Buddha at the Gas Pump

Peter journeyed to India in 1970 and spent time with Ram Dass and his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, eventually traveling to the Himalayan foothills to live briefly with Gangotri Baba, a disciple of Babaji. He also had transcendent experiences with Anandamayi Ma and other saints. Later he traveled to Tibet and Egypt but did not find his true path until Sathya Sai Baba instructed him to meditate on the I AM—which leads to the True Self. Returning from the East, the Ascended Master Saint Germain materialized before him in Muir Woods near San Francisco and told him to go to Mount Shasta, where he would meet the teacher who would prepare him to work with the Masters in their quest to help humanity. This teacher was Pearl Dorris, a former assistant to Godfre Ray King, author of "Unveiled Mysteries". Vowing to accomplish the training that was offered, he went through years of instruction, initiation, and adventures at the hands of the Masters, who occasionally appeared in physical form. These adventures are described in his best-selling book, "Apprentice to the Masters: Adventures of a Western Mystic, Book II." He is working now under the direction of Saint Germain to bring the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism on the nature of mind into the I AM Teachings of mastery. Books: Search for the Guru: Adventures of a Western Mystic, Part I Apprentice to the Masters: Adventures of a Western Mystic, Part II "I AM" Affirmations and the Secret of Their Effective Use I Am the Violet Tara: Goddess of Forgiveness and Freedom I AM the Living Christ: Teachings of Jesus It Is What It Is: Further Adventures of a Western Mystic Website: i-am-teachings.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview. Interview recorded March 21, 2020 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Appreciation 00:03:22 - Satchidananda and the Twinkle in His Eyes 00:07:11 - A Dream with the Guru 00:10:38 - Lessons from Illness and Healing 00:14:10 - Meeting the Guru in Rishikesh 00:17:39 - Meeting Spinach Baba 00:21:38 - Seeking Answers from the Guru 00:25:31 - A Divine Encounter in Muir Woods 00:30:35 - A Mysterious Encounter 00:34:42 - Guidance from Within and Ascended Masters 00:38:48 - The Cloak of Invisibility and Higher Frequency Vibration 00:42:20 - Praying to Padmasambhava 00:46:05 - Going back to Mount Shasta 00:49:34 - The Many Incarnations of Saint Germain 00:53:12 - The Appearance of Saint Germain 00:56:44 - Creating Desired Things, The Pitfalls 01:00:39 - A Dream Leads to a Synchronistic Encounter 01:04:39 - Encounter with Saint Germain 01:08:13 - A Divine Encounter at the Restaurant 01:11:35 - Trusting Inner Guidance 01:14:48 - The Message of the Current Pandemic Crisis 01:18:49 - The Antidote for the Virus 01:22:40 - Practical Measures to Protect Against COVID-19 01:25:35 - Charging Water with Amethyst 01:29:08 - A Meeting with the Bliss Permeated Mother 01:33:55 - Divine Love and Unity with All 01:38:03 - Cooperation between Ascended Masters and Space Beings 01:41:07 - The Importance of Seva and Helping Others 01:44:17 - Exploring Personal Identity and Interacting with the Masters 01:47:18 - A Dream Encounter 01:59:41 - Farewell and Greetings

Lars Muhl is a Danish author, mystic, and musician, born in Aarhus, Denmark in 1950. Already as a 10-year-old, Lars Muhl had experienced glimpses of another reality. The shock following the sudden death of his younger sister, caused painful kundalini-like experiences, giving access to the ethereal worlds and a hypersensitive insight into other people’s pain. This lasted for three years. A turning point came when Lars was 15 and received a book anonymously in the post. Hazrat Inayat Khan’s ‘Gayan Vadan Nirtan’ became the start of a lifelong esoteric study. Like Paulo Coelho, Lars was for many years a successful singer/songwriter who, concurrently with his music, studied the world’s religions and esoteric knowledge. Then in 1996, he was struck down by an unexplained illness, which neither doctors nor alternative therapists could diagnose. For three years he lay in bed without being able to move or think straight. Through a close friend’s intervention, Lars was put in touch with a seer who, via the telephone, brought him back to life. That was the start of a completely new existence and the beginning of that quest he has so grippingly described in his trilogy book ‘The O Manuscript: The Seer, The Magdalene, The Grail’. Other books: The Gate of Light: Healing Practices to Connect You to Source Energy The Law of Light: The Secret Teachings of Jesus The Law of Light: The Aramaic Mystery Movie Lars referred to during the interview: The Gate of Light by Lars Muhl Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and transcript of this interview. Interview recorded May 30, 2020 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:54 - A Sensitive Perception in Childhood 00:09:08 - Visualization and the Power of Intention 00:13:35 - The Wisdom of the New Testament and the Essenes 00:17:28 - Jesus and the Essenes 00:22:01 - The Potential within Each of Us 00:26:07 - The Kingdom of Heaven in Aramaic 00:30:53 - The Possibility of Animals Being Enlightened 00:34:54 - Scribe at Qumran 00:38:47 - A Transformative Experience 00:43:07 - The Choice to Leave Showbiz 00:47:21 - The Profound Experience of Gazing 00:51:24 - Being True to Yourself and the Essence of Hypocrisy 00:55:41 - Prophets and Reincarnation 01:00:26 - The Departure of Yeshua and the Role of the Holy Spirit 01:04:32 - Higher Consciousness and Other Dimensions 01:08:44 - The Deep Level of Human Abilities 01:13:07 - The Power of Healing Wine 01:17:35 - Encounter with a Guardian Angel 01:21:32 - Nervous System Stress and Purification 01:25:52 - Dealing with dark and light forces; The role of guardian angels and fallen angels 01:29:53 - Introduction to the Chariot of Fire and Esoteric Christianity 01:34:09 - Investing Your Whole Being in Success 01:38:38 - The Feminine and Masculine in the Kingdom of Heaven 01:43:23 - Mary Magdalene and Her Misrepresentation 01:47:41 - The Marriage of Jesus and Mariam Magdalene 01:52:02 - Embracing Diversity and Fluidity 01:56:29 - Awakening to the Inner Abilities 02:00:33 - The Need for Activism and Spiritual Warriors 02:04:46 - Respecting Differences and Making the Best of Life 02:08:44 - Webinars and Upcoming Events

Efrat Shokef, Ph.D., is a mother to three spiritually aware teens. A daughter, wife, sister, writer, teacher, cosmic journeyer, a shamanic energy healing practitioner working primarily with children, teens, parents, and families, and the Author of The Promise We Made: Three Universal Soul Promises We Made to Our Children – Near Death Experience and the Parenting Teachings It Invites. Efrat was severely injured in a car crash and experienced a profound near-death experience (NDE) when her three daughters were all still younger than four. Her journey of physical recovery, the integration of her NDE, and, at the same time, her inability to participate in the caretaking of her daughters sent her on a quest to the essence of motherhood. What makes us our child(ren)’s parent beyond the doing? A quest and insights she shared in her book, and on her website. Efrat believes that when parents know/remember that they are more than their physical bodies or their confused, wounded emotions, they can recognize the luminosity of their child(ren). When we all accept that we are on a journey of growth, we can mirror the possibility of this Earthly journey to the children in our lives. When we walk our essence and connect to who we are at our core, we can see that same luminosity in everyone, beyond gender, race, ethnicity, or age. Respecting all others, including our children— dependent humans, yet also powerful, experienced souls—becomes a way of life. Explore articles and resources for Spiritually Aware Families and Contact Efrat through her website: https://efratshokef.com/ Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group Interview recorded December 8, 2024.

Dr. Jim Tucker is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is Director of the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies, where he is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives. He is the author of Before: Children's Memories of Previous Lives, a new 2-in-1 edition of his books Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives and Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives, which together have been translated into twenty languages. Websites: jimbtucker.com Division of Perceptual Studies Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded July 31, 2021. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:02:48 - Motivation for Research 00:05:44 - Challenging the Physical Understanding of Reality 00:10:10 - The Evolution of Spiritual Beings 00:14:57 - The Middle Ages and Beliefs 00:22:17 - The Fascinating Case of James Houston 00:25:50 - Paradigm Shift and Understanding the Deeper Nature of Reality 00:29:37 - The Value of Consciousness and Past Life Memories 00:34:09 - Hypnotic Regression and Past Lives Experiences 00:38:17 - Reincarnation stories and choosing parents 00:43:14 - Children's Memories of Past and Future Lives 00:47:06 - Indicators of Past Life Skills 00:50:24 - Birthmarks and Reincarnation 00:53:56 - The Five Sheaths in Sanskrit Tradition 00:57:10 - Hypnotic Regression and Dr. Brian Weiss's Work 01:00:11 - The Potential for Harm and Benefit in Past Life Research 01:03:21 - Disincarnate Entities and Incarnation 01:06:35 - Recent Lives and Intact Memories 01:09:22 - Unfinished Business and Emotional Ties 01:11:59 - Skepticism and Debating Past Life Cases 01:15:08 - Unusual Behaviors in Children with Past Life Memories 01:18:13 - Impact of Past Lives on Gender Development 01:21:25 - Reincarnation and Transmigration across Species 01:24:13 - The Possibility of Consciousness on Other Planets 01:27:51 - The Hollywood Case and Past Life Memories 01:31:21 - Verifying Ryan's Statements and the Impacts of Past Life Memories 01:34:54 - Possibilities of Past Lives and Sequential Reincarnation 01:38:16 - The Malleability of Time 01:41:39 - The Pursuit of Inner Happiness 01:45:56 - A Potential Shift Ahead 01:48:11 - Next episode preview and introduction

Selbie makes the complex and obscure simple and clear. He is known for creating bridges of understanding between the modern evidence-based discoveries of science and the ancient experience-based discoveries of the mystics. A dedicated meditator for nearly fifty years, he has taught yoga, meditation, and universal experiential spirituality throughout the US and Europe. He has also been an avid follower of the unfolding new paradigm of post-materialist science—with groaning bookshelves to show for it. Selbie has authored The Physics of God, a unification of science and religion, and The Yugas, a factual look at India’s tradition of cyclical history. Selbie is a founding member of Ananda—a meditation-based community and spiritual movement inspired by Paramhansa Yogananda. He lives with his wife at Ananda Village near Nevada City, California. Books: The Physics of God: How the Deepest Theories of Science Explain Religion and How the Deepest Truths of Religion Explain Science - "The explanations of transcendent phenomena given by saints, sages, and near-death experiencers—miracles, immortality, heaven, God, and transcendent awareness—are fully congruent with scientific discoveries in the fields of relativity, quantum physics, medicine, M-theory, neuroscience, and quantum biology. The Physics of God describes the intersections of science and religion with colorful, easy-to-understand metaphors, making abstruse subjects within both science and religion easily accessible to the layman—no math, no dogma." The Yugas: Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age and Enlightened Future Website: physicsandgod.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview with Joseph on "The Yugas". Interview recorded February 26, 2022 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:03:33 - A Shift Towards Philosophy and Spirituality 00:07:38 - From Science to Spirituality 00:11:11 - Comparing Science and Religion 00:14:41 - The Interpretation of Science and Religion 00:18:46 - Unity between Science and Religion 00:22:07 - The convergence of science and spirituality 00:25:30 - Bridging Science and Spirituality 00:29:31 - Incorporating Spirituality in Science 00:33:09 - The Challenges of Applying Scientific Experimentation to Spirituality 00:36:32 - The Nature of Matter and Energy 00:40:35 - The Intelligent Organization of Energy 00:44:57 - Flatland and Two Dimensional Reality 00:48:46 - The Intersection of Science and Spirituality 00:52:15 - The Complexity of the Universe 00:56:02 - The creation of multiple universes and promissory materialism 00:59:35 - The Mathematical Language of Consciousness 01:03:20 - The Challenges of Bridging the Gap in scientific research 01:06:43 - The Power of Consciousness and Responsibility 01:10:24 - Mind-blowing Mystical Experiences 01:13:32 - The Origin of Consciousness and the Role of the Observer 01:17:37 - Challenging Fundamental Truths 01:21:18 - Einstein's View on Quantum Physics 01:24:53 - Nonlocality and the Existence of Multiple Universes 01:28:58 - The Intelligent Power of the Universe 01:32:33 - Currents of Intelligence and the Manifestation of Gods and Demons 01:36:08 - The Role of Freewill in Shaping our Reality 01:39:51 - The Future of Science and the Flip 01:43:01 - Wrapping up and defining God 01:46:40 - The Oneness with God 01:49:36 - Life is What Happens