This is a transcript of a recent interview with Paul about his life and work.

What led you to your spiritual awakening and what was your professional journey like after that?

It all came out of incredible trauma when I was in my early 20s. Without going into the story, the pain and suffering were so intense that it forced me to turn inwards. There was nothing else I could do that was helpful except assume the position of a witness in my own mind towards the suffering that I was experiencing and so I did just that. That catalyzed a spontaneous spiritual awakening in me. At one moment, I got hit by a bolt of lightning, not outside, from the sky, but within my brain, while I was sitting in meditation…

About the Author

A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul Levy is a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. Among his books are The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality (SelectBooks, May 2018) and Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil (North Atlantic Books, 2013). He is the founder of the “Awakening in the Dream Community” in Portland, Oregon. An artist, he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung, and has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over 35 years. He was the coordinator for the Portland PadmaSambhava Buddhist Center for over twenty years. His email is paul@awakeninthedream.com; he looks forward to your reflections.