Lynn Marie Lumiere, MFT is a nondual psychotherapist and author who is dedicated to awakening consciousness and meeting life’s challenges as doorways to greater freedom. Her work is sourced in over 40 years of dedicated spiritual and psychological exploration as well as almost 30 years of marriage and practicing psychotherapy. This experience has led her to the understanding that no matter what the problem, healing and freedom from suffering is possible when we tap into our infinite and ever-present true nature. She has been especially interested in applying this understanding to healing relationships and trauma.

Lynn Marie is one of the pioneers in the exploration of nondual wisdom and psychotherapy and is a contributing author to "Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy (Omega Book)" (2003). She is also the author of "Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships" to be published July 1, 2018 by New Harbinger. Her primary spiritual teacher is Adyashanti and she has studied with many teachers from nondual, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. She lives in Grass Valley, California.

Books:

Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships

The Awakening West : Evidence of a Spreading Enlightenment

Website: lynnmarielumiere.com

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Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded June 2, 2018

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump

00:03:51 - The Paradox of Awakening in Relationships

00:07:23 - The Impact of Spiritual Practice

00:10:51 - Meeting Life with Awakened Consciousness

00:14:26 - Recognition of Non-Dual Awareness

00:17:44 - Resting in Nondual Awareness

00:21:28 - The Availability of Awakening

00:24:51 - The Love We Seek from Others

00:28:36 - The Role of Relationship in Awakening

00:32:05 - The Pattern of Repeated Marriages

00:35:34 - The Advantages of a Non-Dual Understanding in Therapy

00:39:18 - Healing Trauma through Meditation

00:42:52 - The Importance of Addressing the Root Cause

00:46:40 - The Evolutionary Imperative and the Survival of the Species

00:50:15 - Evolving from Self-Absorption to Awakened Activism

00:53:53 - Moving Beyond Activism and Division

00:57:27 - Awakened Activism and the Power of Individual Expression

01:01:19 - The Solution to Harmonization

01:04:55 - The Three Rs of Awakened Relating

01:08:44 - Returning to Direct Being

01:12:20 - Mind Training for Direct Awareness

01:15:48 - The Scientific Method and Spiritual Beliefs

01:19:17 - Taking Responsibility and the Love of Truth

01:22:37 - Being Truthful in Relationships

01:26:19 - Resolving Trauma with Awakened Awareness

01:29:59 - The Inequity of Wealth and Privilege

01:33:17 - The Collapse of Empires and the Importance of Taking Care of Each Other

01:36:38 - The Possibility of Unnecessary Deaths in the Future

01:39:59 - The Paradox of Doing and Non-Doing

01:43:30 - Devoting Yourself to Awareness

01:47:08 - Engaging with the Author