While out in California for the Science and Nonduality Conference, I had some downtime before the conference started, so I decided to tape a long panel discussion with a rather large group of friends, most of them previous guests on Batgap. Sofia University in Palo Alto (where transpersonal psychology was founded by Abraham Maslow and others), generously provided a room and video equipment. I'm especially grateful to Dr. Jeffery Martin, who conducts research there, for offering and organizing this. It was an experiment, and some were skeptical that it would work, but it did!

Participants included:

Name

Other Batgap Interview(s)

Website(s)

Canela Michelle Meyers

12/18/2011, 9/24/2015

canelamichelle.com

Chuck Hillig

7/21/2010

chuckhillig.com

Clare Blanchflower

clareblanchflower.com

Craig Holliday

1/3/2015, 12/19/2018*, 10/25/2019*

craigholliday.com

Dana Sawyer

9/29/2010, 2/9/2014*, 3/19/2016

dana-sawyer.com

David Buckland

9/25/2015, 10/27/2017*

davidya.ca

David Ellzey

1/16/2016

davidellzey.com

Francis Bennett

8/4/2012, 4/21/2013* 10/26/2013*, 5/24/2014*, 10/23/2014*, 10/21/2016, 10/25/2016*

Jeffery Martin

1/25/2017

drjefferymartin.com

nonsymbolic.org

Kiran Trace

11/2/2013, 09/24/2015

kirantrace.com

Kristin Kirk

2/16/2014, 5/24/2014*

kristinkirk.com

Laurie Moore

7/21/2012, 10/24/2013

counselingscottsvalley.us

animiracles.com

Mariana Caplan

2/3/2012, 1/6/2013, 10/25/2019*

marianacaplan.com

Rick Archer

6/5/2010, 3/16/2013, 5/11/2014, 10/23/2015, 10/24/2016, 10/21/2017, 12/19/2018*, 10/25/2019*, 10/27/2019

You're on it.

Susanne Marie

7/7/2013, 10/24/2014*, 10/23/2016*

susannemarie.org

*In group discussion.

Transcript of this discussion

Recorded 10/22/2015

Part 1 of this discussion

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Silence and Self-Reflection

00:09:12 - The Sense of Expanded Living

00:16:29 - The Pitfalls of Spiritual Awakening

00:22:43 - The Value of Mainstream Context and Therapist Category

00:30:58 - The Beauty and Service of Pain

00:36:33 - The Blossoming of the Heart and Devotion

00:44:06 - The Importance of Growth and Honesty

00:50:19 - The Exploration of the Human Condition

00:55:50 - Surrender and Humility in the Awakening Process

01:03:34 - Opening to Multiple Worlds and Listening to God

01:09:38 - Channeling Angelic Guidance

01:15:58 - Accessing Universal Energy and True Nature

01:22:55 - Capturing the Fort and Exploring the Territory

01:28:38 - Different Dimensions and Spiritual Ego

01:32:55 - The Importance of Meaningful Conversations

01:39:00 - The Irrelevance of Truth and Reality

01:45:43 - Discussions on various spiritual phenomena and dangers of believing in them blindly

01:50:25 - Discriminating Subtle Beings 

01:53:51 - The Variability of Awakening Experiences

01:56:40 - The Six Bhavas in Ayurveda

01:59:52 - The Healing Question and Awakening

02:02:59 - The Importance of Healing and Psychological Maturity after Awakening

02:06:33 - The Pressure of Awakening and Awakening Levels

02:10:22 - Surrendering through Pain, Healing and Awakening

02:13:54 - Awakening and Healing

02:17:12 - Awakening and Healing in the Journey

02:21:29 - Life as a Single Parent and the Shift in Functioning

02:26:33 - Living in a Beautiful Apartment

02:30:23 - Embracing the Human Experience

02:36:19 - Surrendering to the Unknown

02:41:50 - Updates on BatGap

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