Sheerly by Divine Grace, in 1971 Timothy woke up to nondual Reality, the Divine Reality or Self that is doing everything and being everybody. He has gratefully served ever since then as a simple “spiritual friend” (kalyana mitra) and since the 1980s as a satsang leader, counselor, healer, and author of over one hundred essays, as well as the book Women of Power & Grace: Nine Astonishing, Inspiring Luminaries of Our Time and forthcoming books (The Liberating Zen Sourcebook, the enormous 2-volume India’s Sages, and other works). His website Enlightened-Spirituality.org is a major resource on spiritual awakening, nondual wisdom and nondual devotion, engaged spirituality, illustrious sages, and world religions, spiritual humor, and much more. After residing in the Santa Barbara region of the Great Dream from 1988 to mid-2016, Timothy and his wife Laura are residing in Vistancia, Arizona, for at least a year to be close to her family. Timothy continues to hold free satsangs and classes on a variety of spiritual topics and also sees clients for psychological counseling services. His basic message: Your unborn TRUE IDENTITY is already complete, whole, and full as Absolute Awareness-Aliveness, and by the Grace-full Power of this Supra-personal Reality the personal consciousness “instrument” can be suffused with all sorts of beautiful Divine virtues.
Interview recorded 9/10/2016
- Transcript of this interview
- First interview with Timothy
- Free downloadable audio recordings of Timothy’s weekly satsangs
Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:04:58 – Understanding the Meaning and Value of Life
- 00:10:06 – The Power of Personal Consciousnesses
- 00:15:26 – The Unity of Sages and Their Enjoyment of Differences
- 00:20:46 – The Non-Duality of Behavior
- 00:25:38 – Ramana Maharshi’s Stubbornness
- 00:30:29 – Amma’s Mystical Tendencies and Troubled Past
- 00:35:19 – The Odds of a Blind Turtle
- 00:40:57 – The Paradox of Unenlightenment
- 00:45:47 – The Seduction of Spiritual Cults
- 00:50:40 – Egalitarian Nature of Clear-Light Awareness and Transmission Models
- 00:55:26 – Non-dual devotion and the pitfalls of praise
- 01:00:08 – The Life of a Teacher
- 01:04:58 – The Presence of Divine Virtues
- 01:08:58 – The Racket of Lobbyists and Defense Contractors
- 01:12:36 – Absolute Language and Transcendence
- 01:16:41 – Souls and the Intrinsic Perfection
- 01:20:50 – The Divine Perfection in the Laws of Nature
- 01:24:51 – Innocent Souls and Complicated Conditioning
- 01:29:03 – Letting go of Seeking
- 01:33:11 – The Activities of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
- 01:37:25 – Unity in Diversity
- 01:41:22 – The Role of Consciousness in Animal Rights and Climate Change Awareness
- 01:45:26 – Letting Go of Samskaras
- 01:49:28 – Ramana’s Enlightenment Journey
- 01:53:15 – The Value of Deep Dreamless Sleep
- 01:56:41 – The Three Gunas and Yogic States
- 02:00:41 – Awakening to Our True Absolute Host Nature
- 02:04:39 – The Gradual Cultivation of Buddha-like Qualities
- 02:08:27 – Owls Singing
- 02:12:04 – Music
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