144. Arjuna Ardagh

Arjuna Ardagh is an awakening coach, writer and public speaker, who also trains others to become facilitators of awakening.  He is the author of seven books, including the 2005 #1 National Bestseller The Translucent Revolution, which was featured in “O” magazine. His new book Better than Sex is the complete introduction to Awakening Coaching.  His novel The Last Laugh will be republished by Hay House in spring 2013. He is also the creator of several online courses, including Living Awakening, and The Deeper Love. Ardagh has been a keynote speaker at conferences all over the world, including the International Conference on Business and Consciousness, the “No Mind” Festival,” the Whole Life Expo (in 5 cities), the Integral Spiritual Experience Conference, and the Omega Institute annual conference. He has appeared on TV, on the radio and in print media in seventeen countries.  He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council. Arjuna was educated in England, at Kings School, Canterbury, and later at Cambridge University, where he earned a master's degree in literature.   Since the age of 14, he has had a passionate interest in spiritual awakening, and he began to practice mediation and yoga at that time. In his late teens, he trained as a meditation teacher. After graduating from Cambridge, Ardagh devoted himself completely to the call he felt inside, and studied and lived with a number of great spiritual teachers, both in Asia and the United States. In 1991 Arjuna met his teacher, H.W.L.Poonja, a retired army officer in Lucknow India, with whom he passed through a radical shift in consciousness. Arjuna Ardagh is the creator of several online courses. Through high-definition video interviews with 40 remarkable people, Living Awakening shows us how states of inner awakening can become the stable foundation of enlivening and giving the Unique Gift each person was born to share.  Arjuna and his wife, Chameli Ardagh, have created The Deeper Love, which teaches singles and couples how to integrate awakening consciousness into intimate relationships. Arjuna and Chameli live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California, with their two teenage sons. You can find out more about Arjuna Ardagh at arjunaardagh.com. Other books and media: Radical Brilliance: The Anatomy of How and Why People Have Original Life-Changing Ideas Leap Before You Look Relaxing into Clear Seeing Awakening into Oneness Awareness Meditation Let Yourself Go - 6 CD series from Sounds True The Mystery of 2012 Interview recorded 11/3/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Personal Background 00:04:27 - Finding Solace in Meditation and Seeking Answers 00:08:23 - Discovering Bhagwan Rajneesh in India 00:12:00 - Meeting the Old Man 00:15:47 - Going Mad with Endless Thoughts 00:18:49 - The Recognition of Infinite Consciousness 00:21:47 - The Tricky Part of Doing Concepts 00:24:55 - Financial Challenges and Life Lessons 00:27:44 - Stress and its Relationship to Awakening 00:31:54 - The Relationship between Awakening and Dealing with the World, 00:36:13 - The Traditional Teacher-Student Relationship 00:40:11 - The Experience of Transmission and Presence 00:43:07 - Projecting onto Others 00:46:54 - The Theater of Awakening 00:50:23 - The Coaching Relationship 00:53:32 - Coaching for Full Potential 00:57:33 - Facilitating Awakening Online 01:01:12 - The Importance of the Student's Disposition 01:05:40 - The Attitude of a Beginner 01:09:54 - The Model of Leaving Responsibilities Behind 01:13:11 - The Antidote to Stress and the Call to Life 01:17:07 - Fully Giving Your Gift and Finding Fulfillment 01:21:48 - The Attention Turned Inward 01:25:13 - The End of Seeking and the Recognition of Spaciousness 01:28:17 - The Nature of Unfoldment 01:32:14 - The Beauty of the Coaching Relationship