Podcasts

Spiritual podcasts for lovers of mindfulness, meditation, relaxation, spiritual awakening, enlightenment, nonduality and healing. Try them for reducing stress or anxiety, or for calm while falling asleep!

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iPhone: open the Podcasts app that came preinstalled on your phone. At the bottom of the screen, tap Search, then type Jon Bernie into the search field. Among the search results, look for Inspired Aliveness Podcast with Jon Bernie. Tap that result, then tap Subscribe. You’ll then be able to download individual episodes, and will be notified when new episodes are published. If you have a different iOS podcast app you prefer, feel free to use it instead! Jon’s podcast is available via all major podcast apps.

Andrioid: download the free app Google Podcasts. Open the app and type Jon Bernie into the search field, then tap Inspired Aliveness Podcast with Jon Bernie at the top of the search results. On the following screen, tap Subscribe. On that same screen, you can scroll to download individual past episodes. If you have a different Android podcast app you prefer, feel free to use it instead! Jon’s podcast is available via all major podcast apps.

  • Beyond Description

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    “What would be happening if you couldn’t describe what’s happening? If all language dropped away, all description dropped away — who would you be without the description of who you are?” Recorded 5/16/2011 in San Francisco.

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  • What Is the Body?

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    “Let’s say the body is a vehicle for discovery, an instrument. How is it that we use this body, so often, unconsciously? What would happen if when talking, you actually listened to the instrument, to the vibration through the whole instrument? If you listen, you’ll realize that every cell is resonating in the sound, and that sound, fundamentally, is energy. And energy is fundamentally who you are. So even by the simple act of paying attention to speaking, you could realize who you are. You could realize the truth of being.” Recorded 5/9/2011 in San Francisco.

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  • Dissolving Body and Mind

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    “How is it possible to completely dissolve, to allow the body and the mind and the emotional realm to completely dissolve, so there’s only consciousness present? … When there’s just pure consciousness, there’s an extraordinary aliveness that we realize we are.” Recorded 4/25/2011 in San Francisco.

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  • Facing Yourself Right Now

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    This week Jon invites us to drop our interpretation of what’s arising and allow ourselves to not know, even if only for only a moment; and emphasizes that when you can truly be with whatever is present right now — with yourself, however you are, right now — then in this moment you’re right on the edge of freedom. Recorded 4/18/2011 in San Francisco.

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  • Expression in the Depth of Stillness

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    This week Jon discusses the importance of expression and our need to be heard, while emphasizing that expression must come from and be informed by stillness. As Jon says, “stillness is what holds us up; is what supports us, nourishes us, heals us, and gives us what we want. You can ask into that stillness, you can offer everything into that stillness. Because it is yourself — the creative intelligent force of the universe.” Recorded 3/28/2011 in San Francisco.

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  • Check out Jon’s Interview on “Being Ordinary”

    Here’s what the creators of “Being Ordinary” have to say about their website and podcasts:

    Being Ordinary is a website created by two friends, Tom and Mike, and is dedicated to the expression and exploration of what it truly means to be a human being. Ideas such as Enlightenment, Awakening or Self-Realisation, often serve to distract us from the ordinary and mundane from which we assume we must  escape or transcend. Yet if seen clearly, simple and directly, the ordinary can lead us into total acceptance and end the search for something ‘extra’.

    Regarding this podcast: “Mike speaks with Jon Bernie whose awakening at the age of 16 ignited a spiritual journey exploring  Zen, Vipassana and Advaita.  He studied with teachers such as Jean Klein, Robert Adams, Papaji and Adyashanti who in 2002 asked Jon to teach.  Supported by the Clear Water Sangha Jon offers regular classes and retreats in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.”

    Here’s the link to the podcast:
    http://www.beingordinary.org/2011/05/23-ordinary-people-ordinary-lives/

  • The Calling in Each Moment

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    This week Jon expands on the Zen instruction that you should “practice as if your head was on fire”, and challenges us to discover the opportunity for full awakening that is present in each moment. Recorded 3/14/2011 in San Francisco.

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  • The Real Refuge

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    This week Jon suggests that as we come to rest more and more in equanimity, we are also more able freely to move into action at whatever level of intensity our circumstances require; discusses the temporary usefulness of identity, while also pointing to the deeper understanding that allows identity to fall away; and describes the profound security we move into as we allow even that understanding to dissolve into the space of awareness. Recorded 3/12/2011 in Santa Cruz.

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  • The Enrichment of Engagement

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    This week Jon describes the fullness of life that becomes possible when one is able to perceive without the filter of belief; the enrichment of experience when one becomes truly engaged with the creative force of experience; and the deeper meaning that becomes obvious when one is deeply aligned and engaged with each moment. Recorded February 28, 2011 in San Francisco.

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  • The Thrill of Continual Discovery

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    This week Jon encourages us to relax, drop everything, and allow ourselves simply to melt into the space of listening; emphasizes that when there’s no longer any holding on, life is characterized by endless movement and expansion; and invites us to experience the freedom of perpetual discovery, the learning that doesn’t accumulate knowledge. Recorded 2/21/2011 in San Francisco.

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