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Sifting through the earliest records of the Buddha's talks, we find a simple, elegant, and powerful practice. When he died, his teaching became an “ism”, Buddhism. As it spread into other countries, cultures, and eras his teachings or “map” was copied and re-copied. Shortcuts and alternatives were added and deleted. Compared to the versions of his teachings most widely known, his original meditation emphasized: Tranquility: an open, receptive awareness favored over highly focused, one-pointe ...
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Self-Inquiry. Ilona invites to answer questions from your own experience. She points to what is actually here right now. Awakening. Something that is always here comes into focus. The illusion of a separate self is seen through and falls away. Everything starts making sense. Inner Peace. It is here, only it appears veiled by thoughts, stories, expectations, images of how life should be. It takes dedication and practice to meet what arises so that it can self-release. Peace is found by notici ...
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The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology

FitMind: Neuroscience, Meditation & Mental Fitness Training

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Expert insights on the science of mental fitness. Topics include psychology, neuroscience, mental health, mindfulness meditation, productivity, brain technologies, Stoicism, happiness hacking, and more. Liam McClintock, the Founder of FitMind, talks with leaders in their fields, from neuroscientists and psychologists to Buddhist monks and professional athletes. At FitMind, we believe that the next great human frontier is the mind. FitMind combines ancient techniques with western psychology t ...
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Meet Doug Kraft and get practical advice on using Buddhist practice to end suffering. This conversation is filled with clear, simple pointers and tools you can apply today. You do not need to be a Buddhist to practice meditation and relaxation into awareness. You can start now and explore what happens if you …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message How do you know if you are awakened? If this question is alive and you want confirmation, listen to this episode. You may get your answer. Meet Delson Armstrong. We talk about what awakening is, how identification works, what the driving forces behind seeking are, and how to stop. Delson Armstrong is a trailb…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In the second part of the conversation, Christine Wushke shares about the early days of seeking, when she was in an office job thinking about Awakening and Enlightenment. She found solace in a used bookstore where she discovered Eastern philosophy books and felt supported on her path by always being given the…
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Jim Toman is a Senior MES Advisor at Grantek. Jim has 30+ years of experience creating data driven systems for manufacturers. In this bonus episode, the discussion centers around the upcoming Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rule 204 enforcement. FSMA falls under the authority of the United Stated Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The changes…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message If you are seeking information on how to balance your nervous system, watch this episode. I talk to Christine Wushke about ways to balance and integrate the body-mind system in the awakening process. Christine shares her awakening story and how the first big experience happened when she was only a child. She …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Today I am talking to Todd and Pernille Lent Damore, a married couple, dedicated and inspired to share practical tools and teach 10 fetters in a unique way. The teachings about the 10 fetters originate from Buddhism and are regarded as “The Noble Quest” however; you do not need to be a Buddhist to understand …
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How does the mind shape our reality? What happens when the conceptual mind turns off? The answers might be found in the depths of meditation. Doug Kraft has delved into the complexities of the mind from various perspectives: as a psychotherapist, writer, minister, meditation teacher, and through the lenses of bio-energetics and neuroscience. In thi…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message My guest today is Chiss Grosso and you may know him from his books on non-nonsense spirituality. Chris is openly sharing his story which is intense, raw and emotional. If you have high sensitivity to issues of substance abuse, addiction or suicide, listen with caution. In the conversation, we dive deep into t…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Listen to the spiritual awakening story of Elad. He had an awakening experience when he was seventeen years old. Since then there has been a journey of opening more and you can see and feel the flavour of his being. It’s kind, soft and inclusive. We talk about different modalities and Elad is inviting us to h…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Welcome to the fourth and final Self-Inquiry session with Alessandro. We met two weeks after our last session and checked in on how Alessandro was doing and what was next for him. He is reflecting on what was the biggest change and is sharing his view from a fresh perspective. If you need assistance with your…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Meet Eshwar Segobind. In today's episode listen to an incredible awakening story. A shift happened while in the recovery centre for alcoholics and drug addicts. When everything external was removed, the only place to engage with left was inside his mind. Eshwar Segobind is a spiritual seeker known for his rem…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In the second conversation with Jackson Peterson, we deeply investigate what awakening is. Jackson Peterson is a Dzogchen Teacher, an author and a practitioner. You can find our first conversation here Awakening And No Self Experience With Jackson Peterson [Episode #36] https://youtu.be/iPnUM-DcPYM In this ep…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Meet Dr Amy Johnson. In the episode, Amy shared her awakening story and together we explored what awakening is. Your biggest problem as a seeker is that you don’t know how to stop seeking, so the seeking continues. And it shows up as thoughts and associated feelings of not enough, this is not it, there needs …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Meet Sahayak, a monk who lives in Thailand. Today Sahayak is sharing Insights for harmony --pointers to the joy of living in the present. In this episode, Sahayak shares pointers to awakening in the form of poems that came through him as his own insights into the nature of reality. After many years of silence…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Meet Sahayak and hear his awakening story. Sahayak has lived an incredible life and a big part of his experience was being with a guru, who inspired and guided him to a genuine awakening. For many years Sahayak stayed in silence, and today he is sharing his story. He lives in Thailand and is passionate about …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message I had my third session with Alessandro where we delved into the experience of effortless being. During our conversation, we discussed the sense of being that is always present and never changes. We started by going through some questions and concepts, and later we focused on shifting our attention from the mi…
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Grant Daft is a Software Applications Specialist at Videojet. Based in UK, Grant has been with Videojet since 2004. During the almost 20-year tenure, Grant has served in leadership roles focused on solutions support, software application development and product management. Since the 1960s, Videojet is a global leader in the development and manufact…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message I met Alessandro a week later for the second self-inquiry session to continue exploring and to look deeper beyond concepts. A different view started to form. Clarity comes and begins to establish. What is always here comes into the foreground. Follow our session and answer self-inquiry questions asked for you…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Dive into the self-inquiry session with Ilona and Alessandro. The main question today is who am I? You can use this video as your own inquiry by pausing upon hearing a question asked and answering for yourself before continuing to watch. This is the first video of the inquiry series, come back next week for m…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Today we talk about Biofield tuning for greater expansion with amazing Eileen McKusick. The awakening journey is taking you to greater expansion. You become more receptive, aware and open to noticing contractions and places that still need to heal. In today's episode meet Eileen Day McKusick. We talk about aw…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message What are the Ten Fetters and is there something for you? You may have heard of the ten fetters and still do not know what it is all about. My guest Kevin Schanilec is sharing his experience and insights so that you can get some understanding of the Buddhist path of working with limiting beliefs. We discuss ea…
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Robin Maurice is the District Leader of Grantek’s Montreal Office. In this role Robin oversees the work done by Grantek in New England, Quebec, Eastern Ontario, Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. Robin lives in Montreal, QC. His primary language is French, with English being his second language. Don’t be surprised to hear some funn…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message You may have a good understanding of no self but are still waiting for no self experience. Dive deep with Jackson Peterson into the question of what awakening is. 'No one awakens' -- you may have heard this a lot and if there is still confusion about this, this video will help to clarify. Jackson Peterson is …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message My guest wanted to be anonymous; with that, he could share more honestly and openly about his awakening and his view on what is happening in awakening communities. We discuss topics rarely discussed, such as the radical nonduality trap and parroting ideas that are easily taken on as new beliefs. My guest is a…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message What has a practice of self forgiveness and letting go got to do with awakening? Joey Lott had a profound awakening experience, which was followed by depression and a dark time for six years. He shares his story of how he realised that there was nothing wrong with his experience and that self-forgiveness and …
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Doug Yerger is a Principal Engineer at Grantek. Doug’s 30-plus years of experience includes the architecting, design, implementation, commissioning, and support of PLC Control Systems, Robotic Applications, Vision Applications, Database Applications, MES Implementations, Warehouse Management Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message If you are wondering what is a divine light transmission, or shaktipat, watch this video as my guest today has a lot of experience and is uncovering what this practice is about. Meet Imogen, who had an awakening through Energy transmissions. Imogen Sita Webber shares her story of seeking and being with variou…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message What does awakened life look like? Meet Trip Overholt, a former co-host of the Conversations with Avant Garde Sages radio show. I met Trip back in 2011 when I was invited to an interview for the show. Trip together with John Troy interviewed many emerging and established teachers of nonduality and I was lucky…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Meet Abbie Westgate. In this episode, Abbie shares her awakening story and the tools she used for healing from the past. She went from traumatic childhood experiences to recognising that she can heal and help others to heal too. Today she is a coach and she shares what she learned on the way to wholeness. She…
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Angela Morris is the Head of Global IT Manufacturing Capabilities at The Kraft Heinz Company. Angela is a driver of strategy and vision, passionate promoter of operational excellence, classically trained musician, love of gardening, student of culture, and active in community engagement and service. Today, Angela is accountable for strategic planni…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message John Troy is a legend. We talked about awakening, non-duality, Nirvilkalpa Samadhi, synchronicity, interesting people he met and experiences he had. John had his first awakening experience at the age of thirty, fifty years ago, way before the internet and today he shares what it was like for him. I met John T…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Meet Karen Lee Cohen. We talk about peacefulness and what it means to be at peace. Karen shares her story and her beliefs about awakening and oneness. Currently, she is in the process of writing her second book, titled “Let’s Be Peace” about her spiritual journey and devotion to alternative health, wellness, …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Do you have a spiritual practice? In this episode Sondra Harper shares her awakening story and what led to the shift as well as what she is engaging with every day to maintain the calm and open experience of life. Sondra recently published a book The Four Attitudes: The Alchemy of an open heart and a calm min…
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Andrea Ruotolo, PhD. is the Global Head of Customer Sustainability at Rockwell Automation. As Rockwell Automation's Global Head of Customer Sustainability, Andrea drives sustainability innovation and champions AI/ML for industrial sustainability. With 18 years of global executive experience, she co-founded a smart grid consultancy, led global energ…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message There is a long journey from intense suffering to awakening to freedom of being yourself. Meet Craig Sotkovsky, Entrepreneur, Author, 9/11responder, Lung Cancer Survivor, Father, and International Speaker. Craig shared his awakening story and talked about his struggles and painful experiences on the way to fr…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In this self-inquiry session, I talked to Laurentiu who has been a seeker for some time and likes Buddhist philosophy and teachings. Join Laurentiu in the direct pointing session. We talk about seeking energy and how it works. We touch on reactivity, sense of self, and centre of awareness, inquire into how di…
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Emilee Cook is a Director of Product Strategy at Apprentice.io, leading technology to help Life Sciences companies get life-saving drugs to market faster by connecting global workforces and scaling complex manufacturing. Over her 10 years in life sciences, she’s spent time in R&D producing biomimetic devices at Draper Laboratory, developed Syncade …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Awakening is just a beginning. What follows the initial shift of perspective is a continuous opening to aliveness, to intimacy, to presence and peace that is beyond words and understanding. I talk to Adam about his journey as an individual and a teacher. We look at strong emotions as shame, guilt, remorse aro…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In this episode I speak to Lunaria Gaia and we explore the mind, thoughts, and concepts of awakening. Lunaria shares her story and talks about her work with people. For 15 years, Luna has lived, studied and breathed self love, body confidence and self esteem. As an accomplished life coach, NLP practitioner, s…
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Lisa Cronk is currently an Operations Manager at Grantek. Lisa has over 13 years of experience in Engineering and System Integration. Lisa currently focuses on projects for large Food & Beverage manufacturers. Lisa has served in the Canadian Forces and she also has experience working in the Mining, Life Sciences and CPG industries. The Industry 4.0…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Today I speak to Scott Kiloby about hidden aspects of ourselves how to find them, how to recognise repression and reverse it. Scott Kiloby is an internationally recognized and sought-after author, teacher and speaker on the subject of mindfulness and non-dual wisdom as it applies to addiction, anxiety, trauma…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Be here now, as Ram Dass said. In this episode, I talk to Elizabeth Kipp about being present. We discuss what awakening is and how to awaken. Elizabeth shares a bit of her story of chronic pain and realisation that she is her own authority. Her health situation was resolved by using particular tools that she …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Awakening has many forms and flavours. Trina Joy Lucas shares her story about awakening to spirit guides. She was born into a family of psychic healers, studied Chinese and Western medicine and went through her own intense health problem — all that led her to become a Psychic Spiritual Healer, Medical Intuiti…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message If you are looking for a way to better emotional health, hypnotherapy may be the answer. In this episode of the Awakening Now podcast, I talk to Stepanka Kuralova. She is a clinical hypnotherapist and empowerment coach. Today we talk about what awakening is, and Stepanka shares her story of health struggles a…
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Welcome to Season 3 of The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek. This season we are proud to welcome our new host, David McKenna. David is Grantek’s Smart Packaging Practice Leader. The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek delivers a look into the world of manufacturing, with a focus on stories and trends that lead to better solutions. Our guests will sh…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In this episode I talk to Lubomir Ostrev. He is a guide on Liberation Unleashed together with his wife Luchana and is currently staying in France, while his home country is Bulgaria. For many years Lubo has been pointing to freedom in various formats. In this episode he shares his story and his best advice fo…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In this episode, I talk to Vince Schubert from Australia. Vince has been a guide on the Liberation Unleashed forum since 2011 and he has a lot of experience working with seekers. Today he shares his story about being identified as a seeker himself for many years and how it all fell away. We discussed Vince's …
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In this episode I talk to Maria. She is a psychotherapist, a busy mum of three children, and she lives with her husband in Manchester, uk. Maria describes her seeking experience and talks about the dark night of the soul. She shares about her experience of awakening to love and her best advice is to recognise…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Listen to Branimir’s awakening story. A Shift happened as he was reading the Gateless Gatecrashers book. Branimir shares his experience before and after, and talks about openness and curiosity as the key, that helped him a lot. If you need assistance with your own inquiry come to the Liberation Unleashed wher…
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Dive into a deep looking session and meet the energy of restlessness. My guest today is Gunnar and you met him in episode 12. You can use this recording as a meditation and follow along listening to our talk and reflect on what you see in your experience. Let’s dive in! Deep Looking is a transformative practi…
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