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You were never asleep — you only dreamt you were. This talk explores the nature of consciousness, the illusion of time and identity, and the Guru principle — the radiant intelligence within all beings guiding them back to their original state. From self-inquiry to the dissolution of mind and the timeless field of awareness, we dive deep into the true meaning of awakening. This is the remembrance of what has always been. 🌟 Subscribe for more transmissions on meditation, non-duality, and the reality behind all appearances. 🔗 Explore more at "http://www.afterawakening.com/classes"

Tim Hwang is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher (CMT-P) by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association and licensed occupational therapist specializing in integrative and mental health. Since 2009, he has dedicated himself to serving others in order to feel more empowered, happy, and fulfilled. With over a decade of clinical experience in the wellness space, Tim is dedicated to helping others find ways to improve their mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. He has trained with world experts in the field of meditation including Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, Rick Hanson, Kenneth Folk, Loch Kelly and Bart Van Melik. He has been studying social noting and meditation with Kenneth Folk of the Pragmatic Dharma lineage, who has encouraged him to teach. He has been trained by the following organizations: The Interdependence Project, Mindful Schools, Unified Mindfulness, Buddhist Geeks, and The Lineage Project. He is currently enrolled in Sounds True and UC Berkeley’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. He is also a member of the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium (EPRC) and is helping to advise, consult, and communicate signs, symptoms, and safety with possible emergent phenomena that can result with spiritual practice in order to improve mindfulness teachers standards. https://www.timhwang.co

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Dr. Joe Gallenberger is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years experience as a therapist and a great interest in the universal principles of manifestation. In 1995, he began exploring psychokinesis, the ability to influence matter through non-physical means. He has achieved statistically powerful results in university laboratories and, after advancing his methods over years of study, began to teach this skill to groups that share his passion and interest in the fundamentals of manifestation. Joe is also a long-time meditator and a trainer for 30 years at the world-famous Monroe Institute®, which teaches expanded human consciousness to an international clientele. Robert Monroe, whom Joe knew personally, founded the Institute and was a pioneer in consciousness exploration. Joe trains a spectrum of Monroe courses and he developed the Institute’s highly successful MC² (Manifestation and Creation Squared) program. https://synccreation.com/

Dr. Joe Gallenberger is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years experience as a therapist and a great interest in the universal principles of manifestation. In 1995, he began exploring psychokinesis, the ability to influence matter through non-physical means. He has achieved statistically powerful results in university laboratories and, after advancing his methods over years of study, began to teach this skill to groups that share his passion and interest in the fundamentals of manifestation. Joe is also a long-time meditator and a trainer for 30 years at the world-famous Monroe Institute®, which teaches expanded human consciousness to an international clientele. Robert Monroe, whom Joe knew personally, founded the Institute and was a pioneer in consciousness exploration. Joe trains a spectrum of Monroe courses and he developed the Institute’s highly successful MC² (Manifestation and Creation Squared) program. https://synccreation.com/

Debora Wayne is founder and CEO of The International Chronic Pain InstituteTM. She is an internationally recognized energy healer and pain release specialist whose expertise is helping people rapidly find and remove hidden causes that often don’t and won’t show up on medical tests. These are the causes for Chronic Pain, Chronic Fatigue, Depression and Anxiety, Trauma, Insomnia, Migraines, struggles with Food, Weight, Binge-Eating, and more. She is a speaker, educator, and the #1 Bestselling Author of Why Do I Still Hurt? – Rapid Relief for Chronic Pain, Depression, Anxiety, and More. She has degrees and certifications in Psychology, Hypnotherapy, and Chemical Dependency Counseling and over 30 years of experience practicing and teaching the Art of Meditation. She is the creator of The HighSpeed HealingTM method. https://internationalcpi.com/

Morgan O. Smith is a teacher of nonduality, and has studied eastern philosophy, metaphysics and meditation for almost two decades. He splits his time working as both a mentor for youth and marginalized families, and a spiritual life coach and mystical philosopher. He is a certified meditation instructor, Reiki practitioner and brainwave entrainment facilitator; he is also a meditation facilitator and founder of mind@ease in schools for the TDSB. Morgan is also a youth outreach worker currently under the ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and is a former facilitator for the Strengthening Families Program (SFP).

The 'Old Meditation" is the meaning of the word Boran Kammathana. There exists an ancient and forgotten meditation practice within Theravada Buddhism aimed at turning one's body into the body of an enlightened being. Dr. Kate Crosby is a Professor of Pali & Buddhist Studies at Kings College in the United Kingdom. On this episode we discuss the methods of this esoteric and tantric Theravada and how it differs from the modern methods of the tradition.

Venerable Sander is a Buddhist monk of 16 years. He was born in the Netherlands and has a masters in organizational pyschology. At University he began to study Buddhism and eventually found himself at Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Thailand, considered by some to be a controversial sect of Thai Buddhism. Ven. Sander shares his journey into the dharma and what drew him to a life of practice and monasticism.

Ricardo is my dharma bro and a fellow former monk. We ordained together in our early 20's and have practiced meditation together ever since. On these R&R episodes we address student questions that we get over social media and in person. On this episode we discuss issues and difficulties with visualization practice and how to bring love and kindness to our practice.

Ron Schlegel has been practicing psychotherapy for over 35 years. He's been an empath and intuitive since childhood. After many years of using traditional psychotherapy he discovered a technique called Psych-K, which allows a person to synchronize activity in both sides of the brain to rewrite limiting beliefs, release trauma, and directly access the subconscious mind in minutes. Ron also shares important life lessons about self-love, forgiveness and the spiritual journey.

Dawn is a meditation expert and teacher in the Dhammakaya sect of Theravada Buddhism. She's one of two western non-monastics to have drained directly with meditation master and abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Luang Por Dhammajayo. Dawn touches on how she discovered meditation, the inner bodies of enlightenment and how to develop meditation as a habit.

What is jhana? Why do people have difficulty from first sit to absorption? What is non-duality? What is awakening? Is cessation required to have awakening? Tina Rasmussen has been practicing meditation for several decades. She is the co-author of the book "Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Taught by Venerable Pa-Auk Sayadaw. She describes her time with with Pa-Auk Sayadaw, doing a year long solo retreat and her experience teaching both jhana and dzogchen on meditation retreats.

How it all started and where it all began... meditation was difficult for many years. I was fortunate to be able to learn in many different traditions under various teachers. From learning meditation to spiritual tourism and transformative insight.

For the benefit of all sentient beings, we bring you After Awakening, a show about meditation & enlightenment. I'm your host Ryan J Burton. I interview experts and am a meditation coach. Here you'll find stories, lessons and advice from meditation teachers and spiritual masters. We'll cover all the territory, all the levels and facets of awakening from beginning to end. This show is for the major questions. What is enlightenment? What does it mean to awaken? and how does that inform our lives?