Jan was born 1960 and grew up in Bury, England. His parents were Danish. In 1967 the family moved to Denmark. Jan’s dad is an engineer and there was no spiritual influence from either parent. Yet Jan showed strong spiritual yearnings since an early age. Jan trained as an artist under the Danish painter Niels Hermann Wamberg; he also studied art restoration at the Royal Academy in order to learn the traditional craft. Jan also studied at the university and acquired an MA in history of modern culture. Today Jan works as a full-time professional artist and also has a software company developing photo retouching plug-ins for Photoshop.
After doing Transcendental Meditation and the TM Siddhi Programme for six years, Jan felt the need for a guru and found Gururaj Ananda Yogi whom he stayed with for three years. Then Jan’s Kundalini was so active, that he did not need any other guidance than what the Shakti gave, so he gave up on gurus and meditated by observing the inner Shakti’s workings. Following this, Jan began to be contagious and the Kundalini might spontaneously awaken in those that meditated with him. After some years, Jan met Amma and related to her as a spiritual master for about ten years. But again the Shakti guided Jan to meditate on his own and follow the inner guidance of the Shakti. Today Jan would describe his spirituality as being grabbed by Mother’s grace. The Divine Mother who resides in everybody as Kundalini Shakti and patiently waits to unfold as a vibrating field of love, bliss, and grace.
Interview recorded 7/10/2011.
Jan's sites:
Spirituality
Art
Software Development
Books:
Lovebliss: The Essence of Self-Realization
Enlightenment 101: From Ignorance to Grace
Kundalini Tantra: Song of Liberation
Transcript of this interview
2nd interview with Jan
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Jan Esmann and his Spiritual Journey
00:04:59 - Out of Body Experiences and Blissful Samadhis
00:08:13 - The Blue Pearl and the Blue Being
00:11:15 - An Encounter with God
00:14:54 - Saturated with intelligence and consciousness
00:17:30 - The God Consciousness and the Blue Being
00:20:06 - An Interesting Experience on a Meditation Week
00:22:37 - Glimpses of Past Lives
00:25:59 - Past Life Memories
00:28:41 - Pure Being
00:32:23 - The Paradox of Bliss and Meaninglessness
00:35:05 - Meditation and Kundalini Awakening Journey
00:38:17 - A Spiritual Connection with Amma
00:41:03 - Kundalini Awakening Journey
00:43:39 - Work in Meditation
00:46:28 - Shaktipat and Blissful Meditation
00:50:02 - The Bliss Transmission
00:52:41 - Awakening of the Crown Chakra and Self-realization
00:56:47 - Recognition of Pure Being in Others
00:59:32 - The State of Passive Awareness
01:02:24 - Progression of Consciousness: From Cosmic Consciousness to Unity Consciousness
01:05:35 - Understanding, Realization, and Liberation
01:09:15 - The Maturation of Spiritual Teachers
01:12:28 - The Transition from Duality to Unity Consciousness
01:15:40 - Awakening Spiritual Growth
01:18:01 - The Nature of Bliss
01:21:15 - Levels of Awareness vs Levels of Experience
01:25:25 - Kundalini: Unfolding Ignorance into Enlightenment
01:29:15 - Kundalini and Shaktipat
01:32:59 - Expansion of Unity Consciousness
01:35:56 - Interview with a Local Phenomenon in Copenhagen