Welcome to The Life Itself Podcast where we sit down to have conversations with thought leaders of the Second Renaissance. Through personal stories, deep enquiry and animated discussions covering culture, wisdom, technology, politics, spirituality, community life and much more, we aim to share wisdom and insight to create a wiser, weller world. news.lifeitself.org
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In Life Itself I, your host Thomas Bump, talk about anything and everything. Nothing is off limits. From Global Issues and Politics to Sports and E-Sports to Science and Conspiracy Theories to Relationships and just Life Itself. Join me and others once a week for a new episode of Life Itself that will never be like the last. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thomas-bump/support
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With Life Itself Podcast you learn to break through limiting beliefs and become a conscious co-creator! Artha - Name, fame, success, wealth, career, politics, greed, crime. Kama - Pleasures of life, desires, addictions, experiences, relationships, gender, sexuality, love. Dharma - The righteous path, right vs. wrong, environment, morality, ethics, code of conduct, way of life, philosophy, religion. Moksha - Spirituality, metaphysics, energy, secrets, prana/chi/life force, karma, death/rebirt ...
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Living In Harmony With Life
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My show will be focusing on poetry, self reflect and advice.
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In this episode of Ordinary People, Rufus Pollock speaks with Kyle Kowalski, the founder of Sloww. Kyle shares his journey that led him from a high-powered marketing career to becoming a self-described "student of life" and creator of a digital platform dedicated to the art of living. In 2015 Kyle experienced a turning point that shattered his then…
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Guided Meditation: What Can You Set Down Today
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What would you like to be done with? What has been weighing on you, and you would like to set down today? This audio clip is taken from Susanne’s 7-night May 2024, Truth Unveiled Retreat. The Retreat package is for sale under Susanne’s Premium Audio Page on her website: https://susannemarie.org/premium-audio/ The post Guided Meditation: What Can Yo…
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Guided Meditation: Mantra Soham Practice
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Enter into the silence in-between the gaps of your thinking mind, by using a Sanskrit seed mantra. Soham is translated as: I am That. This audio clip is taken from Susanne’s 7-night May 2024, Truth Unveiled Crestone, Retreat. The Retreat package is for sale under Susanne’s Premium Audio Page on her website: https://susannemarie.org/premium-audio/ T…
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Meditation: Everything Follow the Breath ~ Welcoming & Releasing
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The natural flow of one’s breath is an ever present invitation to be renewed. With the in-breath we invite fresh vital life-force energy, and with the outgoing breath, one can release what is not needed or useful, back to the uncreated. This audio clip is taken from Susanne’s 7-night May 2024, Truth Unveiled Crestone, Retreat. The Retreat package i…
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Non-Dual Awakening of the Body ~ Liberating Contractions
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In order for awakening to be known throughout one’s system, the light of consciousness is meant to be awaken to sensorily in the body. While learning how to open to feeling presence in the body, one can encounter resistances along the way. Working with these resistances helps one to more deeply live awakening in an abiding way. This video as well a…
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Becoming a Soulful Person ~ Don’t Rush Awakening
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It is best to resist the urge to hurry up awakening. The point is to stay on track remaining focused on your spiritual practice. Digging one well deeply is what yields fruit. It is easy to become addicted to the internet thinking that your spiritual growth will come from taking in outside content. Your own connection to source is what is important.…
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The Essence of Non-Duality ~ Practical Pointers for Awakening
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In this Open Circle Center Hosted Online Meeting, Susanne walks one through landing in the here in now firstly in the body, then placing attention on the power of noticing, leading to awareness being aware of itself. Whether you are an advanced practitioner, or newly entering the spiritual stream, one can always use the simple (yet profound), essen…
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Meditation on Awake Mind ~ An Invitation for a New Beginning
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Learning how to be true to oneself rather than giving over to how one imagines one should behave, helps one to align to Truth. Remain home within yourself, and see what kind of response comes from there. Audio clip taken from Susanne’s Truth Unveiled May 2024 Crestone Retreat. You may purchase the entire 7 night retreat package on her Premium audio…
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A skill worthy of learning has to do with noticing the natural in and outgoing of your breath. With the in-breath, we are here and exist, and with the out-breath, we let go and release into emptiness. Audio clip taken from Susanne’s May Truth Unveiled 2024 Crestone Retreat. You may purchase the entire 7 night retreat package on her Premium audio pa…
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A Conversation with Bonnitta Roy
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In this episode from the Ordinary People series, Rufus Pollock sits down with Bonnitta Roy to explore her extraordinary life journey, from her early days in a Connecticut factory town to her groundbreaking work in neuroscience, philosophy, and spiritual practice. Bonnitta recounts her adventurous childhood, her academic achievements, and the profou…
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In this meditation, Susanne walks one through the steps of how to drop below identification via being in awareness of noticing. Noticing without interpretation is a doorway to freedom and is something one can practice. This meditation was especially loved by those who attended Susanne’s Taos retreat. Recorded live at Susanne’s Taos Retreat, Septemb…
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In this guided meditation, you are invited to tune into what presence feels like in the body via the sensing body. This helps ground presence consciously so that one can know what awareness is not only in an abstract way through the mind, but also in an understandably direct and sensorially manner via the body. This audio as well as the video title…
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A Conversation with Rainer von Leoprechting
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In this episode of Ordinary People host Sylvie Barbier speaks with Rainer von Leoprechting, an inspiring figure who transitioned from a structured career in the European Commission to a fulfilling life as an independent consultant working internationally from his small farm place in Austria. Rainer shares his journey from studying Economics and Bus…
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In this meditation, Susanne walks one through sinking into the aliveness of presence by using a simple, yet powerful, Sanskrit seed mantra: Soham (I am That). This clip is taken from an online 4 – part series titled: Focused Spiritual Practice Support Sessions. The entire series is available for sale under Susanne’s Premium Audio page. The post Soh…
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In this episode of Ordinary People host Sylvie Barbier sits down with Natalia Lombardo, a multifaceted community developer and psychedelic guide. Natalia shares her journey from her roots in Argentina to her current endeavors in Europe, where she engages in community development, permaculture, and creative activism. She opens up about her personal …
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There is a very simple method to realizing your true nature, and that is in order to wake up and have truth stabilize within, you have to not only desire it with your whole heart, you also have to one pointedly work towards it. There is a saying in Zen that the Buddha lies at the base of the hedgegrow. What this is pointing to is that truth is loca…
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A Conversation with Liam Kavanagh
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In this episode of Ordinary People Walking Extra-Ordinary Path, Life Itself Co-Founder Sylvie Barbier is joined by Liam Kavanagh. Liam reflects on his transition from observing environmental changes to spearheading initiatives like the Climate Majority Project. From his childhood curiosity and nourished creativity to his adult inquiries into the na…
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In this episode of Ordinary People Sylvie Barbier speaks with Elizabeth Debold in a thought-provoking dialogue exploring the intersections of gender, identity, and culture. Elizabeth shares her journey of questioning societal norms around gender roles and relationships, stemming from witnessing the destructive dynamic between her parents. She talks…
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A Conversation with Daniel Thorson
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In this episode of Ordinary People Rufus Pollock talks with Daniel Thorson. Daniel shares his unique journeys of finding faith, meaning, and personal growth through unexpected avenues of meditation, living at a Goenka center, and participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement. They delve into the critical roles of trust, courage, and support in n…
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A Conversation with Valerie Duvauchelle
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In this episode of Ordinary People Sylvie Barbier speaks with Valerie Duvauchelle on the transformative power of Zen and embodied practices. Valerie explains her personal journey as she navigates the complexities of cultural and generational trauma, exploring the profound impact Zen Buddhism had on her connection with self, others, and nature. #ord…
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In order to advance spiritually, we do need to open in trust to the inner guidance that is intent on bringing you back home to your undivided true nature. In this meeting, you are invited more fully into letting go of control, so that divine intelligence can support your inner unfoldment. A poem from Shar which emerged following the online meeting:…
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Simon Longstaff from cleaner to Director of the Ethics Centre
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In this episode of Ordinary People walking an extra-ordinary path podcast, Life Itself co-founder Sylvie Barbier is joined by Dr Simon Longstaff. Dr Simon Longstaff is the Executive Director of The Ethics Centre, co-founder of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, and has been named one of the True Leaders of the 21st century by Australian Financial Rev…
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Crisis, Transformation & Integration
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Susanne and friends exploring the topic of how the impact of crisis can be met within the realm of awakening. Living our daily lives under ordinary conditions, when the unexpected never materializes and is very far from our active mind, often doesn’t reveal undiscovered territory within one’s conditioning. This reveals itself in its full, if often …
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Jamie Bristow from the world of Corporate advertising to mindufulness in politics
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In this episode of the Ordinary Poeple walking an extra-ordinary path Podcast, Life Itself Co-Founder Sylvie Barbier is joined by Jamie Bristow a leading expert on inner development and contemplative practices in public life. Ordinary People is a podcast series that delves into the lives of individuals who have defied societal expectations and emba…
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Joseph Henrich and Cultural Evolution: Implications and what's next Episode 4
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In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock sits down with Professor Joseph Henrich to continue the discussion on the study of cultural evolution. In this second part of the conversation continuing from episode 3, Rufus Pollock and Joe Henrich discuss the implications of cultural evolution in relation to modern challenges. They explor…
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Joseph Henrich and Cultural Evolution: Culture, Cultural Evolution and the Scaling of Societies Episode 3
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In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock sits down with Professor Joseph Henrich to continue the discussion on the study of cultural evolution. In this episode the significance of family structures and the church takes center stage in their role towards shaping human societies. Joseph explains that different kinship networks influe…
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Joseph Henrich and Homo Sapiens: The Cul tural Species Episode 2
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In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock sits down with Professor Joseph Henrich to continue the discussion on the study of cultural evolution. In this episode they discuss the innate human inclination to develop and learn from culture and to transmit this knowledge across generations. This conversation emphasizes that our success …
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Dr Jeffery Martin on Fundamental Wellbeing-Part 3
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In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock is joined by Dr Jeffery Martin. Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states of greatest human well-being. In this episode, Jeffery discusses Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience…
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Everybody contains inside of them an inner spiritual guidance system, which when aligned with, helps orient one to following the path that best servces your awakening. Learning how to open in trust to your inner knowing is much of what the spiritual journey is about. ~ Online Meeting hosted by Open Circle Center The post Your Inner Light appeared f…
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Our desire to remember the truth of our being and the fact that we are one with life, is the spiritual seekers journey. In honor of Earth Day (and everyday), we take the opportunity to remember together our interconnection. Coming back to our true nature is for the most part an individual journey, and yet there are times when community (Sangha), is…
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Dr. Jeffrey Martin on Fundamental Wellbeing-Part 2
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In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock is joined by Dr Jeffery Martin. Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states of greatest human well-being. In this episode, Jeffery discusses Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience…
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Whether you are an advanced practitioner, or just entering the spiritual stream, one can always use the simple (yet profound), essential teaching of: Stop, Rest, & Allow. It is easy to get caught up with flowery or complicated pointers, thinking that realization must be difficult to attain and in the end, meant for the few. This is not true. But it…
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Divinity dwells within everything in existence. Every rock, tree, creature, and human being is an expression of divine intelligence, incarnate. Earth is birthed out of That and is on her own evolutionary journey, as is the Sun, and each unique soul. Everything in creation is life in evolution, growing in awareness of what is possible. God is compos…
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Esther Montmany on Conscious Parenting Part 3
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In this episode, Rufus Pollock sits down with Esther Montmany for part 3 in their mini-series on Conscious Parenting. Esther Montmany has spent more than 20 years developing a unique approach to conscious parenting and education. She has worked with Mauricio and Rebecca Wild at their legendary school in Ecuador and led the children's program at Plu…
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Esther Montmany on Conscious Parenting Part 2
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In this episode, Rufus Pollock sits down with Esther Montmany for part 2 in their mini-series on Conscious Parenting. Esther Montmany has spent more than 20 years developing a unique approach to conscious parenting and education. She has worked with Mauricio and Rebecca Wild at their legendary school in Ecuador and led the children's program at Plu…
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Esther Montmany on Conscious Parenting Part 1
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In this episode, Rufus Pollock sits down with Esther Montmany who has spent more than 20 years developing a unique approach to conscious parenting and education. Esther has worked with Mauricio and Rebecca Wild at their legendary school in Ecuador and led the children's program at Plum Village summer retreats as well as starting several initiatives…
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Dr Jeffery Martin on A Scientific Approach to Awakening and Fundamental Wellbeing
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Rufus Pollock is joined by Dr Jeffery Martin. Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states of greatest human well-being. In this episode, Jeffery discusses Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience, more commonly referred to as Fundamental W…
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4th Spiritual Practice Support 4 of 4
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This is the fourth audio meeting of the 4th Spiritual Practice Support Group of 2022 (a 4-part series), whereby Susanne met with a group of sincere spiritual travelers, answering questions in-depth on a wide range of topics regarding spiritual practice. Topics in this meeting: Trauma & Healing Difference between psychological techniques & being sel…
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Thomas Steininger on Emergent Dialogue and Transcending Individualism
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In this episode, Rufus Pollock sits down with philosopher, practitioner, and spiritual mentor, Dr. Thomas Steininger. Dr Steininger offers insights and reflections from over 30 years of spiritual practice and cultivation of emergent, co-conscious "We" spaces and practices. Rufus and Thomas explore emergent dialogue, the victories and shadow sides o…
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Joseph Henrich and the Emergence of a (Rigorous) Culturology Episode 1
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Rufus Pollock sits down with Professor Joseph Henrich to discuss the study of cultural evolution. Joe gives an insight into how the discipline has emerged and the interdisciplinary nature of the field. He discusses some examples of areas of interest within the field, such as understanding innovation and institutional evolution, scaling and cooperat…
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Guided Meditation By Susanne Marie: Alchemy
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The rise and fall of the sense of you emerges out of the vast ocean of Self. Dropping below labels and becoming the dancing molecules of vibration, allows you to become more diffused with your sense of self, opening you up to inner harmonization and liberation. The true meaning of alchemy is going from the gross to the subtle, and the transformatio…
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The first step in non-dual realization is discovering that there is no center to the sense of ‘me’. This understanding grows the more we let go into the unknown. Video clip taken from an online meeting titled: Living Non Duality. Available for purchase on Susanne’s website under Premium Audio. www.susannemarie.org The post There is No Center to Me …
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For many there is a transitional time between feeling like a ‘doer’ and living life without having a sense of self. This is a period of deconstruction where what we have taken to be falsely true about ourselves and the world goes through a filtering process, so that what is real can emerge and be lived. Video clip taken from an online meeting title…
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What was Awakening like as a parent? Part 6 of 6 Interview Series
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In this final conversation with CLJ, Susanne speaks about parenting during the time of her awakening period as the deconstructing of her personal self was taking place. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What was Awakening like as a parent? Part 6 of 6 Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.…
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Post FTX collapse reflections on crypto with Stephen Diehl
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On November 11th 2022, crypto giant FTX collapsed into bankruptcy. In this episode, Stephen Diehl and Rufus Pollock explore what happened, what went wrong, and what we can learn. They look back on the past 6 months in the crypto industry, examining other prominent crashes, namely Terra Luna, Celsius and Voyager, and Three Arrows Capital, and their …
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Guided Meditation by Susanne Marie: Light of Awareness
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A guided meditation pointing out the fact that awareness is always here. Recorded live at Susanne’s Taos Retreat, September 2022. www.susannemarie.org The post Guided Meditation by Susanne Marie: Light of Awareness appeared first on Susanne Marie.Por Susanne Marie
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What is different about your expereince post Awakening: Part 5 of 6 Interview Series
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In this interview segment, Susanne speaks about the various dimensional and tranformative shifts in her spiritual journey. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What is different about your expereince post Awakening: Part 5 of 6 Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.…
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In this video clip, Susanne speaks on the process of how the feeling of separation arises within, creating a sense of being a person. She also touches on how forgetting our intrinsic oneness is a collective pain that we all share, leading to feeling disconnected from life, and that pain can be a doorway to exploring what is true. Video clip taken f…
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In this video clip Susanne breaks down non-duality and how the feeling of being separate arises. She points out that the remedy for self-forgetfulness lives within each person. Taken from a recent online meeting titled: Living Non-Duality. ~ Available for purchase on Susanne’s website under Premium Audio. www.susannemarie.org The post Remembering C…
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What is Embodiment: Part 4 of 6 Interview Series
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One’s mind, body, and heart have the capacity to realize that everything is undivided (one with all things), as well as empty in nature. Embodiment is realization taking root throughout one’s whole being as works its way through your system, and transforms your humanity. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What is E…
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