129. Trip Overholt

On the heels of an awakening experience in 2006 not unlike that of the many avant-garde sages Trip Overholt would later interview, intense interest in the nature of this present reality persisted without let up.  This led to an opportunity to co-host a  radio show, Conversations With Avant-Garde Sages, show casing the wisdom and experiences of unknown sages in our midst. After three years and about 80 interviews, favorite conversations were edited and compiled (by co-host John Troy) into a free Ebook available at  TheWizardllc.com.

A “happiness pragmatist” Overholt’s paradigm shift from the material to the non-physical “spiritual” essence of reality has borne three delicious fruits he’d like to share.  First, there is a comfortability in his own skin, not there prior that has led to more rewarding relationships across the board.  Secondly, radiant causeless joy is available when attention is merely turned inward.  And finally, there is a capacity for seeing the divinity of all others and of the world that allows for more complete engagement of whatever shows up in the present moment.  Heaven on earth is possible here and now and it is Trip’s calling to be a rock of conviction of that possibility for others who find themselves on the pathless path back to themselves.

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Interview recorded 7/7/2012

YouTube Video Chapters:

  • 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
  • 00:04:35 – Profound Awareness and Self-Realization
  • 00:09:10 – The True Role of a Guru
  • 00:13:48 – Ramana Maharshi and the Teacher-Student Dynamic
  • 00:18:27 – The Development of Presence and Higher Beings
  • 00:23:28 – The Experience of Joy and Block Clearing
  • 00:28:03 – Holding Spiritual Teachers to a Higher Standard
  • 00:32:33 – The Two Categories of Teaching
  • 00:36:25 – The Transformation of Little Realizations
  • 00:40:52 – Discussing Interviews and Future Plans
  • 00:43:44 – Engaging Conversations with Various Guests
  • 00:46:45 – Interviewing Ordinary Spiritually Awakened People
  • 00:49:55 – The Power of Active Listening and Presence
  • 00:53:53 – The Sweetness of Mature Teachers
  • 00:57:25 – The Glorious Reality and Acknowledging Oneness
  • 01:01:00 – Two Streams of Thought on Perception
  • 01:04:48 – The Influence of Humanity
  • 01:08:35 – Expressing Non-Dual Reality in a Joyful Way
  • 01:12:13 – Coming from a place of non-reactivity and understanding
  • 01:16:05 – Living in the Present Moment
  • 01:20:09 – The Hallmark of a Great Teacher
  • 01:24:01 – Happiness and Pragmatism
  • 01:28:00 – Degrees of Mastery and Realization
  • 01:31:44 – The Illusion of Differentiation and the Strength of Conviction
  • 01:35:15 – The Controversy of Awakening Teachers
  • 01:38:44 – The Maturity of Spirituality
  • 01:43:06 – Radical acceptance leads to self-realization
  • 01:46:35 – The Evolution of Essence
  • 01:50:24 – Recognition of Divinity in Everyone
  • 01:54:03 – The Deeper Level of Consideration
  • 01:57:08 – Subscribe to Our Newsletter