300. Cheryl Abram

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2015

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Cheryl Abram is a mother of 4 from southern Louisiana. She’s a graduate of the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. and holds a Master's degrees in Social Work in Quality Systems Management. Cheryl currently lives in Northern Virginia and works as a learning and development specialist in a federal agency in Washington DC. After an undeniable experience that reminded her of our inherent value…without the need of a “savior”, Cheryl is now passionate about spreading the good news that belief is not necessary. We are already innocent, eternal, and free. Book: Firing God Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 7/25/2015 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to "Buddha at the Gas Pump" and 300th Guest Celebration 00:04:46 - Fear of God and Deserving Salvation 00:09:06 - The Necessity of the Journey 00:13:11 - Searching for Happiness and Meaning 00:17:25 - A Moment of Honesty with God 00:21:45 - The Loss of the Original Essence of Religion 00:25:55 - Discovering My Heritage 00:30:29 - Questioning the Bible and Finding Different Perspectives 00:34:39 - The Weird Experience and the Search for Answers 00:38:38 - Piercing the Fear Membrane 00:42:48 - Introducing Non-believers to the Community 00:47:33 - The Shift from Belief to Permanence 00:51:48 - The Importance of Honesty and Identity 00:55:50 - Feeling Safe and Helping Others 00:59:43 - Beliefs and Authenticity 01:03:50 - The Nature of Beliefs 01:08:06 - The Possibility of Experiencing What Jesus Taught 01:12:05 - The Wonder of Existence 01:17:02 - The intelligence that governs the universe 01:21:49 - Inclusive Communication 01:25:46 - The Concept of Sin and Responsibility 01:29:57 - Acting from a level of consciousness 01:33:51 - The Misconception of Disabilities in the Bible 01:37:57 - The Burden of Guilt and Taking Responsibility 01:41:56 - The Pursuit of Perfection and Responsibility 01:45:45 - Seeing Kindness 01:50:07 - Letting Go of Punishment and Ego-Aggrandizement 01:53:39 - The Relatability of Personal Experiences 01:57:35 - Safety and Authenticity in Interviews 02:01:40 - The Power of Forgiveness 02:05:12.000 - Concluding Remarks

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:27.6	My name is Rick Archer, and this is a show in which I interview people who have had a spiritual awakening,
0:34.6	are in the process of having spiritual awakening and so on. Cheryl, Abram, today's guest, is my 300th guest. So send her a cake or something.
0:44.3	Cheryl is a mother of four from southern Louisiana. She's a graduate of Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
0:53.3	and holds a master's degree in social
0:55.9	work and in quality systems management. She currently lives in Northern Virginia and works as a
1:02.2	learning and development specialist in a federal agency in D.C. After an undeniable experience that
1:08.7	reminded her of our inherent value without the need of a quote,
1:11.6	Savior, Cheryl is now passionate about spreading the good news that belief is not necessary.
1:16.6	We are already innocent, eternal, and free.
1:19.6	Cheryl has written a book called Firing God, which I've read twice now, first a few months ago when you first sent it to me and then again just this week.
1:27.9	It's a nice short little book that tells Cheryl's whole story, but we're going to cover
1:32.4	it here in this interview.
1:34.4	Let's do the usual thing, Cheryl.
1:36.0	Let's kind of go back and talk about your growing up period and all that a little
1:38.8	bit just so people get to know you and then we'll get into all kinds of other things.
1:42.4	So you grew up on a pecan plantation, was it, in southern Louisiana?
1:46.5	Yes, it was a plantation.
1:48.5	It was called Pecan Grove because we had a lot of pecan trees on the plantation.
1:54.2	And when they'd fall off the tree, we'd pick them off the ground and my grandfather and
1:59.5	my uncles, they put them in these huge sacks and we'd sell
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