S.2 - E.14 - Awakening Into Now with Leonard Jacobson
Summary:
Today we have the honor of interviewing Leonard Jacobson an awakened spiritual teacher, mystic, healer and an author who is deeply committed to guiding and supporting others in their journey towards wholeness. Leonard teaches how to become fundamentally present and awaken into the truth of who you are.
Leonard was born in Melbourne, Australia and resides in Wayzata near Minneapolis, Minnesota offering workshops and retreats throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. He is the author of five books: Words from Silence, Journey into Now, Embracing the Present, Bridging Heaven & Earth and In Search of the Light, a winner of the Indie Children’s book award.
He is the founder of the Conscious Living Foundation, a registered non-profit organization established to support the awakening of human consciousness and to make his teachings widely available.
As a mark of honor and recognition to his selfless efforts in spiritual awakening, in 2005, he was awarded the Peace Prize by Religious Science International, although he is not affiliated or associated with any religion or church. His teaching is both inclusive of, and transcendent of, all religions and spiritual traditions.
In this episode we talk about Leonard’s spiritual journey which includes various unexpected and spontaneous awakenings. We also discuss his teachings that consists of the two-step dance of awakening – the first step leads to presence and the second step, to mastery of the mind and ego.
Show Notes:
First Awakening experiences.
Being open and vulnerable in revealing who I have become in this world of separation – how I judged myself, how inadequate I felt – as well as an increased level of presence in myself, helped me open up to my first spiritual awakening.
You can access the true past and the true future through the doorway of the present moment.
Everything outside of this moment is the dream.
Two-step dance of awakening – the first step leads to presence and the second step, to mastery of the mind and ego.
Bring all the limiting beliefs into consciousness. For example, when you feel angry or resentful at what other people say, what I say to them is you must say “thank you, god”. Because that is not a problem, it’s an opportunity for you to witness how you get triggered and bring that to consciousness.
The truth belongs to god and is equally available to each and every one of us, but only when we are Present.