022. James Braha

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2010

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

After thirty years of seeking liberation, James Braha had nearly given up on finding fulfillment. His mind began to change, however, when he encountered the Hindu/Vedic philosophy of non-duality. Upon reading “Sailor” Bob Adamson’s book What’s Wrong with Right Now Unless You Think About It, James immediately invited Bob to come from Australia to share his knowledge with Americans. For five glorious weeks in the summer of 2004, Bob and his wife stayed with the Braha family at their home in Florida. Spiritual talk with arguably the greatest non-duality teacher alive continued from morning till night, as James’ dearest friends and spiritualists from around the country joined the investigations into the truth of reality versus the illusion of appearance. James Braha's Site Sailor Bob's Site Interview recorded 5/19/2010. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Background 00:03:52 - Seeking Spiritual Techniques and Paths 00:07:41 - Understanding Non-duality and True Nature 00:11:51 - The Illusion of the Self 00:14:45 - The Fear of Not Being Here 00:17:04 - Eliminating the Craziness 00:18:50 - Living in the Present Moment 00:20:38 - Freedom and Clarity 00:22:45 - The Search for Enlightenment beyond Experiences 00:25:07 - The Paradox of Reality and Illusion 00:27:53 - The Freedom of Psychological Suffering 00:30:56 - The Illusory Nature of the World 00:33:49 - The Importance of Wanting Enlightenment 00:36:30 - The Illusory Elephant and the Illusory Me 00:39:49 - Maturing Desires and Shifts in Understanding 00:43:34 - The False Reference Point in Enlightenment 00:47:35 - Enlightenment in Prison 00:50:57 - Following Your Dharma 00:53:35 - The Nature of Growth and Deepening 00:56:32 - The Fallacy of Final Understanding 00:59:31 - The Dream and the Laws of Nature 01:01:46 - The Marvel of the Illusion 01:05:11 - The Illusion of Suffering and Existence 01:07:29 - There is No You 01:09:31 - The Role of Desire in Liberation 01:12:17 - Dealing with an Annoying Woman 01:14:50 - The Founder of Advaita 01:17:11 - The Illusion of Duality 01:19:33 - Being Yourself and Embracing Unfoldment 01:22:23 - Letting Go of Past Suffering 01:24:39 - Buddha at the Gas Pump Save

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0:00.0	Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump, a weekly show in which we have a discussion with someone
0:07.0	who has undergone a spiritual awakening of some kind, preferably one of a permanent or abiding nature.
0:16.0	My name is Rick Archer and my guest this week is James Braha.
0:21.6	I'll let James introduce himself in terms of what he does and all that kind of thing.
0:26.8	But as I understand it, James, you are a professional astrologer.
0:30.0	Is that what you do exclusively for a living?
0:32.9	These days I do a lot of things.
0:34.1	I do investing in gold and silver, and I do a little bit of
0:38.9	astrology, not as much as I used to. Okay. And I talk some non-duality pretty much when people
0:46.2	call up with questions or email. I don't, I don't, one of the odd things was that I always
0:52.8	thought that if I had ever gotten to the end of my search,
0:55.6	that I, you know, bang down the doors of everybody and tell them, hey, I got this great stuff,
1:00.0	but it turns out that, you know, there's not really much need for that. People are, you know,
1:07.2	okay as they are. And if they want it, then I'm available. Yeah. Yeah, I was more of a doorbanger in the early days myself, you know, kind of a
1:15.3	wild-eyed zealot. Yeah. And you tend to kind of mellow out both with age and I think
1:22.3	with more spiritual maturity or whatever. I've listened to one interview that you gave on the Urban
1:31.6	Guru Cafe series. In fact, I've listened to all about 75 of the interviews on that series.
1:39.1	And maybe we'll talk a little bit about some of my impressions of that as we go along
1:45.0	and get into the discussion.
1:47.0	But I understand, and I also have a copy of your book right behind me here, some place on the shelf.
1:55.0	It's blue living here.
1:57.0	Here it is.
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