553. Dorothy Hunt, 2nd Interview

Dorothy Hunt serves as Spiritual Director of Moon Mountain Sangha, teaching at the request of Adyashanti.  She is the founder of the San Francisco Center for Meditation and Psychotherapy and has practiced psychotherapy since 1967. She is the author of Leaves from Moon Mountain, Only This!, and Ending the Search: From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness. A contributing author to The Sacred Mirror, and Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Dorothy is also a featured spiritual teacher in the book, Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom: The Feminine Face of Awakening. Dorothy has a long and deep connection to the teachings of Ramana Maharshi and the path of Self-Inquiry, as well as the nondual teachings of Zen, Advaita, and the Christian mystics.  In meeting Adyashanti, she was invited beyond identification with either the absolute or relative, finding freedom in what is awake in each of us regardless of the changing faces of experience. Dorothy offers satsang, retreats, and private meetings in the San Francisco Bay area and elsewhere by invitation. For more information, visit www.dorothyhunt.org Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. First BatGap interview with Dorothy Hunt. This interview was recorded May 11, 2020, as part of an online conference offered by the Science and Nonduality Conference, held May 17-23, entitled Wisdom in Times of Crisis. The conference has finished, but you may sign up to access all of its content. Summary and transcript of this interview. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:02:19 - "Ending the Search, From Spiritual Ambition to the Heart of Awareness" 00:03:52 - Trying New Things and Keeping the Brain Lively 00:05:17 - Accepting Our Humanness 00:07:09 - Seeing the World as Yourself 00:09:01 - Transformation on a Global Level 00:10:26 - Awakening to True Nature 00:12:19 - Embracing the Shadow Places 00:13:52 - Embracing Growth and Continuous Improvement 00:15:33 - The Power of the Story 00:17:16 - Connecting to the Deepest Dimension 00:18:43 - Finding Balance Amidst Fear and Anxiety 00:20:37 - Finding Peace in the Midst of a Storm 00:22:11 - The temporary clearing of the environment 00:23:48 - The Uncertainty of the Future 00:25:27 - Embracing Impermanence and Paradox 00:27:07 - The Intensity of Dreams and Collective Consciousness 00:28:52 - A Time of Forced Retreat and Contemplation 00:30:41 - Reflections on a Different Experience 00:32:18 - The Power of Silence and Deep Peace 00:33:56 - Grounding in Inner Peace and Collective Consciousness 00:35:43 - Making Spiritual Progress 00:37:25 - Shifting attention to the deeper dimensions 00:39:05 - Experiencing True Nature 00:40:40 - Connecting to Spirit through Different Practices 00:42:26 - "Do the Next Obvious Thing": Embracing Natural Meditation 00:43:52 - The Silence in the Midst of Noise 00:45:18 - Exploring the Inner Silence 00:47:05 - The Fear of Being Nobody 00:48:51 - Motherhood of the Divine 00:50:53 - Wrapping Up the Talk