J. Stewart Dixon is an awakening/enlightenment adviser, author, and blogger.

Born in 1969, J. Stewart Dixon spent most of his adult life seeking spiritual awakening/enlightenment in the company of some of the world’s preeminent spiritual luminaries, including Adi Da, Gangaji, Satyam Nadeen, Andrew Cohen, Arjuna Ardagh, Michael Regan, Solane’, Ram Dass, Saniel Bonder, Eli Jaxon-Bear, A. Ramana, Mooji, Francis Lucille, Yogi Bhajan, Robert Monroe, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and Ammachi. His own awakening process began in 2004 and concluded in 2010.

Websites, Books, Services:

21 Days: A nuts & bolts blue-collar memoir/guide of nondual Advaita spiritual awakening/enlightenment for beginners: An account of extraordinary magic amidst ordinary life | An easy-to-read description of authentic awakening, free of religious, spiritual, philosophical, or psychological jargon: What is it like when you have a family to care for and a business to run, when you're AWAKE? What is it like when you're visiting your parents, your old high school, or your church when you're AWAKE? ...TV? ...Fly-Fishing? ...Movies? The description of awakening in 21 Days is meant to be a precise guide and compass for the awakening seeker.

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 12/1/2012

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to "21 Days, A Guide for Spiritual Beginners"

00:03:40 - A Parable to Break up the Book

00:07:22 - Softening through Spiritual Awakening

00:11:16 - The Dark Night of the Soul

00:15:15 - A Process of Self-Awareness, Self-Acceptance, and Transference

00:19:57 - Awakening and the End of Existential Depression

00:23:36 - Understanding the Concept of No-Self

00:28:55 - Bringing Awakening Down to the Ordinary

00:33:17 - The Need for Reverence and Sacredness

00:37:03 - The Flooded Market of Awakening Teachers

00:40:08 - The Nature of the Awakening

00:43:30 - The Intensity of Awakening and Enlightenment

00:46:52 - Embracing Intensity and Desires

00:50:31 - The Mysterious Process of Transference

00:53:53 - Glamorizing Ordinary People

00:57:44 - The Mystery of Self and No Self

01:02:36 - The Paradox of Self and No Self

01:06:22 - Longing for Genuine Interactions

01:09:46 - Aligning Life with Fulfilling Interactions

01:13:36 - The Dominant Reality - Turning the Tables

01:17:15 - The Sumptuousness of Realization

01:19:40 - The Nature of "More Please"

01:22:16 - The Tendency for Vertical Growth

01:25:42 - Confronting Existential Fear

01:29:57 - The Blue-Collar Awakening

01:33:47 - The Video Game Analogy and Life After Awakening

01:38:10 - Living in the Moment and Planning for the Future

01:42:28 - Awakening and the Fulfillment of Life

01:46:50 - Finding a Path Towards Awakening

01:51:25 - Acknowledging the Wounded Part in All of Us

01:54:39 - Keeping it Free for Everyone