Sheerly by Divine Grace, in 1971 Timothy woke up to nondual Reality, the Divine Reality or Self that is doing everything and being everybody. He has gratefully served ever since then as a simple “spiritual friend” (kalyana mitra) and since the 1980s as a satsang leader, counselor, healer, and author of over one hundred essays, as well as the book Women of Power & Grace: Nine Astonishing, Inspiring Luminaries of Our Time and forthcoming books (The Liberating Zen Sourcebook, the enormous 2-volume India’s Sages, and other works). His website Enlightened-Spirituality.org is a major resource on spiritual awakening, nondual wisdom and nondual devotion, engaged spirituality, illustrious sages, and world religions, spiritual humor, and much more. After residing in the Santa Barbara region of the Great Dream from 1988 to mid-2016, Timothy and his wife Laura are residing in Vistancia, Arizona, for at least a year to be close to her family. Timothy continues to hold free satsangs and classes on a variety of spiritual topics and also sees clients for psychological counseling services. His basic message: Your unborn TRUE IDENTITY is already complete, whole, and full as Absolute Awareness-Aliveness, and by the Grace-full Power of this Supra-personal Reality the personal consciousness “instrument” can be suffused with all sorts of beautiful Divine virtues.

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Interview recorded 9/10/2016

Transcript of this interview

First interview with Timothy

Free downloadable audio recordings of Timothy's weekly satsangs

YouTube Video Chapters:

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

00:04:58 - Understanding the Meaning and Value of Life

00:10:06 - The Power of Personal Consciousnesses

00:15:26 - The Unity of Sages and Their Enjoyment of Differences

00:20:46 - The Non-Duality of Behavior

00:25:38 - Ramana Maharshi's Stubbornness

00:30:29 - Amma's Mystical Tendencies and Troubled Past

00:35:19 - The Odds of a Blind Turtle

00:40:57 - The Paradox of Unenlightenment

00:45:47 - The Seduction of Spiritual Cults

00:50:40 - Egalitarian Nature of Clear-Light Awareness and Transmission Models

00:55:26 - Non-dual devotion and the pitfalls of praise

01:00:08 - The Life of a Teacher

01:04:58 - The Presence of Divine Virtues

01:08:58 - The Racket of Lobbyists and Defense Contractors

01:12:36 - Absolute Language and Transcendence

01:16:41 - Souls and the Intrinsic Perfection

01:20:50 - The Divine Perfection in the Laws of Nature

01:24:51 - Innocent Souls and Complicated Conditioning

01:29:03 - Letting go of Seeking

01:33:11 - The Activities of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

01:37:25 - Unity in Diversity

01:41:22 - The Role of Consciousness in Animal Rights and Climate Change Awareness

01:45:26 - Letting Go of Samskaras

01:49:28 - Ramana's Enlightenment Journey

01:53:15 - The Value of Deep Dreamless Sleep

01:56:41 - The Three Gunas and Yogic States

02:00:41 - Awakening to Our True Absolute Host Nature

02:04:39 - The Gradual Cultivation of Buddha-like Qualities

02:08:27 - Owls Singing

02:12:04 - Music