011. Brad & Pam Keene

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2010

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Pam Keene currently resides in Fairfield, Iowa with her husband Brad. A conscious seeker since the age of nineteen, she has been influenced by a variety of spiritual teachers. However, her sacred marriage of ten years has provided her with the most profound education so far. And she is still learning. Interview recorded 2/10/2010. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Buddha at the Gas Pump Introduction 00:04:32 - Pam and Brad's Awakening Journey 00:08:54 - Letting go of Transcendental Meditation 00:12:43 - Alcohol, Drugs, and Awakening Journey 00:16:44 - Honeymoon period and drinking/drugs 00:20:19 - The Importance of a Guru in Spiritual Growth 00:23:21 - Dana's Spiritual Journey 00:27:29 - The Power of Desire and Individual Paths 00:30:36 - The Awakening Process and Embracing a Personal God 00:33:35 - The Progression of Awakening 00:36:07 - The Rheostat of Belief 00:39:11 - Holding all Expressions of the Divine in the Heart 00:42:53 - Reconciliation of Opposites in the Wholeness of Self 00:45:59 - The Awakening through Dance 00:48:47 - Kundalini Complete 00:52:11 - The Power of Sexual Experience and Spiritual Practice 00:54:58 - Exploring Different Varieties of Spiritual Practice 00:57:43 - The Experience of Universal Awareness 00:59:44 - Wholeness in the Midst of a Heart Attack 01:01:21 - Near-Death Experience and Divine Awareness 01:03:22 - Reflections on Death and Fear 01:05:38 - Pam's Journey with Dance 01:07:57 - The Healing Power of Dance 01:11:25 - The Evolution of Dance Groups 01:14:13 - Couples and the Mission of Enlightenment 01:17:04 - Sharanalila: The Surrendering Dance 01:19:30 - Contact Information for More Information on Sharanalila 01:21:52 - The Sacred Dance Journey 01:24:35 - Leaving People with Openness to Awakening 01:27:52 - The Misconception of Levitation 01:31:04 - Conclusion and Thank You

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:27.6	This is a weekly show in which people who have had a spiritual awakening talk about their experience.
0:34.6	My name is Rick Archer and my guests this episode are Brad and Pam Keene.
0:40.3	We all live in Fairfield, Iowa, as do all of the guests I've interviewed so far.
0:44.3	Sometimes I have made a brief comment or two at the beginnings of these interviews,
0:50.3	and there's something I've been kicking around for a few days that I want to talk about for a minute before we get into our interview.
0:56.0	In several of the interviews, I've been a little bit self-deprecating about the title of this show, Buddha, the Gas Pump.
1:03.0	On the one hand, that title is meant to imply that there are ordinary people living ordinary lives
1:09.0	who are experiencing enlightenment or higher states of consciousness.
1:13.6	On the other hand, I've qualified it a bit by saying, well, maybe my guests aren't experiencing the state of consciousness
1:21.6	that the Buddha experienced or great historical figures like him, but they are undergoing stages of awakening,
1:28.8	degrees of awakening. I'd like to retract that just a little bit by saying that what the
1:34.2	Buddha essentially experienced is the same thing that we all essentially experience. It's
1:39.7	just a matter of clarity. He experienced his own essential nature as consciousness and he described
1:46.6	that very beautifully and he surely experienced it with a great degree of clarity, but he had
1:53.8	a role, he had a mission, a job description. He was a teacher and he was a good teacher, so he
2:00.0	made a big impact in his day, which lasts to this day.
2:04.6	Other people throughout history have undoubtedly experienced the very same thing, but it wasn't their role to be a teacher, so we never heard of them.
2:12.6	They might have just lived very private, ordinary lives.
2:15.6	An example of this that I thought of was that, let's say you're walking down a road,
2:21.0	it's maybe a little foggy out or something, and you see a tree.
2:24.4	You know it's a tree, and not a horse or something, it's a tree, and you notice it, and you keep on walking.
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