Awakin Calls

Richard Lang was just a teenager searching for truth when he found himself in a quiet room with Douglas Harding in 1970. Harding, author of On Having No Head, didn’t hand him a philosophy. He offered experiments and direct experiences in self-i...

[*Please note the call time, different from usual Awakin Calls] Long before spiritual integrity became a rallying cry, Jac O’Keeffe was drawn to life’s deeper questions. Born and raised in Ireland, she studied theology and adult education...

For Paul Livingstone, a sitarist and composer deeply rooted in the traditions of Indian classical music, jazz, and world music, such a fire wasn’t just a physical one. In 2023, when the Eaton Fire ravaged his Altadena neighborhood outside of Lo...

Ameeta Kaul’s life unfolded along familiar lines: a bright upbringing in Mumbai, where devotion and intellectual rigor braided together in her family’s values; a steady pursuit of conventional success that carried her through the first th...

It’s relationships, not programs, that change children. – Bill Milliken 

From street corners in Harlem to the halls of national policy, Bill Milliken’s lifetime of service has been guided by one simple belief: every child dese...

Susan Bauer-Wu, the former President of Mind & Life Institute, is a teacher of contemplative modalities and a meditation practitioner. Having served for decades as a Registered Nurse (RN) in oncology care, a clinical scientist, and an academic, h...

Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo are the visionary co-founders of Science and Nonduality (SAND), a global community and leading nonprofit in the space dedicated to exploring the convergence of science, spirituality, and healing. Their work seeks to dissolve...

[*Please note this call is on Sunday, not on our usual day Saturday] As conversations about artificial intelligence have begun to eclipse questions of connection, Michelle Culver, a long-time leader in the education space, last year launched The Rith...

“I cried the first night, convinced I would fail.  Today I can’t imagine doing anything else,” Ray Kauffmann said about his first day in his new career, as a teacher.

Teaching was not on his radar during a corporate ladder cli...

Ezra Sullivan has dedicated much of his young life to studying, living, experimenting with, and teaching spiritual science in the Rudolf Steiner tradition of Anthroposophy. In his short span of thirty-two years, he has held many roles across three co...