007. Sue Berkey

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2010

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Interview recorded 1/6/2010. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Enlightenment as a Universal Experience 00:02:36 - The Experience of Art in Different Cultures 00:04:40 - Sculpture and the Power of Rebirthing 00:06:37 - The Impact of Caesarian Births 00:08:15 - A Spiritual Awakening 00:10:29 - Living in a Superfluid World 00:12:28 - The Range of Human Feelings and Non-Judgment 00:14:22 - The Tricky Balance Between Spiritual Freedom and Economic Realities 00:15:52 - The Meaning of Freedom in Prison 00:17:43 - Choosing Traumatic Circumstances 00:20:49 - Finding Deep Contentment 00:23:34 - Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone 00:26:06 - Early Spiritual Practices 00:28:45 - TM, Hatha Yoga, and Spiritual Development 00:31:50 - Discussing Death and Transition 00:35:02 - The Importance of Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone 00:37:54 - Fulfillment and Contentment 00:40:34 - Expanding Goals as an Artist, Healer, and Teacher 00:43:23 - The Value of Personality and Emotional Liberation 00:45:40 - Letting Go of Grudges 00:47:40 - The Quest for the Highest Truth 00:49:31 - Profound awakenings through yoga and meditation 00:51:22 - Awakening and Skepticism 00:54:15 - The Subjectivity of Judging Awakening 00:57:08 - The Levels of Awakening 00:59:26 - The Deepening of Compassion 01:02:22 - The Beauty of Being Comfortable with Yourself 01:05:00 - The Transformational Dream 01:07:19 - The Incremental Growth and Different Spiritual Paths 01:09:49 - The Beauty of Diversity and Unity 01:13:31 - Building a Community of Participation Save

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome again to Buddha at the gas pump, the show where we talk about spiritual awakenings with people who have actually had them.
0:35.6	As I sometimes do, I'd like to make a little commentary
0:38.8	before I introduce my guest more thoroughly, my guest being Sue Berkey. And my name again is Rick
0:44.7	Archer. My thought for this week is, was triggered by an encounter I had with a friend in the local
0:52.1	grocery store. She said to me,
0:55.5	how is your show going where you interview people who think they're enlightened,
0:59.7	which is her implicit way of saying that my guests are self-deluded.
1:05.3	And I said, oh, you know, it's going well and all that.
1:08.2	And, you know, after sort of a few more mildly disparaging comments,
1:12.1	she asked if I would like to borrow some DVDs of some interviews
1:16.8	that a friend of ours did with enlightened people in India.
1:21.2	And that struck me as ironic later on when I thought about it
1:25.3	because I think there's a sort of an underlying
1:29.4	assumption in our culture, our Western culture, that enlightenment is an Eastern
1:34.7	thing, an Indian thing.
1:37.0	And I would like to suggest that it is no more Eastern or Indian than gravity is English
1:43.5	or radiation is French or general relativity
1:48.5	theory is German or whatever nationality Einstein was, that it's a universal thing which
1:54.6	is simply a matter of experiencing our essential nature, which is consciousness, and that
2:00.7	consciousness is not exclusive
2:02.4	to any particular culture or locale. And then in fact, it's not even a human thing. I mean,
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