Jim Dreaver, originally from New Zealand, began his search for freedom in the mid-Seventies with the teachings of yoga, Zen, and J. Krishnamurti, and then met European Advaita Vedanta (the nondual or direct path) master Jean Klein in 1984, who guided him to seeing the truth in 1995. His mission now is to guide others to the realization that awakening is centered in the heart, and is ever and only here, now. He has taught at Esalen Institute and elsewhere.

Books:

End Your Story, Begin Your Life: Wake Up, Let Go, Live Free

The Way of Harmony:: Walking The Inner Path To Balance, Happiness, And Success

Falling Into Light

Website: jimdreaver.com

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 2/28/2015

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Buddha at the Gas Pump Introduction and Awakening Experience

00:03:28 - The Awakening Experience

00:06:10 - Dissolving the Fiction of "I"

00:09:01 - Residues and Awakening Experiences

00:12:22 - Healing the Wounds of the Past

00:15:27 - Awakening through Seeing the Truth

00:18:34 - Relationships and Self-Discovery

00:21:52 - The Conceptual Nature of Enlightenment

00:24:26 - The "I" Sense and Identification

00:27:42 - Nisargadatta on Fear and the Strokes Experience

00:30:29 - Facing the Fear of Death

00:33:02 - The Power of Intention and Healing

00:35:46 - The Importance of Realizing You're Not Your Story

00:38:53 - The Illusion of the Storyteller

00:42:33 - Cultivating the Ground of Silence with Veterans

00:45:31 - Cultivating Presence for Awakening

00:48:53 - Awakening and World Transformation

00:51:53 - Awakening in a Shorter Timeframe

00:55:11 - Finding True Freedom through Self-Exploration

00:58:40 - The Epiphany of Observing the Self

01:02:05 - The Universal Awareness of Consciousness

01:04:48 - Reincarnation as a Personal Experience

01:08:30 - Multidimensional Possibilities

01:11:30 - "Notice the Story"

01:14:45 - A Second Wave of Heart-Centered Nondual Spirituality

01:17:39 - Serving as a Conduit for World Consciousness

01:20:50 - The Power of Visualization and Intention

01:23:01 - Entertaining at a Deeper Level

01:26:10 - The Writer's Journey

01:28:44 - Wrapping up the interview

01:30:55 - End of Interview