065. Saniel Bonder & Linda Groves-Bonder, Pt. 1

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2011

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Saniel Bonder is the author of Healing the Spirit/Matter Split and the founder of the Waking Down in Mutuality work. He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual, evolutionary exploration of awakened consciousness for over a decade. Linda Groves-Bonder is Saniel’s full partner in their transmission and teachings and a Senior Teacher of Waking Down in Mutuality. Together they are now co-authoring a forthcoming book, The Human Sun, and founding Human Sun University. Saniel and Linda's sites: sanielandlinda.com TheHumanSunSeries.com heartgazing.com Summary and transcript of this interview Recorded 4/17/2011. Part 2 of this interview, recorded a week later. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction of Saniel and Linda Groves Bonder 00:03:17 - A Quest for Spiritual Connection 00:07:17 - A Shift in Perspective 00:10:37 - The Door to a Whole Other World 00:14:08 - Discovering the Teachings of a Spiritual Teacher 00:18:20 - Awakening and the Awakening Process 00:22:26 - The Flamethrowers and the Opening They Created 00:26:48 - The Balance Between Self-Realization and Encountering Others 00:31:05 - The Awakening Process 00:35:15 - Integration and Awakening 00:38:35 - The Importance of Independent Thinking and Freedom from Dogma 00:42:29 - Questioning Catholic Beliefs 00:46:12 - Questioning the Catholic Faith 00:49:39 - A Journey of Exploration and Seeking 00:53:49 - Connectedness with Nature and Creatures 00:57:39 - Discovering Samuel Bonder 01:01:43 - Finding My Ground and Strength in Being 01:06:28 - Linda's Awakening Experience 01:10:16 - Awakening and the Pain of the World 01:13:41 - The Subtle Washing Machine Effect 01:17:34 - Awakening and Individual Capabilities 01:21:34 - The Post-awakening Process and the Challenges 01:25:36 - A New Developmental Model 01:30:15 - The Shift towards Differentiated Self-Awareness and Dissociation 01:34:48 - The Simultaneity of Consciousness and Matter Realizing Itself 01:38:35 - The Neo-Advaita Perspective 01:42:48 - The Emergence of a New Understanding 01:46:45 - The Agreement on Waking Down into Life 01:50:20 - The Importance of Guidance and Transmission in Awakening 01:54:56 - Awakened Leadership and Human Sun University 01:59:11 - Buddha at the Gas Pump

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer and my guest this week are
0:31.5	Samuel Bonder and Linda Groves Bonder. And I'll introduce them briefly by reading
0:36.6	short paragraphs from their website, and then
0:39.7	in the course of the interview you'll get to know them a lot better.
0:43.7	So Saniel is the author of Healing the Spirit Matter Split and the founder of the Waking
0:49.1	Down and Mutuality Work.
0:51.2	He has been a pioneer in the widespread embodiment and mutual evolutionary exploration
0:56.0	of awakened consciousness for over a decade, probably more than over a decade now since this was written.
1:02.4	Linda Groves Bonder is Samuel's full-time partner in the White Hot Yoga of the Heart Transmission and
1:07.9	Teachings and a founding and senior teacher of the waking down
1:12.4	in mutuality work.
1:14.4	Linda is also a professional singer and songwriter.
1:18.7	So thank you very much both for joining me in this.
1:22.0	As people who listen to the show probably know, I've interviewed, I think, about seven people who are
1:29.1	waking down in mutuality
1:31.3	teachers, the Gilberts, the Boggs,
1:33.9	Ted Strauss, and
1:35.0	Hillary Davis, and
1:36.8	Sandra Glickman. And I all
1:38.8	have really enjoyed all those interviews, and I'm
1:41.2	sure I and the listeners are going to enjoy
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