Jim Dreaver, originally from New Zealand, began his search for freedom in the mid-Seventies with the teachings of yoga, Zen, and J. Krishnamurti, and then met European Advaita Vedanta (the nondual or direct path) master Jean Klein in 1984, who guided him to seeing the truth in 1995. His mission now is to guide others to the realization that awakening is centered in the heart, and is ever and only here, now. He has taught at Esalen Institute and elsewhere.
Books:
End Your Story, Begin Your Life: Wake Up, Let Go, Live Free
The Way of Harmony:: Walking The Inner Path To Balance, Happiness, And Success
Falling Into Light
Website: jimdreaver.com
Transcript of this interview
Interview recorded 2/28/2015
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Buddha at the Gas Pump Introduction and Awakening Experience
00:03:28 - The Awakening Experience
00:06:10 - Dissolving the Fiction of "I"
00:09:01 - Residues and Awakening Experiences
00:12:22 - Healing the Wounds of the Past
00:15:27 - Awakening through Seeing the Truth
00:18:34 - Relationships and Self-Discovery
00:21:52 - The Conceptual Nature of Enlightenment
00:24:26 - The "I" Sense and Identification
00:27:42 - Nisargadatta on Fear and the Strokes Experience
00:30:29 - Facing the Fear of Death
00:33:02 - The Power of Intention and Healing
00:35:46 - The Importance of Realizing You're Not Your Story
00:38:53 - The Illusion of the Storyteller
00:42:33 - Cultivating the Ground of Silence with Veterans
00:45:31 - Cultivating Presence for Awakening
00:48:53 - Awakening and World Transformation
00:51:53 - Awakening in a Shorter Timeframe
00:55:11 - Finding True Freedom through Self-Exploration
00:58:40 - The Epiphany of Observing the Self
01:02:05 - The Universal Awareness of Consciousness
01:04:48 - Reincarnation as a Personal Experience
01:08:30 - Multidimensional Possibilities
01:11:30 - "Notice the Story"
01:14:45 - A Second Wave of Heart-Centered Nondual Spirituality
01:17:39 - Serving as a Conduit for World Consciousness
01:20:50 - The Power of Visualization and Intention
01:23:01 - Entertaining at a Deeper Level
01:26:10 - The Writer's Journey
01:28:44 - Wrapping up the interview
01:30:55 - End of Interview