Rick Archer, Beloved Creator/Host of the Renowned Buddha at the Gas Pump (BATGAP) Spiritual Interview Show

05/18/22 • 79 min

In this episode, we have an inspiring and heart-opening exchange with Rick Archer, the extraordinarily spiritually awakened Creator / Host of the spiritual interview show, Buddha at the Gas Pump. Since the Fall of 2009, he has interviewed over 640 “spiritually awakening” people, from the well-known to the unknown, from a variety of backgrounds and traditions. In this fascinating and engaging exchange, we travel the spectrum from an authentic deep dive into devotion into a highly heartfelt embrace of enlightenment.

We go from American gothic to mystic topics
We find our destinies are very much guided by unseen forces...
We learn how to abide in a space of seeing the world through God's eyes
We are reminded that Every day is life and to not pass over the present for some glorious future
We learn the blessing of being supported and the blessing of being thwarted
Rick shares that a true warrior has time only for their impeccability
He expresses that it is better to die doing the right thing than it is to live doing the wrong thing
We see how there are as many perspectives on existence as there are people
We discover what question Rick Archer would ask Jesus
Listen to find out if YOU have the winning lottery ticket.
Laugh, sing and feel the beat go on as we sync up with the rhythm of existence
We learn the value of who we are more fundamentally
We are inspired to stay curious and fascinated about the mysteries of life and consciousness

"Whatever you think, it's more than that." - The Incredible String Band

Personal Website

https://batgap.com

Social Media link

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Batgap

Social Media link

https://www.facebook.com/BuddhaAtTheGasPump/

Social Media link

https://www.instagram.com/archer.rick/

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On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.
Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community.
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We go from American gothic to mystic topics
We find our destinies are very much guided by unseen forces...
We learn how to abide in a space of seeing the world through God's eyes
We are reminded that Every day is life and to not pass over the present for some glorious future
We learn the blessing of being supported and the blessing of being thwarted
Rick shares that a true warrior has time only for their impeccability
He expresses that it is better to die doing the right thing than it is to live doing the wrong thing
We see how there are as many perspectives on existence as there are people
We discover what question Rick Archer would ask Jesus
Listen to find out if YOU have the winning lottery ticket.
Laugh, sing and feel the beat go on as we sync up with the rhythm of existence
We learn the value of who we are more fundamentally
We are inspired to stay curious and fascinated about the mysteries of life and consciousness

"Whatever you think, it's more than that." - The Incredible String Band

Personal Website

https://batgap.com

Social Media link

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Batgap

Social Media link

https://www.facebook.com/BuddhaAtTheGasPump/

Social Media link

https://www.instagram.com/archer.rick/

Support the show

BECOME A MEMBER
https://ko-fi.com/caravanoftheheart/tiers
Your monthly support helps further this outreach and keeps this Caravan moving to amplify love in all things!

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"What we are dwelling on we are dwelling in" with Troubadours of Divine Bliss

In this episode, we circle up around the Caravan campfire for a heart session to ask, "Where y'at?...in your heart, mind, and spirit...

We visit the places we inhabit and look at what we are in the habit of thinking, feeling, saying & doing.
We realize that what we are dwelling on – we are dwelling in.
We explore the "unwept teach" that comes to call.
We tap you on the shoulder to find out where you are
Catch yourself before you wreck yourself
It used to be a world half-there. Heavens 2nd rate hand me down. Now I'm walking with a reverent air because everything is Holy Now
Discover the moment the oldest woman in the world was most happy
Today you get the greatest present ever...

If you focus on the truth, you will speak more truth.
If you look at noble things, nobility will mark your life. If you seek out lovely things, your life will be lovely to others and lovely for yourself.
If you dwell on that which is pure, that which is impure will have no attraction to you.
If you think about pure things, you will become pure.
If you look for virtue, you will find it.
If you search for higher things, you will elevate your own life.

Think On These Things! Inhabit these things...focus on the good, the pure, the true, the holy, the right, the lovely. Find those things that elevate the mind and amplify love and think about them! God inhabits our praises!

Let's Connect! Schedule your personal or couples retreat and let us nurture you and your love!
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Next Episode

Joan Tollifson, Writer, Teacher, Explorer in Nondual Spirituality

In this episode, we share an expansive and awakening conversation with writer, teacher, and explorer in nondual spirituality, Joan Tollifson.

Joan has held public and private meetings as well as occasional workshops and retreats since 1996. She encourages people to question the stories, beliefs, and misunderstandings that create so much of our human suffering, especially our tendency to mistake conceptual maps for the living actuality. Her bare-bones approach is open, direct, down-to-earth, and rooted in the ever-fresh aliveness of presence-awareness.

We find the Holy Reality...it's always right here
We bask in the understanding that we are all parts of a whole that is continually happening
We enjoy both the utter simplicity and the infinite complexity and diversity of exactly what is...
We embrace the idea that everyone is doing exactly all they know to do
We learn that we may need to trust the grit to create the pearl
We find perfection in imperfection and expand the circle to include everyone
We talk about the nothing in everything and how opposite energies propel growth
We think to ourselves "What a Wonderful World" and see how everything is really saying, “I love you."
We experience that the Ever-Fresh Aliveness of “Just This”... IS Bliss

Personal Website
www.joantollifson.com

Social Media link
https://www.facebook.com/JoanTollifson/

Social Media link
https://www.facebook.com/joan.tollifson.54

“...We simply need to come to our senses, open our eyes and ears, see and listen, taste and touch. Feel the sensations and the energy throughout the body and all around us. Feel the presence. Feel the spaciousness, the boundlessness, the aliveness of this presence that we are and that everything is, allowing it all to reveal itself to itself in ever more subtle and wondrous ways.” – Joan Tollifson

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Support Caravan of the Heart
More about Caravan of the Heart
A podcast...a blisscast, a variety show for the soul by Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Aim Me Smiley & Renee Ananda, a touring folk music duo, inspirational speakers, retreat leaders, and advocates for this planet and its people.
On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.
Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community.
"Come, come, whoever you are. This is not a caravan of despair." Rumi
Love is Spoken Here

Support the show

BECOME A MEMBER
https://ko-fi.com/caravanoftheheart/tiers
Your monthly support helps further this outreach and keeps this Caravan moving to amplify love in all things!

LOVE IS SPOKEN HERE