Buddha At The Gas Pump

Thom Krystofiak holds a B.A. from Harvard (magna cum laude) and an M.A. from Cambridge University, where he was a Knox Fellow. A trained teacher of Transcendental Meditation, he joined an intentional community in Fairfield, Iowa in 1983, where he and his wife continue to live. There he encountered a cornucopia of spiritual seekers. A rigorous and thoroughgoing skeptic surrounded by ready believers, he has developed unique perspectives on the eternal yet ever-new contest of doubt versus belief. Website: krystofiak.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded October 2, 2021. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introducing Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:49 - Extraordinary Beliefs and Skepticism 00:09:04 - Nurturing Skepticism and Exploring Extraordinary Beliefs 00:13:31 - Dangerous Beliefs and their Implications 00:17:42 - Strange Beliefs and the Link to Spi