Speaking from Silence

Have you ever struggled with a bad mood? Ever felt like you’re in a pit of despair, and wanted to change it?

Often we search to improve a bad mood. But what would it be like if you didn’t have to do that? What if peace was available in the middle of any emotional storm?

If you had to choose between being joyful every moment of every day, or being at peace with what’s arising, what would you choose?

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Do you avoid saying ‘no’? Are you hiding behind ‘yes,’ but you’d rather say ‘no’?

A false ‘yes’ often conceals an unexamined emotional pattern. When half-hearted affirmation shows up, it creates a limitation on yourself. It is an expression of ego.

What would you have to put down to tell the truth?

Today we invite you to examine your invisible reasons for giving a false yes. Then, we invite you to be wholehearted and honest instead.

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

What’s the difference between knowing about awakening, and being awake?How much do we need to know about freedom, to be truly free?

We have many words for spiritual concepts, such as peace, enlightenment, or freedom. It’s tempting to think about these ideas as a way to deepen in ourselves.

However, when are speaking about being awake, any concept is a trap. Being awake is an experience without words, bigger than thought or definition.

So how can you truly discern when you’re trapped in an idea of freedom, versus when you are actually free? How can we transcend all concepts? Spoiler: it’s simpler than you think.

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Life is full of disturbances that seem to interfere with peace. Emotional reactions, stimulus, and self-judgment all impact the way we experience the moment.

What could it be like to face emotional reaction without any self-judgment? What if nothing gets fixed, changed, or judged better - but self-judgment itself gets some attention.

What is at the core of self-judgment, when we stop avoiding ourselves through it?

Today we dive into the core belief “I am bad,” and face it directly.

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Does waking up mean you never experience a challenge or trigger again? When you’ve had an experience of being truly wide open, that state might feel challenged as time goes on.

Maybe you’ve felt freedom and unity, and wondered, what does it mean to be in a separate individual body? What does it mean when a trigger shows up?

Today, find out today what it takes to sustain contact with the truth. What is required to be eternal silence, when living in this human form? How can you maintain contact with what is real?

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Do you ever find yourself upset about being a victim?

Today Jonas exposes how he has been taking comfort in his victim story. In exposing this curious indulgence, he sees through the story and realizes the wider experience of freedom.

It is possible to move on from being a victim, and even to use it as a reflection of awakening.

Are you unconsciously taking comfort in suffering? Is “being a victim” a story that distracts you from a difficult feeling?

What could happen if you woke up from that, and finally saw through it?

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Have you had an experience of deep realization, and somehow lost contact with it? This conversation is for you.

It can feel like a rollercoaster: First, there’s an experience of deep, peaceful truth, and then time passes and it seems to disappear. There might be a sense of loss, failure, or wanting to get something back. We call this ‘deflation,’ and it is a wonderful teacher.

Where did realization go? How can you get it back?

When we learn to recognize the movement of ego trying to take ownership of direct realization, we can discern enough to stop doing that. This awareness of ego is a pathway for true integration and continued awakening.

Direct contact with the truth is always here, and requires only your quiet attention. Listen in to hear how it works.

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

How is it possible to lead a surrendered life? What does “rest” even mean?

Maeve speaks through an unwanted body experience to share a transmission of surrender.

Are you trying to heal something? What if this conversation could hold a healing balm just right for you?

When we don’t touch the urge to “do” something, we can truly meet what is needed. We can care for the body and have space to care, or do what’s needed.

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Sometimes it can feel good to believe “I’m so great.” Egoic inflation is a natural way we try to be “good.”

How can awareness of this egoic movement reveal the truth of awakening?

Today we investigate the ego’s habit of performing “I am good.”

How much effort are you applying to be inflated in your life? Is it giving you what you want?

Listen in and find out how the core belief “I am aware of quiet” is different from “being” awareness, “being” quiet.

*This episode includes a relaxing exercise at the end. Give yourself space to rest and receive.

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

How can you really know what’s true? What does “knowing” have to do with being in the flow of life? 

Jonas shares a reflection about knowing – and not knowing – from his awakening experience at a recent retreat with Gangaji.

How about you? How do you know anything? And, what blossoms when you are in flow with life? 

Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."