by David “Davidya” Buckland Recently, Jonathan Robinson and Brian Tom O’Connor of Awareness Explorers interviewed Rick Archer of Buddha at the Gas Pump on the advantages and disadvantages of spiritual teachers. This was a 3-way conversation with the co-hosts. They …
In 2015, prior to the Science and Nonduality Conference, Rick Archer of Buddha at the Gas Pump assembled a large panel at Sofia University to discuss a variety of topics including teacher ethics, peer support, and maturity: especially in part …
By Mariana Caplan, Ph.D., Psychotherapist and Author Reposted from HuffPost with permission. The author has since published a related book, Yoga and Psyche. What happens when the world’s leading psychologists, cutting-edge trauma researchers, renowned modern yogis, and celebrated neuroscientists, all …
Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT, RYT 500, is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, author, and one of the advisors of the APST. In 2013, Rick Archer of Buddha at the Gas Pump interviewed her a second time (the first interview). Reposted here …
By Mariana Caplan, Ph.D., Psychotherapist and Author Reposted from HuffPost with permission. The author has since published a related book, Yoga and Psyche. Every year brings a new major scandal in the yogic field. The majority of scandals involve inappropriate …
by David “Davidya” Buckland First posted on the author’s blog. Reposted here by the author. Through the cycle of descending ages, most spiritual traditions came to overemphasize the masculine – both in approach and in domination by men. This has …
Mariana Caplan, PhD, MFT, RYT 500, is a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, author, and one of the advisors of the APST. In 2012, Rick Archer of Buddha at the Gas Pump interviewed her. Reposted here with permission. In the conversation, they …
By Mariana Caplan, Ph.D., Psychotherapist and Author Reposted from HuffPost with permission. Originally adapted from her book Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path, Sounds True, 2010 There is nothing wrong with having an “om” symbol on your …
During the Science and Nonduality Conference of 2017, Rick Archer of Buddha at the Gas Pump gave a talk on the “Ethics of Enlightenment.” Reposted here with permission. “Many well-known spiritual teachers and gurus have been accused, credibly, of sexual, …