Ellie Roozdar - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

Also see http://batgap.com/ellie-roozdar/
I was born and raised in Iran and moved to the US in 1979. I am a happily married woman for 29 years. We have been blessed, with two beautiful children, our lovely daughter and our sweet son.
Have graduated from SUNY at Stony Brook, I have been a math teacher in high school and community colleges. After a while, I changed my career to Information Technoligy and worked as a Quality Assurance Manage for many years.
Since childhood, I was seeing myself as a vision, which was not associated with the body at all. The question was arising "Who am I?" This was never answered and it was there in my heart for a long time...
Since year 2001, I have been inspired:
1. To get to know who I am
2. To find what I am searching for (which was a true authentic Joy of being, that I remember from somewhere)
For the past few years, I have had wonderful experiences by going within, meditating and discovering the Truth. The Truth reveals itself to itself by itself.
I would like to share this experience with you.
I hope by reading this path, you also get excited to go within and "discover" who you really are, and also find the true inner joy that resides within. This is a discovery and not to become anyone or anything. Remember: Joy is already there, it just needs to be uncovered.
We learn to go within and to be a witness of the "nothingness "We call this "Adaam" or "Lamakan" in Farsi.
It will be very scary at the beginning. All our life we want to be somebody and add something to ourselves and now we will face "nothingness."
Meditation, points into what is eternal here and now. The Truth reveals itself in the midst of the silence. Although I have had some deep esoteric experiences, however; that is not truly require, for the Truth to reveal itself to itself. Truth is witnessing the silence. The silence and peace is the reflection of the Truth and not the Truth itself. The Truth is one that which can't be negated. It is always here in the midst of thoughts or no thoughts. It is here before, during and after each experience. As simple as this....
The "nothingness" or "Adaam" is one side of the coin, since on the other side, everything arises from this "nothingness" such as our peace, joy, intelligence, and creativity. They all come from this inner space of pure silence and nothingness. This is very paradoxical.
By doing so, not only we discover that we are that pure authentic Truth, but also the true joy is arising from there. It is residing there and we could feel it at any time.
For the first time, the freedom will be felt at peace to be "Home".
This is a wonderful opportunity to experience this body, and it is such a loss not to find and feel this wonderful mystery in our hearts.
I wish you all the patience and best of luck on this path. Please know that this is the best thing and the most important thing that you can do for yourself. You will be happy that you took time and discover your True Self.
Love and light!
Ellie Roozdar
Interview recorded 10/16/2011

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[BuddhaAtTheGasPump]

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[birdofafeatherami]

This is my favorite to date.

Thanks!

[mommidodo]

Crystal clarity!

[vajraloka1]

@romapelan -------ah yes--------SHIVA AND SHAKTI-the best combo marriage of all- not just stillness..............lol thanks

[dailydeepa]

thanks for this interview.

[romapelan]

I'm sorry but I wrote you again and my message came back without being delivered fron You tube!!!!!!!!

So I repeat it here again:

" You should be blessed, always"

[romapelan]

.........Shakti in movement.......no doubt......

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[TheseEyesGod]

It would be nice for you to give a link to her website. :)