Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageMost 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 to pause the search and look for yourself. What is actually happening right now? What is imagined?Awakening isn’t a distant event or a dramatic experience — it’s the simple recognition of what’s always been here.Watch until the end to see how subtle expectations keep the mind spinning and how the simplest look can shift everything.Subscribe for more conversations, guided sessions, and insights on the journey of awakening.Join Ilona’s monthly live events and find more resources at https://ilonaciunaite.comThis video will help you understand how:– Fear that “I’ll lose family/job/body” is a protection pattern that blocks looking.– Mind objects to simplicity and prefers to analyze and build stories.– Awakening is everyday living, not a final state or fireworks.– Seeing “nothing” is a real seeing; don’t reject it because it is not an experience.When you stop chasing what isn’t here and turn attention to what is, awakening naturally reveals itself.Subscribe to my Newsletter for updates and to receive info about free monthly meetings on Zoom https://ilonaciunaite.com/subscribe/Music by Valdi Sabev, Visit his channel for more calm and relaxed music https://www.youtube.com/c/ValdiSabev/featuredIf you are touched by conversations, you can support my podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/2223929/supportSupport the showWebsiteshttp://ilonaciunaite.comhttp://liberationunleashed.com
--------
1:00:40
--------
1:00:40
The Threads of Awakening, with Pierce Salguero.
Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageIn 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 both a wide view of the dharma and a grounded invitation to live what we see.You’ll hear about: – The multidharma approach to awakening – The balance between scholarship and lived experience – The universality of awareness across traditionsIf you’re interested in the intersection of awakening, mindfulness, and diverse dharma paths, this episode will widen your view and bring the teaching closer to home.Subscribe to my Newsletter for updates and to receive info about free monthly meetings on Zoom: https://ilonaciunaite.com/subscribe/Music by Valdi Sabev. Visit his channel for more calm and relaxed music: https://www.youtube.com/c/ValdiSabev/featuredWebsiteshttp://ilonaciunaite.comhttp://liberationunleashed.com
--------
1:18:10
--------
1:18:10
Deep Looking: Beyond the Mind, Into the Heart
Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageIn 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 follow the questions, you may begin to sense that experience happens effortlessly, without a “me” at the center.You’ll explore: – The illusion of self and how to look without thinking about it – The difference between intellectual knowing and direct seeing – How to integrate awakening through everyday awarenessWatch slowly. Pause where you need to. No effort, no belief — just looking.Subscribe to my Newsletter for updates and to receive info about free monthly meetings on Zoom: https://ilonaciunaite.com/subscribe/Music by Valdi Sabev. Visit his channel for more calm and relaxed music: https://www.youtube.com/c/ValdiSabev/featuredWebsiteshttp://ilonaciunaite.comhttp://liberationunleashed.com
--------
1:41:37
--------
1:41:37
The Illusion of SELF - Non-Duality Explained
Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageNon-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 questions asked are these:Why does seeking keep you in circlesThe cold truth about “free will” and choiceWhy the self is just another program running If you’re fed up chasing “awakening” like it’s a finish line, this is the slap in the face that you need.And perhaps by the end of this episode you will see why and how to stop playing the seeking game.Subscribe to my Newsletter for updates and to receive info about free monthly meetings on Zoom https://ilonaciunaite.com/subscribe/Music by Valdi Sabev, Visit his channel for more calm and relaxed music https://www.youtube.com/c/ValdiSabev/featuredWebsiteshttp://ilonaciunaite.comhttp://liberationunleashed.com
--------
1:15:31
--------
1:15:31
Awakening Beyond The Mind With Alina Panteleev
Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageWhat 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 responsibility for their transformation, apply the practices with autonomy, and rise into embodied leadership, authentic expression, and soul-aligned impact.Together we explore how teachings from Ramana Maharshi and nonduality start to resonate, not through the mind’s effort to “get it,” but through the body itself waking up.This conversation dives into how presence recognises itself, why intellectual understanding comes later in the journey, and what it means when the question “Who am I?” finally lands at a deeper stage of awakening.In this episode, you’ll discover:-Why awakening isn’t just an intellectual process-How the body “comes online” and shifts everything-The role of resonance in recognising presence-Why self-inquiry often arrives later in the path- How practice ripens recognition beyond the mindIf you’ve ever struggled to “understand” nonduality or wondered why the path feels backward at times, this dialogue will give you fresh clarity and encouragement.Connect with Alina Panteleev: Book a Clarity Call - https://presencealchemy.as.me/schedule/6ab7e889/appointment/30758776/calendar/6546380?appointmentTypeIds[]=30758776Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/soulfireunbound/Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/alinapanteleev108YouTube- @soulfireunbound Websiteshttp://ilonaciunaite.comhttp://liberationunleashed.com
Join Ilona Ciunaite for honest conversations and guided explorations into the nature of self, consciousness, and awakening. This podcast is for those who are looking not just to understand awakening, but to see it — directly, in their own experience.Each episode invites you to slow down, inquire, and notice awareness itself. Through guided Deep Looking sessions and dialogues with teachers, authors, and fellow explorers, Ilona opens the door to what many call spiritual awakening — seeing through the illusion of self, and discovering peace that doesn’t come and go.You’ll explore: – Self-inquiry and direct experience – Deep Looking and seeing beyond the mind – The process of awakening and integration – Presence, awareness, and the end of seekingIlona Ciunaite is a guide, author, and co-creator of the Liberation Unleashed community. For over 14 years, she has been helping seekers all over the world discover freedom through direct experience.If you are ready to look within, this podcast offers clear guidance and grounded conversation — simple, sincere, and free of spiritual jargon
México