Scott Kiloby is an author and international speaker on mindfulness and addiction recovery. Scott is also the founder and director of the Kiloby Center for Recovery. After twenty years of addiction to drugs and alcohol, Scott began to develop Natural Rest for Addiction which has helped people all over the world confront the root of their addiction, anxiety, and depression.
Scott was the COO of MyLife Recovery which held the patent on the naltrexone implant. Scott also developed an app that acts as an interface between pain management doctors and their patients to decrease the likelihood of addiction. The app also protects doctors legally from claims of negligence arising out of opiate overdoses.
Originally from southern Indiana, Scott was an attorney for several years before becoming an author. He travels extensively across the United States and in Europe giving talks, seminars, and intensives.
Along with his work at the Kiloby Center, Scott is also the director and co-owner of the Natural Rest House, a detox and residential addiction treatment center located in La Quinta, California.
In addition to Natural Rest for Addiction: A Radical Approach to Recovery Through Mindfulness and Awareness, Scott is the author of the following books which can be found on Amazon:
Living Realization: A Simple, Plain-English Guide to Non-Duality
The Unfindable Inquiry: One Simple Tool to Overcome Feelings of Unworthiness and Find Inner Peace
Reflections of the One Life: Daily Pointers to Enlightenment
Doorway to Total Liberation: Conversations with What Is
Love's Quiet Revolution: The End of the Spiritual Search
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Summary and Transcript of this interview
Interview recorded 12/4/2010.
2nd interview with Scott
3rd interview with Scott
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Scott Kiloby on Non-Duality Teaching
00:04:45 - The Illusion of Separation
00:08:23 - Seeking the Present Moment
00:11:49 - Dissolving Thoughts, Finding Unity
00:16:43 - Gradual Awakening and Radical Shifts
00:21:53 - The Two Aspects of Our Experience
00:25:24 - The Difference Between Seeking and Exploring
00:29:32 - Cultivating non-conceptual experience and enjoying the world
00:33:38 - Finding Balance and Enhancing Life Experience
00:37:12 - The Progressive Stages of Development
00:40:17 - The Value of Diversity in Teaching Methods and Voices
00:43:10 - Voices of Wisdom from Around the World
00:46:38 - Deconstructing Neo-Advaita Concepts
00:49:57 - Finding Divinity in All Things
00:53:40 - The Grandeur and Significance of Life
00:57:50 - The Capacity to Love and Develop
01:00:59 - The Middle Way and Diverse Paths
01:03:43 - The Value of the Non-dual Perspective
01:06:54 - Embracing the Inner Fundamentalist
01:09:12 - Embracing Both Absolute and Relative Realities
01:12:26 - Mysticism in Different Religions
01:15:41 - Experiential Meditation and the Danger of Division
01:18:19 - Individual Approaches to Understanding Non-Duality
01:22:26 - The Compartmentalization of Experience
01:25:44 - Transition to the topic of addiction and the Natural Rest book
01:30:18 - Study and Law School while Battling Addiction
01:36:50 - Analyzing the Illusion of Manifestation
01:40:55 - The Temptation to Hang On
01:43:50 - Shadow work and the story of the self
01:46:26 - Tailored Dialogue to Individuals
01:49:19 - Conversation with Scott Kiloby
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