In this interview I am joined by Amoda Maa, spiritual teacher and author of books such as ‘Embodied Enlightenment’ and ‘Falling Open in a World Falling Apart’.

Amoda Maa shares how her troubled upbringing including secretive paternity, abuse, and financial instability, saw her fall into a profound depression with multiple suicide attempts.

Amoda Maa discusses how psychedelic experimentation led her to leave her PhD and embark on 7 years of homelessness and consciousness exploration in the London drug scene, experiencing mystical states and healing her trauma through therapies and personal practice.

Amoda Maa recounts her travels in India, joining Osho’s ashram, and subsequent awakening which she describes as ‘falling into the abyss of being’.

Amoda Maa also reveals why she thinks the egoic state of humanity has comets a peak, and why each person must hold the line of presence and openness in an increasingly divided world.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep147-falling-open-amoda-maa

Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro

01:04 - Troubled upbringing

07:59 - Secrecy about Amoda Maa’s father

12:02 - Educational excellence and further domestic challenges

15:31 - Abuse and suicide attempts

21:44 - Lack of financial stability and making ends meet

24:46 - Becoming homeless and 7 years in the London drug scene

28:17 - Psychedelic experimentation and leaving her PhD

35:00 - Spiritual reading and recognising the clear light of mind

41:35 - Healing trauma through rebirthing and other therapies

45:07 - Experiencing the trauma healing potential of MDMA

52:53 - Out of body experiences and mystical visions

57:43 - Amoda Maas’ prophetic vision of current events

59:20 - Egoic state of humanity has come to a peak

01:02:31 - Holding the line of presence and openness

01:10:33 - Travels in India and joining Osho’s ashram

01:14:01 - Receiving the name ‘Amoda Maa’ and a profound spiritual experience

01:16:49 - Returning to London and falling into the abyss of being

01:20:26 - After awakening and the feminine face of awakening

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To find out more about Amoda Man, visit:

- https://www.amodamaa.com/

For more interviews, videos, and more visit:

- www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James