really enjoyed this conversation with Saniel Bonder & Linda Groves Bonder. Together they are beautiful example of a marriage dedicated to spiritual growth & on purpose to serve humanity together. Together we explore both cutting edge & ancient wisdom on how to navigate these times. Saniel Bonder is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down® work. He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual, evolutionary exploration of awakened consciousness for over a decade. Born in New York to Jewish parents in 1950, growing up mostly in North Carolina, Saniel felt from early on that he “was going to be part of something that would change the course of human history — for the better.” By the time he received a B.A. in Social Relations from Harvard in 1972, a quest for spiritual enlightenment had become the focus of his life. During the years of his search he benefited from both Eastern and Western teachings and transmissions — as well as from the training in integrity, tolerance, compassion, and perseverance he received from his parents and secondary school mentors. His quest culminated in December 1992 in the awakening he calls his Second Birth. Within days his spontaneous transmission of this condition came alive and began to affect others. A year and a half later he entered the mysterious further intensification of bodily and cosmic enlightenment in love that he refers to as “the White Heat.” Since awakening, Saniel has dedicated himself to democratizing this embodied, nirvanic aliveness and exploring with others how to create a sane human culture on its foundation. Saniel calls the total advanced teachings he and Linda personally offer “The White-Hot Yoga of the Heart™,” or, more simply, “The White-Hot Way of Trust.” Saniel is also a tantric and a shaman, an eco-entrepreneur, an activist for nuclear disarmament, a golfer, and a flute player. He writes, “The heart of my life since bodily awakening as the conscious Self is being related to the great Mystery in Female form, the Goddess. Of all Her forms, the most precious to me is my beloved wife and partner Linda. I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am to her and for her every day of my life. We feel deeply privileged to serve others and the world together.” He is extremely proud of the transitions he and Linda and their Heart-colleagues in the Waking Down community have accomplished. After almost two decades under his direction as the founder, their shared work and community life are now proceeding on a new, cooperatively created footing of democratic empowerment and mutual accountability. With Linda, Saniel is the founder of the Human Sun Institute, a founding member of the Integral Institute and a charter member of the Integral Spiritual Center. More at https://www.sanielandlinda.com More on Brian at: http://thebigglow.com • • Support the podcast via PayPal or Venmo at: thebigglow@gmail.com Subscribe to Brian Piergrossi Podcast on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcast. =====

The importance of including the spiritual dimension in coaching is increasingly acknowledged, but weaving it into the world of coaching can feel clunky. In this conversation with coach and founder Saniel Bonder we explore the spirit/matter split, the language of awakening, the dynamics of spiritual hierarchies and the integration of coaching and spiritual growth. Saniel Bonder is the founder of the Waking Down in Mutuality teachings and recently launched Human Sun Institute and The White-Hot Yoga of the Heart with his wife and teaching partner Linda Groves-Bonder. He has helped hundreds achieve unshakable spiritual awakeness amid the stresses of everyday living. His books include Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and Waking Down.

In this episode of the Integral Stage's Fire from Heaven series, Layman continues to explore the nature, significance, perils and possibilities of "spiritual transmission" -- this time with Waking Down in Mutuality teacher-transmitters, Saniel Bonder and Linda Groves-Bonder. http://www.sanielandlinda.com/

This conversation is part of a series exploring the personal journeys people have taken with a holistic approach to transformational practices integrating body, heart, mind and spirit. In this episode I speak with Lynn Evans about her journey. Topics covered are: Chi Kung, Transcendental Meditation, Waking Down in Mutuality with Saniel and Linda Bonder, how interpersonal relationships within a spiritual community can be a crucible for awakening, how deep tissue massage can access, open up and heal trauma held in our bodies, how giving language to feelings can lubricate their movement and health, the non-separation of our personal and transpersonal identities and the sacred and profane.    To contact Lynn you can email her on elvesnanny@hotmail.com   For more information about my work please visit www.bodyheartmindspirit.co.uk   To hear more of my music please visit my soundcloud page https://soundcloud.com/ralphcree   My YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUfQp5jM16pPB7QX2zmMYbQ   My Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/bodyheartmindspirituk/

Joel Monk is a transformational coach and truth be told, a bit of a hero of mine. He's the founder of Coaches Rising, a community on the cutting edge of human development with over 6000 coaches across the world and counting. He also hosts the Coach's Rising podcast, a source of inspiration that helped me believe in my own podcast, The Wonder Dome.Joel brings together a beautiful combination of neuroscience, human developmental theory, and the best of ancient wisdom from cultures across the ages to help people tap into purpose, possibility, and presence.One of the most powerful things he does is show up attentively to whatever life brings him. You'll hear that attentiveness and focus in this conversation. We explore what it is to wake up to your calling, what it is to come to terms with letting go of parts of your life when it's time to say goodbye, and how to move forward when it seems as if everything is falling apart.The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerilla​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachEPISODE #17 NOTEScoachesrising.comcoachesrising.com/podcastAdult Development Theory by Robert KeeganNo Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth by Ken Wilberdavidwhyte.comlinkedin.com/in/joel-monk-33952613 twitter.com/JoelMonk

Saniel Bonder is the founder of the Waking Down in MutualityR teachings and recently launched Human Sun Institute and The White-Hot Yoga of the HeartT with his wife and teaching partner Linda Groves-Bonder.  He has helped hundreds achieve unshakable spiritual awakeness amid the stresses of everyday living. His books include Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and Waking Down. He and Linda teach internationally and are also founding members of Ken Wilber's Integral Institute. We spoke about his spiritual history, his years with the controversial teacher Adi Da, his Waking Down teachings and more, even golf.

Recording of Sept 2, 2015 introductory call about the Mutuality and Relating with Awareness Retreat (Nov 15 - 22, 2015) in San Rafael, CA. Led by Waking Down senior teachers Krishna Gauci and Sandra Glickman.

We talk a lot about waking up. Let's talk about waking DOWN.

Wednesday, February 4, 6pm EST: Mitchell's guests tonight are Allan Morelock and Saniel Bonder in a Round Table about the nature of consciousness. A word we bandy about yet with very different understandings of what 'it' is (is it an "it" at all, or really a verb?), today's show will examine this through objective an subjective lenses with people who have delved deeply into essence experiences of the Self, of our deeper parts, and have returned in body and mind, to report. If you've been dancing on the rim of this love-volcano, enter in and taste the experience. Allan Morelock, with a fierce determination to find “knowledge”, took hold of his life. This force carried him through many teachings and inner openings until 1992. That fall, the individuality dissolved, and what remained was formless presence, immense love, and the knowledge he had sought. Saniel Bonder is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down in Mutuality work. He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual, evolutionary exploration of awakened consciousness for over a decade. Purchase Allan's & Saniel's Books ABW on Blog Talk Radio, Wednesdays 6pm EST Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv or by phone! 602 753-1860 . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support

Waking Down and Shamanism

The Practicality of Waking Down in Mutuality: the ability to embrace the entire spectrum of human emotion

The Emerging Younger Generation of Waking Down in Mutuality Practitioners

Waking Down and the Tantric Traditions

“What is Waking Down: taking open questions about your process”

2pm ET / 1pm CT / 12pm MT / 11am PT (Outside US: Dial 00 + 1 + 714-464-4891) Viki Winterton interviews Geri Portnoy!  Geri Portnoy, M.A., holds a Master’s degree in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, is the founder and director of Yoga Del Mar, a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher (RYT 500), certified MELT Instructor and a Waking Down in Mutuality teacher. Yoga of Awakening is an integration of somatic exercises, shadow work, consciousness explorations and a supportive community of awake and awakening beings. It is informed by the work of Waking Down in Mutuality, Hatha Yoga, and indigenous Earth-based spirituality. The goal of this work is to support and guide you into your own full, embodied conscious awakening — one that includes your humanity and your divinity. Geri is an articulate, compassionate, dedicated yoga teacher who creates a sacred space for the beautiful expansion and emergent awakening of her students. Her teaching inspires people to enjoy moving their body in healthy, safe, balanced ways that facilitate pain-free living, and an overall feeling of well-being.  

Wednesday, May 22, 6pm EDT:. Today's first guest is renowned physician & healer, Dr. Gerald Epstein, who has a world-wide reputation for his pioneering work on the use of Mental Imagery for Healing.  Dr. Epstein is the author of  The Encyclopedia for Mental Imagery: Colette Aboulker Muscat's 2,100 Visualization Exercises for Personal Development, Healing, and Self-Knowledge. For the second hour, Mitchell's guests will be Saniel & Linda Bonder.  Saniel is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down in Mutuality work. Saniel and his wife Linda are doing a special program launch in tandem with The Shift Network on Wednesday, May 22.http://theshiftnetwork.com/WakingDown101  You can Listen on-line at www.abetterworld.tv Or listen by phone! 602 753-1860 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support

Krishna can be a catalyst for the awakening transformation of your life. He also appears to be a pretty ordinary guy. For most of his life, he has been driven by a desire to know the power that moves the universe. In this mad quest for authentic spiritual realization, he has been blessed to come across the right people at the right time. Besides working as a spiritual coach and teacher and being trained in hypnotherapy, he has also been a cabinetmaker, an auto assembly line worker, a New York City taxi cab driver, and a bus driver. He has lived real life as a down to earth human being and knows that the truth of spirituality is always tested there. His experience is that you will never have exactly what you want and that you are already what you're looking for. His sense is that you don't need to be taught as much as you need to be understood and heard. He is well versed in several spiritual maps but he knows that who you are is beyond any map. You are changeless and you are always changing, and he relates to you as both. Since you are what you're looking for, he is only always pointing you to a deep trust in your own deepest life: Being itself. He does this in one on one sessions and in groups through talks, guided meditation, questions, and answers, gazing transmission and silent sitting. His presence enlivens that which is guiding you from within and calls you into your own life. He welcomes you into an awakening that is totally yours, and totally beyond you. Krishna invites everyone to roll up their sleeves and celebrate the paradox of being both Infinite and finite simultaneously. His sleeves are rolled up too. Krishna's website trilliumawakening.org Interview recorded 9/17/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Krishna Gauci and Waking Down 00:04:10 - Discovering the Dimension of Ourselves 00:09:09 - Duality in Non-duality 00:12:37 - The Sense of Personhood 00:16:08 - The Core Wound and the Intuition of Being More 00:19:23 - The Paradox of Freedom and Bondage 00:22:09 - The Core Wound and Consciousness 00:26:01 - The experience of fundamental well-being 00:28:57 - The Wound of Consciousness and the Goddess Kuan Yin 00:32:14 - Expressing the Infinite Intelligence 00:35:37 - The Limitations of Perception 00:38:50 - Falling in love with the unique manifestation 00:41:41 - Many Paths to Spiritual Beliefs 00:44:24 - The Feeling of Offness and Core Wounds 00:47:21 - Expanding Sense of Self 00:50:41 - Levels of Understanding and Communication 00:53:03 - The Role of Devotion in Spiritual Teachings 00:56:05 - Devotion to the Mountain 00:59:25 - The Movement of Divine Love 01:04:00 - The Paradox of Resting in Conscious Nature and Seeking 01:09:27 - The Personalness of the Unmanifest 01:14:07 - Personal Love and Universal Love 01:16:54 - The Unofficial Lineage of Ramana Maharshi and Papaji 01:18:37 - Teaching approach of Ramana and Papaji 01:21:03 - Cultivating Equanimity in Life 01:23:45 - Teaching Consciousness to the Peasants 01:26:02 - Development of Consciousness and Moral Values 01:28:16 - The Importance of Accountability 01:31:04 - The Equality of Teacher and Student 01:33:57 - Trusting Your Own Being 01:36:53 - Join the Discussion Group

My birth took place January 7, 1949, on a small rural farm in East Tennessee, but somehow, I did not forget my spiritual nature in the process of arriving here as a human. As a child, I remembered myself being free from the limitations of form and language, and I made two vows: first, never to forget who I am and the freedom I had prior to birth, and second, to find my way home no matter what it took. In my youth, I experienced a nagging urge to know the Truth of my existence. By the age of 19, this urge developed into a fierce determination to find that Truth at the risk of everything – career, relationships, physical and even mental health. My quest took me into many investigations including teaching the TM program of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for 12 years. Every investigation left me dissatisfied until the late 1980s when Sathya Sai Baba began to appear in my dreams and meditations. I finally journeyed to Baba's ashram in July 1990. The moment I saw him step off the veranda, I recalled my childhood vow to find my way home. In that very moment, I knew He was living my home. In the fall of 1992, Shirdi Sai Baba appeared to me and took me into a state of union with His Presence. Over the following months, my personal identity completely dissolved. What remained was infinite formless Being, immense love, and the Truth I had sought. Over the next 12 years, I expanded in my understanding of Truth, and the knowledge that I am the originator of all existence took root in my innermost sense of subjectivity. Eventually, I found myself in a painful relationship with a woman and began investigating the human element I had been working diligently to overcome in the name of spirituality. I had difficulty justifying my intense feelings of distress with my very high sense of spiritual freedom as transcendent Consciousness. My investigation led me to an initial encounter with the embodied conscious awakening teachings of Saniel Bonder and Waking Down in Mutuality in 2002. I quickly concluded I needed help in balancing and integrating my Divine realization with my very human shadow and brokenness. When I experienced my embodied awakening, I witnessed Consciousness fall from my crown area into the Heart center on the right side of my chest. As the embodiment process has deepened, I have asked this question: ‘What does Life want of me?' From that query, the role of teaching Waking Down in Mutuality has arisen. I am clearly teaching what I need to learn and have much love to share for those who dare the journey into the great Mystery of embodied awakening. Websites: nothingother.com trilliumawakening.org Facebook Page Books: Nothing Other Raindrops Falling on the Ocean Email: allan@nothingother.com Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 5/15/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Alan Morelock 00:06:59 - Losing the Memory of My Nature 00:12:18 - The Beginnings of Spiritual Seeking 00:17:27 - The Beginning of TM Practice 00:22:20 - The Transcendent Quality & Personal Life 00:26:37 - The Emergence of a New Mantra 00:32:45 - Intense Ecstasy and Overwhelming Presence 00:36:44 - The Awakening and Connection with a Small Child 00:41:59 - Shining through the Infinite Being 00:47:02 - Bodhisattva by Yogananda 00:51:39 - Personal Problems and the Transition to Embodiment 00:56:34 - The Soul as the Generator of Form 01:00:15 - The Empowerment of Embodiment 01:03:51 - The Value of Individuality 01:08:08 - Embodiment and Exploration of Devi's Creation 01:13:31 - The Intuition of Something Great About Ourselves 01:18:51 - Post-Awakening Quest for Service 01:23:35 - Embodying our Transcendent Nature 01:27:50 - The Aliveness of Questions 01:33:24 - The Soul and the Godhead 01:39:27 - The Power behind Consciousness 01:43:29 - The White Lie and Going to Hell

My birth took place January 7, 1949 on a small rural farm in East Tennessee, but somehow I did not forget my spiritual nature in the process of arriving here as a human. As a child, I remembered myself being free from the limitations of form and language, and I made two vows: first, never to forget who I am and the freedom I had prior to birth, and second, to find my way home no matter what it took. In my youth, I experienced a nagging urge to know the Truth of my existence. By the age of 19, this urge developed into a fierce determination to find that Truth at the risk of everything – career, relationships, physical and even mental health. My quest took me into many investigations including teaching the TM program of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for 12 years. Every investigation left me dissatisfied until the late 1980s when Sathya Sai Baba began to appear in my dreams and meditations. I finally journeyed to Baba’s ashram in July 1990. The moment I saw him step off the veranda, I recalled my childhood vow to find my way home. In that very moment, I knew He was living my home. In the fall of 1992, Shirdi Sai Baba appeared to me and took me into a state of union with His Presence. Over the following months, my personal identity completely dissolved. What remained was infinite formless Being, immense love, and the Truth I had sought. Over the next 12 years, I expanded in my understanding of Truth, and the knowledge that I am the originator of all existence took root in my innermost sense of subjectivity. Eventually, I found myself in a painful relationship with a woman and began investigating the human element I had been working diligently to overcome in the name of spirituality. I had difficulty justifying my intense feelings of distress with my very high sense of spiritual freedom as transcendent Consciousness. My investigation led me to an initial encounter with the embodied conscious awakening teachings of Saniel Bonder and Waking Down in Mutuality in 2002. I quickly concluded I needed help in balancing and integrating my Divine realization with my very human shadow and brokenness. When I experienced my embodied awakening, I witnessed Consciousness fall from my crown area into the Heart center on the right side of my chest. As the embodiment process has deepened, I have asked this question: ‘What does Life want of me?’ From that query, the role of teaching Waking Down in Mutuality has arisen. I am clearly teaching what I need to learn and have much love to share for those who dare the journey into the great Mystery of embodied awakening. Websites: nothingother.com trilliumawakening.org Facebook Page Books: Nothing Other Raindrops Falling on the Ocean Email: allan@nothingother.com Interview recorded 5/15/2011 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Saniel Bonder is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down in Mutuality work. He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual, evolutionary exploration of awakened consciousness for over a decade. Linda Groves-Bonder is Saniel's full partner in their transmission and teachings and a Senior Teacher of Waking Down in Mutuality. Together they are now co-authoring a forthcoming book, The Human Sun, and founding Human Sun University. Saniel and Linda's sites: sanielandlinda.com TheHumanSunSeries.com heartgazing.com Summary and transcript of this interview Recorded 4/17/2011. Part 2 of this interview, recorded a week later. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction of Saniel and Linda Groves Bonder 00:03:17 - A Quest for Spiritual Connection 00:07:17 - A Shift in Perspective 00:10:37 - The Door to a Whole Other World 00:14:08 - Discovering the Teachings of a Spiritual Teacher 00:18:20 - Awakening and the Awakening Process 00:22:26 - The Flamethrowers and the Opening They Created 00:26:48 - The Balance Between Self-Realization and Encountering Others 00:31:05 - The Awakening Process 00:35:15 - Integration and Awakening 00:38:35 - The Importance of Independent Thinking and Freedom from Dogma 00:42:29 - Questioning Catholic Beliefs 00:46:12 - Questioning the Catholic Faith 00:49:39 - A Journey of Exploration and Seeking 00:53:49 - Connectedness with Nature and Creatures 00:57:39 - Discovering Samuel Bonder 01:01:43 - Finding My Ground and Strength in Being 01:06:28 - Linda's Awakening Experience 01:10:16 - Awakening and the Pain of the World 01:13:41 - The Subtle Washing Machine Effect 01:17:34 - Awakening and Individual Capabilities 01:21:34 - The Post-awakening Process and the Challenges 01:25:36 - A New Developmental Model 01:30:15 - The Shift towards Differentiated Self-Awareness and Dissociation 01:34:48 - The Simultaneity of Consciousness and Matter Realizing Itself 01:38:35 - The Neo-Advaita Perspective 01:42:48 - The Emergence of a New Understanding 01:46:45 - The Agreement on Waking Down into Life 01:50:20 - The Importance of Guidance and Transmission in Awakening 01:54:56 - Awakened Leadership and Human Sun University 01:59:11 - Buddha at the Gas Pump

Saniel Bonder is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down in Mutuality work. He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual, evolutionary exploration of awakened consciousness for over a decade. Linda Groves-Bonder is Saniel’s full partner in their transmission and teachings and a Senior Teacher of Waking Down in Mutuality. Together they are now co-authoring a forthcoming book, The Human Sun, and founding Human Sun University. Saniel and Linda's sites: sanielandlinda.com TheHumanSunSeries.com heartgazing.com Recorded 4/23/2011. Part 1 of this interview, recorded a week earlier. Video below.  Audio also available as a Podcast.

Saniel Bonder is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down in Mutuality work. He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual, evolutionary exploration of awakened consciousness for over a decade. Linda Groves-Bonder is Saniel’s full partner in their transmission and teachings and a Senior Teacher of Waking Down in Mutuality. Together they are now co-authoring a forthcoming book, The Human Sun, and founding Human Sun University. Saniel and Linda's sites: sanielandlinda.com TheHumanSunSeries.com heartgazing.com Recorded 4/17/2011. Part 2 of this interview, recorded a week later. Audio and video below.  Audio also available as a Podcast.

As a child, I had many experiences of the limitless side of my Being, but perhaps nothing extraordinary. I think most people have such experiences quite naturally. As I grew older, I felt increasingly overwhelmed by my own wounds and by all the separation and denial I felt inside and out. By the time I left grammar school, I was confused and repressed. But I was telling myself and the world I was fine and everything was OK. By the time I'd reached my teens, I was in crisis and I found myself reaching out for something beyond the ordinary world. I began my spiritual search (as did many of my peers) reading books by J. Krishnamurti, Yogananda, Carlos Casteneda, Ram Dass, and Richard Bach. Soon thereafter, I began using hallucinogens as a tool in my self-inquiry process. I glimpsed my future realization in this life, but I also saw that I couldn't reach it through drugs. At 17, I took initiation into TM and began to practice regularly. After meeting Maharishi, I found myself preparing to become a TM teacher. I took years of training, (over a year in deep meditations and fasting in the Switzerland), spent lots of time with Maharishi, and finally was endowed by him with the knowledge I needed to initiate others. I taught TM to hundreds of seekers, thinking that this simple technique would eventually bring them (and myself) freedom. It was around this time that it became perfectly clear to me that, until I and many others around me had awakened into some fundamental self-recognition and integrity of Being, nothing else was going to make the world any better. Website: trilliumawakening.org Summary and transcript of this interview Interview recorded June 12, 2010 Batgap interview with Ted Strauss and Carole Griggs YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Background 00:03:34 - The Magical Encounter at the Fair 00:06:09 - Falling in Love and Kissed Feet 00:08:58 - A Friendship Begins 00:12:06 - The Depth of the Heart 00:15:14 - The Tantric Challenge of Coming into the World with Awakened Consciousness 00:18:18 - The Awakening of Consciousness 00:21:30 - Cultivating the Recognition of Consciousness Embodied 00:24:16 - Different Experiences of Awakening 00:27:04 - Beyond the Ultimate Awakening 00:29:36 - Introduction of Samuel Bondar and his role in awakening 00:32:22 - Overcoming Pain and Suffering 00:35:19 - The Avoidance of Duality and Fundamentalism 00:38:13 - The Discomfort of Being Human 00:41:24 - Being with Discomfort 00:44:47 - The Evolution of Human Consciousness 00:48:02 - The Process of Disillusionment and Surrender 00:51:04 - The Rot Out of Illusion 00:54:02 - Evolution and Growth in Spiritual Development 00:56:56 - The Genius of Being is Guiding the Shell 01:00:12 - Evolution of Relationship Dynamics 01:03:30 - Partners in Waking Down 01:05:48 - The Three Components of Waking Down 01:08:44 - The Importance of Awakening in Personal Growth 01:11:25 - Reflections on the Awakening Experience 01:14:34 - The Breakthrough Moment 01:17:25 - Falling Into Embodiment 01:19:59 - Awakening and Centers of Consciousness 01:22:36 - Wrap-up and Final Thoughts 01:24:53 - Embracing Spiritual Variety 01:27:15 - Closing Credits Save Save Save