Buddha at the Gas Pump

People have always loved sitting and sharing in the presence of an awakened human being and experiencing that tender beingness. For about 7 years Florian Tathagata and his life companion Julia have travelled around the world untiringly inviting seekers to recognize in their own experience who they really are and to live as an embodiment of truth in everyday life. In his unmistakable manner he embraces the daily and simple life that he is sharing with a constantly increasing number of 'friends of truth', as he calls all those being interested. Again and again visitors of meetings tell of spontaneous awakening, of an all penetrating silence, of simple clarity and presence and of overflowing love and gratitude which they experience in Florian Tathagata‘s presence. With both legs firmly rooted in normal everyday life and at the same time in the heart deeply connected with Ramana Maharshi, Papaji, Jiddu Krishnamurti and his teacher and friend Isaac Shapiro, Florian Tathagata speaks and is silent, laughs and cries, is present with everyone who would love to savour the truth of awareness. Florian is the author of two books: Being and Given. Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 9/18/2011. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Spiritual Names 00:04:00 - The Influence of Past Experiences and Memory 00:07:47 - Connection and Communion 00:12:03 - Relaxing the Focus: 00:16:05 - The Experience of Overwhelm 00:20:04 - Disembodiment and Traumatic Experiences in Awakening 00:24:08 - The Tragedy of Denying Unconscious Triggers 00:27:48 - The Shift of Attention during Awakening 00:31:06 - Natural Awakening and Self-Exploration 00:34:45 - The Exploration of Attention and Connection 00:38:17 - The Impact of Early Life Experiences on Connection 00:41:20 - Disembodied Spirituality 00:44:40 - The Cultural Background and the Importance of Embodiment 00:47:53 - Identification with Nothingness and Accumulating Exhaustion 00:50:43 - The Transformation of Exhaustion into Rest 00:53:45 - Connecting to the Natural State 00:57:09 - The Seduction of Spiritual Winners 01:00:17 - The Integration of Ramana and Muktananda 01:03:41 - Removing Tricks and Natural Methods for De-stressing Soldiers 01:07:32 - Inviting Awareness and Relaxing Attention 01:11:14 - The Reality Beneath the Surface 01:14:55 - Connecting with Inner Reality 01:18:47 - Layers of Conditioning in Healing and Integration 01:22:06 - Learning to Listen to the Body 01:25:37 - Being Present and Self-Aware 01:29:44 - The Importance of Female Moderation 01:33:52 - Unraveling Protective Beliefs for Relaxation 01:38:04 - Options arise when conscious 01:41:36 - Cultivating Self-Referral Awareness 01:44:41 - Discussion on upcoming website and video 01:47:45 - Interviews and Conference Updates

Krishna can be a catalyst for the awakening transformation of your life. He also appears to be a pretty ordinary guy. For most of his life, he has been driven by a desire to know the power that moves the universe. In this mad quest for authentic spiritual realization, he has been blessed to come across the right people at the right time. Besides working as a spiritual coach and teacher and being trained in hypnotherapy, he has also been a cabinetmaker, an auto assembly line worker, a New York City taxi cab driver, and a bus driver. He has lived real life as a down to earth human being and knows that the truth of spirituality is always tested there. His experience is that you will never have exactly what you want and that you are already what you're looking for. His sense is that you don't need to be taught as much as you need to be understood and heard. He is well versed in several spiritual maps but he knows that who you are is beyond any map. You are changeless and you are always changing, and he relates to you as both. Since you are what you're looking for, he is only always pointing you to a deep trust in your own deepest life: Being itself. He does this in one on one sessions and in groups through talks, guided meditation, questions, and answers, gazing transmission and silent sitting. His presence enlivens that which is guiding you from within and calls you into your own life. He welcomes you into an awakening that is totally yours, and totally beyond you. Krishna invites everyone to roll up their sleeves and celebrate the paradox of being both Infinite and finite simultaneously. His sleeves are rolled up too. Krishna's website trilliumawakening.org Interview recorded 9/17/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Krishna Gauci and Waking Down 00:04:10 - Discovering the Dimension of Ourselves 00:09:09 - Duality in Non-duality 00:12:37 - The Sense of Personhood 00:16:08 - The Core Wound and the Intuition of Being More 00:19:23 - The Paradox of Freedom and Bondage 00:22:09 - The Core Wound and Consciousness 00:26:01 - The experience of fundamental well-being 00:28:57 - The Wound of Consciousness and the Goddess Kuan Yin 00:32:14 - Expressing the Infinite Intelligence 00:35:37 - The Limitations of Perception 00:38:50 - Falling in love with the unique manifestation 00:41:41 - Many Paths to Spiritual Beliefs 00:44:24 - The Feeling of Offness and Core Wounds 00:47:21 - Expanding Sense of Self 00:50:41 - Levels of Understanding and Communication 00:53:03 - The Role of Devotion in Spiritual Teachings 00:56:05 - Devotion to the Mountain 00:59:25 - The Movement of Divine Love 01:04:00 - The Paradox of Resting in Conscious Nature and Seeking 01:09:27 - The Personalness of the Unmanifest 01:14:07 - Personal Love and Universal Love 01:16:54 - The Unofficial Lineage of Ramana Maharshi and Papaji 01:18:37 - Teaching approach of Ramana and Papaji 01:21:03 - Cultivating Equanimity in Life 01:23:45 - Teaching Consciousness to the Peasants 01:26:02 - Development of Consciousness and Moral Values 01:28:16 - The Importance of Accountability 01:31:04 - The Equality of Teacher and Student 01:33:57 - Trusting Your Own Being 01:36:53 - Join the Discussion Group

Joan Tollifson writes and talks about the ever-changing, ever-present aliveness of Here / Now, that which is obvious, unavoidable and impossible to doubt. She has an affinity with Advaita, Buddhism and radical nonduality, but she belongs to no tradition or lineage. Her main teacher was Toni Packer, but Joan has also studied with several Buddhist teachers and has spent time with a number of Advaita and nondual teachers. She has been holding meetings on nonduality since 1996. In her books and meetings, Joan invites people to explore their actual present moment experience and to question the deep-seated assumption that we are each an independent entity encapsulated inside a separate bodymind looking out at an alien world. Instead, we may discover that everything is one seamless, boundless, unbroken whole in which there are no separate parts. Joan also invites people to question the deep-seated assumption that we are in control of our lives (or should be), and she points to the realization that everything is one choiceless happening. Joan is known for her honesty and her sense of humor. She is the author of Bare-Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My Life (1996), Awake in the Heartland: The Ecstasy of What Is (2003), Painting the Sidewalk with Water: Talks and Dialogs about Nonduality (2010), and she has written two more books that are slated for publication early in 2012. Joan has lived in California, New York and Chicago, and is currently living in southern Oregon. Joan's website Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 9/4/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Joan Tollifson's Work 00:03:00 - Defining "Awake" and "Enlightenment" 00:06:07 - The Illusion of Being an Encapsulated Unit 00:09:24 - The Illusion of the Self 00:12:24 - The Illusion of "Me" and "Happening" in the Movie of Life 00:15:02 - The Illusion of Self-Improvement 00:17:38 - Being an Individual Wave in the Ocean 00:20:34 - Trusting the Unfolding of Life 00:23:24 - The Conceptual Picture of Totality 00:26:11 - Emptiness and the Conceptualization of Reality 00:29:02 - Dependent Reality and the Manifestation of the Universe 00:32:03 - The Three Stages of Perception in Zen 00:35:19 - The Paradox of Absolute and Relative Realities 00:38:04 - The Paradox of Enlightenment 00:40:46 - The Subtle Misinterpretation 00:43:10 - The Openness of Awakening and the Paradox of Inclusion 00:46:29 - The Practicality of Life 00:48:59 - The Switch that Happened 00:51:57 - The Liberating Realization of Unicity 00:55:13 - The Liberation of Non-Ownership 00:57:48 - The Pitfalls of Progressive Practices and Non-Progressive Approaches 01:00:31 - The Place for Everything 01:03:13 - Embracing Individual Perspectives 01:05:46 - The Nature of Political Views and Choices 01:08:39 - The Illusion of Choice 01:11:42 - The Illusion of Choice and Consciousness 01:14:08 - The Power of Conditioning 01:17:07 - The Illusion of Authorship 01:19:31 - Accepting the Movement of the Universe 01:21:39 - Upcoming Books and Mailing List 01:23:34 - Join the Email List for New Interviews

I’m sorry about the video quality. We had technical problems which we weren’t able to surmount. “Adyashanti” means primordial peace. Adyashanti dares all seekers of peace and freedom to take the possibility of liberation in this life seriously. He began teaching in 1996, at the request of his Zen teacher with whom he had been studying for 14 years. Since then many spiritual seekers have awakened to their true nature while spending time with Adyashanti. Adyashanti offers spontaneous and direct nondual teachings that have been compared to those of the early Zen masters and Advaita Vedanta sages. However, Adya says, “If you filter my words through any tradition or ‘-ism’, you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is not static; it is alive. It cannot be put into concepts and be understood by the mind. The truth lies beyond all forms of conceptual fundamentalism. What you are is the beyond—awake and present, here and now already. I am simply helping you to realize that.” A native of Northern California, Adyashanti lives with his wife, Mukti, and teaches extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area offering satsangs, weekend intensives, and silent retreats. He also travels to teach in other areas of the United States and Canada. Books and other media: The 30-day Wake Up Challenge Resurrecting Jesus - a self-guided video course The Direct Way The End of Your World (book) The End of Your World (audio download) Emptiness Dancing True Meditation Falling Into Grace Spontaneous Awakening Realization Unfolds Adyashanti's website Interview Summary and Transcript Interview recorded 8/30/2011 Other interviews with Adyashanti Interview on Conscious.tv covering a lot of biographical info. Adyashanti and Francis Bennett on “Resurrecting Jesus” Adyashanti and Susanne Marie on the Falling Away of Self Adyashanti and Francis Bennett on "The Embrace of Jesus and Buddha" YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Adyashanti's Teachings on Spiritual Awakening and Inquiry 00:04:11 - Intuition and the Spirit of Inquiry 00:07:23 - Connecting through Fresh Inspiration 00:10:46 - Letting go of Attachments to Thoughts and Ideas 00:14:11 - Different Strategies for Awakening 00:17:03 - The Thorn and the Boat Analogy 00:19:50 - The Capacity for Infinite Truth 00:22:19 - The Beginning of Awakening 00:25:41 - Understanding Awareness and Awakening 00:28:08 - The Complexity of Defining "Ego" and "Awakening" 00:31:13 - The Complexity of Truth and Viewpoints 00:34:12 - The Resistance to What Is 00:37:18 - The Concept of Self and its Functionality 00:40:06 - The Subtle Sense of Self 00:43:40 - The Disappearance of Ego in Awakening 00:46:19 - The Absence of Seeking and Fear 00:49:00 - Surrendering to Death for Truth 00:52:43 - Seeing the Hidden Secrets 00:56:05 - The Process of Letting Go 00:59:00 - The Erosion of Personal Will and False Notions of Awakening 01:02:04 - The Disappearance of Personal Will 01:05:22 - Letting Go of Personal Relationship to Existence 01:08:17 - The Importance of Taking Action 01:10:41 - The Breaking of the Heart's Shell 01:14:15 - Awakenings in the Head, Heart, and Gut 01:17:45 - The Nuanced Nature of Understanding and Awakening 01:20:52 - Insight and Action in Zen 01:23:03 - Maturing in Spiritual Awakening 01:25:50 - The Fear of Aloneness and Loneliness 01:29:04 - The Maturity of the Process 01:31:46 - A Conversation with Adya Save Save Save Save

Pamela speaks the Truth of Advaita, non-duality - that the universe is one undivided whole. For the last ten years, she has traveled widely in the United States, Canada, and Europe, holding satsang and giving private sessions. Week-long retreats have been held in Mexico, Costa Rica, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the USA. She has endeared herself to many through her lighthearted humor and compassion, and deep understanding of what it is to be human. She lives in the Bay Area of Northern California. Pamela's website Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 8/28/2011 2nd Interview with Pamela YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Pamela Wilson's Spiritual Teachings 00:03:33 - The Supreme Intelligence 00:06:26 - The Play of Natural Intelligence 00:09:31 - Clear Seeing and the Balance of Consciousness 00:13:01 - Coming Back to Deep-Rooted Still Naturalness 00:15:52 - The Devotion of Saints and Sages 00:18:54 - The Infinite and Existence 00:21:44 - Greek Mythology and Seeking Deeper Meaning 00:24:15 - Spontaneous visitations from Ramana Maharshi 00:26:47 - A Pillow Fiasco 00:29:21 - The Beauty and Seduction of the Vastness 00:32:05 - Appreciating Brahman through our perceptual mechanism 00:34:50 - Using the Sedona Method for Meditation 00:37:33 - The Shakespearian Costume 00:40:19 - The Fear of Annihilation 00:42:56 - Urgency and Immersion in Spiritual Teaching 00:45:45 - The Mystery of Awakening 00:48:30 - The Transformative Effect of Awakening 00:51:31 - Fear in the Unmoving Pond 00:54:30 - Relaxing the tension in humanness 00:57:18 - The Tree of Life's Relaxation Process 01:00:08 - The Nature of Suffering and Awakening 01:02:43 - The Power Surge of Relaxation During Sleep 01:05:15 - The Luminous Nature of Reality 01:07:41 - Hanging out with a sage 01:11:10 - The Integration of Strength and Sensitivity 01:14:17 - The Healing Influence of Attention 01:17:14 - Resting in Substratum 01:19:48 - The Function of Timelessness 01:22:32 - The Essence of Life Waking Up 01:27:43 - Transition to Adyashanti Save

At 28 I moved to New York City, a fulfillment of a childhood dream. Oddly enough, even though I had received what I wanted on many accounts, I felt like I was having a premature midlife crisis. Interest in philosophy and psychology arose in response which brought me to The School of Practical Philosophy where I discovered Advaita Vedanta and was initiated into Transcendental Meditation (TM) three years later. Frustrated over my lack of success in my meditation, I left the school and embarked on fixing myself through psychotherapy. On a local radio station I came across Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear. They were sharing the Truth they had discovered through their master, H.W.L. Poonja, a.k.a. Papaji, who happens to be Mooji’s guru as well. Then 9/11 happened. I was deeply hurt inside. The towers that I saw burning and crumbling outside initiated the same inside me. In the days and months that followed, old, hidden pain and fear from the past emerged, but, surprisingly, I felt more alive than ever. Somehow, something inside knew intuitively what was happening is good, that I needed to face this. As a new year’s proclamation I told friends boldly that this year (2002) I’m going to fall in love with myself. I didn’t even know what that meant. Soon after, I met Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear, not personally, but at their satsangs, and other teachers of the same lineage. After many years with Stuart Schwartz, a disciple of Robert Adams, a strong desire arose in me to be with Papaji. I finally met him in and through Mooji. It was love at first sight. When I first met Mooji I didn't know why he says that awakening is not an event. A few months after my first meeting with my master, Mooji, the truthfulness of his statements announced itself to and in me as intuitive insight when the essence of who I am was also revealed through the power of Mooji's pointing and presence. Subsequently, the continuous close association with Mooji in the heart and in person as well as my own contemplation of the Truth by way of self-inquiry brought about the recognition of my true identity beyond the realm of the knowable, beyond even the “I Am,” through which we taste this existence and intuit this unfathomable, unmanifest substratum that is untouchable by worldly phenomena. What is undoubtedly known here is that abidance in this placeless place is synonymous with Freedom, and we are that Freedom itself. The recognition of this as our true Self is appreciated as humanity's greatest potential. Interview recorded 8/14/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Zenji 00:03:16 - Personal History and Themes 00:05:57 - Spontaneous Contemplation on the Nature of Self 00:09:15 - Pursuing a career in typesetting and publishing 00:12:43 - Introduction to Meditation at the School of Practical Philosophy 00:14:56 - Discovering Advaita through Psychotherapy 00:18:22 - Understanding our own Minds 00:21:55 - Facing Old Trauma and Finding Love 00:24:27 - The Meaning and Desire for Love 00:26:45 - Stepping Stones on the Path of Self-Realization 00:29:26 - Meeting Papaji and Mooji's Energetic Presence 00:32:45 - Resonating with the Teacher 00:35:08 - The Conviction of Existence 00:38:02 - The Perception of Self and Consciousness 00:41:13 - The Nature of the Experiencer 00:44:27 - Self-Inquiry and the Nature of the Self 00:47:49 - The Swift and Clear Discovery of Awakening 00:50:26 - The Significance of Awareness 00:53:19 - The Difference between Understanding and Realization 00:55:51 - The Persistence of Awareness 00:58:54 - Recognition of Awakening 01:01:56 - The Illusion of the World and the Self 01:04:47 - The Power of Awareness and the True Nature of the World 01:08:01 - Evolving Spiritual Maturity 01:10:56 - The Continued Exploration and Maturing of Self-Discovery 01:13:39 - The Voice of the Mind 01:16:17 - Checking in and Reaffirming the Source 01:19:27 - Discovering the Self beyond experiences 01:22:00 - The Continuation of Pure Existence 01:25:00 - The Nature of Identity 01:27:27 - Conclusion and Next Steps

For over two decades, several questions have been foremost in my mind: What is this life about? What is the nature of reality? What is truth? How do we live and thrive in this world? For many years these questions puzzled me, but being the inquisitive type, with a restless mind always seeking to find the answers to whatever confronted me, I kept searching and searching. Like many people, I kept groping around the edges of Truth, having occasional glimpses but nothing really definitive. But the Universe is relentless. If its first attempts at getting you to see don’t work, it starts pulling out the heavy artillery and blasting away at your illusions. That’s what happened to me. My seemingly wonderful life turned to crap, seemingly overnight. The Universe was playing rough, offering me a bit of “fierce grace” as Adyashanti likes to say. And it worked! I finally quit groping around the edges and instead leaped into the fire. I began questioning my illusions and starting to see something more. Much has changed over the years for me, and after those first glimpses of reality, life has taken on a new and more interesting form. I am now dedicated to sharing what I have seen with all those who, like me, are impelled from within to know, truly know, what life and reality are all about. We call this impulse “spirit” or “the Universe” or “God”, but in the end, we discover it is what we truly are. It is Life. It is the One seeking to awaken to Itself. And we are That. Interview recorded 8/7/11. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Tom Stine and his work in spiritual awakening 00:04:09 - The Drive to Explore Beyond our Senses and Typical Human Life 00:08:16 - The Universal Urge to Know the Truth 00:11:56 - The Health Benefits of a Spiritual Life 00:14:24 - A Course in Miracles and its Practices 00:17:12 - Questioning the Truth 00:20:11 - The Question of Past Lives 00:22:26 - A Course in Miracles and the Need for Something More 00:25:38 - Discovering the Sedona Method 00:28:40 - The Journey to Adyashanti 00:31:43 - An Experience of Light Inside My Head 00:35:01 - The Power of Presence and Transformation 00:38:11 - The Value of Spiritual Practices 00:41:29 - The Truth and Behavior in Awakening 00:44:53 - The Power of Loving Kindness 00:47:33 - Puppets of Life, Rowing with the Stream 00:50:48 - The Perception of Individual Volition 00:53:35 - The Illusion of Choice in Decision Making 00:56:31 - The Similarity between Orgasms and Heroin addiction 00:59:45 - The Illusion of Choice 01:02:51 - The Illusion of Enlightenment 01:05:51 - The Experience of "I" 01:10:05 - A Shift in Perception 01:14:01 - The Perpetual Challenges of Life's Fan 01:16:18 - Subsequent Awakenings and Transformations 01:19:01 - Letting Go and Loving Your Ex 01:22:05 - Reflection on the Subjective Experience of Life 01:25:20 - Stunned Disbelief and Old Memories 01:28:38 - Satsang and Spiritual Journey shortcuts 01:31:00 - Subscription Service for Satsangs

Robert Augustus Masters, relationship expert and psychotherapist, discusses spiritual bypassing, embracing pain, maintaining intimate relationships, and exploring psychedelics and lucid dreaming. He emphasizes the importance of authenticity, confronting inner dragons, and deep healing. He also explores the significance of creating safe spaces and the next Buddha being a community of peers. Along with his wife, he shares personal experiences and insights on embracing mortality and cultivating intimacy.

Wayne Liquorman was both a spiritual seeker and a family man with a successful export business, when he met his first and final guru, Ramesh Balsekar, in September 1987. In April 1989 the process of seeking ended when enlightenment happened through the body-mind mechanism called Wayne. Wayne describes the event as being "of interest only to seekers." His first book, No Way: A Guide For the Spiritually 'Advanced' was published in 1990 under the pen name Ram Tzu because he "didn't want a bunch of miserable seekers cluttering up his living room." In fact, Wayne did not speak publicly until Ramesh asked him to do so in 1996. This enlightenment event and its aftermath are described in Wayne's second book, Acceptance of What IS, published in 2000. He is also the author of Never Mind... A journey into Non-duality, and the editor of Consciousness Speaks and several other books by Ramesh Balsekar, who refers to Wayne as his "spiritual son." His most recent book, Enlightenment Is Not What You Think, was published in 2009. The teaching, as it happens through Wayne, is pure Advaita (non-duality), uniquely presented in a uncompromising, sometimes humorous way, without religious dogma or new age veneer. In his Talks, Wayne is without agenda, speaking only in response to seeker's questions. He talks about Consciousness: the ground of all being, the source and the substance of everything. "This Advaita, as I talk about it, is not actually a philosophy, because it does not hold any tenets. It is simply a collection of pointers and concepts, and it posits that none of them are true in an absolute sense. This teaching is not about conveying the truth. It is about prying away the limitations and misconceptions about how things are." - from Never Mind Wayne's message is clear and simple. Although he may suggest areas for further inquiry, Wayne offers no cures, practices, or miracles to reach enlightenment. He invites you to bring your most cherished beliefs to his Talks. If you are really fortunate, you may leave without them. Wayne's site: http://www.advaita.org/ Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 7/24/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Wayne Liquorman 00:03:29 - The Illusion of Authorship 00:06:45 - The Metaphor of the Ocean and the Wave 00:09:48 - The Illusion of Separation 00:13:18 - Pure Presence and Is-ness 00:16:59 - The Paradox of Action and Inaction 00:19:41 - Playing the Role of an Instrument of Consciousness 00:22:22 - The Journey from Addiction to Recovery 00:25:21 - A Life-Altering Moment 00:28:02 - Transformation and the Power of the Universe 00:30:16 - Exploring Spiritual Explanations 00:32:46 - Falling in Love with Ramesh 00:35:38 - Falling in Love with an Indian Guru 00:37:54 - The Movement from Wanting to Getting 00:40:15 - The Turning Point of Giving and Receiving 00:42:27 - Real Freedom and Giving 00:44:34 - Getting to Know the Man on Tour 00:47:17 - The Experience of Resonance with the Guru 00:50:07 - The Awakening 00:53:07 - The Presence of Absence 00:57:53 - The Unexpected Talk with Ramesh 01:01:00 - The Difference Between Pain and Suffering 01:04:40 - The Experience of Pain without a Witness 01:07:32 - Understanding the Sense of Self as Wayne 01:10:35 - The Difference Between Awakening and Enlightenment 01:13:56 - The Link Between Enlightenment and Behavior 01:17:15 - Behavior and Enlightenment 01:20:20 - The Relationship between Action and Consciousness 01:23:18 - Further Unfoldment and Development After Realization 01:26:01 - Changes in the Human Organism 01:28:19 - Wrapping up the Interview

Jan passed away on July 5, 2025. Jan was born 1960 and grew up in Bury, England. His parents were Danish. In 1967 the family moved to Denmark. Jan’s dad is an engineer and there was no spiritual influence from either parent. Yet Jan showed strong spiritual yearnings since an early age. Jan trained as an artist under the Danish painter Niels Hermann Wamberg; he also studied art restoration at the Royal Academy in order to learn the traditional craft. Jan also studied at the university and acquired an MA in history of modern culture. Today Jan works as a full-time professional artist and also has a software company developing photo retouching plug-ins for Photoshop. After doing Transcendental Meditation and the TM Siddhi Programme for six years, Jan felt the need for a guru and found Gururaj Ananda Yogi whom he stayed with for three years. Then Jan’s Kundalini was so active, that he did not need any other guidance than what the Shakti gave, so he gave up on gurus and meditated by observing the inner Shakti’s workings. Following this, Jan began to be contagious and the Kundalini might spontaneously awaken in those that meditated with him. After some years, Jan met Amma and related to her as a spiritual master for about ten years. But again the Shakti guided Jan to meditate on his own and follow the inner guidance of the Shakti. Today Jan would describe his spirituality as being grabbed by Mother’s grace. The Divine Mother who resides in everybody as Kundalini Shakti and patiently waits to unfold as a vibrating field of love, bliss, and grace. Interview recorded 7/10/2011. Jan's sites: Spirituality Art Software Development Books: Lovebliss: The Essence of Self-Realization Enlightenment 101: From Ignorance to Grace Kundalini Tantra: Song of Liberation Transcript of this interview 2nd interview with Jan YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Jan Esmann and his Spiritual Journey 00:04:59 - Out of Body Experiences and Blissful Samadhis 00:08:13 - The Blue Pearl and the Blue Being 00:11:15 - An Encounter with God 00:14:54 - Saturated with intelligence and consciousness 00:17:30 - The God Consciousness and the Blue Being 00:20:06 - An Interesting Experience on a Meditation Week 00:22:37 - Glimpses of Past Lives 00:25:59 - Past Life Memories 00:28:41 - Pure Being 00:32:23 - The Paradox of Bliss and Meaninglessness 00:35:05 - Meditation and Kundalini Awakening Journey 00:38:17 - A Spiritual Connection with Amma 00:41:03 - Kundalini Awakening Journey 00:43:39 - Work in Meditation 00:46:28 - Shaktipat and Blissful Meditation 00:50:02 - The Bliss Transmission 00:52:41 - Awakening of the Crown Chakra and Self-realization 00:56:47 - Recognition of Pure Being in Others 00:59:32 - The State of Passive Awareness 01:02:24 - Progression of Consciousness: From Cosmic Consciousness to Unity Consciousness 01:05:35 - Understanding, Realization, and Liberation 01:09:15 - The Maturation of Spiritual Teachers 01:12:28 - The Transition from Duality to Unity Consciousness 01:15:40 - Awakening Spiritual Growth 01:18:01 - The Nature of Bliss 01:21:15 - Levels of Awareness vs Levels of Experience 01:25:25 - Kundalini: Unfolding Ignorance into Enlightenment 01:29:15 - Kundalini and Shaktipat 01:32:59 - Expansion of Unity Consciousness 01:35:56 - Interview with a Local Phenomenon in Copenhagen