Lynn Marie Lumiere, MFT is a nondual psychotherapist and author who is dedicated to awakening consciousness and meeting life’s challenges as doorways to greater freedom. Her work is sourced in over 40 years of dedicated spiritual and psychological exploration as well as almost 30 years of marriage and practicing psychotherapy. This experience has led her to the understanding that no matter what the problem, healing and freedom from suffering is possible when we tap into our infinite and ever-present true nature. She has been especially interested in applying this understanding to healing relationships and trauma.
Lynn Marie is one of the pioneers in the exploration of nondual wisdom and psychotherapy and is a contributing author to “Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy (Omega Book)” (2003). She is also the author of “Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships” to be published July 1, 2018 by New Harbinger. Her primary spiritual teacher is Adyashanti and she has studied with many teachers from nondual, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. She lives in Grass Valley, California.
Books:
- Awakened Relating: A Guide to Embodying Undivided Love in Intimate Relationships
- The Awakening West : Evidence of a Spreading Enlightenment
Website: lynnmarielumiere.com
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Interview recorded June 2, 2018
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:03:51 – The Paradox of Awakening in Relationships
- 00:07:23 – The Impact of Spiritual Practice
- 00:10:51 – Meeting Life with Awakened Consciousness
- 00:14:26 – Recognition of Non-Dual Awareness
- 00:17:44 – Resting in Nondual Awareness
- 00:21:28 – The Availability of Awakening
- 00:24:51 – The Love We Seek from Others
- 00:28:36 – The Role of Relationship in Awakening
- 00:32:05 – The Pattern of Repeated Marriages
- 00:35:34 – The Advantages of a Non-Dual Understanding in Therapy
- 00:39:18 – Healing Trauma through Meditation
- 00:42:52 – The Importance of Addressing the Root Cause
- 00:46:40 – The Evolutionary Imperative and the Survival of the Species
- 00:50:15 – Evolving from Self-Absorption to Awakened Activism
- 00:53:53 – Moving Beyond Activism and Division
- 00:57:27 – Awakened Activism and the Power of Individual Expression
- 01:01:19 – The Solution to Harmonization
- 01:04:55 – The Three Rs of Awakened Relating
- 01:08:44 – Returning to Direct Being
- 01:12:20 – Mind Training for Direct Awareness
- 01:15:48 – The Scientific Method and Spiritual Beliefs
- 01:19:17 – Taking Responsibility and the Love of Truth
- 01:22:37 – Being Truthful in Relationships
- 01:26:19 – Resolving Trauma with Awakened Awareness
- 01:29:59 – The Inequity of Wealth and Privilege
- 01:33:17 – The Collapse of Empires and the Importance of Taking Care of Each Other
- 01:36:38 – The Possibility of Unnecessary Deaths in the Future
- 01:39:59 – The Paradox of Doing and Non-Doing
- 01:43:30 – Devoting Yourself to Awareness
- 01:47:08 – Engaging with the Author
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