004. Steve & Winifred Boggs

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2010

⏱️ 93 minutes

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We feel like we live a pretty ordinary life, yet in our 54-year marriage and in our working lives (Steve's a retired electrical contractor and Winifred is an artist and poet) grace, challenge and transformation play themselves out in endless variety. Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 12/9/2009. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Definition of Spiritual Awakening 00:05:21 - Commissioned Paintings and Intuitive Portraits 00:09:56 - The Awakening Experience 00:15:16 - The Universal Experience of Enlightenment 00:19:02 - A Journey of Spiritual Seeking 00:24:38 - Discovering Limitless Consciousness 00:30:22 - The Nature of Awakening 00:35:50 - Housecleaning: Waking Down, Shake Down 00:39:27 - Spontaneous Awakening and Personal Growth 00:42:26 - The Spiral of Personalized Wounds 00:44:59 - The Healing of the Core Wound 00:48:01 - Awakening in the Midst of Crisis 00:50:27 - The Perfect Silence of Life 00:52:52 - The Embodied Awakening 00:55:18 - Differences in Awakening Experiences and Mutuality 00:58:10 - Exploring Waking Down Organization 01:01:27 - The Essence of Love and Non-Separateness 01:04:24 - The Sun and the Clouds 01:07:30 - Preparation and Refinement in Spiritual Practice 01:10:13 - Self-Realization and the Desire for Peace 01:13:10 - Raw and Direct Emotions 01:16:13 - Compassion and Vulnerability 01:18:40 - Evolving Priorities and the Desire to Serve 01:20:46 - Meaningful and Deep Conversations with People 01:22:21 - Emotional Reactions to Movies 01:23:34 - The Same Kind of Satisfaction 01:24:21 - The Same Kind of Satisfaction 01:25:08 - The Same Kind of Satisfaction 01:26:27 - Fulfillment and Desire 01:28:47 - Reactions and Trust in Social Situations 01:31:39 - Participate in the Show Save Save

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	B.
0:03.0	I'm
0:04.0	Bhop
0:05.0	I'm
0:06.0	.
0:07.0	I'm
0:09.0	.
0:11.0	I'm
0:12.0	. Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. This is a weekly show in which we talk about spiritual awakening. My name is Rick Archer, and my guest tonight are today,
0:39.5	whenever you're watching this,
0:40.8	are Steve and Winifred Boggs.
0:43.3	My concept of this show was inspired by the fact
0:49.1	that in the town where we live, Fairfield, Iowa,
0:52.7	and around the country and around the world,
0:55.0	there are great many people who are experiencing what we might call a spiritual awakening.
1:01.0	We'll define that concept in the course of our conversation as we do every week.
1:07.0	But I want to say something about what a spiritual awakening is not. It's not merely a set of
1:14.6	beliefs or religious conviction. We're not talking about an idea so much as an experience.
1:21.6	And we're not talking about an experience which one might have momentarily and then remember fondly as having been a profound thing
1:31.0	for the rest of one's life.
1:32.2	There were great poets who had experiences like that
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