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
- Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality
- Awakened by Darkness: When Evil Becomes your Father
- Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil
- The Madness of George W. Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis.
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]
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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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