Awareness Explorers Jonathan Robinson & Brian Tom O'Connor

In this episode we compare and contrast the techniques of positive psychology with the techniques of nondual awareness practices.
• Includes a guided meditation that focuses on raising one's vibration through gratitude in order to relax into pure beingness.
Books or authors mentioned in this episode:
Find Happiness Now: 50 Shortcuts for Bringing More Love, Balance, and Joy Into Your Life
by Jonathan Robinson
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
By Tal Ben-Shahar
Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times
By Tal Ben-Shahar
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
By Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.
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NEWS:
Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: 
 #2 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
 #37 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: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/
If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z
Or on our Awareness Explorers website: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations
To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: 
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
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 
https://findinghappiness.com/
and 
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/
You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n
Enjoy, 
Jonathan and Brian

Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash 

In this episode we talk about what triggers you, what we normally do with triggers, and seven ways to make good use of them on the path to awakening. 
• Includes a guided meditation to use when you are triggered involving allowing the arrow of love to crack open your defensive armor and awaken the love in your heart. 
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: 
 #2 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
 #37 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: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/
If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z
Or on our Awareness Explorers website: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations
To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: 
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
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 
https://findinghappiness.com/
and 
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/
You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n
Enjoy, 
Jonathan and Brian

Photo by Nik on Unsplash 

In this episode we talk to Seye Kuyinu about his book, This Glorious Dance: Contemplations About Who We Are, as well as about questions that explore our true nature, and a variety of topics such as anxiety, hypnotism, and contemplative practice.
• Includes a guided meditation, based on a Gurdjieff practice, helping us to awaken a sense of aliveness in each body part, while at the same time allowing that part to be the full container for attention.
To learn more about Seye Kuyinu, please visit…
seyekuyinu.com
and
seyekuyinu.substack.com

And you can read his book, This Glorious Dance: Contemplations About Who We Are,
On Amazon
or listen on Audible.


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: 
 #2 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, 
 #37 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:  
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/
If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z
Or on our Awareness Explorers website: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations
To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers

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 
https://findinghappiness.com/
and 
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/
You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n
Enjoy,
Jonathan and Brian

In this episode we explore what it means to be a really good human and the various factors and approaches that help create inspiring people.
• Includes a guided meditation helping us to envision and embody who you would like to become.
DISCLAIMER:
The quote from Albert Einstein, reputed to have been from a letter written to his daughter, is now considered to be a fabrication, but whoever wrote it, it's such a profound sentiment, and so germane to our topic, that we decided to leave it in. For more information, see:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/einstein-universal-force/
and
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-truth-behind-einsteins-letter-on-the-universal-force-of-love_b_7949032
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: 
 #2 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
 #37 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: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/
If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z
Or on our Awareness Explorers website: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations
To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: 
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
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 
https://findinghappiness.com/
and 
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/
You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n
Enjoy,
Jonathan and Brian

Photo by Eduardo Goody on Unsplash 

In this episode we talk to Paul Austin about microdosing psychedelic substances to enhance productivity, mood, and spiritual awaking, and how these altered states can be transformed into altered traits.
• Includes a guided meditation using breathing and present moment awareness to tap into deeper beingness.
To learn more about Paul Austin, please visit: 
TheThirdWave.co
Twitter & Instagram: @paulaustin3w
And check out his book, 
Mastering Microdosing: How to Use Sub-Perceptual Psychedelics to Heal Trauma, Improve Performance, and Transform Your Life 
on Amazon.
And if you're interested in the extended practitioner training program, please visit… 
https://psychedeliccoaching.institute/
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: 
 #2 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 
 #37 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: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/
If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z
Or on our Awareness Explorers website: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations
To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: 
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit 
https://findinghappiness.com/
and 
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/
You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n
Enjoy, 
Jonathan and Brian

In the second episode of this two-part exploration, Jonathan describes his favorite methods to quiet the mind and how he often uses them in a particular order for deepening quiet within himself.
• Includes a guided meditation in which you are led into ever deepening levels of silence through a series of mind quieting methods.
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: 
 #2 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 
 #37 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: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/
If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z
Or on our Awareness Explorers website: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations
To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter: 
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers
To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit 
https://findinghappiness.com/
and 
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/
You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n
Enjoy,
Jonathan and Brian

Photo by Vinicius "amnx" Amano on Unsplash