476. Leanne Whitney

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2018

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Leanne Whitney Ph.D. is an independent scholar in the fields of depth psychology and consciousness studies. She specializes in the intersection of Western psychology and the Eastern liberatory traditions. For over twenty-five years Leanne has researched the mind body connection and, over the last fifteen plus years, their interrelation with pure consciousness. Trained in depth psychology, yoga, and craniosacral therapy, in her private practice, Leanne works with clients one-on-one to resolve mental, emotional, and physical blocks which obscure the ever-present alignment of the authentic Self. Working with clients online as well as in person, her practice is international, spanning four continents. Her clientele is diverse; racially, socio-economically, and in sexual orientation. Leanne is the author of Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali (Routledge, 2018) as well as several academic papers. Her published papers for the open access journal Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy include: Innate and Emergent: Jung, Yoga and the Archetype of the Self Meet the Objective Measures of Affective Neuroscience; Jung, Yoga and Affective Neuroscience: Towards a Contemporary Science of the Sacred; and Jung in Dialogue with Freud and Patañjali: Instinct, Affective Neuroscience, and the Reconciliation of Science and Religious Experience, Book: Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali (Research in Analytical Psychology and Jungian Studies) Website: leannewhitney.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this interview Interview recorded November 9, 2018 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:20 - A Burst of Light and Pure Consciousness 00:07:46 - The Radically Reordered Life 00:11:12 - The Reality of Consciousness and Power in the Universe 00:15:11 - Jung's Philosophy of Consciousness 00:19:30 - Tools and Experience in Consciousness Exploration 00:23:47 - Knowing the Boundaries of Knowledge 00:27:43 - The Importance of Grounding and Pure Consciousness 00:31:31 - Paradigm Shift and Predatory Capitalism 00:35:19 - Investigating religious and spiritual claims 00:39:18 - The Misinterpretation of Anatta in Buddhism 00:43:23 - The Agitation within Western Thought 00:47:28 - Managing the Pace of Life and Strengthening the Nervous System 00:51:30 - A Gradual Shift Towards a Return to Nature 00:55:25 - Yoga and the Philosophy of Integration 00:59:27 - The Dissociation between Mind and Body 01:03:24 - Awakening and Aligning Consciousness 01:07:31 - Integrating Thought Forms 01:12:03 - Submitting Questions for Interviews 01:16:00 - Ashtanga Yoga and the Yamas and Niyamas 01:19:42 - The Importance of Behavior in Spiritual Development 01:23:55 - The Clarification of Contemporary Spirituality 01:27:58 - The Boundlessness of Consciousness 01:31:48 - Exploring the Cosmic Mind 01:35:58 - Understanding Truth and the Spiritual Epidemic 01:40:12 - The Subjectivity of Consciousness and the Limits of Science 01:44:23 - The Dismantling of Structures 01:48:11 - Releasing on Different Levels: Individual, Family, and Culture 01:52:28 - Accessing Untapped Potential and Bridging the Gap in Financial Issues 01:56:19 - Navigating Financial Freedom and Spiritual Practice 02:00:14 - Transformational Coaching and Cranial Sacral Therapy

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha the Gas Pump.
0:27.6	My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.6	Buddha of the Gas Pump is an ongoing series of interviews with spiritually awakening people
0:34.6	and discussions about spiritual topics and so on.
0:39.3	I've done hundreds of them now and if this is new to you and you'd like to check out previous ones,
0:44.3	please go to batgap.com and look under the past interviews menu and you'll see
0:49.3	all the previous ones organized in various ways.
0:52.3	This program is made possible by the support of appreciative listeners and viewers.
0:58.6	It's made freely available to everyone, but we do rely upon contributions by those who feel inclined to contribute.
1:05.8	So if you're one of such people, then there's a PayPal button on every page of the site.
1:13.6	My guest today is Leanne Whitney. Leanne is a, she has a PhD, she's an independent scholar in the fields of depth psychology
1:18.6	and consciousness studies.
1:20.6	She specializes in the intersection of Western psychology and the Eastern liberatory traditions.
1:25.6	And by liberatory we mean traditions which promote or allow or encourage liberation.
1:34.9	That's what that word means.
1:36.6	For over 25 years, Leanne has researched the mind-body connection.
1:40.7	And over the last 15 plus years years their integration with pure consciousness.
1:46.0	Trained in depth psychology, yoga and cranial sacral therapy in her private practice,
1:52.0	Leanne works with clients one-on-one to resolve mental, emotional, and physical blocks
1:57.0	which obscure the ever-present alignment of the authentic self, capital-s self.
2:02.6	Working with clients online as well as in person, her practice is international,
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