710. Viivi Jokela

Viivi Jokela facilitates awakening in people who are inclined in that way. She had a spontaneous, deep awakening to true nature in 2022, followed by a strange and at times intense acclimation, which she refers to as no self realization or simply the natural state.

Viivi communicates a direct approach to realization, grounded on experiential insight on the aspects of awakening. She invites you to inquire into and recognize the awe-striking immediate, inherently awake radiance of your own being and of all being.

Website: sensingradiance.com

In this interview, Viivi Jokela shares her journey of spiritual awakening and self-realization. She discusses her early life, her struggles with suffering and alienation, and her eventual deep awakening to her true nature in 2022. She describes the intense acclimation process she went through, which she refers to as no self-realization or the natural state. Viivi also talks about her experiences with a yoga school that turned out to be a cult, her powerful Kundalini awakening, and the subsequent purification process. Throughout the interview, she emphasizes the importance of understanding the nature of experience and the difference between direct experience and mental interpretation.

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Summary and transcript of this interview

Interview recorded June 29, 2024

YouTube Video Chapters:

  •  00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
  •  00:03:37 – Early Suffering and Alienation
  •  00:07:22 – Finding Yoga in the Hospital
  •  00:10:22 – The Powerful Kundalini Awakening
  •  00:13:16 – The Journey of Purification
  •  00:16:27 – Challenges after Kundalini Awakening
  •  00:19:46 – Recommendation for Kundalini awakening practitioners
  •  00:23:23 – Finding the Right Meditation Practice
  •  00:26:55 – Defining Enlightenment and Liberation
  •  00:30:16 – The Experience of Self
  •  00:33:57 – Multi-Dimensionality of Life
  •  00:37:16 – The Personal and Impersonal within a Larger Wholeness
  •  00:40:18 – The Dance of Relative and Absolute
  •  00:43:30 – Holding Multiple Perspectives Amid Conflicting Views
  •  00:46:24 – Appreciating Different Perspectives
  •  00:49:52 – Understanding the “I got it, I lost it” syndrome
  •  00:53:22 – Extracting Instructions for Awakening
  •  00:56:35 – The Beginner’s Mind and Approaching with Curiosity
  •  01:00:16 – Different Types of Meditation
  •  01:03:58 – The Collapse of Fundamental Structures of Reality
  •  01:07:38 – The Teacher and the Experience of Death
  •  01:11:20 – Moments of Transcendence and Nothingness
  •  01:14:34 – The Reality of the Deep Homecoming and Healing Through Realization
  •  01:18:22 – The Disappearance of God
  •  01:21:34 – Kundalini: The Most Powerful Energy
  •  01:24:54 – The Relationship between Trauma and Relational Healing
  •  01:28:34 – Dismissive Attitudes and Lack of Empathy
  •  01:31:58 – The Contradictory Nature of the Experience
  •  01:34:44 – The Importance of Having a Broad Perspective
  •  01:38:40 – Exploring Aggression and Self-Respect
  •  01:42:37 – Closing Remarks and Next Interview Preview