Conversations with Eli Jaxon-Bear

Sophia James sits down with spiritual teacher Eli Jaxon- Bear to explore why every great revolution in history has ultimately fallen short — and why the answer lies much closer to home. Eli makes the case that true transformation begins not with changing the world, but with stopping the suffering right where you are, a revolution, not based in defiance but a revolution of love

Sophia James sits down with spiritual teacher Eli Jaxon-Bear to explore the timeless questions raised by the iconic film The Matrix — are we truly free, or are we sleepwalking through a life of comfortable illusions? Together they unpack the profound choice between genuine freedom and the limited pleasures and quiet suffering of everyday existence.

In this meeting, Eli and Sophia discuss the relevancy of the 1999 movie, The Matrix, the inevitability of AI and the impending fall of civilization.  In the midst of all this, Eli shares, the only thing we can do as an individual is wake up in this moment to the truth of ourselves; break free from the trance of the matrix and discover our own innate happiness and freedom and pass it on heart to heart.

Listen to this in depth, heart-opening interview where Eli and Sophia explore the re-emergence of psychedelics in mainstream therapeutic settings and what its use has to do with awakening. Experience a profound inquiry into where we've been from 60's culture to party culture to now and what this all has to do with the possibility for everyone to wake up and be free. Episode 2 in a podcast series with Eli Jaxon Bear and Sophia James.

In this podcast, Eli speaks with a Leela School student who just experienced a beautiful, two-week Samadhi - an inquiry into Samadhi, Grace, and the bliss of staying true.

In this episode, Eli and Lisa discuss both the importance of set and setting when using psilocybin medicinally; going in with a clear intention of what one wants to get out of the experience,  and also how the culture of it has changed from the counterculture era to present times

In this episode, Lisa and Eli meet in person and inquire into this most exquisite and unique relationships between the student and the teacher.  Eli shares the vital importance of a student showing up with a true intention to wake up and receive the essential teaching and then once it has been received, to stay true to what's been realized.

Podcast 4 in our Heart to Heart series.  In 2018, Sarah Bagley interviewed Eli on what his role is as a spiritual teacher, the power of the enneagram and as always, the invitation in this moment to wake up and be free.

Choice is an illusion, until there comes the grace of wanting to know the truth of who you are. Then there is one choice to make which puts love in charge.  Lisa Schumacher hosts the Heart to Heart Podcast featuring Eli Jaxon-Bear. This episode is a clip from a compilation called "Way of the Bodhisattva," a retreat with Eli at the Maui Dharma Center. 

How to know the difference between egoic movement and true service? Through this exchange with a student, it becomes clear that "finding the balance" is a dialog for the "me" who will never be fulfilled. Eli presents the possibility of giving up the control of the personal agenda so that everyone can wake up and stay true. Then both the individual and the collective suffering can come to an end.