311. Group Discussion at Sofia University, Part 1

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2015

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

While out in California for the Science and Nonduality Conference, I had some downtime before the conference started, so I decided to tape a long panel discussion with a rather large group of friends, most of them previous guests on Batgap. Sofia University in Palo Alto (where transpersonal psychology was founded by Abraham Maslow and others), generously provided a room and video equipment. I'm especially grateful to Dr. Jeffery Martin, who conducts research there, for offering and organizing this. It was an experiment, and some were skeptical that it would work, but it did! This is part 1. The link to Part 2 is below. Participants in the morning session included: Name Other Batgap Interview(s) Website(s) Chuck Hillig 7/21/2010 chuckhillig.com Clare Blanchflower clareblanchflower.com Craig Holliday 1/3/2015, 12/19/2018*, 10/25/2019* craigholliday.com Dana Sawyer 9/29/2010, 2/9/2014*, 3/19/2016 dana-sawyer.com David Buckland 9/25/2015, 10/27/2017* davidya.ca David Ellzey 1/16/2016 davidellzey.com Francis Bennett 8/4/2012, 4/21/2013* 10/26/2013*, 5/24/2014*, 10/23/2014*, 10/21/2016, 10/25/2016* Jeffery Martin 1/25/2017 drjefferymartin.com nonsymbolic.org Kiran Trace 11/2/2013, 09/24/2015 kirantrace.com Kristin Kirk 2/16/2014, 5/24/2014* kristinkirk.com Laurie Moore 7/21/2012, 10/24/2013 counselingscottsvalley.us animiracles.com Mariana Caplan 2/3/2012, 1/6/2013, 10/25/2019* marianacaplan.com Rick Archer 6/5/2010, 3/16/2013, 5/11/2014, 10/23/2015, 10/24/2016, 10/21/2017, 12/19/2018*, 10/25/2019*, 10/27/2019 You're on it. Susanne Marie 7/7/2013, 10/24/2014*, 10/23/2016* susannemarie.org *In group discussion. Part 2 of this discussion Transcript of this discussion Recorded 10/22/2015 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to the Group Conversation 00:04:03 - Introducing the Panel 00:06:55 - What is Enlightenment or Awakening? 00:10:12 - Individual Experiences of Awarenesses 00:13:30 - Integration and Human Integration 00:17:55 - Direct experience and the recognition of pure emptiness 00:22:17 - The Sonar-ic Being and Enlightenment 00:25:34 - Embracing the Silence, Recognizing Mind Activity 00:29:44 - Embracing the Present Moment 00:33:29 - Awakening as an Ever-Evolving Process 00:36:37 - Becoming Sensing Beings 00:40:09 - The Uniqueness of Being 00:43:13 - The Value of Words and Identity 00:45:51 - Awakening from Awakening 00:48:30 - Awakening into Divinity Plus Humanity 00:51:42 - The Movement of Formlessness to Form 00:54:38 - Exploring the Layers of Identity 00:57:51 - Dissolution of Self and Unity Consciousness 01:01:17 - Oneness in Brokenness 01:04:04 - The Challenges of Teaching and Compassion 01:06:43 - Enlightenment and Torture 01:09:38 - The Journey of Growth and Enlightenment 01:12:52 - Finding Peace in the Chaos 01:15:57 - Surrendering to Love 01:19:01 - Practical Integration and Life Decisions 01:21:53 - The Changing Landscape of Awakening 01:24:58 - The Diversity of Experiences 01:29:51 - The Spacious Quality of Experience 01:34:18 - Exploring Emotion and Persistence 01:38:43 - The Dance of Love and Joy 01:43:12 - Musical Interlude Save Save

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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 I'm with a bunch of friends out in California, most of us for the Science and Non-Duality Conference.
0:33.6	But we had a whole day to fill with something useful, and so I've been having
0:38.5	the impulse to have a group conversation with a relatively large number of people, as you'll
0:44.6	see in a minute when I introduce them.
0:46.7	It may seem a little crazy to try to have a conversation with this many people, but I'm
0:50.8	a little crazy, so it seems perfectly normal to me seem normally you
0:54.9	guys okay welcome to the monkey house we're just getting started I'm gonna
1:02.0	introduce the people who are here this whole thing is a little bit informal
1:06.6	some people will be coming in and joining us as we proceed. Some people might need to leave.
1:11.9	So we're just going to see how it rolls.
1:14.4	Just showing up is Susanna Marie.
1:17.5	She's a spiritual teacher living in Grass Valley area,
1:20.4	and she's here for the conference.
1:22.3	Sitting next to her is one of my favorite authors,
1:25.0	Mariana Kaplan, has written some wonderful books,
1:27.2	halfway up the mountain, the era of premature claims to awaken. is one of my favorite authors, Marianna Kaplan, who's written some wonderful books, halfway
1:27.8	up the mountain, the era of premature claims to awakening, and a couple of books about whether
1:33.4	you need a guru and so on. I love Marianne's books and read several of them before I even
1:37.6	met her. Dana Sawyer, who's an old friend of mine, I instructed him in Transcendental Meditation
1:43.1	in 1971, and haven't seen him
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