Send us a text This week, Wes and Todd talk with visual poet, Monica Ong. Monica discusses her early journey with art, getting her MFA from RISD, integrating poetry with her visual art practice, experimentation & play, her first book “Silent Anatomies”, her poem "The Attic", sculptural types of poems, her interest in astronomy, process & evolution …

In this episode we explore the topic of rituals and their impact on experiencing deeper peace, love, and joy in life. • Includes a guided meditation in which we reflect on past meaningful ritual experiences, imagine new possibilities for personal rituals, and consider timing and context for implementing new rituals. Don't forget to subscribe for mo…

In this episode we talk to Pernille and Todd Lent Damore, founders of the Awakening Curriculum, about the Wheel of Identification, which is their framing of the Ten Buddhist Fetters, as well as practical applications to wake up moment to moment in the midst of everyday life. Their focus is on direct experience with no resistance and no labels. • In…

In this episode we look at twenty-five possible qualities of being an ideal human, and explore their relevance to awakening. • Includes a guided meditation taking several qualities of an ideal human, and sending them in a circle from fully imagining them to be your experience, through letting them go, to being with the wordless knowingness that you…

In this episode, we discuss neurofeedback, consciousness, and practical techniques for achieving higher states of awareness with Dr. Amy Albright and Dr. Drew Pierson , founders of Holon, a blend of science, technology, and spirituality. • Includes a guided practice combining breath awareness, skin sensation, and tailbone alignment to help connect …

In this episode, we talk to Kat Adamson, widow of the late non-duality teacher Sailor Bob Adamson, about his life, teachings, legacy, and Bob’s core message: There is no separate self, only awareness expressing through various forms. • Includes a guided meditation helping us to relax into present awareness and recognize it as our essential nature, …

In this episode we talk about the negative associations of aging but also how it can be a doorway to the gifts and spiritual opportunities that come with growing older. • Includes a guided meditation leading us to an appreciation of the wisdom and lessons we’ve learned as an entrance into this precious moment. Don't forget to subscribe for more ing…

In this episode we talk to Craig Hamilton about his “direct awakening” approach to meditation that aims to immediately connect with one’s true nature. He also emphasizes the importance of integrating awakening insights into daily life through specific practices and radical surrender to a higher principle. • Includes a guided meditation inviting us …

In this episode we talk about how the things in our lives that we don’t like can show us where we are resistant and attached, and can trigger new ways to transcend and learn from those daily occurrences. • Includes a guided meditation that shows us how we can hold two opposites in our minds together, for instance, pain and ease, anxiety and peace, …

In this episode we explore methods for entering into a state of mystery and wonder through specific questions and contemplations. • Includes a guided meditation that uses questions to direct you into an experience of mystery, humility, and awe. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our t…

In this episode, we talk to Cindy Teevens, author of Alchemy, How to Feel Good No Matter What, as well as The Happiness Lie—which challenges the belief that external factors control our happiness—about her “explosion of love” experience of intense bliss and joy for no external reason, eroding the idea of separation, and leading to a profound awaken…

In this episode, we share a gift bag of movies and books that have inspired us over the years and talk about how they can be powerful tools for inspiration and spiritual growth when approached with an open, receptive mindset. Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature. MENTION…

In this episode, we talk to Saja Fendél, founder of Thought Dojo, about forgiveness, and explore practical methods for realizing unconditional happiness, and how, through a lack of resistance to experience, all experience is seen as being one with awareness. • Includes a guided meditation helping us to recognize the intimacy of our experience by sh…

In this episode, we talk to Alex Shailer about fully experiencing feelings as a way to release them, identifying with our true nature as consciousness, and resting as open awareness, rather than trying to forcefully cultivate positive states. • Includes a guided meditation helping us to turn our attention to direct sensory experience, inviting us t…

In this episode, we discuss the non-reality of the future and its traps that keep us from the now and obscure our true nature. • Includes a guided meditation using various methods to shift our attention from the future to the only time when awakening can be experienced: now. The Louis C.K. video mentioned in this episode: “Louis C.K. Hates Cell Pho…

In this episode we talk to Colette Martin and Boris Feldman about their Deepening Protocol, which guides people through progressively deeper states of fundamental well-being and awakening. The process involves sinking into present experience, letting go of resistance, and allowing deeper states to emerge naturally. • Includes a guided meditation le…

In this episode we discuss how consciousness exploration will change in the future due to emerging technologies and societal changes, and we contemplate how to know if these changes are useful or just mere distractions. • Includes a guided meditation helping us to visualize our awakened future self and how we can take steps to embody that in our cu…

In this episode we talk to Eva Müller about her spiritual journey, her meditation techniques, and her healing transmissions. • Includes a guided meditation from Eva, focused on clearing energies and allowing more light and higher vibrations, while emphasizing relaxation, joy, and the understanding that everything is perfect as it is. To learn more …