153. Mandi Solk, 2nd Interview

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2013

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Mandi Solk lives in the town of Huddersfield in Yorkshire, England, UK. Mandi teaches Self-Enquiry based on the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and following in the footsteps of Papaji and Mooji and is dedicated to guiding all who are drawn to Truth to the recognition of who they truly are - FREE right now! She has written a book: ‘The Joy of No Self’, endorsed by Scott Kiloby and Jeff Foster, and she will soon be working on another, which will focus on Self-Enquiry. On her website, you can book individual Skype sessions with her or arrange for her to lead Satsangs in your area. She has written two books: 'The Joy of No Self', endorsed by Scott Kiloby and Jeff Foster Is-Ness Is Your Only Biz-Ness: Highly Potent Power-Poems with the Power to Transform, Inspire, Heal, and Awaken to Liberation Website Interview recorded 12/15/2012 First interview with Mandi. Transcript of this interview YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - A Change of Perspective and the Power of Self-Inquiry 00:03:14 - Liberation Through Self-Inquiry 00:07:11 - The Missing Joy in Non-duality 00:11:10 - Seeing Through the Traps of the Ego 00:14:49 - The Variety of Spiritual Paths 00:17:42 - The Universality of the Spiritual Path 00:21:13 - The Importance of Self-Realization 00:25:27 - Coming back to Silence 00:29:25 - The Illusion of the Self 00:33:04 - Letting go of Unhelpful Thoughts 00:36:30 - The Disconnect Between Meditation and Daily Life 00:40:27 - The Addictive Stillness 00:44:09 - The Fear of Losing Your Mind 00:48:02 - Gradual Dissipation of Fear and the Expansion of Presence 00:51:46 - The Power of Non-Reaction 00:55:58 - The Effort in Trying to be a Good Person 00:59:12 - Letting Go of Anger 01:03:08 - Fixation on the Absolute vs. Embracing the Relative 01:06:44 - The Sense of Freedom and Liberation 01:10:12 - The Paradox of Levels of Existence 01:13:19 - The Illusion of a Personal Self 01:16:35 - The Faint Remains of Ignorance 01:20:20 - Living through Individual Karma 01:23:45 - The Pleasure of Self-Inquiry 01:27:02 - The Traps of the Mind 01:30:00 - The Mistake of Fitting into Someone Else's Roadmap 01:34:07 - The Endless Possibilities of Life 01:38:04 - Deepening Love and Continued Expansion 01:41:30 - The Value of Fragrance of Peace 01:44:54 - Reflecting on the Journey of Understanding 01:47:23 - Stay Relevant to the Interview

Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:29.0	My name is Rick Archer, and my guest this week is Mandy Sulk.
0:32.9	Hello, Mandy.
0:34.1	Hello, Rick.
0:35.7	I interviewed Mandy about two years ago, two years ago, February.
0:41.3	And for one thing, there was a technical problem, and her side of the video didn't come
0:45.8	through, so we have still shots of Mandy the whole time.
0:48.3	This time we're going to have an animated Mandy, the real thing. And she, about a few weeks ago, Mandy sent me an email, which kind of really caught my attention.
1:01.0	It's a little long, but if you don't mind, I'll read it.
1:03.0	She said, since doing that interview, I had a complete change of position, which caused me to
1:08.0	reverse a lot of the things I was saying at the time, and I really want to have a chance to put that right. Because of many awakenings I had, I really
1:15.2	believed liberation had happened, and it turned out not to be the case. In fact, sometimes,
1:20.6	and in my case, awakenings can hinder any chance of liberation, because you actually stop
1:25.7	looking and think you are liberated when
1:27.5	you aren't and then start talking about it too early. At this point in reading an email, I didn't
1:33.0	know whether to say hallelujah or nanner, nanner. I told you so because I've been harping on this
1:36.8	point for the last three years in these interviews. But let me continue. The egoic statement,
1:43.5	there's nothing that you can do was what I was saying at the time because it seemed to be my experience.
1:49.0	But then I got deeply into self-inquiry and spent hundreds of hours over months and months in inquiry, meditation, between two to three hours a day.
1:57.0	My passion for freedom was like a laser beam of white fire until there was
2:02.0	a solid breakthrough. I realized that this is the surefire way of getting to the root of the
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