A lifelong seeker of spiritual awakening, Sandra has deeply applied and correlated many teachings, methods, disciplines, healings, experiments, adventures, and views of every kind to forge a comprehensive understanding of human identity. She attended the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, an interdisciplinary program, experientially based, and purposed toward personal transformation. Her investigations led her to become a devotee of Adi Da Samraj between 1986 and 1996. She then began studying with Saniel Bonder, founder of Waking Down in Mutuality, with whose guidance she awakened in 1996, to a non-dual conscious embodiment of both her divine and human nature. She is currently a Senior Teacher of Waking Down, participating also in the ongoing creation of dharma, organizational structure, courses, and workshops. Sandra has been in private practice as a transpersonal psychotherapist since 1987. She has been a resident of Fairfield, Iowa since 2004.

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Summary and transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 2/24/2010.

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump

00:03:41 - From Hollow to Spiritual Awakening

00:06:43 - Discovering the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

00:09:27 - Transition to the Spiritual Path

00:13:14 - Living in the Spiritual Community

00:16:07 - Awakening and Controversy in the Community

00:19:16 - Recognizing Awakening in Sanyal Bondar

00:22:37 - Breaking Free from the Incubator

00:25:37 - Leaving the Communion and Finding a Realizer

00:28:35 - Discovering the Witness Consciousness

00:32:32 - Adi Da's Multidimensional Awakening

00:37:01 - The Mystery and Paradox of Adi Das

00:40:37 - The Paradoxical Nature of Realization

00:44:05 - The Anatomy of the Sinoatrial Node

00:47:35 - Realization and Transformation

00:51:08 - Witness Consciousness Awakening

00:54:23 - Falling in Love and Transformation Journey

00:57:22 - Protecting His Own Life

01:00:56 - Challenging Assumptions and Gratitude for Relationships

01:03:47 - A Ceremony of Resolution

01:06:06 - The Subtle Awareness and Confirmation of Awakening

01:09:20 - The Paradox of Personal Identity

01:12:43 - The Location of Consciousness

01:15:16 - Living in the Present Moment

01:19:12 - Awareness and Self-Reflection

01:22:21 - Contentment and the acceptance of death

01:25:55 - Further Awakening and Progressive Awakening

01:29:29 - Unique Expressions of Awakening

01:33:52 - The Never-Ending Unfoldments of Awakening

01:37:21 - The Upwelling of Consciousness

01:40:26 - Buddha at the Gas Pump