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What is a Spiritual Awakening?

Awakening. It’s a big term, one that encompasses a lot of spiritual arenas, and it’s mired in false definitions and proclamations. So I feel compelled to shine some light and clarity on this topic. I have been in the unique position to work one-on-one with hundreds of others who have had these various combinations of awakenings, not to mention experience my own personal emergence. But even though I am uniquely qualified to offer some clarity here, it’s an awkward subject to talk about in such general terms, because “awakening” is not black and white—there are a lot of grey areas.

When I had my own awakening into original nature, including the emergence of a full psychic awakening, there was a lot of disorientation. I was lucky enough to have had access to great teachers like Adyashanti and  Eckhart Tolle, but I also met a lot of people proclaiming a direct realization with God when they were, in fact, not at all realized. I was confused and shocked at the number of teachers who were instead deeply involved in trance work, or projecting these illusions about their teachings for marketing purposes. Many simply had a real delusion and misunderstanding about what a real awakening is. 

I also met many who were truly awakened to their true nature, but their lives were utterly dysfunctional; they had no skill for navigating life. What is freedom unless you can be free inside of your daily life? 

And so, even for me, who was in the throes of awakening first-hand, I found it very difficult and confusing to understand. Sadly, awakened spiritual teachers can be as full of shit as the leaders of other industries, like movie producers, venture capitalists, therapists, doctors, lawyers, etc. Continue reading…

—Kiran, October 9, 2019

Meghan Roekle on Realizing Oneness & What Happens After a Spiritual Awakening

I want to introduce you to Meghan Roekle.

I met Meg a number of years ago and had the immense privilege of witnessing her unfolding realization and awakening process. She, unlike myself, has been in a slow burn of realizing Oneness.

Some backstory: Meghan trained in Clinical Psychology, got her PsyD, and has been working as a therapist since 2001. She has spent her life in search of truth, not simply focused on a spiritual awakening, but also the deeper realization of what creates wholeness, why and how we act, and what are the deepest truths behind all that.

In pursuit of this, she worked and studied in a variety of settings over the years: as a teacher inside of academia, as a practitioner of integrative health, as a researcher pursuing healing traditions in the fields of philosophy, energy/body work, art & literature, and spiritual/non-dual teachings. 

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—Admin, September 9, 2019

5 Key Stages of Healing

Healing is an ever-deepening process. However, we can often fall for the illusion that tells us, “one day I will be healed.” This little controlling voice starts driving you towards perfection, taking charge of your transformations. Our society has very few accurate definitions of what a truly transformed life looks like, so this little, “one day I will be healed” voice imagines all kinds of scenarios of wellbeing: waking up to sun-filled mornings, craving green drinks and super foods instead of caffeine and sugar, days that have plenty of time to workout and meditate before you skip to your dream job… and of course, you are “awakened”. You never have fits of rage, jealousy, or inconsolable grief, and never any physical pain or social isolation. In a nutshell, being “healed” is some version of “perfection”.

Ultimately, these are all illusions. What real healing is remains in the dark, unspoken—and, sadly, rarely seen.

Instead of true healing, we as a society sell these illusions of well-being, offering up some middle ground of functioning in the world and containing our depression and pain as the model of health. As a culture, we have greatly miscalculated how deep the human capacity for healing is. We continue to underestimate the real power of full transformation that every one of us has at our disposal, regardless of the depth of our pain.Continue reading…

—Kiran, July 11, 2019

Lessons from a Platonic Soulmate

As a woman terrified of full-blown intimacy – a legacy from a childhood where it was terribly unsafe to let anyone into my bubble, but I still yearned to be loved, and in love – life offered up a spectacular solution: I have been gifted an unending parade of platonic soulmates.

Because of this mysterious and baffling gift, I have the great honor of being a serial platonic soulmate. I have been blessed with love that transcended all my terrors, and kept me in great company during the deep darkness of my early life. I am totally aware of what a rare privilege that is, and have learned something inexplicable through this experience.

Now, we humans have a tendency to hide or feel guilty about the gifts that are offered up to us in seemingly discriminatory ways. However, I believe that if we inhabit and share our privileges, we can inspire others to begin to inhabit those same privileges. After all, we are one.

Personally, I love being inspired by the greater privileges of those who appear to have something I don’t, and if I can stay clear enough to not get threatened into a story about “not me” or “left out” – or the stickiest for me, “injustice” – I am invited to rise up to claim those same privileges as my own, realizing they are in fact indiscriminate.

Continue reading…

—Kiran, December 31, 2018

Calm and Refocus with this 5 min technique

Kiran describes this as a tool for energetic “tune-up.”

This tool provides energetic support to your own integrity, regardless of the field you are in and regardless of the collective energy. We can use it for:

  • Fatigue
  • Injured places
  • Walking into dense areas
  • Public spaces
  • Movie theaters
  • Concert halls
  • Airports
  • Public transportation

Even though this “Grounding and Shielding” technique can be helpful, it is important to remember we are not separate from Source, and we are not fragile or unprotected. We can sometimes mistakenly believe we are, and feel vulnerable, and then get a little precious or over-bearing with energy tools, thinking of them as more important than mere hygiene supports.

—Admin, December 30, 2018

Ending a relationship with consciousness & love

In this chat, Kiran is inquiring about why we hold on too long, and how we can let go in a way that creates a new agreement that remains friendly and loving moving forward.

—Admin, November 20, 2018

What we don’t understand about sexuality and misconduct

In this talk, Kiran speaks about the conversation nobody is having around sex. Recorded at the 2018 Science and Non-Duality conference in San Jose, CA.

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—Admin, November 8, 2018

Rape, the politics of rape and how we collectively heal

In this conversation with Kiran Trace, recorded in 2016, she reviews her teachings of Delicious Yes, and how we can implement this to find fulfillment. She also speaks very vulnerably about sexual misconduct from her personal history, as well as the greater politics and what we can do to heal ourselves and our collective story.

We hope you enjoy this talk. Want more? Kiran’s classes include 1 hour dialogues every week, plus awareness practices and a community of international partners to help you with accountability towards your goals. Unprecedented liberation is possible. Check it out.

—Admin, October 26, 2018

How to be extraordinary in one easy step!

Lately, I have been passing on a little pointer to my students in private practice: I have been inviting them to keep a mantra each day that says, “Good enough!”

More specifically:

Good enough for this white (or black, asian, aboriginal, etc.) girl (or boy or ___) who kinda thinks she/he is all that.

We all have a good amount of “I’m not worthy” running us ragged every day. That belief is tucked down in the depths of our being, but up on the surface we have a lot of striving energy – usually striving to get it right, or more specifically, to get it perfect.

This “I’m not worthy” belief creates stories that hook us into a mad insanity. There are stories about how our actions are causing other people strife, otherwise known as guilt. And there are heavier stories about how our very being is harmful to others, otherwise known as shame. So, guilt and shame are both coming from our deep subconscious belief that we are in fact “not worthy,” and the surface activity of our lives is filled with striving so we can measure up to some semblance of perfection.Continue reading…

—Kiran, October 6, 2018

A Human Dilemma

When we are in pain, suffering, and stuck against some vicious patterns, the grace in this is that we must act.

Finally, we have to risk change. Perhaps we dare to pray, or find other ways to ask for help. And then we find inspiration, insight, a teacher, a coach… life offers up a path. We find a path to peace that in some way makes sense to us. In some way, it speaks to us about transformation, aliveness, change. We can see the path we need to take to move forward.

Maybe – if we are really available, really ready – we will get precise, practical, step-by-step instructions. And we find there is a natural inspiration to follow those steps.

And then we take a step, and it feels good. We take another, and it feels really good. We run a little down the path, feel some spaciousness, some ease, something softer against our broken, wounded places. We are sure this is the way forward. We may even come off a little self-righteous in our certainty that this is the way forward.
Continue reading…

—Kiran, August 12, 2018

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Complete Blog Index

  • What is a Spiritual Awakening?
  • Meghan Roekle on Realizing Oneness & What Happens After a Spiritual Awakening
  • 5 Key Stages of Healing
  • Lessons from a Platonic Soulmate
  • Calm and Refocus with this 5 min technique
  • Ending a relationship with consciousness & love
  • What we don’t understand about sexuality and misconduct
  • Rape, the politics of rape and how we collectively heal
  • How to be extraordinary in one easy step!
  • A Human Dilemma
  • On Not Wanting to Live
  • The #1 cure for stress is being conscious
  • What is a conscious relationship?
  • 4 Behaviors That Block Purpose
  • Since they want porn…
  • Your Real Purpose
  • Super Special People versus Spiritual Awakening
  • 12 Ways We Unconsciously Violate Children’s Boundaries
  • 4 quick steps for setting clear boundaries
  • How do we create our world?
  • The real reason we suffer
  • “Working harder” is not a viable solution
  • Sex, Infidelity, and “Monogamish”
  • Freedom is Possible
  • Uncover Your Life’s Purpose
  • Powerful Self-Care Tips For Our Trauma
  • Can we heal alone? An article on transformation and healing
  • The Ghost Inside Me
  • Assume Diversity
  • The Setup
  • Spelunking (again)
  • Can you see the future?
  • What you can do to change the world
  • A traveler’s guide though original nature
  • What you need to know in the aftermath of a real awakening.
  • Top 5 strategies for being with family or friends who voted for “the other guy”
  • 3 best gifts to encourage spiritual growth in tweens
  • Our world in turmoil can be a great thing!
  • Tips for staying sane in the aftermath of the 2016 US Election
  • Aversion, Delusion and Enlightenment
  • There is a reason to stop holding your breath
  • The perfection of the morning
  • If it’s all glory and bliss, why do I feel like crap?
  • What I love about the fall!
  • So Distortion Becomes the Truth
  • Willingness is how the whole thing changes
  • Wild, Brave, Delicious
  • Toxic Masculinity?!?
  • Enough Spiritual Crap!
  • Law of Attraction: Reality or New-Age Hocus Pocus?
  • The Lost Art of Lazy
  • Top Tips for Anger
  • Letting Go of Perfection
  • What you need for healthy relationships
  • What you need to know about pain & addiction
  • Morality and Ethics
  • A Simple Meditation
  • Quick fix to calm the mind
  • “Urban Meditation” is no B.S.
  • Finding Clarity When Fear Grips
  • Desire and Creation
  • “Freeing your mind” doesn’t mean being a spaced-out freak
  • Is spiritual practice going to help me pay the bills?!
  • The Abyss of Emptiness
  • Does free will exist? Yes, but…
  • Living an Awakened Life
  • When in Doubt… Here’s How to Get Out
  • The single most important thing for your to do list!
  • Judgmental Rants are Good for the Soul!
  • Feeling Stuck?
  • Abundance 104
  • Abundance 103
  • Abundance 102
  • Abundance 101
  • HELP! My partner thinks they’re enlightened!
  • Sharing Sanity Podcast: BATGAP Interview #2
  • Sharing Sanity Podcast: BATGAP Interview #1
  • An Interview with Alana Sheeren on WebTalk Radio
  • The Easiest Way to Say No
  • The Power of No
  • Lazy? Or Meditating?
  • No Compromise Life Hacks
  • A quick tip for being less self-conscious
  • Love means sacrifice… or does it?
  • The best way to get it done!
  • Life hack for when you’re too busy
  • Compromise is not your only choice
  • Are you secretly addicted to fear?
  • Kiran’s Conversation with Bentinho Massaro
  • Oneness vs. Separation
  • The secret to healing emotional baggage
  • Being calm in the face of the unexpected!
  • Confusion and compromise? How you can make a big decision easy!
  • Ambiguity Sucks…Four steps out of the mess!
  • Enjoy your favorite shows without induging your pain
  • The quickest route to inner peace. No matter what is happening!
  • Its Just a Numbers Game and Other Lies
  • Repressed Memories?
  • The Ultimate Tool for Success!
  • How to Get Clear of Confusion!
  • How to Stop Worrying About Your Kids
  • How to “Hold Your Own” When Everyone is Crazy
  • How to Handle a Big Mood Crash!
  • Coping with Loss
  • The secret to moving through depression
  • The Secret to Finding Your Prince/Princess
  • 3 Brilliant Ways to Handle Someone’s Angry Outbursts
  • Kiran’s Interview with Alana Sheeren
  • Common Pitfalls of Spiritual Awakening
  • Letting Go and Other Impossible Tasks
  • The Path
  • Delicious Yes Cheat Sheet
  • Easter Without the Religion
  • The real truth about freedom!
  • The Light Returns.
  • A Time to Dream
  • How to Meditate
  • A Mighty Beast
  • I had it. I lost it.
  • Who am I?
  • Anger
  • Effortless Peace
  • Living in the Present Moment… or Living for the moment?
  • Don’t you think its odd?
  • Law of attraction: Quantum style
  • Its easy to think that
  • The pathway of embodiment
  • In the middle of the night…
  • Its such a set up
  • and thats how you get free…
  • “I just can’t do it!” and other great story lines…
  • Trust that Freedom is Available Now
  • One day I will be free…
  • My patterns.
  • Duality is not a problem
  • Spelunking….
  • You are home.
  • Space is the heart of all things
  • Big Kharma Wipe Outs
  • Kharma Busting 102
  • Kharma Busting 101
  • What can be said about all this aliveness?
  • one day when I get enlightened….
  • Perfection…
  • Well then, to start with…

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