Buddha at the Gas Pump ~ Guests: Katie Davis, Sundance Burke

Budda at the Gas Pump with Host, Rick Archer

Guests:

Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

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Recording - Saturday, April 28

Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

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Recording - Saturday, May 5

Videos will be posted shortly after these dates at:

Buddha at the Gas Pump

You are invited to In-JOY!

Conversations with Avant-Garde Sages ~ Guests: Katie Davis, Sundance Burke

Conversations with Avant-Garde Sages

Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

Guests with John Troy

Anchored and Produced by Trip Overholt

Radio Satsang WCOM 103.5 FM in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Cyber Satsang Live Streaming Everywhere

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Tuesday, April 10, 12:00-1:00 pm (Eastern)

Sundance Burke

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Tuesday, April 17, 12:00-1:00 pm (Eastern)

Katie Davis

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Spiritual Awakening, Non-duality, Self-inquiry, Self-realization

You are invited to join us!

Friends of the Heart December 2011 Issue Is Now Posted by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

Friends of the Heart December 2011 Issue Is Now Posted:

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Free articles on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, Self-inquiry and Self-realization

Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

This Issue Includes:

"Physical Space vs. Time Place, Mind Control, Know Thyself"

By Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

Asheville, North Carolina Satsang

Satsang, Weekend Non-residential Satsang Retreat

Host: Asheville Sangha

"These Amazing Times"

Video by Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

Interview by Richard Miller on Chicago's Never Not Here Show

Maryland Satsang, Silver Spring Satsang, Washington DC Satsang

Satsang and Weekend Non-residential Satsang Retreat

Host: OneCircle Center

Free Downloads - Chapters and E-books

By Katie Davis and Sundance Burke

"Say I Am You"

Jelaluddin Rumi Poem

Friends of the Heart Donations

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Sundance Burke and Scott Kiloby on Never Not Here with Richard Miller, November 2011

Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit and Scott Kiloby, Author, "Love's Quiet Revolution" are interviewed by Richard Miller on Chicago's Never Not Here Show in November 2011.

"These Amazing Times" (1 hr 40 mins)

Sundance Burke Website: www.SundanceBurke.org

Scott Kiloby Website: www.Kiloby.com

Never Not Here Website: www.NeverNotHere.com

Katie Davis Website: www.KatieDavis.org

New Nisargadatta Maharaj Website Recommendation by Katie Davis

Manu Namasivayam recently introduced us to a new Nisargadatta Maharaj Website that I would like to share with you. The website exclusively offers articles related to Nisargadatta and includes hundreds of photos, books, free downloads when permitted, videos and much more.

www.Nisaradatta.org Website includes:

About Nisargadatta Maharaj - Pronunciation and Meaning, Biography - Meet the Sage - Navnath Sampradaya - Nisarga Yoga - I Am That - Lasts Days: Last Teachings - Mahasamadhi - Maharaj's residence - Monuments of Maharaj - The Style of Teaching - Consciousness - My True State - Memories of Maharaj - Narrations by various devotees - The Famous books of Nisargaddat Maharaj - Various other books about Nisargadatta Maharaj - Traditional scriptures often referred by Maharaj - Where to buy books - A Large collection of photos of Nisargadatta - Download print size portraits - Nisargadatta Quotes from famous books - Other Related Websites - Videos of Nisargadatta Maharaj - Original DVDs - Translations of I AM THAT into various languages.

Quoted from www.Nisargadatta.org:

"Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was an Indian spiritual teacher and philospher of Advaita (Nondualism), and a Guru, belonging to the Navnath Sampradaya. Sri Nisargadatta, with his direct and minimalistic explanation of non-dualism, is considered the most famous teacher of Advaita since Ramana Maharshi. In 1973, the publication of his most famous and widely-translated book, "I AM THAT," an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers."

The new Nisargadatta Website is truly a dedicated and devotional service to one of the most revered sages of India and the world and I would like to recommend it as an excellent resource.

To enjoy, please click www.Nisargadatta.org

Friends of the Heart September Issue by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

Friends of the Heart September 2011 Issue Now Posted:

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Free articles on spiritual awakening, radiant love, Non-duality, Self-inquiry and Self-realization

This Issue Includes:

"Before the Awakening: Forgiveness and Allowing"

Article by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

We enter the temple of the Heart as love and you are already the Abode of radiant love. Yet, when we begin shifting attention out of the head and into the physical body to be present, we become aware of emotions that were previously unnoticed . . . Continue reading by clicking HERE

"Simply Being Free"

Article by Sundance Burke, Author, "Free Spirit"

The great Indian sage, Ramana Maharshi, once said, "Our duty is to BE and to not be this or that. Of course, he said that in the Now, as that's the only reality of Being. Accordingly, the impact of the expression is to be realized now. So what is the distinction between . . . Continue reading by clicking HERE

"Today: Better Together Discount at Amazon for All Three Books"

"Awake Joy," "Free Spirit" and "Conversations on Non-duality: Twenty-six Awakening"

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"New Releases"

MP3 Downloads (52 minutes each)

"A Conversation on Non-duality with Katie Davis"

"A Conversation on Non-duality with Sundance Burke"

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"Seattle Eastside Satsang ~ Seattle Friends of the Heart"

Article by Sundance Burke

October 2 - December 28

Sundays, 4:00 pm, Seattle Eastside Satsang with Sundance and Katie

Alternating Thursdays, 7:00 pm, Seattle Eastside Satsang with Katie Davis

Altternating Thursdays, 7:00 pm, Simply Being Free with Sundance Burke

More information HERE

"What is Simply Being Free with Sundance?"

Article by Sundance Burke

Simply points to that which is timeless, and thus, beyond effort or practice

Being is your Presence ~ the ISness of consciousness

Free ~ You are That

With ~ Connector of Oneness

Sundance is a name I calls Itself

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"Private Appointments" with Katie Davis or Sundance Burke

October 1 - December 28

Worldwide: By phone, cell or Skype

In 'Person' in Bellevue, WA, USA

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Free Downloads and Free Videos at www.KatieDavis.org

Free Videos at www.SundanceBurke.org

(Tour Schedule Resumes Soon)

"A Conversation on Non Duality" by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

"A Conversation on Non Duality": Katie Davis, "Awake Joy"

MP3 Download

From the newly published book entitled "Conversations on Non-duality": Twenty-Six Awakenings (edited by Eleanora Gilbert and published by Cherry Red Books), this is another new release by Conscious TV with Katie Davis, author of the book "Awake Joy", who is interviewed by Renate McNay of Conscious TV in an MP3 downloadable format.

IN THIS HIGHLY ENERGETIC INTERVIEW, you deeply sense the blissful stillness that is the signature of spiritual realization. As the interviewer inquires into the wonderment of our true nature, you may also be consciously graced by the palpable frequency of the silence.

Katie Davis shares the mystery of her awakening and then follows with pointers to Self-inquiry, the delusion of the separate sense of self, you are already That which you seek and understanding that Self-realization is a true and immediate possibility for you right now.

KATIE DAVIS, author, Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment, is a graduate of the University of Washington. In 1986, she encountered a spontaneous and radical awakening, without practices or teachers.

Since 1999, she has been traveling worldwide to share the ever-present possibility of Self-realization that is the end of all suffering. Katie offers satsang, intentives, silent retreats, private consultations and is a Keynote Presenter for organizations and conferences. www.KatieDavis.org  

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"Awake Joy": The Essence of Enlightenment, Book by Katie Davis

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New Release by Cherry Red Books "Conversations on Non-duality": Twenty-Six Awakenings

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"A Conversation on Non Duality" with Sundance Burke, "An Interview with Sundance Burke", Author "Free Spirit"

"A Conversation on Non-Duality with Sundance Burke"

"An Interview with Sundance Burke"

Author, "Free Spirit"

From the newly released book by Cherry Red Books "Conversations on Non-duality: Twenty-six Awakenings," edited by Eleonara Gilbert, this is another new release by Conscious TV with Sundance Burke, author of the book Free Spirit, who is interviewed by Iain McNay of Conscious TV in an MP3 downloadable format.

IN THE FOLLOWING INTERVIEW with Iain McNay, Sundance paradoxically shares the personal story of how he realized his formless Spirit, the essence of his and all being. Just the fact of being given the birth-name, Donald the Third, seemed to catalyze his lifelong quest for Self-realization. Graced by a chance encounter with an enlightened stranger, a multitude of synchronistic events, his own out of body experiences and fears of an early death, Sundance came face to face with life’s most profound questions: who or what am I and why am I here? As it turned out, this kind of adventure appealed to Sundance’s innate curiosity more than anything else, so at the age of 32 his life-path was inexorably altered. After many years of seeking, Sundance’s inner quest culminated. Without apparent reason, the seeking just stopped and never returned, revealing the conscious calm-joy that we truly are.

SUNDANCE BURKE, Spiritual Teacher and Author, was born in Seattle, Washington under the given name, Donald Russell Burke III. He is a graduate of the University of Washington and the Gonzaga School of Law. Sundance is a former practicing lawyer and businessman. He is the father of two children and the grandfather of three more.

Sundance Burke is the author of Free Spirit, A Guide to Enlightened Being, published in 2008. He offers public talks, video recordings, private meetings, intensive workshops and retreats for those who long to awaken to their true nature.

While traveling for law business in 1982, Sundance was graced with the profound spiritual experience of being the loving witness to the mind’s dream of personal existence. This awareness of impersonal being completely shattered his former understanding of self-identity and the nature of the world. In the years that followed, he found himself undertaking an intense inward journey into the heart of this realization.

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Friends of the Heart May Issue by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

The Friends of the Heart May Newsletter by Katie Davis, author of "Awake Joy" has now been published for viewing on the Katie Davis website with articles on Non-duality, spiritual awakening, enlightenment and Self-realization.

In This Issue:

"We Have Relocated"

"The Goat, the Meditator and the Sky of the Dormant Mind" by Katie Davis

"Conversations on Non-duality: Twenty-Six Awakenings"

"A Conversation on Non Duality" with Katie Davis MP3 Download

"A Conversation on Non Duality" with Sundance Burke MP3 Download

Go now to www.KatieDavis.org/FriendsoftheHeart.html

Katie Davis www.KatieDavis.org

Sundance Burke www.SundanceBurke.org

Free Downloads: Free Chapters, E-books, Excerpts, Dialogues, Essays by Katie Davis, Author, Awake Joy

Free downloads, free e-books, chapters, excerpts, dialogues, essays by Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit.

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Enjoy free downloads on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, Self-inquiry, enlightenment, Self-realization, meditation and living now as presence.

These downloads include:

1. Two free chapters of Awake Joy by Katie Davis (12 pages)

2. Free chapters from Free Spirit by Sundance Burke (42 pages)

3. Free E-book, Self-Inquiry and Self-Realization (28 pages)

4. Free E-book, Spiritual Awakening (16 pages)

5. Free E-book, Awake Living (20 pages)

Free e-books include another excerpt from Awake Joy, student dialogues and essays that have been published in the United States, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom.

You may also sign up to receive one email monthly that is a free Friends of the Heart Newsletter that includes new articles on awakening, Non-duality, Self-inquiry, enlightenment and Self-realization by Katie Davis, author, Awake Joy and Sundance Burke, author, Free Spirit, other non-dual authors and teachers, ecstatic poets, artists and musicians.

New selections will be added periodically to this Free Download Library, so that the wide selection will always be fresh. You may return to these pages to enjoy any time that you wish.

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Also available on this website is a Free Video Library with over 20 videos on spiritual awakening, Non-duality, Self-Inquiry, Living Now as Presence, enlightenment, Self-realization and meditation. The videos include satsang videos, interviews, television shows, radio podcasts with slideshows.
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The Sky of Now ~ Excerpt from Awake Joy by Katie Davis

Visit the Katie Davis Website at www.KatieDavis.org:

Free awakening videos and free Friends of the Heart Newsletters with articles on being now, awakening, meditation, enlightenment, Non-duality, Advaita and awake living; Katie's satsang schedule and event testimonials, photo gallery, awakening groups and how to contact Katie for a private appointment or to invite her to your area.


The Sky of Now by Katie Davis

Awake Joy is the radiance that strings the happy and unhappy moments of the life situation together like the pearls of a necklace. In the direct realization of this radiance, the pearls dissolve into the precious freedom of conscious joy. Sensibly, inherent joy can not be given to you, nor can it be taken away. In essence, it is who you really are. If you are searching for joy, you are what you are seeking and in seeking, you can not realize your radiance.

I am not a therapeutic guide, who changes your life story, so that you can be more joyful. I am suggesting that you leave the story alone for awhile and turn your attention to the storyteller. In your willingness to surrender the teller of tales, joy naturally emerges. The life story then effortlessly transforms to reflect that joyful transcendence.

Of course, the conditioned mind does love repetition, so it is persistent. If you have ever read books to small children, perhaps you have noticed that they love reading the same stories over and over. They cherish the security of knowing the storyline and they adore the anticipation and expectation of what is already known. This is similar to repetitive adult storylines as we anticipate more of the same. The ego loves the known, because it is based upon it. Ego freedom is the end of psychological suffering and the conscious realization of ever-present joy.


Waves of Emotion

When you are identified with your story, you believe that outside circumstances cause your emotions to change. For example, someone does something that you either love or hate, so you feel either happy or angry. This translates that if you are happy, somebody can take it away and if you are angry, somebody else should fix it. By surrendering your true power in this manner, you helplessly ride the waves of emotion. You remain subject to their merciless push and pull. Your opportunity is to turn attention inward in self-observation to attend to what remains pristine and untouched by emotion.

At first glance, you begin realizing that your attitudes about past situations are linked to present emotional reactions through conditioned thought. Based on past experience, this conditioned linkage is the actual cause of your emotional storms. This is self-inflicted psychological suffering. You can not learn the Joy of Being, but you can observe how you deny this truth through self-observation.

You can observe how you drain your life force as you willingly perpetuate negative emotions through storytelling. You can even become aware of the instant, when you choose to do so. Meanwhile deep within, constant joy is, without the need of any condition or circumstance. My invitation is to look deeper than the storyteller for its discovery.

(continued in tomorrow's post)


In 1986, KATIE DAVIS radically and spontaneously awakened without practices or teachers. The spiritual realization integrated twelve years and she began sharing her message of conscious freedom and causeless joy in 1999. Her new book, Awake Joy, published in 2008.


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AWAKE JOY

Free Awakening Video and the Heart of Advaita Video with Katie Davis - Diamond of Joy Video

A free awakening video with Katie Davis was posted today on the Katie Davis Website. It is entitled "Diamond of Joy."

In this video, Katie is sharing awakening and points the way to the Heart; the very Heart of Advaita.

She points to the nature of consciousness, awakening, enlightement, non-duality and spiritual realization or Self-realization.

Katie Davis Free Video Library: www.katiedavis.org/freeawakeningvideos.html

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Free Video on Awakening & Consciousness by Katie Davis - Free Video Library

Another free video with Katie Davis on "Awakening and Consciousness" was released today on the Katie Davis Website.

It is Part II of a six part series with Katie Davis interviewed by Jordan Shafer of CompassionWorks, who is the host and sponsor of our Dallas Satsang and Dallas Satsang Intensives.

Enjoy the entire Free Awakening Video Library with Katie Davis and Sundance Burke with videos on awakening, consciousness, Advaita, Non-duality, enlightenment and Self-realization.

Katie Davis Website Free Videos: www.katiedavis.org/freeawakeningvideos.html

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Katie Davis Blog: www.AwakebyKatie.blogspot.com

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Heart of Life E-book by Katie Davis, Author, "Awake Joy"

"Heart of Life" e-book is now available on my website. It was just released. As a non-dual satsang teacher and author of the soon to be released hardcover book, "Awake Joy: The Essence of Enlightenment," I wanted to let you know about "Heart of Life: The Katie Collection." It includes writings that have been published as stand alone articles in magazines, newspapers and websites, in addition to Friends of the Heart Newsletters, throughout the United States and the United Kingdom.

The e-book includes 20 articles entitled, "Roses for Living," "The Secret Ocean," "The Sky of Now," "Awake Right Now," "Ego's Story-Time," "The Mystical Sky," "Inner Space," "Only This Love," "Awakening to the Invincible Summer," "Ego's Postponement Strategy," "Wisdom's Work," "Call of the Wild," "Be Still," "Pure Being," "I am Meditation," "Beyond Causality," "Duality and Conceptual Reality," plus an interview as a cover story for a Northwest newspaper in the United States.

The e-book also includes a description of my new book to publish soon, "Awake Joy: the Essence of Enlightenment," how to contract me directly and guidelines for permission to distribute or publish the articles for your newsletters or websites. "Heart of Life" is available at Awake Books.

Katie Davis Website: www.katiedavis.org

Duality, Separation, Non-duality by Katie Davis

A drop of water does not separate to be a part of the ocean, but rather dissolves its partiality. Until it surrenders, it is relatively powerless in comparison to the sea. The separate self is the time-based mind's attempt to separate and it will prove to be futile. Only separation is unattainable. Self-realization is an ease, since it is already complete.

Desire inherently contains its opposite, which is fear. Dual in nature, they depend upon one another. So while we are creating our personal desire, we are also creating poverty, greed, sexual obsession, power over others in the herd, and every form of lack. In other words, when we desire, we are actually saying that we are lacking. Consequently, both seem to be created. That is the way of the dual mind and it points to madness, but at least "I have what I want." Do you? "Probably not, but I will in the future."

If you are acquiring in order to be happier at a future time, ever-present joy will elude you. It is not a future endeavor. It is here now, uncaused and free of every-thing. The dual mind will prove to be ravenous for its desires, as it runs from its fears. Its bottom line will always be "more!" When it finally discovers that its treasures only provide a fleeting happiness, it discovers the root of all its longing, which is the realization of the Heart.

Katie Davis Website: www.katiedavis.org