Leela Community with Eli Jaxon-Bear

Leela Community with Eli Jaxon-Bear Dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization | Teaching through the Leela

03/03/2026

The world isn't quite as it appears. We see it through mental, emotional, and physical filters we've learned. When we recognize these filters, we gain insight, choice, and clarity. A powerful possibility.

02/28/2026

We're all trapped in our own stories, living in a world of self-created narratives. This personal trance shapes our identity, relationships, and everything we experience. It's the ego, and it's the source of suffering.

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02/25/2026

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The Leela School of Awakening is dedicated to the awakening of the world, one heart and one mind at a time.We serve a diverse and growing global community ar...

02/24/2026

Where does the ego live, and how far must it travel to return home? The 'ego of suffering' is never satisfied. It's a hungry ghost, always craving more, different, better. Unfulfilled desires are suffering. Is this you?

02/20/2026

We're all living inside a global thought form, caught in our own stories of who we are and what's to come. But what is a hundred years in the face of eternity? A blink. Release the suffering; find peace.

02/16/2026

We betray ourselves by believing the stories we tell ourselves. Serving 'myself' puts you at the center; serving emptiness and love lets love guide you. Be the still center that is everywhere. Pass it on.

02/12/2026

A debate in a Japanese monastery where the speaker argued that L*D wakes you up led to an unexpected turn. Despite the monk's lifelong practice, the speaker won, leading to a powerful awakening experience. *D

02/08/2026

We live in a soup of constant noise. Chatter, stories, endless details… But a silent mind isn't about emptiness—it's about openness, intelligence, and a wisdom beyond words. It's your true nature.

02/04/2026

Frozen terror can be so intense that you feel paralyzed. But that's actually the way in. You don't need to be brave; you can be completely terrified and still move forward. That's how you break the trance.

01/31/2026

Most people don't realize they're suffering. But if you’re unhappy and unfulfilled, will you continue down that path? Or are you willing to stop and go in a different direction? It takes an enormous choice to change course and finally live as your own alive, intelligent consciousness.

01/27/2026

Culture spreads as we catch thoughts from each other. But to pass on silence? That's rare. It's the living possibility that makes life worthwhile. It fulfills all the incarnations that led to you.

01/27/2026

We pass so much back and forth, mostly thoughts someone else already had. But to pass on silence? That's rare. It makes life worthwhile. All those incarnations led to this one… and it can stop right here.

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Friday 9am - 5pm

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Eli Jaxon-Bear

A life long search for freedom took Eli Jaxon-Bear around the world and into many spiritual traditions from a Zen monastery in Japan to a Sufi circle in Marrakesh, among others. His search ended when he was drawn to India (1990) where he met his final teacher, Sri H.W.L Poonja, lovingly known as Papaji; a direct disciple of the renowned Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi.

Confirming Eli’s realization, his teacher sent him back into the world to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization.

Eli infuses his teaching with his teacher’s living transmission of silence and peace. He presents a unique map of egoic identification as a vehicle for ruthless self-inquiry and final realization of true freedom. His life is dedicated to passing on the transmission of his teacher.

Eli founded and currently teaches through The Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization, as well as The Leela School.