Born Remembering Oneness, Natural Intuition, & Life with a 120-Year-Old Guru
Summary: A conversation about intuition as a natural human sense, early awakening, and learning to trust direct knowing. The discussion also explores guru teaching, spiritual integrity, fear of death, and how to live an awakened life in ordinary society.
Questions This Interview Explores
- How can intuition be understood as a normal sense rather than a special psychic talent?
- What happens when childhood spiritual sensitivity collides with family, religion, and ordinary life?
- How did a relationship with a powerful teacher reshape ideas about enlightenment, fear, and freedom?
- What are the dangers of dependency, spiritual ego, and claiming awakened states too quickly?
- How can people safely reopen subtle perception while staying grounded and sane?
Karen Shanley shares a life shaped by early awakening, natural intuition, and years of deep study with a 120-year-old Indian guru. In this conversation, she talks about “born remembering” oneness, the inner teacher, and why intuition is less a paranormal gift than a forgotten human sense that can be reactivated in ordinary life.
We also explore the tension between genuine spiritual insight and the traps of dependency, prediction, and spiritual ego. Karen reflects on fear of death, the difference between temporary awakening and a stable realization, and why integrity, self-reliance, and discernment matter so much in spiritual communities.
She offers practical ways to reconnect with subtle perception without losing your footing, and speaks candidly about the “holy shit phase” that can come with opening up spiritually.
Website: karenshanley.com
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Interview recorded June 7, 2026
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