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Buddha at the Gas Pump

164. Brian Piergrossi

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7695 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2013

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Author of The Big Glow and The Wow of the Now, Spiritual Teacher, and Life Coach. At the age of 20 years old, Brian was suddenly struck by a mysterious, debilitating illness, later labeled chronic fatigue syndrome, that lasted for years, leaving him in intense, daily, physical pain and too weak to effectively function in society. When no medical or other authority figure could explain the suffering that was happening to him, Brian made it his life commitment to inquire into human suffering. What began was over 11 years of committed, serious inquiry, study and personal application into the fields of spirituality, religion, psychology, sociology, cosmology, ecology, health, arts, science, yoga, as well as the core of the enlightenment and self-realization teachings. After leading a quiet, simple life for over a decade, Brian felt a passionate calling to share his straight forward, timeless, spiritual truths for the 21st Century in a modern context with those who are ready and interested. Since that time, Brian has dedicated himself full time, professionally, and privately, to supporting the path of transformation, spiritual liberation and Self-Realization in individuals, families and communities around the world. With the unrelenting sole intention of educating and facilitating the awakening of consciousness and creating the New Earth inside individuals and communities around the world, Brian Piergrossi  is an emerging voice of awakened spirituality, peak performance and human potential in the 21st Century. Facebook:  http://facebook.com/brianthebigglow Twitter: http://twitter.com/brianthebigglow Youtube:  http://youtube.com/brianthebigglow “When the pillars of my limited mind collapsed, the roof caved in and I could take in the beauty of the stars.” - Brian Piergrossi The Big Glow Transcript of this interview Interview Recorded 3/2/2013 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction: Brian Piergrossi 00:03:29 - The Mind-Body Connection and the Cause of Suffering 00:06:18 - Exploring Holistic Modalities and Healing 00:09:08 - Listening to the Signals of the Body and Mind 00:11:55 - The Evolution of Consciousness within the Realm of Space and Time 00:15:10 - The Joy of Learning and Exploring 00:18:07 - Exploring the Absolute and the Relative 00:20:27 - The Experience in the Present Moment 00:23:12 - The Stillness of Life and the Flow of Life 00:26:29 - Integrating Spiritual Awakening into Daily Life 00:28:58 - The Integration and Cognition of the Absolute 00:31:52 - The Clarity and Integration of Awakening 00:35:09 - The Recognition of Fulfillment within 00:38:19 - The Magic of Being in the Moment 00:41:10 - The Illusion of Division and Conditioning 00:43:42 - Awakening Beyond Time and Space 00:46:41 - The Kingdom of Heaven Within 00:49:07 - Living from Awakened Consciousness 00:51:27 - Awakening to the Essence of Who You Are 00:53:36 - Recognizing the Illusion of the Ego 00:55:44 - Being Fully Present in the Now 00:58:35 - Bringing Back to the Truth 01:01:46 - Evolution of Teaching and Criticism of the Non-Dual Community 01:04:53 - Non-Duality and the Transcendence of Form 01:07:44 - Moving Forward from the Old Teachings 01:10:08 - The Excitement of New Wave Teachers and Healers 01:13:20 - Integrating Silence with Activity 01:16:14 - Awakening to Power and the Non-dual Community 01:18:30 - Teaching and Coaching for Personal Growth 01:20:10 - Being Fully Engaged and Empowered 01:21:50 - Concluding Remarks

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 Brian Piergrosi.

0:32.8

Welcome, Brian.

0:34.1

Thank you, Rick.

0:34.9

Great to be here.

0:35.9

Brian lives in the Asheville area, right?

0:38.3

That's correct.

0:39.3

There's a hotbed of spirituality.

0:41.3

I can't wait to get down there, I mean, I know so many people down there.

0:45.3

That's Asheville, North Carolina, for those of you who don't know your U.S. geography.

0:50.3

And there's a lot of details on the bio page of your website.

0:55.0

I thought that rather than reading them, I would just have you kind of introduce yourself,

0:59.1

and we'll probably cover a lot of these points in the course of the interview.

1:03.0

So how would you like to introduce yourself?

1:06.0

Yeah, it's an interesting.

1:06.8

I was just, as you were researching me, I was researching you a little

1:11.6

bit yesterday, looking at some of the little bit of the, not in the, not in the, beyond the show,

1:16.4

but in the, listening to some of the archives of the show and so forth. There was an interesting

1:20.3

question that you brought forth with one of the guests, which was, do you share the story of

1:25.8

yourself and your life, or do you say that, that you know I'm not the story of my life

1:28.8

and not my life and kind of and that's that's the question that I always kind of look at and and

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