058. Mandi Solk - a podcast by Rick Archer

Mandi Solk lives in the picturesque town of Hebden Bridge in England, UK. She founded Nonduality-North six years ago in order to attract Nonduality Teachers to the North of England. Mandi is herself a Nonduality Teacher and has now handed Nonduality-North on so that she can concentrate on her own meetings and YouTube videos. She has written a book:'The Joy of No Self', endorsed by Scott Kiloby and Jeff Foster, and is presently working on another.

Website:  nonduality-mandi.blogspot.com.Interview recorded 2/27/2011

2nd BatGap interview with MandiTranscript of this interview.

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast. Due to technical problems, this video only contains still shots of Mandi, while Rick's video is normal.


YouTube Video Chapters:00:00:00 - Introduction to Mandi Solk
00:02:49 - A Seeker's Journey
00:06:17 - Letting go in the face of death00:09:20 - The Awakening and Change of Perspective
00:12:00 - Encased in a Wall of Terror00:15:01 - Profound Silence and Non-Events
00:17:45 - The Loving Way of Finding Your True Self00:20:56 - Finding Stillness in Meditation
00:23:47 - Meditation Rigidities00:26:13 - The Practice of Meditation 
00:28:51 - The Absence of the Doer00:31:54 - Embracing the Present Moment
00:35:16 - Observing Fear and Anxiety00:38:41 - The Naturalness of Detachment
00:41:24 - Embracing all Emotions in Nonduality00:44:12 - Living Life Fully
00:46:43 - Unraveling the tendency to take thoughts too seriously00:49:16 - Scott's Shadow Work and Personal Growth
00:51:49 - The Nature of Aliveness00:54:20 - Dwelling in the State of Presence
00:57:17 - The Generosity of the Way to God01:00:02 - Gradual Realizations and Seeing Beyond Separation
01:02:43 - The Two Ways of Awakening01:05:25 - Spontaneous awakenings and the path to self-discovery
01:07:44 - The Experience of Absolute Love and God's Presence
01:10:35 - Be Still and Know That I Am God01:13:17 - The Possibility of Awakening
01:15:41 - Nonduality accessible to all01:18:03 - Private Realization and Ordinary Life
01:20:40 - The Value of Diversity of Perspectives01:22:57 - Healing by Revealing Soul Website

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