{"podcast":{"title":"Buddha at the Gas Pump","slug":"buddha-at-the-gas-pump-167710","podcast_index_feed_id":167710,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/cgt7BfM8.rss","website_url":"https://batgap.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/22f674e7-13bb-413e-8dd8-a88a945d45d8/BatGap-Podcast-Square-1.jpg","author":"Rick Archer","episode_count":692,"summary":"Conversations with spiritually awakening people.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T18:19:45.229232+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddha-at-the-gas-pump-167710"},"episode":{"title":"104. Lisa Cairns","slug":"104-lisa-cairns","published_at":"2012-01-19T03:39:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddha-at-the-gas-pump-167710/104-lisa-cairns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddha-at-the-gas-pump-167710","url":"https://batgap.com/lisa_cairns/","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/adb155805d99420da4e7f93151624fcef68dc50275b5549d027c7294d127417d/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI0OWYyMzJhYS1kNTE4LTQyOTUtOTgxNS03YTZiYzk4YzA0MDQiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIyMmY2NzRlNy0xM2JiLTQxM2UtOGRkOC1hODhhOTQ1ZDQ1ZDgiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2Mjk2NGFjYWU2MjU3MDAwMGNkMGY2NzUiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy8yMmY2NzRlNy0xM2JiLTQxM2UtOGRkOC1hODhhOTQ1ZDQ1ZDgvZXBpc29kZXMvNDlmMjMyYWEtZDUxOC00Mjk1LTk4MTUtN2E2YmM5OGMwNDA0LzEwNF9saXNhX2NhaXJucy5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"Lisa started spiritually seeking in her early 20’s. She had her first awakening in 2005 after attending a talk given by Tony Parsons. After this, she spent some time in India with Ramesh Balsekar. It was there that she met her final teacher, Roger Castillo, who was also a student of Ramesh. She lived with him for three years in Australia during which time many falsehoods were seen through. In the beginning of 2011, Lisa’s awakening stabilized and the seeker fell away. Lisa now enjoys communicating the nature of Happiness to anyone desperate enough to know the truth. Website: lisacairns.com Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded 1/7/2012 Lisa in BatGap discussion with Tim Freke YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - A De-scription, Not a Pre-scription 00:03:49 - The Illusion of Cause and Effect 00:07:20 - Living without Concepts and Belief Systems 00:10:50 - Animal Cruelty and Personal Concern 00:13:35 - The Funny Story of How I Met My Boyfriend Roger 00:16:28 - From Buddhism to Tony Parsons 00:19:40 - The Illusion of Cause and Effect 00:23:11 - The Need to Hold onto Blame, Good and Bad Perspectives 00:26:52 - Indifference towards the opinions of others 00:30:43 - Life Showing What Needs to Be Happening 00:33:37 - Enlightenment and Spiritual Practice 00:37:09 - The Illusion of Happiness and Beliefs 00:40:59 - The End of the Urge to Do 00:44:51 - The Falling Away of Beliefs and Ideas 00:48:20 - The Dog's Thoughts 00:52:05 - The Spotlight on Experiences 00:55:24 - The Marvelous Creation of God 00:59:00 - Continuous Refinement and Exploration 01:02:48 - The Energy of Seeking 01:05:44 - The Joy of Laughing with Others 01:08:56 - The Awakening and Separation 01:12:08 - Overwhelmed by the Beauty of Everything 01:15:20 - A Radical Change of Perspective 01:18:…","meta_description":"Lisa started spiritually seeking in her early 20’s. She had her first awakening in 2005 after attending a talk given by Tony Parsons. After this, she spen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":0,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buddha-at-the-gas-pump-167710/episodes/104-lisa-cairns/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buddha-at-the-gas-pump-167710/104-lisa-cairns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}