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Today my guest is Adya Shanti. Adiashanti is a spiritual teacher, trained in the Zen

tradition, who lives in Northern California. Adya, as he is called by friends and students,

is often described as a non-dual teacher,

someone who teaches about what he calls awakening to non-division.

With sounds true, Adya has published a new book and audio program entitled,

Resurrecting Jesus, embodying the spirit of a revolutionary mystic,

in which Adja explores the deep, mythic underpinnings of the Gospels,

to show how we can find the story of Jesus,

a source of inspiration for our own spiritual unfolding.

In this episode of Insights at the Edge,

Adja and I spoke about his experience of Jesus' story

as a map of awakening.

We also talked about Jesus as a revolutionary figure

and the nature of suffering.

We also talked about Adja's own experience with excruciating physical pain

and how that experience relates to the metaphor of the crucifixion.

And finally, we talked about the redemptive quality of love

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