Thursday, December 5, 2024

AWARENESS-NOW.ORG

Discover how you are not your thoughts and beliefs & wake up!

Welcome friend,

Humanity has created religious, political, tribal and nation based stories for thousands of years.  Is it possible that our clinging to these old stories and beliefs is actually the main cause of the endless cycles of division, conflicts and violence occuring in the world every day? Throughout the ages various people have spoken about this, while also pointing to the wholeness and aliveness of Life which is always present right here and now, no matter what you or others think or believe.  And that’s what this website is about…

“In the course of the 21st century more and more people will realize that our beliefs and the duality, division and conflict we experience are self-created realities. Freedom and happiness have nothing to do with clinging to beliefs. To realize you are not your thoughts or beliefs, is the beginning of awakening…”
(from the Awareness now! website)

ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS

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The root cause of war is within

War is not anything that happens to mankind. Humanity itself is creating wars. In fact, we are feeding the mechanism that leads to war, constantly. This mechanism is very simple. Any time you say; I am...

The end of getting

We humans use words to communicate. Words reveal how we think. We seem to constantly forget that words are just labels, which only suggest they point to something "real". Take "success" or "happiness" or "acknowledgement",...

Division is endless!

Non-duality is just a word. It can be used as a pointer to the wholeness of everything, all that already is, before our thinking starts to introduce difference and division. Our mind (whatever that is)...

Am I my thoughts?

Who or what are we? Isn’t it so that we tend to assume that our thoughts are essential to what we are or we consider them to be our innermost and precious “core”?  The...

The stories in our head

We humans are very good at creating “stories” about "things that happen". The history of mankind is full of stories and describes the consequences and impact of what happened when people acted according to...

What is a belief?

Our world seems to be built on beliefs and assumptions. You may for instance believe something about yourself; that you are a good person, or that you have negative qualities. You may believe that...

Video: interview with Willem Fonteijn

Willem Fonteijn is a well known Dutch clinical psychologist. Besides his work at university and various clinics, he has been actively involved in eduction, workshops and trainings regarding Mindfulness meditation for many years. In...

The limits of “knowing”

After the renaissance in Europe (14th-17th century) a revolution in science and rational thinking began, which ultimately led to the amazing technology we now use and depend on every day. Seeking more knowledge and...

Life as “me”

Somehow at a young age, we humans begin to feel that we are separate, that we are individual entities, different from others, separate from life. Whether this psychological process of individuation is useful or...

Beliefs & Reality

A man once said: "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away!". (Philip K. Dick) The truth is that whatever you think or believe, reality will stay as it...

The end of Duality

One of the core activities of the human mind is labeling of and distinguishing between "things". Thought creates the apparent duality or difference between “here” and “there”, “this object” and “that object”, “mine” and...

Awareness “explained”

Have you ever noticed how experiences and thoughts arise, how they appear and then disappear? Have you ever wondered who or what is aware of that? Have you ever noticed that in between thoughts, what you...

The Illusion of seeking

As long as we believe we are on the way to something; something better, nicer, more exciting and so on, we are overlooking or denying what’s here right now!  Seeking is based on the...

Interview with Amoda – our true nature is beyond beliefs

Amoda Maa is a contemporary spiritual teacher and author born in the UK and currently living in the USA. The interview took place in the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck NY. In this interview we speak about...