571. Tricia Barker

Tricia Barker experienced a profound near-death experience during her senior year of college, and this experience guided her to teach overseas, in public schools, and at the college level. Her story has been featured on Life to Afterlife: Death and Back, National Geographic Magazine, Women’s World Magazine, Coast to Coast AM, and The Doctor Oz Show. Tricia’s memoir, Angels in the OR: What Dying Taught Me About Healing, Survival, and Transformation is also available through Audible. This book tells a story of her near-death experience, teaching mission, and eventual triumph over childhood trauma. The book focuses on the importance being of service to the world. A screenplay is in the works for her story. Tricia is a graduate of The University of Texas. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Currently, she teaches English and Creative Writing at a beautiful community college in Fort Worth, Texas. She interviews other near-death experiencers, researchers, healers, spiritual teachers, and mediums on her YouTube Channel. Tricia’s poetry and essays have been published in several academic publications. Poems: Loving Narcissus & Sometimes God: Poems The Self, The Other, and God: Poems Website: triciabarkernde.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded October 3, 2020 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to "Buddha at the Gas Pump" with Rick Archer 00:04:19 - Joy in Telling Stories 00:08:15 - Psychic bond between parents and children 00:12:14 - Encountering Light Beings in the Operating Room 00:16:00 - Personal Guardian Angels 00:19:38 - Connecting with Subtle Beings and Angels 00:23:58 - The Role of Practice and Learning in Spiritual Development 00:27:47 - Connecting to an All-Knowing Energy 00:31:24 - Healing Trauma and Awakening 00:35:09 - The Need in Low-Income Schools 00:38:38 - Oneness with Everyone and Messages from the Cosmos 00:42:28 - A Heavenly Encounter with Grandfather and God 00:46:38 - The Personal Form of God and Near-Death Experiences 00:50:37 - The Annoyance of Oneness with Everyone 00:54:34 - Channeling Insight into Helping Students 00:58:41 - Inspiring Healing and Change in Traumatized Students 01:02:41 - The Impact of Trauma on Society 01:06:43 - The Impact of Meditation in Schools 01:10:38 - The Power of Community and Support 01:14:58 - Faith and Near-Death Experiences 01:18:04 - Near-death Experiences and Letting Go 01:21:40 - Using Literature to Analyze Culture 01:25:38 - Themes in Near-Death Experiences 01:29:52 - Connecting to Intuition and Discerning Truth 01:33:34 - Contact with Loved Ones on the Other Side 01:37:35 - Unfairness and Healing Perspectives 01:41:22 - Healing from Contracts and the Virtue of Justice 01:45:12 - Robin Williams' Message of Healing 01:48:55 - Embracing the Gift of Life and Spiritual Connection 01:53:04 - Workshops, Summits, and Readings on YouTube 01:56:30 - Upcoming Interviews and Farewell

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The implication of the title - Buddha at the Gas Pump - is that ordinary people are experiencing higher states of consciousness once thought to be rare and difficult to attain. People everywhere are undergoing a shift or awakening to their true nature. For some, this shift has been abrupt and dramatic. For others, it has been so gradual that they may not have realized it has occurred. Such shifts, or awakenings, are not new: Christ spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven within, Buddhists speak of Nirvana, Zen masters of Satori, Hindus of Moksha, but these traditions generally regard these states as rare and difficult to attain. Many people are therefore skeptical of claims of higher states of consciousness. They find it hard to believe that apparently ordinary friends and neighbors might be experiencing something extraordinary. Maybe they expect Enlightenment to look as remarkable on the outside as it is reputed to be on the inside. This show will attempt to dispel skepticism and misconceptions by week after week, allowing otherwise ordinary people to relate their experience of spiritual awakening. The terminology is tricky, because there are no universally agreed upon definitions to describe this experience. So please forgive us if we use some unfamiliar terms. We will try to clarify our definitions as we go along. Perhaps, after a while, those listening will become convinced that genuine and permanent spiritual awakenings are not just a pipe dream, but are real and are becoming relatively commonplace. These podcasts are the audio track of a weekly interview show which may be seen as videos on our YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/buddhaatthegaspump). Also see the main site: https://batgap.com. For search purposes, I will add the following to this description - batgap, Buddha at the Gaspump, Buddah at the Gas Pump.