724. Lisa Carrillo

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Lisa Carrillo - Expanding Our Capacity for Joy Although Lisa worked as a chemical engineer, spirituality always was the priority in her life. In 2009, at a silent retreat, her thought-based identity dropped away, and she saw only the single flow of benevolence in all that is. When some of those thoughts returned a few weeks later (less convincing than before), there also came a deep curiosity to inquire into those thoughts. She developed many tools to return to a lived experience of the deeper knowing. Both of her books share these tools. All that is is a vibrant expression erupting from a single full emptiness. Website: experiencingthetrueself.com Books: An Unprincipled Life: Living from the Unknown Living Awake: 20 Techniques to End "I Got It; I Lost It" Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview Interview recorded January 26, 2025 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump Series  00:04:27 Early Childhood Spiritual Insights  00:08:09 Exploring the Astral Body and Embodiment  00:11:15 Understanding the Koshas: Layers of Existence  00:15:16 Discovering Inner Strength Through Adversity  00:19:44 The Journey of Pure Intelligence and Self-Rediscovery  00:23:47 Understanding the Mind: A Sense Organ analogy  00:27:56 Discovering the Root of Aliveness in Spiritual Practice  00:31:05 Embracing Life's Uncertainties and Letting Go of Control  00:34:18 Understanding Impermanence in Awakening  00:38:12 Embracing Flexibility in Life's Demands  00:42:34 Understanding Life's Impetus  00:47:11 Parenting Lessons from Calvin and Hobbes  00:51:44 Spiritual Principles in Dire Situations  00:55:33 The Power of Positivity and Human Kindness  00:58:56 Choosing Challenging Lifetimes for Wisdom  01:02:29 Exploring Past Life Memories  01:06:48 Concept of Past Lives and Dimensions  01:11:42 Finding Positivity in Adversity: Lessons from Prisoners  01:17:00 The Illusion of Shoulds and Self-Realization  01:20:57 The Balance of Opposing Forces and Human Nature  01:25:15 Experiencing Wisdom in a Different Realm  01:29:49 Understanding Malignant Narcissism in Leadership  01:33:25 Embracing Life's Harmony and Challenges  01:36:44 The Role of Creativity and Connection in Environmental Action  01:40:16 Climate Change and Thwaites Glacier Threat  01:42:32 Embracing Inner Wisdom vs. Scientific Method  01:46:06 Integrating Science with Inner Wisdom  01:50:29 Embracing Personal Growth and Self-Reflection  01:55:24 Political Perspectives and Third Party Hopes  01:59:09 Embracing Open Dialogue and Challenging Ideas

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0:00.0	And it is wild. It is not tame. We're not a pristine French garden. We are a wild forest.
0:10.0	You're a jungle. Yes. Exactly. When you turn over a log, that life proliferating in that dark, wet space.
0:22.6	You know, that's what we are.
0:28.4	And cultivating the ability to enjoy the wildness, you know,
0:30.5	makes the whole thing much more fun. Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump.
0:41.8	My name is Rick Archer.
0:43.5	Buddha at the Gas Pump, if you have never seen it before,
0:46.2	is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people.
0:51.3	Then about 725 of them now,
0:53.6	and if you would like to watch previous ones go to batcap.com
0:58.2	and you'll see them organized in various ways and you also see a link to an audio podcast thing
1:03.5	where you can subscribe on iTunes or Spotify or any of those things. This program is made possible
1:09.9	through the support of appreciative listeners and
1:12.3	viewers. So if you appreciate it and would like to help support it, there are PayPal buttons on
1:17.2	every page of the site and a page that explains alternatives to PayPal. My guest today is Lisa Carrillo,
1:24.2	and I'm going to have her introduce herself rather than me read a little canned bio.
1:30.0	So, Lisa, tell us about yourself, for starters.
1:33.0	Thank you so much, Rick. It's really great to be here.
1:36.5	I actually had a chemical engineering degree and was working in engineering and product management.
1:43.9	But spirituality was always since I was a child the
1:46.5	most important thing to me. And there came a point when somebody told me, enlightenment is real.
1:52.1	And I had no idea what that meant. But to me, it meant something very intimate and alive
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