About The Author

Jean-Luc “Panda” Hirabayashi (aka Panda Maitreya) is a writer, spiritual facilitator, and artist whose work explores presence, connection, and the lived experience of meaning.

Rooted in music, movement, contemplative practice, yoga, and energy work, Panda’s approach blends creative expression with reflection. Through writing, sound, and shared space, he invites people to slow down, listen more closely, and meet life as it unfolds—without force, belief, or hierarchy.

The Living Awareness Web emerged not as a system to follow, but as language for noticing what was already present—within the self, between people, and across moments of change. It reflects an ongoing inquiry shaped by lived experience, relational practice, and attention to the body as a site of awareness.

Panda lives in Denver, Colorado, where he continues to explore how awareness moves through music, art, relationship, and the beauty of everyday life.

This work is offered as an invitation, not an answer.