About
A collective refers to something that is done, shared, or experienced by a group of people acting as a whole rather than as individuals, and that is exactly what awakening reveals is already happening.
The Awakening Collective is a trusted space to find articles, exercises, teachers, tools, 1-on-1 sessions, meetings, and resources that explore a wide variety of awakening perspectives. Whether you’re just beginning your journey or looking to go deeper, our curated collection of resources helps you deconstruct the concepts that continue to create illusions even well into the awakening journey.
The Awakening Collective is a trusted space to find articles, exercises, teachers, tools, 1-on-1 sessions, meetings, and resources that explore a wide variety of awakening perspectives. Whether you’re just beginning your journey or looking to go deeper, our curated collection of resources helps you deconstruct the concepts that continue to create illusions even well into the awakening journey.
Our Values
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Critical Thinking & Questioning
Spiritual communities often punish participants for questioning or having different perspectives from the group. But there is no 'right' or 'wrong' perspective. In fact, questioning and exploring beyond spiritual groupthink (or what appears to be true) is exactly what leads to deeper insight. Therefore, one of our key missions is to give you permission to question your (and other people's) concepts, beliefs, thoughts, emotions, actions, and other mental structures. |
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Secular Approach
Although we talk about many spiritual ideas on this website, awakening doesn't actually have anything to do with spirituality. Anyone can wake up, regardless of whether they are spiritual, religious, or even atheist. It eventually becomes clear that everything, including awakening, is happening on its own, as an expression of complete freedom. Your perspective and path are just as legitimate as any other perspective or path. |
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Integral Understanding
Even though awakening can happen to anyone, whatever remains of the self & duality (and there is always a remainder) affects how we interpret and experience our awakening. This is why psychological maturity (also called self-development or psychological development) is key to integrating our awakening in ways that help us gain deeper insight, compassion, stability, and well-being. |
About the Founder
Dr. Tchiki Davis, M.A., Ph.D. spent 20+ years studying and writing about the human mind, emotions, and well-being as a research psychologist.
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✓ Raised as an atheist, Tchiki pursued science. She was never a spiritual seeker.
✓ She completed a BA, MA, and PhD, studying emotions and their effects on well-being. ✓ She worked a psychology writer, and her articles reached more than 30 million people. ✓ She had a spontaneous awakening that eventually evolved into deep nonduality. ✓ As greater clarity emerged, she wrote the content for this website. |
The Surprising Benefit of Being A Spiritual Outsider
After my awakening, I tried to participate in many different spiritual communities with no success. Unfortunately, I found most of these communities to have rigid belief systems, hierarchies of authority, lack of freedom to question paradigms, and group-think—features that are the exact opposite of what awakening revealed to me.
Although those early years of being awake on my own were difficult, I eventually found myself to be uniquely positioned to approach awakening without any of the spiritual blind spots that get reinforced in these communities. Thus, this website became a space where awakeners could explore numerous perspectives on awakening, think critically about spiritual teachings, and freely choose the path that's right for them.
In my group sessions and 1-on-1s, I have nothing to teach, no agenda for what way the conversation will go, and no desire to change your perspective or even 'wake you up'. No perspective is good or bad; no path is right or wrong. My role is mostly being a good listener, helping you feel genuinely heard so you can ground yourself in your own experience and confidently walk the path that's right for you.
After my awakening, I tried to participate in many different spiritual communities with no success. Unfortunately, I found most of these communities to have rigid belief systems, hierarchies of authority, lack of freedom to question paradigms, and group-think—features that are the exact opposite of what awakening revealed to me.
Although those early years of being awake on my own were difficult, I eventually found myself to be uniquely positioned to approach awakening without any of the spiritual blind spots that get reinforced in these communities. Thus, this website became a space where awakeners could explore numerous perspectives on awakening, think critically about spiritual teachings, and freely choose the path that's right for them.
In my group sessions and 1-on-1s, I have nothing to teach, no agenda for what way the conversation will go, and no desire to change your perspective or even 'wake you up'. No perspective is good or bad; no path is right or wrong. My role is mostly being a good listener, helping you feel genuinely heard so you can ground yourself in your own experience and confidently walk the path that's right for you.