019. Igal Moria

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2010

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Igal Moria was infected with the spiritual bug in his teens has no plans of recovering. He joined Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at 19 (in 1973) and was involved with the TM movement for 25 years, working with Maharishi on developing courses and course materials on Maharishi Vedic Science and world religions. He was a member of Andrew Cohen’s core body of students. Transcript of this intervew Interview recorded 4/21/2010 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction: Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:05:16 - Leaving the Ashram and Seeking Independence 00:09:42 - A Traumatic Event and Its Aftermath 00:12:44 - The End of an Era 00:16:03 - Introduction to Andrew Cohen and Enlightenment 00:20:17 - A Rekindling of the Spirit 00:24:14 - The Allure of Spiritual Leadership 00:27:46 - The Recognition of a Bigger Reality 00:31:53 - Overcoming Inertia and Embracing Change 00:35:36 - Liberation from Anxiety and Gratitude for Maharishi 00:41:03 - The Meeting of Papaji and Ramana Maharshi 00:45:04 - The Power of Trust and Shifting Consciousness 00:48:13 - The Classical Idea of Enlightenment 00:51:21 - The Origins and Development of Monotheism 00:54:55 - Enlightenment through engagement with others 00:58:49 - The Power of Coming Together Beyond Ego 01:02:04 - Coming together beyond ego 01:05:19 - The Five Tenets of Enlightenment 01:08:08 - Facing What You're Made Of 01:11:23 - The Bigger Picture 01:13:56 - The Eye of the Universe 01:16:25 - The Evolution of Consciousness and the Motivation for the Spiritual Life 01:19:04 - Seriös Arbeit und Entwicklung 01:22:09 - The Value of Meditation for Freedom 01:25:31 - Cultivating Freedom from Mind and Emotions 01:29:06 - Contrasting meditation techniques 01:32:54 - The Three Instructions for Meditation 01:36:54 - Cultivating a Position of Freedom 01:42:32 - Various Perspectives on Spiritual Teachings 01:48:31 - The New Enlightenment: Embracing Inner and Outer Existence 01:55:00 - The Radical Becoming of Enlightenment

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha of the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer, and this is a weekly show in which I speak with someone who has undergone a spiritual awakening, and different guests tend to define
0:39.6	that differently, but I think that's over time providing a very interesting perspective
0:44.4	on the different ways in which spiritual awakening can show up.
0:48.4	My guest this week is a dear old friend of mine named Egal Morya, andia. And I have known each other for probably
0:57.0	over three decades and had all sorts of adventures together here in Fairfield, Iowa when
1:02.0	we were students at Marjee International University, and then on courses and international
1:08.0	staff of the TM movement in Switzerland and various other European countries,
1:13.2	in India.
1:14.6	We were on a big project together in the Philippines,
1:17.4	where Egal was head of a comparative religion's development group,
1:22.9	which maybe he'll talk about more, and I was working with him on that.
1:26.2	So we've had all kinds of adventures.
1:28.3	In recent years, we both branched off in different directions, but we've stayed in touch.
1:33.3	And I think I'll start by having Egal fill out his own biography a little bit, give us a sense
1:39.3	of where he's from and what his course of life has been. And then we'll get more deeply into the interview.
1:47.0	So take it away.
1:48.0	Okay.
1:50.0	So I was born 56 years ago in Israel, in Tel Aviv, and I grew up there.
1:56.0	Sometime during my military service at age 19, I came across transcendental meditation,
2:05.9	and shortly afterwards, maybe three weeks afterwards, I heard an audio tape by Maharshi,
2:13.7	in which he described Cosmy Consciousness.
2:17.2	And I remember that hearing him say those words, in which he described, cause me consciousness.
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