Beyond Awakening: Living Nonduality in Daily Life | Dr. Neil Schuitevoerder | Buddha at the Gas Pump

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Neil Schuitevoerder is a retired clinical psychologist who has been practicing meditation and exploring consciousness for 50 years. In this conversation, he shares experiences that challenge conventional ideas about awakening—including astral travel, communication with deceased relatives, past life recall, and the ability to perceive events at vast distances.

Neil discusses how his spiritual journey began with pendulum work that opened his intuitive abilities, progressed through Kundalini practices and the Diamond Approach, and eventually led to states where he could experience unity with distant objects like galaxies. He explains the difference between psychic abilities and omniscient awareness, and why he defines awakening simply as "freedom"—freedom from attachment to any form.

The interview explores challenging topics like the relationship between awakening and morality, why highly evolved beings can still cause harm, the structure of subtle bodies and chakras, and what happens after death on various astral and mental planes. Neil shares his view that consciousness evolution doesn't stop with awakening but continues infinitely through multiple lifetimes and planetary systems.

Rick and Neil also discuss soul groups, the importance of moral development before spiritual awakening, how service can accelerate growth, and why Neil believes humans will inhabit at least five more planets after Earth. This conversation offers a perspective on awakening that extends far beyond initial realization into ongoing multidimensional evolution.

Neil's has a podcast with his wife, Connie Zweig, about his ongoing awakening and what it's like to live in the world in advanced levels of consciousness -- Dr. Neil's Spiritual Awakening to Nonduality. It posts on Apple, Spotify, and all platforms.

00:00:00 Different Levels of Perception
00:02:35 Soul's Evolution and Spiritual Practices
00:06:23 Journey of Consciousness and Skepticism
00:10:27 Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences
00:13:59 Exploring Consciousness and Cosmic Manifestation
00:17:19 Extraordinary Abilities in Blind Individuals
00:21:08 Understanding Freedom and Non-Attachment
00:25:32 The Importance of Moral Development in Spiritual Growth
00:30:46 Exploring Multidimensional Consciousness
00:34:03 Exploring the Buddhic Plane and Astral Projection
00:38:55 Understanding Subtle Body Layers and Incarnation Process
00:42:07 Exploring Reincarnation and Astral Realms
00:46:36 Exploring the Universe and Spiritual Liberation
00:51:36 The Nature of True Governance according to Lao Tzu
00:54:01 The Role of Ego in Daily Life
00:57:52 Understanding the Reduction of Thoughts and Ego
01:02:11 Understanding A.H. Almas's Protocol
01:06:05 Telepathic Abilities and Humanity's Shift
01:11:09 The Coexistence of Creation and Destruction Forces
01:15:21 The Cosmic Perspective: Our Place in the Universe
01:19:38 Energy Healing and Silent Therapy
01:23:35 Do Microbes Have Souls and Their Evolutionary Journey
01:27:50 Chakras and the Evolution of Consciousness
01:31:00 Understanding Chakras and Energy Centers
01:34:55 Exploring Spiritual Evolution and Incarnation
01:38:52 Understanding Shadow Material and Spiritual Bypassing
01:43:09 The Importance of Spiritual Community and Marriage
01:47:18 Embracing Pain Through Meditation
01:51:31 Exploring the Connection Between Consciousness and the Body-Heart
01:55:45 Exploring the Concept of the Vajra Body
01:58:30 Upcoming Interview with Diane Hennessey Powell on Telepathy Tapes