Zen Benefiel, Author and Transformational Life Coach (BeTheDream.com) takes us on another apocalyptic (uncovering knowledge) journey in making sense common. Zen is a polymath, deep thinker and researcher and it comes out in his comfortable and open yet focused style.
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Closed Captions (CC) in multiple languages, though Google Translate may not be the best.
Indra Rinzler says he’s a life-time spiritual seeker. He has traveled to 56 countries and has a broader view of society than most in his 75 years of life. Our conversation begins with his acknowledgement that borders are relative and that people are the same everywhere. He expresses the notion of spirituality is perhaps different in each individual and whatever makes you light up.
Does passion for life include an experience of joy? Indra shares that joy may indeed be part of the overall experience, yet folks seem to be both tormented as well as excited in living their passions. What might the visceral experience be of a greater awareness? He shares that many seem to find themselves in the reference of ‘glass half empty’ or ‘glass half full.’ Zen asks if they are aware that they really hold the pitcher.
Are we so stuck in a bi-polar framework as to not realize we are the source of our reality? Zen asks about the Wisdom he might share from the observations and life experience he’s had. How does he see the current chaos and transition through it? His response offers some insight and Clarity as to how sometimes what we think we value has to be taken away for us to re-examine our lives.
Is there a silver lining in the process of learning how to navigate through all the suffering? He states there absolutely is in how people are being forced to re-examine who they are and how they want to live. We discuss his vocation with Vedic astrology and use of the enneagram and how he found he shares more of what he needs to learn, not necessarily the litany of details his clients expect.
We have an interlude regarding the aspect of non-attachment that he’s found from the years of his own seeking, which is says becomes quite hilarious at times in how the universe works to make light of our attachments. He mentions his father’s death in his mid-20s and how his casket had the wrong middle initial and that taught him early not to be attached to the specifics of life.
Indra expresses that now Americans are experiencing Trauma closer to home with the constraints being place on our activity. He says the silver lining is that people who haven’t been happy in their jobs are not having the chance to change, some personal choices are forcing it as well.
Our conversation evolves into looking at the various Yugas, which are a series of ages put forth in Vedic astrology and understanding. There are four ages, with the Kali Yuga (last age/decline or density of humankind) transitioning and showing signs indicative of the Dwapara Yuga (coming age/ascension of humanity).
There’s a silver lining in the density as well, as it tests our mettle of discipline and seeking a higher path. The transition offers signs such as atomic energy, quantum physics, internet proliferation and universal Health care. Indra speaks to the reality of telepathy and communication we all experience, and are more aware of it today, as also being an indicator of the Dwapara Yuga.
One of the most interesting insights Indra offers is that he’s noticed all the different species on Earth, a connectedness they all seem to share, and that across the universe it may only be a difference of scale as to the recognition of the interconnectedness we share.
You’ll really need to explore the rest of the story as we explore other interesting points of connectivity. Indra shares some reflections of his teachers and the work he’s found that continues to k
