The Conscious Caravan

In this Episode we look back at the Journey we've been through, how we changed, what memorable moments we remember, and what the future holds for us.

Commemorating our 30th Episode now for real in the Yurt, we invite you the listener on a journey to Come Home. If you've been listening so far, this is the episode to tune you into your innate nature, and remind you that it is always present and available, no matter where you are or what you're doing.

We're finally in person again! Close to the Yurt but technically in Jonathan and his family's new Tiny House. Jonathan shares how he's been moving from methodical therapy to more free-form and we talk about the importance of giving up methods and honoring the moment both in therapy and in all parts of our life.

Astrology is one of the oldest spiritual traditions in the world, some saying it was actually the first. Many people swear by it, and it seems to have a great deal of power to predict the future, and describe people and their paths, with great accuracy. However, every tool has a cost, and what is the cost of potentially getting lost in such a powerful tool? Listen in to hear our take on it.

Preparing for a big upcoming life change, Jonathan goes to a monastery to deepen his spirituality. Check out the episode to hear all about his trip to the holy Mount Athos.

In this episode we talk about how a lot of therapists overpromise and underdeliver when it comes to what they can give to their clients and what we think is a better way to go about it. Afterwards, Thorbjørn goes into the deeper aspeccts of Zen meditation (which is really Zen living) and steals the rest of the episode for that (as usual).

This week Jonathan wants to bring our attention to the subject of death. Having been used as an awakening subject since ancient times, considering death has always been a popular way for spiritual people to find the beauty in life. Listen as we talk about how death - a sobering reality - is really what can bring all the beauty missing in our lives.

We're finally following up on Jonathan's weekend of trust, and talking about what it's like as a conscious person to start your own business or follow your own dream. Then Thorbjørn explains the difference between being Self-Centered and Soul-Centered, and talks about Zen Master Bankei's teachings.

Trust is the greates, easiest, and most transformational teaching. Today we're talking about trust - not in god, or the future, or anything else, but trust in trust. Are you ready to start trusting more?

Everybody wants love, but what happens when they actually get it? Mostly we run from it, because love destroys the ego. In today's Podcast we talk about surrendering to love, how the ego is a shell that keeps life out, and how we can return to oneness again, if we allow love to come in.

What is the coldness of love, and why is it so important? Today we talk about holding space for eachother in relationships, when one or both partners are in the grip of the ego. Everyone knows the warmth of love, but without the coldness of love, the warmth will soon disappear as well. Only people who can be on their own, can be in healthy relationships.

Thorbjørn has wanted to do this episode for a long time, but it's easy to give advice about relationships when you're single, so now that he's finally in a relationship again, he was raring to talk about it. Why does love hurt? Why does it so often go wrong? What can we do about it? Tune in to one of the most relevant topics we've covered so far.

It feels great to be back. After a month of Thorbjørn piecing himself together after ep. 18 and Jonathan dealing with real life shit, we're finally back to talk about how our Podcast Journey has been going so far, where we are in our lives, and how to Authentically Manifest in your own life. Thorbjørn's brother's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RobotPipesmoker

An Episode that never should have been. On the back of a trauma flare-up Thorbjørn had cancelled the recording the next day and went to sleep with no alarm set. Somehow the message was never delivered, and Thorbjørn awoke naturally just when Jonathan was ready to record, and thus, came this episode about dealing with emotional trauma - fresh from the source.

Before this Episode Thorbjørn had just run into an overly enthusiastic hair-dresser who cut off a little more than he asked for. So it was natural to talk about physical appearance, and how to let go of self-consciousness. It should be everyone's right to stop worrying about what they look like and be free and natural. Listen to learn how. See less

Today's episode was going to be about "Problems - do they exist?" But a tangent from Jonathan brought to subject onto self-compassion, which lead to Buddha's famous quote. Having compassion for one-self, and learning how not to react, is the best way to avoid creating problems in our lives

Welcome to our first Conscious Guest! Today we have Lorraine Sharpe, who holds camps for people to get more in touch with their horses, and themselves. We go into Lorraine's path on the conscious life, her story, her relationship with her parents and the distance it has required, and how time and time again, death was her calling to the spiritual path. You don't want to miss this one!

In this episode we dive deep into the importance of intention. How the life you want to have, and open yourself to having, is the life you'll get. We also talk about how your intention may be blocked, and what to do about it. At the end, we round it out with a little Buddha-Mind.

This episode is packed to the brim with interesting stuff. Jonathan demonstrates self-regulation live and deals with his self-consciousness. We discuss Conscious Relationships and creating space for each other, trusting your own spontaneous unconscious mind, and Jonathan shares his awakening story for the first time. You don't want to miss this! https://www.youtube.com/@ConsciousCaravan

Welcome to our first Video Episode! This episode is packed to the brim with interesting stuff. Jonathan demonstrates self-regulation live and deals with his self-consciousness. We discuss Conscious Relationships and creating space for each other, trusting your own spontaneous unconscious mind, and Jonathan shares his awakening story for the first time. You don't want to miss this!

Jonathan asks the wonderful question: Why do people avoid spirituality? And it's not just the everyman on the street, even spiritual people spend years going on and off the path, why is that? We also discuss whether modern mental disorders and illnesses are really Spiritual Diseases that need Spiritual Medicine. Tune in for the answer! 'Conversations from the Yurt' episodes are unique in that they are completely unscripted, with no prepared topic. It's a completely spontaneous, authentic experience, with natural silences, the sound of tea being sipped, the wind howling above, and the rain falling on the roof.  

Finally back in the Yurt for real we talk about how the ego is always trying to chase pleasure and avoid pain. It tries to avoid the body and mind's natural self-healing processes both for physical and emotional wounds. Lastly we talk about, how the ego wants to force everything to happen, but the true way is to use energy and joy. 'Conversations from the Yurt' episodes are unique in that they are completely unscripted, with no prepared topic. It's a completely spontaneous, authentic experience, with natural silences, the sound of tea being sipped, the wind howling above, and the rain falling on the roof.  

We're finally back in the Yurt, and like between me and Jonathan, energy between people is everything. It even determines what words and what thoughts come to us. When we are with someone who fits our energy, everything is easy. When things are not easy, it is important to be aware of everything happening inside us, or they may get worse. Shine your light inwards, and you'll escape a lot of trouble in your life. 'Conversations from the Yurt' episodes are unique in that they are completely unscripted, with no prepared topic. It's a completely spontaneous, authentic experience, with natural silences, the sound of tea being sipped, the wind howling above, and the rain falling on the roof.  

In this episode we get into one of our main themes of the podcast: authenticity. Living authentically brings joy to life, and releases trauma and tension. Whatever it is that's missing in your life, living authentically is usually the way to find it. It is also the highest spiritual path. If you can be natural, you can flow. Every river naturally flows to the ocean: the oneness of all life. Conversations from the Studio are episodes recorded with a central topic, in clean studio sound. In the Studio episodes we know what topic we are going to talk about, and we stick to that topic for the whole episode, covering it as deeply as possible.

Every person is born with certain values. In this episode we talk about how to design your life according to your values. Sometimes it requires standing up for yourself or others in difficult situations, other times, it means letting go of people who are only pulling your energy downwards. As you slowly bring your life alignment with your values, the right kind of situations and people seem to come all by themselves. Conversations from the Studio are episodes recorded with a central topic, in clean studio sound. In the Studio episodes we know what topic we are going to talk about, and we stick to that topic for the whole episode, covering it as deeply as possible.

Everyone wants to change something in their lives, but almost no one does. Why is that? In this episode, we talk about how unconscious behaviours cause us to continually recreate the same outcomes over and over again, until we make them conscious. Behaviours we don't realize are there, lead us around in vicious circles, where we just keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again. But when we start to become conscious of them, we can unlearn them and suddenly we have access to new, more desirable outcomes in our lives. Conversations from the Studio are episodes recorded with a central topic, in clean studio sound. In the Studio episodes we know what topic we are going to talk about, and we stick to that topic for the whole episode, covering it as deeply as possible.

After Jonathan and Thorbjørn first met, Thorbjørn has been encouraging Jonathan to trust his intuition more. Well Jonathan has been doing just that, and now he's ready to share his experience with you. We talk about how the intuition has all the answers, because it responds to the world, and not to your ideas. We also go over, how everyone needs to live more from the intuition, if they feel something missing in life. Conversations from the Studio are episodes recorded with a central topic, in clean studio sound. In the Studio episodes we know what topic we are going to talk about, and we stick to that topic for the whole episode, covering it as deeply as possible.

In this juicy episode, we talk about sexuality in the context of masculinity and femininity. Thorbjørn shares how sex had always been a hollow experience in his life, until one woman showed him that everything he knew about himself was wrong. Jonathan shares his own experience with sexuality, which is very similar to Thorbjørns. The episode also touches on the importance of sexuality in the spiritual path, and how you can find sexual spirituality in your own life. Conversations from the Studio are episodes recorded with a central topic, in clean studio sound. In the Studio episodes we know what topic we are going to talk about, and we stick to that topic for the whole episode, covering it as deeply as possible.

This episode is about the importance of balancing your masculine and feminine energies. We share our experiences of growing up as a man, in a hyper-masculine environment, and missing out on feminine energy. We also talk about, how every trait can be sorted into either positive or negative masculinity, or poisitve or negative femininity, and how you can tell the difference. Conversations from the Studio are episodes recorded with a central topic, in clean studio sound. In the Studio episodes we know what topic we are going to talk about, and we stick to that topic for the whole episode, covering it as deeply as possible.

In this short but packed episode, Jonathan shares how he walked the Camino in a great turning point in his life, met his future wife, and moved to a foreign country for love. Thorbjørn talks about what being conscious means, and what makes someone a 'conscious person'. We round out the episode talking about authentic living, and just how important it is for our health and happiness. 'Conversations from the Yurt' episodes are unique in that they are completely unscripted, with no prepared topic. It's a completely spontaneous, authentic experience, with natural silences, the sound of tea being sipped, the wind howling above, and the rain falling on the roof.  

Jonathan asks Thorbjørn about his meditation practice, and Thorbjørn crams 16 years of meditation secrets into one hour. Jonathan deftly asks questions and gives examples to give our listeners a chance to understand what the heck Thorbjørn is saying, because let's be honest, this episode is FAR OUT. You might have to play it a few times, but once you get it, you'll be able to skip decades of meditation practice. 'Conversations from the Yurt' episodes are unique in that they are completely unscripted, with no prepared topic. It's a completely spontaneous, authentic experience, with natural silences, the sound of tea being sipped, the wind howling above, and the rain falling on the roof.  

In this unscripted Episode in the Yurt by the fire, we dive into intimate subjects about our own personal journeys, and the difficulty in relationships. We touch on several ways in which we failed, and what we learned, as well as talk about tools to succeed in your own life path and relationships. 'Conversations from the Yurt' episodes are unique in that they are completely unscripted, with no prepared topic. It's a completely spontaneous, authentic experience, with natural silences, the sound of tea being sipped, the wind howling above, and the rain falling on the roof.  

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