Inspired Aliveness Podcast
Summary: The Inspired Aliveness Podcast is produced by Jon Bernie, author of Ordinary Freedom, who is a contemporary spiritual teacher who offers a compassionate, heart-centered approach to awakening. His teaching focuses on returning the attention to the already enlightened state that lies at the core of our human experience. He has four decades of practice and study in the Zen, Theravada Buddhist and Advaita traditions, and was formally asked to teach by Adyashanti in 2002. Jon is also an experienced healer and teacher of somatic embodiment, trained in the Alexander Technique, Zero Balancing, and the Qigong system of Dr. Yu Penxi. He works closely and intimately with individuals to facilitate consciousness development and deep emotional healing.
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People sometimes go on retreat or come to Satsang and have a difficult time, and they think “I didn’t really get enough Shakti” or, “I don’t feel any different”. But usually you figure out how you are on your path over time; not at the end of your retreat, or when you had your big […]
Excerpts from the recent day long retreat in Tiburon, CA. on 09-22-2018.
We are learning to let go of judgements and conclusions – to be vulnerable in the unknown – and to see the profound trust that we are. There is no need to perform or have to be somebody. Recorded in San Francisco, CA. on 09-03-2018.
This can’t really be an accomplishment, it’s just reality. Actually, it’s no big deal. I love that when he was asked what enlightenment was, Suzuki Roshi replied, “Nothing Special”. There’s nothing like telling the truth and not turning it into something unattainable. It’s ordinary. It’s what you always are, even if you’re caught in resistance. […]
Even though you might have your laundry list of problems, you can only take care of what’s in front of you. And you can only take care of what’s in front of you right now, if you’re actually here. And when you’re in your garden, that’s all you can do – pick one weed at […]
Fully Here is not living in the thought-forms of the past, the future or the present, but deeply communing with the life force of our being. Recorded in Santa Cruz, CA. on 07-07-2018.
Don’t wait for the guidance and reassurance to come from outside of you, it’s within you, it is you. When you bring awareness to the focus that the mind is holding there will be an easing that automatically occurs. Recorded in San Francisco, CA. on 07-02-2018.
Are you familiar with that profound stillness, within the center of your being, when you are at peace? Recorded in Tiburon, CA. on 6-09-2018.
As you become more aware of awareness and more established in presence, trust in the process that naturally grows. Recorded in San Francisco, CA. on 10-23-2017.
Give yourself permission to not know. The flower will bloom all by itself so enjoy yourself as much as possible. Recorded in Tiburon, CA on 04-21-2018.
The journey can be challenging but trust this profound openness and being that you are. Listen to that silence and open in to that space. Recorded in Tiburon, CA on 02-17-2018.
Your projections don’t have the weight that they once had. The judgements and reactions may still come through but they simply don’t stick. Recorded in San Francisco on 02-18-2018.
When silence is present it’s important to give it your full attention. Allow this silence to open and guide you to your own support within. Recorded in San Francisco on 09-25-2017.
Drop back in to the moment. Keep returning to reality and come back to the timeless, thoughtless and open-hearted moment. Recorded in Santa Cruz, CA.
We are not in control of how this unfoldment is occurring. Our effort here is to be available for the movement that actually is unfolding. Recorded 11-27-2017.
