Awakening the Below Podcast

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Many spiritual traditions teach us to transcend suffering, rise above the human condition, and seek light beyond the darkness. But what happens when awakening pulls us in the opposite direction—into the raw, messy, fully human experience? In this series, we explore Awakening the Below: returning to the body, to pain, to ancestral memory, and to the sacredness hidden in the very parts of life we were taught to avoid. Together, we uncover how true awakening is not just about rising above, but also about falling deeply into life, where even suffering becomes divine. www.awakeningthebelow.com

Episodes

  1. 3D AGO

    Awakening the Below, Radical Surrender, and Ego Death

    In this episode, Jack sits down with Oholomo to discuss their shared experiences of “awakening the Below” — a spiritual path that moves downward into the body, the earth, and the underworld rather than ascent and transcendence. Topics Covered: * Olmo’s kundalini reversal experience * When the mainstream spiritual frameworks don’t fit * The distinction between “Above” and “Below” spiritual paths * Reimagining the Buddha’s enlightenment story from a Below perspective * Awakening the Below vs. spiritual emergency * Integrating ancestry and intergenerational trauma in awakening * Ego dissolution through inclusion rather than transcendence * Why normalizing diverse awakening experiences matters * Liberating the body to be itself Connect with us: * Oholomo’s website * Jack’s website This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.awakeningthebelow.com

    1h 47m

  2. FEB 7

    Welcome to the Awakening the Below Podcast

    Hello and welcome to The Awakening the Below podcast. This is a series of conversations between the spiritual teacher, Jack Morrigan, and me, Oholomo. Together, Jack and I give voice to the underbelly of the awakening process. We talk about what we call The Below — that is to say, the difficult emotions, traumas, strange bodily ailments, spirits, ghosts, ancestors, demons, the imaginal, the soul, energies of the earth, the elements, the dark feminine, and much more — that arise for some people in the process of spiritual awakening. Without any background knowledge to help contextualize these things, surprise openings to the below can be difficult to understand. They're consequently often interpreted as spiritual emergencies or mental health crises rather than the blessings and opportunities that they truly can be. The goal of our conversations is to validate and normalize such experiences in order to encourage people to lean into and even embrace the precious dark wisdom that comes from below. Listeners who like what they hear in these episodes may want to check out the book, Awakening the Below, which teaches readers to recognize the signs of the Below when they appear, to navigate the depths more confidently, and to fully integrate these experiences into their spiritual development in a healthy and meaningful way. I look forward to this journey with you in this series. Let's begin our descent. Connect with us: Oholomo’s website Jack’s website This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.awakeningthebelow.com

    3 min
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Many spiritual traditions teach us to transcend suffering, rise above the human condition, and seek light beyond the darkness. But what happens when awakening pulls us in the opposite direction—into the raw, messy, fully human experience? In this series, we explore Awakening the Below: returning to the body, to pain, to ancestral memory, and to the sacredness hidden in the very parts of life we were taught to avoid. Together, we uncover how true awakening is not just about rising above, but also about falling deeply into life, where even suffering becomes divine. www.awakeningthebelow.com

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