621. Connie Zweig

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is a retired therapist, co-author of Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature and Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life, author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality, and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Story of the Great Sufi Poet Rumi. Her new book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, extends shadow-work into late life and teaches aging as a spiritual practice. Connie has been doing contemplative practices for 50 years. She is a wife and grandmother and was initiated as an Elder by Sage-ing International in 2017. After investing in all these roles, she is practicing the shift from role to soul. Website: conniezweig.com Email: [email protected] Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded October 22, 2021. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:03:59 - The Different Stages of My Life 00:07:38 - The Already Enlightened Governors of the Age of Enlightenment 00:10:58 - The Urgency of Enlightenment 00:14:30 - Understanding Enlightenment and Charismatic Teachers 00:17:46 - Spiritual Development at Every Stage of Life 00:21:21 - Transition in Identity 00:25:10 - Late Life Identity Crisis 00:29:38 - The Challenge of Finding Time for Everything 00:33:07 - The Unconscious and the Shadow in Conscious Aging Movement 00:37:25 - Witnessing and Shadow Work 00:40:54 - The Contents of Consciousness Spilled Out 00:44:35 - The Importance of Awareness and Mortality 00:48:43 - Ageism and Shifting Identity 00:52:50 - The Inner Work of Aging 00:56:42 - Unfinished Spiritual Business 01:00:44 - Unfinished Business in the Spiritual Journey 01:05:12 - Finding Guidance in Inner Work 01:08:56 - The Shift from Hero to Elder 01:13:06 - Finding Refuge in Spiritual Practice 01:16:49 - Completing the Ego Story 01:21:17 - The Orientation Towards Life and Death 01:24:32 - The Importance of Discernment on the Spiritual Path 01:28:24 - Cultivating Self-awareness for Contribution to the Common Good 01:32:25 - Improving the Level of Consciousness 01:36:13 - Preventing Mental Decline and Memory Loss 01:40:03 - Astonishing Moments in Deathbed Experiences 01:44:03 - Awakening Practices and Life Completion 01:47:32 - Expanding the Frame of Reference 01:51:05 - The Soul's Longing for Transcendence 01:54:36 - Farewell to Rick Archer

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.9	Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people.
0:36.4	I've done about 620 of them now. And if this is new to you
0:40.5	and you'd like to check out previous ones, please go to batgap.com, BAT, GAP, and look under the
0:48.0	past interviews menu. This program is made possible through the support of appreciative listeners and viewers.
0:55.7	So if you appreciate it, we'd like to help support it.
0:58.0	There's a PayPal button on every page of the website.
1:00.7	And there's also a donations page, which explains a few other alternatives.
1:04.8	My guest today is an old friend, Connie Zweig.
1:08.6	Welcome, Connie.
1:09.9	Hi, Rick.
1:14.8	The reason I know Connie is that for quite a few years before I started Bat Gap, she and I participated in a local satsong, I guess you'd call it. It was just a gathering in
1:21.6	somebody's living room where we talked for several hours every Wednesday night. And when Connie was home in California, she and her husband would join by speakerphone, and
1:31.7	often they would visit Fairfield and come there in person.
1:36.8	It was during that period where I first had the idea to do Batgap.
1:42.1	The guy in whose home we met really encouraged me. At first, I was conceiving of it as
1:47.2	something I would do on the local radio station, and they weren't interested. But for several
1:52.7	months, I was sort of like haranguing with them and trying to convince them it would be a good idea.
1:57.6	And then we had a meeting one night there, one of those Wednesday night
2:00.8	meetings. And I remember I was sitting by the windows. Connie was on the couch. And I started going on
2:06.5	about the radio station. And Connie said, forget the radio station. He said, you're thinking too small.
2:11.2	You know, get it out on the internet. Don't waste our time to talk about this radio station.
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