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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