Inner Awareness Podcast

By Keith Sherwood

In his podcast, Keith Sherwood – author of "The Art of Spiritual Healing" and eight other books on metaphysics, relationship, and enlightenment – will share the latest information on self-healing, energy work, and the process of self-realization. keithsherwood.substack.com

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Ep. 73 – To Be or Not to Be Enlightened

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast considers the apparent contradiction between being enlightened and having bliss within you - and having to undergo a process of self-realization in order to experience the benefits of you’re a priori enlightenment. While your authentic self exists in eternal time, and experiences union with Universal Consciousness, your physical–material body and its functions exist within the dualistic field of Maya, where attachments prevent you from experiencing the benefits of the enlightened state. The yearning to become freedom, to become truth and to become divine love emerges from the third heart; it’s the first sign that something transcendent (Atman) exists within you. By releasing your karmic attachments, you will allow Atman and bliss to radiate freely through your subtle field. As you progress through the seven levels of enlightenment, self-limiting fields will become saturated with bliss and universal feminine energy. Ultimately, by liberating your awareness and bringing it into union with Atman, you can experience the highest state of enlightenment. Then you can choose to reside in union with the All or to be born again as a Bodhisattva – an enlightened master who helps other people to experience the benefits of their a priori enlightenment. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe
Oct 27

Ep. 72 – You Can Train Your Mind

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast examines how you can develop mental discipline and liberate yourself from destructive thoughts, feelings, patterns, and external influences. A healthy mind observes until it knows then adapts. An aspirant who has developed mental discipline doesn’t become the thinker of inauthentic thoughts and inauthentic feelings projected from the outside. Like a muscle, the mind can be trained by consistently applying the principles of Yoga and Vedanta, and by refusing to indulge in negative mental habits. When destructive patterns are already deeply embedded, resistance alone is insufficient to overcome them; you need to recognize how they have harmed you and you must reject them especially if they emerge from entities that are hostile to human beings. The work of enlightenment requires perseverance, vigilance, and a willingness to confront whatever prevents you from receiving the benefits of you a prior state of enlightenment. As you persevere and develop mental discipline and discernment you will recognize the difference between individual qualities that are Self–limiting and universal qualities that nourish you, and liberate you from entities and patterns that have controlled you. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe
Oct 20

Ep. 71 – Energy Centers in Your Hands & Feet

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast looks at the importance of the minor energy centers located in the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. The centers in your hands influence your ability to create and manifest, while those in your feet support your ability to make progress, follow your Dharma, and engage in appropriate activities. Because these centers are connected through meridians with the rest of your subtle field, blockages and distorted energy that interfere with your minor energy centers can interfere with your relationships, well-being, intuition, discernment, and ability to manifest. They can also prevent universal feminine energy from radiating through your subtle field into the external environment. At the end of the Kali Yuga it’s not unusual for people attached to their individual mind to project distorted fields of subtle energy. This energy can disrupt the functions of your minor energy centers and that can make it difficult for you to manifest and make progress, particularly when the perpetrator is jealous, envious, or has a pattern of control. By avoiding people who pollute your field and by using the appropriate mudras and meditations you can mitigate the effect of projections that interfere with the functions of your minor energy centers. To release the distorted fields that disrupt the functions of your minor energy centers you can use either a prana box or bliss box. Both will restore a healthy flow of life-affirming energy through the energy centers in your hands and feet. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe
Oct 13

Ep. 70 – Detachment Is the Ultimate Skill

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast explains why detachment is the most important skill in the processes of energy work and enlightenment. Although you can’t completely separate yourself from the field of Maya while you’re alive by developing detachment and observing the movie of your mind you can participate in everyday life without becoming the thinker of thoughts and the feeler of emotions that have individual qualities. Detachment also protects you from distorted fields, projections, and non-physical beings because it provides you with the time, space and the discernment you need to recognize them and respond appropriately. By developing mental discipline and integrating detachment in your day to day life you can function within the field of Maya without becoming identified with it; that will enable you to remain centered in your authentic mind the only place where you can experience the benefits of your a priori state of enlightenment. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe
Oct 6

Ep. 69 – How to Navigate Everyday Life

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast examines how everyday life and its distractions can interfere with the process of self-realization. To receive the benefits of your a priori enlightenment, you need to remain centered in your authentic mind, remain detached, and discern the difference between what is real and has universal qualities and what is only conditionally real because it has individual qualities and is changing all the time. Relationships, inauthentic emotions, inappropriate goals, distorted projections, egregores, and identification with the individual mind and ego can all disrupt your subtle field and the flow of universal feminine energy through it. Since Shakti brings you to Shiva the challenge is to integrate Jivatman, which allows you to function in the physical-material world, with Paramatman, the universal self that experiences union with Universal Consciousness. By developing mental discipline, following Dharma, making appropriate decisions, and seeking relationships based on universal, life-affirming qualities, you can participate fully in everyday life without it preventing you from achieving your spiritual goals. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 29

Ep. 68 – Stop Being Reactive

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast is about the importance of mental discipline, detachment, and non-reactivity. When you react emotionally or mentally to betrayal, negative projections, or other challenges, you get trapped in your individual mind and the field of Maya. By developing mental discipline, you can enhance your intuition, insight, and discernment. They will allow you to recognize what is real and what is only apparently real; they will help you to avoid bad company, and respond appropriately to life challenges. Mental disciple and performing activities that are appropriate won’t prevent you from having satisfying, intimate, relationships. The foundation of intimacy is the ability of people to share universal feminine energy and consciousness without attachment. By remaining centered in your authentic mind, integrating the principles of Vedanta and Yoga into your life, and by learning from life’s challenges without dwelling on them, you will become capable of meeting challenges with strength and detachment. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 22

Ep. 67 – Freedom in Emptiness

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast explores why an aspirant must abandon the pursuit of transitory pleasure, and release their attachments to fields that have individual qualities. Fields with individual qualities emerge from the field of Maya, and to experience the benefits of their a priori state of enlightenment an aspirant must release their attachment to them. As long as an aspirant remains trapped in dualistic relationships and identified with the individual mind, they won’t experience any of those benefits. Sooner or later, everyone will choose to release their attachments because they will recognize that freedom is preferable to the prison created by dualistic relationships. Once they’ve recognized that they will begin to enjoy the freedom, truth and love which is their birthright. Although this decision does not immediately eliminate every karmic pattern, and blockage, it enables an aspirant’s awareness to radiate freely through both the manifest and unmanifest fields that compose the Akasha, (the world). Without attachments universal feminine energy and pure consciousness in the form of love, intimacy, joy, and bliss will radiate through the aspirant’s subtle field and they will transcend the limitations that had previously trapped them in the dance of Shiva. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe
Sep 15

Ep. 66 – Hope and Self-Realization

This episode of the Inner Awareness Podcast examines how hope can interfere with the process of Self-realization by keeping you focused on the future rather than centered in the ever-present now. While, it’s true that everyday hopes, like hoping to find a convenient parking spot, that are relatively harmless, those concerning your well-being or spiritual development can become counterproductive because they encourage striving and reinforce your misplaced identification with Jivatman, (the individual self). The truth is that there is nothing substantive to hope for because you are already in union with Universal Consciousness, which means you’re already enlightened. Rather than hoping to improve yourself or become enlightened, you should observe until you know, develop discernment, engage in appropriate activities, and allow Shakti to guide your spiritual journey. By abandoning hope and shifting your identification from Jivatman to Paramatman, you will remain centered in eternal time and bliss will saturate your body-mind on both the physical-material and subtle dimensions. The episodes of the Inner Awareness Podcast were recorded during seminars, which take place on a regular basis. If you would like to learn more about Keith Sherwood’s work, please contact us at onewholelove.com for further information. Get full access to Inner Awareness Newsletter at keithsherwood.substack.com/subscribe

In his podcast, Keith Sherwood – author of "The Art of Spiritual Healing" and eight other books on metaphysics, relationship, and enlightenment – will share the latest information on self-healing, energy work, and the process of self-realization. keithsherwood.substack.com

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By Keith Sherwood
Years Active

2025 - 2026
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74
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Clean
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Inner Awareness Podcast