Life Living Itself

Open Circle Center Hosted Online Meeting Topic: Turning Toward Wholeness Sunday, November 23, 2025 2 Hours At any given moment, we can tune into one of two streams. One arises from the natural wholeness of our being, open, still, and complete. The other is formed by the mind’s projections onto Reality, creating a sense of separation and confusion. This mental stream veils what is already whole and true. In this meeting, we explore how to … The post Turning Toward Wholeness – November 23, 2025 appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Open Circle Center Hosted Online Meeting Topic: The Paradox of Being and Becoming Sunday, January 25th, 2026 2 Hours “Always being, always becoming” speaks to something quietly and profoundly true. Within us is an aspect that has never changed, already whole, complete, and present, even as life continues to unfold, evolve, and express itself. Awakening does not bring our human unfolding to an end. Rather, it reveals becoming as a natural expression of being. Being … The post The Paradox of Being and Becoming – January 25, 2026 appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Recorded Sunday August 17th 2 Hours Self-preoccupation veils the natural sense of unity and belonging. This is why, traditionally in India, the Bhakti path of selfless service, Seva, has been so deeply valued. When we make a habit of prioritizing our own needs above all else, it reinforces the illusion of a separate self. The spiritual journey is, in essence, a process of self lessening so that the Divine may grow within us. Deep down, … The post Open Circle Center Hosted Online Meeting: Serving Others, Finding Freedom: A Path Beyond Self-Centeredness appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Open Circle Hosted Online Meeting with Susanne Marie Recorded Saturday, June 14, 2025 Sometimes the only way to be free of something is to allow yourself to be fully trapped. Most of us are initially drawn to spirituality with the understandable desire to feel better and in general to be released from suffering. Often, however, our desire to escape suffering creates its own bondage. The desire itself plays into the belief that something needs to … The post The Wisdom of No Escape appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Recorded July 2025, approx. 1 hour. In this rich and insightful episode on The Center For Healing Podcast, Matt is joined by spiritual teacher Susanne Marie for a profound exploration of the integrative path of spiritual awakening. Together, they unpack the evolving journey of awakening, moving through key phases such as: The Emptiness Phase – where identity dissolves into spacious awareness The Unity/Oneness Phase – the realization of interconnectedness with all life The Embodiment Phase … The post Fully Awake, Fully Human with Matt Kay and Susanne Marie appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Recorded March 26, 2025, approximately 43 mins in length. Join Susanne Marie and Connie (Ma Prem Zareen), in an exploratory and lively discussion about how we come about waking up to Truth, and what it takes to have awakening live in a grounded way. We touch on a variety of subjects, with the focus being about the naturalness of waking up, and the importance of looking at one’s conditioning (both collective & individual). Ma Prem … The post Why Isn’t Awakening Simple and Easy? appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Recorded January 2025, 1 hour, 23 minutes long. A relaxed conversation between two friends touching on a variety of interesting topics pertaining to awakening. Pierre Richard is a saxophone player and teacher, and a dedicated spiritual practitioner who lives in Montreal, Canada. Topics contained in this podcast range from the different types of bliss, to the varieties of teachers’ transmissions that exist, including those to avoid. We also discuss the importance of preserving your life … The post Pierre and Susanne’s Conversation on Awakening appeared first on Susanne Marie.

This is an online meeting hosted by Open Circle Center and recorded on Sunday November 10th, 2024. Approx. 2 hours. It is good to take stock now and then and sincerely look at what one is wanting spiritually. In order to attain undivided Truth, one needs to be intentional, even if knowing how to get there is undefined. In actuality, having clarity in the moment as to ‘how’, while also allowing divine intelligence to guide, … The post What Do I Really Want? The Importance of Intention appeared first on Susanne Marie.

This clip is taken from an online meeting titled “Why Awaken?” Resting with ‘what is’, is a powerful teaching and helps one live this life with more presence and less resistance. As a practice: First one notices what is taking place inside, then one opens to it the best one can. What is allowing something to be is spaciousness itself, which is already open and free. This practice helps one learn how to be present … The post Allowing What Is | Presence Practice | Why Awaken? appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Excerpt taken from an online meeting titled: “What Can One Do to Awaken?” Over time one can realize that the separate self sense is not needed in order to make your life work. Relaxing (surrendering) into your Being, and learning how to function from an unbounded place, supports the letting go of the belief that you need to exert a doer (which is imagined). Awakening is making awareness conscious throughout your whole being (as a … The post Living Without a Doer | Relaxing into Being appeared first on Susanne Marie.

This clip is taken from Susanne’s 7-day retreat from May 2024, “Truth Unveiled.” Where are you at on your own spiritual map? The more you give yourself to what it is you are wanting spiritually, the more support you receive from the divine. What makes one unaware of Being, is the sense that it is covered over by content. Awakening is your spirit essence becoming conscious of itself, and then having that awareness liberate all … The post Your Unique Spiritual Map | Evolutionary Growth appeared first on Susanne Marie.

What would you like to be done with? What has been weighing on you, and you would like to set down today? This guided meditation is taken from Susanne’s 7-day retreat held in May 2024, “Truth Unveiled.” The full length recordings of the retreat are for sale here. The post Guided Meditation: What Can You Set Down Today appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Enter into the silence in-between the gaps of your thinking mind, by using a Sanskrit seed mantra. Soham is translated as: I am That. This guided meditation is taken from Susanne’s 7-day retreat held in May 2024, “Truth Unveiled.” The full length recordings of the retreat are for sale here. The post Guided Meditation: Mantra Soham Practice appeared first on Susanne Marie.

The natural flow of one’s breath is an ever present invitation to be renewed. With the in-breath we invite fresh vital life-force energy, and with the outgoing breath, one can release what is not needed or useful, back to the uncreated. This guided meditation is taken from Susanne’s 7-day retreat held in May 2024, “Truth Unveiled.” The full length recordings of the retreat are for sale here. The post Guided Meditation: Everything Follows the Breath ~ Welcoming & Releasing appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In order for awakening to be known throughout one’s system, the light of consciousness is meant to be awaken to sensorily in the body. While learning how to open to feeling presence in the body, one can encounter resistances along the way. Working with these resistances helps one to more deeply live awakening in an abiding way. This audio clip as well as the meditation audio titled “The Felt Sense of Presence” are taken from … The post Non-Dual Awakening of the Body ~ Liberating Contractions appeared first on Susanne Marie.

It is best to resist the urge to hurry up awakening. The point is to stay on track remaining focused on your spiritual practice. Digging one well deeply is what yields fruit. It is easy to become addicted to the internet thinking that your spiritual growth will come from taking in outside content. Your own connection to source is what is important. Over time, embodying Truth changes you, emptying you out and revealing a more … The post Becoming a Soulful Person ~ Don’t Rush Awakening appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this Open Circle Center Hosted Online Meeting, Susanne walks one through landing in the here and now firstly in the body, then placing attention on the power of noticing, leading to awareness being aware of itself. Whether you are an advanced practitioner, or newly entering the spiritual stream, one can always use the simple (yet profound), essential practice of resting one’s attention on presence. As you may know, what we sincerely give our attention … The post The Essence of Non-Duality ~ Practical Pointers for Awakening appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Learning how to be true to oneself rather than giving over to how one imagines one should behave, helps one to align to Truth. Remain home within yourself, and see what kind of response comes from there. Audio clip taken from Susanne’s Truth Unveiled May 2024 Crestone Retreat. You may purchase the entire 7 night retreat package on her Premium audio page. The post Meditation on Awake Mind ~ An Invitation for a New Beginning appeared first on Susanne Marie.

A skill worthy of learning has to do with noticing the natural in and outgoing of your breath. With the in-breath, we are here and exist, and with the out-breath, we let go and release into emptiness. Audio clip taken from Susanne’s May Truth Unveiled 2024 Crestone Retreat. You may purchase the entire 7 night retreat package on her Premium audio page. The post Breath’s Rhythm Contains a Teaching appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this meditation, Susanne walks one through the steps of how to drop below identification via being in awareness of noticing. Noticing without interpretation is a doorway to freedom and is something one can practice. This meditation was especially loved by those who attended Susanne’s Taos retreat. Recorded live at Susanne’s Taos Retreat, September 2022. The post Noticing Without I appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this guided meditation, you are invited to tune into what presence feels like in the body via the sensing body. This helps ground presence consciously so that one can know what awareness is not only in an abstract way through the mind, but also in an understandably direct and sensorially manner via the body. This audio as well as the video titled: Non-Dual Awakening of the body, are taken from an online 4-part course … The post The Felt Sense of Presence appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this meditation, Susanne walks one through sinking into the aliveness of presence by using a simple, yet powerful, Sanskrit seed mantra: Soham (I am That). This clip is taken from an online 4 – part series titled: Focused Spiritual Practice Support Sessions. The entire  series is available for sale under Susanne’s Premium Audio page. The post Soham Meditation Practice appeared first on Susanne Marie.

There is a very simple method to realizing your true nature, and that is in order to wake up and have truth stabilize within, you have to not only desire it with your whole heart, you also have to one pointedly work towards it. There is a saying in Zen that the Buddha lies at the base of the hedgegrow. What this is pointing to is that truth is locatable, bit in order to find … The post Unwavering Devotion appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In order to advance spiritually, we do need to open in trust to the inner guidance that is intent on bringing you back home to your undivided true nature. In this meeting, you are invited more fully into letting go of control, so that divine intelligence can support your inner unfoldment. A poem from Shar which emerged following the online meeting: One day walking life, next moment walking life. One day loving life, next moment … The post Trusting the Process appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Susanne and friends exploring the topic of how the impact of crisis can be met within the realm of awakening. Living our daily lives under ordinary conditions, when the unexpected never materializes and is very far from our active mind, often doesn’t reveal undiscovered territory within one’s conditioning. This reveals itself in its full, if often unwanted, glory when a major incident takes place. The opportunity held within such times of one’s life unearths hidden … The post Crisis, Transformation & Integration appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Everybody contains inside of them an inner spiritual guidance system, which when aligned with, helps orient one to following the path that best servces your awakening. Learning how to open in trust to your inner knowing is much of what the spiritual journey is about. ~ Online Meeting hosted by Open Circle Center The post Your Inner Light appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Our desire to remember the truth of our being and the fact that we are one with life, is the spiritual seekers journey. In honor of Earth Day (and everyday), we take the opportunity to remember together our interconnection. Coming back to our true nature is for the most part an individual journey, and yet there are times when community (Sangha), is highly supportive. There is real connective power contained in group energy, and when … The post Celebrating Our Interconnection appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Whether you are an advanced practitioner, or just entering the spiritual stream, one can always use the simple (yet profound), essential teaching of: Stop, Rest, & Allow. It is easy to get caught up with flowery or complicated pointers, thinking that realization must be difficult to attain and in the end, meant for the few. This is not true. But it does take a certain type of dedication and willingness to unstrip oneself of imagination … The post The Essential Practice of Stopping appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Divinity dwells within everything in existence. Every rock, tree, creature, and human being is an expression of divine intelligence, incarnate. Earth is birthed out of That and is on her own evolutionary journey, as is the Sun, and each unique soul. Everything in creation is life in evolution, growing in awareness of what is possible. God is composed of both its transcendent eternal nature, as well as imminent within manifestation. Without form, spirit does not … The post Divine Immanence appeared first on Susanne Marie.

This is the 4th meeting of the Spiritual Practice Support sessions (a 4-part series), where Susanne met with a group of sincere spiritual travelers, answering questions in-depth on a wide range of topics regarding spiritual practice. Topics include: Trauma & Healing Difference between psychological techniques & being self-led The power of being direct The elemental energy of anger Healthy boundaries The full length audio recordings of this series are for sale in the store. The post Spiritual Practice Support Sessions (4 of 4) appeared first on Susanne Marie.

The rise and fall of the sense of you emerges out of the vast ocean of Self. Dropping below labels and becoming the dancing molecules of vibration, allows you to become more diffused with your sense of self, opening you up to inner harmonization and liberation. The true meaning of alchemy is going from the gross to the subtle, and the transformational process that ensues. Recorded live at Susanne’s Taos Retreat, September 2022. The post Guided Meditation By Susanne Marie: Alchemy appeared first on Susanne Marie.

The first step in non-dual realization is discovering that there is no center to the sense of ‘me’. This understanding grows the more we let go into the unknown. Video clip taken from an online meeting titled: Living Non Duality. Available for purchase on Susanne’s website under Premium Audio. www.susannemarie.org The post There is No Center to Me appeared first on Susanne Marie.

For many there is a transitional time between feeling like a ‘doer’ and living life without having a sense of self. This is a period of deconstruction where what we have taken to be falsely true about ourselves and the world goes through a filtering process, so that what is real can emerge and be lived. Video clip taken from an online meeting titled: Living Non-Duality. Available for sale under Premium Audio on Susanne’s website. … The post A Period of Deconstruction appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this final conversation with CLJ, Susanne speaks about parenting during the time of her awakening period as the deconstructing of her personal self was taking place. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What was Awakening like as a parent? Part 6 of 6 Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.

A guided meditation pointing out the fact that awareness is always here. Recorded live at Susanne’s Taos Retreat, September 2022. www.susannemarie.org The post Guided Meditation by Susanne Marie: Light of Awareness appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this interview segment, Susanne speaks about the various dimensional and tranformative shifts in her spiritual journey. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What is different about your expereince post Awakening: Part 5 of 6 Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this video clip, Susanne speaks on the process of how the feeling of separation arises within, creating a sense of being a person. She also touches on how forgetting our intrinsic oneness is a collective pain that we all share, leading to feeling disconnected from life, and that pain can be a doorway to exploring what is true. Video clip taken from an online meeting titled: Living Non Duality. Available for purchase on Susanne’s … The post Objectifying Self & Spirit appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this excerpt from an online meeting “Living Non-Duality”, Susanne breaks down non-duality and how the feeling of being separate arises. She points out that the remedy for self-forgetfulness lives within each person. The full meeting audio recording is available for purchase in Premium Audio. The post Remembering Comes From Within appeared first on Susanne Marie.

One’s mind, body, and heart have the capacity to realize that everything is undivided (one with all things), as well as empty in nature. Embodiment is realization taking root throughout one’s whole being as works its way through your system, and transforms your humanity. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What is Embodiment: Part 4 of 6 Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.

An unconscious coping strategy used to avoid one’s life as it is, and what we contain inside which is uncomfortable. Opening to what is free inside is a beautiful thing, but we are not meant to live in the transcendence, but rather, the calling is to embody realization and integrate it into our lives. From Conscious Living Jewel ww.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What is Spiritual Bypassing: Part 3 of 6 an Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.

The ability to self-reflect creates the sense of being a ‘me’. In this interview, Susanne breaks down how this occurs, and why it is important to look at oneself and life without the filter of a ‘self’. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post How do we forget who we are: Part 2 of 6 an Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.

In this interview, Susanne breaks down what spiritual realization is, touching on the different levels of awakening and the organic unfoldment that takes place. From Conscious Living Jewel www.consciouslivingjewel.com.au The post What is Spiritual Awakening: Part 1 of 6 an Interview Series appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Audio clip (Part 1 of 4) taken from Susanne’s 3rd Evolution Course: Healing Your Relationship with Life. The entire course is available for sale on the Premium Audio page. Susanne Marie The post The Wisdom of Boundaries appeared first on Susanne Marie.

The more we deepen within ourselves, the less we naturally hold back from living as a simple expression of ordinariness. Remaining on the edge of curiosity, helps keep things fresh and full of nuance, within one’s everyday routines of life. Audio clip taken from a Spiritual Practice Support Group session. Susanne Marie The post Beyond Ordinary appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Audio clip taken from Susanne’s 3rd Evolution Course: Healing Your Relationship with Life. The entire course is available for sale on the Premium Audio page. Susanne Marie The post Truth’s Guiding Light appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Audio clip taken from Susanne’s 3rd Evolution Course: Healing Your Relationship with Life. The entire course is available for sale on the Premium Audio page Susanne Marie The post Radiantly Sovereign appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Audio clip taken from an online Spiritual Practice Support Group meeting. Susanne Marie The post Malevolent & Benevolent Energies appeared first on Susanne Marie.

A subtle meditation walking one through feeling into sensation and the energetic signature of what we contain inside. This helps break down the solid sense of self, opening one up to the emptiness contained within form. Susanne Marie The post Guided Meditation: Entering into the Embodied Fullness of this Moment appeared first on Susanne Marie.

Something magical takes place when mind rests in the gap created by ‘don’t know mind’. Within this gap lies the unconditioned. Audio clip taken from the online meeting: Befriending the Unknown Available for sale under Premium Audio. Susanne Marie   The post Don’t Know Mind appeared first on Susanne Marie.

This is the third audio meeting of the 3rd Spiritual Practice Support Group of 2022 (a 4-part series), whereby Susanne met with a group of sincere spiritual travelers, answering questions in-depth on a wide range of topics regarding spiritual practice. The full 4-meeting series is offered for sale under Premium Audio. For more information on current online events, visit: https://susannemarie.org/events The post 3rd Spiritual Practice Support 3 of 4 appeared first on Susanne Marie.