Jim Dreaver, originally from New Zealand, began his search for freedom in the mid-Seventies with the teachings of yoga, Zen, and J. Krishnamurti, and then met European Advaita Vedanta (the nondual or direct path) master Jean Klein in 1984, who guided him to seeing the truth in 1995. His mission now is to guide others to the realization that awakening is centered in the heart, and is ever and only here, now. He has taught at Esalen Institute and elsewhere.
Books:
- End Your Story, Begin Your Life: Wake Up, Let Go, Live Free
- The Way of Harmony:: Walking The Inner Path To Balance, Happiness, And Success
- Falling Into Light
Website: jimdreaver.com
Interview recorded 2/28/2015
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Buddha at the Gas Pump Introduction and Awakening Experience
- 00:03:28 – The Awakening Experience
- 00:06:10 – Dissolving the Fiction of “I”
- 00:09:01 – Residues and Awakening Experiences
- 00:12:22 – Healing the Wounds of the Past
- 00:15:27 – Awakening through Seeing the Truth
- 00:18:34 – Relationships and Self-Discovery
- 00:21:52 – The Conceptual Nature of Enlightenment
- 00:24:26 – The “I” Sense and Identification
- 00:27:42 – Nisargadatta on Fear and the Strokes Experience
- 00:30:29 – Facing the Fear of Death
- 00:33:02 – The Power of Intention and Healing
- 00:35:46 – The Importance of Realizing You’re Not Your Story
- 00:38:53 – The Illusion of the Storyteller
- 00:42:33 – Cultivating the Ground of Silence with Veterans
- 00:45:31 – Cultivating Presence for Awakening
- 00:48:53 – Awakening and World Transformation
- 00:51:53 – Awakening in a Shorter Timeframe
- 00:55:11 – Finding True Freedom through Self-Exploration
- 00:58:40 – The Epiphany of Observing the Self
- 01:02:05 – The Universal Awareness of Consciousness
- 01:04:48 – Reincarnation as a Personal Experience
- 01:08:30 – Multidimensional Possibilities
- 01:11:30 – “Notice the Story”
- 01:14:45 – A Second Wave of Heart-Centered Nondual Spirituality
- 01:17:39 – Serving as a Conduit for World Consciousness
- 01:20:50 – The Power of Visualization and Intention
- 01:23:01 – Entertaining at a Deeper Level
- 01:26:10 – The Writer’s Journey
- 01:28:44 – Wrapping up the interview
- 01:30:55 – End of Interview
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