648. Karen V. Johnson

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Karen V. Johnson is a graduate of Georgetown Law Center (J.D.), a former Fulbright Scholar in Afghanistan, and holds Masters Degrees in Public Health and Public and International Affairs (MPH, MPIA). Karen is a retired federal administrative law judge who practiced criminal and energy law for more than 30 years. She also is a former U.S. Army officer, Major, USAR (inactive). Karen was personally trained by Alberto Villoldo, and is faculty at the Four Winds Society and a Master Practitioner of Energy Medicine. She has trained extensively in the techniques of Illumination, Soul Retrieval, Extractions of Energies and Entities, Divination, and Death Rites. Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss is her first book. Website: karenjohnson.net Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded May 28, 2022 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:05:21 - Finding Comfort in Belief of Life After Death 00:09:08 - Life After Death 00:13:05 - Communicating with Subtle Beings 00:16:51 - The Old Man in the Basement and Childhood Experiences+ 00:20:32 - Orchestrating the Unfolding of Events 00:24:17 - The Journey of Grief 00:28:36 - Providing Help in Grief and Isolation 00:32:15 - Ceremony and Healing Practices 00:36:38 - Finding Meaning in Regrets and Life Experiences 00:41:25 - The Journey of Ben's Difficulties 00:44:59 - Struggles and Loss 00:48:14 - Awakening to Other Realms 00:51:48 - Beings on the Other Side 00:55:38 - The Significance of Dream Time 01:00:08 - The Dangers of Isolation and Conspirituality 01:03:45 - The Eternal Self and the Purpose of Death 01:06:44 - The Revelations of Time 01:11:15 - The Science and Spirituality Interface 01:15:32 - Traveling the World and Pursuing Different Traditions 01:19:53 - Metaphors of Journey and Healing 01:23:57 - Working with Luminous Energy Fields 01:27:06 - Discovering a Path for Change 01:30:12 - The Feeling of Being Invisible 01:33:38 - Finding Your Personal Path to Meditation 01:37:05 - Embracing Diversity in Spirituality 01:40:24 - The Beauty and Complexity of the World 01:43:13 - Closet Believers in Woo Woo 01:46:54 - The Importance of Practicing Beauty 01:51:05 - The Beauty and Joy of Life 01:54:42 - Upcoming Interview with Delayed Author

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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 with spiritually awakening people. We've done nearly 650 of them now.
0:39.1	If this is new to you and you'd like to check out previous ones,
0:42.9	please go to batgap.com, B-A-T-G-A-P,
0:46.9	and look under the past interviews menu.
0:49.4	You could also, of course, browse around in the YouTube channel,
0:52.3	but on batcap.com, they're much better organized.
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1:12.7	My guest today is Karen V. Johnson. Karen is a graduate of Georgetown Law Center, a former
1:19.8	Fulbright scholar who studied in Afghanistan. She holds master's degrees in public health and
1:25.1	public and international affairs. She was a federal
1:29.0	administrative law judge who practiced criminal and energy law for more than 30 years.
1:35.1	She is also a former U.S. Army officer, was a major there in the Army. She was personally trained
1:42.0	by Alberto Villioido. There was an abrupt shift from all that army. She was personally trained by Alberto Villio, Vyodo. There was an abrupt shift from all
1:48.0	that army and lost stuff to being trained by him and is a faculty at the Four Winds Society and a master
1:53.6	practitioner of energy medicine. She has trained extensively in the techniques of illumination,
1:58.7	soul retrieval, extractions of energies and entities, divination, and death rights.
2:05.5	Her book, which I read this week, is entitled, Living, Grieving, Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss.
2:13.2	And this book, and also the shift from her straight-laced career path to her very unorthodox interests, was catalyzed by the sudden unexpected death of her son due to a heroin overdose.
2:30.1	So I'm sure Karen will be talking about that story.
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