Jeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet, inspiring, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity, tender mercy toward humanness, and a juicy, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. Residing in Colorado, she travels widely in the US, bringing a down-to-earth embodied teaching of living as love.
Website: jeanniezandi.com
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group.
Interview conducted 5/27/2017
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Jeanne Zandi
- 00:02:53 – Jeanne’s Focus on Serving Love
- 00:06:09 – The Invitation out of the Mind
- 00:09:17 – Gangaji and Non-Duality
- 00:12:32 – Dualities in Spiritual Beliefs
- 00:15:00 – Embodiment of Divinity and Self-Transformation
- 00:18:24 – Exploring Different Spiritual Practices
- 00:21:39 – A Child’s Questioning of Conditioning
- 00:24:22 – The Moment of Liberation from the Mind
- 00:26:33 – The Being and the Cleanup Crew
- 00:28:57 – Finding Support and Reflection in Satsang
- 00:31:19 – Finding Support and Guidance in Spiritual Teachers
- 00:34:02 – Interdependence and Cross-Fertilization
- 00:36:04 – The Breaking of the Will
- 00:39:11 – The Dark Night of the Soul
- 00:42:28 – The Beauty of Embracing Emptiness and Becoming a Servant to Perfection
- 00:46:45 – Not Being in the Same State as Ramana
- 00:54:55 – “Not in the Same State as Ramana”
- 00:56:05 – Not Being in the Same State as Ramana
- 00:57:15 – Clearing away the Guck
- 01:00:05 – The Mystery of the Dark Night of the Soul
- 01:03:40 – The Danger of Seeking a Dark Night
- 01:08:38 – Understanding the Element of Mystery in Spiritual Development
- 01:15:54 – Restoring a Healthy Relationship with Energy
- 01:22:54 – The Beauty of an Inquisitive Mind
- 01:29:16 – Facing the Dark Knight Experience
- 01:34:32 – Cultivating Transformational Energy and Healthy Containment
- 01:41:22 – The Curiosity of Children and the Healing Power of Humor
- 01:45:41 – Speaking about the Unspeakable
- 01:49:57 – The Dance of “Hi” and the Oneness
- 01:56:16 – Access to Genie Zandi for Senior Students and Online Participants
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