Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Dialogue between Gary Weber and Rich Doyle on making awakening too complicated. What does "enlightenment/awakening" really mean? How would you define it? Why do we need "levels" of attainment? Why won't we let go of our attachments? Why are so few successful at fully awakening?

A complete transcription of this dialogue is available in "Into the Stillness: Dialogues on Awakening Beyond Thought" available on amazon.com and non-dualitypress.org in hardcopy and kindle versions.

An .mp3 of this dialogue is @ happiness-beyond-thought.com/downloads

Useful links for more information:

Gary Weber

Website: happiness-beyond-thought.com

Blog: happinessbeyondthought.blogspot.com

YouTube Channel: youtube.com/user/gudakesha7/videos

MP3 Downloads: happiness-beyond-thought.com/downloads

Soundcloud Channel: soundcloud.com/gary_weber

Facebook: facebook.com/gary.weber.528

See happiness-beyond-thought.com/about for more links to interviews and articles and information.

Books

1) Happiness Beyond Thought: A Practical Guide to Awakening
Free Scribd.com version: scribd.com/doc/113131786/Happiness-Beyond-Thought-A-Practical-Guide-to-Awakening
Paperback version available on amazon.com

2) Dancing Beyond Thought: Bhagavad Gita Verses and Dialogues on Awakening
Free version: happiness-beyond-thought.com/dbt.html
Amazon: amazon.com (Paperback & Kindle versions)
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=mfjAlBLyzgM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUMSnyxnteEx7IOPIFkfh3og

3) Into the Stillness: Dialogues on Awakening Beyond Thought (with Rich Doyle)
New Harbinger Publications: newharbinger.com/stillness
Barnes and Noble: barnesandnoble.com
Amazon: amazon.com (Paperback & Kindle versions)

4) Evolving Beyond Thought: Updating Your Brain's Software. Amazon paperback and free download @ scribd.com/document/390031187/Evolving-Beyond-Thought-Final . Blogpost @ happinessbeyondthought.blogspot.com/2018/03/updating-your-brains-software.html


Panel Discussions

Science and Nonduality Conference 2013:
"Filling in the Details": youtube.com/watch?v=er-0SE-7JRE&feature=share&list=FLMSnyxnteEx7IOPIFkfh3og
"What is Enlightenment?": bcove.me/q81mq5iv

Interviews

BATGAP: batgap.com/gary-weber

Bloggingheads TV: bloggingheads.tv/videos/14840

Secular Buddhist: secularbuddhism.org/2014/04/27/episode-198-gary-weber-happiness-beyond-thought-a-practical-guide-to-awakening

VoiceAmerica Business: voiceamerica.com/guest/29056/gary-weber


Rich Doyle

Website: mobiused.wordpress.com
Email: mobius@psu.edu