Podcast appearances and mentions of eli jaxon bear

In this episode, Adam and Budi discuss their seventh choice for the Theatre of Others Book Club, You Are That by GangajiGangaji, born Toni Roberson, grew up in Mississippi. Like many of her contemporaries, she searched for fulfillment through relationships, careers, motherhood, subculture experiences, political activism, and spiritual practice. While she had never planned to go to India, it was on the banks of the Ganges River that her search ended. In 1990, Gangaji met her teacher, Sri H.W.L. Poonja, known as Papaji. Papaji gave Toni the name Gangaji and asked that she bring his teaching to the West. He said, “The Ganga now will flow in the West.”Today, as a teacher and author, Gangaji speaks to people from all walks of life inviting them to fully recognize the absolute freedom and unchanging peace that is the truth of one's being.She is the author of The Diamond in Your Pocket: Discovering Your True Radiance, Freedom and Resolve: The Living Edge of Surrender, Hidden Treasure: Uncovering the Truth in Your Life Story, and You are THAT. She and her husband Eli Jaxon-Bear live in Ashland, OR.Support the showIf you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. To submit a question: Voice- http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers Email- podcast@theatreofothers.com Support the Theatre of Others - Check out our Merch!Show Credits Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi MillerProducer: Jack BurmeisterMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comAdditional compositions by @jack_burmeister

Auf der Bühne musste Tim Taxis liefernegal wie es ihm ging - und er hat geliefertTim Taxis war einer der renommiertesten Sales Experten im deutschsprachigen Raum mit Kunden und Buchungen rund um den Globus. Der zweimalige „Trainer des Jahres“, Bestseller-Autor, Top-Speaker und Hochschuldozent zog sich dem Ruf seines Herzens folgend Ende 2018 völlig aus der Öffentlichkeit zurück. Er nennt diese Zeit „Umkehr, seine innere Einkehr“. In meiner Wahrnehmung nahm er damit auf dem Highway des Lebens die letzte Ausfahrt, bevor er sich und seine Seele verloren hätte. Tim arbeitet heute als spiritueller Mentor und Satsang Lehrer. Er führt die Menschen so vollkommen ins Hier&Jetzt, dass Aufwachen heraus aus der Trance des Egos und hinein in das direkte Erleben ihrer wahren Natur geschehen kann.Seit seinem ersten Erwachenserlebnis vor 13 Jahren war er intensiv auf der spirituellen Suche, besuchte Meister, Lehrer, Gurus und Schamanen und absolvierte viele Ausbildungen weltweit. Jedoch erst in der Begegnung mit seinem letzten Lehrer, Eli Jaxon-Bear, geschah ein so direktes, vollkommenes Erkennen der Wahrheit, dass eine tiefe Selbst-Realisierung geschah. Tim veranstaltet Retreats, hält Vorträge, begleitet Menschen in 1:1 Sessions und lädt zu monatlichen online Treffen ein. www.timtaxis.comLieber Tim, es ist mir immer wieder ein Fest, Dich in einem meiner Podcasts begrüßen zu dürfen :)(C) Stefan Hund für Trauerimunternehmen.de - Aufnahme: 23/06"Das Schwere LEICHT gesagt"Der Podcast für Unternehmer, HR-Veranwortliche, Betriebsräte zum Thema "Trauer".Trauer-Manager ist ein Unternehmensbereich des Ingenieurbüros Heinke WedlerIdee und Moderation: Stefan Hund ----Bleibe mit uns in Kontakt: Kostenfrei: Know-How-TransferSei vorbereitet, bevor Deine Mitarbeiterin eine Fehlgeburt hat: www.trauer-manager.de/webinar-fehlgeburtDer Trauermanager ist das ultimative Produkt aus der Arbeitssicherheit und BGM für Unternehmer und Führungskräfteals Do it yourself: www.trauer-manager.de/workbookals Do it for you: www.trauermanager.de und gegen einen Aufpreis. Do it with you ...Damit im schweren Krankheits- oder gar Todesfall Deine Mitarbeiter abgesichert sind, haben wir hier eine exklusive Zusammenarbeit mit der Gothaer Versicherung. ----Kontakt und ImpressumDu möchtest uns schreiben: Zur HomepageDie Hintergrundmusik im Podcast "One last time" Dan Phillipson (gekauft bei Premiumbeat)Impressum Mentioned in this episode:trauerimunternehmen.de/versicherungIm Arztbericht steht es unerbittlich: Jens 42 hat Krebs im Endstadium - noch 6 Wochen - vielleicht Und was jetzt. Zusätzlich zu allem Schock und aller Trauer - Wie geht es morgen weiter, mit der jungen Familie, wenn das entscheidende Geld fehlt? Wie soll ab jetzt die Miete nach der Beerdigung bezahlt werden - ohne größere Rücklagen? Wir von Trauerimunternehmen machen Werbung für eine nagelneue in Deutschland einzigartige Firmenpolice. Es

Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the award-winning “How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life”, “The Wisdom of a Broken Heart”, “Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation”, and “The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships”.  Susan has been a practicing Buddhist since 1993 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. She is an internationally acclaimed meditation teacher, known for her ability to translate ancient practices into modern life. Her work has been featured on the Oprah show, TODAY, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others.  In 2013, she launched the Open Heart Project, the largest virtual mindfulness community in the world with 20,000 members. Her newest book is “The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship.” In this episode, Eric and Susan discuss her newest book, The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship But wait, there's more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It's that simple and we'll give you good stuff as a thank you! Susan Piver and I Discuss How to Discover Your Way of Being Through the Enneagram and … Her book:  The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship Defining the enneagram as 9 paths or ways of being How the enneagram can be used in a variety of ways based on the person Defining warrior as one who is not afraid of oneself How it's best to take multiple tests to best determine your enneagram type The subtypes of the enneagram and how they're often easier to identify Patience is required to utilize the deep system of the enneagram How the enneagram defines our “cocoon” and also our way out of it The arc of transformation that includes the passions and the virtues How the enneagram leads us to compassion for ourselves and others How we should “feel the energy” of a number rather than declare our number Asking what does this mean to me, today Susan Piver Links Susan's Website for The Open Heart Project Instagram Facebook By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you! If you enjoyed this conversation with Susan Piver, check out these other episodes: The Four Noble Truths of Love with Susan Piver (2021) Eli-Jaxon Bear on Your True SelfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eiman Al Zaabi is a Muslim spiritual teacher who integrates the principles of harmony, beauty and unity into her teachings. Eiman is a facilitator and transformational coach who helps individuals transform their relationships and careers, heal from past trauma, and live authentically. In this episode, Eric and Eiman discuss her book, Finding Grace: Daily Comfort for Uncertain TimesBut wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Eiman Al Zaabi and I Discuss Finding Grace and…Her book, Finding Grace: Daily Comfort for Uncertain TimesEmpowering herself by exploring self-help and energy healingHer journey of evaluating her universal truths and what violates these truthsStaying in integrity with beliefs while discovering new alternative practicesValues are things that we are drawn towardsDifferences between values and moralsThe law of evolution is about your own personal growth and self-actualizationThe law of awakening is about the spiritual journeyDisconnection is when you betray yourself and are not living in alignment with who you areMoving from information to transformationSurrender is going through a spiritual journey of finding your source of divineWhat it means to surrender in your daily lifeWhere our control ends is where the divine takes overInformation toxicity depletes our ability to make good decisionsThe core self, the contextual self, and the developmental selfAllowing the inner self to exhibit itself in the outer selfEiman Al Zaabi Links:Eiman’s WebsiteTwitterInstagramFacebookTalkspace is the online therapy company that lets you connect with a licensed therapist from anywhere at any time at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapy. It’s therapy on demand. Visit www.talkspace.com or download the app and enter Promo Code: WOLF to get $100 off your first month.If you enjoyed this conversation with Eiman Al Zaabi on Finding Grace, you might also enjoy these other episodes:Eli Jaxon-Bear on Your True SelfTara Brach

This episode is also available as a video podcast: https://youtu.be/1uIO7TIEm0I To get someone like Eli Jaxon-Bear for a podcast episode is a rare occasion. Eli is one of the leading experts in the Enneagram, a model created by Pythagoras and used for the human evolution. Eli also comes from the spiritual lineage of the Indian saints Ramana Maharshi and H. W. L. Poonja. Together with his wife Gangaji, he gives Satsangs today and teaches in the Leela foundation, a world wide organization focused in self realization and world peace. For more information please visit: https://leela.org.

How can we keep a healthy mind in times of crisis? In this interview, Eli and Gangaji offer an invitation into a lesser-known path, one that teaches that surrendering to the raw reality, to the pain, can actually bring us great love and compassion. “Let your heartbreak be so deep that your compassion deepens" Eli Jaxon-Bear Spiritual teacher, founder of the Leela Foundation In this episode, I allow you to witness and listen to the questions I ask along my way, and the answers I admit to being true. I share a vulnerable moment of my life in which I get up on stage in the role of the student, and speak to Eli and Gangaji, standing as the teachers. About the speakers Eli Jaxon-Bear and Gangaji are spiritual teachers and founders of the Leela Foundation. Eli Jaxon-Bear has been trained in many spiritual traditions, from a Zen monastery in Japan to a Sufi circle in Marrakesh, he also ran a clinical hypnosis and neurolinguistics certification program at the Esalen Institute in California in the 80s. His search ended when he was drawn to India in 1990 where he met his final teacher, known as Papaji, a direct disciple of the renowned Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi. Eventually, he was sent back into the world by Papaji to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization. Gangaji, his partner, traveled to India to meet Papaji in 1990. In her autobiography “Just Like You” she wrote, "The extraordinary event in this life was that I met Papaji. Until then I looked everywhere for the transcendental or the extraordinary, but after meeting Papaji I began to find the extraordinary in every moment." Papaji gave her the name Gangaji, and asked her to share what she had directly realized with others.  

Join us for part two of Jared introducing us to his teacher Eli Jaxon-Bear. Eli is the founder of The Leela Foundation, dedicating his life to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. In this episode, Jared and Eli discuss The Leela School of Awakening and how useful the Enneagram can be for seeing through the veil of suffering. For more about Eli and for access to his books and resources, please visit www.leela.org. Music by Chad Crouch; Great Blue Herron.

The trap of the ego, is believing that there is a "me" that needs to "reconnect" to "IT." Returning guest Eli Jaxon-Bear discusses that the illusion of 'separateness' is false and can broken at any time, if the ego is willing to surrender to The Source and let it take control. He also talks about how 'mental knowledge' is an avoidance of true surrender to your own heart. Listen in now to this week's episode of Unshakable Self-Confidence and  break free from the fixation of the ego as its own separate thing.

In this episode, Jared introduces us to his teacher Eli Jaxon-Bear. Eli is the founder of The Leela Foundation, dedicating his life to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. Jared becomes the interviewer in this special episode, while Eli answers many questions on Awakening and the possibility of true happiness and freedom. For more about Eli and for access to his books and resources, please visit www.leela.org. Music by Chad Crouch; Great Blue Herron.

From the webcast with Eli Jaxon Bear, "Who's Making Love: Sex and Spirituality"

Die ersten Jahre im Leben sind ein Leben wie im Paradies. Das Kind spiegelt die ganz Bandbreite essentieller menschlicher Erfahrungen. Was wir Sozialisierung und Erziehung nennen, ist eine Notwendigkeit, bedeutet aber auch, dieses Paradies zu verlieren, die Essenz zu verlieren, bzw. den Zugang dazu. Der äussere Weg will diese essentiellen Qualitäten wiederfinden, aber er muss scheitern. Jedes Scheitern könnte eine Einladung sein, die Blickrichtung zu ändern, den Blick wieder nach Innen zu richten. Aber wer will das schon? Mia und Boris sprechen über den Fall aus dem Paradies, über Verliebtheit und Drogen als die scheinbar einzige Möglichkeit, mystische, quasi-religiöse Zustände von Einheit und Nicht-Getrenntheit wieder zu erfahren. Wir sprechen über den Inneren Weg und über Lehrer, die diesen Zugang wieder öffnen können. Mystik ist verborgen. Der Innere Weg ist verborgen und doch sehr sehr nah. In der heutigen Zeit kannst Du bei Youtube eine Vielzahl von spirituellen Lehrern sehen, die alle dasselbe sagen: Das was Du "Ich" nennst, ist nicht real. Was Du glaubst du sein, bist du nicht. Du bist viel mehr. Und es gibt viel mehr zu entdecken. Nicht im Aussen. Da gibt es nichts zu entdecken, jedenfalls nicht Neues, nichts Frisches. Der wirkliche Reichtum liegt Innen. Aber wer hat schon Lust und den Mut, sich nach Innen zu wenden? Dieses Gespräch und dieser Podcast ist allen gewidmet, die das trotzdem tun, die die Mühe und die Anstrengung aufwenden, an dem einzigen Ort zu schauen, der immer wieder übersehen wird: in Dir. Eine Liste von Lehrern, die mich beeindruckt haben und die alle auf ihre Weise dasselbe ausdrücken: Adyashanti, Alan Watts, Almaas, Claudio Naranjo, Eckhard Tolle, Eli Jaxon-Bear, Gangaji, Gurdjieff, Jack Kornfield, John deRuiter, Lee Lozowick, Mario Mantese, Mooji, Nisargadatta Maharaj, OM C. Parkin, Osho, Pema Chödrön, Poonjayi, Ram Dass, Ramesh Balsekar, Ramana Maharshi, Sandra Maitri, Steven Harrison, Swami Muktananda, Thich Nhat Hanh, Willigis Jäger Fragen&Anregungen gerne per Mail an dasallerwichtigsteimleben@gmail.com

Eli Jaxon-Bear founded and currently teaches through The Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. Eli is also the author of many books, including the one we discuss in this episode, An Outlaw Makes it Home: The Awakening of a Spiritual Revolutionary. In this episode, he talks to Eric about accessing and experiencing your true self and things that get in the way of that. Also, he hits on a perspective of the Enneagram that we bet you’ve never considered before. Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Eli Jaxon-Bear and I Discuss…His book, An Outlaw Makes it Home: The Awakening of a Spiritual RevolutionaryDiscovering who is feeding the wolves withinThat to know your true self you have to turn away from your false self – the self you construct in your mindNLP, the Enneagram and hypnosis integrated into his therapyHis lasting enlightenment Knowing what you really want and staying true to it in each momentThe journey from “me” to “I” Symptom cure and habit controlHis book, Sudden AwakeningHow your heart is already intelligent and aliveThat the Enneagram Personality Types is actually the Enneagram of Character FixationAsking, does this bring me freedom, true love, happiness? Go deeper than the character fixation and find your characterWaking up from the act, from the show, and stop taking it personally having to prove thingsThe character fixation of an Enneagram type 9The “Chief Feature”All of our experience has a Mental, Emotional and Physical component and the ego encapsulates all three of thoseThe history of the origins of the EnneagramHis book on the EnneagramEli Jaxon-Bear LinksHomepageFacebookTwitterThe Great Courses Plus thousands of courses in virtually any topic and you can listen on demand anywhere get a full month for FREE thegreatcoursesplus.com/wolfPhlur makes stunning, non-toxic perfumes, listing every ingredient and why it’s there. Visit www.phlur.com promo code WOLF to get 20% off first custom sampler setRobinhood is an investing app that allows you to buy and sell stocks, EFTs, Options and Cryptos all commission free at any level. All it takes to do so is 4 taps in the app on your smartphone so it makes investing easy for beginners and experienced people alike. For The One You Feed listeners, you can get a free stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio by going to youfeed.robinhood.comIf you liked this episode, you might also enjoy these other episodes:Belinda GoreAmoda Maa

In episode 254 of Unshakable Self-Confidence, therapist trainer and author of An Outlaw Makes It Home, Eli Jaxon-Bear talks about how a childhood incident has shaped his journey and choices in life.

Awake 2 Oneness Radio with spiritual teacher and author Eli Jaxon-Bear on Friday, August 3, 2018 at 7:00 PM EDT. This show has been pre-recorded. An Outlaw Makes It Home: The Awakening of a Spiritual Revolutionary...Can drugs, sex and revolution lead to lasting fulfillment and love?  This memoir by Eli, framed as a teaching story, using Joseph Campbell’s model of the hero journey, answers this question in an exciting, funny and deeply personal way; while showing us the tests and traps along the way that each of us might meet on our life's journey. An Outlaw Makes It Home is an odyssey, a journey out and a return home.  A candid, compelling and raucous spiritual adventure story, with an element of danger when Eli goes underground as a federal fugitive during the Vietnam War.  From underground revolutionary to spiritual awakening, he takes us with him from uncharted outback of Peru to a monastery in Japan, an initiation into a Sufi clan in Marrakesh, and the streets of India in his quest for a final teacher. To learn more about Eli visit his website: https://leela.org/

This week's show is Eli Jaxon-Bear  is the author of An Outlaw Makes It Home. A life long search for freedom took Eli around the world and into many spiritual traditions from a Zen monastery in Japan to a Sufi circle in Marrakesh, among others. His search ended when he was drawn to India (1990) where he met his final teacher, Papaji; a direct disciple of the renowned Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi. Confirming Eli's realization, his teacher sent him back into the world to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization. Eli infuses his teaching with his teacher's living transmission of silence and peace.  He presents a unique map of egoic identification as a vehicle for ruthless self-inquiry and final realization of true freedom. His life is dedicated to passing on the transmission of his teacher. Eli founded and currently teaches through The Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization, as well as The Leela School In this conversation, Eli shared the power of self enquiry - what it is, how it works and what it can help you to discover. As a bonus, Eli has an incredibly fascinating story himself which illustrates what he's talking about - we explore his time as a revolutionary, LSD and immortal consciousness... It was quite a trip!

Awake 2 Oneness Radio with Eli Jaxon-Bear, author and spiritual teacher, on Friday, February 10, 2017 at 7:00 PM EST. This show was pre-recorded. A lifelong search for freedom took Eli Jaxon-Bear around the world and into many spiritual traditions from a Zen monastery in Japan to a Sufi circle in Marrakesh among others. His search ended when he was drawn to India in 1990 where he met his final teacher, Sri H.W.L Poonja lovingly known as Papaji; a direct disciple of the renowned Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi. Confirming Eli's realization, his teacher sent him back into the world to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization. Eli’s is the author of Sudden Awakening, From Fixation to Freedom: The Enneagram of Liberation and the soon to be released in January 2017 third edition of the spiritual classic Wake Up and Roar: Satsang with Papaji  featuring the first ever audio edition of Wake Up and Roar. To learn more about Eli visit his website: http://leela.org/en/

On the enneagram and advaita

A second talk where her husband Eli Jaxon-Bear joins us

A short talk with Eli Jaxon-Bear

A beautiful interview with Eli Jaxon Bear where he discusses meeting his teacher, Papaji, the essence of awakening and the confirmation that who we are is love itself.

A beautiful webcast led by Eli Jaxon Bear on the topic of the egoic drives and to discover if we are serving being right (ego) or serving what is true

When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form...this is wisdom When you realize yourself as the fullness of love overflowing itself without object...this is bliss, And when you are aware of yourself incarnate in the appearance of form...this is leela. Eli Jaxon-Bear

When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form...this is wisdom When you realize yourself as the fullness of love overflowing itself without object...this is bliss, And when you are aware of yourself incarnate in the appearance of form...this is leela. Eli Jaxon-Bear

When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form...this is wisdom When you realize yourself as the fullness of love overflowing itself without object...this is bliss, And when you are aware of yourself incarnate in the appearance of form...this is leela. Eli Jaxon-Bear

When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form...this is wisdom When you realize yourself as the fullness of love overflowing itself without object...this is bliss, And when you are aware of yourself incarnate in the appearance of form...this is leela. Eli Jaxon-Bear

This is the audio from our brand new webcast series with Eli Jaxon Bear.  In this, Eli discusses the power and necessity of inquiry as a means to discovering true freedom and awakening.   The archive of this webcast can be viewed here: https://www.leela.org/index.php/en/webcast

For Beyond 50's "Spirituality" talk, listen to an interview with Eli Jaxon-Bear. He'll explain about using a method of self-investigation called "self-inquiry." In the light of direct self-inquiry, limitations that once seemed to define ourselves are discovered to be more like transparent lines drawn on water. They exist only on the surface of consciousness in one's imagination. When these illusions of mind are clearly exposed, true limitless being reveals itself. His message is for those wrestling with questions of identity and meaning. Tune in to Beyond 50: America's Variety Talk Radio Show on the natural, holistic, green and spiritual lifestyle. Visit www.Beyond50Radio.com and sign up for our Exclusive Updates.

Together with Gangaji a nice half hour chat about enlightenment ego spirituality and advaita

Host Sutree has an engaging conversation with Lisa Schumacher about Gangaji, Eli Jaxon-Bear, integrity, love, awakening, discovering happiness and being true to yourself.Lisa has through her 20 years of study with Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear, gained a unique insight into what it takes to be free. For the last 6 years Lisa has traveled around the world to meet with people in small groups in service of Awakening Freedom and to share the open invitation to realize what is eternally present in the core of all being. Quotes from Lisa: “Our attention is a huge power and we give it away all the time. It’s time to pay it to what you really want to pay it to.”“Love is the most potent force in the universe.”For information about Lisa’s Satsangs and teaching go to: http://www.satsangwithlisa.org/For information about a private session with Lisa go to: http://www.staytrue.support/

Host Sutree has an engaging conversation with Lisa Schumacher about Gangaji, Eli Jaxon-Bear, integrity, love, awakening, discovering happiness and being true to yourself.Lisa has through her 20 years of study with Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear, gained a unique insight into what it takes to be free. For the last 6 years Lisa has traveled around the world to meet with people in small groups in service of Awakening Freedom and to share the open invitation to realize what is eternally present in the core of all being. Quotes from Lisa: “Our attention is a huge power and we give it away all the time. It’s time to pay it to what you really want to pay it to.”“Love is the most potent force in the universe.”For information about Lisa’s Satsangs and teaching go to: http://www.satsangwithlisa.org/For information about a private session with Lisa go to: http://www.staytrue.support/

Eli Jaxon-Bear was born Elliot J. Zeldow in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. His eighteen-year spiritual path started in 1971, when he was a federal fugitive during the Vietnam war. In 1978, Kalu Rinpoche appointed him the president of the first Kagyu dharma center in Marin County. In 1982, he was presented with a Zen Teaching Fan at ChoShoJi Zen Temple in Japan. After a search took him around the world and into many traditions and practices, his path and his search ended when he was pulled to India in 1990, where he met his final teacher, Sri H.W.L. Poonja. Confirming Eli's realization, his teacher sent him back into the world to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization. Eli infuses the teaching with his teacher’s living transmission of silence. He presents a unique map of egoic identification as a vehicle for ruthless self-inquiry and final realization of true freedom. He dedicates his life to passing on the transmission of his teacher. Eli currently meets people and teaches through the Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. He is the author of Sudden Awakening into Direct Realization, (New World Library), The Enneagram of Liberation: From Fixation to Freedom, (Gangaji Foundation Press), and he is the editor of Wake Up and Roar: Satsang with H.W.L. Poonja, (Sounds True). Interview recorded 4/14/2013 First BatGap interview with Eli. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

J. Stewart Dixon is an awakening/enlightenment adviser, author, and blogger. Born in 1969, J. Stewart Dixon spent most of his adult life seeking spiritual awakening/enlightenment in the company of some of the world’s preeminent spiritual luminaries, including Adi Da, Gangaji, Satyam Nadeen, Andrew Cohen, Arjuna Ardagh, Michael Regan, Solane’, Ram Dass, Saniel Bonder, Eli Jaxon-Bear, A. Ramana, Mooji, Francis Lucille, Yogi Bhajan, Robert Monroe, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, and Ammachi. His own awakening process began in 2004 and concluded in 2010. Websites, Books, Services: 21 Days: A nuts & bolts blue-collar memoir/guide of nondual Advaita spiritual awakening/enlightenment for beginners: An account of extraordinary magic amidst ordinary life | An easy-to-read description of authentic awakening, free of religious, spiritual, philosophical, or psychological jargon: What is it like when you have a family to care for and a business to run, when you're AWAKE? What is it like when you're visiting your parents, your old high school, or your church when you're AWAKE? ...TV? ...Fly-Fishing? ...Movies? The description of awakening in 21 Days is meant to be a precise guide and compass for the awakening seeker. Interview recorded 12/1/2012 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Eli Jaxon-Bear was born Elliot J. Zeldow in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. His eighteen-year spiritual path started in 1971, when he was a federal fugitive during the Vietnam war. In 1978, Kalu Rinpoche appointed him the president of the first Kagyu dharma center in Marin County. In 1982, he was presented with a Zen Teaching Fan at ChoShoJi Zen Temple in Japan. After a search took him around the world and into many traditions and practices, his path and his search ended when he was pulled to India in 1990, where he met his final teacher, Sri H.W.L. Poonja. Confirming Eli's realization, his teacher sent him back into the world to share his unique psychological insights into the nature of egoic suffering in support of self-realization. Eli infuses the teaching with his teacher’s living transmission of silence. He presents a unique map of egoic identification as a vehicle for ruthless self-inquiry and final realization of true freedom. He dedicates his life to passing on the transmission of his teacher. Eli currently meets people and teaches through the Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. He is the author of Sudden Awakening into Direct Realization, (New World Library), The Enneagram of Liberation: From Fixation to Freedom, (Gangaji Foundation Press), and he is the editor of Wake Up and Roar: Satsang with H.W.L. Poonja, (Sounds True). Interview recorded 2/5/2012 2nd interview with Eli Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

At 28 I moved to New York City, a fulfillment of a childhood dream. Oddly enough, even though I had received what I wanted on many accounts, I felt like I was having a premature midlife crisis. Interest in philosophy and psychology arose in response which brought me to The School of Practical Philosophy where I discovered Advaita Vedanta and was initiated into Transcendental Meditation (TM) three years later. Frustrated over my lack of success in my meditation, I left the school and embarked on fixing myself through psychotherapy. On a local radio station I came across Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear. They were sharing the Truth they had discovered through their master, H.W.L. Poonja, a.k.a. Papaji, who happens to be Mooji's guru as well. Then 9/11 happened. I was deeply hurt inside. The towers that I saw burning and crumbling outside initiated the same inside me. In the days and months that followed, old, hidden pain and fear from the past emerged, but, surprisingly, I felt more alive than ever. Somehow, something inside knew intuitively what was happening is good, that I needed to face this. As a new year's proclamation I told friends boldly that this year (2002) I'm going to fall in love with myself. I didn't even know what that meant. Soon after, I met Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear, not personally, but at their satsangs, and other teachers of the same lineage. After many years with Stuart Schwartz, a disciple of Robert Adams, a strong desire arose in me to be with Papaji. I finally met him in and through Mooji. It was love at first sight. When I first met Mooji I didn't know why he says that awakening is not an event. A few months after my first meeting with my master, Mooji, the truthfulness of his statements announced itself to and in me as intuitive insight when the essence of who I am was also revealed through the power of Mooji's pointing and presence. Subsequently, the continuous close association with Mooji in the heart and in person as well as my own contemplation of the Truth by way of self-inquiry brought about the recognition of my true identity beyond the realm of the knowable, beyond even the “I Am,” through which we taste this existence and intuit this unfathomable, unmanifest substratum that is untouchable by worldly phenomena. What is undoubtedly known here is that abidance in this placeless place is synonymous with Freedom, and we are that Freedom itself. The recognition of this as our true Self is appreciated as humanity's greatest potential. Interview recorded 8/14/2011 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Zenji 00:03:16 - Personal History and Themes 00:05:57 - Spontaneous Contemplation on the Nature of Self 00:09:15 - Pursuing a career in typesetting and publishing 00:12:43 - Introduction to Meditation at the School of Practical Philosophy 00:14:56 - Discovering Advaita through Psychotherapy 00:18:22 - Understanding our own Minds 00:21:55 - Facing Old Trauma and Finding Love 00:24:27 - The Meaning and Desire for Love 00:26:45 - Stepping Stones on the Path of Self-Realization 00:29:26 - Meeting Papaji and Mooji's Energetic Presence 00:32:45 - Resonating with the Teacher 00:35:08 - The Conviction of Existence 00:38:02 - The Perception of Self and Consciousness 00:41:13 - The Nature of the Experiencer 00:44:27 - Self-Inquiry and the Nature of the Self 00:47:49 - The Swift and Clear Discovery of Awakening 00:50:26 - The Significance of Awareness 00:53:19 - The Difference between Understanding and Realization 00:55:51 - The Persistence of Awareness 00:58:54 - Recognition of Awakening 01:01:56 - The Illusion of the World and the Self 01:04:47 - The Power of Awareness and the True Nature of the World 01:08:01 - Evolving Spiritual Maturity 01:10:56 - The Continued Exploration and Maturing of Self-Discovery 01:13:39 - The Voice of the Mind 01:16:17 - Checking in and Reaffirming the S...

At 28 I moved to New York City, a fulfillment of a childhood dream. Oddly enough, even though I had received what I wanted on many accounts, I felt like I was having a premature midlife crisis. Interest in philosophy and psychology arose in response which brought me to The School of Practical Philosophy where I discovered Advaita Vedanta and was initiated into Transcendental Meditation (TM) three years later. Frustrated over my lack of success in my meditation, I left the school and embarked on fixing myself through psychotherapy. On a local radio station I came across Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear. They were sharing the Truth they had discovered through their master, H.W.L. Poonja, a.k.a. Papaji, who happens to be Mooji’s guru as well. Then 9/11 happened. I was deeply hurt inside. The towers that I saw burning and crumbling outside initiated the same inside me. In the days and months that followed, old, hidden pain and fear from the past emerged, but, surprisingly, I felt more alive than ever. There was an excitement about it. When no strong experience of past conditioning happened for a day, I was disappointed. How crazy is that? Somehow, something inside knew intuitively what was happening is good, that I needed to face this. As a new year’s proclamation I told friends boldly that this year (2002) I’m going to fall in love with myself. I didn’t even know what that meant. Soon after, I met Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear, not personally, but at their satsangs, and other teachers of the same lineage. After many years with Stuart Schwartz, a disciple of Robert Adams, a strong desire arose in me to be with Papaji. I finally met him in and through Mooji. It was love at first sight. When I first met Mooji I didn't know why he says that awakening is not an event. Neither was it clear to me that this Truth we are seeking (if it is indeed Truth we are consciously after) is not anything that is created or maintained. Back then I was still under the impression that realizing Truth meant that we are gaining something new. A few months after my first meeting with my master, Mooji, the truthfulness of his statements announced itself to and in me as intuitive insight when the essence of who I am was also revealed through the power of Mooji's pointing and presence. Subsequently, the continuous close association with Mooji in the heart and in person as well as my own contemplation of the Truth by way of self-inquiry brought about the recognition of my true identity beyond the realm of the knowable, beyond even the “I Am,” through which we taste this existence and intuit this unfathomable, unmanifest substratum that is untouchable by worldly phenomena. What is undoubtedly known here is that abidance in this placeless place is synonymous with Freedom, and we are that Freedom itself. The recognition of this as our true Self is appreciated as humanity's greatest potential. Interview recorded 8/14/2011 Video and audio below and as a Podcast.

Eli Jaxon-Bear started his spiritual path in 1971, when he was a federal fugitive during the Vietnam war. In 1978, Kalu Rinpoche appointed him the president of the first Kagyu dharma center in Marin County. Eli currently meets people and teaches through the Leela Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace and freedom through universal self-realization. For info on upcoming shows, and the School of Unlimited Life, visit www.thevitalyou.com and sign up for Great Life E-news