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Tammy Lee Anderson shares how three profound near-death experiences opened her to unconditional love, spiritual awakening, and a life of service. In this conversation, she explores what those experiences felt like, how they dissolved fear of death, and why love has to be embodied in the midst of grief, trauma, and ordinary life.

We also discuss her path into evidential mediumship, the discipline behind it, and the role of inner work in developing clear and trustworthy spiritual perception. Along the way, Tammy reflects on embodiment, Aikido, kayaking, homelessness, prison work, and the idea that human life is a unique field for learning, contrast, and compassion.

Her perspective is both mystical and grounded: awakening is not an escape from the world, but a way of meeting it with more presence, less fear, and greater love.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction – Not victims but creators of our reality

00:03:25 Early life overview and Tammy’s many “lifetimes” in one

00:10:30 First near-death experiences as an infant and remembering unconditional love

00:21:40 Living “in between” worlds, sensitivity, and longing for home

00:30:15 Depression, precognition, and sensing death as a young adult

00:40:20 Near-death, memory in the field, and being “not all the way here”

00:48:05 Why embodiment, contrast, and human life deepen love

00:57:10 Suffering, evil, and finding meaning in tragedy and injustice

01:08:45 Working with homelessness, shelters, prisons, and inner projection

01:19:30 From protesting the world to healing from the inside out

01:28:50 Olympic‑level kayaking: discipline, drive, and grounding in the body

01:37:40 Aikido, the inner warrior, and learning to blend instead of fight

01:48:10 The life‑threatening ride in France and letting go of fear

01:59:20 How spiritual growth actually changes our impact on the world

02:08:00 Becoming a spiritual medium and learning to trust subtle guidance

02:18:30 Evidential mediumship: specific stories that changed people’s lives

02:29:10 Remote healing, self‑healing, and the body as vibration and light

02:39:00 Communicating beyond words: telepathy, soul‑to‑soul connection

02:48:20 ET encounters, multidimensionality, and Indra’s net

02:56:40 Living from love instead of fear and co‑creating our reality

03:02:30 Closing reflections on awakening, surrender, and Into Love

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Teaching AI to love, the physics of unconditional love, and telepathy with non-speaking autistic people all come together in this lively Buddha at the Gas Pump conversation with neuroscientist and futurist Julia Mossbridge. In this wide-ranging dialogue, we explore unconditional love as a real, foundational force in the universe and what it means for consciousness, time, technology, trauma, and disclosure.

Julia describes her working model of universal love as “that which connects,” a fundamental force more basic than space, time, matter, and energy. She explains how unconditional love is the human emotional and motivational state that arises when we become directly aware of this ever-present universal love, and why that experience paradoxically makes us more motivated to improve the world even though “nothing needs to change.” Along the way, she and Rick unpack the difference between unconditional and conditional love, the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing, and the limits of “purification” models in spirituality and healing.

They then turn to the ethics and possibilities of “loving AI”: can we create AI systems and robots that genuinely support human well-being and help people access unconditional love, instead of amplifying our polarization and fear? Julia shares the origins of the Loving AI project, her work on Socratic GPT tools for critical thinking, and her leadership in efforts to bring more feminine and marginalized voices into AI, robotics, cognitive science, and consciousness research, including The Synapse women’s conference.

Another major theme is time and precognition. Drawing on her neuroscience background, Julia discusses empirical work on precognition and self-transcendence, including how difficult life circumstances can sometimes push people into profound, love-filled states in which they recognize themselves as “the flame, not the candle.”

The conversation also dives into “The Telepathy Tapes” and Julia’s research with non-speaking autistic people who communicate via letterboards and keyboards. She outlines why equating speech with intelligence is scientifically and ethically untenable, and how spontaneous telepathy, “the Hill,” and rich inner lives in non-speaking autistic individuals challenge mainstream assumptions about mind, communication, and consciousness.

In the later part of the interview, Julia talks about her book “Have a Nice Disclosure,” which reframes disclosure not just as governments revealing secrets about advanced programs or possible non-human intelligences, but as an inner process of truth-telling, healing, and reconciliation. She and Rick explore how collective and personal shadow material is surfacing globally, why genuine disclosure must happen in the heart as well as in institutions, and how unconditional love can hold even the darkest aspects of our history.

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Jonathan Ashford shares a remarkable near-death experience that unfolded after sepsis, organ failure, and three hours gone from his body. What he encountered changed everything: a velvety darkness, a living landscape of light, a radiant being he identifies as Yeshua/Jesus, and a life review that revealed how deeply our actions affect others.

In this conversation, Jonathan also explores what he was shown about consciousness, time, choice, and the way divine love underlies reality. He describes receiving teachings and a kind of inner “download” that he can still access, returning with a completely changed relationship to judgment, suffering, and what it means to live in alignment with love.

He also speaks candidly about the contrast between his former corporate life and the path he now follows in service to others, helping people navigate awakening and spiritual transformation.

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00:00 – Opening clip and Rick’s intro, BatGap resources, AI bot, donations

02:00 – Jonathan’s former life as a hard‑driving, non‑spiritual C‑suite executive

05:00 – Illness unfolds: collapses, ER visits, misdiagnosis, and sepsis developing

11:20 – 4:30 a.m. crisis: turning yellow, collapse, and recognition of imminent death

17:30 – Velvety darkness: being swaddled, carried, and cradled in formless love

19:30 – Glowing meadow: living landscape, light as love, guide appears and says “You’re dead”

27:30 – “I am you and you are me”: Oneness, divine presence, and the life review begins

36:00 – Key insights: no punitive God, planned lives, contrast, and “we’re all children here”

46:40 – Immersion in infinite golden light and understanding mutuality of all experience

60:16 – Returning to the body: first heartbeats, lungs inflating, and integrating the NDE

80:00 – Aftermath: character change, daily integration, and living as love in ordinary life

95:00 – Orbs, guides, and formless divinity showing up in many subtle shapes and phenomena

124:00 – Practical spirituality: freedom beyond circumstances, meditation, and “you are not the body”

02:13:00 – Writing and service: book plans, burnout, self‑care, and Rick’s closing remarks

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Karen Shanley shares a life shaped by early awakening, natural intuition, and years of deep study with a 120-year-old Indian guru. In this conversation, she talks about “born remembering” oneness, the inner teacher, and why intuition is less a paranormal gift than a forgotten human sense that can be reactivated in ordinary life.

We also explore the tension between genuine spiritual insight and the traps of dependency, prediction, and spiritual ego. Karen reflects on fear of death, the difference between temporary awakening and a stable realization, and why integrity, self-reliance, and discernment matter so much in spiritual communities.

She offers practical ways to reconnect with subtle perception without losing your footing, and speaks candidly about the “holy shit phase” that can come with opening up spiritually.

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00:00 Intuition as a natural sense

02:25 Karen’s “born remembering” awakening and early family life

10:50 Childhood in a 350-year-old house and multidimensional overwhelm

18:40 Meeting a psychic mentor and questioning Catholicism at 11

24:40 First awakening into the “no-thing place” and the inner teacher

33:30 Becoming a professional intuitive and why she quit readings

43:10 Dependency, prediction, and why intuition isn’t a cheat sheet

51:20 Journey to India and first meeting with her guru in Mount Abu

59:40 “What do you want?” and asking for permanent enlightenment

1:07:30 Temple fire, the Shiva lingam, and the cobra that removed fear

1:18:20 Years of cave teachings, transmission, and tiger stories

1:28:10 Mountain dwellers, plains dwellers, and finding your dharma

1:38:00 Intuition as a doorway, not a hierarchy, and prejudice against it

1:47:40 Neo-Advaita, “already enlightened,” and free will vs destiny

1:58:00 Spiritual integrity, teachers, and the dangers of claiming enlightenment

2:09:10 Simple practices to reactivate intuition in daily life

2:18:40 Teen rebellion, drugs, and the “seeker’s seed”

2:28:10 Mental health, the “holy shit phase,” and integrating experiences

2:39:20 Identity, gender, and not being defined by the body

2:48:30 Preparing for uncertain times while living fully in the present

2:56:40 Karen’s current work, teaching, and closing reflections

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2nd interview with Canela: https://youtu.be/M1drSLciThE

In this conversation, Canela Michelle Meyers shares a path shaped by unusual sensitivity, psychic perception, addiction recovery, and a series of openings into awareness. The interview follows how early experiences of overwhelm eventually became a deeper trust in presence, love, and direct experience.

We talk about psychic information, the impact of Reiki and white light, the healing of anger and guilt, and the gradual loosening of the belief in a separate self. The conversation also explores the practical side of awakening: boundaries, empathy, renunciation, and how the absolute and relative can be lived together without denying the human person.

Interview recorded 12/18/2011

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Canella Michelle Myers and her spiritual awakening journey

00:04:20 - Opening to Psychic Information

00:07:48 - Psychic Detective Work

00:11:58 - Overcoming Addiction through Awareness

00:16:14 - Exploring the Spiritual Search

00:19:43 - The Experience of Emotions and Being with Others

00:22:39 - Dissolving the Belief in a Separate Self

00:25:42 - Embracing Self-Care and Love Within

00:29:08 - Finding Comfort in Being Held

00:32:38 - Meeting Your Own Longings

00:35:52 - Falling and Being with the Moments

00:39:57 - The Solid Part that's Not Solid

00:44:23 - Learning Empathy and Caring from Church

00:48:49 - Healing from Childhood Anger and Guilt

00:52:39 - A Shift into White Light

00:55:38 - A Profound Sensitivity

00:59:10 - The attunement and initiation process

01:02:02 - Paul Lowe and the Invitation to Explore Fear and Attraction

01:04:38 - Exploring Boundaries and Uncovering Phobias

01:07:48 - Letting Go of My Life

01:10:23 - Letting Go and Following the Call Inside

01:12:41 - The Power of Renunciation

01:15:24 - The Transition to North Vancouver

01:20:17 - The Awakening and the Big Kahuna

01:22:24 - Opening Doors of Awareness

01:24:41 - The Endless Exploration

01:27:54 - Angels Holding Me Close

01:30:02 - Following the Call of the Heart

01:32:46 - The Dance of Absolute and Relative Perspectives

01:36:32 - The Expression of God through Instruments

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In this interview, Christine Wushke shares a deeply experiential view of awakening shaped by childhood mystical openings, a kundalini eruption, and years of yoga, meditation, and healing work. The conversation keeps returning to the question of how realization becomes embodied in ordinary life rather than remaining a peak experience or an idea.

A central theme is the relationship between consciousness and humanity: how to live as both fully human and fully divine without splitting life into “spiritual” and “ordinary” parts. Christine also speaks about satsang, transmission, surrender, conscious action, and the surprising simplicity of returning to the breath as a doorway into the field of inner intelligence.

Her space-suit analogy offers a memorable way to think about incarnation, identity, and the process of remembering why we are here. The discussion is practical, poetic, and grounded in lived experience.

Interview recorded 10/21/2012

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - A Mystical Experience at Six

00:05:33 - A Profound Experiential Shift

00:11:13 - The Experiential Nature of Spiritual Insight

00:16:08 - The Kundalini Eruption Experience

00:20:12 - The Embodiment Phase

00:24:16 - The Gift of Human Experience

00:27:46 - Exploring Full Embodiment and Integration

00:32:09 - Satsang teachers and the power of transmission

00:36:31 - Accessing Transmission

00:40:09 - Accessing Inner Freedom

00:43:29 - Balancing Spiritual Life as a Single Mom

00:46:22 - The Ease of Being and Freedom from Suffering

00:50:08 - Definition of Transformation and the Role of a Teacher

00:53:51 - The Value of Teachers and Different Paths

00:56:50 - The Space Suit Analogy

00:59:42 - Connecting to Our Divine Nature

01:03:08 - Stepping into the Unknown

01:07:20 - Penetrating the Energetic Component

01:10:43 - The Secret to Letting Things Be As They Are

01:14:04 - Taking Action with Full Consciousness

01:17:33 - The Necessity of Addressing Situations on Their Own Level

01:21:28 - Finding Delight in Healing Work

01:24:41 - Being Fully Present in Challenging Situations

01:28:00 - Cultivating Sensitivity and Strength

01:31:48 - The Untouched Inner Dimension

01:35:41 - Surrendering to the Flow of Life

01:39:07 - Cooperation with the Cosmic Intelligence

01:42:47 - The Fascination of Woo-Woo

01:46:21 - The Allure of Enlightenment

01:50:00 - Conscious Breathing and Book Publication Update

01:52:36 - Stay Updated with BATGAP Interviews

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Eliza Mada Dalian shares a direct, practical approach to spiritual transformation rooted in witnessing awareness, self-responsibility, and healing the unconscious patterns that shape suffering. The conversation moves from early life and birth imprints to the role of ego, surrender, and the conditions that either support or obstruct awakening.

Mada also discusses sexual conditioning, the use of experience as a teacher, and how fear can be dissolved by bringing hidden thought-forms into conscious awareness. Her Dalian Method and No-Yes Active Meditation are presented as tools for surfacing and releasing what has been repressed so that health, clarity, and consciousness can unfold more naturally.

Interview recorded 10/13/2012

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction: Eliza Mada Dalian, the Modern Day Mystic

00:03:06 - The Beginning of Life and Birth Experience

00:06:38 - The Surrender of Birth and Early Impressions

00:10:07 - Disidentification from the Ego and Attachments

00:13:57 - The Importance of Education and Language Learning

00:17:03 - Finding Guidance in Books

00:20:55 - The Dynamics of Spiritual Groups

00:24:51 - Memories of Past Lives and Spiritual Masters

00:28:37 - The Importance of Being Present at Osho's Death

00:31:45 - The Readiness to Transcend the Ego and Die

00:36:04 - Steps towards Enlightenment

00:40:01 - The Need for Inner Strength and Transformation

00:44:23 - Breaking Free from Sexual Repression

00:48:23 - Sexual Freedom and Breaking Conditioning

00:52:34 - The Indifference towards Sex

00:56:41 - The Purpose and Experience of Sex and Drugs

01:01:17 - Transformations in Spiritual Awakening

01:04:53 - The Perception of Reality

01:08:22 - The Receptivity of the Student

01:12:02 - The Acid Test of Awakening during Sleep

01:16:16 - The Process of Witnessing in Meditation

01:19:41 - Overcoming Fear through Witnessing

01:22:58 - Cultivating Witnessing Awareness and the Dalian Method

01:26:40 - The Power of Verbalizing Thought-Forms for Healing and Transformation

01:31:18 - Thougform Release and Healing

01:35:24 - Resolving the Root Causes of Fears and Problems

01:39:18 - The Self-Healing Method and Retreats.

01:42:21 - Taking Responsibility for Your Awakening

01:45:22 - Holding Up My Stick in the Big Ocean of Orchestra

01:48:23 - Discussion Conclusion

01:50:56 - Introduction

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Stuart Perrin is an American spiritual teacher of Kundalini Yoga and a direct disciple of Swami Rudrananda, known as Rudi. In this conversation he shares how a deep need for truth led him into years of searching, rigorous training, and a life devoted to meditation, inner work, and service. He also recounts the extraordinary plane crash in which Rudi died and Stuart survived, an event that profoundly shaped the rest of his life.

We talk about the importance of real spiritual practice rather than mere interest, the role of mind and breath in meditation, and the difference between genuine awakening and spiritual ego. Stuart also reflects on the guidance of teachers such as Ramana Maharshi and Tibetan lamas, the significance of compassion, and the idea that life itself continually teaches us how to grow. His stories are direct, vivid, and grounded in a lifetime of practice.

Toward the end of the interview, Stuart speaks about suffering, joy, and the possibility of living with more flow, lightness, and presence. It is a conversation filled with practical wisdom, hard-earned insight, and a deep appreciation for the mystery of transformation.

Interview recorded 9/29/2012

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction and Background of Stuart Perrin

00:03:27 - A Transformative Experience

00:06:19 - The Rigorous Training for Spiritual Enlightenment

00:09:44 - The Need for a Spiritual Life

00:11:46 - The Will to Have a Spiritual Life

00:14:04 - Using the Mind and Breath in Meditation

00:16:26 - Wisdom and Compassion in Tibetan Buddhist Teachings

00:18:21 - The Fire of Compassion

00:20:18 - Spiritual Teachings and Ego

00:22:03 - Awakening and Consciousness

00:23:55 - Building Consciousness in Ourselves

00:25:38 - Learning to Get Out of the Way

00:27:31 - Buddha and Shankara's Enlightenment

00:29:31 - The Twinkle in Their Eyes

00:31:23 - Transformation at Ramana Maharshi's Ashram

00:33:07 - A Life of Spiritual Experiences

00:34:33 - Meeting Rinpoche in Texas

00:36:01 - The Discipline of Tummo and the Teachings of Kala Rinpoche

00:38:00 - The Universe Sending Teachers

00:40:08 - The Need for Avatars and Teachers

00:42:21 - Individual Consideration and Practical Teaching

00:44:34 - Absorbing the teachings

00:47:49 - Rudi's Journey to Nityananda and Muktananda

00:50:36 - Profound Influence and Root Guru

00:53:05 - The Significance of Sexuality in Spirituality

00:55:50 - Mastering Energy and Meditation

00:57:57 - Cannibalism and Consuming Energy

01:00:23 - The Transformation of Suffering

01:02:23 - Finding Joy and Flow in Life

01:04:38 - A Conversation with Stuart Perrin

01:06:11 - Ways to Stay Connected to the Interview Series on batgap.com

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Kenny Johnson spent more than twenty years in prison, and his life afterward became a powerful example of transformation, service, and spiritual awakening. In this conversation, he shares how incarceration, addiction, and the hard realities of prison life eventually opened into a deeper recognition of love, grace, and presence. He also speaks about the work he now does with incarcerated women and with people trying to rebuild their lives after prison.

Kenny tells the remarkable story of how books, meditation, and unexpected encounters with spiritual teachers entered prison through drug smugglers and other unlikely channels. He describes his early fascination with power and siddhis, the fear and surrender that came with meditation, and the turning points that led him back to prison and eventually to Gangaji. Along the way, he reflects on dignity, listening, kindness, and how even the most difficult life can become preparation for helping others.

He also speaks candidly about addiction, retaliation, second chances, and the importance of offering practical support rather than “popcorn guru” spirituality. His message is simple and direct: God’s grace is here now, and love is the real value in life.

Interview Recorded 9/22/2012

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Kenny Johnson

00:04:02 - Preparation for Working with the Incarcerated

00:08:12 - A Conversation About Jail

00:10:25 - The Tipping Point and Disillusionment

00:13:26 - The Miracle of Gangaji and a Productive Life

00:16:31 - Promoting Reading in Jails

00:19:07 - Growth in Prison

00:21:53 - Survival and Retaliation in Prison

00:25:07 - The Cycle of Crime and Second Chances

00:27:03 - Prison Life and Escaping

00:29:12 - The Transition to Pimping

00:30:57 - The Pimping Lifestyle

00:32:32 - The Cycle of Pimping and Drug Addiction

00:34:49 - The Prison Experience

00:36:58 - Smuggling and Spirituality

00:39:32 - Seeking Power and Enlightenment

00:41:59 - Meeting Gangaji Again

00:44:24 - Falling in love with Gangaji

00:47:15 - Recognizing beauty in nature and another human being

00:51:14 - Detox and Alcoholism

00:54:46 - A Moment of Connection with a Friend

00:57:24 - The Power of Presence

01:00:20 - Creating a Sacred Space Near Prisons

01:03:24 - The Depth of Lostness in Maya

01:06:41 - Maya, The Friend of Consciousness

01:09:48 - Giving Back and the Issue with Popcorn Gurus

01:12:33 - A Message of Love and Transformation in Prison

01:15:36 - Experiencing Love through Connection

01:18:24 - A Blazing Inferno

01:20:44 - Contact Information and Future Speaking Engagements

01:23:47 - Update on Cancer Remission

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Tim Freke returns to BatGap to explore his book The Mystery Experience and his vision of a spirituality that fully includes both awakening and ordinary human life. He describes a “both-and” approach that embraces paradox, honors individuality, and points directly toward a felt experience of oneness and love.

In this conversation, Tim and Rick discuss paralogical thinking, the relationship between spirituality and science, the role of conditioning, and why awakening need not mean escaping the human story. Tim also speaks about balancing attention and awareness, integrating mystical realization with practical existence, and the fine line between spiritual awakening and mental illness.

The interview closes with Tim’s warm reminder that even in difficult times there is always a “trickle of honey” to follow back toward freedom, wonder, and aliveness.

Interview recorded 9/2/2012

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Tim Freke and his book "The Mystery Experience"

00:03:15 - The Journey to Love and a New Form of Spirituality

00:06:06 - The Frustration of Scientists with Science

00:09:04 - The Mystery Experience and the Language of Awakening

00:12:21 - Paralogical Thinking and the Nature of Reality

00:15:22 - Embracing Paradox in Quantum Physics

00:18:57 - The Paradox of Individuality and Oneness

00:22:04 - Unleashing Enthusiasm to Live a Human Life

00:24:58 - The Resurrection in the Body

00:28:09 - Consciousness and Discrimination

00:31:09 - The Field of Being and Consciousness

00:34:06 - The Duality of Consciousness and Individuality

00:37:08 - The Coexistence of the Human Self and the Ground of All Being

00:40:03 - The Paradox of Being

00:43:05 - Words and the Knowing of the Universe

00:45:48 - The Adventure of Life and Unraveling Conditioning

00:48:58 - Conditioning: Binding or Liberating

00:51:54 - The Spacious Quality of Identity

00:55:09 - Embracing the Journey of Life

00:57:57 - The Meaning of the Story

01:00:54 - Living the Spiritual Experience

01:03:33 - The Organic Process of Consciousness

01:06:20 - Balancing Attention and Awareness

01:09:21 - The Integration of Two Worlds

01:12:17 - The Integration of Mystical Realization and Practical Existence

01:15:22 - The Fine Line Between Spiritual Awakening and Mental Illness

01:18:38 - Romantic Ideas of Spirituality

01:21:24 - The Importance of Finding Our Own Way

01:24:12 - Nurturing the Wonder of Life

01:27:00 - Finding the Trickle of Honey

01:30:13 - BatGap Community and Discussion