The defining moment of my life came when I was a 21-year-old college student. I had the undeniable experience that I am one with God, one with all that is. This experience has never left me. The rest of my life has been dedicated to going deeper into that experience and all its ramifications.

As I looked deeply and honestly within my self, Divine qualities were revealed. First, Divine Light appeared, then the nurturing quality of Divine Love manifested. Other Divine qualities emerged. I discovered that these Divine qualities could be called upon to improve my daily life and the lives of my family and friends. As I worked with the Divine qualities, I began to receive guidance and knowledge from a Divine Presence. At first, it came from Jesus. Later, Mother God made her self known to me and offered a great wealth of Divine wisdom. In time I began working with people outside my own family. The situations and challenges they presented brought forth from me a depth of divine wisdom to guide and transform their lives.

It is this Divine Knowledge that I want to bring to as many people as possible. I have developed a personal relationship with Divine Mother. I converse with Her all of the time. It is the most powerful, passionate and loving experience I have ever known. I want to help others develop this Divine Relationship. I have created simple tools and techniques to help you enter into your own very personal relationship with Divine Mother.

I now live in Fairfield, Iowa with my husband. We have 2 children. I’m also an Ordained Minister. The verbal vibrational healing tools that I developed to get to know Divine Mother are called Transformational Prayer®. Since 1999 I have been teaching energy healing classes and giving private consultations in partnership with Divine Mother, bringing her transforming wisdom and guidance to thousands of people.

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Transcript of this interview.

Interview conducted 9/14/2013.

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Connie Huebner: A Spiritual Journey Begins
• 00:04:02 – The Experience of Oneness
• 00:07:52 – Seeking Others with the Oneness Experience
• 00:12:31 – Meeting of Consciousness
• 00:17:19 – Experiencing the Oneness with Maharishi
• 00:21:56 – Yearning for a Personal Relationship with God
• 00:26:09 – The Search for God Within
• 00:29:58 – Searching for the Kingdom of Heaven
• 00:33:46 – Discovering the Power of Inner Light and Vibrational Tools
• 00:38:41 – Discovering the Divine Light
• 00:43:03 – Conversations with Jesus
• 00:48:04 – Resolving Disagreements and Finding Personal Peace
• 00:52:25 – Telling Light what to do
• 00:55:45 – Accessing Higher Consciousness and Vibrational Tools
• 01:00:01 – Softening and Moving Towards Unboundedness
• 01:04:07 – Paying Attention to the Subtle Levels
• 01:08:59 – Moving into the Heart
• 01:12:59 – Breathing into the Heart
• 01:15:49 – Awakening the True Self in the Heart
• 01:20:45 – Connecting with Divine Beings
• 01:24:30 – The Presence of Divine Mother
• 01:29:18 – Divine Mother’s Message: Profound Love for Humanity
• 01:33:56 – Connecting with Divine Mother
• 01:38:38 – Connecting with Divine Mother
• 01:43:39 – The Connection with the Divine
• 01:47:37 – Staying Grounded and Practical
• 01:52:15 – Working for the Shift
• 01:56:40 – Healing Mother Earth 
• 02:02:58 – The Power of Love in Evolution
• 02:08:20 – How to Connect with Divine Mother
• 02:11:48 – Podcast and Discussion Group

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One fine morning when I was in my mid-twenties, I woke up and the life I had previously led was over. I was consumed by a longing to be truly intimate with God, the one truth.

This great longing grew daily, and it first manifested as being aware of the unseen in nature. Nature invited me into itself, and I found myself taking very long solo trips deep into the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This naturally led to a resonance with Native traditions, and before long I met my first teacher, a highly-respected Lakota medicine man who was very committed to upholding the Old Way. With this association, the intimate awareness of spirit deepened.

I met my master, Mata Amritanandamayi, in 1993. There was an immediate recognition that I needed to spend as much time as possible in her presence, so I spent most of the next nine years in her ashram in India. This was a period of intense de-conditioning where so much was exposed. Amma knew my longing for truth, and consequently pushed me quite hard, so that a natural, authentic surrender and love was all I knew.

It is said in the scriptures that love leads to knowledge (Bhakti to Jnana), and knowledge leads to love. That they are two sides of the same coin-not separate. There arose in me a natural resonance with self-inquiry, and with Amma’s blessing I spent two years a Ramana Maharshi’s ashram in Tiruvannamalai. Then one day I knew I was done with India, and returned to the west.

When I returned, I had nothing to hold on to. No family, home, money, job, car, or health. The body was quite weak and tired, and the old way of striving couldn’t survive. Surrender naturally deepened, and it was at this time that the personal self really lost its hold.

In 2004, Pamela Wilson invited me to share my experience with others. After talking to Amma about it and receiving instruction from her, I felt an overflowing and a readiness to share. In recent years, Adyashanti has been and continues to be an invaluable guide and a support in this unfoldment and recognition of what’s true. He has my deepest gratitude.

My heart bows down to all of my teachers and friends who make up the fullness of this life, and no words can describe how this heart bows to Amma.

Joi’s site

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 7/2/2011.

Second BatGap interview with Joi

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – The Spiritual Awakening in Tahoe City
• 00:04:42 – A Total Inside Job
• 00:09:08 – The Power of Presence in Nature
• 00:13:47 – Spontaneous Prayer and Connection with Nature
• 00:18:37 – A Journey of Healing and Transformation
• 00:22:39 – Powerful Experiences and Native American Wisdom
• 00:26:32 – Surrender to the Divine Feminine
• 00:30:55 – Exploring Eastern Philosophy and Emotional Release Techniques
• 00:34:26 – Various Jobs and Meeting Amma
• 00:37:59 – A Moment with Shri Swami
• 00:42:16 – Claimed by Amma
• 00:46:04 – Receiving the Silent Transmission
• 00:50:37 – Seven Years of Restlessness
• 00:54:14 – Experiencing Total Oneness
• 00:58:04 – The Divine Intelligence within Amma
• 01:01:43 – A Spontaneous Invitation to Ramana Maharshi’s Ashram
• 01:05:55 – Going deeper into the inquiry
• 01:09:24 – The Power of Being Seen
• 01:13:09 – The Other Side of the Coin
• 01:16:48 – A Silent Recognition of Presence
• 01:20:17 – The Depth of Presence and Clarity of Understanding
• 01:24:47 – Faint Remains of Ignorance and the Instrumentality of the Physical World
• 01:29:07 – Experiencing Grace and Presence Everywhere
• 01:33:18 – Letting Go of the Known
• 01:37:37 – Letting Go of the Need to Know
• 01:42:13 – Filling up the Space
• 01:46:16 – The Beauty of Living Fully
• 01:50:10 – The Danger of Identifying with Awakening
• 01:54:23 – The Different Approaches to Awakening
• 01:57:56 – Wrapping Up the Conversation
• 02:01:07 – Farewell and Next Time

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This “insubstantial figure in the dream, pointing to the Divine Dreamer,” has lived and studied the nondual essence of our sacred tradi­tions for 40 years since an utterly life-changing, spontaneous awakening to God or Reality in his 16th year in the hills of Southern California. Fortunately, Timothy met many enlightened masters, esp­ec­i­ally in Advaita Vedanta (Sri Nisarga­datta Maharaj, Annamalai Swami, and others among Sri Ramana Maharshi’s immediate followers, Amma Amritanandamayi, Anandamayi Ma, Mother Krishnabai, Dadaji of Calcutta, et al.) and various lines of Buddhism (Taungpulu Sayadaw, Shifu Hsuan Hua, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Seung Sahn, et al.), as well as spiritual adepts in Taoism, Sufism, and mystic Christianity and Judaism. Timothy has freely shared the “pathless path” of deep spirituality for over 25 years in satsangs and in free ongoing education classes at Santa Barbara City College.

Books:

• Women of Power & Grace: Nine Astonishing, Inspiring Luminaries of Our Time and the forthcoming
• India’s Sages– Volume 1, India’s Sages: Nondual Wisdom from the Heart of Freedom, which profiles 40 authentic sages from the modern era; the even more massive
• Volume 2, India’s Sages Source Book: Nondual Wisdom from Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas, Tantrics, Sants, Sikhs & Sufis, features over 120 wonderful sages and scriptures from India’s “living past.”
• A trilogy of works focusing on nondual spirituality, religion, science, and political justice is also in preparation.

Print interview with Timothy can be found at:

The Sun magazine, April 2003 cover story

See also:

• Homepage for Timothy’s massive website on many aspects of our Sacred Traditions
• The Nondual Spirituality section of the website
• For lightening up via humor, includes a link to an illustrated Zen humor page compiled by Timothy
• Free downloadable audio recordings of Timothy’s weekly satsangs

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 7/14/10.

Second BatGap interview with Timothy.

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
• 00:04:17 – Tim’s Personal Journey and Interest in the Personal
• 00:08:00 – Struggling with Depression and Identity Crisis
• 00:11:15 – The Profound Opening
• 00:15:09 – Divine Intervention and the Transformation
• 00:19:05 – The Franciscan Way and the Suchness of Being
• 00:23:33 – A Life-Changing Experience
• 00:27:05 – A Profound Change in Perception
• 00:30:55 – The Bedrock Sense of Joy and Maintaining Pure Awareness
• 00:34:37 – Astrological Background and Opening to Spiritual Vertigo
• 00:38:26 – The Presence of God and the Separation
• 00:42:22 – Challenging Non-Mystical Religiosity
• 00:46:10 – Meeting Dan, the History of Consciousness
• 00:49:26 – Who are you beyond concepts, beyond self-labels?
• 00:53:03 – Dan: A Significant Influence 
• 00:56:59 – The Power of Stillness and Letting God Take Over
• 01:00:45 – The Fascination with God
• 01:03:48 – A Tragic Loss
• 01:06:14 – From Burma to India: A Spiritual Journey
• 01:09:16 – Divine Encounters in the Cave
• 01:13:10 – Sri Maharaj’s Different Aspect
• 01:19:33 – Multiple facets of Maharaj
• 01:21:04 – The Struggle with Different Teachings
• 01:24:35 – The Paradox of Instruction
• 01:28:29 – The Vitality Meditation and the God of Your World
• 01:32:57 – The Dangers of One-upmanship in Spiritual Teachings
• 01:36:43 – Abuse of Power and Loneliness in Spiritual Communities
• 01:40:33 – The Evolution of Teachers and Their Contributions
• 01:44:44 – The Reasons for Intense and Painful Situations
• 01:48:46 – Concluding Remarks and Farewell
• 01:51:26 – End of Audio

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