Siddhananda's journey began in her teenage years. It wasn't until she was around 30 that her journey and seeking of truth began in earnest.

At this time, Spiritual practices were picked up on her own, and Kundalini spontaneously awakened due to a sincere prayer of wanting to be of service to humanity. She was not prepared or had any idea what this awakening would open or where it would lead.

With this awakening, many phenomena, shifting states of consciousness and radical mood changes manifested which left her extremely ungrounded and shaken. After a long period of struggling to understand what was taking place and being unsuccessful at coming to any balance or peace within, Siddhananda found her Guru, GuruSwamiG.

Siddhananda has been with her Guru for 10 years. Increasing stability, deepening states as well as balance slowly filtered in during this time  due to  her Guru's  grace and guidance.

Recently, a profound shift took place in which all sense of separation and individuality suddenly dropped. Spontaneously, a starkly different reality was revealed–an immediate non-dual, pure beingness in which there never existed an "other".  This presence (One without a second) has remained and is known without a doubt that it is the truth of what all of humanity truly is at the core.

Summary and Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 1/18/2011.

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Siddhananda's spiritual journey

00:02:39 - Facing Fears in Graveyards

00:04:31 - The Poetry of Krishnamurti

00:06:01 - Debilitating Experiences and Mystical Insights

00:08:00 - The Pull of Spiritual Awakening

00:10:08 - From Darkness to Light

00:12:33 - Discovering Kundalini Energy

00:14:33 - The Potency and Caution of Spiritual Experiences

00:16:35 - Five Years of Intensity

00:18:58 - Kriyas and Spiritual Awakening

00:21:23 - Connecting with a Kundalini Guide in Seattle

00:23:36 - A Life-changing Encounter in India

00:25:35 - Finding Stability and Balance

00:28:20 - The Importance of a Guru Guide

00:31:14 - The Blessing of Suffering and Desperation for a Guru

00:33:52 - Submitting to a Teacher

00:37:30 - Trusting in the Inherent Intelligence of the Universe

00:40:47 - The Blessing of Guruji

00:43:26 - Vibrating Thoughts and Fluid Consciousness

00:45:49 - Devotional Experiences and the Practice of Mantras

00:49:00 - The Illusion of Seeking Phenomena

00:52:38 - The Experience of Non-Dual Consciousness

00:57:02 - The Dissolution of the Ego

01:01:39 - The Illusion of Separation

01:06:51 - The Revelation of Non-Dual Presence

01:13:28 - The Mystery of Personality and Identity

01:20:43 - The Nature of Ego and Suffering

01:25:45 - Working with Students in the Online Ashram

01:31:32 - The Temporal and Eternal Qualities of the Substratum

01:37:21 - Transmission and Bliss

01:44:34 - Trusting the Universe