512. Tom Kurzka

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2019

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Over his lifetime Tom has dived deeply into inner work while simultaneously living a householder life. Through an ongoing revelation of living in the moment, he integrates the insights of the most sophisticated western-developed psychologies with the ongoing unitive consciousness with which he has been blessed since the year 2000. Tom uses these skills and this wisdom to guide those dedicated and willing to go courageously inward, often finding and releasing blocks to spiritual awakening which originated in earliest, often pre-verbal, childhood. After being asked to teach, Tom has been sharing this work for over 19 years. His sessions give attendees a taste of what he exudes, a patient tender Love that is our true interconnected nature. His focus on connection to the immediacy of felt sensation enables potent transformations to readily manifest. His work and presence is an acknowledgment that our beautiful imperfect human condition is completely embraced by the wide openness of Life itself, even when the most uncomfortable aspects of ourselves appear. Tom is known for his humility and a profound acceptance of what is. Throughout his life, he has worked in numerous jobs in multiple disciplines — from basic minimum wage to corporate executive, from grade school teacher to construction contractor, from graphic designer to writer. He has been married to his wife, Dawn, for almost 40 years and they have one daughter. Website: tomkurzka.org Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview. Interview recorded August 3, 2019 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:05:44 - Childhood Moments of Connection 00:10:47 - Unity consciousness and celestial perception 00:15:41 - Feeling Yourself as the Space 00:19:46 - A Trip Down Memory Lane 00:24:14 - The Fractured World 00:27:57 - Losing My Mind 00:31:53 - Meditation Experiences 00:36:04 - The Mystical Element in All Traditions 00:39:49 - Integrating Fear in Meditation Practice 00:43:45 - Fear of Annihilation 00:48:03 - The Fractured Mind 00:52:11 - Physiological Transformation and Unraveling 00:56:03 - Transition to Awakening 01:00:22 - Recognition of Oneness 01:04:20 - Seeing Perspectives from God's Point of View 01:08:14 - Imperfect Human Beings and the Beauty of Being Human 01:12:30 - Reliving Early Trauma and Connecting with Loved Ones 01:16:48 - The Purpose of Life and Continuing Evolution 01:20:48 - Finding Aliveness Beneath the Bleakness 01:25:06 - The Gut Awakening 01:29:18 - The Personal Essence and the Vastness 01:33:09 - The Zone and Spontaneous Flow 01:37:23 - The Connection Between Divine Intelligence and Human Behavior 01:41:38 - The Sun's Expansion and Earth's Destruction 01:45:34 - Higher Standards in the Spiritual Community 01:49:26 - Transitioning to Full-Time Teaching 01:53:40 - The Body's Subtle Bracing 01:57:51 - Receiving and Listening 02:01:55 - Building Connections in Local Communities 02:05:43 - Goodbye Rick

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer. Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing series of conversations. We've changed it because that's what they are with spiritually awakening people. I've done over 500
0:38.7	of them now. And if this is new to you and you'd like to check out previous ones, please go to
0:43.8	batgap.com, B-A-T-G-A-P, and look under the past interviews menu where you'll see them organized
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0:56.7	we appreciate that. That's what makes it possible for us to do this. There's a PayPal button on
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1:08.4	So my guest today is Tom Kurska. That's right pronunciation, isn't Tom?
1:13.2	Yeah, you've got to write Kerska. Kerska. Good. Tom lives out in Eugene, Oregon and has an
1:20.0	interesting story, which we'll be getting into. I'll just read a little bit of his bio that he sent me.
1:25.3	Over his lifetime, Tom has dived deeply into inner
1:29.0	work while simultaneously living a household or life. Through an ongoing revelation of living in the
1:34.7	moment, he integrates the insights of the most sophisticated Western developed psychologies with the
1:40.0	ongoing intuitive consciousness with which he has been blessed since the year 2000.
1:45.6	Tom uses these skills and this wisdom to guide those dedicated and willing to go
1:49.7	courageously inward, often finding and releasing blocks to spiritual awakening,
1:54.0	which originated in earliest often pre-verbal childhood.
1:58.2	After being asked to teach, who asked you to teach, Tom?
2:02.1	Several. I'm Joel Moorwood in 2000. And then a subsequent, oh, some people here
2:09.2	cornered me one day and had me teach after I had left the center. And then another teacher I
2:16.8	worked with childhood issues, David G. David Waldman,
2:21.9	the just that I teach. So they keep cornering me, Rick. I can't help myself. I've never
2:28.7	myself gone after it. It just comes to me. They say, we have ways of making you teach. Yeah, that's it. That's it.
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