Eshwar Segobind shared his message and it was startling in its simplicity.  Eshwar’s spiritual path is remarkable both for its brevity and for the depth of practical insight he manifests.   In less than a year, Eshwar went from a recovery program to a profound spiritual awakening to his true nature. He shared about his journey and how he came to know the Truth as it is for him now. Enjoy his stark clarity. It is palpable.

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He also extended an invitation that he is happy to speak to those with sincere questions and does not charge for his time. He can be reached at [email protected].

Upon listening to the recording of the Satsang, Eshwar requested that the following note be added to this post for clarity:

There was an error on my part when I refered to “Nothing.” The way it seemed was as though this nothing is what you are, and this “nothing” is a goal to attain. I did not realize this. Just clear seeing that even the sense of existence never existed. Nothing ever happened, nothing is going to happen and nothing ever happened. “Nothing” is not anything. Muted. No-thing, not a thing, not anything, not nothing.

The second part: it may seem as though i was eluding to a TRUE Self that you become. The above clarification dismisses that possibility. What was being pointed at: We must accept that we are here and now and that we do exist, whatever shape and form that takes for each of us. The idea of a separate self or individual or the way we think of ourselves is just that, an idea. Only then can we accurately de-construct whatever it is that we believe exists. This idea that we are something and even more subtle, when the idea is gone, this nothing that’s left is what we are. This nothing that’s everything and nothing.

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed Loch Kelly.

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Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW, is an author, meditation teacher, psychotherapist, and founder of the 501c3 non-profit, Open-Hearted Awareness Institute. Loch teaches in a non-sectarian human being lineage using an adult education style based in the earliest non-dual wisdom traditions, modern science and psychotherapy. Loch is grateful to all his teachers and shares from his own experience that has given him great joy, freedom and love. Loch’s work is to help people access awakening as the next natural stage of human development. He offers in-person retreats, workshops, and online video and audio courses. His new book is called The Way of Effortless Mindfulness. His website is https://lochkelly.org/

Regina Dawn Akers interviewed Dr. Jeffrey Martin.

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Dr. Jeffrey Martin is the author of The Finders, a scientific work that studied the enlightenment experience of thousands of subjects. This research resulted in the first reliable, cross-cultural and pan-tradition classification system for these types of experience. He discussed how this research has helped to make systems available to help people obtain profound psychological benefits in a rapid, secular, reliable, and safe way.

Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed John Mark Stroud on Zoom. John Mark Stroud shared about his awakening to a felt communion of the Light, Awareness, Consciousness within. He described how it is for him now in his journey. He also answers important questions about what surrender really means and what it is not. With such profound clarity John Mark once again allowed us to glimpse the great Joy of the Truth of the ever present Love. He also reminds us that we all have a unique unfolding in our journey in Awakening and to remember to let go of comparisons and wanting our journey to look like or be like someone else’s. In addition, John Mark has a website where there is a lot of helpful videos about what it feels like to embody this Trinity of Light at onewhowakes.org.

John Mark and his wife, Cindy, have done a series of videos entitled Beyond Belief into Presence. You can find them on his website as well as Wake Up with the Movies compilation. John Mark has used movies on his spiritual path of Awakening and he has made commentaries on a number of movies that may enlighten you as well.

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed Dean Sluyter (pronounced “slighter”). Dean has taught natural methods of meditation and awakening since 1970. His five highly acclaimed books include Natural Meditation (Amazon #1 stress management bestseller, and Nautilus Gold Medal winner for best mind-body-spirit book) and Fear Less: Living Beyond Fear, Anxiety, Anger, and Addiction. Dean gives talks, workshops, and retreats throughout the United States and beyond, from Ivy League colleges to maximum-security prisons. His media appearances have included National Public Radio, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Coast to Coast AM, The Dr. Oz Show, and O, The Oprah Magazine.

A grateful student of Eastern and Western sages in several traditions, Dean has completed numerous pilgrimages and retreats in India, Tibet, Nepal, and the West. He is known for conveying authentic teachings in forms that are relaxed, accessible, and down-to-earth. When not writing or teaching, he narrates audiobooks, makes music, and happily tools around town on his Vespa.

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert and Anne Blanchard interviewed James Swartz. James notes that Vedanta, “The knowledge that ends the quest for knowledge” is not a philosophy or a mystical path. It is a proven means of self-knowledge compiled over thousands of years by countless Indian Seers that systematically reveals the nature of reality and our place and purpose in it.  For the inquirer, it irrevocably removes the ignorance that causes suffering, leaving only the awareness of who we are: limitless consciousness, whole and complete. Once this knowledge is assimilated and the Self is revealed, all existential suffering comes to an end, you are set free.

Coming from an impeccable lineage and endowed with 40 plus years of teaching experience, James unveils this timeless knowledge with clarity, candor and humor.  He has become one of Vedanta’s most powerful voices for East and West alike. His website Shiningworld.com is a major resource of non-dual wisdom and his best-selling book “How to Attain Enlightenment” has taken the spiritual world by storm.

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed Joan.

Joan Tollifson has roots in Buddhism and Advaita, but she belongs to no formal tradition. She is interested in seeing through the imaginary problems that we think are binding us and waking up to the aliveness of this moment, exactly as it is. Joan’s bare-bones approach is open, direct, immediate and down-to-earth. She invites a meditative exploration that is non-methodical and awareness-based, encouraging people to look and listen for themselves and to question all second-hand ideas and beliefs.

Joan is the author of 4 books: Nothing to Grasp; Painting the Sidewalk with Water: Talks and Dialogs about Nonduality;Awake in the Heartland: The Ecstasy of What Is; and Bare-Bones Meditation: Waking Up from the Story of My Life. 

Joan offers private sessions and other meetings. For more information, visit her website at JoanTollifson.com. 

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed  Suse Wicks.

Suse describes her journey:  In 1987 my husband took his life. What followed immediately after were numerous experiences of the deepest love and clarity I had ever known. So profound were these experiences that a love I had never known before filled my daily canvas of life from moment to moment entirely. In an instant I knew there was one God, in an instant I knew there existed pure causeless, joy, love and deep peace regardless of my circumstances and most of all, in an instant I knew it was all deeply within me. So complete was this knowing that I became hell bent on figuring out how to expand this deliciousness of loving life so joyously, despite the shroud of widowhood with two young children. I held onto one truth: if something existed it could expand and grow. Without a shadow of a doubt I knew love, peace and joy existed beyond anything my mind or experiences had ever demonstrated thus what I was experiencing could grow and expand within me. It was also clear that I could not return to the old way of seeing and perceiving, nothing of my past made sense. My life continued for some time between pure happiness and deep suffering. The many glimpses I had of my natural self led me on the spiritual path that ensued for many years, many teachers, many studies only to discover after much exhaustion that what I was looking to expand and grow was always, always right under my nose, even closer, always accessible at any instant. The awakening in knowing that I was not in charge and the fact that there is no separate self led to the melting away of all concepts of identifying myself as a separate self. What remained was the return to all the instances I experienced after my husbands death only this time it was permanent. What I am and who you are, have and always will be life itself, that is the spiritual search we will all come to sooner or later.

The tiniest drop of pure love felt in one’s being is a force powerful enough to abandon all else for the sake of discovering more…. it is the discovery of who you truly are. Suse points the way to discovering who you are through questions, answers and story.”

More about Suse:

Born and raised in New Hartford, New York in a family of fourteen children, seven sisters, six brothers, Suse was fourth in line.

Studies; Kirkland College, majoring in Theater and Dance, Wheelock and Quincy and College’s, Early Education Degree.

Professional Storyteller (this work/process allowed for house cleaning and much Love to unfold)

Maine Guide – guided women trips on the St Croix, Allagash Rivers and Muscongus Bay, Maine

Hospice Volunteer – My sister Jane and Mom’s passing.

Spiritual Studies: Swedenborg, Krishnamurti, A Course in Miracles,Storytelling, Jac O’Keefe

Studied ACIM for over 20 years, Jac, Bentino and Mooji were great guides for deeper clarifications.

Suse offers Self Realization gatherings for those who are truly committed to knowing themselves beyond and out of a separate self knowing.

Suse’s email: [email protected]

Suse’s Blog- susewicks.blogspot.com

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed  Rev. Amy Torres.

Amy Torres is a well-loved spiritual teacher, author, and retired Gestalt psychotherapist. She has helped countless people regain their lives through a process she terms “unravelization” – safely structuring meltdowns, temper tantrums and nervous breakdowns for repressed and imploding adults desperately in need of release. The idea is that by unraveling and falling apart we encounter new psychological terrain in which fresh realizations and breakthroughs can arise. Although Reverend Torres was guided to formal ministry training and was ordained by One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2008, she considers herself “an undercover minister” meaning that her work is to embody Love and Light and allow her Presence to heal all within her sphere, often without mentioning God, or even speaking a word.

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert  Mary Reed. This was our second satsang with Mary. Mary recently wrote: “Recently a ‘rushing’ awareness flooded through my heart like a dam that had broken loose. I was swept back through key events and shown the reason why I had gone ‘into’ specific people and places. It was all for a very, very good reason…and I was also shown that right now is the time to share that reason.” We invited Mary back to share her new insights.

Mary Reed is an “accidental” mystic who, following eleven years of profound, involuntary visions and insights into divine realms, surrendered her executive life in Washington, DC to explore her spiritual gifts in a remote Buddhist nunnery in India. She grew up without any interest in religion but with an innate knowing that humans had more ability to access greater wisdom than most seemed to realize.

Mary inspires audiences far and wide with her story and perspectives. Using the unique lens of mysticism through which she has been viewing both Divine and earthly realms for fifteen years, Mary’s 2016 tour focused on the answer to a single question: If Love is all we need, then why hasn’t it ever been enough to make our suffering go away? In her words, “If we want a world in which Love really is all we need, then we need to know what Love really is. And if we as individuals want to be part of the awakening experience that is manifesting that world, then we need to know what it is to BE that Love.”