“FULLY AWAKE and FULLY HUMAN:
embodying awakened consciousness in everyday life”
a 5-Week Online Course
This Online Course is an introduction to Amoda’s teaching, offering a container to deepen your awakening and to integrate this into your everyday life.
Over 5 weeks, Amoda will explore some of the key pointers of her teaching, borne out of her own experience of awakening and the thousands of dialogues with spiritual seekers over the years. The course specifically addresses the many misconceptions about awakening that stand in the way of living the truth in an embodied way. If you are passionate about spiritual inquiry and about living an awakened life, this “closed group” will provide a safe container for exploration and clarification.
Each 120 minute (2 hours) session will include a discourse about the theme for the week, followed by Q&As.
Amoda’s book 'Embodied Enlightenment' will be used as adjunct reading for this course. We also recommend that you watch some of her videos .
There will also be some contemplation exercises in between sessions, to bring the teachings into daily life.
We will be using use the Zoom video conferencing program, which is free to download and very easy to use. All you need to participate is a computer (or device) with a built-in speaker, microphone, and camera, and access to the internet.
A recording of the meeting each week will be made available.
Please note — this course is an excellent foundation if you are considering the 4-month “Becoming a Warrior of the Open Heart” Online Training (starting April 7th).
Topics -
The Myths of Enlightenment and How These Stand in the Way of Awakening
The main obstacle on the spiritual path are the hopes, dreams and expectations we have about how awakening will take all our pain away, how it will make our lives perfect, and how it will elevate us to a special state of consciousness.
In Week 1, we will examine:
Is there a difference between awakening and enlightenment?
The myths of enlightenment and how they lead to “spiritual bypassing”.
The difference between the desire for “spiritual progress” and the genuine longing to “come home”.
Why Surrender is Absolutely Crucial if You Want Freedom from Suffering
In Week 2, we will explore the meaning of surrender and why it is a necessary ingredient on the spiritual path to true freedom.
We will explore:
The clenched fist of ego’s “seeking mechanism” and how this is at the core of psychological suffering.
How can we surrender when there are challenging or painful life circumstances?
The difference between surrender and passivity.
Meeting the Existential Abyss and Dying into Being
As we progress on the spiritual path and open to deeper levels of being, we are likely to encounter an inner darkness or emptiness. Here, a great existential terror can arise — and yet this is a powerful invitation.
In Week 3, we will explore:
The existential abyss of being as a portal to awakening.
What dies and what remains when we surrender to the death of ego?
How can we meet the fear of losing the core identity of “me” (or any other fear)?
What Happens to the Personality After Awakening?
A common belief is that after awakening the personality completely dissolves, that there are no more uncomfortable feelings, that we become a “perfect person” without any flaws, and so on.
In Week 4, we examine if this is actually true:
The relationship between being human and being awake.
Does the personality fall away or is it transformed?
What happens to trauma and trigger-points?
Embracing the Human Experience and the End of Spiritual Bypassing
Avoidance of the human experience is common on the path of awakening, but at some point we need to face the truth of our humanity.
In this final Week 5, we come full circle to the topic of spiritual bypassing and explore it a deeper level:
The difference between getting lost in the waves and riding the waves.
The end of the argument with life is freedom.
Humility, maturity, and grace.
What participants of this course have said …
“Intimate, transformative .. and gave me a strong sense of community”.
“Both Amoda and Kavi have such a welcoming, loving and accepting presence.”
“This course has helped me unravel the confusion about what it means to live an awakened life.”
“Such powerful and lucid teachings!”
“Awakening is just the beginning. The real journey begins not in the rarified atmosphere of transcendence, but in the midst of the chaos of life.”
A short discourse on the embodiment of awakened consciousness …
Dates & Times -
FEBRUARY 10 / 17 / 24 / MARCH 03 / 10
(weekly on Thursdays, if you are in Australasia this may be the next day)
10am Pacific Time (USA) / 11am Mountain Time (USA) / 1pm Eastern Time (USA)
6pm United Kingdom / 7pm Central Europe
You can join the webinar from anywhere in the world - please make sure to calculate your local time by using time zone convertor
Note - Amoda is located in New Mexico, USA (Mountain Standard Time) - please make sure you use Mountain Standard Time as the primary time for calculating your local time (if you are in Australasia, it will be the following day)
If you are unsure of the date and time in your location, please contact us
Cost - $195 (with a special price of $295 for two sharing a screen)
Cancellation policy - if you cancel prior to February 1st, a full refund minus a $25 admin fee will be processed (due to a limited number of places, no refunds can be made after this date). If you register for the course but are unable to attend a specific session, partial refunds cannot be made. Recordings will be available for all the sessions, if you miss any of them.
You will receive full instructions on how to use Zoom and a special link to allow you to join the course, after you register and purchase your ticket (please look out for this in your inbox, and keep safe the instructions).
If you have any questions, please contact us here.