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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Transcript of this interview
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