About this episode
John J. Prendergast, Ph.D., is the author of The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence and In Touch: How to Tune in to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself. He is a retired adjunct professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a licensed psychotherapist. He studied for many years with the European Advaita master, Jean Klein, as well as with Adyashanti. He was invited to share the dharma by Dorothy Hunt. He offers retreats in the U.S. and Europe, as well as online. Website: ListeningFromSilence.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview First BatGap Interview with John Interview recorded November 23, 2019 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Background 00:03:49 - Following the Subtle Impulses 00:07:19 - Mysterious Encounters with Wise Teachers 00:11:02 - The Wisdom of Not Knowing 00:14:24 - Crossing the Barrier of Fear 00:18:08 - The Head, Heart, Gut Structure 00:21:46 - The complexity of human nature and awakening 00:25:45 - The Polarity of Change and Fixing 00:29:35 - Balancing Act and Spiritual Maturity 00:33:24 - Trusting the Process of Balance 00:37:29 - The Seeker and the Sought, a Paradoxical Teaching 00:40:40 - Finding Your Dharma 00:44:11 - The Shift and the Capacity for Empathy 00:47:52 - The Capacity of the Heart to Bear Collective Suffering 00:51:44 - Moving with Love and Being of Service 00:55:19 - Living in Deep Integrity with our Heart 00:59:04 - The Influence of Teachers 01:02:07 - The Importance of Teachers in Spiritual Awakening 01:05:03 - Discovering Inner Resonance 01:09:09 - Opening Communication with the Body 01:12:46 - Non-phenomenal completion and the refinement of the instrument 01:16:29 - Leaning into Deep Sadness 01:20:28 - The Heart's Upwelling and Sharing the Love 01:24:15 - The Wisdom of the Body 01:27:52 - The Power of Beliefs in Creating Noise 01:31:29 - Identifying Core Subconscious Beliefs 01:34:49 - The Tendency for Darkness in Human Nature 01:38:28 - Acting without being married to the principle of fairness 01:42:04 - The Power of Self-Acceptance and Transformation 01:49:20 - Interviews with Regular Joes