Don Oakley Teachings

Don Oakley Teachings Don Oakley teaches meditation and non-dual spiritual insight.

02/04/2026

Life Is Always Changing. Don Oakley

02/03/2026

This weekend, February 6-8, Don Oakley will be leading an online retreat, From Seeking to Finding, with his wife Patty Bottari.

Don will offer two introductory sessions on Friday, and a guided meditation followed by a discourse on the retreat theme on Saturday morning. There will be time throughout the weekend during Q&A sessions for online participants to dialogue directly with Don and ask any questions. Patty will lead the silent sitting sessions which will be interspersed throughout the weekend.

The cost to participate in the online livestream event is $75. For more information and to register, please see the event link in bio or visit Well Being Retreat Center’s website.

02/02/2026

Don Oakley will be offering two free online sessions on Tuesday, February 3, at 1 pm (US) Eastern and 6:30 pm Eastern. The topic for the sessions will be “Presence and Absence.”

The sessions will begin with Don offering a short guided meditation followed by a discourse on the session topic. There will then be around thirty minutes for your questions and the opportunity to dialogue with Don.

There is no charge for these online sessions and preregistration is not required. For more information and the Zoom links, please see the links in Don’s bio or visit Well Being Retreat Center’s website.

02/01/2026

What if what we are seeking is already fully present? Don Oakley

01/31/2026

Don Oakey shares A Dozen Fruits of
Spiritual Awakening:
1. Seeking Ends
2. No Imaginary Future
3. A Sense of Completion
4. Contentment
5. Relief from the Imaginary Past
6.Falling Away of the Worthiness
Game
7.Harmony with Life
8. A Shift of Identity
9.Participation in Creation
10. A Knowingness
11. At Home in the World
12. Unity

01/30/2026

Don Oakley shares a discourse, Is Life Unjust?

01/29/2026

Don Oakley shares the Top Ten Myths About Spiritual Awakening:
1. Awakening is only for religious people
2.I must be more in the Now.
3.It takes lifetimes to undo all my karma.
4.I have to purify myself first.
5.I have to meditate – a lot!
6.I must transcend all thought.
7.I need to get rid of ego.
8.Cool Spiritual Experiences are Evidence of my progress.
9. Awakening is an achievement.
10. I know what awakening will look like.

Each of these ten points is a chapter in Don’s book: It’s Time to wake Up Now: The Top Ten Myths That Can Hijack Spiritual Awakening, which is available on Amazon and Audible; the eBook is available as a PDF
download from Don’s Shopify store.

01/28/2026

Don Oakey will be leading a 2-night in-person weekend retreat, “From Seeking to Finding,” February 6-8, at Well Being Retreat Center.

The cost to attend is $295, which includes two nutritious meals, served during Friday supper and Sunday lunch, lodging and tuition. The cabinettes are comfortable and each have kitchenettes for you to prepare your other mails.

For those who cannot attend in person, a livestream option is available for $75.

For more information and registration, please see the event link in bio or visit Well Being Retreat Center’s website.

01/28/2026

Don Oakley offers a discourse, Why Do I Keep Making the Same Mistakes?

01/26/2026

Don Oakley offers a discourse, If We Pray, Who Listens?

01/25/2026

Don Oakley shares the value of awareness and creation.

01/24/2026

Don Oakley offers a discourse on how not to be disheartened by world events.

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376 Well Being Circle
Tazewell, TN
37879

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