While expanding his education and eventually working at a number or companies as an HF engineer, Dan's first love was always spiritual exploration. In 2011, after a number of years of trial and error refining the process of self inquiry into deep self investigation, there came an undeniable recognition that he was not a separate self. Simply no one at all. There was only the selfless THIS, "aware existence". This became his permanent condition.
Soon after, (from a certain perspective), Dan left a successful corporate position and his old life, following an intuited impulse to be in a more free, natural and creative circumstance. He now lives with his wife Victoria in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina, loving nature, exploring various forms of artistic expression and guiding others to awakening.
Website: deepselfinvestigation.com
Book: Deep Self Investigation: A Modern Guide to Awakening
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group
Interview recorded July 19, 2025
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732. Jurgen Ziewe 2
Jurgen Ziewe is not a teacher in the traditional sense, but a witness—one who has journeyed beyond the boundaries of self into the vast stillness of unity consciousness. For over five decades, his life has unfolded as an ongoing exploration of multidimensional reality, shaped by a profound meditation practice and spontaneous Out-of-Body Experiences (OBEs) that opened the doorway to a deeper truth.
A moment of unexpected clarity during an ordinary breakfast catalyzed Jurgen’s first direct experience beyond the body—an event that would transform his life and initiate hundreds of journeys into higher realms. What he discovered was not theory, but a living presence—structured, luminous, and more real than waking life.
Rather than building an identity around these experiences, Jurgen surrendered ever more deeply into stillness. His work, including the acclaimed books Multidimensional Man, Vistas of Infinity, and The Ten Minute Moment, offers not just insight but transmission—a quiet resonance that awakens something remembered but long forgotten.
Audiences often speak of his presence as calming, expansive, and strangely familiar. His seminars and talks evoke deep shifts—not through persuasion, but through the palpable stillness from which he speaks.
A renowned illustrator by profession, Jurgen now brings his inner visions to life using cutting-edge virtual reality and AI, offering immersive glimpses into realities beyond the senses.
He offers no dogma, only a clear, ego-free reflection of the vast peace and joy available when the self dissolves into unity. His life is not a performance, but a quiet act of service—a transmission from stillness to stillness.
Books:
Multidimensional Man (2008)
Vistas of Infinity (2015),
The Ten Minute Moment
Explorations in Consciousness: A New Approach to Out-of-Body Experiences
The Phase: Shattering the Illusion of Reality
New Territories
Elysium Unveiled: A Visual Odyssey of Life Eternal
Websites:
multidimensionalman.com
Some of Jurgen’s “multidimensional” artwork
Virtual reality videos
Celestial-Song – Angel of the Earth – A new virtual reality project between Jurgen and composer Craig Pruess
Jurgen’s commercial art
Videos:
About Elysium Unveiled - A Visual Journey through Life Eternal
A video of the final chapter of Jurgen's book “Multidimensional Man” "which illustrates better than the words in my book the entry into Unity consciousness during an Out-of-body experience."
"A spontaneous entry into unity consciousness after I recovered from a cancer operation in 2011"
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group
First BatGap interview with Jurgen
Summary and transcript of this interview.
Interview recorded June 7, 2025
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730. Julie Nelson
Julie Seido Nelson is a transmitted teacher (Sensei) in the Maezumi Roshi Zen lineage. Her home Zen community is the Greater Boston Zen Center, a sangha which has experienced three major upheavals due to teacher arrogance and abuses of power over the last several years. She is also a teacher at the Great Plains Zen Center in Monroe, Wisconsin, and has written for Buddhist audiences in Tricycle magazine and on her blog.
Having begun Zen practice in 2004, she has found it to be of immense value. She is deeply saddened when people, either in addition to or instead of realizing the benefits, suffer great harm.
When not reflecting writing about Zen, she sometimes writes and give talks based on her pre-retirement academic work as a feminist and ecological economist. She enjoys visiting her two children and two grandchildren and enjoying the New England outdoors.
Books:
Practicing Safe Zen: Navigating the Pitfalls on the Road to Liberation (Monkfish, 2025)
Amazon
Indie Pubs
Economics for Humans (University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed. 2018)
Website: julieanelson.com
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group
Summary and transcript of this interview
Interview recorded May 11, 2025
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668. Anastasia Wesselink Moellering
Anastasia is a Reiki Master Teacher, Meditation Coach, Intuitive Life Coach, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist, and a self-proclaimed recovering Zumba Instructor that has turned her lifelong pursuit of holistic wellness into a thriving holistic wellness practice, offering services online, and at her wellness studio located outside of Chicago.
After dozens of profound spiritual experiences and a life-changing NDE in 2019, Anastasia holds a fundamental understanding that unconditional love is our natural state of being. With a powerful combination of consciousness, awareness, and intention, Anastasia has worked with hundreds of clients to create access to a transformational force that aids in letting go of mental, emotional, and/or physical pain, in turn creating lasting inner harmony. She is an ambassador of living a fully integrated, balanced, and intuitive life.
Website: thehealingheart.com
TikTok: @theheartshines
YouTube Channel
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group.
Transcript of this interview
Interview recorded October 24, 2022
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:04:58 - Out-of-body experience and the dentist chair
00:09:52 - Tapping into Timelessness
00:13:21 - Clearing the Windows of Perception
00:19:19 - The Experience of Bliss in the Void
00:24:37 - The Enigma of Understanding and Knowing
00:31:36 - The Immensity of Soul Experiences
00:38:05 - Oneness in Individuality
00:41:46 - Oneness and the Impact of Actions
00:44:09 - The Expansiveness of Oneness
00:47:17 - Choosing to Experience Others' Feelings
00:50:13 - The Nature of Good and Bad
00:53:11 - Contribution of Profound Experiences
00:57:15 - The Purpose of the Physical Body
01:02:33 - Connecting to the Infinite Knowledge
01:06:56 - The Soul's Return to Oneness
01:09:07 - Connecting with Deceased Relatives
01:11:56 - Life Between Lives
01:14:23 - Unique Insights and Varied Experiences
01:18:07 - The Importance of How You Feel
01:22:46 - The Expansion of Consciousness and Purpose of Creation
01:25:25 - Different Experiences of Physical Life
01:30:22 - The Omniscience of God and the Soul's Connection
01:35:03 - The Power of Anita Morjani's NDE
01:38:33 - The Power of Energy and Vibration in Healing
01:43:02 - The Power of Sound Therapy and its Effects on the Body
01:47:15 - Overcoming Fear and Embracing Change
01:49:50 - Experiencing Peace, Love, and Joy
01:53:34 - The Inspiring Story of a Renowned Saint
01:57:39 - Connecting with The Healing Heart
02:00:15 - Conclusion and Farewell
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470. Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor is an awakening trail guide, intuitive energy healer, and creative mystic who began her search as an anxious insomniac simply hoping to sleep. But really, she was a truth seeker.
Through a dedicated Buddhist meditation practice, a series of profound awakenings unfolded — including a powerful kundalini process, intuitive openings, and eventually an abiding realization of nonduality and the terrain beyond.
Awakening, however, did not instantly make life perfect. There were years that brought their share of healing, integration, and “cleanup work” — the necessary settling that allows these shifts to take root for continual embodiment.
While navigating these radical shifts, Sarah worked as an actor and stand-up comedian in Los Angeles, later blending those worlds in her touring show The Divine Mess Show.
A late-realized AuDHD woman (autistic and ADHD), Sarah came to understand her neurodivergence long after awakening — and now recognizes how sensitive and neurodivergent people often experience both spiritual practice and integration in distinct ways.
Her work emphasizes integration, healing, and embodiment, creating the safety needed to open more fully and awaken more deeply. She meets with individuals, holds groups and immersions, and invites people into a space where awakening becomes a lived expression of both our shared essence and our unique and beautiful humanity.
For awakening and healing support: lightofyourbeing.com
For Sarah’s work as a creative: SarahTaylor.org
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group.
Transcript of this interview
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:04:32 - Childhood Escapes and Transcendence
00:08:38 - Healing from Trauma
00:12:44 - Stuffed Down Stuff
00:17:11 - The Search for Identity and Purpose
00:21:55 - Exploring Bipolar and Medication
00:26:19 - Discovering Meditation and Stand-Up Comedy
00:30:58 - Exploring the Jnana States
00:35:45 - Kundalini Awakening and Dark Material Resurfacing
00:39:54 - Dissolving Chaos and Finding Stability
00:44:06 - Teaching Meditation and Comedy Training
00:48:26 - Psychic Experiences and Mediumship
00:52:01 - Finding Peace after Awakening
00:55:20 - Surrender and Control
00:58:35 - Surrendering to the Present Moment
01:01:49 - Clearing the Nervous System through Spinal Analysis
01:04:56 - The Perceiver Dissolves
01:08:39 - Shift into Unity
01:12:17 - Conversations on the Falling Away of the Self
01:15:24 - Brahman Consciousness and the Experience of No Self
01:18:45 - The Development of Consciousness
01:22:12 - Dissolution and Rebirth of Consciousness
01:25:09 - Following Creative Impulses
01:28:20 - The Evolution of Consciousness
01:31:35 - The Healing Crisis and Awakening of Humanity
01:34:51 - Awakening into Unity and Clearing Primal Fear
01:38:11 - Clearing and Integration in Awakening
01:41:33 - The Continuous Process of Evolution and Growth
01:44:30 - Allowing Creativity to Flow
01:47:45 - Planning Future Interviews
01:50:46 - Subscription and Notification Options
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