501. Daniel Schmidt

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Daniel is the creator of the award-winning film "Inner Worlds Outer Worlds" as well as the ongoing "Samadhi" series. He is also the founder of the Awaken The World initiative whose purpose is to bring the ancient teachings of Samadhi back to the world for free (in as many languages as possible) Daniel's approach combines self-inquiry with traditional forms meditation so that participants have the opportunity to simultaneously realize their transcendent nature, and to purify themselves of conditioned patterns. The pathless path is to realize an ever-deepening development process within the self-structure, and to simultaneously realize what is always already beyond the self-structure. Samadhi is when the world that is constantly changing merges or unites with the changeless. Website: awakentheworld.com YouTube Channel Inner Worlds Outer Worlds - Part 1 - Akasha Inner Worlds Outer Worlds - Part 2 - The Spiral Inner Worlds Outer Worlds - Part 3 - The Serpant and the Lotus Inner Worlds Outer Worlds - Part 4 - Beyond Thinking Samadhi Parts 1 and 2 - DVD Blu-ray Combo Pack Samadhi Free Guided Meditations and Instructions Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview Interview recorded May 6, 2019 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:28 - Kundalini Awakening and Terrifying Experiences 00:08:44 - The Terror of Ego Dissolution in Spiritual Awakening 00:13:18 - Exploring Christian Influences 00:18:18 - Battling Diabetes & Discovering Meditation 00:23:44 - Identification with the Dan Structure and the Truth of What We Are 00:28:59 - Techniques for Purifying the Mind and Body 00:33:55 - Cultivating Stillness and Grace 00:38:12 - The Physiology of Spiritual Practice 00:42:25 - The Benefits of Regular Meditation Practice 00:46:51 - Levels of Existence: The Energy and Mind 00:52:07 - The Illusion of Self 00:57:06 - The Persecution of Galileo and the Search for Truth 01:02:30 - The Profound Intelligence of Creation 01:07:19 - The Value of Ruthless Honesty 01:12:24 - Experiencing Reality in Different Ways 01:17:19 - The Ineffability of Spiritual Experience 01:21:34 - The Proliferation of Ancient Esoteric Teachings 01:26:18 - The Importance of Experiencing Life for Energetic Growth 01:31:27 - Finding Freedom: Breaking Conditioned Patterns 01:35:11 - A Beer and the Awakening 01:39:15 - The Self-Organizing Aspect of Existence 01:43:51 - The Unfathomable Intelligence 01:48:41 - Alignment with Awareness and Dancing the Dance 01:53:11 - Playing with our True Nature 01:58:03 - Daily Meditation Practice and Dropping Mind Patterns 02:02:38 - Sharing and Learning on the Spiritual Path 02:07:06 - Yoga, Meditation, and Chainsaw Healing 02:11:40 - Healing through Diet and Skepticism 02:14:57 - Meditation Retreats and Self-Directed Practice 02:18:55 - Closing Remarks

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump.
0:28.5	Buddha at the Gas Pump is an ongoing series of interviews with spiritually awakening people.
0:33.9	I've done over 500 of them now, and if this is new to you and you'd like to check out previous ones,
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1:03.0	there's a PayPal button on every page of the site.
1:06.0	My guest today is Daniel Schmidt.
1:08.4	Daniel is the creator of the award-winning film Inner World's Outer Worlds,
1:14.0	as well as the ongoing Samadhi series. He's also the founder of the Awake in the World Initiative,
1:22.4	whose purpose it is to bring the ancient teachings of samadhi back to the world for free in as many languages as possible.
1:30.6	We'll be defining samadhi in a few minutes.
1:33.4	Dan's approach combines self-inquiry with traditional forms of meditation
1:37.9	so that participants have the opportunity to simultaneously realize their transcendent nature
1:42.9	and to purify themselves of conditioned patterns.
1:46.0	The pathless path is to realize an ever-deepening development process within the self-structure
1:52.0	and to simultaneously realize what is always already beyond the self-structure.
1:57.0	Samadhi is when the world that is constantly changing merges or unites with the changeless.
2:02.6	That's a good definition. So welcome, Daniel.
2:05.6	Thanks for having me.
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