622. Rhonda Byrne

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Rhonda Byrne is the creator of The Secret, a documentary film that swept the world in 2006, changing millions of lives and igniting a global movement. Her follow-up book, also entitled The Secret, became a worldwide bestseller, translated into more than 50 languages. Rhonda has since released another five bestselling books covering such topics as the power of love, gratitude, the law of attraction, and the hero’s journey to success. Her latest and most important book to date, The Greatest Secret, is a quantum leap that takes the reader beyond the material and helps them discover who they truly are. Rhonda also served as a producer on the inspirational 2020 family movie, The Secret: Dare to Dream, based on her book The Secret. The film stars Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas, and Jerry O’Connell. For more information on Rhonda and her work, visit thesecret.tv. Rhonda holds live Q&As from time to time on Facebook and Instagram. Past ones are archived here. Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded November 6, 2021. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:03 - The Power of Dreams and Discovering Purpose 00:08:24 - The Difficult Year and Opening the Mind 00:12:34 - The Journey of Making "The Secret" and Going Against the Norm 00:16:44 - Breaking the Limits of the Mind 00:20:08 - The End of the Search and the Awakening 00:24:20 - The Search Comes to an End 00:28:43 - The Adventure Continues 00:33:09 - Different Perspectives on the Path 00:37:07 - Encouraging seekers to go to the third level 00:41:02 - The Perceptiveness of a Teacher 00:44:48 - The Refinement of Consciousness 00:49:14 - The Fallibility of Investing in a Teacher 00:53:57 - The Teacher and The Wonder 00:57:57 - The Great Resignation and Questioning Society 01:02:11 - Using the Law of Attraction After Awakening 01:07:06 - Manifestation and the Power of Desires 01:11:00 - The Mechanics of Divine Timing 01:15:27 - Becoming a Hollow Bamboo 01:20:23 - The Power of a Settled Mind 01:24:30 - Discovering the Presence Within 01:29:11 - The Main Problem: Dog Pee 01:34:02 - The Power of Meditation and Mindfulness 01:38:28 - Letting Go and the Power of Non-Resistance 01:42:47 - Overcoming Mind Thoughts 01:46:59 - The Attachment to Desire 01:51:11 - The Fleeting Nature of Happiness 01:55:12 - Happiness as the Ultimate Purpose 01:58:58 - The Impact of Teachers on the Journey 02:03:17 - Global Enlightenment through Communication 02:06:52 - Thank you for having me

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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
0:30.8	series of conversations with spiritually awakening people. I've done about 620 of them now.
0:38.8	And so if this is new to you and you'd like to check out previous ones,
0:42.8	please go to batgap.com, B-A-T-G-A-P,
0:46.6	and look under the past interviews menu.
0:49.7	You can also subscribe to the YouTube channel and explore it on YouTube,
0:52.8	but on batgcap.com,
0:54.5	we have a better kind of organization system with categorical listings and chronological
1:00.6	and most popular and transcribed ones and a bunch of different things that you can't easily do
1:05.7	on YouTube.
1:07.1	This program is made possible through the support of appreciative listeners and viewers.
1:11.6	So if you appreciate it and would like to help support it, there's a PayPal button on every page of the website,
1:16.6	and there's also a donations page that explains a few alternatives to PayPal.
1:21.6	My guest today is Rhonda Byrne. Most of you have probably heard of Rhonda, or at least if you'll remember who she is
1:31.4	in a second, she is the creator of The Secret, which is a documentary film that swept the world in
1:36.5	2016, changing millions of lives and igniting a global movement. She then wrote a follow-up book,
1:43.5	also entitled The Secret, which became a
1:45.7	worldwide bestseller, who was translated into more than 50 languages. Rhonda has since released
1:52.0	another five bestselling books covering such topics as the power of love, gratitude, the law
1:57.6	of attraction, and the hero's journey to success. Her latest and most important
2:02.3	book to date, and those are her words, most important, is called the greatest secret. And she
2:08.2	describes it as a quantum leap that takes the reader beyond the material realm and helps them
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