Unchain Yourself: The Benefits of Spiritual Awakening

By on October 11th, 2019

The perks of becoming more conscious. In this talk Doug and Catherine explore the process of spiritual awakening and its many benefits. They discuss how it leads to greater freedom and control in our lives, makes us less subject to old habits and conditioning, and...

Activate Your Creativity: Surrender to Spaciousness

By on August 21st, 2019

Quantum Creativity and Adaptive Creativity In this talk from the online course Riding the Dragon, Doug and Catherine explore the concepts of Quantum Creativity and Adaptive Creativity. They discuss how imagination springs forth from spaciousness and how it is the...
Video: Why Awaken?

Video: Why Awaken?

By and on March 9th, 2019

Why awaken? In this video, learn what enlightenment, awakening, Christ consciousness, or Buddha nature actually means for us as modern people who want to be more conscious. Discover why we would bother pursuing that state of being. Enlighten-Up is a monthly livestream...
Spiritually Aware At Work: Flourishing in the Workplace

Spiritually Aware At Work: Flourishing in the Workplace

By on October 22nd, 2016

Most of us spend a large percentage of our lives at our workplace. For people aspiring to grow, to wake up and to be of service, we quickly come to some burning questions. How can my work life really support and contribute to my spiritual growth? And how does the...
The Four Deep Ego Fears and Transcendence

The Four Deep Ego Fears and Transcendence

By and on June 3rd, 2016

The ego is defenceless in the face of the forces of the universe.  And because inherently it knows that it is born and dies and is therefore inherently unreliable – its mandate is to try to make things fixed and permanent and then to shore up the walls, add...
Five Steps to a Successful & Integrated Life

Five Steps to a Successful & Integrated Life

By and on May 27th, 2016

Jesus said: “seek ye first the kingdom of heaven and all else will be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33) The vedas say: “Those who have Unity in their awareness, those who have Unity lively in their awareness, Natural Law works for them.” The Buddha implied: Ignorance is...
Awakening, Enlightenment & Wisdom

Awakening, Enlightenment & Wisdom

By and on February 27th, 2016

Doug Duncan Sensei shares about awakening, enlightenment and wisdom. This is an excerpt from the Kyoto Journal article ‘Moving Into the Stream: An Interview with Dharma Teacher Achariya Doug Duncan’ by Brendan Joseph Ries. What is awakening? Is...
Mahamudra: The Interplay of Body and Mind

Mahamudra: The Interplay of Body and Mind

By and on October 24th, 2015

So what are the hallmarks of mahamudra meditation? And their causes? In centuries past, emperors sealed their commands with signet rings and wax. It represented the final word as it were and thus the kingdom was ruled. Relatively speaking, each person could be...