A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul Levy is a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He is the author of

Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality

Awakened by Darkness: When Evil Becomes your Father

Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil

The Madness of George W. Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis.

He is the founder of the “Awakening in the Dream Community” in Portland, Oregon. An artist, he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung and has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over thirty years. He was the coordinator for the Portland Padmasambhava Buddhist Center for over twenty years.

Website awakeninthedream.com

Email: [email protected]

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Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded August 4, 2018

YouTube Video Chapters:

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

00:05:14 - Kundalini Awakening and Meeting the Blind Woman

00:09:04 - The Blind Woman's Healing Journey

00:13:10 - Personal and Collective Karma

00:16:44 - The Evolution of Understanding and Creativity

00:21:29 - Spiritual Emergence and Pathologization

00:25:36 - Recognizing the Dreamlike Nature and the Encounter with Archetypal Evil

00:30:21 - The Power of Our Dreaming and Awakening

00:34:44 - A Global Awakening through Quantum Physics

00:39:20 - The Revelations from Physics and the World Crisis

00:43:51 - The inseparability of spirit and matter

00:47:33 - Wetiko and the Creative Power of Observation

00:51:27 - Dream Characters and the Outer State

00:56:04 - The Psychic Blindness of Wetiko

01:00:17 - Quantum Physics and Spiritual Awakening

01:04:46 - The Meaning of Quantum Physics in Everyday Life

01:09:33 - The Nature of Reality and Subjectivity

01:13:37 - The Inertia of Collective Viewpoints

01:17:49 - Clinging as the Root of Samsara

01:22:18 - The Evolution of the Universe and the Nature of Time

01:26:55 - The Co-operation of Perception and Nature

01:31:12 - Inquiring into Quantum Physics and Consciousness

01:35:42 - The Wetiko Pathogen and the Psychic Tapeworm

01:40:20 - The Calling and The Daimon

01:44:39 - Seeking the Kingdom First

01:48:41 - The Simplicity of Nature and Solutions to Problems

01:53:27 - Owning Our Shadow and the Dreamlike Nature

01:57:38 - The Role of Ego and Karma 

02:01:42 - Culturing Cosmic Intelligence

02:05:56 - A Big Supporter of My Work

02:09:27 - Subscription and Notification Options