| Welcome to Direct Awakenings, a website published by author Stephen Ruppenthal, Ph.D. We offer articles and powerful resources to help you discover how to find awareness, calmness, and relaxation in every aspect of your life. Whether you wish to find peace within your family or in nature, or deep inner peace through personal spiritual growth, you will find the tools to do so here.
Moving beyond traditional religion, philosophy and spirituality, Direct Awakening is that sense of internal harmony and joy we find in the moment right before us, in both strength and weakness. Come and get a taste of that sense of inner peace and relaxation, whether in a crisis situation, or in the serene beauty of nature. The information you find here will both educate and provide practical strategies to help you be at your best regardless of the circumstances set before you.
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Stephen Ruppenthal has a Ph.D. in Chinese and Sanskrit literature from the University of California at Berkeley and has taught meditation and courses on Han Shan at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Over the past 25 years he has also been leading private and professional workshops for personal spiritual growth, in the art of passage meditation techniques and in courses for those seeking to remove obstacles to being who we want to be. His books and articles are often utilized as the spiritual step component of twelve step programs. 