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I had the direct experience on 9/12/2018 but I didn't know what it was when I experienced it. I've studied Buddha, Bodhi Dharma, Eckhart Tolle, Sadhguru, Adyashanti, Rupert Spira, etc. None of them awakened while driving down a highway in the fast lane in a pickup truck doin 70 mph. Had my consciousness drifted to a state of disembodied, pure awareness, I probably would have crashed and died and that wouldn't have been useful in any way.

I've talked about it on podcast guest appearances. It took me nearly 53 months to stumble into an answer. That answer came from the research that followed an unsought, remote encounter with a 90+ year old Native American Medicine Man yielded me a new name, Red Tail Hawk. The research bender that I've been on for the last 33+ months began with trying to understand the symbolism baked into my name.

I'm still "seeking" because that's how I love my neighbors.

When I show my neighbors that their traditions and ways are worth my time and attention, I'm not acting in a prejudicially dismissive manner towards the things they revere. I see religious dogmatists acting this way even though they claim to espouse the whole "love your neighbor" thing. Instead, I'm building bridges of understanding by seeking and finding common ground. This makes people feel loved, not discarded like refuse.

I think the problem on Earth is translation. All traditions are pointing at the same core truths, more or less, but the traditions have split and developed their own "in group lingo sets".

As a result of my seeking, I can now speak to believers from many different traditions using their "in-group lingo". This is not limited to religious or esoteric wisdom traditions either. This extends to the science tradition too.

In Bitcoin we talk about "proof of work". Use of in-group lingo signals proof of work. It tells people "Oh! He's done his homework! He knows our words!". I think people seek communion with one another and finding people who speak your lingo is exciting because, quoting V from V for Vendetta, "...words offer the means to meaning, and to those who would listen, the enunciation of truth."

My seeking, at this point, is to understand better than I currently do, help others to understand better than they currently do, and have a positive impact on the world. As a rallying point for communion, I cannot think of a better place than truth fueled by love.

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