167. Amoda Maa - a podcast by Rick Archer

Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher, author, and speaker. After years of spiritual seeking, meditation, and immersion in psychospiritual practices, an experience of the dark night of the soul led her to a profound inner awakening. Then, after a long period of integration, she began speaking from silence in small gatherings. Today she offers meetings and retreats, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, attracting spiritual seekers and people looking for peace and fulfillment in an increasingly chaotic world. Her teachings are free of religion and tradition, and she brings to them a deep understanding of the human journey, born out of her own experience.

She is the author of Radical Awakening (originally released as How to Find God in Everything) and Change Your Life, Change Your World: Ten Spiritual Lessons for a New Way of Being and Living. Both books were written shortly after her awakening and before she began to speak in public.Her new book Embodied Enlightenment — written 15 years after her awakening — is based on the many conversations at the cutting edge of spiritual inquiry in her meetings with people from all around the world, and addresses many of the questions relevant to today’s seeker. It has been acclaimed as “a beautiful and precious gift to an emerging new humanity.”

Amoda lives with her husband and beloved, Kavi, in California.Website: amodamaa.com

Amoda Maa in panel discussion: Birthing Radiant Being into Our HumanitySecond interview with Amoda Maa

Transcript of this interviewInterview recorded 3/23/2013

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.YouTube Video Chapters:


00:00:00 - Introduction to Amoda Maa Jeevan00:04:53 - Childhood Dreams and Academic Struggles
00:07:37 - The Loss and Opening of Self00:11:47 - Surrendering to Life and Opening to Love
00:16:09 - A Dark Night of the Soul00:20:10 - Embracing the Darkness and Gratitude
00:25:17 - The Birth of the Christ Consciousness00:28:30 - The Essence of the Experience
00:32:08 - Finding My Path00:35:22 - Awakening and Enlightenment
00:39:13 - The Capacity to Accept and the Misunderstanding00:43:13 - The Potential of Suffering as a Doorway
00:46:45 - Awakening to the Divine Co-Creative Force00:49:33 - Embracing the Dark and Painful Parts Within Ourselves
00:53:01 - The Cycle of Abuse and Re-Triggering00:56:35 - Accepting and Processing Harmful Situations
00:59:54 - Investigating Vulnerability and Fear01:03:43 - Facing the Abyss: The Power of Present Awareness
01:07:20 - The Importance of Reminding and Supporting Each Other 01:10:28 - The Paradox of Meditation Practice
01:13:40 - Authenticity and Continuous Unfoldment01:17:09 - The Concept of God and Awakeness01:20:01 - The Profound Intelligence in Creation
01:23:54 - Seeing the God in Everything01:27:20 - The Evolution of Awakening and Embodiment of Enlightenment
01:30:14 - The Contradiction of"Nothing New Under the Sun"and"Only a New Seed can Yield a New Crop"01:33:28 - Embracing the Body and the World
01:36:26 - The Teachings of the Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother01:39:40 - The Paradox of Optimism
01:43:20 - The Transition and Contribution of Spiritual Teachers01:46:06 - Links and Contact Info

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