Podcasts

Spiritual podcasts for lovers of mindfulness, meditation, relaxation, spiritual awakening, enlightenment, nonduality and healing. Try them for reducing stress or anxiety, or for calm while falling asleep!

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Never miss a podcast! Subscribe to Jon’s Inspired Aliveness podcasts on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Apple Podcasts(desktop): On the left side of the page, click the blue button labelled View in iTunes. This will cause the iTunes app to open (or prompt you to install it if you don’t have it installed already). You’ll then land on Jon’s iTunes page within the app, where you’ll see a list of the last 50 episodes. You can choose to subscribe from there via the button on the left, and/or download individual episodes one by one by clicking Get at the right end of each episode listing.

iPhone: open the Podcasts app that came preinstalled on your phone. At the bottom of the screen, tap Search, then type Jon Bernie into the search field. Among the search results, look for Inspired Aliveness Podcast with Jon Bernie. Tap that result, then tap Subscribe. You’ll then be able to download individual episodes, and will be notified when new episodes are published. If you have a different iOS podcast app you prefer, feel free to use it instead! Jon’s podcast is available via all major podcast apps.

Andrioid: download the free app Google Podcasts. Open the app and type Jon Bernie into the search field, then tap Inspired Aliveness Podcast with Jon Bernie at the top of the search results. On the following screen, tap Subscribe. On that same screen, you can scroll to download individual past episodes. If you have a different Android podcast app you prefer, feel free to use it instead! Jon’s podcast is available via all major podcast apps.

  • Gratitude and Freedom

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    In a talk given just before Thanksgiving, Jon discusses how appreciation and gratitude can open the heart; how awakening is not limited by conventional notions of perfection, but encompasses the full range of human experience; and the extraordinary ordinariness of the awakened life. Recorded 11/23/2009.

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  • The Shift Into Awareness

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    Jon describes the deep acceptance facilitated by the movement into awareness; the mysterious ways that life and consciousness evolve; and how, in the words of Brother David Steindl-Rast, “the purpose of spirituality is to become fully human.” Recorded 2/13/2010 in Santa Cruz.

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  • Aliveness In All Directions

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    Jon describes the guidance that becomes available to us when we open to the intuitive; discusses the importance of sensitivity and bodily integration in the spiritual process; and emphasizes that awakening means fully embracing the human experience. Recorded 2/1/2009.

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  • Diving Into the Heart

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    Is there anything that can facilitate or accelerate the process of awakening? Jon discusses the power of deeply allowing feeling in the awakening process, and how even one moment of awareness is actually the end of the seeking mind. Recorded 11/16/2009.

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  • The Usefulness of the Mind

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    Jon discusses the usefulness of the cognitive mind when related to without attachment; the proper role of directed attention; and the importance of flexibility of perspective. Recorded 10/5/2009.

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  • Back to the Source

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    Jon discusses the increasing sensitivity that comes with deepening in presence; the way being together in satsang facilitates greater opening; and the importance of giving ourselves completely to awareness. Recorded 11/2/2009.

  • Letting Go of the Struggle

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    Jon invites the listener to stop, relinquish the responsibility for becoming realized, and “let IT do it;” and to let go of the struggle to be free. Recorded 10/26/2009.

  • The Lowest Common Denominator

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    Jon discusses the challenge of realizing that there’s actually nothing to understand; that transformative power of resting in stillness; and finding effortless ease even in the midst of the most difficult situations. Recorded 10/19/2009.

  • The Need for Belonging

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    Jon discusses the human need for belonging; the emotional basis of self-identification; and how true belonging is found only when we become free of the beliefs that perpetuate our experience of separation. Recorded 11/30/09.

  • Effortless Presence

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    Jon discusses listening without needing to understand; distinguishing between forced effort and the effortless power that comes from aligning ourselves with our true nature; and the transformational power of opening ourselves to openness itself. Recorded 09/28/2009.