The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School with Michael Benner
Episodes
The Art and Science of Deep Relaxation
Contributed by Lukas
Deep relaxation promotes proufound states of expanded awareness, which amplifies mental and emotional intelligence in addition to boosting the body's ...
Buddhist Eightfold Path
Contributed by Lukas
A non-religious, philosophical view of the Buddist Eightrfold Path as a personal instruction manual for enlightenment.<br> <br><br>...
Life After Life and NDEs with Dr. Raymond Moody
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
The Science of Consciousness with Dr. Stuart Hameroff
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Remote Viewing with Stephan Schwartz
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-FM in L.A.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more informa...
Dr Timothy Leary Interview (1993)
Contributed by Lukas
From Michael Benner's archives, a 1993 interview of Dr. Leary on LSD, humanism, the Millennium, learning and computers.<br> <br><br>...
CH 1- Who Am I?
Contributed by Lukas
Fearless Intelligence Audiobook, Chapter One<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more infor...
Promo for Trump TeleSeminar
Contributed by Lukas
Description of upcoming teleseminar about response to Trump's election.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (8...
Meditation 06: The Five Qualities of Mindfulness
Contributed by Lukas
This meditation outlines the basic elements of mindfulness meditation (Vipassana). <br><br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgele...
Meditation 05: Finding Your Center
Contributed by Lukas
This meditation develops your understanding of the center of things, the point of power in all living beings. <br><br><br>...
Meditation 08: Self Inquiry
Contributed by Lukas
This month, the meditator is guided through an apophatic process of understanding self by realizing what we are not. <br><br>&l...
Meditation 07: Be the Sky, Not the Clouds
Contributed by Lukas
This meditation explores the eternal and infinite consciousness above and behind all thought and perception. <br><br><br> ...
Meditation 08: Self Inquiry
Contributed by Lukas
This month, the meditator is guided through an apophatic process of understanding self by realizing what we are not. <br><br>&l...
Meditation 07: Be the Sky, Not the Clouds
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This meditation explores the eternal and infinite consciousness above and behind all thought and perception. <br><br><br> ...
Meditation 04: Spiritual Alignment
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This exercise aligns the persona to the Oversoul to expand self-awareness so we may be more open and receptive to refined spiritual wisdom . ...
Meditation 03: The Illusion of Separation
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The physical world is impermanent. Only energy is substantial, eternal, and infinite. Reality is a unified field of Consciousness. It's material m...
Meditation 02: The One Life
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The mystical paradox known as The One and the Many refers to the uniqueness of all physical forms flowing from a single unified Source. <b...
Meditation 01: Awareness of Thinking
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meta-awareness is the conscious recognition of thinking from a non-judgmental point of view. <br><br><br> Visit http:ww...
Intro to Emotional Intelligence
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You will never understand yourself until you develop your emotional intelligence because it is the essence of self-awareness. <br><...
Mastering Control
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is futile to try to control the world because it is a reflection of consciousness. Instead, we must manage our perceptions and responses. ...
The Union of Opposites
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just as day includes night, inside requires an outside, and a road uphill is a downhill road, all opposites are interdependant parts of One Thing...
Post-election Anger as Poison
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the stunning result of America's recent Presidential election, many people are poisoning themselves with anger, fear, and even hat...
Releasing Anxiety, Stress, and Fear
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Podcast host Tony Durso interviews personal development trainer and author Michael Benner. <br><br><br> Visit http:www...
Spiritual Assimilation
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Integrating spiritual practices into your daily life and affairs. <br><br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or ...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Overview of the teachings of the Bardo Thodol, commonly known as the Tibetan Book of the Dead. <br><br><br> Visit http:...
Awareness Beyond Thinking
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spirit is energy and cannot be created or destroyed. It is infinite and eternal. <br><br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgeless...
Duality and Impermanence
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All matter is energy in a state of physical form. But while the fo <br><br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or c...
Radical Acceptance
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We can become free by accepting responsibility for every occurrence in our lives, even those we did not cause. <br><br><br>...
Karma and Free Will
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Karma and free will are not opposites. Both play a role in our daily life and affairs. <br><br><br> Visit http:www.TheA...
The Magical Triad
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether seen in the Christian Trinity, Hindu Trimurti, Buddhism's Three Jewels, or the inherent stability of the tripod, the number 3 is magical....
Beyond Empathy and Compassion
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Empathy and compassion are bridges to a much more harmonious and soulful view of ourselves as a segment of the One Life. <br><br>...
Self-Love as Self-Awareness
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Love discussed in Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions is the same as the Consciousness of Eastern philosophy. <br><br><b...
Stress, Distress, and Disease
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stress is a collective term for anxiety and fear from panic to mild apprehension and nervousnness. <br><br><br> Visit ht...
Fearless Intelligence
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Releasing fear and anxiety boosts self-awareness, making us smarter, more loving, more successful and fulfilled. <br><br><br&g...
Letting Go of Attachments
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The anxiety caused by feeling alienated in a world of separate forms causes us to grasp and cling to objects, not only material things but though...
The Seven Doors of Transformation
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Personal growth and transformation are not something you do once. It is a process, an unfolding involving seven distinct passages. <br>...
Remembering to Remember
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I finally remembered to do a class on memory. Here are half a dozen powerful memory tips and tools. <br><br><br> Visit h...
Life Is But A Dream
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are multiple meanings to the idea of life being a dream, perhaps chief among them is understanding how circumstancers and condition reflect...
Depression and Anxiety
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Depression is a state of confusion, uncertainty, and anxiety. It is caused by a lack of self-awareness and the desire for reality to be other tha...
The Illusion of Time
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The past and future exist only in our imagination. They are dreams. Only now is real. <br><br><br> Visit http:www.TheAge...
Ending Codependency
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Attempting to understand yourself by judging your impact on others is an indirect and ineffective form of self-enquiry. Relying on others to make...
Letting Go of Stuck
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A consequence of feeling as if life happens to us is the belief that we are often stuck. Once we realize we are, instead, holding on we can let g...
Love as Consciousness
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Western Abrahamic lunderstanding of Love is the same as the consciousness describved in Easern religion and philosophy. <br><br&...
The Fear of Fear
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fundamental nature of reality is consciousness. In monotheism, it's called love. The absence of love as consciousness is fear which ironicall...
De-escalating Anger
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anger is a defense mechanism that's evolved to help us survive danger. However, most of what makes us angry is today's world is not danger but un...
Choosing Your Choices
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Human beings are the only animals with the frontal lobes in their brains that allow us to deliberately reflect upon our thoughts a second level ...
The Injustice of Vengeance
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is no justice, satisfaction, or closure in vengeance or retribution. In factr, research shows such grudges only compound and prolong the pa...
The Surprising Truth About Loneliness
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If loneliness were what it seems to be, how could solitude be so enjoyable and refreshing? No, something else is going on that we call loneliness...
The Subtle Gnawing of Discontent
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Though few people ever realize it, human desire is never fulfilled for long. Inevitably, desire rises again and again, never satisfied. Here's ho...
Sleep and Dreams
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Explanations of the brainwaves and states of consciousness associat with sleep and dreaming, plus how to remember, understand, and even incubate ...
Raincloud of Knowable Things
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond learning and experiencing through physical sense and sensation, there is overshdowing a Raincloud of Knowable Things we can intuit in safe...
Opposites and Polarities
27 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simplistic, binary thinking causes many to believe all differences are opposites and anything that does not align with one persons's sense of rig...
Finding Hidden Stress
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether called fear or anxiety, panic or mild apprehension, stress is a symptom of confusion, unceretainty, ignorance, and unawareness. We must f...
Eco-spirituality
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The reliance of Earth's eco-system on countless, diverse parts offers insight into the dependence of the Universe on its endlessly diverse materi...
Conscious and Unconscious Minds
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can we gain greater conscious access to the unconscious mind? <br><br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or ca...
Finding Control
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Open the space between stimulus and response to find your freedom, peace of mind, and happines. <br><br><br> Visit http:www.Th...
Why Hurt People Hurt People
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emotions are highly contagious. Furthermore, what you see as your defense appears offensive to others and vice versa. <br><br><br&...
Good Trouble / Sacred Activism
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Socio-economic activists need not limit themselves to politics or religion to find context and motivation. <br><br><br> Visit...
The Five Wrong Views
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A list of the five most common misconceptions about the nature of reality with reasons why they are wrong views. <br><br><br>...
The Ten Fetters
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A review of the bad habits that hinder liberation.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more...
Dropping Defensiveness
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion of how to avoid becoming defensive or triggering defensiveness in others.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom...
Emotionally Calm Awareness
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An overview of how managing emotions to feel calm and peaceful expands awareness, insight, and understanding.<br> <br><br> Visit ht...
What is Truth?
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss subjective and objective truth, relative and absolute truth, physical and metaphysical truth.<br> <br><br> Visit http:ww...
Inner Guidance
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As mortal beings, we are emanations of our soul. Therefore, we should be able to hear its inspiring guidance during relaxed, contemplative states of m...
The Mirror of the Mind Technique
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How to employ the reap-what-you-sow principle as manifestation, healing, refinement, and redemption using mental imagery and emotional enthusiam, fait...
Dreams, Desires, and Goals
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The importance of setting clear, specific goals while remaining unattached to the desired outcome.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheA...
Visualization and Guided Imagery
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation exercises to enhance thoughts and feelings with visual, auditoryu and kinesthetic imagination.<br> <br><br> Visit http:w...
Metaphysical Sermon on the Mount
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A non-religious, philosophical view of the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount as a personal instruction manual for enlightenment.<br> <...
Siddhis, ESP, and Healing
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Siddhis is a Sanskrit word for the paranormal phenomena (ESP) that naturally occur to those whose meditation practice begins to expand their awareness...
Loving-Kindness
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Sanskrit word "metta" means loving-kindness in English. It is an ancient practice, central to all schools of Buddhism aroundhe world.<br> &...
The Pre-existence of the Oversoul
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the implications of the ancient belief in the oversoul, above and free of form, as pre-existent or premortal.<br> <br><br&g...
Ageless Wisdom Suppositions Part 3
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our third supposition is about the position of the soul as consciousness between spirit and matter representing love, truth, and wisdom, going beyond ...
Ageless Wisdom Suppositions Part 2
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The second supposition connecting the world's wisdom traditions is advaita or nonduality.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWis...
Ageless Wisdom Suppositions Part 1
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beginning to discuss the fundamental precepts uniting the ancient wisdom traditions of the world.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAg...
Wisdom Traditions of the World
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mysticism, including Buddism and Taosim, are called wisdom traditions because of their focus on the psychological and philosophical experiences of ind...
Mindfulness and Being
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Replace your to-do list with a to-be awareness. More harm than good comes from from trying to micromanage every aspect of your life.<br> <br...
The Classical Double-Slit Experiment
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An exploration of the amazing impact of consciousness on matter and energy at the quantum level.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAge...
The Three States of Consciousness
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our discussion of consciouness in terms of the states in which it expresses.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdo...
The Four Layers of Consciousness
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A model of how the substratum of Consciouness eminates into the material universe.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com...
Critical Thinking Basics
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A few bullet-points for self-inquiry to help us derrmine to what extent our thinking is critical or sloppy and illogical.<br> <br><br&...
Releasing Resistance to Change
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Using the mystical allegoriers of the Dweller on the Threshold and the Ring Pass Not, we examine our innate resistance to change and imperanence.<b...
A Closer Look at the Law of Attraction
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Energy follows thought, but is it appropriate to use spiritual laws for personal, material gain?<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAge...
The Middle Way
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The centered, balanced choice, an integrated and harmonious path between all extremes opposites, and dichotomies.<br> <br><br> Visi...
Karma: It's All Good
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Principle of Karma explains the cycles of cause and effect, the rising and falling of all things in relationship to intention, thought, feeling, s...
Transcendentalism and Panentheism
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The uniquely American transcendentalism of William James, Ralph W. Emerson, and Henry D. Thoreau is explained in the context and monism and penentheis...
Mysticism and Perennialism
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ancient lineage of wisdom mystery schools and the Perennial Philosophy.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or cal...
Inner Dialogue with Emotions
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to find meaning in emotions by using intuition instead of logic.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818)...
Intuition: Thoughts Arriving Full-Blown
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mysticism, metaphysics, theosophy, nonduality, perennial philosophy.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818)...
Gut Feelings: Instinct vs Intuition
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mysticism, metaphysics, theosophy, nonduality, perennial philosophy.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818)...
Logical vs Intrusive Thinking
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mysticism, metaphysics, theosophy, nonduality, perennial philosophy.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818)...
Chop Wood, Carry Water
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mysticism, metaphysics, theosophy, nonduality, perennial philosophy.<br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818)...
Tibetan Buddhism with Robert Thurman
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Media Consciousness with Kevin Kerslake
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Seeker, Search, Sacred with Guy Finley II
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Mindfulness Meditation with Dr. Mitch Abblett
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Wetiko the Mind Virus with Paul Levy
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Precognitive Dreaming with Dr. Eric Wargo
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Yoga and Social Activism with Hala Khouri
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Metaphysics and the Occult with Mitch Horowitz
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...
Nondual Consciousness with Chuck Hillig II
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ageless Wisdom Show on KPFK-90.7 FM in L.A. <br> <br><br> Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more i...