Ep. 45 – Reclaiming Christ Consciousness with Sami Awad

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Palestinian peace activist Sami Awad explores how all cultures and contexts can embrace Christ-consciousness and create a more peaceful, loving world. Check out Sami’s book,The Sacred Awakening: Reclaiming Christ Consciousness This week on Set & Setting, Madison and Sami discuss: - What it means to be anointed - Rediscovering Jesus and the concept of loving thy neighbor - Christ-consciousness spirituality - How patriarchy creates dualism and an us vs. them mentality - The depths of sacred activism - Neem Karoli Baba’s connection to Christ-consciousness - The intersection of Christ-consciousness with psychedelic-consciousness - Holding compassion even for our enemies - How Jesus was a disruptor for the greater awakening About Sami Awad: Sami Awad is a Palestinian activist, author, coach, and facilitator. He is Co-Director of Nonviolence International and author of the Sacred Awakening, a book that invites readers to embody a radical path to liberation, justice, and peace. Raised in and currently living in Bethlehem, occupied Palestine, Sami has lived his life at the intersection of spirituality, justice, and nonviolent resistance. He brings lived experience with occupation and spiritual reflection to invite us to resist injustice, embody courageous love, and embrace a deeper way of living in the face of colonialism. Learn more on Sami’s website. “We are living in what now I define as the prevailing consciousness, the consciousness of separation, fear, ego, hierarchy, patriarchy, us vs. them, competition, comparison, violence, that we live in our personal and collective lives, and there is another way of living consciously. It is the bigger umbrella that encompasses all culture, content, context.” –Sami Awad

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