Podcasts by Inspired Aliveness Podcast

Clarity in the Clutter from 2023-12-10T21:58:14

No matter what is going on in your life, the realm of peace and equanimity is always available. All it takes is to simply stop, relax, and open. Recorded December 2nd, 2023.

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Allowing Your Vulnerability from 2023-11-28T04:14:53

Vulnerability is the feeling that you aren’t safe – the survival, egoic program. You aren’t going to get rid of it or transcend it. However, if you begin to truly allow it, you may find that you...

How Much Is Enough? from 2023-10-23T03:17:05

When is it enough? When is it not enough? As with all things, finding out how much to practice is all about finding balance. Recorded October 7, 2023.

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Your Own Unique Unknowable Destiny from 2023-09-30T22:40:58

As you learn to get out of the way more and more, you begin to align with that which has been guiding you all along. It’s not how you think it should be, or how you want it to be, but it could n...

The Essence of What You Are from 2023-09-11T00:13:26

When you begin to learn to take care of yourself in a way that you’ve always needed, your nervous system will calm, your body will soften, and your heart will begin to open and radiate the love ...

Returning to Simplicity from 2023-08-15T05:46:21

Our lives can be so hectic and busy that we can naturally take this “doer” perspective into our practice. It’s important to simply relax, drop the effort, and allow yourself to open to the natur...

Receptivity is the Secret of Transformation from 2023-07-03T00:20:41

Just like you can’t make a plant grow, you can’t make yourself become transformed, healed, or integrated. Instead, learn to get out of the way and allow the intuitive guidance system to show you...

Gratitude is Essential from 2023-05-31T02:16:56

It’s so easy to be focused on what you don’t have, how it isn’t, and what you want. However, gratitude is essential for your healing, transformation, and integration. Give yourself some gratitud...

You Have What It Takes from 2023-04-25T03:24:54

The journey is not easy, and you may not like it, but you ultimately have no choice. Thankfully, you already have all that you need. As you surrender more and more to this consciousness that you...

You Are the Ultimate Mystery from 2023-03-28T16:37:12

You and your existence are the ultimate mystery. It is impossible to understand, so instead simply learn to allow the mysterious force of your existence to guide your own unique way. Recorded Ma...

The Knowing that is Clueless from 2023-02-26T00:47:22

If you are struggling to understand, simply relax into effortless “not knowing” and let the power and wisdom of your life-force guide you. Recorded Jan 21, 2023.

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Your Own True Guidance from 2023-01-16T19:37:28

You don’t need to look to any external authority or reference to find the truth that is already within you. All it takes is the courage and willingness to simply stop, be still, and listen to th...

The Light of Awareness from 2022-12-18T06:52:29

It’s important to continually learn to take care of your garden – the garden of your body, mind, and heart. Although gardening is not an easy job, and requires much work as we travel through thi...

Asking for What You Need from 2022-12-02T02:40:47

It’s okay to be human, and it’s okay to ask for what you want or need. However, this type of true asking is something you offer up into the space with your whole being without any expectation.  ...

The Clarity of Attention from 2022-11-17T03:33:59

When true practice is happening, you aren’t in the way. When your attention isn’t muddled by effort or person will, true clarity arises. (Recording taken from an online Satsang with Jon Bernie o...

Welcoming Yourself from 2022-11-01T21:50:54

Returning home allows us to begin to welcome and embrace all parts of ourselves, even those parts that have been marginalized, forgotten about, or that have been in pain.  Recorded Oct 8, 2022.<...

Productive Suffering from 2022-10-11T04:43:26

What’s the difference between productive suffering and unproductive suffering? With productive suffering, you aren’t fighting against what is by trying to stay in control, but you’re simply bein...

The Power of Not Knowing from 2022-07-24T03:15:49

Do you know what the downside to thinking you know is? It’s that you might be wrong. Instead, allow the vulnerability of not knowing, so that you may truly find out.

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Follow Your Unique Way from 2022-06-15T05:15:02

It’s not something that is earned through effort. It is not something achieved through achieved via willpower. Yet, it requires our discipline and attention. Keep returning and allowing the natu...

You Are the One from 2022-05-16T23:06:50

You already are that which you are looking for, but how do you open to that possibility when the one wants to surrender is also the one who is in the way? What works is dropping yourself — dropp...

Relax into the Unknown from 2022-04-06T22:00:32

It can be difficult to stop and become available for what you don’t want to feel. However, by learning how to simply be here for yourself, you may find that things begin to bloom all on their ow...

The Way of Healing and Transformation from 2022-02-27T05:56:05

The way of healing and transformation is not something that you can achieve or understand, yet it is revealed as you relax and simply get out of the way. Recorded 12/18/2022 in San Francisco. Listen

Honor Yourself by Being Here from 2022-01-30T04:44:19

You honor yourself by being here. It’s a gift that you give yourself, to show up and be present. Recorded 1/8/2022 in San Francisco.

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True Surrender is Enlivening from 2021-12-16T05:30:46

True surrender is enlivening. It’s energizing. It’s empowering. Because you’re letting go of being who you think you are, as awareness slowly, over time, becomes more embodied in your tissue, in...

Clarity is What We Need from 2021-12-02T19:37:43

Authentic, unique inner guidance is available to each one and every of us, all of the time. The question how often are we really aligned with it? How often are we authentically listening, seeing...

The Beginning of Understanding from 2021-11-03T06:02:21

Awakening is the beginning of understanding what practice is. As you bring attention to what is, and you’re not in the way, then naturally, miraculously, consciousness merges into matter and you...

The Cause of All Suffering from 2021-10-16T04:50:56

Beliefs are the cause of all suffering. So pay close attention to what you believe. A useful belief might get you to where you are, just don’t let it be the prison of your eternal unhappiness, b...

Stop, Tune In and Listen from 2021-09-28T04:44:03

Keep your mind open and free of any conclusions. Ask deeply within yourself, or into your true connectedness: “May I be open and clear to receive what is being given.” When you are filled and to...

Beyond the Teachings from 2021-08-25T21:19:26

When you sit, stop, and tune in, you’re entering an infinite realm of discovery and possibility. So what you think about it, the beliefs you have about it, what you’ve heard about it – all that ...

The Secret Way to Freedom from 2021-04-28T03:32:39

The secret way to freedom is to allow yourself to become intimate with the unconscious struggle that is programmed into you. It’s a struggle you don’t even necessarily know you have until you st...

The Natural Movement of Awareness from 2021-03-17T20:56:24

Enlightenment and awareness are happening naturally. That’s what brought you here, that movement within you. Natural healing is nothing more than the process of awakening and becoming liberated....

Beyond the Force Field of Struggle from 2021-02-01T03:11:14

It’s important to remind yourself to not get caught in that force field of struggle, of worry and concern, but rather to bring more attention to and just be present with what’s arising, whatever...

Integrated Freedom from 2021-01-08T00:37:25

I want to wish you a very happy and healthy new year. I know we’ve had one of the hardest years in history, but here we are. We’re still here. So just allow yourself to be here, right now. As yo...

Give, Receive and Be Vulnerable from 2020-12-24T19:40:33

Give yourself appreciation for all the hard work you’re doing to be who you are, and to face the life that you have each moment. Give yourself some gratitude for your effort, some loving kindnes...

The Most Important Thing from 2020-08-06T03:19:50

Practice is the art of refinement of life. Right now, are you here, or are you thinking about something? Are you aware of your whole body right now? Are you aware of your breath right now? Every...

Freedom Beyond Limit from 2020-06-01T04:55:32

This is a powerful, powerful time for us as a human species. Faced with these incredible challenges, we have the opportunity to learn how to really be present, and to allow that learning to cont...

Where Are You Right Now? from 2020-05-17T23:46:56

Rather than looking outside ourselves, we begin to see that every moment is another opportunity to receive the unique teaching that is being freely offered. This podcast on self discovery was re...

Discover The Infinite from 2020-03-31T19:44:37

Let yourself discover the space that allows for any and all perspectives. This podcast on self discovery was recorded at the San Francisco, CA. satsang on 09-23-2019. Hear other satsang talks on...

Being Here is the Point from 2020-02-17T01:09:38

Being here is the point and everything else is extra.  This podcast on self discovery was recorded at the Santa Cruz, CA. satsang on 02-09-2020. Hear other satsang talks on mindful living, spiri...

The Beauty That You Are from 2020-01-31T23:09:23

You are starting to develop a healthy, intimate relationship with yourself which heals and reveals the beauty that you are.  This podcast on self discovery was recorded at the Santa Cruz, CA. sa...

Start Fresh! from 2020-01-12T18:31:05

Since it’s a new year, we need a fresh start, internally and externally. And what we are always discovering on this journey is that a fresh start is really what this path is about. Recorded 1/6/...

Like a Challenge? from 2019-12-15T21:08:42

You really do have to like a good challenge for this journey, this exploration, this discovery; because it is challenging. Doesn’t it force you to face what you didn’t want to feel? What you did...

Empty Your Mind and Be Transformed from 2019-11-17T21:47:37

To receive the truth, you must become empty. So we learn to allow the emptying of the vessel of our conditioning, until the vessel itself dissolves into light, into presence, connection, being —...

Return Back to Presence from 2019-11-05T21:03:04

We are continually learning to return back to presence regardless of where we get stuck.  This podcast on self discovery was recorded in San Francisco, CA. on 09-09-2019.    Find calm and healin...

Trust Your Vulnerability from 2019-10-13T18:51:10

Find calm and healing in this relaxing, mindful living Podcast by Adyashanti-lineage teacher Jon Bernie.  Let go of living in the mind and be happy! This podcast on self discovery was recorded a...

Higher Learning from 2019-10-07T17:58:17

Find peace and healing in this relaxing, mindful Podcast by Adyashanti-lineage teacher Jon Bernie.  Let go of living in the mind and be happy! This podcast on spiritual healing and self reflecti...

Fresh and Alive Discovery from 2019-09-14T16:04:45

Find calm and healing in this relaxing, mindful living Podcast by Adyashanti-lineage teacher Jon Bernie.  Let go of living in the mind and be happy! This podcast on spiritual healing and mindful...

The Clarity of Your Essential Being from 2019-08-19T20:05:38

Find calm&healing in this relaxing, mindful living podcast by Adyashanti-lineage spiritual teacher Jon Bernie. Let go of living in the mind&be happy! The Clarity of Your Essential Being As you a...

Taking Time to Restore Yourself in the Open-hearted Beingness Beyond Words from 2019-08-11T21:58:33

Taking Time for Yourself in the Open-hearted Beingness Beyond Words | Jon Bernie Embodied Awareness podcasts “Won’t it be wonderful when we can do this without any words? Just our open-hearted b...

Reclaim Your Chicken—being present in the moment from 2019-07-14T23:40:04

Being present in the moment is almost a thing of the past. For healing, we have to reclaim the parts of ourselves that we’ve cut off. This healing is just a natural re-balancing of the nervous s...

Meditation In Action from 2019-06-02T20:29:14

Meditation in action is a spiritual practice you can do all the time or whenever you feel like it. Enjoy this beautiful satsang talk that could be used as a guided meditation on letting go, unde...

Healing with the Practice of Presence from 2019-05-11T22:46:30

Self-healing Podcasts by Jon Bernie. “Amid the post-traumatic stress of bad news these days, it takes more effort to be available.  It takes work to be conscious.  It takes even more effort to b...

Trusting the Wisdom of Your Life Force from 2019-04-16T01:13:52

For spiritual transformation to be possible, we must cultivate and engage with a very deep kind of trust.  This is not the kind of personal trust that has an interplay with the ego — ego cannot ...

You Are The Garden from 2019-03-10T21:36:55

You are not living in your mind anymore.  The mind becomes a helpful resource whenever you need it.  It becomes your friend rather than your tormentor, your judge, your critic, your executioner....

Where We Are Going from 2019-02-10T21:25:44

Let’s cultivate the human perspective that is healthy and supportive rather than the old, abusive, beating-ourselves-up-because-we’re-not-good-enough approach.  The old way is where we are comin...

Realign with the Life Force of Your Being from 2019-01-13T19:48:27

The new year is a beautiful symbol:  a fresh start.  Let’s try again.  And yet when you are on this path, and you are in alignment with it, you realize that fresh start is in every moment.  Reco...

Healing Our Hearts from 2018-12-12T17:59:19

If you’re aware of awareness, it’s like being in a beautiful breeze at the ocean. You just let it in, let it waft through you. Wonderful. That’s the sort of ultimate spiritual teaching when that...

Life Is The Answer from 2018-11-15T22:37:10

Letting go is always scary, until it’s bliss. At some point, as more is revealed to you in this opening of presence, what emerges through your whole being is profound trust. You will start to tr...

Ongoing Revelation from 2018-10-23T15:34:45

People sometimes go on retreat or come to Satsang and have a difficult time, and they think “I didn’t really get enough Shakti” or, “I don’t feel any different”. But usually you figure out how y...

You Are The Music from 2018-10-14T00:16:46

Excerpts from the recent day long retreat in Tiburon, CA. on 09-22-2018.

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Already Are from 2018-09-13T22:26:01

We are learning to let go of judgements and conclusions – to be vulnerable in the unknown – and to see the profound trust that we are. There is no need to perform or have to be somebody. Recorde...

Nothing Special from 2018-09-07T20:22:31

This can’t really be an accomplishment, it’s just reality. Actually, it’s no big deal. I love that when he was asked what enlightenment was, Suzuki Roshi replied, “Nothing Special”. There’s noth...

Tending The Garden from 2018-08-18T22:34:33

Even though you might have your laundry list of problems, you can only take care of what’s in front of you. And you can only take care of what’s in front of you right now, if you’re actually her...

Fully Here from 2018-08-01T18:52:04

Fully Here is not living in the thought-forms of the past, the future or the present, but deeply communing with the life force of our being. Recorded in Santa Cruz, CA. on 07-07-2018.

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Let Go Of Your Mind from 2018-07-06T22:00:26

Don’t wait for the guidance and reassurance to come from outside of you, it’s within you, it is you. When you bring awareness to the focus that the mind is holding there will be an easing that a...

Familiar With The Edge from 2018-06-12T00:18:24

Are you familiar with that profound stillness, within the center of your being, when you are at peace? Recorded in Tiburon, CA. on 6-09-2018.

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Trust How It Works from 2018-05-17T21:55:34

As you become more aware of awareness and more established in presence, trust in the process that naturally grows. Recorded in San Francisco, CA. on 10-23-2017.

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Don’t Think About It from 2018-04-27T23:08:21

Give yourself permission to not know. The flower will bloom all by itself so enjoy yourself as much as possible. Recorded in Tiburon, CA on 04-21-2018.

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Finding Your Way from 2018-04-09T18:53:17

The journey can be challenging but trust this profound openness and being that you are. Listen to that silence and open in to that space. Recorded in Tiburon, CA on 02-17-2018.

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Aligned in Presence from 2018-03-20T18:05:54

Your projections don’t have the weight that they once had. The judgements and reactions may still come through but they simply don’t stick. Recorded in San Francisco on 02-18-2018.

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Finding Support Within from 2018-02-22T00:49:37

When silence is present it’s important to give it your full attention. Allow this silence to open and guide you to your own support within. Recorded in San Francisco on 09-25-2017.

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Dropping Back In from 2018-02-07T19:19:44

Drop back in to the moment. Keep returning to reality and come back to the timeless, thoughtless and open-hearted moment. Recorded in Santa Cruz, CA.

Not In Control from 2018-01-12T20:22:11

We are not in control of how this unfoldment is occurring. Our effort here is to be available for the movement that actually is unfolding. Recorded 11-27-2017.

Aliveness of Everything from 2017-12-31T00:02:07

You have no where else to go but where you are. Recorded 11/13/2017.

Being Right Here from 2017-12-01T20:40:06

There is a tendency towards thinking that you know where you are and how you are doing. We really can’t know what is happening and how it is going, so when we begin to surrender it naturally become...

Let Your Light Shine from 2017-11-07T23:22:55

Let the beauty that you are nourish yourself and everyone around you. Open your mind, open your heart, and really allow yourself to be available. Recorded 06/19/2017.

Already at Peace from 2017-10-24T16:30:13

What if you knew that what you were trying to achieve was already done? Would you relax? Allow your authentic self to come to the foreground. Recorded on 05-15-2017.

What Do You Want? from 2017-10-12T16:43:49

Eventually you come to see that you simply just want to be at peace. Something comes over you, you close your eyes, you stop, and there is a stillness that comes. Discover what you truly are. Recor...

Learning to Trust from 2017-09-25T19:14:14

We learn along the way, each in our own unique way, how we are being guided to the essence of truth. Discover how trust can guide, open and liberate your being. Recorded 4/15/2017 in Santa Cruz.

Stop Thinking! from 2017-09-11T08:42:02

We come here to allow clarity to arise to the surface. It may not be there at the beginning; there may just be a jumble of stuff. So you sit, and give yourself permission to relax, and breathe, and...

The Retreat Right Now from 2017-07-24T04:56:58

Retreat is when you plant a seed in the fertile ground of mindfulness and attention — with as much tenderness, compassion, patience and open-mindedness as possible — letting go of the compulsion to...