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Author of 'The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life' and 'The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationship' as well as other books on the Enneagram. In this interview she talks about how she first heard of the Enneagram and met with Claudio Naranjo in the 70s. At the time there were very few teachings that included the mystical realms along with a psychological understanding. She explains how the Enneagram can provide important pointers to the barriers to spiritual liberation. Self-observation and self-reflection are key as is concentration and witnessing consciousness.

Author of the highly regarded Non-Duality book: 'This Is The Unimaginable and Unavoidable - Irresponsible Writing On Non-Duality', Guy talks about his experiences in the field of spirituality and the challenges he has faced with integrating this on a human level, since that time.

Greg has been a philosophical counsellor since 1996. After studying Psychology at California State University, he studied philosophy at the Universitat zu Koln in Cologne, Germany, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Rochester. His areas of specialization were decision theory, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of George Berkeley. His doctoral dissertation was on the question, "Is it ever rational to be impatient?" Greg studied Advaita Vedanta through the Chinmaya Mission, Sri Atmananda, Jean Klein, and Francis Lucille. He studied the Mahayana teachings of Pure Land Buddhism through Jodo-Shinshu, and studied Chinese Middle-Way Buddhism through the lineage of the pre-eminent scholar of Chinese Buddhism, Master Yin-Shun of Taiwan, P.R.C. and author of The Way to Buddhahood.

Former Blondie bass player (then known as Gary Valentine) and author of several books including "New York Rocker", "A Secret History of Consciousness", "Turn Off Your Mind" and "Jung the Mystic".

Gangaji shares a simple message: 'This is an invitation to shift your allegiance from the activities of your mind to the eternal presence of your being'. Despite her early breakthroughs and successes, Gangaji continued to experience a deep longing for fulfilment. She pursued many paths including relationship, motherhood, political activism, career, and spiritual practice, but all ultimately came up short. She made a final prayer for true help. In 1990. The answer to her prayer came unexpectedly, taking her to India and to the meeting on the banks of the river with Sri H.W.L. Poonja, (Papaji), who opened the floodgates of self-recognition. In this meeting, Gangaji's personal story of suffering ended, and the promise of a true life began to flower and unfold. Today, Gangaji is a teacher and author and powerfully articulates how it is possible to discover the truth of who you are and to be true to that discovery.

Author of the book, Molecular Consciousness: Why the Universe is Aware of Our Presence, Francoise studied for many years with Colette Aboulker-Muscat and works as a researcher in Chemistry for the Hebrew University. She says, 'According to science we are all victims of a fantastic sensory illusion. In quantum mechanics any particle of matter behaves like a solid body in some cases and like waves in other cases. This depends on the observer. We and everything around us are only waves, waves of probabilities, and when interacting with this very sophisticated device called our brain, these waves are reduced to certainty, a certainty WE choose.'

Faisal is a spiritual teacher and the founder of the 'Diamond Teachings' and the 'Diamond Logos Academy'. In this interview he talks about Enlightenment and beyond shedding more light on the nature of enlightened space and some of the experiences that unfold within that great opening and how through the deepening within this great domain, one can dawn on the 'Kingdom of the Three Domains' that is our human home. "The Absolute is our Nature and the Human Being is the Mandala of existence." He recites the 'The Verse of Light' from the Koran in Arabic which mirrors the complete Diamond Teachings.

Faisal talks about his life; his enlightenment, and how awakening happens in the mind, and enlightenment happens in the heart. He also talks about how he formed the Ridhwan school with AH Almaas and helped develop the 'theory of holes' and work with the Latiaf and essential qualities and enquiry. He later left to form his own teaching, 'The Diamond Logos.' 'The more that understanding comes through, the more the personality begins to resolve and we can retrieve the original state that is lost.' 'In our world today two major topics need to be emphasized; humanity needs to be spiritualized and spirituality needs to be humanized'

Author of 'Liberation From The Lie - Cutting The Roots Of Fear Once And For All' Eric talks very candidly about his search for freedom. He learnt that the 'fear-self' is at the root of our difficulty to free ourselves and feels that his book is a 'liberation manual' containing the keys to deconstructing ourselves. 'The World is in crisis and we are in crisis.'

The fifth programme in a new series about the Enneagram and the 9 different personality types. Here type 9 is discussed in detail.