Journals of Spiritual Discovery by spiritualteachers.org

Shawn Nevins

Interviews with profound, yet down-to-earth spiritual teachers. Hear their life stories and nuggets of wisdom that you can apply to your spiritual search. If the great mysteries of life intrigue you, then you will enjoy this show. Some of the questions we explore: Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? What is the self? Is there a soul? What is enlightenment? What is death? What is the difference between meditation for relaxation and meditation for self inquiry?

  • Tyler Matthew: your true self
    Tyler Matthew is one of many unpretentious, extraordinary people doing their part as friends along the path to spiritual awakening. Right now, your true self, your absolute identity is fully here in the exact same way its fully here in deep sleep and the dream state and the awakened state…. You can learn to abide … Continue reading "Tyler Matthew: your true self"
    30 October 2024, 3:37 am
  • Filo Sophie King: Awakening to the Unspeakable
    Filo Sophie King is one of many unpretentious, extraordinary people doing their part as friends along the path to spiritual awakening. What you think of as nothing is in truth, everything. Remember it is all only a dream. Realize that what you want is not up to you, and will never be achieved by you, … Continue reading "Filo Sophie King: Awakening to the Unspeakable"
    23 July 2024, 3:51 am
  • Federico Faggin: the Physics of Consciousness
    Most recently, Federico Faggin founded the “Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation” to support the scientific study of consciousness. But his path to the study of consciousness was preceded by his contributions to some of the key technologies in the computing world. In 1968, Dr. Faggin moved to Palo Alto, California, to work at Fairchild Semiconductor, … Continue reading "Federico Faggin: the Physics of Consciousness"
    23 May 2024, 4:39 am
  • Reflections on the Spiritual Path – new book
    Message in a Bottle: Reflections on the Spiritual Path is a new book from the TAT Foundation Press. Rather than another book by a spiritual teacher, this book takes the approach of asking spiritual seekers, those still on the path to “finding,” to share their stories and wisdom. Interestingly, each contributor to this volume also … Continue reading "Reflections on the Spiritual Path – new book"
    31 March 2024, 8:36 pm
  • August Turak interview: the Quest for Enlightenment
    August “Augie” Turak was the first student of Richard Rose and played an key role in introducing me to the spiritual search through his founding of the Self Knowledge Symposium. Thus, I was happy for the opportunity to interview him in support of his new book, Not Less Than Everything: One Man’s Quest for Spiritual … Continue reading "August Turak interview: the Quest for Enlightenment"
    4 November 2023, 6:46 pm
  • Shawn Pethel Interview: What am I?
    What happens when you take the rigor of a physicist and combine that with the earnest desire of a seeker of enlightenment? In his mid-twenties, Shawn Pethel picked up a book by Ken Wilber and was introduced to Eastern philosophy and the idea of enlightenment. As a scientist, he recognized that these Eastern meditators were … Continue reading "Shawn Pethel Interview: What am I?"
    20 September 2023, 4:18 pm
  • Ramana Maharshi – Instructions for Self Enquiry
    My reading this episode is two extracts from the works of Ramana Maharshi. The first is an excerpt from a longer work entitled “Who Am I,” and the second is titled “Self Enquiry.” The “Self Enquiry” piece was written around 1901, and both writings appear in Author Osborne’s The Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharshi. … Continue reading "Ramana Maharshi – Instructions for Self Enquiry"
    10 July 2023, 3:00 pm
  • A Reading from Eddie Traversa’s Truth Realization
    My reading this episode is an excerpt from Eddie Traversa’s book, Truth Realization. Eddie was an extraordinarily sincere spiritual teacher and friend who passed away in 2022. His website no longer exists, but at least as of the time of this writing, his book is still available, and you can listen to my podcast interview … Continue reading "A Reading from Eddie Traversa’s Truth Realization"
    2 May 2023, 2:59 am
  • Mike Gegenheimer: the Magic of Rapport
    Mike Gegenheimer is president of the TAT Foundation, coauthor with me of Passages: An Introduction and Commentary on Richard Rose’s Albigen System, and helps facilitate a self-inquiry group based in Columbus, Ohio. In this episode, we delve into his years with Richard Rose and the early days of the TAT Foundation, his experiences with the … Continue reading "Mike Gegenheimer: the Magic of Rapport"
    22 October 2022, 7:03 pm
  • Shawn Nevins Interview – Honesty, Focus, Intuition, and the Natural Koan
    This episode is from an interview titled “Satsang with Shawn Nevins” conducted by Reverend Saina Fernandez from the Awakening Together group. It took a few minutes to find our groove, but thanks to the Reverend’s great questions, this interview hit several key topics and moments of inspiration including discussions on honesty, focus, intuition, and the … Continue reading "Shawn Nevins Interview – Honesty, Focus, Intuition, and the Natural Koan"
    7 July 2022, 3:30 pm
  • Induction and Subtraction – the plunge into enlightenment
    My reading this episode is an excerpt from my book, Subtraction: The Simple Math of Enlightenment, where I describe the moments that led up to my enlightenment experience. It occurred as I was reading a transcript of Franklin Merrell-Wolff’s Induction talk, so this reading is a mix of my words and quotes from Merrell-Wolff’s talk. … Continue reading "Induction and Subtraction – the plunge into enlightenment"
    10 April 2022, 11:04 pm
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