The Dance of Stillness
Exploring the Nature of Spiritual Awakening
This book is an intimate journey into the nature of spiritual awakening. Through four deep interviews with modern teachers, it explores the movement of spiritual energy within the human being, the dissolution of ego, and the living revelation of consciousness in daily life.
About the Book
Energetic spiritual awakening is the movement of the innate spiritual energy within all human beings. It is the Dance of Stillness, the descent of grace, dissolving the small sense of self into the infinite ocean of Being and revealing the deeper nature of consciousness. The book unfolds through a series of intimate interviews with four modern teachers who have each undergone profound transformation. A subtle theme of the Divine Feminine runs throughout their stories.
"A thing should be compared, but only ever to itself."
— Page 13
"This book focuses on the process of ego dissolution and the resulting revelation of the Oneness of Being. I am not attempting to define what enlightenment is. I am embarking on a journey of celebration, delighting in this remarkable process that is unfolding within the collective body of humanity."
— Page 13
Dr Richard Moss
Dr Richard Moss is a physician, mystic, and explorer of consciousness. After a spontaneous awakening on his thirtieth birthday, he left medical practice to dedicate his life to the deepening of awareness and relationship.
"The actual experience that happened was a breakdown of my perceptual matrix. A loss of boundary. A merging with everything."
— Page 32
"When the black butterfly landed on my forehead, my mind went empty. Silence opened and then joy. And that joy became the recognition of relationship with everything."
— Page 35
David Spero
David Spero is known for his radiant transmission and his devotion to the Divine Mother. His path unfolded through the fierce grace of Kali and the revelation of consciousness as living embodiment.
"Liberation through Kali's fierce grace."
— Page 78
"When the Mother adopts your nervous system, She reveals the essence of the four yogas.”
— Pages 78-79
Master Charles Cannon
Master Charles Cannon is an iconoclastic modern mystic whose awakening began in childhood. He brings together devotion, sound, meditation, and direct experience of the Divine Mother.
“Everything is a celebration of Consciousness.”
— Page 124
“He is a kind of Crazy Wisdom Master, forever pointing out the absurdity of our human masks, and then suggesting that our very laughter is the Divinity we are seeking.”
— Page 124
Swami Shankaracharya
Swami Shankaracharya is rooted in the timeless unity of Shiva and Shakti. His teachings bridge traditional tantra, non duality, and the living recognition that all phenomena arise within the one Power.
"This is the eternal unity of Shiva and Shakti."
— Page 158
"It is the Shakti who gives Shaktipat. The ego of knowledge and the ego of doership dissolve in the recognition that all arises from the One."
— Pages 158-160
Energetic Awakening
"Universal Life Energy is the very source of our individual lives and minds."
— Page 13
Surrender
“If you surrender deeply enough, you are once again established in emptiness fullness.”
—Page 40
Themes of Awakening
Ego Dissolution
The dissolution of the small sense of self into the infinite ocean of Being.
The Dynamism of Life Force
The movement of spiritual energy as the dance of Shakti.
The Divine Feminine
"Each of the teachers had been graced with a profound encounter with the Divine Feminine."
World as Self
The recognition of the Oneness of Being in all manifestation.
Embodied Consciousness
The living revelation of consciousness in daily life.
Living Presence
The continuous awareness of the sacred in each moment.
What Readers Are Saying
The intimate interviews about the Kundalini experience from teachers with very diverse backgrounds and approaches will deepen one's understanding and knowledge about the process. An important book in Kundalini literature.
— Jack Bratcher
“This is an excellent book and well worth taking the time to find it and read it as I did.”
— SamNoelPearce Samadhi
“This book is not about religion, but about Awakening. The author interviews four Teachers who have gone through this process of Awakening and are in what I would term at the cutting edges of the Spiritual Path.”
— Candace Chilmonczyk
About the Author
David Rivers is an Australian writer, teacher, and explorer of consciousness. His work is rooted in direct experience, devotion, and the living process of awakening. Through interviews, retreats, and spiritual inquiry, he brings forward the perennial truth at the heart of all traditions.