In the first episode of this two-part exploration, Brian describes three different approaches to freeing ourselves from the grip of thought and runs through his favorite methods in each category.

• Includes a guided meditation offering various examples of the three basic approaches to quieting the mind.

Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

NEWS:

Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
#2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
#5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
#5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
#6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
#37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers

To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
https://findinghappiness.com/
and
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

Enjoy,
Jonathan and Brian

Photo by Avery Evans on Unsplash

In this episode we talk to Rastal about his journey from trauma and depression to fundamental wellbeing, his experience with a method from Jeffery Martin's Finder's Course, as well as how he navigates the many different levels of fundamental wellbeing, bringing it to the foreground of our experience.

• Includes a guided meditation for sinking into one's direct experience as a vehicle for deepening into various levels fundamental wellbeing.

To learn more about Rastal, please visit:
ConsciousCuriosity.cc

Other sites mentioned in this episode:

The Fundamental Wellbeing Foundation
https://fundamentalwellbeing.foundation/

Jeffery Martin, The Finders Course, etc.:
https://drjefferymartin.com/
https://www.nonsymbolic.org/

The Finders book:
https://www.amazon.com/Finders-Dr-Jeffery-Martin/dp/1572425563
45 Days to Awakening Course:
45daystoawakening.com

For a good description of Jeffrey Martin's Locations of Fundamental Wellbeing:
https://insanebraintrain.blogspot.com/2015/01/jeffrey-martin-locations-of.html
or
The Martin Matrix, a Comprehensive Map of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience (Enlightenment/Nondual)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCfeamM07dk

Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

NEWS:

Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
#3 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart
#5 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart
#32 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers

To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
https://findinghappiness.com/
and
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

Enjoy,
Jonathan and Brian

In this episode we talk to Karen Thorson about the interplay between health, pain, worry, responsibility, and being present with what is, as well as using the body for direct experiencing, and our unique paths among the various modalities for continuous explorations.

• Includes a guided meditation helping us to feel the vast fullness of breath, and the field in and around our bodies, bigger than our skin, connected with everything, expanding with life, wellness, and joy.

To learn more about Karen Thorson, please visit:
NetworkWellnessOfBoulder.com

Other sites mentioned in this episode:

Epienergetics:
https://epienergetics.com/

Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
https://www.cnvc.org/

Jeffery Martin, The Finders Course, etc.:
https://drjefferymartin.com/
https://www.nonsymbolic.org/

The Finders book:
https://www.amazon.com/Finders-Dr-Jeffery-Martin/dp/1572425563
45 Days to Awakening Course:
https://45daystoawakening.com/landing-page1594666682471

For a good description of Jeffrey Martin's Locations of Fundamental Wellbeing:
https://insanebraintrain.blogspot.com/2015/01/jeffrey-martin-locations-of.html
or
The Martin Matrix, a Comprehensive Map of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience (Enlightenment/Nondual):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCfeamM07dk

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Don't forget to subscribe for more ingenious ways to tap into the ever-present stillness and joy of our true nature.

NEWS:

Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods:
#3 in the Top 100 Spirituality chart
#5 in the Top 100 Religion & Spirituality chart
#32 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit:
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

Or on our Awareness Explorers website:
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

To Support Awareness Explorers, please consider clicking the "Donate" button on any AwarenessExplorers.com page, or becoming a Patreon supporter:
https://www.patreon.com/awarenessexplorers

To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit
https://findinghappiness.com/
and
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

Enjoy,
Jonathan and Brian