Conversations with changemakers to inspire deeper awareness and transformative action. Each offering is co-created by a team of volunteers distributed across the world, in the spirit of service and kinship. That's Awakin. More ...
"In a gentle way, we can shake the world." --Gandhi
Where Wonder Lives: Life Between Knowing & Mystery
Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo are the visionary co-founders of Science and Nonduality (SAND), a global community at the convergence of science, spirituality, and healing. They seek to dissolve boundaries between disciplines and traditions, fostering dialogues both intellectually rigorous and deeply human. Through conferences, films, courses, and intimate conversations, SAND has become a sanctuary for inquiry—where ancient wisdom meets contemporary questions. Zaya's and Maurizio's first collaboration was a film tribute to Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, the teacher who had altered Maurizio’s course. From that seed grew not just a film, but a movement. They have since produced a series of award-winning documentaries, including the highly acclaimed The Wisdom of Trauma (with Gabor Mate), and others. In June, they will release The Eternal Song, celebrating the sacred land connection and timeless wisdom of distinct indigenous peoples.
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Awakin Calls is an initiative of ServiceSpace, a global, all-volunteer community dedicated to small acts of great love. Our webinar and podcast series highlights the outer work and inner journeys of individuals who are transforming our world in large and small ways. We aim to inspire and seed shifts in consciousness by highlighting paradigm-shifting ways of being and doing in the world. We are a heart-centered learning community across wisdom traditions exploring the ServiceSpace principle of “change yourself, change the world”. We organize our processes in accordance with the principles we seek to lift up, and so each conversation is co-created by a team of volunteers distributed across the world, in a spirit of intrinsically motivated service and kinship.