About this episode
After years of radical liberation in my own absence eventually became another kind of prison, I found freedom from "Enlightenment" in the freedom to live a richly human bittersweet life, in a new way, the way of transimmanence, in which the spiritual and the material are unified, and everything including suffering is a sacred expression of the divine. Discovering how many other people have been harmed by modern adaptations of liberation via self-negation teachings, I've become a Spiritual Emergence Coach, and run peer support groups for people experiencing spiritual crisis, especially related to Neo-Advaita. Website: thegloriousbothand.com Subscribe to monthly newsletter YouTube Channel Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview Interview recorded August 21, 2022 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:02 - Childhood Panic Attacks and Existential Thoughts 00:07:49 - Dissolution of the Sense of Self 00:11:20 - The Beginnings of Pure OOCD and Existential Thoughts 00:15:26 - Awakening Beyond Thought and Self 00:19:43 - The Path of Jnana Yoga 00:23:34 - Exploring the Demise of Ego and Boundaries 00:27:20 - The Dark Side of Radical Contentment 00:31:35 - Concerns about Neo-Advaita in Self-Help Books 00:35:20 - The Relief of Realizing Nothing Matters 00:39:45 - The Fear of Death and Martyr Complex 00:44:23 - Embracing Paradox in Spiritual Awareness 00:47:58 - The Erosion of Language and Relationships 00:51:59 - The Pitfall of the Spiritual Ego 00:55:35 - The Shift into Depersonalization 00:59:26 - The Value of Going through Different Phases 01:03:32 - Exploring New Paradigms of Reality 01:07:40 - The Illusion of Selflessness and Awakening 01:11:09 - The challenge of Neo-Advaita spiritual teachings 01:14:48 - The Non-permanence of Flashy Experiences and the Misunderstanding of Realization 01:18:32 - Interpretations of the Ultimate Truth 01:22:24 - Embracing Fear and the Process of Rebirth 01:26:02 - Realization of the larger aspect of one's nature 01:29:25 - Dissolution of Physicality and Meditation Process 01:32:59 - Kundalini Awakenings and the Dangers of Neo-Advaita 01:36:27 - The Nothing Conference 01:40:17 - The Oneness of Individuals 01:43:30 - Eye Gazing and Unividuality 01:47:23 - The Severe Consequences of Toxic Teachings 01:50:52 - Living in Boundlessness and Boundaries 01:54:18 - Subscriber Notification System