Buddha at the Gas Pump

From age 7, Elle was awake to divine Word. At 17, a revelatory spiritual experience increased this capacity and began her lifelong commitment to God-centered awareness. Elle awakened into Unity consciousness in her early 20's. For the next two decades, her life revolved around prayer, meditation, Zen practice, and independent spiritual inquiry until her mind became fully accessible to the Emanating Spirit of Divine Counsel. What People Gain from this Teaching Elle is fully awake to the Divine Word and has become a bridge to the Godmind within. She is a midwife to the Soul, assisting all in bringing forth their prime Design and Path. Elle resonates to the quality of Light of each person, responding empathically and telepathically to the nature of both human and soul, and inspiring us to True Awareness. In this Gatework, we are immersed in the divine theme of Being and taught to live in a way that is Divinity reliant and at-one with the Core Self ... the God-Essence within. The awakened individual is freed of negative concepts and able to live in interactive communion to the Whole. These experiences of unity consciousness merge the Sublime Truth into the logic and point the way from separation into Unity. Elle's website: teachingofannam.org Interview recorded 2/25/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introducing Elle Collier Re 00:02:45 - The Numinous Experience of Jesus 00:05:34 - Adapting to the Inner Christ and Lessons from the Divine 00:07:34 - The Presence of Light 00:10:33 - Adjustments and the Need for Solitude 00:13:17 - Receiving my True Name 00:15:25 - From Voiceovers to Broadcasting 00:17:23 - Connecting with the Divine Spirit 00:20:05 - Navigating Subtle Entities 00:22:24 - Non-Dualism and the Flow 00:25:52 - The Unfoldment of Creation and Appreciating the Richness 00:29:09 - Fine-tuning our Instruments 00:32:09 - Training in a Monastery 00:34:07 - The Difficulty of Discerning the Right Path 00:36:26 - The Connection between Kitties and Schizophrenia 00:38:47 - The Journey of Training and Revelation 00:41:50 - Discerning Higher Truths 00:44:42 - The Celebration of Isness 00:47:17 - Connecting with Purpose 00:49:54 - Ine Ra'e: The Language of Angelic Fire 00:53:11 - Revealing the Hidden Reason 00:55:55 - Accommodating Different Levels of Spiritual Aspirants 00:58:35 - Changing the Way the Mind Learns 01:01:23 - The Mind's Transformation and Awakening 01:03:54 - Building Genuine Connections 01:05:56 - Trust in the Divine Plan 01:08:21 - The Importance of Seeing from a Different Level 01:11:33 - Communicating with Earth and Responsible Consumption 01:14:21 - The Power of Love 01:16:38 - Concluding Remarks 01:18:51 - Namaste

Suzanne Foxton is a mother, wife, writer and artist who works and lives in Kew in the United Kingdom. She was born a Hoosier (native of the US state of Indiana). She muddles along as best as she can, like most of humanity. Suzanne believes the particulars of her story are unimportant and she doesn't take much of anything too seriously. Her blog, Nothing Exists Despite Appearances, is an attempt to point to the infinite, eternal, and ultimately non-existent nature of reality. She began writing the blog to avoid having to talk to anyone about non-duality, finding that the revelation of the true nature of existence tends to alienate people in manifested reality. Now she continues to write because it's fun. Everything she ever thought was important is gone; what is left is everything and nothing, boundless and beautiful. Suzanne's blog Suzanne's book: The Ultimate Twist Interview recorded 2/25/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Book Preview 00:03:14 - Addiction as a Form of Seeking 00:06:44 - Relishing Bad Circumstances and Bad Feelings 00:09:52 - Finding the Balance between Acceptance and Ambition 00:12:18 - Acceptance and Drive 00:15:34 - The Right State of Mind 00:18:11 - The Knife Incident and Awakening 00:19:59 - Spiritual Awakening and Shift 00:22:09 - Awakening and the Perception of Strangeness 00:24:14 - Perception and the Endless Moment 00:26:27 - Conditioning and Susceptibility 00:28:41 - Shifting Perspectives and Accepting Contradictions 00:32:33 - Embracing Freedom and Analyzing Problems 00:36:18 - Being Intimate in Relationships in the Non-Dual Community 00:39:50 - Treating Others as the Self 00:42:06 - Maintaining a Beginner's Attitude 00:44:19 - Writing as Self-Exploration 00:46:28 - The Process of Writing Music 00:48:12 - A Cool and Interesting Story 00:50:14 - Ignoring the Voices in the Head 00:52:16 - Thoughts of Unworthiness 00:54:07 - The Significance of Self-Identity 00:56:39 - Reflections on high school and self-image 00:58:56 - The Role of Therapy in Awakening 01:01:45 - The Concept of Divine Intelligence 01:03:57 - The Mechanics of the Universe 01:05:37 - The Tragic Consequences of Alienation 01:07:53 - The Duality of Life 01:09:51 - The Concept of a Terrible Life 01:12:02 - The Unmanifest State and the Perfectness of Being 01:13:55 - Lightening up and chilling out

Sharon is a gifted intuitive and a spiritual teacher in the lineage of Adyashanti. Sharon has a devotion and great love of the Truth. Adyashanti asked her to teach 2003 and guide those genuinely drawn to the path of Truth. Since then, Sharon continues to deepen into and embody this Truth herself. She invites you to “Come home…” to That which you’ve always been. In her presence you’ll taste a palpable expression of love and intimacy that allows you to feel safe dropping into the deep vulnerability required to know yourself as the All. Sharon offers support for the required shift of identity that is both direct and tailored to each person's journey. Her teachings are based on her deep realization of silence and the way silence expresses itself in form. She notes, “Often there is still a thread that says the ‘me is going to get it; the ‘me’ is going to wake up. And it just isn’t true. It actually wakes up out of the ‘me’."  So, in her teaching, Sharon emphasizes how silence wakes up in the body and how the embodiment process is actualized. She is well qualified in this endeavor by her many years as an intuitive counselor. Since she has the ability to “read” the physical and energetic body, she is uniquely able to help unlock patterns that inhibit realization and the embodiment process that follows. Sharon Landrith offers Silent retreats, intensives in the US and Canada and dokusans over the phone and in person. Please see more info on her website: sharon-landrith.com. There's a chapter on Sharon in Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom: The Feminine Face of Awakening by Rita Robinson. Summary and transcript of this interview Interview recorded 2/11/2012. 2nd interview with Sharon YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introducing Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:02:11 - Unique Questions and iPod Recommendations 00:04:08 - Dropping into the Deep Vulnerability 00:06:31 - The Maturity of the Seekers 00:09:07 - Moving beyond the divisions of non-dualism 00:11:17 - Exploring Different Perspectives in Consciousness 00:13:59 - Levels of Consciousness and Misunderstandings 00:17:30 - Stepping out into the Spiritual Community and Meeting with People 00:21:07 - The Essential Shift and Abidance 00:25:11 - The Shift of Identity and the Embodiment 00:28:53 - Stepping into a Different Functioning 00:32:02 - Awakening in Younger Generation 00:35:25 - The Experience of Sudden Shift 00:39:52 - The Nourishment of Silence in Meditation 00:44:07 - The Glorious Essence of Living 00:48:03 - Clarifying Terminology in Non-Dual World 00:51:13 - Deepening Intimacy with Awakening 00:54:07 - The Diaphanous Membrane and the Acceleration of Consciousness 00:57:08 - The Power of Subtle Energy and Clairvoyance 00:59:44 - Discovering the Power of Healing through Meditation 01:02:33 - The Benefits of Dhakasans 01:04:35 - The Ability or Insight for Public Consumption 01:06:59 - Opening to Silent Nature 01:10:07 - The Divine Mother and the Pervading Space 01:12:42 - Exploring the Space that Pervades Everything 01:15:16 - The Power of Transmission 01:18:15 - The Vast "One" 01:21:10 - The 10 Most Common Spiritually Transmitted Diseases 01:23:46 - The Presence of God and the Desire to Abide 01:26:11 - The Joy of Laughter 01:27:59 - Delightful Conversation

Eli Jaxon-Bear was born Elliot J. Zeldow in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. His eighteen-year spiritual path started in 1971, when he was a federal fugitive during the Vietnam war. In 1978, Kalu Rinpoche appointed him the president of the first Kagyu dharma center in Marin County. In 1982, he was presented with a Zen Teaching Fan at ChoShoJi Zen Temple in Japan. After a search took him around the world and into many traditions and practices, his path and his search ended when he was pulled to India in 1990, where he met his final teacher, Sri H.W.L. Poonja. Confirming Eli's realization, his teacher sent him back into the world to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization. Eli infuses the teaching with his teacher’s living transmission of silence. He presents a unique map of egoic identification as a vehicle for ruthless self-inquiry and final realization of true freedom. He dedicates his life to passing on the transmission of his teacher. Eli currently meets people and teaches through the Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. He is the author of Sudden Awakening into Direct Realization, (New World Library), The Enneagram of Liberation: From Fixation to Freedom, (Gangaji Foundation Press), and he is the editor of Wake Up and Roar: Satsang with H.W.L. Poonja, (Sounds True). Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 2/5/2012 2nd interview with Eli YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Illusory Medicine for Illusory Disease 00:03:34 - The Relevance of Meditation and Different Types of Teachers 00:06:39 - Awakening to Pure Consciousness 00:09:17 - Following the Mission, Searching for Enlightenment 00:11:51 - Meeting the Sufis in Nizamuddin and Lucknow 00:13:54 - The Search for Punja 00:15:52 - Discovering the Living Zen Master 00:17:33 - The Miracle of Waking Up 00:18:54 - The Concept of "I am Emptiness, I am Consciousness" 00:20:43 - Surrendering to Love 00:22:18 - The Sticking Point in Willingness 00:24:01 - Seeking the Truth and Surrendering to the Unknown 00:26:03 - The Difference Between Living as an Ego and Your True Self 00:28:02 - The False Identities of the Ego 00:30:17 - Fixation and Freedom in the Enneagram 00:32:04 - The Enneagram of Character Fixation 00:33:48 - The Sacred Use of LSD and Enneagram 00:35:25 - The Book "Sudden Awakening" and the Possibility of Awakening 00:37:19 - The Spread of Zen in Mainstream Culture 00:39:19 - The First Enlightenment and Individuation 00:41:08 - Disillusionment with Spiritual Teachers 00:42:51 - Being Authentic and Facing Judgment 00:44:53 - The Definition of Enlightenment 00:46:59 - The Trap of Egoic Madness 00:48:47 - The misuse of non-dual realization 00:50:29 - "Take the transmission, leave the rest" 00:52:16 - Living with Multiple Myeloma 00:53:56 - Facing Death and Regrets 00:55:50 - Ramana Maharshi's Function and Continuation after Death 00:58:07 - The Power of Awakening and Healing 00:59:51 - Interview with Eli Jackson Bair

Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT, RYT 500, 
is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and the author of six books in the fields of psychology and spirituality, including Yoga & Psyche, the award-winning Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path, the seminal Halfway Up the Mountain: the Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment, and The Guru Question: The Perils and Rewards of Choosing a Spiritual Teacher. She is the founder of The Yoga & Psyche Method™ and The Yoga & Psyche Conference™. She has been teaching workshops and trainings at major retreat centers, yoga studios, and universities throughout the world since 1997, and since 2001 been an adjunct professor and developed large public programs at The California Institute of Integral Studies, and taught at Naropa University, John F. Kennedy University, and Sophia University. Website: marianacaplan.com Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 2/3/2012 Other BatGap events involving Mariana: Second BatGap interview with Mariana Caplan In Panel at Sofia U. Part 1 | Part 2 In SAND Panel on Sexual Misconduct, Money, Power, Trauma & Ethics in Spiritual Communities | Also, Meeting of Founders and Members of the Association for Spiritual Integrity YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Mariana Caplan 00:02:26 - Credentials and Spiritual Journey 00:04:21 - My Spiritual Journey 00:06:32 - Falling in Love with My Teacher 00:08:33 - Falling in Love with the Teacher 00:10:04 - The Attachment to the Yogi 00:12:27 - The Spiritual Teacher's Degree of Awakening 00:15:17 - Being a Friend and Spiritual Psychologist 00:18:22 - Embracing the Paradox of Spiritual Teachers 00:21:19 - The Development of Multiple Lines 00:24:28 - Intimacy and Integration on the Spiritual Path 00:27:41 - The Dismantling of Illusions and Lines of Development 00:30:16 - The Nature of Conditioning and Insight 00:33:40 - Healing in Relationship 00:36:50 - Levels of Evolution and Enlightenment 00:39:51 - Meeting Yogi Ram Surat Kumar 00:43:20 - The Endless Potential of Non-Dual Realization 00:47:05 - The Prevalence of the Common Virus 00:50:17 - Learning from Claudio Naranjo 00:52:37 - Integration and Enlightenment 00:55:01 - The Softening of the Heart in the Path of Enlightenment 00:57:57 - The Softening of Perception and Love 01:01:28 - Reflecting on Enlightenment 01:04:05 - Evolution of Consciousness 01:06:33 - The Radiant Knowledge of God 01:08:32 - The Power of Student-Teacher Relationships 01:10:16 - "Bozos on This Bus" and Changing Perspectives 01:12:19 - The Value of Practice Even in the Absence of Self 01:14:45 - Ramana's Post-Enlightenment Years 01:16:59 - Psychotherapy and Yoga Integration 01:19:09 - Additional Information on the Website Save

The Open Secret message is totally radical and uncompromising.  It is a rare and singular expression of absolute non-dualism.  It bypasses the mind and speaks directly to the very core of a wisdom that is imminent in all of us. When there is a readiness to hear, all seeking and need for personal endeavor falls away, leaving simply the wonder of what is. There is no me or you, no seeker, no enlightenment, no disciple and no guru.   There is no better or worse, no path, and nothing that has to be achieved.  All appearance is source.  All that apparently manifests - the world, the life story, the hypnotic dream of separation, the search for home - is the one appearing as two, the nothing appearing as everything, the absolute appearing as the particular. There is no separate intelligence weaving a destiny, and no choice functioning at any level.  Nothing is happening, but this, as it is, invites the apparent seeker to rediscover that which already is...the abiding, uncaused, unchanging, impersonal silence from which unconditional love overflows and celebrates.  It is the wonderful mystery. Tony Parsons has been sharing this "open secret" with people for over 20 years. His talks and workshops are highly regarded in England and Western Europe. Tony's books: As It Is: The Open Secret of Spiritual Awakening The Open Secret Nothing Being Everything Tony's website Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded 2/2/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Opening interview with guest Tony Parsons 00:02:30 - Searching for a message 00:04:56 - Separation filter and dissatisfaction 00:07:46 - Liberation from the illusion of separateness 00:10:48 - Spiritual practices and liberation 00:13:11 - Theory of quantum physics and free will 00:15:27 - The seeker lives in an illusion 00:17:52 - Deliverance regardless of story 00:20:18 - Personal Enlightenment and Personal Liberation 00:22:16 - Hidden answers and searches 00:24:37 - Difference in teaching and communication 00:26:50 - Lack of intention and motivation 00:29:01 - Immersion in artificial reality 00:31:14 - Clarity and separation in perception 00:33:24 - Life as an answer to the search for fulfillment 00:35:32 - Searching for reason, understanding and liberation 00:37:51 - Awakening and enlightenment 00:40:00 - Search 00:42:11 - "Liberation and infinite energy" 00:44:06 - Existence of a Universal Energy 00:46:04 - Appearance of suffering 00:48:26 - Back to the individual perspective 00:50:37 - Nothing is infinite energy 00:52:42 - Meaning of divine 00:54:57 - Contributions by Tony Parsons and the important difference between description and prescription 00:57:01 - Apparent reincarnation and karma 00:59:38 - The illusion of time and reality 01:01:36 - Illusory elephant and tree 01:03:17 - The impact of implementation on family life 01:05:41 - Searching for enlightenment 01:07:48 - Upcoming Interviews and Notifications

Matt Kahn is a spiritual teacher and mystic who travels the world, offering sacred heart wisdom that invites all seekers into the joy of liberated existence. Matt's spontaneous awakening arose out of an out-of-body experience at the age of 8, and numerous direct experiences throughout his life. Many spiritual seekers have experienced amazing, unexplainable healings, and have awakened to their true nature through his offerings of profound and loving teachings, and direct transmission of presence. Books: Everything Is Here to Help You: A Loving Guide to Your Soul's Evolution “Whatever Arises, Love That – A Love Revolution That Begins with You” Matt's website Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded 1/14/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Matt Kahn's Unique Blend of Nonduality and Relative Considerations 00:05:02 - The Validity of Exploring Everything Equally 00:09:01 - Deepening the Experience through Self-Reflection 00:13:02 - Experiencing Different States of Consciousness 00:16:51 - The Nondual State and Paradox 00:20:51 - Freedom from the Need for Certainty 00:25:02 - The Dream of Denial 00:29:37 - Perceiving the Divine Intelligence 00:34:43 - Awakening Through Conversation 00:39:00 - The Intimacy of Divine Experience 00:43:28 - The Fear of Deficiency and the Fantasy of a Final Destination 00:47:57 - Seeing Through Pixilated Energy 00:52:14 - The Purification of the Body for Awakening 00:56:18 - Exploring Different Perspectives on Reincarnation 01:00:28 - The Aliveness of Being 01:04:36 - The Sincere Inquiry of the Spiritual Journey 01:08:49 - The Meaning of Seeking and Fulfillment 01:13:19 - Deeper Dimensions of Fulfillment 01:18:06 - Embracing and Loving Every Expression of Reality 01:22:24 - Childhood Realizations and Experiences 01:26:15 - Encountering a Being in the Garden 01:30:05 - The Misconception of Apologizing and Fixing Others' Lives 01:34:06 - The Power of Choice within Relationships 01:38:16 - Valuing One Piece of the Puzzle 01:42:24 - The Birth of a Burning Desire to Assist Others in Experiencing Infinite Possibilities 01:46:48 - Different Strokes for Different Folks 01:51:28 - Surreal Nonattachment and the Equality of Life 01:55:54 - The Activation and Energy Levels 02:00:16 - The Value of Payment for Spiritual Teachings 02:04:21 - Ending on Love 02:08:46 - Introduction and Theme Music

Lisa started spiritually seeking in her early 20’s. She had her first awakening in 2005 after attending a talk given by Tony Parsons. After this, she spent some time in India with Ramesh Balsekar. It was there that she met her final teacher, Roger Castillo, who was also a student of Ramesh. She lived with him for three years in Australia during which time many falsehoods were seen through. In the beginning of 2011, Lisa’s awakening stabilized and the seeker fell away. Lisa now enjoys communicating the nature of Happiness to anyone desperate enough to know the truth. Website: lisacairns.com Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded 1/7/2012 Lisa in BatGap discussion with Tim Freke YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - A De-scription, Not a Pre-scription 00:03:49 - The Illusion of Cause and Effect  00:07:20 - Living without Concepts and Belief Systems 00:10:50 - Animal Cruelty and Personal Concern 00:13:35 - The Funny Story of How I Met My Boyfriend Roger 00:16:28 - From Buddhism to Tony Parsons 00:19:40 - The Illusion of Cause and Effect 00:23:11 - The Need to Hold onto Blame, Good and Bad Perspectives 00:26:52 - Indifference towards the opinions of others 00:30:43 - Life Showing What Needs to Be Happening 00:33:37 - Enlightenment and Spiritual Practice 00:37:09 - The Illusion of Happiness and Beliefs 00:40:59 - The End of the Urge to Do 00:44:51 - The Falling Away of Beliefs and Ideas 00:48:20 - The Dog's Thoughts 00:52:05 - The Spotlight on Experiences  00:55:24 - The Marvelous Creation of God 00:59:00 - Continuous Refinement and Exploration 01:02:48 - The Energy of Seeking 01:05:44 - The Joy of Laughing with Others 01:08:56 - The Awakening and Separation 01:12:08 - Overwhelmed by the Beauty of Everything 01:15:20 - A Radical Change of Perspective 01:18:52 - Exiting the Incubator 01:22:11 - The Intelligence Orchestrating the Mind-Body System 01:24:33 - Flexibility and Freedom in Being 01:27:44 - The Hilarity and Suffering of the Ego 01:30:47 - The Metaphor of Lines on Stone, Sand, Water, and Air 01:33:53 - Consultations and Donations 01:36:53 - The Challenges of Managing Time 01:39:29 - Visit BATGAP.com Save

Greg is a teacher of nondualism well known for a breadth of expression and a sense of humor. Inspired by Sri Atmananda Krishna Menon, Greg is one of the pioneers, along with Jean Klein and Francis Lucille, of "direct path" style nondualism, a very intuitive, holistic and immediate form of Advaita. It was through contemplation on the teachings of Sri Atmananda that Greg's own search came to its peaceful conclusion. Having studied Western philosophy at the Universität zu Köln in Cologne, Germany, Greg received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Rochester. He studied Advaita Vedanta through the Chinmaya Mission, the Mahayana teachings of Pure Land Buddhism through Jodo-Shinshu, and studied Madhyamika Buddhism through the lineage of the pre-eminent scholar of Chinese Buddhism, Master Yin-Shun of Taiwan, P.R.C., author of The Way to Buddhahood: Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master. Greg is the technical consultant for Philosophical Practice, the Journal of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association. He is also the author of Nondualism in Western Philosophy, Standing as Awareness, the forthcoming The Direct Path: a User Guide, and the forthcoming Emptiness and Joyful Freedom. From the "About" page: "Emptiness teachings are widely held to be liberating. The purpose of this site is to present the wide variety of these teachings in a way that will help make them accessible and relevant. We will feature scholarly, experiential and popular approaches to the emptiness teachings, and we will honor the diversity of traditions from which they flow. Our goal is to highlight the power and appeal of these teachings so that they may do their work." Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 12/24/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Technical Difficulties 00:03:04 - Ethical Dilemmas and Non-dualism 00:06:13 - Exploring Non-Doership & Personal Spiritual Journey 00:10:31 - Transitioning from Pentecostal Christianity to Mystical Traditions 00:14:48 - The Exploration of Spiritual Texts 00:19:28 - The Search for Identity and Purpose 00:22:52 - The Vanishing of Identity 00:25:46 - The Distinction between Concepts and Experience 00:28:22 - The Different Paths of Yoga 00:31:38 - No Personal Identity 00:35:34 - Riding Fixed Gear Track Bikes in the City 00:38:46 - The Arising of Thought and Memory 00:41:20 - The Illusion of Access and Oneness 00:44:32 - The Non-Existence of Arisings 00:46:45 - Grounded in Understanding Experience 00:49:46 - The Influence of Teachings on Language 00:53:34 - Stagnation in Non-Dual Discussion Groups 00:57:37 - The Power of Presence for Spiritual Transformation 01:00:24 - Embracing Feminine Integration and Relationships 01:02:44 - Non-Duality and Devotion 01:06:02 - The Phenomenon of Devotion 01:07:50 - The Power of Devotion 01:10:06 - The Visual Presence of the Holy Ghost 01:12:19 - The Diversity of Spiritual Perspectives 01:15:12 - Exploring Continuous Growth and Finality in Experience 01:18:57 - The Rigidity of Language and Alternative Teachings 01:22:08 - Ramana Maharshi's Visits and the Afterlife of Greg Good 01:25:14 - Exploring Continuity of Individuality 01:30:04 - A Conversation with an Open Mind 01:32:45 - The Shift from Awareness to Clarity 01:35:11 - Farewell and Music

The journey for Canela Michelle towards this realization was happening long before she had heard of the potential of consciously living in the stateless state of Being.  Once she heard that this was possible in 1995, the path was lit up and speedy until she ended up in Satsang with Isaac Shapiro in February 1998.  By this time her inner and outer explorations were deep and subtle yet her explorations of what she perceived seemed to only serve to expand all of that even more…so she simply asked Isaac:  ‘Is it beyond perception?’  He answered ‘Yes’ and in that moment, what was there previously as some sort of structure fell away, leaving only ‘What Is’ at play and Awareness being aware of That. Canela Michelle is an expression of Awareness in each moment…just like everyone else is whether they recognize it yet or not (as is all that appears – air, body, thought, chair, taste, etc.).  Her love is in supporting people to relax open to this Truth.  Supporting them to allow themselves to not only recognize Love but to experience That; simply as it is, dependant on nothing at all. Awareness is the constant in the midst of the play of events.  What rises, or appears in each moment might feel or look like an obstacle to Love, yet when a person opens to directly experiencing whatever that is, it shifts, changes and merges with all that is…no longer appearing as if it were an obstacle. There is nowhere to get to, you are already ‘Here’; it’s simply a matter of ‘meeting’ whatever might be appearing, right here, right now, in each moment.  Once explored, it is recognized only as an invitation, from your Self to your Self…Love beckoning you hither. The support is offered in Satsang Meditation gatherings, individual & couple Satsang Sessions in person or by phone, and in her first book: Right Here, Right Now Meditations: Satsang Invitations for Expanding Awareness (Volume 1) Canela's website. 2nd interview with Canela Canela in BatGap panel discussion at Sofia University Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 12/18/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Canella Michelle Myers and her spiritual awakening journey 00:04:20 - Opening to Psychic Information 00:07:48 - Psychic Detective Work 00:11:58 - Overcoming Addiction through Awareness 00:16:14 - Exploring the Spiritual Search 00:19:43 - The Experience of Emotions and Being with Others 00:22:39 - Dissolving the Belief in a Separate Self 00:25:42 - Embracing Self-Care and Love Within 00:29:08 - Finding Comfort in Being Held 00:32:38 - Meeting Your Own Longings 00:35:52 - Falling and Being with the Moments 00:39:57 - The Solid Part that's Not Solid 00:44:23 - Learning Empathy and Caring from Church 00:48:49 - Healing from Childhood Anger and Guilt 00:52:39 - A Shift into White Light 00:55:38 - A Profound Sensitivity 00:59:10 - The attunement and initiation process 01:02:02 - Paul Lowe and the Invitation to Explore Fear and Attraction 01:04:38 - Exploring Boundaries and Uncovering Phobias 01:07:48 - Letting Go of My Life 01:10:23 - Letting Go and Following the Call Inside 01:12:41 - The Power of Renunciation 01:15:24 - The Transition to North Vancouver 01:20:17 - The Awakening and the Big Kahuna 01:22:24 - Opening Doors of Awareness 01:24:41 - The Endless Exploration 01:27:54 - Angels Holding Me Close 01:30:02 - Following the Call of the Heart 01:32:46 - The Dance of Absolute and Relative Perspectives 01:36:32 - The Expression of God through Instruments