Spiritual Awakening: The Ground of Love

Olivia Frazao
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  • Spirituality

This podcast is in the top 10% most popular shows globally, out of 3,722,860 podcasts (ranked by Listen Score). You're dedicated to spiritual awakening, healing, and being an emanation of Love for the world. This podcast is for advanced spiritual practitioners. We’re here to jump off the deep end together and explore what it means to truly live a life of love, multidimensional awareness, and embodied spirituality. Click "Follow" to get a new episode weekly. All lineages are welcome. We meet beyond culture and dogma, at the esoteric core that exists in the center of all lineages: Divinity as the One. This podcast is your spiritual sangha through the fields. An invitation back into your center, and to what matters to you most. The philosophical friend in your ear as you go through your day. And the warm hug when you need it. Together we build the courage, trust, and resilience for true spiritual surrender, and to show up fully for all that Life is asking of us and offering us. We are here for the real deal. * * *  YOUR HOST Olivia Frazao is a healer and spiritual guide with deep training in spiritual healing work, energy healing, meditation, clinical psychology, family constellations, and multi-lineage mysticism. This podcast is inspired by the Yogic tradition, Advaita Vedanta, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Christianity, Daoism, and Indigenous wisdom traditions. *** EPISODE TOPICS: Spiritual awakening: Ego death and surrender. Divine union, true nature. Mysticism and esoteric teachings. Meditation. Energy healing and spiritual healing.  Multidimensional reality: Living multidimensionally. Cosmic consciousness. Relationship with spiritual guides, Masters, angels, Deities, ancestors. Love and relationship on the soul level. Embodiment:  "Landing the spaceship": Integration of peak experiences / mystical experiences into daily life. Groundedness. Life purpose, dedication, and service.  Healing: Trauma healing, deconditioning, holistic healing, somatic healing. Self-inquiry, contemplation, self-care, and personal growth. Spiritual lineages: Yoga, bhakti (devotion), jnana (knowledge), Christ Consciousness, Indigenous wisdom traditions, Buddhism. Spiritual pitfalls: Spiritual ego, spiritual materialism, and spiritual bypass. What is the true guru or enlightened spiritual teacher vs not? Spirituality and social change: How culture, patriarchy, and colonialism distorted spirituality and the New Age movement. Queerness and spirituality beyond heteronormativity, and masculine and feminine polarities. Advanced work: Advanced meditation and self-healing. Leading spiritual groups, meditations, and healing circles. Doing healing work for others.  *** THE VIBE Each episode holds a unique vibe and energetic transmission. Every episode is an invitation Home. Find what matches your mood in the moment. *** A special bow to Ron Young, Hilda Charlton, Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi), Lorraine DeLear, and all the teachers and masters who make this possible. *** FOLLOW Click "Follow" to get a new episode weekly. Please leave a rating/review, and share this with a friend!

  1. 6d ago

    Personal Will vs Divine Will: Turning Willpower Into Surrender (EP52, 2/2)

    For free live Zoom meditations: www.thegroundoflove.com/meditation Surrender is not passive. It is not floppy, weak, or giving up. Surrender is one of the most active, courageous things you will ever do — and your personal will is the very thing that gets you there. In this second half of our two-part series on personal will and divine will (go back to episode 51 if you haven't heard part one), we go deep into what it actually looks like to keep showing up, keep trying, keep praying, keep doing the healing work — while still trusting that God's hand has the final say. We talk about the two forces inside all of us: the part that wants union, alignment, and truth, and the part still caught in wounding, grasping, and aversion. And we talk about what happens when your faith tips past 51% — how your personal will stops fueling your ego and starts becoming a rerouting force, a spiritual warrior, taking you out of polarity and into surrender. This episode will change how you think about willpower, effort, and what it really means to trust the unknown. Your personal will was never meant to be dampened. It was meant to bring you home. *** Click "Follow" to receive future episodes, released weekly.  *** This podcast show is for people dedicated to spiritual awakening, spiritual practice, psychology, healing work, collective healing and awakening, and global positive social change.  For free meditations, private sessions, and the Ground of Love Healing School, see www.thegroundoflove.com *** This podcast show explores meditation, mindfulness, consciousness, spiritual awakening, and spiritual growth, with a strong focus on personal healing, trauma healing, emotional healing, and somatic healing. We dive into nonduality, embodied spirituality, the true self, life purpose, and spiritual practice, while also addressing shadow and integration themes like spiritual bypass, ego-death, root causes, and holistic healing.  To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

    23 min

  2. Jun 30

    Personal Will vs God's Will: When They Are/Aren't In Alignment (EP51, Part 1/2)

    For private and group offerings, see www.thegroundoflove.com In this episode, we explore the relationship between personal will and divine will—examining what happens when our desires conflict with life's natural unfolding. Topics Covered: Defining personal will and divine will, and how they relate to each otherWhy personal will often works against divine willThe role of faith and trust in spiritual practiceHow prayer and healing work can align with divine will rather than oppose itSurrender as active participation, not passivityThe Bhagavad Gita perspective on action and attachment to outcomesHow to release self-blame and resentment when life doesn't follow your plansThe freedom that comes from accepting life's natural orderPractical approaches to daily life when you trust in something greater than yourselfThis episode examines how aligning your personal will with divine will—rather than fighting against it—can bring acceptance, peace, and genuine spiritual growth. This is part one of a two-part series. The conversation continues in the next episode. *** Click "Follow" to receive future episodes, released weekly.  *** This podcast show is for people dedicated to spiritual awakening, spiritual practice, psychology, healing work, collective healing and awakening, and global positive social change.  For free meditations, private sessions, and the Ground of Love Healing School, see www.thegroundoflove.com *** This podcast show explores meditation, mindfulness, consciousness, spiritual awakening, and spiritual growth, with a strong focus on personal healing, trauma healing, emotional healing, and somatic healing. We dive into nonduality, embodied spirituality, the true self, life purpose, and spiritual practice, while also addressing shadow and integration themes like spiritual bypass, ego-death, root causes, and holistic healing.  To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

    26 min

  3. Jun 28

    The Ground of Love Spiritual Group Shares (EP50)

    www.thegroundoflove.com/group When we are in community, in the transmissions of the Divine, and held by effective practices and maps, we can accelerate our spiritual path forward towards that which we have always cared about, towards the truth of ourselves and the fulfillment of our lives that has been awaiting us. We can be held and inspired to go as deep as we can.  I lead a spiritual community in an online spiritual healing and awakening group program that brings deep spiritual practitioners together in the transmission fields of blessings of all those who hold and guide us in the highest realms of awakened Love and beingness. I share from my own training in multiple lineages and with master teachers, and from my experience as a healer in private practice since 2016.  Today I wish to share with you the personal experiences of a handful of participants in our group. I trust there is a resonance field that will ping those who are of like mind and heart and drawn to the same field of togetherness. If you feel this is of interest to you and you want to learn more, we can chat on zoom and see if it's a fit. You can click on the link below, or email thegroundoflove@gmail.com. To learn more about the group program visit www.thegroundoflove.com/group. To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

    20 min

  4. Jun 18

    9 Core Questions to Map out and Deepen Your Spiritual Path (EP49)

    Check out all offerings at www.thegroundoflove.com. This episode covers the foundational framework for deepening your spiritual practice and moving into embodied awakening. This is a core episode that provides an umbrella context of multiple maps within one, that can give you an overview of your spiritual path and where you are within it, so that you can see which levers you may want to pull to balance or deepen your path.  Many spiritual practitioners don't have a clear framework for how all the pieces fit together—or how to integrate spiritual practice into daily life where it actually matters. In this episode, I share nine core questions that are foundational to the work I do with clients in private practice and in the spiritual community I lead in our online group program and in retreats. These aren't abstract philosophy. They're the exact questions that determine whether your spiritual journey leads to real transformation or stays locked in your meditation practice, vagueness, imbalance, cultural wounding or attachment wounding. What we'll cover: In this episode we look at the foundational framework for spiritual growth for sustained spiritual awakening and integration of spiritual experience into daily life. We focus on depth of spiritual practice, applying spiritual learnings to daily life, getting and giving support in spiritual community, growing inner strength and resolve as well as spiritual surrender, and sustained awakening. Some topic we'll cover are: Genuine spiritual development vs spiritual bypassing (the #1 trap that keeps seekers stuck), the paradox that holds your entire spiritual path together. Meeting difficulty as a context for spiritual awakening, how spiritual community and sangha are non-negotiable for deepening your practice, and practical approaches to spiritual awakening that centers trauma healing as a path of spiritual awakening and shows you how you can do self-healing on a very deep level - it helps with balancing the energy field, moving stuck emotion, spiritual healing, mindset, all at once. Who This Episode Is For: Spiritual practitioners and spiritual seekers committed to deepening your path. Anyone ready to move beyond surface-level spirituality into embodied transformation. Those seeking clarity on where to focus your spiritual practice and energy. Spiritual community members and anyone exploring sangha and spiritual friendship. Ready to deepen your spiritual practice? Explore one-on-one spiritual healing work and join my spiritual community at www.thegroundoflove.com *** Click "Follow" to receive future episodes, released weekly.  *** Timestamps: 2:13 - Q #1 - Intention 3:16 - Q #2 - Path 5:57 - Q #3 - Traps 9:39 - Q #4 - Resolve 12:26 - Q #5 - Surrender 18:05 - Q #6 - Perception 18:46 - Q #7 - Self Healing (The Ratio) 20:57 - Q #8 - Context (the 3 life moments) 24:16 - Q #9 - 3 Relationships *** This podcast show is for people dedicated to spiritual awakening, spiritual practice, psychology, healing work, collective healing and awakening, and global positive social change.  For free meditations, private sessions, and the Ground of Love Healing School, see www.thegroundoflove.com *** This podcast show explores meditation, mindfulness, consciousness, spiritual awakening, and spiritual growth, with a strong focus on personal healing, trauma healing, emotional healing, and somatic healing. We dive into nonduality, embodied spirituality, the true self, life purpose, and spiritual practice, while also addressing shadow and integration themes like spiritual bypass, ego-death, root causes, and holistic healing.  To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

    29 min

  5. Jun 10

    Non-Duality in Action: Spiritual Community, Meditation, and Being the Emanation (EP 48, 2/2)

    For free meditations & the group program see www.thegroundoflove.com This episode continues a two-part series on spiritual practice and our purpose here on Earth. Building on Episode 47's exploration of the levels of self—egoic self, soul self, and oneness—this episode explores how we actually live out our spiritual path through meditation, healing work, and service to the world. The focus is on why spiritual growth happens in community rather than alone, how group meditation works, what it means to experience unity consciousness, and how our personal practice contributes to planetary healing. Key Topics Spiritual Community & Group Practice The role of sangha (spiritual community) in the spiritual pathHow group meditation amplifies individual practiceWorking together across spiritual lineagesThe importance of spiritual teachers, mentors, and lineageMeditation & Healing How meditation creates healing through the meeting of incoherent and coherent energyGroup field amplification in meditationMeditation for trauma release and emotional healingHeart-centered meditation practiceMultidimensional healing and regenerationUnity Consciousness & Non-Duality The difference between individual consciousness and group consciousnessExperiencing oneness and interconnectednessHow meditation reveals our essential unityMoving beyond separation consciousnessUnconditional Love & Divine Consciousness The distinction between conditional human love and unconditional divine loveOpening as a vessel for divine consciousnessThe metaphor of becoming a portal or beacon of lightLiving from the heart rather than the mindService & Life Purpose How personal spiritual work serves the worldThe bodhisattva path and conscious serviceUnderstanding shared spiritual missionBecoming an instrument of love and healingSurrender & Trust Releasing control and ego attachmentTrusting the natural order and divine willHumility as a spiritual practiceThe difference between spiritual bypass and genuine surrender A Few Quotes to Remember: "It's not a do-it-yourself thing. This is an us thing." "Now it's through the heart, not the mind. It's through the one shared heart." "Your only ticket in is a desire to remember love." "The center of our heart is a shining star... an open portal to the ultimate dimension of oneness." Resources Spiritual Group: For dedicated practitioners across all lineages - group meditation, healing work, and deep spiritual community  www.thegroundoflove.com/team One-on-One Sessions & Group Membership: www.thegroundoflove.comPrevious Episode: Episode 47 (Part 1) – Levels of Self (Egoic Self, Soul Self, Oneness) Who This Is For Dedicated spiritual practitioners, people with an active meditation practice, those exploring consciousness and awakening, spiritual seekers across all traditions, people interested in healing work, anyone exploring non-duality and unity consciousness, those drawn to service-oriented spirituality, all practitioners of contemplative traditions. *** Click "Follow" to receive future episodes, released weekly.  *** This podcast show is for people dedicated to spiritual awakening, spiritual practice, psychology, healing work, collective healing and awakening, and global positive social change.  For free meditations, private sessions, and the Ground of Love Healing School, see www.thegroundoflove.com *** This podcast show explores meditation, mindfulness, consciousness, spiritual awakening, and spiritual growth, with a strong focus on personal healing, trauma healing, emotional healing, and somatic healing. We dive into nonduality, embodied spirituality, the true self, life purpose, and spiritual practice, while also addressing shadow and integration themes like spiritual bypass, ego-death, root causes, and holistic healing.  To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

    37 min

  6. Jun 4

    The Three Levels of Self: Ego, Soul, and Oneness (EP47, 1/2)

    Join the newsletter at www.thegroundoflove.com for more info on all offerings. See www.thegroundoflove.com/team for the group program.  In this foundational teaching, we explore a radically different way of understanding who we really are—one that extends far beyond the limited identity our culture has conditioned us into. Through a map of three levels of self, we journey from the egoic self (the small "I") through soul consciousness and unity awareness, all the way to pure oneness—the great "I AM." This isn't abstract philosophy. Understanding these levels of consciousness directly shifts how we experience healing, awakening, and our purpose in this world. We're not separate, isolated beings struggling alone. We're waves in an ocean, molecules in a great unified field, forever held and held together by something infinitely greater than ourselves. When we shift our awareness from the limiting belief of separation to the liberating truth of our shared belonging, everything changes. We begin to understand what it means to live as soul, to operate from unity consciousness, and to remember love as our deepest truth and highest calling. This is the foundation. This is who you really are. *** Click "Follow" to receive future episodes, released weekly.  *** This podcast show is for people dedicated to spiritual awakening, spiritual practice, psychology, healing work, collective healing and awakening, and global positive social change.  For free meditations, private sessions, and the Ground of Love Healing School, see www.thegroundoflove.com *** This podcast show explores meditation, mindfulness, consciousness, spiritual awakening, and spiritual growth, with a strong focus on personal healing, trauma healing, emotional healing, and somatic healing. We dive into nonduality, embodied spirituality, the true self, life purpose, and spiritual practice, while also addressing shadow and integration themes like spiritual bypass, ego-death, root causes, and holistic healing.  To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

    33 min

  7. May 26

    Devotional Path vs Path of Knowledge: Which Spiritual Path Is Right for You? (EP46)

    To join Olivia's free online workshop on healing and awakening, get on the newsletter at www.thegroundoflove.com. Discover which spiritual path is right for you: the devotional path or the path of knowledge. Both are universal spiritual practices found across all major religious traditions, yet they work in fundamentally different ways. Learn the key differences: the devotional path emphasizes a personal, intimate relationship with God in form—deities, saints, enlightened masters, angels, or ascended beings. The path of knowledge focuses on the formless absolute through meditation, contemplation, and inner awareness. Despite their differences, both paths lead to the same destination: God-realization, enlightenment, and unity consciousness. What you'll discover in this episode: Form vs. formless God: which approach resonates with each spiritual path and your own attachment styleHow attachment theory and relational wounding influence your spiritual pathWhy Western culture makes devotion challenging for many spiritual seekersThe role of surrender, reverence, and trust in authentic spiritual practiceDistinguishing between real enlightened teachers and false gurusWhy skepticism toward the devotional path may reflect unhealed relational woundsHow to integrate both paths - the devotional path (bhakti path) and the path of knowledge (jnana path) for complete spiritual transformationThe relationship between self-love and spiritual surrenderWhether you're drawn to meditation, contemplative practice, prayer, mantra, or personal relationship with a sacred being, this episode clarifies how different spiritual practices serve the same ultimate goal: self-realization, enlightenment, and the direct experience of divinity. *** Click "Follow" to receive future episodes, released weekly.  *** This podcast show is for people dedicated to spiritual awakening, spiritual practice, psychology, healing work, collective healing and awakening, and global positive social change.  For free meditations, private sessions, and the Ground of Love Healing School, see www.thegroundoflove.com *** This podcast show explores meditation, mindfulness, consciousness, spiritual awakening, and spiritual growth, with a strong focus on personal healing, trauma healing, emotional healing, and somatic healing. We dive into nonduality, embodied spirituality, the true self, life purpose, and spiritual practice, while also addressing shadow and integration themes like spiritual bypass, ego-death, root causes, and holistic healing.  To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

    48 min

  8. May 19

    How to Get Unstuck: How Change Happens and How You Can Take Action (EP45, 2/2)

    Get on the newsletter for free zoom meditations and other offerings: www.thegroundoflove.com This is part 2 of our 2 part episode series on getting unstuck, where we explore how change actually happens and why you might be sabotaging yourself from moving forward. We dive into the physics of change—how getting unstuck requires building kinetic energy and momentum. You'll learn about the energetic relationship between your inner world and outer world: how your internal frequency must shift before external circumstances can change. We talk about frequency alignment, divine timing versus personal will, and the balance between surrender and agency. The practical side covers how to break paralysis through small steps, introducing movement, and taking action instead of being reactive. We discuss visualization as a tool for exploring different possibilities, and why becoming a different person internally is what allows your life to calibrate externally. A big part of this conversation is about support—what it actually means to get help without someone pushing their agenda or reinforcing your fears. Part 2 of a two-part series. You can start here or go back to Episode 44 for Part 1. Topics covered: We explore what it means to get unstuck and break free from self-sabotage and life stagnation. We dig into decision-making when you feel stuck, personal transformation, and how to build momentum through energy and action. There's a lot about frequency alignment and inner work—why your internal shifts matter more than external circumstances. We talk about visualization as a tool for exploring possibilities, and how manifesting real change requires balancing divine timing with personal agency. We look at the difference between taking action and just reacting, how limiting beliefs keep us stuck, and why authentic relationships and genuine support are crucial. Throughout, we're really focused on breaking paralysis and overcoming the obstacles that feel like they're holding you back—and understanding what those obstacles actually are. *** Click "Follow" to receive future episodes, released weekly.  *** This podcast show is for people dedicated to spiritual awakening, spiritual practice, psychology, healing work, collective healing and awakening, and global positive social change.  For free meditations, private sessions, and the Ground of Love Healing School, see www.thegroundoflove.com *** This podcast show explores meditation, mindfulness, consciousness, spiritual awakening, and spiritual growth, with a strong focus on personal healing, trauma healing, emotional healing, and somatic healing. We dive into nonduality, embodied spirituality, the true self, life purpose, and spiritual practice, while also addressing shadow and integration themes like spiritual bypass, ego-death, root causes, and holistic healing. Episodes draw from psychology and attac - To send me a message directly, click here www.thegroundoflove.com

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This podcast is in the top 10% most popular shows globally, out of 3,722,860 podcasts (ranked by Listen Score). You're dedicated to spiritual awakening, healing, and being an emanation of Love for the world. This podcast is for advanced spiritual practitioners. We’re here to jump off the deep end together and explore what it means to truly live a life of love, multidimensional awareness, and embodied spirituality. Click "Follow" to get a new episode weekly. All lineages are welcome. We meet beyond culture and dogma, at the esoteric core that exists in the center of all lineages: Divinity as the One. This podcast is your spiritual sangha through the fields. An invitation back into your center, and to what matters to you most. The philosophical friend in your ear as you go through your day. And the warm hug when you need it. Together we build the courage, trust, and resilience for true spiritual surrender, and to show up fully for all that Life is asking of us and offering us. We are here for the real deal. * * *  YOUR HOST Olivia Frazao is a healer and spiritual guide with deep training in spiritual healing work, energy healing, meditation, clinical psychology, family constellations, and multi-lineage mysticism. This podcast is inspired by the Yogic tradition, Advaita Vedanta, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Christianity, Daoism, and Indigenous wisdom traditions. *** EPISODE TOPICS: Spiritual awakening: Ego death and surrender. Divine union, true nature. Mysticism and esoteric teachings. Meditation. Energy healing and spiritual healing.  Multidimensional reality: Living multidimensionally. Cosmic consciousness. Relationship with spiritual guides, Masters, angels, Deities, ancestors. Love and relationship on the soul level. Embodiment:  "Landing the spaceship": Integration of peak experiences / mystical experiences into daily life. Groundedness. Life purpose, dedication, and service.  Healing: Trauma healing, deconditioning, holistic healing, somatic healing. Self-inquiry, contemplation, self-care, and personal growth. Spiritual lineages: Yoga, bhakti (devotion), jnana (knowledge), Christ Consciousness, Indigenous wisdom traditions, Buddhism. Spiritual pitfalls: Spiritual ego, spiritual materialism, and spiritual bypass. What is the true guru or enlightened spiritual teacher vs not? Spirituality and social change: How culture, patriarchy, and colonialism distorted spirituality and the New Age movement. Queerness and spirituality beyond heteronormativity, and masculine and feminine polarities. Advanced work: Advanced meditation and self-healing. Leading spiritual groups, meditations, and healing circles. Doing healing work for others.  *** THE VIBE Each episode holds a unique vibe and energetic transmission. Every episode is an invitation Home. Find what matches your mood in the moment. *** A special bow to Ron Young, Hilda Charlton, Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi), Lorraine DeLear, and all the teachers and masters who make this possible. *** FOLLOW Click "Follow" to get a new episode weekly. Please leave a rating/review, and share this with a friend!

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