Awareness Explorers

If you want to awaken peace and love in daily life, pure awareness is always available as the background of all experience. Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor explore ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

195: How to Be with Bad News 09/12/2025

194: Embracing the Middle Way 08/29/2025

193: Kat van Oudheusden, Guest Explorer 08/15/2025

192: Samuel Jacob, Guest Explorer 08/01/2025

191: Inward and Outward Paths 07/18/2025

191: Inward and Outward Paths In this episode we explore the concepts of the inward and outward facing paths. They are presented as different approaches in various traditions that, if pursued to their core, eventually arrive at a direct experience of a unified life. • Includes a guided meditation that extends the ancient neti neti practice of excluding all concepts of what you conceive yourself to be, and then re-including all so-called outer experience, thereby seeing that all is awareness and not separate from your true self. Short phrases to help you get a handle on the inward and outward facing paths: Nothing you can name or conceive of is awareness. Nothing you could name or conceive of is not awareness. Meditating with your eyes closed and looking within at awareness, and meditating with your eyes open and looking at the world as awareness. “Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows.” ― Nisargadatta Maharaj The song Jonathan mentioned in this episode is “Impermanence” by John Astin: Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: # 6 in the Top 100 awakening All time chart # 7 in the Top 100 joy All time chart # 5 in the Top 100 awareness All time chart # 8 in the Top 100 consciousness All time chart # 45 in the Top 100 meditation All time chart To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: Or on our Awareness Explorers website: To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one. To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit and You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian Photo by Vladislav on /episode/index/show/awarenessexplorers/id/37455370

190: John Travis, Guest Explorer 07/04/2025

189: Trauma and Awakening 06/20/2025

188: Exploring Intuition 06/06/2025

187: Robert Rugg, Guest Explorer 05/23/2025

187: Robert Rugg, Guest Explorer In this episode we talk with Robert Rugg, author of Awakening to Effortless Being: Realizing Your Infinite Self, about his spiritual journey, his teachings on effortless being, his approach to self-realization, and how to incorporate the principles of wholeness into daily life and interactions with others • Includes a guided meditation inviting us to rest in the stillness, the silence, the presence, the space of beingness, the aliveness which has always been here, and which is noticing and allowing everything, and to watch how life takes care of life. To learn more about Robert Rugg, please visit: And you can also view his YouTube channel, @effortlessbeing5162: and check out his books: Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: # 5 in the Top 100 awakening All time chart # 5 in the Top 100 joy All time chart # 5 in the Top 100 awareness All time chart # 7in the Top 100 consciousness All time chart # 45 in the Top 100 meditation All time chart To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: Or on our Awareness Explorers website: To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one. To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit and You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian /episode/index/show/awarenessexplorers/id/36687800

186: Rituals 05/09/2025

185: Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, Guest Explorers 04/25/2025

185: Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, Guest Explorers In this episode we talk to Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, founders of the Awakening Curriculum, about the Wheel of Identification, which is their framing of the Ten Buddhist Fetters, as well as practical applications to wake up moment to moment in the midst of everyday life. Their focus is on direct experience with no resistance and no labels. • Includes a guided meditation exploring the felt sense of where “you” are located, by exploring where it seems to be showing up within the space of our senses, including visual, auditory, and bodily sensations, and looking at our raw experiences without labeling them. To learn more about Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, Guest Explorers, please visit: Or if you have questions, you can email: And you can also view their YouTube channels: @TheAwakeningCurriculum on YouTube and @unfetteredmindfulness on Youtube Todd’s Book: Only in Your Mind: Not Quite Poems from the Not So Linear Awakening Path Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: # 5 in the Top 100 awakening All time chart # 6 in the Top 100 joy All time chart # 5 in the Top 100 awareness All time chart # 7in the Top 100 consciousness All time chart # 43 in the Top 100 meditation All time chart To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: Or on our Awareness Explorers website: To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one. To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit and You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian /episode/index/show/awarenessexplorers/id/36309155

184: What Makes an Ideal Human? 04/11/2025

183: Amy Albright and Drew Pierson, Guest Explorers 03/28/2025

182: Kat Adamson, Guest Explorer 03/14/2025

181: The Gift of Aging 02/28/2025

180: Craig Hamilton, Guest Explorer 02/14/2025

179: Everything You Don’t Like is Your Guru 01/31/2025

178: Beyond the Mind and Into the Mystery 01/17/2025

177: Cindy Teevens, Guest Explorer 01/03/2025

176: Favorite Movies and Books to Inspire 12/20/2024

176: Favorite Movies and Books to Inspire In this episode, we share a gift bag of movies and books that have inspired us over the years and talk about how they can be powerful tools for inspiration and spiritual growth when approached with an open, receptive mindset. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Movies: Brother Sun, Sister Moon - directed by Franco Zeffirelli Resurrection (with Ellen Burstyn) - directed by Daniel Petrie Peaceful Warrior - directed by Victor Salva Harold and Maude - directed by Hal Ashby The Razor's Edge (Bill Murray version) - directed and co-written by John Byrum Waking Life - written and directed by Richard Linklater Books: The Zen Teachings of Huang Po - by John Blofeld (Translator) True Meditation: Discover the Freedom of Pure Awareness - by Adyashanti A Search in Secret India - by Paul Brunton The Razor's Edge - by W. Somerset Maugham Being Aware of Being Aware - by Rupert Spira The Zen of Oz: Ten Spiritual Lessons from Over the Rainbow - by Joey Green In addition, don’t forget these books: Awareness Adventures - by Brian Tom O’Connor The Enlightenment Project - by Jonathan Robinson NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #3 in the Top 100 awakening All time chart #5 in the Top 100 joy All time chart #5 in the Top 100 awareness All time chart #6 in the Top 100 consciousness All time chart #38 in the Top 100 meditation All time chart To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: Or on our Awareness Explorers website: To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one. CORRECTION: The Bill Murray version of The Razor’s Edge does indeed take place during the early twentieth century, just as in the novel. To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit and You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian /episode/index/show/awarenessexplorers/id/34550250

175: Saja Fendél, Guest Explorer 12/06/2024

174: Alex Shailer, Guest Explorer 11/22/2024

173: Time, Now, and the Non-Future 11/08/2024

172: Colette Martin and Boris Feldman, Guest Explorers 10/25/2024

172: Colette Martin and Boris Feldman, Guest Explorers In this episode we talk to Colette Martin and Boris Feldman about their Deepening Protocol, which guides people through progressively deeper states of fundamental well-being and awakening. The process involves sinking into present experience, letting go of resistance, and allowing deeper states to emerge naturally. • Includes a guided meditation leading us to ever deepening levels of present moment experience. To learn more about Colette Martin and Boris Feldman, please visit their website at Or visit Colette’s website at For a good description of Jeffrey Martin's Locations of Fundamental Wellbeing: or The Martin Matrix, a Comprehensive Map of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience (Enlightenment/Nondual) Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #3 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart #36 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: Or on our Awareness Explorers website: To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one. To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit and You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian /episode/index/show/awarenessexplorers/id/33611377

171: The Future of Consciousness 10/11/2024

170: Eva Müller, Guest Explorer 09/27/2024

170: Eva Müller, Guest Explorer In this episode we talk to Eva Müller about her spiritual journey, her meditation techniques, and her healing transmissions. • Includes a guided meditation from Eva, focused on clearing energies and allowing more light and higher vibrations, while emphasizing relaxation, joy, and the understanding that everything is perfect as it is. To learn more about Eva Müller, please visit her websites at and 14 day-free trial: In addition, Eva offers a free Healing Group Meditation on Zoom: Also mentioned in this episode: Transcendence Technique: Partha Srinivasan is a spiritual teacher who teaches the Transcendence Technique (“TT“), channeled by Swamiji Sri Atmananda. This technique helps to clear the human system from Samskaras (karma) and helps to raise the vibration of the collective consciousness: Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. NEWS: Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: #3 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart #36 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: Or on our Awareness Explorers website: To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: NOTE: If you are a Patreon supporter and have not been receiving our bonus material, please check to make sure that the email address you have on Patreon is an active one. To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit and You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: Enjoy, Jonathan and Brian /episode/index/show/awarenessexplorers/id/33231372

169: Remedies for Cognitive Distortions 09/13/2024

168: David Farmer, Guest Explorer 08/30/2024

167: Negative Thought Patterns 08/16/2024

166: Walter Dennison, Guest Explorer 08/02/2024

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