Awakening Now

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In this episode of Awakening Now, I speak with Jim Newman, a well-known voice in radical nonduality.
Jim shares one of the most uncompromising messages in the spiritual world: there is no separate self, no path, no one becoming awakened, and nothing to attain.
Together, we explore seeking, liberation, free will, embodiment, and the challenge of speaking about what cannot be grasped conceptually.
This conversation may bring relief, curiosity, frustration, resistance, or a sense of recognition. Rather than deciding what to think, notice how it lands in you.
What happens when the seeker encounters a message it cannot use?
 Jim Newman, a well-known voice in radical nonduality. For the past ten years, he has shared a message that challenges many traditional spiritual teachings, pointing to the absence of a separate self and the immediacy of what is already present. His approach is direct, uncompromising, and often provocative, inviting listeners to question some of their most fundamental assumptions about identity and awakening. 
Music by Valdi Sabev. In loving memory and gratitude for the music he shared.
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“How do I awaken?” is the question many sincere seekers carry. Hidden inside it is often an expectation that awakening will bring permanent peace, clarity, or distance from difficult emotions.
In this live Zoom meeting, Ilona explores that expectation directly with participants. Together we look at what happens when confusion, fear, hopelessness, or inner tension are treated as a problem to get rid of. Instead of trying to escape experience, the invitation is to meet it. Again and again the inquiry comes back to something simple: is it safe to feel what is here right now?
We also explore the pressure of time, the sense of “wasting life,” and the belief that life should be different than it is. Another participant looks at the sense of control in the head and discovers something freeing: a sensation cannot control anything. It can be felt, seen, and allowed.
This episode is for you if you understand awakening intellectually, yet still feel like a separate self, still get pulled into emotions, or still search for a better moment. The conversation points to one direct truth: awakening is not awakening away from experience. It is awakening to what is here.
Music by Valdi Sabev. In loving memory and gratitude for the music he shared.
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In this episode of Awakening Now, Loch Kelly and Ilona Ciunaite explore awakening, nonduality, effortless mindfulness, and the subtle places seekers often become stuck after the first glimpse.
Loch shares a clear and grounded perspective on awakening as a shift of identity — from living as the separate self to recognizing awareness as primary. The conversation moves beyond concepts into embodiment, emotional healing, integration, and what it means to live from awake awareness in ordinary life.
Together, they speak about:
 – longing for “the shift”
 – glimpses that come and go
 – spiritual dissociation
 – pure awareness and embodiment
 – emotional healing after awakening
 – awareness-based living
 – interbeing and heart-mind
 – the difference between temporary states and true recognition
During the episode, Loch also guides several direct experiential glimpses live in the conversation.
This episode may resonate deeply with seekers who feel close to recognition, yet still pulled back into old identity, conditioning, and emotional patterns.
Guest: Loch Kelly
 Website: Loch Kelly Official Website
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Music by Valdi Sabev. In loving memory and gratitude for the music he shared.
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In this episode of Awakening Now, I speak with Greg Goode about self-inquiry and what is actually being seen through.
Greg Goode is a nonduality teacher and author with a background in philosophy. He is known for his clear and structured approach to inquiry, guiding people to look directly at experience and question what seems obvious — especially the sense of being a separate self.
In our conversation, we explore a simple but often overlooked shift: seeing is not about finding truth or adopting a new perspective, but about recognizing and deconstructing what is false.
We look at how the sense of self appears, how it is reinforced through thought, and why it can feel so real even when examined closely.
This is a grounded and practical conversation — an invitation to look, rather than to believe.

More from Greg:
https://radiuspress.org/greggoode/

His latest book, Enlightening the Physical World, explores the nature of matter through both philosophy and direct experience:
https://radiuspress.org/enlightening-the-physical-world-investigating-matter-with-berkeley-and-the-direct-path/

Direct Path playlist with Terry Moore:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf0MTUdIZxcwgcyMSNTyeDHvwmaOg2w8K
Music by Valdi Sabev.
In loving memory and gratitude for the music he shared.
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In this episode, I speak about the upcoming 8-week guided experience and what it is really about.
The enrollement is open untill the 20th of April. 
More info here. 
https://ilonaciunaite.com/8-week-program/ 
There is no shortage of information about awakening. You can read, listen, understand more and more. And still, something may feel unsettled.
Here we look in a different way.
Not at ideas, but at direct experience.
I share how this process is structured, what you will be exploring, and why a simple, precise looking can open something that thinking cannot reach.
This is not about becoming something new.
It is about seeing clearly what is already here.
If you feel a quiet readiness, you will recognise it.
And if there are questions, doubts, or hesitation, you are welcome to meet them here as well.
Music by Valdi Sabev. In loving memory and gratitude for the music he shared.
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