Cynthia Bampton is the co-founder of the Awakened Life Project in Portugal and in this podcast series she will be bringing a deeper spiritual context into our everyday lives. For recordings of her webinars and if you want to make a donation please visit our website www.awakenedlifeproject.org/en/audiosvideos-webinars-cynthia-bampton
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Cynthia illustrates through two examples how simple and joyful it is to leave space for surprises.
She takes you right into the Heart of the Unknown. The Unknown simply IS, reality itself. Nobody knows what is going on right now and nobody knows what will happen tomorrow. Why? Because things are constantly changing- However, we have the illusion of control and knowing.
Leaving space for surprises means to re- cognize that you don't have to create something new. Everything is always new, since it is always changing. When we let go into the newness of every moment, our Heart rejoices and we feel truly alive. We forget ourselfs.
Join Cynthia in this podcast and discover yourself room for surprises and wonder in the everyday life. And find out that new is truly better than known.
29 Jun 2020
Episode 18: Find Space and Freedom, No More Me, Me, Me!
What would it be like to respond to life without the interpretation and projection of the separate self? Cynthia speaks about the separate self in a way that it is the 'middle man' filter that we see and project our experience from. Another way to see the 'middle man' filter is to recognize that the middle man is ego, is the focus of 'me' - me' being the story that you create through the identification of thought and feeling. The filter of the middle man is what causes us suffering, liberation from me, me, me is the recognition of freedom prior to the filter of the middle man! Join Cynthia as she dissects this habit.
15 Jun 2020
Episode 17: What Does It Mean to Embrace Life As It Is?
This podcast is a talk from Cynthia’s recent webinar “What Does It Mean to Embrace Life As It Is?”. Most people are constantly trying to change or avoid the experience they are having, which results in a state of discontent and a feeling of something is always wrong. If you look, you might notice that throughout your day you want your experience to be different then it is. Our ideas of what we should feel and experience are all coming from conditioned beliefs so we end up running towards those beliefs and away from the beauty of what is already the case. This podcast is about seeing this habit, letting thoughts and emotions rise and fall away without pushing them away or trying to change them. The moment that you accept your discontent or non-inspiration – that’s the moment it is transmuted into content and inspiration. Change your relationship to your experience and you can change your quality of life.
5 Jun 2020
Epsiode 16: Beyond Fear, Find Your Heart and Your Voice
Cynthia speaks about taking more responsibility for the decisions we make in our lives. Most of the time we think we don't want people to tell us what to do but underneath we find ourselves indecisive or in avoidance of what is happening. Are we open to new ideas or ideas outside of our conditioned beliefs? Or are we afraid to step beyond the barriers of these beliefs? If we are then we are allowing fear to inform our decisions or our lack of decisions, we are allowing conditioning to rule our lives. This podcast is a call to go beyond fear, to listen to the Spiritual Heart that is beating in you, find your true voice and then have the courage to use it.
29 May 2020
Episode 15: Riding the Storm!
In this episode, Cynthia takes you right into the storm: where everything is changing. Inevitably there are hard times in life and challenging moments during the day. How we relate to the intensity of change will determine how much you suffer. Usually when times get 'stormy' we run away from the emotional ups and downs of our experience. Why do we do this? It is because we have ideas of what is enjoyable and what is not? We have ideas that I should feel a certain way and when I don't I think something is wrong.
Cynthia breaks down the cycle of suffering when you refuse to ride the storm of Life. She invites you to open up to the possibility that everything is as it is, the essence of the storm of Life when it is calm or when it is rocky is all the same. It is all God/Consciousness/Spirit. Cynthia guides you through different perspectives to help you see life beauty and love in all aspects of the human experience. She also gives you a simple exercise to start the ride.
Come and join her for another beautiful episode.
20 May 2020
Episode 14: Happiness and Joy - Wide Open Wonder!
In this podcast, Cynthia invites you to discover your inherent Happiness. Take the risk to drop your mask, allow yourself to be happy, to smile to move! Cynthia's encouragement to be happy here and now is infectious, she gives exercises to help you find inherent happiness beyond all situations. To Live True Happiness is revolutionary in our times of self-improvement so take the risk to be a revolutionary and transcend your embrace True Happiness here and now.
9 May 2020
Episode 13: Collective Emergence - Coming Together in Truth
When we come together for a purpose beyond the individual's opinion or position we can tap into a deeper dimension of ourselves. Individually this can be very powerful but when this happens in a collective then something stronger and more beautiful than the individual parts emerge. Cynthia speaks about how collective emergence can occur and the power that emerges when a collective comes together for a purpose higher then the individual. She also speaks about her experience of when this happens and the importance of collective emergence in these times. If you are interested in an expression of Consciousness beyond the individual then take the time to listen to this podcast.
The truth is everything is always new, but unfortunately we don't see this as we are too busy projecting what we think we already know out into the world. What happens when we project our fears and desires onto other people? Do we see them clearly? Do we see ourselves clearly? Do we suffer, do we cause others to suffer? Do we have an image of ourselves that we are expecting others to continuously support? Do we get angry when they don't? Cynthia shares an exercise to help you identify the self images you may have so you can see them and transcend them.
24 Apr 2020
Episode 11: Overwhelm - The Invitation to Escape Life
Overwhelm is a common experience for almost everyone,
Have you ever asked yourself, 'What is the root of the overwhelming experience of being overwhelmed?'
Most people haven't really looked very deeply into why they are so overwhelmed.
They know that overwhelm is usually accompanied by strong emotions, a feeling of contraction, an internal voice screaming, I can't take anymore, followed by a sense of hopelessness and an intense desire to escape.
Sound familiar? Will we always be a victim to this experience or is there another perspective on all of this?
If you want to know the answer to that question, then join Cynthia on this podcast and deepen your understanding on how to be with overwhelm without being overwhelmed. ( :
17 Apr 2020
Epsidoe 10: Curiosity Beyond Fear
Who am I? How shall I live?
In this podcast, Cynthia explores what it takes to ask those questions with an open Curious Heart.
Nobody can control where we put our attention. If we put our attention on what is real and true in this world, something already changes. We all have unlimited possibilities when we don't go with fear. You have a body, you have a mind, you have a mouth and you have a voice.
This is the moment to create a new world beyond ego and separation: where we embrace our True Self as Consciousness itself with unlimited possibilities of how we can be together and how we can care for the planet and each other. Why? Because it is our Natural State.
Follow Cynthia's passionate call to recognize who you really are and do something different.
13 Apr 2020
Episode 9: Opening up to New Ideas - Transcending Fear
Cynthia speaks about the challenge and the liberation that comes with the decision to open up to new ideas and narratives. Opening up to something we don't already know, or opening to something that challenges our strongly held beliefs will usually, if not always cause fear to arise. Cynthia shares her own experience and understanding that when one opens to something new, it is not the thing itself that liberates one, it is in releasing fear and limitation (ego) and giving space for that which we don't already know and that which is infinitely more creative then any idea or belief we may have. The times we are in call for more people to let go, to wake up, to speak up and to rise up. Warning for this Podcast: You may find that you are more then you could imagine and with awakening comes responsibility.
3 Apr 2020
Episode 8: How to Be Truly Together
Cynthia invites you to explore a deeper dimension of being in relationship with others. We usually assume that we are separate, isolated human beings defined by stories of our past. When two human beings relate to each other beyond the limitations of 'our stories' , beyond the imposition of separation, a new kind of relationship is possible. Join Cynthia for this enlightening podcast and learn about a new possibility in relationship, that is always available, even if you are restricted to staying in your apartment!
2 Apr 2020
Podcast 7: A Guided Meditation
In this Podcast Cynthia is guiding a meditation.
She is inviting you to consciously decide to stop, relax and breathe.
The simple act of sitting still can get us in touch with a deeper dimension of ourselves that is prior to the movement of mind or the sensations of the body.
Just set a side a few minutes of the day and sit quietly, relax and breathe.
29 Mar 2020
Episode 6: Making Life Real
How much of life are you denying? Do you have a nagging feeling of discontent and agitation? Most of the time, most of us are running away, trying to avoid or change what is unpleasant or painful and look for good feelings where we know we are ok.
In this podcast, Cynthia guides us through a process of recognizing that accepting the experience we are having is the doorway to freedom, when we no longer seek to have a different experience we can get in touch with that which is prior to experience. Cynthia speaks about the opportunity we all have in every moment to let everything be as it is, to shift the attention from the content we are aware of, to a recognition that we are that which is aware. Join Cynthia in her invitation to recognize the beauty of Life as we resist the temptation to avoid or deny anything.
23 Mar 2020
Episode 5: From Contraction to Expansion: A Liberating Approach to Life Before and After COVID-19
In this podcast, Cynthia highlights our capacity to respond with freedom and an open heart to any crisis. Even though, we might be quarantined, our world does not need to become contracted and corona virus centered. Our world will get very small if we loose connection with that which is always true and beautiful and always free. Cynthia explores the conditioned responses that keep us bound during this time of crisis and also before this crisis. Join this exploration of real Freedom that is always here and now - NO MATTER what your situation is!
20 Mar 2020
Episode 4: What is the Effect of the Coronavirus on us as a Society?
What is the effect of the corona virus on us as a society? The information we are receiving is changing daily – we have to be open to what is happening without any fixed ideas. There is a lot of unknown in this situation.
In a strange way the corona virus can be a catalyst for deep change in ourselves: If you understand that how you relate to what is happening with the virus is how you relate to things most of the time- there is a huge learning opportunity in the present situation in shifting our attention from the content of our experience to being awareness itself.
How can we be continuously real about the reactions we are having and how we are responding to them? Come and join Cynthia for another illuminating and empowering podcast.
Here is a link to the article Cynthia was referring to: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
18 Mar 2020
Episode 3: Slowing Down in the Face of the Coronavirus Quarantine
Cynthia speaks about slowing down in the face of the coronavirus quarantine.
In the Western World most of us are plugged in, goal oriented and focused on ourselves and our story. So what if we use this time of quarantine to slow down, stop and go back to simplicity?
Join Cynthia in this inquiry and see where it can take you.
Watch Cynthia's Webinar on insecurity and control to find out more on how to respond to life in the face of intensity.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=f9Q3BAQDKfM&feature=emb_title
Audio: https://soundcloud.com/peter-bampton-885476857/insecurity-and-control-and-how-they-are-related
16 Mar 2020
Episode 2: What's your Response to the Coronavirus ?
Cynthia is looking into the opportunities that this virus brings to us. Are we going to respond in a self centered way or are we going to open our view towards community. Are we casual about this situation or are we panicking?
It is a huge opportunity to find a deeper dimension for ourselves. If we actually are all one – how real are you going to respond? This pandemic is pushing us all together and forcing us to see that what I do matters.
16 Mar 2020
Episode 1: A Free Relationship to the Coronavirus
Many people are freaking out about Coronavirus - and fair enough - as there is a lot of information and its difficult to know what is true and what is not. So we are in unknown times and its a chance to rise up or to crash down.
In this episode Cynthia is speaking about the Coronavirus and how we can relate to it in a different way. Cynthia faces the reality of the situation and suggests a larger context on how to respond from freedom and not fear
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