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Since Aug 2023
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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 seeking

Ilona 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

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There Is No Mind — So Why Can’t You Stop Thinking?

Feb 28, 2026 1h 5m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageIf there is no mind, why does it feel so loud?In this episode I look at what we call “the mind” as a living stream of thoughts appearing. Images, commentary,…

Awakening Myths Exposed With Angelo DiLullo

Feb 14, 2026 1h 24m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageIn this episode of Awakening Now, I sit down with Angelo DiLullo to explore the myths that quietly shape how people think awakening is supposed to unfold.We…

Leading From the Dark: Shadow Work, Awakening, and Becoming More Human

Feb 01, 2026 56m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageIn this episode of Awakening Now, Ilona Ciunaite is joined by Steven D’Souza — author, leadership guide, and creator of Leading From the Dark — for a deep…

What Is the Sense of Self, Really?

Jan 25, 2026 1h 18m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageIn this episode, I invite you to look directly at the sense of self — not as an idea or a belief, but as lived experience.Before thoughts arise, before emotions…

After Awakening When the Body Still Contracts

Jan 10, 2026 19m Bonus Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageAfter awakening, many people expect the body to relax and life to feel settled. The belief in a separate self has dropped, so ease should naturally follow. Yet…

I Understand It All, But Nothing Has Shifted

Jan 03, 2026 1h 26m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageMany people on the spiritual awakening path reach a moment where understanding is no longer enough.You may clearly understand non-duality, awakening, or the…

The One Question That Ends the Waiting | Won Bo (Zen Nun) on Awakening

Dec 20, 2025 1h 3m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageHave you been craving awakening? Waiting for the moment when everything finally softens, the mind gets quiet, the heart opens, and you can finally stop…

The Reality of Awakening: Why the Honeymoon Fades and How to Meet What Returns

Nov 29, 2025 1h 21m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageAwakening is a shift in perception, a clear seeing of what you are and what you’ve mistaken yourself for. it reveals what was here all alongYou’re listening to…

Do You Know Who You Really Are? | Stay Spiritual Interviews Ilona Ciunaite

Nov 22, 2025 1h 11m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageIn the Stay Spiritual interview, I talk about the quiet flip from seeking to seeing — the moment when the pressure dissolves and looking into your own present…

Trust Yourself — The Key to Your Spiritual Awakening. With Luchana Uzunova

Nov 08, 2025 56m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageTrust yourself in awakening. In this intimate conversation, Ilona Ciunaite and nonduality guide Luchana Uzunova explore spiritual awakening, embodiment, and…

Avoid These 5 Spiritual Awakening Mistakes

Nov 01, 2025 1h Transcript

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…

The Threads of Awakening, with Pierce Salguero.

Oct 25, 2025 1h 18m Transcript

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…

Deep Looking: Beyond the Mind, Into the Heart

Oct 18, 2025 1h 41m Transcript

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…

The Illusion of SELF - Non-Duality Explained

Oct 11, 2025 1h 15m Transcript

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…

Awakening Beyond The Mind With Alina Panteleev

Oct 04, 2025 1h 5m Transcript

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…

The Hidden Reason You Still Feel Unfulfilled On Your Spiritual Journey

Sep 29, 2025 1h 13m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageWhat if your regrets, guilt, and “what ifs” about the past are nothing more than sitting on a train wishing it turned left when the tracks only go straight?In…

The Illusion of Self: A Direct Guide to Awakening

Sep 03, 2025 1h 28m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageNeed help with seeing through the illusion of self? Go here 👉 https://bit.ly/4oY0ztVWhat if “I understand this intellectually” is the very thought keeping you…

Breaking Free from Prediction Loops | The Liberty Code & Awakening Explained

Aug 26, 2025 53m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageWhat if your thoughts, emotions, and identity are just looping prediction patterns? What if true awakening means seeing through the ego’s hidden payoffs and…

The Truth About Awakening… and Why It Still Hurts / Part 2

Aug 22, 2025 1h 4m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageHow to recognise the truth about awakening, when there are so many people talking about it in various ways? Reach out to me for a guided session.…

Awakening Isn't the End of Suffering / Part 1

Aug 14, 2025 38m Transcript

Send me your thoughts in a Text MessageAwakening Isn't the End of Suffering. It's an opening, a new beginning. If you need some help, book a session here. https://bit.ly/4mD9HlLEven after a deep…

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