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July 19, 2024 42 mins

In this episode we compare and contrast the techniques of positive psychology with the techniques of nondual awareness practices.

• Includes a guided meditation that focuses on raising one's vibration through gratitude in order to relax into pure beingness.

Books or authors mentioned in this episode:
Find Happiness Now: 50 Shortcuts for Bringing More Love, Balance, and Joy Into Your Life
by Jonathan Robinson
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
By Tal Ben-Shahar
Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times
By Tal Ben-Shahar
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
By Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D.

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NEWS:

Awareness Explorers has made the following top listener charts on Goodpods: 
 #2 in the Top 100 Awakening All time chart
 #5 in the Top 100 Joy All time chart
 #5 in the Top 100 Awareness All time chart
 #6 in the Top 100 Consciousness All time chart
 #37 in the Top 100 Meditation All time chart

To learn more about Awareness Explorers, and to listen to all of our podcast episodes, please visit: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/

If you want to listen to the meditations alone, you can find all of our meditations excerpted either in this playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAVvivvVVGNfQgJxbWB6dF6Z

Or on our Awareness Explorers website: 
https://www.awarenessexplorers.com/meditations

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To learn more about Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O'Connor, please visit 
https://findinghappiness.com/
and 
https://www.playawarenessgames.com/

You can listen to all of our episodes on this YouTube playlist: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThffcko0gAXyaArC4OyY0y84CZ8uSb_n

Enjoy, 
Jonathan and Brian


Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash 

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