In this moving autobiographical account, filmed during one of EnlightenNext's Parliament salons hosted by Andrew Cohen, Audrey Kitagawa, now UN advisor on Children and Armed Conflict, describes how she came to hold the spiritual legacy of her Japanese mentor and guru, Divine Mother. Rooted in the universal spiritual vision of the great Indian mystic and sage Sri Ramakrishna, Audrey conveys her deep commitment to the spiritual upliftment of the human race.
"We must live our spirituality by doing ceaseless, fearless self-examination, turning the searchlight inwards to see how we must change."
Biography
Audrey Kitagawa was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the head of Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, an organization based on the work of a self-realized woman known as Divine Mother, who followed the path of Sri Ramakrishna and taught in Hawaii until her death in 1992. The Light of Awareness is headquartered in Hawaii, and in addition to overseeing its work and ministry, Kitagawa also travels the world to preach a message of love and unity, echoing Ramakrishna’s injunction to go beyond dogma and discover our true essence and divine nature. She is Advisor to the World Federation of United Nations Associations and serves on numerous advisory boards and councils, including the Toda Institute for Peace and Global Policy Research, the Executive Council of the World Commission for Global Consciousness and Spirituality, the National Council of Global Action to Prevent War, the Executive Council of the Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations, and the World Wisdom Council. Before accepting the mantle of the teaching from Divine Mother, Kitagawa worked as an attorney for twenty-plus years, having graduating cum laude from the University of Southern California, and then Boston College Law School. At the time of her retirement in 1996, she had a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, the highest rating for professional and ethical excellence in the legal profession. Kitagawa has also published various articles on the interplay between globalization and religious and ethnic conflicts and works tirelessly on behalf of demilitarized children soldiers and child victims of war and religious conflict.
Audrey Kitagawa was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the head of Light of Awareness International Spiritual Family, an organization based on the work of a self-realized woman known as Divine Mother, who followed the path of Sri Ramakrishna and taught in Hawaii until her death in 1992. The Light of Awareness is headquartered in Hawaii, and in addition to overseeing its work and ministry, Kitagawa also travels the world to preach a message of love and unity, echoing Ramakrishna’s injunction to go beyond dogma and discover our true essence and divine nature. She is Advisor to the World Federation of United Nations Associations and serves on numerous advisory boards and councils, including the Toda Institute for Peace and Global Policy Research, the Executive Council of the World Commission for Global Consciousness and Spirituality, the National Council of Global Action to Prevent War, the Executive Council of the Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations, and the World Wisdom Council. Before accepting the mantle of the teaching from Divine Mother, Kitagawa worked as an attorney for twenty-plus years, having graduating cum laude from the University of Southern California, and then Boston College Law School. At the time of her retirement in 1996, she had a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, the highest rating for professional and ethical excellence in the legal profession. Kitagawa has also published various articles on the interplay between globalization and religious and ethnic conflicts and works tirelessly on behalf of demilitarized children soldiers and child victims of war and religious conflict.