Teachings

  • When You Stop Fixing, Healing Begins

    Jon Bernie shares a humorous and profound meditation story about resisting the urge to scratch an itch. Instead of reacting, he stayed present, which led to a deep inner experience. He emphasizes that true practice means fully being with what is—without agenda or interference. Awareness and acceptance, even of discomfort, can open the door to…

  • Going with the Flow of Awakening — dealing with thoughts, mind, emotions, energy

    Jon Bernie explores the deep teaching of “going with the flow”—letting thoughts, feelings, and sensations move naturally without resistance. Awakening arises when we stop trying to control and instead trust the flow of life. True transformation happens through presence, openness, and non-doing, not through effort or belief. A live emotional breakthrough during the session illustrates…

  • 30 Min Guided Meditation – Turn Within Deeply and Observe

    Jon Bernie guided meditation on effortless presence.

  • Opening into Awareness – Guided Meditation

    Jon Bernie guides a gentle opening into awareness practice: notice what’s present, release effort or resistance, and return to awareness with kindness. The focus is on resting in stillness, sensing rather than thinking, and approaching the moment with compassion and patience.

  • Have I Lost My Spiritual Awakening? How to find trust and inspiration when discouraged 

    In this video Jon Bernie reassures that spiritual regression is an illusion — once you’ve glimpsed truth, it’s never lost, only temporarily obscured. Growth often feels difficult, but it’s part of the natural unfolding, like a rosebud opening; true healing comes from embracing emotions, trusting yourself, and staying present with your inner experience.

  • Allow All Of You

    Jon Bernie emphasizes that unconditional love and self-acceptance are essential for spiritual growth. True healing comes from embracing our humanity, trusting ourselves, and being present, rather than trying to escape discomfort.

  • Letting Yourself Cook

    This episode of Inspired Aliveness is an invitation to stay present with whatever is showing up in your experience – without needing to fix it, change it, or hold yourself together. With gentleness and trust, we allow what’s here to unfold – like something cooking slowly, becoming deeper and softer over time. Recorded April 12,…

  • Practice Without Pressure

    What if practice didn’t require striving or control? In this episode, we explore the deeper truth that real transformation happens not through force, but through ongoing presence. As we show up again and again – with nothing to prove and no goal to reach – we begin to discover that consciousness unfolds on its own.…

  • A Glimpse of Light

    Even a moment of spaciousness – of love, of connection – is enough. In this episode, we explore the simple yet profound practice of settling into presence, dissolving into what is, and finding peace beyond personal stories and fears. No matter how chaotic or uncertain life feels, there is always an opening to stillness. Here,…

  • The Cutting Edge of Practice

    True practice isn’t about forcing change – it’s about allowing what is. In this episode, we explore what it means to be at the cutting edge of practice: to turn toward what arises, even the discomfort, with gentle attention. Jon invites us to step beyond effort and control, to trust that awareness is already here,…