Robert Wolfe - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

Also see http://batgap.com/robert-wolfe/

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to the Interview with Robert Wolfe
00:02:08 - The Meaning of Enlightenment
00:03:47 - The Myth of Enlightenment
00:05:41 - Recognizing the Truth
00:07:42 - The dissolution of the individual conception
00:09:41 - The Significance of the Word "If"
00:11:30 - Insights from Living in the Forest
00:13:50 - Finding the Zen Farming Commune
00:16:14 - Life Changes and Unfinished Business
00:18:42 - Three years in the forest reading, contemplating, and taking walks
00:20:58 - The Misconceptions of Enlightenment
00:22:42 - Guru Suits and Businessmen
00:24:45 - The Power of Immersion in Non-Duality
00:27:21 - Sharing the Truth with Others
00:29:46 - Relocating to Ohio for Krishnamurti's Teachings
00:32:51 - Making self-realization a priority amidst worldly responsibilities
00:35:54 - The Illusion of Future Results
00:38:23 - The Cultivation of Deep Interest in Enlightenment
00:40:57 - The Difference in Interest levels
00:43:13 - The Illusion of Control and the Mystery of Self
00:46:04 - Awareness of the Witness vs. the Witnessed
00:48:57 - Non-duality and Physics
00:52:06 - Linkage of Subatomic Particles
00:54:41 - The Intelligence of the Cosmos
00:56:52 - The Development of Spiritual Intelligence
00:59:24 - The Purpose of Human Existence
01:01:30 - The Importance of Expressing Awakening Experiences
01:04:21 - The Importance of Reading, Writing, and Speaking
01:06:28 - A Quest for Truth
01:07:56 - A Joyful Journey
01:09:15 - Stay Connected with Buddha at the Gas Pump
01:10:46 - Theme Music

During Robert's travels he has labored as an auto assembly line worker in Detroit, as a carnival worker, a journalist in New York City, on a farm of a Zen community in California, as a landscaper, a financial consultant, a janitor. After living in the Mendocino area for about twenty years he bought a camper van and moved onto a property in a redwoods forest where he studied the inner life intensely. Something fell into place there after a number of years, and out of that period of solitude, Robert began writing and sharing his observations on the reality that surrounds and includes us. Shortly thereafter, Robert moved to Ojai, California where he continues to live and write.

Interview recorded 12/3/2011