Daniel J. Schmidt founded the not for profit Awaken the World Initiative in 2012. It’s purpose is to create films and materials which are made available for free in over 30 languages for the awakening of humanity.
Daniel Schmidt
Daniel is the creator of the award winning film “Inner Worlds Outer Worlds” the “Samadhi” film series and is also one of the creators and speakers in the Awakening Mind series. It is Daniel’s intention to convey the one perennial teaching that is inherent within all of the spiritual traditions. Daniel created the Samadhi Center in Ontario Canada and the Awaken the World Initiative as an outer reflection of his inner world. His approach combines self-inquiry with traditional forms of meditation so that participants have the opportunity to simultaneously realize their transcendent nature, and to purify themselves of conditioned patterns so that the human vessel becomes permeable to their true nature. Daniel emphasizes that Samadhi can be experienced not merely as a temporary “state” but as a “stage” of development. Check out this interview with Daniel from the Awakening Mind film.
The “pathless path” is to realize an ever-deepening development process within the self-structure, and to simultaneously realize the emptiness of the self-structure. When these are realized as one, it is Samadhi.
YouTube Playlist of Dan’s Guided Meditations
Interviews
Lilla Balint
Lilla Balint is an integral part of the retreats at the Samadhi Center, welcoming participants and helping to facilitate. Her journey also entails creating heart-opening music that reflects her inner truth and essence. She co-creates songs with her talented partner Dan Schmidt, and together they express their hearts’ music with live improvisations that come to the surface from deep within their beings
Lilla Balint (Jungle Fairy) is initiated into the Missoko Bwiti tradition of Gabon by 10th generation shaman Moughenda Mikala and trained to provide Iboga Ceremonies to those who are called to the Medicine. She holds great respect and love for this Spirit Medicine and a very special bond that can only be fully understood when one makes the decision to surrender to the Medicine and trust it wholeheartedly.
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Attila Kalo
Attila Kalo has been involved with personal development work for over two decades. He brings a wealth of wisdom and experience to helping others with Awakening, discovering their true nature and how to live from it. Attila completed his first self inquiry Intensive in 2004 and was amazed at how effective the Dyad technique is, he became fascinated with the work, went on to staff and facilitate for 19 years and is still constantly learning and evolving. Attila found his calling to help serve others on their Awakening journey. He felt the Intensives cleared up a lot of unanswered quiries about life. One of Attila’s greatest joys with this work is to be in the presence of someone having an awakening, to be able to guide and be with the moment that the participant has woken up. Attila offers Mind Clearing and Online “Know ThySelf” – Self Inquiry Intensives to anyone who has done Self Inquiry at the Samadhi Centre. www.unleashyourfullpotential.com
John Cross
John has practiced meditation since his late teens, and deepened his spiritual exploration through the mindful use of entheogenic plant medicines. Profound healing has, and continues to be experienced as ever deepening layers of his true nature are revealed. Living through mental health challenges and chronic pain has propelled John to dive deeply within himself to realize the source of life.
After decades of working with the breath, both in meditation and as a self-regulation tool, John experienced a transformational shift through an “Elemental Awakening Breathwork” class. This inspired him to train as a facilitator in this method, and he has been offering this experience for individuals and
groups since then. Since 2019, John has been working closely with Bwiti Iboga provider Michael Cassidy, assisting in traditional Iboga ceremonies, including coaching and integration work. Through engaging with Iboga, breathwork, and meditation, John continues to be reborn into this life anew, and is continually humbled to witness the same in countless others through working with these modalities.
Jennifer Rennette
Jennifer is a spiritual guide with a background in transpersonal psychotherapy and Zen meditation. With over 20 years of counselling experience she has worked with individuals, families and communities (including indigenous and high-risk groups) dealing with trauma, grief, addictions and mental/emotional/spiritual dis-ease. Jennifer’s own journey began with a major loss at the age of 16 which led her on the “brutiful” (brutal and beautiful) path of Truth and Understanding. Through other losses and grief, illness and homelessness, these profound teachers have given her a deep understanding of what it means to move through the murky maze of human conditioning and into awakened consciousness. Jennifer uses the process of Heart Activation and The Way of the Heart as her guiding principle as she continues to dives deeper into “Is-ness” of life.
Jerome Giovinazzo
From a young age Jerome has been passionate about people and the human spirit, continuously endeavoring to learn deeper ways to connect with both himself and others. In understanding that the root of all our happiness comes from taking care of others, Jerome has dedicated his life to serving through his passions of yoga, meditation, coaching and cooking. Jerome has been fortunate to study with many great spiritual teachers in various lineages ranging from Tibetan Buddhism, Vedanta, and hatha yoga, to mention a few. Having completed a 2 year solitary yoga & meditation retreat deep in the mountains of southern Arizona, Jerome realized the power of going inward, which enables each of us to create the change we want in our lives. His teachings are predicated on the idea that how we experience the world in our daily lives is dependent upon our how we treat others, including ourselves; everything is essentially a blank movie screen upon which we project our reality — if we want to change the “movie”, then we must change change our behavior of body, speech & mind. Helping people achieve their dreams of health & happiness, Jerome brings joy, humor, and sincerity into his sessions.
Alex Litardo
At the age of 15, the book Sidharta, by Herman Hesse, marked the beginning of Alex’s spiritual quest. During those years, the teachings of Jung, Krishnamurti, Huxley as well as entheogens and chemical experimentation briefly revealed powerful periods of communion with the whole, which marked his life forever. Immigrating to the States at the age of 20, studies, jobs, family obligations, and a digital imaging career unfortunately veiled his spiritual path for years. Towards the turn of the century, a conscious decision to simplify life and make his work activities independent, Alex refocused his exploration on the nature of reality and being. A revelation about the coherence between quantum physics and spiritual teachings fostered a resurgence of his inner quest, gaining deep understanding and insight through the consistent, interdisciplinary and powerful presentations of Dan’s teachings and guidance. Today, Alex is profoundly grateful to be part of the ATW initiative, managing the development of online resources, communications and translation projects.
ATW Daily Meditations Hosts
The Awaken the World online Meditation Community was formed as a supportive, inclusive virtual space which provides an incentive to begin and maintain or deepen a regular practice. The last Saturday of every month, Dan join us on a guided meditation to practice together then connect and share our experiences.
All are welcome to join us for these free, drop-in gatherings.
Sean Campbell
“ Silence is the best and most potent initiation. Silence is ever speaking. It is a perennial flow of language which is interrupted by speaking. …..Silence is the true teaching. It is the perfect teaching which is suitable only for the most advanced seeker…”
( Ramana Maharshi).
What better way to serve Silence in this mad world of Maya than to help host these meditations ?!’
Sibasis Sahoo
After hundreds of experiences in 2017 that science could not explain, I was forced to turn inward and realized the inward is a mess as well.
Turning inward and facing myself, started a transformation that still continues. This was surrender.
If we can begin to understand what we are without trying to change it then what we are begins to undergo a radical transformation.🙏
Akram Mahani
It has been a true blessing and a privilege to host some of the daily silent meditations. These have helped me deepen my own practice.
Plus, I feel I’m part of a community of seekers who come together everyday for a common purpose. I greatly appreciate the opportunity!
Traudel Deffner
After 2 years of regular participation in the daily silent meditations, it now came about that I am allowed to help as a host to keep the meditations going. The biggest challenge for me is the handling of the digital tools – while staying in silence has proven more and more to be bliss and a blessing as well as a deepening of clarity and love. I appreciate this group very much, many thanks to all who participate!
