711. John Audette

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 106 minutes

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John R. Audette is the author of “Loved by the Light: True Stories of Divine Intervention and Providence”. He earned a Master of Science degree from Virginia Tech. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, his professional career spans over three decades of senior executive positions in hospital and hospice administration and physician practice management, as well as the performing arts and public broadcasting. He contributed several scholarly chapters to various books by other authors about spiritually transformative experiences and non-local consciousness including works by Dr. Ervin Laszlo. He is also gratefully acknowledged in many other books on these subjects by various well-known authors whom he assisted dating back to 1974. His first work of fiction, a novel trilogy, will be published in 2025. John is the primary founder of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, Inc., (IANDS.org), with co-founders Raymond Moody, MD; Bruce Greyson, MD; Michael Sabom, MD; and Kenneth Ring, PhD. John now serves as CEO of Eternea, (eternea.org), which he co-founded with Eben Alexander, MD and Edgar Mitchell, Sc.D. He is also an honorably discharged veteran with over six years of voluntary service (both active and inactive duty) in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. Website: AffirmingGod.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group Summary and transcript of this interview Interview recorded July 7, 2024 YouTube Video Chapters:  00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump  00:04:46 - Edgar Mitchell and the Institute of Noetic Sciences  00:09:08 - Raymond's Integrity and a Missed Opportunity  00:12:45 - Validating Observations about the Nature of Reality  00:17:45 - The Ring of Destiny  00:20:22 - A Beautiful Near-Death Experience  00:24:02 - The Power of Nonsense  00:29:19 - The Meaning of Cigarettes and Traumatic Incidents  00:34:14 - The Lizard Beings  00:37:56 - Spiritualization of Material Life  00:41:58 - The Realization of True Divine Inspiration  00:46:14 - A Journey of Karma and Forgiveness  00:49:17 - The Realization of God's Existence and Transformation  00:54:14 - The Power of Experience and Spiritual Awakenings  00:57:45 - Wrestling with Chaos, Fear, and Confusion  01:01:31 - The God Void and Escaping Addiction to Heroin  01:05:51 - Moving Beyond Materialism  01:09:42 - The Eternea Concept  01:15:03 - The Purpose of All Religions  01:18:41 - Synerge with a GE and the Power of Cooperation  01:23:24 - Catalyzing a Global Spiritual Revolution  01:28:10 - Advancing Love and Light  01:31:54 - Emulating Saintliness  01:36:47 - The Continuum of Evil  01:41:27 - God's Reaction to Evil  01:44:32 - The Nature of Consciousness and Diversity  01:48:01 - Connectedness and Awareness  01:50:39 - The Role of Paradise and the Potential for a Perfect World  01:54:22 - The Power of Personal Epiphany and Transformation  01:57:15 - The Possibility of Publishing and Filming the Work

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump.
0:27.0	My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.1	Buddha at the Gas Pump is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people.
0:34.7	We've done over 700 of them now.
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0:56.9	rely on donations. So if you feel like supporting it, there are PayPal buttons on every page of the
1:02.9	website. My guest today is John Audet. He is the author of a book which I just finished listening to
1:08.9	called Loved by the Light, True Stories of
1:11.8	Divine Intervention and Providence. John earned a Master's of Science degree from Virginia Tech.
1:17.2	He's the native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and he's been for decades a senior executive
1:23.4	in hospitals and hospice administration and physician practice management, as well as the performing
1:30.0	arts and public broadcasting. He contributed several scholarly chapters to various books by other authors
1:36.1	about spiritually transformative experiences and non-local consciousness, including works by Dr. Irvin
1:42.0	Laslow. He is also gratefully acknowledged in many other
1:45.5	books on these subjects by various well-known authors whom he assisted dating back to 1974.
1:51.0	In fact, John, that's one thing I noticed about you. It's kind of like a Forrest Gump character
1:56.0	in a way because you've run into all these amazing people, you know, like Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and Edgar Mitchell and
2:03.0	Kenneth Ring and all these people going back decades. You just seem to have a knack for
2:08.4	traveling in those circles. Moody, Dr. What was his first name? Raymond. Raymond. Moody,
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