Karyn’s spiritual journey was documented in her book Findings from the Hunting Party’s Scout, which chronicles her four most intense years of spiritual growth as an ordinary working soccer mom into an embodied awakened faith leader. After a life-changing spontaneous awakening she shared her Toltec teacher’s teachings and her own experiences as an Interfaith minister ordained by One Spirit Seminary in NYC. In 2019 Karyn was certified as a Mindfulness Meditation teacher taught by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield in their Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program Program.
Incorporating methods of mindfulness, The Four Agreements and mystical teachings of the world’s religion into her talks, workshops and writings, Karyn shares wisdom in a non-denominational, dogma free style that is accessible to people who are searching for an open spiritual path that they can call their own.
On her Substack, Karyn’s Findings, she released Inviting Grace In, a curated full year of quotes to guide readers through Four seasons of spiritual growth:
- Spring-Uplifting Spirit,
- Summer-Shifting Perspectives,
- Autumn-Recognizing Wisdom,
- Winter-Expanding the understanding of our being.
As a life long social activist, Karyn’s posts highlight ways we can mindfully and compassionately co-create a world where all life is uplifted with a new understanding of ourselves and the source of existence we often call God.
Website: karynobeirne.com
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group
Interview recorded November 15, 2025
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00 – Opening quote on grace
- 00:26 – BatGap intro and guest overview
- 02:02 – From atheist soccer mom to seeker
- 05:01 – What grace is (and isn’t)
- 08:31 – Ordinary people and awakening (BatGap origin)
- 11:01 – Brother’s suffering and rejecting a punitive God
- 12:25 – Carolyn Myss, tears, and first cracks in atheism
- 15:05 – Belief vs direct experience
- 16:06 – Questioning religion and “Pale Blue Dot”
- 18:08 – One Spirit Seminary and UU principles
- 20:03 – Mystical cores vs literalism and misuse of religion
- 22:48 – Mystics, administrators, and organizing “truth”
- 24:03 – Don Miguel Ruiz, Toltec path, and Omega retreat
- 26:01 – Funeral visualization, love, and urgency
- 28:02 – 9/11 and not waiting to live and love
- 29:03 – Toltec community and vulnerability
- 30:05 – Living‑room meditation and erratic heartbeat
- 32:05 – Vision of lines, “unhooking,” and boundlessness
- 35:02 – Recognizing this as reality and calling it grace
- 36:02 – Aftershock, fear, and re‑forming identity
- 39:01 – “Accident‑prone” practice and stabilizing awakening
- 43:21 – How the glimpse guides Karyn’s work
- 44:21 – Conditioning and the Toltec “dream of the planet”
- 46:24 – Grace as unsolicited intervention; daily chances to love
- 48:33 – Retreats, disrupting routine, and nature as teacher
- 50:43 – “I am the awareness…” – Ireland insights
- 52:20 – Leaving “God” undefined; “everything is God”
- 54:20 – Omnipresent intelligence in life and nature
- 56:20 – “We are God’s love made manifest”
- 58:03 – Pain, injustice, and where we place attention
- 59:03 – Helping where we can; appreciating being alive
- 1:00:01 – Contemporary teachers (Tolle, Adyashanti, others)
- 1:20:00 – Death, responsibility, and “response‑ability”
- 1:30:00 – Karma and cause and effect
- 1:40:00 – Accepting “what is” vs resisting life
- 1:50:00 – Ways to invite grace in daily life
- 2:00:00 – Final reflections: open path and living as love
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