Jeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet, inspiring, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity, tender mercy toward humanness, and a juicy, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. Residing in Colorado, she travels widely in the US, bringing a down-to-earth embodied teaching of living as love.

Website: jeanniezandi.com

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Transcript of this interview

Interview conducted 5/27/2017

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Jeanne Zandi

00:02:53 - Jeanne's Focus on Serving Love

00:06:09 - The Invitation out of the Mind

00:09:17 - Gangaji and Non-Duality

00:12:32 - Dualities in Spiritual Beliefs

00:15:00 - Embodiment of Divinity and Self-Transformation

00:18:24 - Exploring Different Spiritual Practices

00:21:39 - A Child's Questioning of Conditioning

00:24:22 - The Moment of Liberation from the Mind

00:26:33 - The Being and the Cleanup Crew

00:28:57 - Finding Support and Reflection in Satsang

00:31:19 - Finding Support and Guidance in Spiritual Teachers

00:34:02 - Interdependence and Cross-Fertilization

00:36:04 - The Breaking of the Will

00:39:11 - The Dark Night of the Soul

00:42:28 - The Beauty of Embracing Emptiness and Becoming a Servant to Perfection 

00:46:45 - Not Being in the Same State as Ramana

00:54:55 - "Not in the Same State as Ramana"

00:56:05 - Not Being in the Same State as Ramana

00:57:15 - Clearing away the Guck

01:00:05 - The Mystery of the Dark Night of the Soul

01:03:40 - The Danger of Seeking a Dark Night

01:08:38 - Understanding the Element of Mystery in Spiritual Development

01:15:54 - Restoring a Healthy Relationship with Energy

01:22:54 - The Beauty of an Inquisitive Mind

01:29:16 - Facing the Dark Knight Experience

01:34:32 - Cultivating Transformational Energy and Healthy Containment

01:41:22 - The Curiosity of Children and the Healing Power of Humor

01:45:41 - Speaking about the Unspeakable

01:49:57 - The Dance of "Hi" and the Oneness

01:56:16 - Access to Genie Zandi for Senior Students and Online Participants

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