J. Stewart Dixon is an awakening/enlightenment adviser, author, and blogger.
Born in 1969, J. Stewart Dixon spent most of his adult life seeking spiritual awakening/enlightenment in the company of some of the world’s preeminent spiritual luminaries, including Adi Da, Gangaji, Satyam Nadeen, Andrew Cohen, Arjuna Ardagh, Michael Regan, Solane’, Ram Dass, Saniel Bonder, Eli Jaxon-Bear, A. Ramana, Mooji, Francis Lucille, Yogi Bhajan, Robert Monroe, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and Ammachi. His own awakening process began in 2004 and concluded in 2010.
Websites, Books, Services:
21 Days: A nuts & bolts blue-collar memoir/guide of nondual Advaita spiritual awakening/enlightenment for beginners: An account of extraordinary magic amidst ordinary life | An easy-to-read description of authentic awakening, free of religious, spiritual, philosophical, or psychological jargon: What is it like when you have a family to care for and a business to run, when you're AWAKE? What is it like when you're visiting your parents, your old high school, or your church when you're AWAKE? ...TV? ...Fly-Fishing? ...Movies? The description of awakening in 21 Days is meant to be a precise guide and compass for the awakening seeker.
Transcript of this interview
Interview recorded 12/1/2012
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to "21 Days, A Guide for Spiritual Beginners"
00:03:40 - A Parable to Break up the Book
00:07:22 - Softening through Spiritual Awakening
00:11:16 - The Dark Night of the Soul
00:15:15 - A Process of Self-Awareness, Self-Acceptance, and Transference
00:19:57 - Awakening and the End of Existential Depression
00:23:36 - Understanding the Concept of No-Self
00:28:55 - Bringing Awakening Down to the Ordinary
00:33:17 - The Need for Reverence and Sacredness
00:37:03 - The Flooded Market of Awakening Teachers
00:40:08 - The Nature of the Awakening
00:43:30 - The Intensity of Awakening and Enlightenment
00:46:52 - Embracing Intensity and Desires
00:50:31 - The Mysterious Process of Transference
00:53:53 - Glamorizing Ordinary People
00:57:44 - The Mystery of Self and No Self
01:02:36 - The Paradox of Self and No Self
01:06:22 - Longing for Genuine Interactions
01:09:46 - Aligning Life with Fulfilling Interactions
01:13:36 - The Dominant Reality - Turning the Tables
01:17:15 - The Sumptuousness of Realization
01:19:40 - The Nature of "More Please"
01:22:16 - The Tendency for Vertical Growth
01:25:42 - Confronting Existential Fear
01:29:57 - The Blue-Collar Awakening
01:33:47 - The Video Game Analogy and Life After Awakening
01:38:10 - Living in the Moment and Planning for the Future
01:42:28 - Awakening and the Fulfillment of Life
01:46:50 - Finding a Path Towards Awakening
01:51:25 - Acknowledging the Wounded Part in All of Us
01:54:39 - Keeping it Free for Everyone