Speaking from Silence

Life is full of disturbances that seem to interfere with peace. Emotional reactions, stimulus, and self-judgment all impact the way we experience the moment.What could it be like to face emotional reaction without any self-judgment? What if nothing gets fixed, changed, or judged better - but self-judgment itself gets some attention.What is at the core of self-judgment, when we stop avoiding ourselves through it?Today we dive into the core belief “I am bad,” and face it directly.Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Does waking up mean you never experience a challenge or trigger again? When you’ve had an experience of being truly wide open, that state might feel challenged as time goes on. Maybe you’ve felt freedom and unity, and wondered, what does it mean to be in a separate individual body? What does it mean when a trigger shows up? Today, find out today what it takes to sustain contact with the truth. What is required to be eternal silence, when living in this human form? How can you maintain contact with what is real?Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Do you ever find yourself upset about being a victim?Today Jonas exposes how he has been taking comfort in his victim story. In exposing this curious indulgence, he sees through the story and realizes the wider experience of freedom.It is possible to move on from being a victim, and even to use it as a reflection of awakening.Are you unconsciously taking comfort in suffering? Is “being a victim” a story that distracts you from a difficult feeling?What could happen if you woke up from that, and finally saw through it?Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Have you had an experience of deep realization, and somehow lost contact with it? This conversation is for you.It can feel like a rollercoaster: First, there’s an experience of deep, peaceful truth, and then time passes and it seems to disappear. There might be a sense of loss, failure, or wanting to get something back. We call this ‘deflation,’ and it is a wonderful teacher.Where did realization go? How can you get it back?When we learn to recognize the movement of ego trying to take ownership of direct realization, we can discern enough to stop doing that. This awareness of ego is a pathway for true integration and continued awakening. Direct contact with the truth is always here, and requires only your quiet attention. Listen in to hear how it works.Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

How is it possible to lead a surrendered life? What does “rest” even mean?Maeve speaks through an unwanted body experience to share a transmission of surrender.Are you trying to heal something? What if this conversation could hold a healing balm just right for you?When we don’t touch the urge to “do” something, we can truly meet what is needed. We can care for the body and have space to care, or do what’s needed.Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Sometimes it can feel good to believe “I’m so great.” Egoic inflation is a natural way we try to be “good.”How can awareness of this egoic movement reveal the truth of awakening?Today we investigate the ego’s habit of performing “I am good.”How much effort are you applying to be inflated in your life? Is it giving you what you want?Listen in and find out how the core belief “I am aware of quiet” is different from “being” awareness, “being” quiet.*This episode includes a relaxing exercise at the end. Give yourself space to rest and receive.Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

How can you really know what’s true? What does “knowing” have to do with being in the flow of life? Jonas shares a reflection about knowing – and not knowing – from his awakening experience at a recent retreat with Gangaji.How about you? How do you know anything? And, what blossoms when you are in flow with life? Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

How do you react when the world seems to move towards, away, or against you? In the moment of a trigger, it can be a challenge to be still internally. What's here if you don't move? When we are unmoving, depth is here. It's possible to show up as silence and love. This is where compassion lives. How can you examine your own movement? Then, how can you be unmoving in the experience of any trigger? Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

What is self-betrayal? When we are aware of something that distracts us from silence, and then consciously indulge in it because it’s tasty. This betrays the truth. Telling ourselves stories about what is happening in any moment is a way we try to avoid, control, or manage emotions. Stories may seem to distract us from emotions, but they are a heavy burden to carry, and they distract us from peace. It’s possible to see through this indulgence in narrative; to stop believing all stories, and in that, to stop betraying the truth. Quiet is here. Even in the midst of an intense emotion coming up, silence is still here. Shoutout in here to our teacher Jared Franks, at www.jaredfranks.com Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

How is it to show up in complaint, versus to show up in the depth of being love? Many of us create a belief that something is wrong, and look for proof of that. To live life from there is immensely depressing. We imagine ourselves to be the center of the universe, taking things personally. It’s possible to see through these stories, through this false identity, to find clarity around who you really are, around what your life is about. Clarity about love.What if love has no beginning and no end? What if peace doesn’t end after you lost track of it? How would it be if you could meet triggers as love, and learn from them? Love doesn’t end. You are natural. Shoutout in here to Lisa Schumacher satsangwithlisa.org Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

What do you want? Can you sense or feel a clear answer to that question? If you let the answer come from a level that isn’t mental, can you get in touch with what you want, right now? If you are touched by the possibility of being yourself, it’s clear. The grace of clarity sees through everything at the surface, no matter how muddled. It’s not about having practical answers or finding a certain process that everyone can follow. It’s about surrendering into yourself, and that is beyond words. Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Speaking from Silence is a living exercise in telling the truth, and speaking from a place of direct experience.What if there’s nothing to get? What’s deeper than these words?Something natural can be nourished and deepened by spending time in contact with others who are internally quiet. It’s possible to listen and speak from a place of judgment and fear, or you can be quiet and open. An internal exhale. And whether these words make sense or not, may they reveal to you something deeper that’s experienced directly for yourself. Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya." Closing music is “Choices” by What Matters the Most.

What about when despair shows up, when things are really bad and there’s nothing I can do about it? Spoiler: Despair isn’t personal. It’s possible to have a different reaction to despair, one that opens peace in place of crankiness or suffering. It’s not about controlling emotions. There’s an option of another way. How would it be to stand up as love in the middle of despair? Wholeheartedly, naturally, and without extra effort? With endless thanks to Lisa Schumacher, Eli Jaxon-Bear and Jared Franks at the Leela School of Awakening. Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Are you talking to yourself internally? Going through life with a mental dialogue about it?Talking to ourselves can be a way to attempt to get control over what is beyond control. It’s possible to ask ourselves now, is this getting you what you want? The divide that occurs when we’re talking to ourselves is a setup for never being complete.Seeing that, what could happen if you stopped? Many of us are so absorbed in talking to ourselves that we don’t question it. Yet this habit is an expression of separation – from self, from life, from everything. It often begins with an innocent thought to improve something. What does it mean to stop doing that? What if silence is here? Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Ramana Maharshi gave us a transmission of silence.Ramana woke up in 1896 at the age of 16, and spent the rest of his life radiating his realization. He gave us the question “Who am I?” – a question that is a gateway into realizing the truth. The gift of this question, and the flavour of this inquiry, takes away everything that is imagined. It has been passed down from Ramana to Papaji to Eli Jaxon-Bear, and now through the Leela School of Awakening to us. Now we share it with you: Who is the one who is doing something? How can we find the source of ourselves? Who am I? What do you find when you don’t already know? Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

Where can we find fulfillment? How can we experience peace and sincere rest when circumstances aren’t perfect? This episode points to a path of self-reflection where you can become conscious of your own reaction, and not create any further reactions out of that. Just being aware of a desire for grasping, there’s an opportunity to stop. In stopping, it might bring up more intense emotions. The word “love” points to something invisible and quite obvious -- a quiet, steady, unconditional presence. It doesn’t matter what’s happening on the outside. Love includes everything. Love is fulfillment. Whether your life is falling into place, or falling apart, what’s the experience if you say yes to what you are experiencing internally? If you stop needing yourself to be different? What if you embrace yourself as you are in the middle of everything? Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."

What does “Speaking from Silence” mean, and what does it have to offer ordinary people? Spoiler: It’s about discovering inner peace that’s here right now, underneath everything. A big exhale comes with the end of separation, putting down everything, and letting the lens of experience widen. In this episode, we ask, “what’s holding me?… and am I really separate from the experience of what’s wider?” and, “What’s more loving than letting yourself be exactly as you are?” May these questions invite us all deeper into ourselves. Yes to being natural in the middle of ordinary life. Intro music is by Jonas and Maeve's classmate Franz Peters and his band What Matters the Most, song title “Mahaya."