571. Tricia Barker

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Tricia Barker experienced a profound near-death experience during her senior year of college, and this experience guided her to teach overseas, in public schools, and at the college level. Her story has been featured on Life to Afterlife: Death and Back, National Geographic Magazine, Women’s World Magazine, Coast to Coast AM, and The Doctor Oz Show. Tricia’s memoir, Angels in the OR: What Dying Taught Me About Healing, Survival, and Transformation is also available through Audible. This book tells a story of her near-death experience, teaching mission, and eventual triumph over childhood trauma. The book focuses on the importance being of service to the world. A screenplay is in the works for her story. Tricia is a graduate of The University of Texas. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Currently, she teaches English and Creative Writing at a beautiful community college in Fort Worth, Texas. She interviews other near-death experiencers, researchers, healers, spiritual teachers, and mediums on her YouTube Channel. Tricia’s poetry and essays have been published in several academic publications. Poems: Loving Narcissus & Sometimes God: Poems The Self, The Other, and God: Poems Website: triciabarkernde.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview. Interview recorded October 3, 2020 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to "Buddha at the Gas Pump" with Rick Archer 00:04:19 - Joy in Telling Stories 00:08:15 - Psychic bond between parents and children 00:12:14 - Encountering Light Beings in the Operating Room 00:16:00 - Personal Guardian Angels 00:19:38 - Connecting with Subtle Beings and Angels 00:23:58 - The Role of Practice and Learning in Spiritual Development 00:27:47 - Connecting to an All-Knowing Energy 00:31:24 - Healing Trauma and Awakening 00:35:09 - The Need in Low-Income Schools 00:38:38 - Oneness with Everyone and Messages from the Cosmos 00:42:28 - A Heavenly Encounter with Grandfather and God 00:46:38 - The Personal Form of God and Near-Death Experiences 00:50:37 - The Annoyance of Oneness with Everyone 00:54:34 - Channeling Insight into Helping Students 00:58:41 - Inspiring Healing and Change in Traumatized Students 01:02:41 - The Impact of Trauma on Society 01:06:43 - The Impact of Meditation in Schools 01:10:38 - The Power of Community and Support 01:14:58 - Faith and Near-Death Experiences 01:18:04 - Near-death Experiences and Letting Go 01:21:40 - Using Literature to Analyze Culture 01:25:38 - Themes in Near-Death Experiences 01:29:52 - Connecting to Intuition and Discerning Truth 01:33:34 - Contact with Loved Ones on the Other Side 01:37:35 - Unfairness and Healing Perspectives 01:41:22 - Healing from Contracts and the Virtue of Justice 01:45:12 - Robin Williams' Message of Healing 01:48:55 - Embracing the Gift of Life and Spiritual Connection 01:53:04 - Workshops, Summits, and Readings on YouTube 01:56:30 - Upcoming Interviews and Farewell

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:27.7	My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.7	Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people.
0:35.8	I've done 560 something of them now. If this is new to you
0:39.7	and you'd like to check out previous ones, please go to batgap.com, B-A-T-G-A-P, and look under the
0:47.0	past interviews menu. This program is made possible by the support of appreciative listeners and viewers.
0:54.9	So if you appreciate it and we'd like to help support it, there's a PayPal button on every page of the website.
1:00.3	And also there's a page with instructions for people who would rather not use PayPal.
1:06.3	My guest today is Trisha Barker.
1:09.1	Let's say hi to Trisha before I read her bio. Hi, Trisha.
1:12.4	Hey, so happy to be here. Good to have you.
1:16.6	Trisha experienced a profound near-death experience, which she'll tell us about in the next few minutes, during her senior year of college. And this experience guided her to do all kinds of things, to teach overseas, to teach in public schools, and also at the college level.
1:30.8	Her story has been featured in a number of publications, National Geographic magazine, Woman's World magazine, Coast to Coast AM, which is a radio show and Dr. Oz show.
1:42.4	Her memoir, Angels and the O.R, what dying taught me about healing, survival,
1:47.0	and transformation, is available on Amazon as you would expect, and it's also available as an
1:53.3	audiobook through Audible.com. The book tells a story of her near-death experience,
1:59.0	her teaching mission, and her eventual triumph over childhood trauma.
2:03.3	It focuses on the importance of being in service to the world. A screenplay is in the works for her
2:09.3	story. Tricia is a graduate of the University of Texas. She received her MFA and creative writing
2:15.4	from Goddard College. Currently, she teaches English and creative writing at a beautiful community college in Fort Worth, Texas.
2:22.8	She also has an interview show in which she interviews other near-death experiences and researchers and healers and spiritual teachers and mediums.
2:31.6	And that's on her YouTube channel, which I will link to in the show notes.
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