A lifelong seeker of spiritual awakening, Sandra has deeply applied and correlated many teachings, methods, disciplines, healings, experiments, adventures, and views of every kind to forge a comprehensive understanding of human identity. She attended the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, an interdisciplinary program, experientially based, and purposed toward personal transformation. Her investigations led her to become a devotee of Adi Da Samraj between 1986 and 1996. She then began studying with Saniel Bonder, founder of Waking Down in Mutuality, with whose guidance she awakened in 1996, to a non-dual conscious embodiment of both her divine and human nature. She is currently a Senior Teacher of Waking Down, participating also in the ongoing creation of dharma, organizational structure, courses, and workshops. Sandra has been in private practice as a transpersonal psychotherapist since 1987. She has been a resident of Fairfield, Iowa since 2004.
Interview recorded 2/24/2010.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:03:41 – From Hollow to Spiritual Awakening
- 00:06:43 – Discovering the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
- 00:09:27 – Transition to the Spiritual Path
- 00:13:14 – Living in the Spiritual Community
- 00:16:07 – Awakening and Controversy in the Community
- 00:19:16 – Recognizing Awakening in Sanyal Bondar
- 00:22:37 – Breaking Free from the Incubator
- 00:25:37 – Leaving the Communion and Finding a Realizer
- 00:28:35 – Discovering the Witness Consciousness
- 00:32:32 – Adi Da’s Multidimensional Awakening
- 00:37:01 – The Mystery and Paradox of Adi Das
- 00:40:37 – The Paradoxical Nature of Realization
- 00:44:05 – The Anatomy of the Sinoatrial Node
- 00:47:35 – Realization and Transformation
- 00:51:08 – Witness Consciousness Awakening
- 00:54:23 – Falling in Love and Transformation Journey
- 00:57:22 – Protecting His Own Life
- 01:00:56 – Challenging Assumptions and Gratitude for Relationships
- 01:03:47 – A Ceremony of Resolution
- 01:06:06 – The Subtle Awareness and Confirmation of Awakening
- 01:09:20 – The Paradox of Personal Identity
- 01:12:43 – The Location of Consciousness
- 01:15:16 – Living in the Present Moment
- 01:19:12 – Awareness and Self-Reflection
- 01:22:21 – Contentment and the acceptance of death
- 01:25:55 – Further Awakening and Progressive Awakening
- 01:29:29 – Unique Expressions of Awakening
- 01:33:52 – The Never-Ending Unfoldments of Awakening
- 01:37:21 – The Upwelling of Consciousness
- 01:40:26 – Buddha at the Gas Pump
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