Hearing her speak is like music to my ears. I'm 27 but she reminds me of how adults acted when i was a child. Very intelligent and warm.

She's so warm, kind and angelic. Wherever she is, I hope life has been good to her.

Her sincerity is pure. The Lack of ego and pretension are proof. A serious seeker that was not satisfied with compromise and found truth!!! Another great video Mr Hoffman!!!!

She reminds me of my Mama. She went on a long, winding, and sometimes painful road before she found, and fell in love with Jesus. She got sick with cancer when I was about 18 months old, and she was pregnant with my little sister. She passed about 5 years later, but her unwavering faith, and trust in the Lord stuck with me. I’m so thankful for that legacy. Wherever this beautiful lady is, I pray she is living life full of peace, joy, and love.❤️

This is by far one of the most interesting channels I’ve come across on KZfaq!

It is so rare to hear experiences with cults, movements, religions related with such intelligence and clear reflection. I would love to see another interview with this woman and hear what has happened since 1990 and her thoughts about the present. Great interview. Just, really fantastic interview.

The cadence of her voice, is touching and clear, like a mountain stream.

People spoke so well on average back then. They could articulate themselves and discuss nuance and engage. It’s a lost art.

This warm, articulate lady is of my generation, and I cannot imagine a better representative. God Bless her.

This channel captures the spirit of Americana.

Amen! I was born into a very Roman Catholic family - even attended catholic school, and while I’ve always felt the presence of the Holy Spirit and experienced things that make it absolutely obvious that God has sent angels to guide and protect me, I had never accepted Jesus in the way that Born Again Christians do. I never read the Bible, not even a single page of it while attending a Methodist college, but I did many of the things the lady in this video confessed to, and worse. At age 64, I started to feel a very strong and profound calling, even more so than when I was a young child and first noticed evidence of the Holy Spirit in my life. So for the first time, I began reading the Bible starting with the New Testament. I know realize without question that the Bible is the truth and that Jesus is the way. And I also believe that the fact that videos like this one which provide very compelling testimony for people of faith and even nonbelievers, are being presented not just because KZfaq’s algorithms steer them to us. To some folks that might sound silly or even crazy, but definitely not to me. Our Father in Heaven has things he wants each of us to do. For most it’s just to accept and love him, but because we are human and quite fallible, we need reaffirmation from time to time to help keep us focused. I like many others need considerable reminding, and this video certainly delivered, so I thank those with any part in making it, and certainly Our Father for his wisdom and loving grace which he placed in those who prepared it for us.

What an absolutely stunning woman, and interesting interview. The spiritual journey is so long. We make life so complicated in our quest, but sometimes that's what it takes. I can tell she is happy, content and no longer lost or confused. To all the commentors wondering where she is now-I am not a betting woman, but (barring an accident)something tells me this woman is probably still a teacher, wife, mother, grandmother and worshiper of the Lord.

Wow what a great testimony. Turned over every stone until she met the Lord and became rich in experience, knowledge and wisdom . But her relationship with the Lord is obvious.

She is so clear, concise and intelligent. I wish I could say my journey was done with much thought! I just discovered evil was absolutely real and so ran to Jesus screaming HELP!

The way she speaks is wonderful , now-a days people use the word ( like ) in every single phrase What an eloquent English . Miss those days

Wow, what an amazing woman. I loved the peace she had about her. Her feelings towards Christianity absolutely nailed the way the world feels about it - so painfully honest and clear. What a beautiful testimony.

This is beautiful! More importantly, it is true. Religion will suck the life out of you, but Jesus is life! It's a relationship with Him that you need

There's a saying that my husband always says..."One day you're going to look into the fridge and see Jesus." He says this typically to those who are partying too hard. His best friends father stopped using drugs when he saw "Jesus in the fridge" after binge drinking growing up.

Beautiful how "God works all things to the good to those who love Him". (Blessed are all who take refuge in him" Psalm 2)

David you have captured such an amazing and wonderful time in American History. These videos will serve generations. I cannot thank you enough. This belongs in the Smithsonian Institute.

That is what my life was, now im personally with the lord and trying to live in his word. Thank you for sharing . God bless us all. In jesus name amen.

Wow...what a testimony. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Thank you Lord.

A lovely, open and honest testament. Nice lighting and camera work: feels natural and intuitive.

What a beautiful person, beautiful spirit and beautiful insightful interview. Amazing!

What a beautiful woman! She is enchanting. Thank You, Mr. Filmmaker, as you've plainly done some remarkable work.

Hi David, I really appreciate you sharing your collection of the film productions you recorded over he years - you gave us a glimpse, a look back on our past. Thank you for the memories of time of freedom and innocence (so we thought), Ciao, L

*She would be around 40-45 in this interview. Man, she is just **_gorgeous!_** For all she went through, she aged **_really_** well! She has one of the warmest smiles I've ever seen.*

This is the most intriguing interview. I’m so happy that someone has pushed the stigma of Christianity over and unashamedly and boldly spoke their mind and life with Jesus Christ. Thank you 🙏🏽

She is the most beautiful woman i've ever seen or heard.

An honest and beautiful testimony!

Awesome, after trying everything and still feeling miserable, I found Jesus too. No going back!

I grew up in the 60's-70's, In the epicenter of the movement,like her. It shaped the rest of my life and I'm glad it did. It made me a better person.

Something happens when you connect with God. 😊 I can relate to certain aspects of her experience. This lady is beautiful. Fantastic interview. Mr Hoffman. 💖 Thank you.

Though not a Christian myself, I really did apreciate her sharings all the while observing my judgements. It was a strong experience for me. Great clip as always, Mr. Hoffman!

Funny how knowing Jesus made the scales fall from her eyes and she recognized that her previous path was not the right one. Same for me. It's like I suddenly had a HUGE weight lifted from me, and now had a clarity of mind about everything. The sky was bluer, the trees were greener...I was blessed with more discernment about things in my life and life in general. I was able to steer myself away from my own strange cult experience. It took me nearly 40 years, but it's amazing what finding the TRUTH will do for your life!

Wonderful testimony 🙌🏻

I love when she says she had no one to follow through the movement. Please listen to that today, Jesus still works!

Beauty, inside and out. It beams from her because the light of the world is inside us. A beacon on a hill in a dark place. That's what we're called to be. I believe as she does, I've been a follower of Jesus my entire life. I strayed away for a bit, but he never left me. I've ridden Harleys with outlaws and prayed with many of them wanting the Lord that I had. It's a beautiful experience. It's not about man-made religion, it's a personal relationship with the Lord. When I'd come to the end of myself, i was in a million pieces on the floor. Much like her. I couldn't put me back together, but he could. Thankfully I had a good foundation since childhood, but it took time for him to restore me. The 23rd Psalm is never far from me. Wisdom is in those scriptures. What the Lord has done in my life is nothing short of a miracle. I trust him, he's never let me down. Scripture says, "God is love". That's what we need more of, love. Thank you, Mr Hoffman, as always I'm delighted by your work. It tells who you are. God bless you.

I can definitely relate to her experiences. It's amazing how much freedom God gives us!

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. Mt5:6. She has certainly proven this to be true. She's also given me wisdom. I wonder how she is doing now, nearly 30 years later. I hope very well.

What a great presenter - love listening to her . thx David - another great vid !

People try so hard and search so desperately, and Jesus waits. He is so patient, He Loves us so much. Some take a short time, others a lifetime, some never hear Him over the world. This beautiful, precious one was so beyond ready to know and trust Jesus, and believe Him, as The Way, The Truth and The Light. He doesn’t normally come visibly, and in her moment He Blessed her with His Presence to solidify her trust that this is real. May her life still be growing and learning in Him, wherever she may be. 💔🙏♥️✌️

"It's is personally a goal for me not to be judgemental about people, about where they're at, What they are into, but to be supportive of that in them, which is right and good, to trust that God will do the rest in their life". That folks, is wisdom..

She's a great example of saved by grace. Praise God for his merciful nature. Choose God is a great message to take from this. Amen. 👑❤

Flash forward to 2019: NO THING HAS CHANGED This woman speaks for my generation. Im 53. NO THING HAS CHANGED. LISTEN: no thing new is under the sun. GET RIGHT. TRUTH stands the test of time. I walked this journey I testify "seek truth" it is KNOWABLE and attainable... Praise God Amen

As a Gen X-tra with parents who essentially skipped the 60s your videos are fascinating and I beg you please to continue providing this content. I appreciate it and I thank you. I quit college at Miami of Ohio in 1996 after a long Bender and a couple of serious gelcaps of LSD and I traveled the country as a social refugee always feeling like I was behind the curve. I'm 43 now and yesterday a man at the Dollar Tree asked me if my sons were actually my grandchildren.

Listened to the whole video twice consecutively. Beautifully articulate and concise story. Every point was poignant. Perfect. God bless

This interview is gold

What a wonderful witness! She delivered the message as Jesus would have.....in a kind,thoughtful way.I hope everyone finds their missing puzzle piece!

What a wonderful person! Her self-journey and ability to open up to the whole world in order to find herself really spoke to me. I also find it funnily ironic that the one thing that was holding her back spiritually was her perceptions of the thing she ran away from, Christianity. Im a nonbeliever, but after her whole explanation, I was so happy that she found fulfillment and joy despite me too questioning on why a hippy would go to Jesus, just as she had herself! I bet she was an amazing 6th grade teacher, teachers need worldly experience and empathy like her, I find that just as important as Scholarly endeavors. Thank you for this interview, I very much enjoyed it!

Wonderful interview. Her life story is parallel to a close friend of mine. And me to an extent. Found you thru a great Steve Allen piece that appeared in my feed today. Subbed!

"You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by"

These interviews are a fantastic example, not only of oral history, but specifically "micro" history, which is becoming more and more of a niche in the profession. History happens at every level of society, and ordinary people are too often ignored. Learning a lot, Dave! I'm stuck at home during this pandemic and transcribing some interviews for the archive were I'm employed. My professor once said that the greatest repository of information is in the collective memory of the outgoing generation. Let's keep up the good work!

Just think. Heaven will be filled with people like this. Praise God forever

She is beautiful

I'd love to have revisited these guys 20-30 years after these interviews. Along with great times and unparalleled freedom, I get the feeling that the '60s also produced a lot of refugees - some of whom found their way home.

She's so beautiful... Inside n out I bet she's just as beautiful in 2020

Sure glad she got her brains out of the way. Finally she got on the right road, and I'm so glad.

Love this video. Brilliant channel. I'm an Irish subscriber.. Living in Ireland and soo glad I found my new fav thing to spike my brain. Love the channel. Good job.

She has a kind, gentle spirit.

Thank you. I could relate to this lady. I know He is real.

Boy can I identify with this lady. So well explained. I too had a profound experience involving Jesus, but I let myself get distracted--for 25 years--by an Indian man who'd convinced many of us that he was God in human form. He had extraordinary powers he'd use to convince us of that. He turned out to be a molester of boys. I don't know if there are many paths to God, as I used to believe, but I know Jesus is a sure one, and that I need not look elsewhere.

What I notice now, and I'd like to know what others think, but the tone in these interviews is more even and articulate. The tone now always sounds like a question. "I didn't expect to explore..Christianity?" " It was something that was really deep?" That's how it would sound now. Instead of sounding convincing or confident, the upspeak is out of control.

Thank you David, after i watched your intro video and your promise that i would find anything that interests me on your channel, i can say i am not disappointed. God bless you

What she has is real. I have it too. Same searching, and realizing this was the answer to all. I am so glad, and may you have it as well when all your goals become dead ends.

A beautiful story and person.

Beautiful!!! Powerfully testimony!!! If You SEEK Me with alll your heart ,you will find me !!! Jesus the Son of God ,Savior of the World !!! Very ,Very touching and authentic testimony as well !! Thanks soooo very much for this !!!

Excellent Mr. Hoffman, you are incredibly talented as an interviewer. Thank you. Can I donate on paypal?

When the student is ready...the teacher appears.

Wow! Thank you for posting this.

this lady knows wassup. Thanks for sharing her story David!

Beautiful interview, thankyou.

Such a powerful testimony. Truth is truth no matter where's its found. Im glad she has found what she needed.i think u can use what u hav experienced 2 serve u. She has strong spiritual gifts & was lead 2 the place she is now.

A deeply wish people would learn to separate between things of man and things of God.

You probably do not remember our professional paths crossing many years ago. I don't remember the details either. LOL However, you must know how your films on KZfaq bring a brightness to my days. Thank you. We're are old enough I can sense you as a distant friend. Much like this lady in this film (although not the same path) , I now base my testimony on Proverbs 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." Now, this does not say what he might do for 45 years between, but I can say I am thankful not for religion, but for a genuine relationship with God through Jesus and being reborn by the baptism of God's Holy Spirit. Thanks and shalom.

I've seen this video several times. I admire her so much. She's just lovely and honest and seems so kind....

Really glad I found your channel David, I'm learning a lot from you!

Really neat perspective. So well spoken.

This was beautiful and pure. Loved it!

A very honest talk.

An incredibly powerful interview - this woman found God, there is no doubt in my mind. So humble, so clear in her language and explanation. It would be amazing to interview her again as she has aged. In gratitude.

Thank you for sharing this interesting video~. David Hoffman Channel Rocks! 👍

I love when she said that the people were in their first lifetime...lol I know exactly what she means.. I look around at quite a few people and they definitely seem to be in their first lifetime

Amen, Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life: no one goes to the Father except through Him.

I love these videos. They are historical gems.

She was searching for a higher meaning to life, and found Jesus after a long search.

What a wonderful person.

Best. Channel. Ever.

Wonderful. So happy for her. God is good.

I am rewatching this, as I had passively watched it some time ago. Now I see this in a new way, This woman could be speaking for me in many aspects with regards to her searching for that something which so many of us begin at some point in life, kudos to those who have found their 'something'. I am wordy, which is likely representitive in this post of my state of mind. If I am able to, I enjoy reading, art, and learning from people such as yourself. I also spend time in prayer, meditation, and contemplation, but in between and even during these activities, I can go from laughing, to crying, to thinking about the future of humanity and quantum computing, and worst of all I sit stuck in myself feeling unworthy of this life- then my empathy can drive me to bed. Like this woman, I have abused various substances, which would take 500 pages to span that timeline and it's 5 W's. Her eloquence and honesty heard and seen in those reponses make me wish that I had a teacher like that when I was a child. She must be, or had been, a wonderful teacher- having been so open to new ideas and ancient religions and philosophies and possibly kerping the best of it all, which boils down to love yourself, and love others. I am 40, and also am spinning in each direction looking for an answer. I have clinical major depressive disorder, anxiety, PTSD, and tinnitus since I was very young which after all the traumas I still attribute my own depression to Tinnitus, for the brain never truly allows the body to rest and I, as when I was a child, still break down and cry almost daily, and I am baffled that silence exists aming people because I have bever experienced it. As she said sowell, I too have alot on my (imaginary) dashboard. I use parentheses for 'imaginary' because I do not own a car, nor have I driven, for a long time. When I was young, I managed to excel in various subjects at school. I had learned to read and write pretty quickly and began my relatoonship with poetry by writing limericks of which not all I got along well with, and engaged with all of my teachers and classmates. I loved to read anything from Voltaire to Biographies to Mad or National Lampoon magazine through high school was a fan of The Doors, and of their lead singer Jim Morrison's poetry, since I was 10 [and still a fan]. I held down a job throughout, had the same girlfriend for 7 years since grade 9, and studied many things outside of school. Behind all of that and inside my mind lurked something sinister. I fought hard for all of those things, not for praise, not to please my mother or father-I just believe in people being theselves, as so many students and adults(gotta keep up Facebook appeances, after all ☺)would never openly admit it if they liked certain things they deemed could make them unpopular, and I didn't mind reading a poem out loud to friends on breaks on occasion, espousing on the magnifence of bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd, or just hanging out and making friends with people. I didn't believe in popular or unpopular, I liked nice people regardless of what they wore or how they seemed. Now, I am still able to keep the masks we wear on, mostly. I have been in the embarrassing situation of sitting at a café when out of nowhere comes a wave of dread that surrounds and squeezes my heart. I have half written 4 books. I didn't finish any because I procrastinate as I wait to feel some good energy. I have attempted suicides as cries for help but they became bolder where I am now lucky to be alive. I took my father's long slow cancer death very hard. It smashed already shattered pieces of what was left of me. However, since September, when I had my very first psychedelic experience (I tried a few times but benzodiazepines, alcohol, opiods and antidepressants will not allow them to work). It was psilocybin cubensis and it was in a converted RV for special types of healings. I took 10 grams, laying diwn and blindfolded. I wanted a powerful experience and boy did I. The shaman did it for free as always and true Shamans don't charge money but I don't judge thise who do it properly. It was a cathartic experience, purging tears from my chikdhood on up. I then took it a few more times. I saw visions that people scoff at, but the main one was Christ. It changed me. Now I still sleep a bit to often and I'm tired most hours, but if I am sad I don't stay there or if I feel too strongly I reflect it, not absorb. Mainly, I have a friend in Jesus, but this Jesus is a warrior. I still sing mantras quietly as a walk but I walk to Christ always. He touched my Soul and I don't even need these antidepressants which I informed my doctor, but it is work in progress so I take Ativan for severe bouts of anxiety. I don't go to church. I personally just light a candle with his image, albeit a pale Christ, but we are in the Western world and it's the Bible I care for. No religious dogma will confuse me away from who the true Christ was and is. Please no hate ok. Just felt like sharing. Thanks. I enjoy your films, Mr. Hoffman.

This was great! Thank you. I wish I knew how old she was during the different eras of her life story. 19:19 - 21:08 🙏🏼

I was 12 years old when this was filmed.. I wish i was still 1990.

God is so important in one’s life

I would recommend this video to be watched by everyone and anyone.

She's got a wonderful testimony of redemption.

Thank you!

So captivating

Thank you for this. Interesting, because I believe her testimony and it helps to answer some questions for me. Not sure why your channel was recommended to me but it was and it was probably a "God-thing"! :)

What I find interesting isn't the fact that she arrived back at Christianity or the particular belief systems she tried, but the sort of unwavering quest that led her from one system to the next. I'm honestly not trying to belittle her story because I don't have the answers and perhaps she's right, my point is that it's not the particular events and reasons behind her journey/destination that make these kind of stories endlessly fascinating to me, but the fundamental motivations that lie at the core of her personality that makes her believe in the necessity of the journey in the first place. To use another metaphor: if a Wall Street investor titles the chapters of the book of his/her life after the salary he made or, perhaps, the firm he worked at during each period, she'd probably title them based on the particular beliefs to which she subscribed. Her self-actualization seems to be based on the idea that it was just a matter of finding the right set of beliefs, rather than examining the implicit assumption that she needs someone to provide her with a metaphysical structure through which to interpret events, base decisions, make judgements, and giver her life purpose. She was willing to examine the flaw in her past choices, her eclectic, spiritual double-dipping, yet she never got past the notion that just she needed to find the right rulebook to base her life around. Isn't it possible that the reason you keep coming up against a wall and seeing the holes in the various belief systems you adopt is that they are belief systems created by flawed religious leaders based on very little evidence? That perhaps the problem isn't that you've been taking wrong turns and getting lost on your way, but that, perhaps, you've chosen the wrong vehicle in which to make the journey? Also, why do some people structure their lives around making a certain salary or writing the perfect musical composition, yet she defines her life by the spiritual pitstops (and, ultimately, her final destination) she's made. While she may look at the investor, and the investor her, as if they had lost their way, they're each judging the other based on entirely different systems of measurement. Everyone judges everyone else as if we're all climbing (or descending) the same hierarchy of values and accomplishments, but it's not true. A CEO may be higher up than a middle-management stiff in the company's hierarchy, but the latter may be the captain of the company baseball team. Ok, went off on a bit of a tangent there... I apologize to anyone that actually took the time to read my ramblings.

My uncle say he woke up in 1973 and said to himself what happened to the last 5 years .