Recently at a Whirling Dervish Meditation in Istanbul I read how Rumi summarized his life: I was immature; I became experienced; I was consumed.

I could divide this lifetime in those categories also, starting with a life driven by conditioning resulting in a very successful appearance without much satisfaction. Then the search for real happiness and peace. Decades of working with different modalities and sitting with many masters leading to teaching others how to relinquish conditioning and experience peaceful Silence.

And now, Satsang starts with the truth of everyone, the perfection of Self. The tapestry of life includes all as the expression of Consciousness without any separation. Anything that attempts to obscure this truth melts in its power.

Satsang is given in America, Canada and Europe as well as Private Satsang Sessions.

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Book: The Great Undoing

Transcript of this interview

Interview conducted 5/16/2015

YouTube Video Chapters:

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

00:04:14 - Present in the Teaching

00:08:31 - Being at Home with Presence

00:12:40 - Finding Peace in the Unknown

00:17:19 - The Breath as a Profound and Overlooked Practice

00:21:29 - Death as Part of Life

00:25:54 - Dying to the Personality

00:30:22 - A Surprise Visit and the Next Obvious Thing

00:34:48 - Resonating with a Teacher

00:39:10 - A Conversation about Comedy and Philosophy

00:42:16 - The Joy of Expressing Yourself

00:45:25 - Going Beyond Conditioning

00:48:50 - Finding Peace in Deep Presence

00:52:16 - Sweet Blissful Experience

00:55:41 - The Truth of Who You Are

00:59:18 - Reflecting on the Meaning of Life and the Universe

01:02:39 - The Miraculous Laws of Nature

01:05:56 - The Duality of Right and Wrong

01:09:25 - Expressing the True Self

01:12:37 - Homework and Spiritual Zeal

01:15:44 - Resistance and the Joy of Rebirthing

01:19:06 - Seeking Happiness in the Outward Direction

01:22:12 - Maintaining Silence and Comprehensiveness

01:25:42 - Encouragement and Reminding Yourself

01:29:16 - A Magnificent Experience

01:32:52 - Finding Security in the Present Moment

01:36:24 - The Paradox of Personhood

01:39:37 - The Burning Sensation of Meditation

01:43:03 - The Power of Consciousness and the Breath

01:46:46 - "No Joy in Smallness"

01:49:46 - Emo Phillips and Weird Comedy