Being Ordinary

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Mike speaks with Jon Bernie whose awakening at the age of 16 ignited a spiritual journey exploring  Zen, Vipassana and Advaita.  He studied with teachers such as Jean Klein, Robert Adams, Papaji and Adyashanti who in 2002 asked Jon to teach.  Supported by the Clear Water Sangha Jon offers regular classes and retreats in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

Jon’s website is http://www.jonbernie.org/

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What if you were to suddenly wake up to your true nature whilst sitting on the sofa drinking a cup of tea? Mike talks to Karen Richards about her spontaneous awakening and recognising what is already here.

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This month Mike speaks to Scott Kiloby, author of Love’s Quiet Revolution, about the joy of  Awakening and the importance of exploring and understanding the Shadow afterwards.

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So, you’re Enlightened, Awakened, you’ve had incredible insights and mind-blowing mystical experiences. Great. Now what if you were to throw all these experiences away? This month Tom and I discuss what it means to be liberated even from the very idea of ‘Enlightenment’. As always, comments and questions are most welcome.

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Emily and Vincent Horn run the Buddhists Geeks project, a website that has regular podcasts and articles about spiritual matters with a modern Web 2.0 approach. Their site is a big inspiration for our own. We discuss ordinariness and the rewards and challenges of intimate relationships.

I read out a wedding blessing by Eric Kolvig, you can find out more about it and read the transcription here.

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This week Mike talks to Gilbert Shultz, co-founder of the Urban Guru Cafe, about his life, his website, his new ebook Resonance in the heart,  and the prevalence of bullshit in spirituality. Thanks also to Gilbert for playing the mandolin for us. Comments and questions welcome below.

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Tom and Mike discuss what it’s like to wake up to what you are in modern Western culture. Thanks to Whatthe Animalssay for his song ‘Bears Will Eat Their Young’. Comments and questions welcome below :-)

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Rohan (of 21awake.com fame) and Tom discuss the opportunities and challenges offered and posed by the Internet; from the power of social media as a tw0-way conversation to the economic livelihood of spirituality in a digital age.

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Mike talks to his Father (Dhammachariya Pannadipa) about moving from being a ‘full-on Buddhist’ to seeing the Dhamma everywhere and in every situation. Dhammachariya Pannadipa’s website is www.puredhamma.org. Comments and questions are welcome below

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Tom Talks to Robert Wolfe, author of the recently published Living Nonduality.

Robert has a website, where you can read the book online for free, or you can buy a real version over at karinalibrary.com.