About this episode
Jeannie Zandi is the director of Living as Love, a nonprofit organization dedicated to seeding a culture of the Heart on the planet, inspiring, teaching and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. A year before the birth of her daughter, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity, tender mercy toward humanness, and a juicy, poetic and often humorous style that draws from Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living. Residing in Colorado, she travels widely in the US, bringing a down-to-earth embodied teaching of living as love. Website: jeanniezandi.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this interview Interview conducted 5/27/2017 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Jeanne Zandi 00:02:53 - Jeanne's Focus on Serving Love 00:06:09 - The Invitation out of the Mind 00:09:17 - Gangaji and Non-Duality 00:12:32 - Dualities in Spiritual Beliefs 00:15:00 - Embodiment of Divinity and Self-Transformation 00:18:24 - Exploring Different Spiritual Practices 00:21:39 - A Child's Questioning of Conditioning 00:24:22 - The Moment of Liberation from the Mind 00:26:33 - The Being and the Cleanup Crew 00:28:57 - Finding Support and Reflection in Satsang 00:31:19 - Finding Support and Guidance in Spiritual Teachers 00:34:02 - Interdependence and Cross-Fertilization 00:36:04 - The Breaking of the Will 00:39:11 - The Dark Night of the Soul 00:42:28 - The Beauty of Embracing Emptiness and Becoming a Servant to Perfection 00:46:45 - Not Being in the Same State as Ramana 00:54:55 - "Not in the Same State as Ramana" 00:56:05 - Not Being in the Same State as Ramana 00:57:15 - Clearing away the Guck 01:00:05 - The Mystery of the Dark Night of the Soul 01:03:40 - The Danger of Seeking a Dark Night 01:08:38 - Understanding the Element of Mystery in Spiritual Development 01:15:54 - Restoring a Healthy Relationship with Energy 01:22:54 - The Beauty of an Inquisitive Mind 01:29:16 - Facing the Dark Knight Experience 01:34:32 - Cultivating Transformational Energy and Healthy Containment 01:41:22 - The Curiosity of Children and the Healing Power of Humor 01:45:41 - Speaking about the Unspeakable 01:49:57 - The Dance of "Hi" and the Oneness 01:56:16 - Access to Genie Zandi for Senior Students and Online Participants Save