465. Paul Levy

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Rick Archer

A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul Levy is a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He is the author of

He is the founder of the “Awakening in the Dream Community” in Portland, Oregon. An artist, he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung and has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over thirty years. He was the coordinator for the Portland Padmasambhava Buddhist Center for over twenty years.

Website awakeninthedream.com
Email: [email protected]

Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group.

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded August 4, 2018

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:05:14 – Kundalini Awakening and Meeting the Blind Woman
00:09:04 – The Blind Woman’s Healing Journey
00:13:10 – Personal and Collective Karma
00:16:44 – The Evolution of Understanding and Creativity
00:21:29 – Spiritual Emergence and Pathologization
00:25:36 – Recognizing the Dreamlike Nature and the Encounter with Archetypal Evil
00:30:21 – The Power of Our Dreaming and Awakening
00:34:44 – A Global Awakening through Quantum Physics
00:39:20 – The Revelations from Physics and the World Crisis
00:43:51 – The inseparability of spirit and matter
00:47:33 – Wetiko and the Creative Power of Observation
00:51:27 – Dream Characters and the Outer State
00:56:04 – The Psychic Blindness of Wetiko
01:00:17 – Quantum Physics and Spiritual Awakening
01:04:46 – The Meaning of Quantum Physics in Everyday Life
01:09:33 – The Nature of Reality and Subjectivity
01:13:37 – The Inertia of Collective Viewpoints
01:17:49 – Clinging as the Root of Samsara
01:22:18 – The Evolution of the Universe and the Nature of Time
01:26:55 – The Co-operation of Perception and Nature
01:31:12 – Inquiring into Quantum Physics and Consciousness
01:35:42 – The Wetiko Pathogen and the Psychic Tapeworm
01:40:20 – The Calling and The Daimon
01:44:39 – Seeking the Kingdom First
01:48:41 – The Simplicity of Nature and Solutions to Problems
01:53:27 – Owning Our Shadow and the Dreamlike Nature
01:57:38 – The Role of Ego and Karma
02:01:42 – Culturing Cosmic Intelligence
02:05:56 – A Big Supporter of My Work
02:09:27 – Subscription and Notification Options

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378. Lawrence Edwards

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Rick Archer

Lawrence Edwards, PhD, BCN Senior Fellow, LMHC has practiced and taught meditation for over 40 years. He is the Founder and Director of The Anam Cara Meditation Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching meditative practices from a variety of traditions. The mission of the Anam Cara Foundation is to make meditation instruction available to everyone. Lawrence has offered thousands of free meditation programs at universities, hospitals, churches, meditation centers, yoga centers, hospice groups, prisons and more.

Dr. Edwards maintains a clinical practice in Armonk, NY, offering Optimal Mind® Training, transpersonal psychotherapy, spiritual mentoring, biofeedback, neurofeedback, hypnosis, peak performance training, and meditation training. He also works with people interested in spiritual growth, dream work and Kundalini processes. He has served as President of the Kundalini Research Network since 2006 and is recognized around the world for his wisdom and skill in working with Kundalini.

Dr. Edwards has studied and practiced in the Kundalini yoga tradition, Tibetan Buddhist and Huichol Indian shamanic traditions. These rich reservoirs of wisdom have expanded and deepened the transpersonal and Jungian psychological perspectives of his professional training. His mystical experiences began as a young child and have continued throughout his life. They have been the real guiding force behind his studies and training. His profound experience of the Divine present in everyone, at all times, and in all places has lead him to a life of service in teaching and supporting others on their journeys into the Divine.

Websites:

The Soul’s Journey
Anam Cara
Anam Cara Meditation Foundation’s weekly virtual meditation program offering nondual teachings, meditation, and chanting practices. Led by Lawrence Edwards. Visit anamcarameditation.org for more information.
Chants and meditations archived on YouTube.

Books:

Transcript of this interview.

Interview conducted 12/17/2016

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:03:53 – The Thunderstorm Experience
00:08:01 – The Great Goddess and Kundalini
00:12:11 – Divine Intervention and Dedication to Service
00:15:31 – The Symbolism of Kundalini and Shakti
00:19:48 – Shiva and Shakti: Physics and Cosmology
00:23:54 – The Body and Consciousness
00:27:49 – The Involution of Consciousness
00:32:02 – The Evolution of Consciousness
00:36:08 – The Fulfillment of Longing
00:40:05 – Kundalini Unfolded and Becoming the Living Reality
00:44:22 – Kundalini Awakening and Lifetimes of Evolution
00:48:36 – The Nature of the Body
00:52:33 – The Vision of Goddess Kundalini
00:56:31 – The Indivisible Unity of Consciousness
01:00:41 – The Role of Shaktipat in Liberation
01:04:39 – The Black Void and the Causal State of Consciousness
01:08:39 – Kundalini Energy and Kriyas
01:12:47 – Letting Go and Opening the Door to Life
01:16:41 – Support and Medication in Kundalini Awakening
01:20:25 – Unfolding and Expansiveness of Consciousness
01:24:07 – Accessing Universal Consciousness through Kundalini
01:27:38 – Riding the Bubbles of Thought and the Unfolding of Consciousness
01:31:29 – Different perspectives on the Divine
01:34:49 – The Call to Go Further in Spiritual Practice
01:38:35 – The Challenge of Fulfilling the Dharma as a Teacher
01:42:38 – Dealing with Disillusionment in Spiritual Teachers
01:47:00 – The Face of the Infinite
01:50:49 – The Power of Kundalini Shakti and the Inner Guru
01:54:52 – Poetry and Pretenses
01:58:40 – Spiritual Emergency Network and Kundalini Resources

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370. Thomas Beck, Ph.D. and Janet Colli, Ph.D.

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Rick Archer

Thomas Beck, Ph.D. has helped people for 25 years to integrate transformational experience—a radical restructuring of the psyche on a higher level of functioning. As a result of his own neurophysiological restructuring, his meditation practice & interactions with an otherworldly being (“Cosmic Mother”), Thomas is now helping people heal from a wide range of physical illnesses. He believes we all have the ability to heal, and to spiritually awaken through the unconditional love of the Almighty Spirit.

Janet Elizabeth Colli, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist in the Pacific Northwest specializing in integrating trauma with spiritual awakening. With expertise in both Clinical and Transpersonal Psychology, she bridges psychology with the extraordinary, and the mystical. She presents at the professional conferences of the American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (ACISTE). Catalyzed by a spiritually transformative experience (STE) during cancer treatment, she now provides psycho-spiritual support for a full range of processes, including for those who have been psychiatrically hospitalized during STEs. She facilitates Spiritual Emergence Seattle—a consultation service integrating psycho-spiritual, physiological & community support. Janet lives on Whidbey Island and swims with wild dolphins in Hawaii.