136. Barbara Berger

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2012

⏱️ 84 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Barbara Berger has been a seeker all her life – and all Barbara’s books are based on her life work which has always been to try to find a way out of suffering. Her quest to ease suffering has led Barbara to explore many different pathways and approaches – mental, physical, metaphysical, psychological and spiritual. After leaving the US in the mid-60s in protest against the Vietnam War and settling in Scandinavia, Barbara continued her quest in the 1970s with a passionate interest in the role of food in our mental and physical well-being. When she discovered in the early 1980s that health foods and diet were not enough to ensure true wellbeing, she began to study the science of the mind, the nature of consciousness, metaphysics, and finally traditional spirituality and psychology. To date, Barbara has written 15 self-empowerment books documenting and presenting the tools and insights she has discovered over the years on her quest. Her books include the international bestseller The Road to Power: Fast Food for the Soul (Books 1 & 2)(30 languages), Are You Happy Now? 10 Ways to Live a Happy Life (13 languages) and The Awakening Human Being – A Guide to the Power of Mind. In all her books, Barbara explores and explains the incredible power of mind and how we can use this power wisely to live happy lives right now, regardless of outer events and circumstances. (See a complete list of all Barbara’s books below.) Barbara's latest book Sane Self Talk / Remember What's Important and Live a Happy Life was released in Danish in Denmark in May 2012. Barbara was born and grew up in the United States but today lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. In addition to English, Barbara speaks Danish and Swedish. Barbara writes all her books in English. Barbara also gives lectures, workshops, and courses (with her son Tim Ray) and offers private sessions to individuals who wish to work intensely with her. Barbara's website Interview recorded 9/2/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Background of Barbara Berger 00:02:26 - Barbara's Awakening and Background 00:05:04 - Running Away from Home 00:07:25 - Finding Safety and Support in Sweden 00:09:40 - From Sweden to Denmark: Becoming Celebrities in Scandinavia 00:12:56 - Hitchhiking to Afghanistan 00:15:59 - From Chaos to Macrobiotics 00:19:14 - The Search for the X Factor 00:23:33 - Experiences and Spiritual Shifts 00:28:20 - The Power of Choice and Investigation Tools 00:32:54 - Observing the Mind's Stories 00:36:12 - Psychological Maturity and Sane Self-Talk 00:40:00 - Making Wise Decisions and Letting Go 00:42:40 - Understanding the Nature of Consciousness and Reality 00:45:34 - The Power of Vibrational Influence 00:47:58 - Leverage on our Intentions 00:50:12 - The Nature of Consciousness 00:52:27 - The Awakening Journey 00:54:56 - The Possibility of 24/7 Realization 00:57:33 - Spirituality and the Concept of God 00:59:32 - The Impersonal Mechanisms of the Mind 01:01:51 - Observing Thoughts and Witnessing Awareness 01:04:00 - The Absorption in Thoughts 01:06:18 - The Law of Naming 01:08:52 - Questioning Our Stories and Understanding Cause and Effect 01:11:10 - Finding Hidden Gifts in Life's Challenges 01:13:20 - Understanding the Mechanism of Mind 01:15:19 - The Progression of Spiritual Practice 01:17:12 - Embracing Your Humanity 01:19:39 - Removing Blockages for Happiness 01:22:00 - Introduction to the BATGAP YouTube Channel

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:29.4	My name is Rick Archer and my guest today, my second guest today, since I did another interview earlier, is Barbara Berger.
0:37.0	Barbara lives in Denmark, although
0:40.3	she was originally in the U.S. She left the U.S. in the mid-60s because of the Vietnam War.
0:46.5	Hooray Barbara, and settled in, yeah, right on, settled in Scandinavia.
0:54.3	You one of those people from that generation.
0:57.5	Oh yeah, I had a high draft number, so I didn't.
0:59.8	Okay, so you know what we're up against here.
1:03.4	Yeah, and it's funny because in those days, I had this very kind of spiritual attitude toward those things.
1:10.7	It's like I thought, all right,
1:11.7	well, it's really, it's raising of consciousness and meditation and all that's going to solve
1:15.4	these problems. But the older I've gotten, the more political I've gotten, actually. I find
1:21.2	myself getting more and more infuriated by various issues in the world and whatnot. Okay, okay.
1:28.3	I hear you loud and clear.
1:30.3	Well, we can talk about all of these things.
1:33.3	Yeah.
1:34.3	And so here's some little things on your website that kind of little vignettes of your life.
1:38.3	Child of Middle Class America, father, Pentagon military man.
1:42.3	That must have been interesting.
1:43.3	Rebel, runaway. I did that.
1:46.4	Sarah Lawrence College, child bride, hippie, world traveler, crusader, writer, expatriate,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rick Archer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Rick Archer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.