J. Stewart Dixon is an awakening/enlightenment adviser, author, and blogger.
Born in 1969, J. Stewart Dixon spent most of his adult life seeking spiritual awakening/enlightenment in the company of some of the world’s preeminent spiritual luminaries, including Adi Da, Gangaji, Satyam Nadeen, Andrew Cohen, Arjuna Ardagh, Michael Regan, Solane’, Ram Dass, Saniel Bonder, Eli Jaxon-Bear, A. Ramana, Mooji, Francis Lucille, Yogi Bhajan, Robert Monroe, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and Ammachi. His own awakening process began in 2004 and concluded in 2010.
Websites, Books, Services:
- 21 Days: A nuts & bolts blue-collar memoir/guide of nondual Advaita spiritual awakening/enlightenment for beginners: An account of extraordinary magic amidst ordinary life
| An easy-to-read description of authentic awakening, free of religious, spiritual, philosophical, or psychological jargon: What is it like when you have a family to care for and a business to run, when you’re AWAKE? What is it like when you’re visiting your parents, your old high school, or your church when you’re AWAKE? …TV? …Fly-Fishing? …Movies? The description of awakening in 21 Days is meant to be a precise guide and compass for the awakening seeker.
| An easy-to-read description of authentic awakening, free of religious, spiritual, philosophical, or psychological jargon: What is it like when you have a family to care for and a business to run, when you’re AWAKE? What is it like when you’re visiting your parents, your old high school, or your church when you’re AWAKE? …TV? …Fly-Fishing? …Movies? The description of awakening in 21 Days is meant to be a precise guide and compass for the awakening seeker.Interview recorded 12/1/2012
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to “21 Days, A Guide for Spiritual Beginners”
- 00:03:40 – A Parable to Break up the Book
- 00:07:22 – Softening through Spiritual Awakening
- 00:11:16 – The Dark Night of the Soul
- 00:15:15 – A Process of Self-Awareness, Self-Acceptance, and Transference
- 00:19:57 – Awakening and the End of Existential Depression
- 00:23:36 – Understanding the Concept of No-Self
- 00:28:55 – Bringing Awakening Down to the Ordinary
- 00:33:17 – The Need for Reverence and Sacredness
- 00:37:03 – The Flooded Market of Awakening Teachers
- 00:40:08 – The Nature of the Awakening
- 00:43:30 – The Intensity of Awakening and Enlightenment
- 00:46:52 – Embracing Intensity and Desires
- 00:50:31 – The Mysterious Process of Transference
- 00:53:53 – Glamorizing Ordinary People
- 00:57:44 – The Mystery of Self and No Self
- 01:02:36 – The Paradox of Self and No Self
- 01:06:22 – Longing for Genuine Interactions
- 01:09:46 – Aligning Life with Fulfilling Interactions
- 01:13:36 – The Dominant Reality – Turning the Tables
- 01:17:15 – The Sumptuousness of Realization
- 01:19:40 – The Nature of “More Please”
- 01:22:16 – The Tendency for Vertical Growth
- 01:25:42 – Confronting Existential Fear
- 01:29:57 – The Blue-Collar Awakening
- 01:33:47 – The Video Game Analogy and Life After Awakening
- 01:38:10 – Living in the Moment and Planning for the Future
- 01:42:28 – Awakening and the Fulfillment of Life
- 01:46:50 – Finding a Path Towards Awakening
- 01:51:25 – Acknowledging the Wounded Part in All of Us
- 01:54:39 – Keeping it Free for Everyone
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