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Mike was obsessed with becoming enlightened since childhood

- for him that was the point of living. He knew from an early age that the voice in his head wasn't him. He had some terrifying

experiences of no-self which led to panic attacks and depression. Eventually he decided that he needed to drop the desire for enlightenment and somehow fix his life; after a time, he was much happier. He then had the experience that ended his search for enlightenment. Mike said, "There's just the impersonal flow of awareness being everything without exception, no way to get it and no way to get out of it. It basks in the ordinary and mundane as well as the fireworks."

Miek was living a full life when she spontaneously decided to enter one of the strictest Monasteries within the Catholic Church - the Carthusian Order - where life was lived in SILENCE. Miek lived her life in silence for 12 years with great discipline and focus on her practice; without that one is soon left at the mercy of the "Demons" of one's mind; without structure one can go mad. After 9 years she had her great Awakening, her perspective completely shifted and her old image of God was smashed. It took her 3 years to leave the Solitude and Silence and go back to the "Market Place" and live her Awakening. She is now a Guide to help people find their own way into the Great Silence.

Michael was born in London, graduated at Cambridge University in Maths and Law and became a highly successful businessman for a while, then a world traveller. On returning to London, he set up the lay movement known as 'People Not Psychiatry' and established his own Growth Centre, 'Community'. In 1974 he become a disciple of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho) and made a name for himself as leader of intensive seminars in Poona and other Rajneesh centres. In 1982 he left this movement and set up his own Energyfield known as The Wild Goose Company. In this in-depth interview he talks about his life, his work, enlightenment and even finds time to talk about his love for Arsenal football club!

Author of 'Movement for Self Healing', Meir tells his inspiring story of how he was born blind to deaf parents. Through hard work and determination, he is now able to see (has a driving license). Meir also talks about his healing Centre in San Francisco, CA and why he believes that virtually anyone who is ill can improve their health.

Matthew's early life was dramatic. As a teenager he became a catalyst for poltergeist activity, at times persistent and dramatic. He then started 'automatic writing' and found that he was becoming a magnet for people from different cultures and languages that had been dead for years. His first book, 'The Link' told the story of this activity and was published when he was 20 years old. It went on to sell over 1 million copies. Then followed an experience in the Himalayas which changed his life. Following that Matthew started to work as a healer. He is now one of Britain's best known healers and works from his healing centre in Suffolk. Other books include 'One Foot In The Stars', 'In The Mind Of Millions; The Healing Journey' and 'Strangers.'

Marlies Cocheret and Ellen Emmet 'The Feminine Face of God' Interview by Renate McNay. This is the first programme in a new series which will explore the subject of Women and Consciousness. In this exploration Spiritual Teacher and Psychologist Marlies Cocheret, and Ellen Emmet who is a Transpersonal Psychologist and a teacher in Non-Duality Yoga and Movement Therapy, talk about how it is to be a woman on the path of awakening and liberation. It is important to first know that what we really are is beyond female and male and form. We can then begin to learn to express ourselves in a balanced way and reach our full potential as Human Beings.

Author of over 40 books including, 'Healing Energy of Shared Consciousness: A Taoist Approach To Entering the Universal Mind' and 'Taoist Shaman: Practices from the Wheel of Life.' In this interview Mantak Chia talks with Iain McNay about his life and how he was taught to access CHI energy by his Chinese teacher. He explains how this CHI energy can clear emotions and strengthen the body and the mind, and how it is connected to Universal energy and life force. Mantak Chia also shows how to start accessing CHI energy.

Lothar Schafer, author of 'Infinite Potential' and 'In Search of Divine Reality', interviewed by Iain McNay, talks about what Quantum Physics reveals about how we should live our lives. A retired Professor of chemistry he spent much of his life looking at quantum-chemical computations and electron diffraction studies of molecular structures. "You need to first understand the order of the universe and your place in it - you can't find happiness in your personal life if you are not living in harmony with the universe. The constituents of real things are found not to be real - these findings show that the quantum phenomena make it possible to establish a new covenant between the human mind and the mind-like background of the universe”.

Kevin is co-author, with his wife Brandon Bays, of 'Consciousness The New Currency.' In this interview he talks in detail about his life and how he finally found peace and freedom. Kevin says: 'All of life, I am that. Nothing external can ever complete me. I always come back to stillness.'

Karen Johnson 'The ALIVENESS of Presence' Interview by Iain McNay Karen is a co-founder of The Ridhwan School/Diamond Approach with AH Almaas (Hameed Ali). She talks about her life, her meeting with Almaas and how their friendship lead to the creation and the on-going development of the school. She also shares her own remarkable expression of presence in its many manifestations.