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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert interviewed Dean Sluyter (pronounced “slighter”). Dean has taught natural methods of meditation and awakening since 1970. His five highly acclaimed books include Natural Meditation (Amazon #1 stress management bestseller, and Nautilus Gold Medal winner for best mind-body-spirit book) and Fear Less: Living Beyond Fear, Anxiety, Anger, and Addiction. Dean gives talks, workshops, and retreats throughout the United States and beyond, from Ivy League colleges to maximum-security prisons. His media appearances have included National Public Radio, The New York Times, New York Magazine, Coast to Coast AM, The Dr. Oz Show, and O, The Oprah Magazine.

A grateful student of Eastern and Western sages in several traditions, Dean has completed numerous pilgrimages and retreats in India, Tibet, Nepal, and the West. He is known for conveying authentic teachings in forms that are relaxed, accessible, and down-to-earth. When not writing or teaching, he narrates audiobooks, makes music, and happily tools around town on his Vespa.

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Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert and Anne Blanchard interviewed James Swartz. James notes that Vedanta, “The knowledge that ends the quest for knowledge” is not a philosophy or a mystical path. It is a proven means of self-knowledge compiled over thousands of years by countless Indian Seers that systematically reveals the nature of reality and our place and purpose in it.  For the inquirer, it irrevocably removes the ignorance that causes suffering, leaving only the awareness of who we are: limitless consciousness, whole and complete. Once this knowledge is assimilated and the Self is revealed, all existential suffering comes to an end, you are set free.

Coming from an impeccable lineage and endowed with 40 plus years of teaching experience, James unveils this timeless knowledge with clarity, candor and humor.  He has become one of Vedanta’s most powerful voices for East and West alike. His website Shiningworld.com is a major resource of non-dual wisdom and his best-selling book “How to Attain Enlightenment” has taken the spiritual world by storm.