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Awakening Now
Ilona Ciunaite
117 episodes
1 week ago
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Many people on the spiritual awakening path reach a moment where understanding is no longer enough. You may clearly understand non-duality, awakening, or the self illusion intellectually. You may know the language, have had glimpses, and seen moments of clarity. And yet something hasn’t shifted. There is still confusion. There is still a sense of “me.” And that can feel deeply discouraging. In this episode of Awakening Now, I share an unedited recording...
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Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Many people on the spiritual awakening path reach a moment where understanding is no longer enough. You may clearly understand non-duality, awakening, or the self illusion intellectually. You may know the language, have had glimpses, and seen moments of clarity. And yet something hasn’t shifted. There is still confusion. There is still a sense of “me.” And that can feel deeply discouraging. In this episode of Awakening Now, I share an unedited recording...
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Spirituality
Education,
Religion & Spirituality,
Self-Improvement
Episodes (20/117)
Awakening Now
I Understand It All, But Nothing Has Shifted
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Many people on the spiritual awakening path reach a moment where understanding is no longer enough. You may clearly understand non-duality, awakening, or the self illusion intellectually. You may know the language, have had glimpses, and seen moments of clarity. And yet something hasn’t shifted. There is still confusion. There is still a sense of “me.” And that can feel deeply discouraging. In this episode of Awakening Now, I share an unedited recording...
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1 week ago
1 hour 26 minutes

Awakening Now
The One Question That Ends the Waiting | Won Bo (Zen Nun) on Awakening
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Have you been craving awakening? Waiting for the moment when everything finally softens, the mind gets quiet, the heart opens, and you can finally stop searching? In this awakening now episode, I sit with Won Bo, a Lithuanian nun living in Korea. From the very first minute, something in her presence invites you to slow down, soften, and see what’s already here. Nothing dramatic. Nothing mystical. Just truth, lived by someone who has dedicated her whole...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Awakening Now
The Reality of Awakening: Why the Honeymoon Fades and How to Meet What Returns
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Awakening is a shift in perception, a clear seeing of what you are and what you’ve mistaken yourself for. it reveals what was here all along You’re listening to Awakening Now, a podcast for those who are on the path of self-discovery and spiritual awakening. This is episode number 115. The Reality of Awakening: Why the Honeymoon Fades and How to Meet What Returns My name is Ilona Ciunaite. I’m a guide, an author, and co-creator of the Liberation Unleash...
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1 month ago
1 hour 21 minutes

Awakening Now
Do You Know Who You Really Are? | Stay Spiritual Interviews Ilona Ciunaite
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In the Stay Spiritual interview, I talk about the quiet flip from seeking to seeing — the moment when the pressure dissolves and looking into your own present experience becomes the first real step toward peace. So many seekers carry a private heaviness that is difficult to name. It isn’t just the desire for awakening; it’s the subtle tension of feeling behind, of trying to catch up, of believing that others are closer to something you can’t quite touc...
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1 month ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Awakening Now
Trust Yourself — The Key to Your Spiritual Awakening. With Luchana Uzunova
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Trust yourself in awakening. In this intimate conversation, Ilona Ciunaite and nonduality guide Luchana Uzunova explore spiritual awakening, embodiment, and living as awareness in daily life. What unfolds after seeing through the self-illusion? How does peace deepen, fear soften, and the body learn to trust life again? We talk about the real texture of awakening beyond concepts: being at peace with not-knowing, dissolving the “center,” integrating...
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2 months ago
56 minutes

Awakening Now
Avoid These 5 Spiritual Awakening Mistakes
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Most seekers begin this journey with expectations — about how awakening should look, how it should feel, or what will be lost or gained. But these assumptions quietly block the very seeing they long for. In this short talk, Ilona Ciunaite points to the five biggest mistakes seekers make on the path of awakening: projecting outcomes, fearing loss, doubting simplicity, chasing experiences, and dismissing what’s already here. This is a direct invitation ...
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2 months ago
1 hour

Awakening Now
The Threads of Awakening, with Pierce Salguero.
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In this conversation, Ilona Ciunaite speaks with Pierce Salguero — scholar, author, and long-time meditator — about his book The Lamp Unto Yourself and his multidharma model that honors the many paths of awakening. Together they explore how different traditions point to the same essence of truth and freedom, how awakening unfolds beyond conceptual understanding, and how the light of awareness guides each of us from within. This dialogue offers bot...
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2 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes

Awakening Now
Deep Looking: Beyond the Mind, Into the Heart
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message In this guided Deep Looking session, Ilona Ciunaite invites you to look directly into your own experience and explore the nature of the self. Rather than answering with the mind, you’re guided to notice thoughts, sensations, and awareness itself — to see what is truly here, beyond concepts and ideas. This session focuses on the heart — feeling instead of thinking, softening attention, and allowing what is present to be fully met. As you foll...
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2 months ago
1 hour 41 minutes

Awakening Now
The Illusion of SELF - Non-Duality Explained
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Non-duality and awakening aren’t concepts to believe in, they’re about seeing through the illusion of self. Trying to understand this with the mind is just another trap. You’ve been sold the idea that awakening is a magic switch… spoiler: it’s not. This episode rips apart the myths, the trap of seeking, the patterns that keep you hooked, and the illusion that you are in control. There’s no chooser, no doer, no seeker. Just life doing its thing. The qu...
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3 months ago
1 hour 15 minutes

Awakening Now
Awakening Beyond The Mind With Alina Panteleev
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message What if awakening isn’t about understanding concepts, but directly recognising presence through lived experience? In this episode of Awakening Now, I sat down with Alina Panteleev, a Non-Dual Teacher and Certified Somatic Repression Coach. Alina helps soulful, self-aware women and men who, despite years of inner work, still feel caught in cycles of self-doubt, emotional repression, and over-processing. Her work is for those ready to take full responsi...
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3 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes

Awakening Now
The Hidden Reason You Still Feel Unfulfilled On Your Spiritual Journey
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message What if your regrets, guilt, and “what ifs” about the past are nothing more than sitting on a train wishing it turned left when the tracks only go straight? In this powerful satsang, we explore a simple but life-changing metaphor: life moves the way it’s meant to, and no moment could have unfolded any differently. All the pain, joy, confusion, and growth have led you right here, right now. If you’ve been stuck in regret, shame, or self-judgment, this ...
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3 months ago
1 hour 13 minutes

Awakening Now
The Illusion of Self: A Direct Guide to Awakening
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Need help with seeing through the illusion of self? Go here 👉 https://bit.ly/4oY0ztV What if “I understand this intellectually” is the very thought keeping you from seeing reality as it is? In this nonduality dialogue, we look directly into experience to explore the illusion of a separate self, the trap of expectations, and the deeper longing for truth that cannot be satisfied by concepts. Through raw honesty and direct inquiry, we uncover: 📌 Why int...
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4 months ago
1 hour 28 minutes

Awakening Now
Breaking Free from Prediction Loops | The Liberty Code & Awakening Explained
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message What if your thoughts, emotions, and identity are just looping prediction patterns? What if true awakening means seeing through the ego’s hidden payoffs and collapsing them at the source? In this episode of Awakening Now, I sit down with trauma therapist and awakening teacher Charmain Berry—an ex-psychotherapist who now guides others into the true nature of mind, beyond trauma and ego. Together, we explore the Liberty Code, a powerful framework for un...
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4 months ago
53 minutes

Awakening Now
The Truth About Awakening… and Why It Still Hurts / Part 2
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message How to recognise the truth about awakening, when there are so many people talking about it in various ways? Reach out to me for a guided session. https://bit.ly/4ozXGzj In Part 2 of this heartfelt Deep Looking event, we go even deeper into meeting emotions head-on, dismantling old patterns, and uncovering the unshakable safety that’s always here. You’ll witness real, raw moments where fear, embarrassment, and self-judgment rise to the surface and see h...
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4 months ago
1 hour 4 minutes

Awakening Now
Awakening Isn't the End of Suffering / Part 1
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Awakening Isn't the End of Suffering. It's an opening, a new beginning. If you need some help, book a session here. https://bit.ly/4mD9HlL Even after a deep spiritual awakening, many still ask: "If I know who I truly am, why am I still suffering?" This heartfelt video explores why emotions, pain, and life’s challenges don’t simply disappear after initial awakening and why that’s okay. You’ll hear real stories, raw vulnerability, and guidance on how to...
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5 months ago
38 minutes

Awakening Now
The Truth About Awakening: You Are Not Broken
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message If you are a seeker and want to find out about how I can help you, click here https://bit.ly/4lWOhQo The truth about awakening is this: You are NOT broken. Feeling intense emotions, disorientation, confusion, and doubt is part of the process. In this raw, unscripted guided conversation, we explore why awakening often feels confusing, painful, or like we’re doing it “wrong.” Through grounded insight and compassionate reflection, this episode guides yo...
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5 months ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Awakening Now
Insights from The Deep Looking Group Meeting
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message If you are a seeker looking for awakening and can not get there no matter what you do, I invite you to participate in a new project. Click this link. This is an unedited recording of a group zoom meeting that happened on the first Sunday in July. This was a very powerful and emotional meeting, and if you want to follow along for your maximum benefit, give yourself some quiet time and space to be able to reflect deeply. Websites http://ilon...
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6 months ago
1 hour 48 minutes

Awakening Now
Stop Seeking Awakening Outside of You. Do THIS Instead
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Work with me to end seeking and find lasting inner peace. https://bit.ly/4l7NLPt Often, we get lost in looking for awakening as we are looking outside of ourselves. What if the shift is as simple as what my guest is sharing today? If you can not stop seeking and are obsessively looking for the next thing, this video is for you. BIO: COLBY WILK, INTUITIVE WAYFINDER Colby Wilk isn’t typical. With sharp intuition and a no-nonsense approach, he cuts...
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6 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Awakening Now
Discover the Hidden Childhood Pattern That Drives Your Endless Seeking
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message I help spiritual seekers to end seeking so that they can enjoy a life of freedom. https://bit.ly/3T0JYqJ If you've been seeking awakening for years and feel like you're almost there, but something keeps holding you back - you're caught in the seeker's ultimate trap: the very act of seeking is what's keeping you from recognising what you already are. You could spend another decade chasing the next breakthrough, the next teacher, the next method, ...
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6 months ago
1 hour 16 minutes

Awakening Now
This Simple Deep Looking Technique Can Change Your Life Forever
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message For a private deep looking session, contact me https://bit.ly/458pR0Y Subscribe to my Newsletter for updates, gifts and to receive info about free monthly meetings on Zoom https://ilonaciunaite.com/subscribe/ Ever wish your brain had an "OFF switch?** In this group meeting session, you’ll hear anxious guests go from looping thoughts to spacious calm—using a simple **Deep Looking technique** that anyone can repeat. No incense, no fanc...
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7 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Awakening Now
Send me your thoughts in a Text Message Many people on the spiritual awakening path reach a moment where understanding is no longer enough. You may clearly understand non-duality, awakening, or the self illusion intellectually. You may know the language, have had glimpses, and seen moments of clarity. And yet something hasn’t shifted. There is still confusion. There is still a sense of “me.” And that can feel deeply discouraging. In this episode of Awakening Now, I share an unedited recording...