{"id":15487,"date":"2016-10-09T21:18:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T03:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=15487"},"modified":"2017-09-05T18:37:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T00:37:52","slug":"common-ground-mini-series-audio-nirmala-the-awakeness-that-is-always-already-here-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/common-ground-mini-series-audio-nirmala-the-awakeness-that-is-always-already-here-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Ground Mini-Series: Nirmala \u2013 Part 3 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE AWAKENESS THAT IS ALWAYS ALREADY HERE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Awakening is simply a sudden expansion or increase in awareness. When this expansion is especially large, profound, and transformative, we call that a spiritual awakening. 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