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Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 128: Bridging The Gap With An Open HeartSometimes when I tell people about my core three policies – free speech, fair borders, full sovereignty – I feel just a little self-conscious, because I know many people hearing them will automatically jump to the suspicion of racism, anti-immigrant ideology and hatred. None of these are nice things at all! Hence the tension. And yet these 3 Fs are the true point of balance that all societies require in order to flourish in justice, kindness, love and peace. The truth is that being genuinely open-minded often involves things that seem ignorant or dangerous suddenly revealing themselves to actually be the very oppo...2024-11-1215 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 127: Ireland! Register To Vote By Midnight!To my dear fellow Irish, you have until midnight tonight (11:59pm Tuesday 12th November) to register to vote in the upcoming and EXTREMELY important general election. The state has in the last 5 years trampled all traditions and respect for civil liberties, democracy, the well-being and aspirations of the Irish nation, and our right to sovereign self-governance. It seems there is no bad idea they haven’t already tried to force on us or at least have flirted with, so it behoves us to do our job as free humans and vote them out of power. We needn’t get dist...2024-11-1207 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 126: Why Democrats Are Voting TrumpWhy are Democrat and Dem-leaning voters choosing Donald Trump in massive numbers? Because Kamala Harris is clearly a puppet of ruthless corporations, intelligence agencies and corrupt bureaucracies which seek profit even at the cost of human liberty and dignity. Meanwhile Trump is more mysterious, now seeming to have learnt his lessons and truly seeking to do right by America and by the world, a force for peace, freedom and justice for all peoples. Yes, it is possible that this too is an act and in fact Trump will ultimately serve the globalist elites, but we don’t know this fo...2024-11-0414 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 123: Pro Immigrant, Anti ImmigrationI love people and find beauty in every culture of the world. The vast majority of people are cool, kind, honest and interesting; it’s just the crazy minority which stir up all the trouble. However, that doesn’t mean I want every person in the world to come live in my house, nor to come live in my country. That would be ridiculous. You can have too much of a good thing, and immigration is only good in certain times and places, with local consent. Ireland has an endangered (by colonialism) native language, young people fleeing due to a br...2024-10-0918 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 122: Conformism In Irish PoliticsThe ‘woke’ in Ireland who call anyone wanting to limit immigration ‘far-right’ and ‘racist’, waving rainbow flags as if afraid we’ll forget they exist, always talking about ‘trans rights’, climate change and protecting the vulnerable from ‘hate speech’ – ironically, these people would in most cases have been Nazis in Nazi Germany, dogmatists in Catholic Ireland, and fundamentalist supporters of the Taliban if they had been raised in Afghanistan. Because the majority of these people, I believe, hold their views not from independent thinking but from conformism, from directly accepting the opinions and claims of others. Sometimes it is from fear (of ostracisat...2024-10-0911 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 121: Do The Irish Government Ever Question Themselves?I doubt it. Or if some of them do, they dishonestly hide it – which might be even worse. But we simply cannot trust any person who pretends to know everything and to always be right. That is the perspective of someone who will be blind to incoming information that could uplift and expand, clarify their models of reality. Ironically, the loudest and most confident people in Irish politics – overwhelmingly the Establishment parties in government and ‘opposition’ – are in fact those we should listen to least. While those who speak seldom and quietly, carefully, due to not being totally sure if they ar...2024-09-0513 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 120: Questions To Ask Irish PoliticiansHere are a dozen questions I would LOVE to hear Irish politicians asked. Alas it seems one of the requirements of being among those who get to ask the questions is that you don’t go too close to the core things we need to just say plainly in the faces of those so out of whack. If we can ask these simple but hilariously outrageous questions to our ‘representatives’ so busy running the country into the ground, I think it will do us all a world of good. Will we? VOTE JAMIE MCGLUE INTO THE DÁI...2024-09-0509 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 11: Surrendering The War On DrugsDo you do drugs? Don’t answer that! I’ll respect your privacy. And which drugs anyway? Alcohol? Caffeine? Sugar? These all affect the mind enough to be properly called drugs – but they are the drugs modern industrial civilisation endorses, because they amplify its values of productivity, orderliness, political centralisation, cultural conformity and materialism. Other cultures in space and time have chosen different mind-altering substances as their own chemical allies in the pursuit of civilisational purpose, and give them nicer names, like ‘medicine’ or ‘magic potion’. The chief argument of this episode is that if you are not hurting anybody else...2024-09-051h 52Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 10: The Ethics Of EatingVegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, omnivores and carnivores unite! Let us discuss honestly the controversial question of what we should be eating. I offer my views on the pros and cons of each of these diets, in terms of optimising health and ecological flourishing while minimising the suffering of sentient beings. The core theme is that there are many roads up the mountain and we can and should and must learn to engage each other respectfully, accepting our differences and focusing on the common ground upon which we can begin to make practical changes to transform our world into a little...2024-09-052h 57Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 3: Why We Want Free SpeechIn this episode we look at what 'free speech' is and why it is so important. The freedom to say what one wishes (so long as it doesn't violate the non-aggression principle) is the most fundamental of human rights, because it is the mechanism by which all rights are decided. This most precious power is not only enjoyable and useful for collective problem-solving, but even necessary for the survival of civilisation and the sacred homecoming of human enlightenment. Censorship of 'bad ideas' is itself perhaps the worst idea of all; whereas the trust that truth percolates to the top...2024-08-291h 43Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 117: Rallying The Diaspora To Save IrelandThere are 80 million people worldwide who claim some Irish descent, with 3 million being Irish-born emigrants, their children and grandchildren. This group of 3 million are legally recognised Irish citizens and tend to share quite closely the sociocultural norms of Ireland. The majority of these people also left Ireland with great reluctance due to the hardships of various oppressions (imperial, fundamentalist, bureaucratic) and the spiritual and material poverty such pressures engendered in the Irish population. Most left to escape injustice, to find a fairer field over the sea; but except for the born adventurers, these Irish folk left with a sorrowful...2024-08-0308 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 115: Sufficient Unto The DayIt’s human nature to look forward and try to master the future, to better our lives. But it is crucial that we balance this with a primary focus on the Now, and in particular on enjoying this present moment as full and enough; to strive ultimately only to be a good person today and let tomorrow be the duty of tomorrow’s self. We think ahead and act diligently, but we ground this is the relaxation and inner peace of knowing that we are where we should be; that in the ultimate sense Life is where it should be...2024-07-2514 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 100: Vote Jamie McGlueI am running for elected office! Ireland is in crisis. Europe is in crisis. The West is in crisis. The Earth is in crisis. You might think we deserve this or that it doesn’t matter, but both are wrong – both are untrue and unjust to proclaim. The systems of liberty and limited government upon which you and I have depended for almost every joy we have been graced to experience, are now under extremee pressure from a combination of confusion, incompetence, ideology, corruption and psychopathy. We need not get ourselves worked up and divided over the cause; let us f...2024-03-2423 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 99: Ninety-nine Problems (But There’s Only One)On one level there are many problems that confront us; some being life and death, torture and freedom. But ultimately there is only one problem: believing that problems exist. For in truth there is only the Now, including those things out of power to change (which the sane simply accept) and those things in our power to change – which the sane carefully but playfully guide and control, modifying and creating, empowered by alignment with life. Yet the plot twist is that even this problem of believing in problems is itself not a problem! It merely is as it is; fr...2024-03-1614 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 98: Assume You CanWhen in doubt, assume you can do it – whatever it is. Happiness and success arise from having the wisdom to ask the question ‘Is this thing within my power?’ and if it is not, then to leave it be and fully accept – even embrace – it. Or if you decide you do indeed have control over the thing in question, then act and wield that power as wisely as you can. Once we are already on a path of action, it is purely beneficial to assume we can do what we aim to, and purely self-destructive to question one’s ability at a...2024-03-0715 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 97: HumilityBeing down to earth is heavenly high! Thankfully a big part of humility is being humble enough to accept that you’re not perfectly humble yet. These things take time, and you are not God! (So to speak.) In all aspects of life, from learning, to leadership, to true kindness, our ability to help ourselves and others depends so deeply upon how well we can keep in mind that we may not know everything and we may not be able to overcome our limits. With this accepted in our hearts, our full potential becomes open to us, to strive ou...2024-03-0122 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 96: Criticism, Suspicion And ComplainingNegative energy is that which shrinks the potential of life for creativity, higher-order complexity, harmonious interconnectedness, and the experience of love, joy and being. Positive energy is that which uplifts, expands, grounds, nourishes and enlivens the living. But there is a time and place for negativity; sometimes it is healthy and even inevitable to feel or express negative emotion, words and actions. Criticising and complaining can be a trap and egoic indulgence in one’s addiction to negativity and its sense of being right; but these can also be done consciously so as to communicate what is fair and so...2024-02-2330 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 95: Why You Really Want A RelationshipCompanionship, affection, romance, sex; it can all come from casual connections. But a true long-term relationship offers all this and more: not only in spite of, but also because of the difficulties of adjusting one’s ego and habits to the ways of another wilful individual, living together inevitably means learning and growing together. Not only from inspiration and example but from the necessary patience, negotiation, empathy, kindness and respect that a relationship demands in order to remain happy and nourishing. Where a couple is out of sync, they must determine if the subject of disagreement is merely divergent wa...2024-02-1626 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 94: What’s So Good About The World?Let's find something nice and heartfelt to say about as many different countries as we can. What a world! Verily overflowing with charming characteristics.2024-02-0932 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 93: Seven Podcast RecommendationsIt’s as simple as it sounds! I offer you seven podcasts which I find incredibly valuable, uplifting, informative, insightful and generally awesome. Can you dig it? The Joe Rogan Experience RFK Jr Podcast Part Of The Problem, with Dave Smith The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast Aubrey Marcus Podcast Stay Free, with Russel Brand Kosmographia – The Randall Carlson Podcast2024-02-0236 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 92: Why Nihilism Doesn't Make SenseNihilists argue nothing really matters; there is no right and wrong, no meaning, no love. It is all a grand and pointless illusion, they say. But there are three problems with this. One, they don’t act like they believe it – for they get unhappy if you cause them pain. Two, the costs of nihilism greatly outweigh the benefits to oneself and the world. Three, nihilism is an assumption lacking enough evidence for its claims; it makes no better sense of the data of experience than belief systems professing meaning, love, purpose, goodness and beauty, and in fact a clos...2024-01-2620 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 91: SilenceThere’s a surprisingly large amount to be said about silence.2024-01-1915 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 90: Are Surnames Sexist?Why do we take the family name of our father, rather than our mother? Is that unfair? This episode looks at the arguments on both sides and concludes . . . well, give me five minutes and I'll tell you!2024-01-1110 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 89: 5 Fun Facts About The Czech RepublicHere come some cool things you probably didn’t know about the land of the Czech people! Ten minutes from now you could know all these secrets, if your heart does dare to dream.2024-01-0513 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 88: What Is Culture? (& Why Should You Care?)Culture is the beliefs and behaviours of a society. What do we think is true or false, and good or bad? How do we convert such thinking into action, habit, custom, etiquette? But one’s own personality is in essence an individual culture, while the family, community, town or city, country, continent and world constitute larger scale cultures. Each person within a culture is unique, yet far more similar to their fellows than those on the outside. Just as it is usually impossible to rank best-to-worst the various personalities in a friend circle, the same is true for cultures at...2023-12-2940 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 87: SpontaneityThere is a time and place to be spontaneous. It might just be NOW!2023-12-2201 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 86: Learning From Other CulturesJust as individuals in a circle of friends help one another grow by supporting but daring to draw attention to blindspots, cultures at large (families, creeds, cities, countries, regions) too can strike this joyful and enriching balance of being inspired by friends and inspiring in turn, each offering and accepting the gifts of our unique angle on belief and behaviour; and crucially, refraining from judging others as inferior simply by virtue of being different. Some things are clearly right or wrong, but so much is just a matter of personal expression.2023-12-1434 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 85: The Power Of Positive LanguageWords run the world; they are a powerful agent of change equally able to uplift to the good or pull down to the bad. We can use words wisely to alter our perspective, emotion, habits. But if we are not careful the words we use use us, blindfolding the soul in their concepts and causing us harm. This episode goes into how one can use words as “magic spells” to modify our psychology and thus physiology and behaviour by focusing the mind upon certain words and their associated ideas and feelings; also, how to be practical with one’s use of...2023-12-0728 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 84: Burn The Bureaucracy“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.” Quite. This quote sums up the problem when a system of offices and officers are allowed to rule over society on taxpayer funding, making rules and restriction, providing goods and services, yet never having to face the disciplining justice of liberty via the free market. Our world – particularly the West – has increasingly been struggling under the weight of a most misguided expansion of the state apparatus into the realm of the economy. While at this point in history I agree we need a state to provide laws, courts...2023-12-0122 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 83: Why There’s A Riot In DublinTragedy upon tragedy. A brutal stabbing of children today has sparked a massive riot in the city of Dublin, with police being attacked, vehicles burned and shops looted. While the core of this violence and criminality is surely hooliganism and young impoverished people looking for some mayhem and an enemy they can enjoy fighting, equally we would be wise to see that deeper issues have fuelled this riot and indeed Irish politicians must look themselves in the mirror and assess what they can do to begin addressing the underlying reasons for grievance, distrust and anger among the Irish public...2023-11-2427 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 82: ChangeThe only constant – apart from our own consciousness in which all unfolds – is change. This most fundamental of forces can delight and dismay, so let’s look at wise ways of facing change so as to make the best of what is essential and inevitable to existence.2023-11-1742 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 81: Finding The EnergyLet’s talk about the lifestyle choices that maximise one’s energy, drive and stamina, as well as the mental and spiritual core truth of what energy is, and how we can learn to access it.2023-11-1032 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 80: Pendulum Of BalanceHere cometh a few things exemplifying the pendulumic nature of existence and progress. Ambition, religion, sexuality, gender, kindness, independence, truth – all serve to suggest this pattern. Just like a pendulum swinging from side to side, gradually finding centre, we humans tend to go too far this way and then too far the other way, then (if we try) come to restful centre by way of many a modification of course back toward balance and harmony.2023-11-0348 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode79: Ancestor, O AncestorWhat follows is a Samhain/Halloween devotional love poem of sorts for Ancestor; being each one of those who brought me to be here as I am, by their devotion, love and will.2023-10-2708 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 78: Punishing Peoples For Their GovernmentsThe biggest crimes by far have always been by governments. Throughout history everywhere and still now in the present moment of our time on Earth, the terrible crimes of dark and unhinged individuals pale in comparison with the atrocities committed by governments equally against their own people as well as against those of other countries. Yet governments find it extremely advantageous to confuse us to this fact, and revel in the ambiguity between state and country; a conflation which is made all the more appealing during times of stress, struggle, conflict and limited attention – such as governments also find ex...2023-10-2042 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 77: Contextual VirtueWhile we can and must agree on certain standards for human behaviour, I feel it is often overlooked how one’s context affects the question of virtue and moral excellence. If you are born into the mafia but do your best to err on the side of kindness within your world, then you seem to be showing greater moral effort than one who is born into a family who value and practise humanitarian, socially conscious existence – if that person fails to ever grow and aspire to be better for the sake of uplifting the world. Such a dynamic reveals itse...2023-10-1234 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 76: Lessons From 6 Months Of FatherhoodMy little baby daughter turns half today! So in honour of her and the beauty she has brought into our lives, I check in with my own father for a debrief on how it’s all been. Parenthood has many challenges, but far more blessings, and the gift keeps on growing.2023-10-051h 01Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 75: Imagine Your EntourageThe imagination is there to be used and this episode invites us to conjure up a host of cool characters of our own choice and design who might inspire and influence us to be better livers of life. Whether it’s imagining Leonard Cohen or the Buddha or Grace O’Malley giving off their vibes or even the words we imagine they would offer, or be it abstract principles personified – courage, kindness, endurance, hope, clarity, humour, etc. – it is in our power to consciously use the imagination to counteract the negative influences it is anyway daily exerting on us unconsci...2023-09-2915 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 74: Javier Milei For El PresidenteJavier Milei is predicted to win Argentina’s presidential election on October 22nd, and after checking him out I am very impressed with his presence and his principles. His recipe to reverse the staggering economic decline of his nation is to shrink the state and restore its resourcres and power to the people. For liberty is the core and foundation of not only our happiness but also peace and prosperity. Unfortunately, governments all round the world have become ever more controlling and socialist – intervening in our economic life in an attempt (often corrupt, but sometimes genuine) to improve the cond...2023-09-221h 06Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 73: PerfectionismLife and you and me and even perfection aren’t perfect – but that’s perfect! It’s all perfectly imperfect, the best it can be given that it is what it is. But apart from the mystical heights where all is seen as as it should be (which consciousness propels what is to loftier levels), imperfection also helps us learn and helps us experience the ups and downs of the world. Perfectionism is where we allow our healthy desire for excellence to stray into sickness by deceiving ourselves into thinking a given task deserves further attention when in fact our grea...2023-09-1410 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 72: 33 Reasons To Support RFK Jr. For PresidentRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is the most impressive politician I have seen in a long time. And he comes in our hour of urgent need, running for the White House in 2024. Therefore, today I am doing my part to help a man possessed of integrity and wise leadership to win the most powerful office in the world, and so usher in a new era of peace, prosperity, justice and freedom for a troubled world. Even if you are not American, you are human and so touched by the US president’s hand. Here I present 33 reasons why RFK Jr. is...2023-09-091h 35Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 71: Invitation To Open Your MindThis episode invites us to consider radical possibilities about what might actually be true. It presents several important yet controversial (and to some, far-fetched) ideas about the world which I invite you to reflect on and investigate with a sceptical but open mind. Some I know to be true, others I think are probably true, and still others might possibly be true. I also preamble this with a brief overview of critical thinking skills needed to parse through the many contradictory and opposing views on any given contentious subject. Most of all, my message here is that for most...2023-09-012h 15Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 70: Seven Ways To Get Out Of A RutYou know the feeling. (Or I guess so.) You don’t know where to go in life; be it the day or the year or from here to the grave. Maybe you don’t even know why or if you really want to do anything at all; can’t find the will to care enough to be logical and proactive. Never fear! Episode 70 is coming to the rescue – or I should say your own curiosity is coming to the rescue of your own apathy, inertia, disorientation. We briefly lay out seven ways to shift things up to get into a new gr...2023-08-2426 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 69: SexualitySex is essential, blissful, exciting, terrifying, dangerous, healing, downdragging or uplifting depending on the way one approaches it and embodies their sexuality, their sexual being. Much more than mere pleasure, or radical freedom of expression, sexuality touches upon deep issues of social cohesion and even civilisational survival, and so must be carefully balanced in the individual and the collective. Yet at its pinnacle, this primal connection between beings – oneness returning through and amid duality – opens a portal to the love supreme and allows a spiritual practice by which we can accelerate our self-realization. This topic is too deep to capt...2023-08-181h 11Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 68: RFK Jr. For PresidentRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a man of virtue and integrity who I hope to be the next president of the United States of America. Compassionate, intelligent, knowledgeable, diplomatic, humble, empathetic, strong, independent, brave, lighthearted, serious, powerful, open; these words describe him well, yet the corporate press (whose owners stand to lose vast sums of money and societal influence/control should RFK Jr. take office in 2024) paint him as a nutcase, a madman, a fool, a ‘conspiracy theorist’ and a danger to the public. Do you believe this? Perhaps you do, perhaps you don’t, or perhaps this is the fi...2023-08-1012 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 67: BeautyBeauty is far deeper than the way a person, object or natural scene meets the eye; at its most heartfelt and profound, it is something like the soul of God, the feeling that takes your breath away when a film takes a perfectly unexpectedly inevitable bend of joy, when the balance and harmony of existence is revealed as reassuringly, undeniably meaningful. Join me as I try to get my head around perhaps the most mysterious of words, and hear why I think beauty might be the ultimate meaning of life – or at least my own journey.2023-08-0328 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 66: Is It OK To Worship The Devil?Ah the Devil. Always messin’ out there on the fringes of the mind, of society, of belief. Let’s discuss the meaning of ‘the Devil’ or Lucifer or Satan, from the figurative and mythological to the religious. We will also analyse the claim made by some self-described Satanists that theirs is just another religion, equally worthy to those propounding love. While we’re at it, let’s get some context on why some people believe powerful elites actually practise hellish luciferian blood-sacrifice rituals, as well as the scientific reasons why in theory it may be possible that such a demonic supe...2023-07-271h 07Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 65: See It As EasySome things are easier to do than others; but all things are easier when seen as easy. So long as one is actually doing one’s best to prepare for and perform one’s work in this life, our chances of getting good results are only improved by telling ourselves that, yes, we can do whatever needs to be done. By avoiding unnecessary anxiety, doubt and hesitation, the mind is focused upon the task at hand (possibly enhanced by the placebo effect, expecting success) and the body hums with a more benevolent vibration, maximising energy and skill. Whether or not...2023-07-2010 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 64: Twintuition IVBrother Mark and I get dreamy on dreams: what in God’s good garden are they all about? Are dreams real? What can they tell us about ourselves, life and wakefulness? We talk about the metaphysics of dreams, share some entertaining dream journal entries from our back catalogue, and suggest some ways for how to recall dreams and experience lucidity.2023-07-132h 04Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 63: In Praise Of PlantsThis time we look at why (and how) to live with plants! There are many reasons to, from air purification to spiritual vibration to boosting the mood to developing self-discipline. Keeping some planty pals in your home will make your dreams a little easier to grow.2023-07-0735 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 62: Dealing With FailureFailure is intricately connected to success and ultimately not to be feared or resisted; but simultaneously and paradoxically we do need to work hard to avoid failure in the search for success and human flourishing for ourselves and for all our fellow beings. Tune in to hear about how we might balance these things in order to find restful productivity and so be our best.2023-07-0218 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 61: Five Tools For Thinking Things ThroughEver wondered if there's a better way to sort out just what you should do? Ever have trouble making choices? Join the club! I provide five tools I find helpful for coming to a decision when things are murky and complicated. 1) Let it out 2) Think both ways 3) Bring in the space 4) Shift up the angles 5) Surround the doubt To find out exactly what the hell these mean, tune in for a half-hour chat!2023-06-2234 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 60: I’ll Pay CashToday we look in-depth at why we should use cash as much as possible and not consent to the increasingly bold (if subtle and plausible-deniability camouflaged) suggestions by governments and big business to remove cash freedom from the people. In short, the benefits of removing cash are minor and yet the harms of doing so are enormous, and potentially even lethal to the preservation of human rights. We must keep cash alongside digital money and get the best of both worlds. Anyone who insists that cash is outdated is either unaware of the threats we face, or part of...2023-06-1651 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 59: Legacy & LivingI explore the nature of legacy: what can and what should we leave behind us when we leave this world? And what is the balance between thinking of others and the future, versus thinking of ourselves and our enjoyment of our fleeting existence on Earth?2023-06-0916 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 58: Why There’s Always More To SayI dive VERY deep into the nature of what a conversation (with self or other) really is, and from here make the case for why we will never be able to exhaust (not even close!) the supply of interesting, rewarding, fascinating discussions about the nature of our world.2023-06-0247 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 57: Do You Believe In Trans?All beings deserve to be treated with love, but above all this means not lying to each other; instead we must tell the truth as we see it, so that our fellow soul can thrive free from illusion. Sometimes we may disagree, but so long as one is not directly hurting another, one must be free to express and experience their life as they wish. True diversity means embracing each other’s right to hold opinions which we ourselves don’t believe in. I personally truly believe we are universal consciousness (ungendered) incarnating in a male or female body, so I...2023-05-2635 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 56: Be The Expert (On Where Your Expertise Lies)These days it’s all too often said that the individual citizen must defer to ‘the experts’; even on matters very intimate and pressing for oneself but for which one lacks ‘formal’ training. Yet nothing in life can be understood separate from its context (sorry, Reductionism!) and frequently the right answer to a question demands multiple lenses of analysis be applied. So a technocrat might have his ideas about public health, for example, but a street vendor might have life experience qualifying him to best the former man in an argument; say, via long-term observations of human nature, or his persona...2023-05-1945 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 55: Is It Safest To Assume A Global Coup Is Underway?No one wants to be smeared and vilified as a ‘conspiracy theorist’ but is it more dangerous to assume that everything is fine on Planet Earth when red flags wave like innocent blood? I argue we DO NOT KNOW if a global coup is taking place at the hands of billionaires and the many power pyramids they control, but we DO KNOW this is a plausible possibility, based on recent events mysteriously overlooked or downplayed in the corporate press. This episode argues that we can find a powerful and wise middle way by ACTING AS IF a global coup is u...2023-05-122h 54Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 54: Hate Speech Laws Are More Dangerous Than HateThis episode lays out the arguments you need to know to arm yourself for communication with your family, friends, strangers and public ‘representatives’ on the topic of freedom of speech and the NECESSITY to prevent ‘hate speech’ laws from being passed in the name of love, kindness and equality; but which would in fact feed division, fear, hate and harm. An egregious and horribly anti-human ‘hate speech’ bill has passed the Irish lower house of parliament and is on its way to soon be made law unless enough citizens of Éire (and the world, for the same insidious trend is afoot in m...2023-05-051h 24Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 53: The Right Way To Make MistakesMistakes are inevitable; we are only human, and life is only life. So in order for us to do our best and so meet our destiny to live in utmost harmony with the cosmos, it is paradoxically and ironically necessary for us to embrace and be welcoming of mistakes. By accepting and even ‘befriending’ the fact of our repeated failures, we free up wasted energy from resisting the inevitable and instead channel it into the present moment to uplift our level of skill in whatever task we are engaged in. We become open to feedback and learning from errors. Thus...2023-04-2831 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 52: Am I Too Loud Or Too Quiet?When should we give our opinion? Or tell others what we think and feel? Let’s talk about how, when and why it’s wise to share one’s voice; and how, when and why silence is wiser. We discuss relationships, civic responsibility, personal wellness, and the beauty of truth.2023-04-211h 12Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 51: FatherhoodHaving blessedly just become a father myself, my own father, John McGlue, joins me (and the Heavenly Father of cosmic infinite consciousness presumably tuning in from all directions in invisible silence) to discuss my experience thus far, and likewise his, and what fatherhood is, could and should be.2023-04-1448 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 50: Twenty Questions To Ask YourselfHere are a score of questions I’d encourage you to explore, as they will most likely lead you to a chain reaction of ephiphanies which will see you become wise ruler of your own life. Or at the very least they won’t do the opposite. Enjoy the perspective and the journey!2023-04-0752 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 49: A World We Could LoveHere are my thoughts and mental pictures of how the future Earth should and could look. I go very general and principlesque in alternation with detailing specific changes that I feel would be wise, and try to illuminate misconceptions about our problems and possibilities. May we welcome in the waking bloom of the beautiful planet this Goddess called Gaia can be and will, if only we are willing.2023-03-311h 36Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 48: Jamie Tries To Blow Your Mind!I come to you now with a stream of outlandish angles on existence, in sweet hopes of melting your mind into considerable joy by following the logical consequences of what we know and journeying to some determinedly far-out destinations in the welcoming landscape of what apparently must be.2023-03-2448 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 47: The Nature Of Name And NumberNames (in particular, personal names, though all are included) are as unique and self-expressive as numbers, or colours, or songs. In one sense all are of the same kind, and yet no two are truly identical; each has its own aura, orbit, way and nature. So when a parent names a child, it is in reality a magical act of great mystery and power. Even numbers are names, and an odd sort at that. Let us ponder and plumb the ineffability of the named with names!2023-03-1851 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 46: Justice Just IsI believe life is actually perfectly fair; yet from a lower perspective it’s true and useful to say that life is in many ways unfair. Bad actions are rewarded, goodness gets punished, tyranny thrives and nobility is suppressed – but in order to properly understand these challenges, and so deal with them wisely and skillfully, it is first necessary to connect to the big picture reality that everything that exists is indeed an inevitable and flawless, integral part of the glorious whole of creation. This is to say that both dark and light, yin and yang, are needed to make...2023-03-101h 49Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 45: Why World War III Is StupidBelieve it or not, in the year 2023, some very powerful people think it’d be a great idea for the USA and its allies to engage in mass killing with the Russians and their allies. Despite the presence of nuclear weapons, the fragility of our societies and economies, and above all our common bonds of selfhood, humanity, divine love and that deepest wish to be good and to see good things grow in the world . . . still the machines and merchants of war and hatred, blind ideology and cold-hearted vengeance are showing warning signs that they intend to pull the wo...2023-03-0337 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 44: Being CoolLet us dive into the mysteries of coolness, and in particular the very practical questions of to what extent and in what specific ways we can interface with the idea of being cool as an ideal to inspire us to be our most authentic and most expansive selves, to flourish happily. This is in opposition to the unhealthy patterns which can arise around this concept, which we explore too. In the end, cool is a zone of freedom, peace, joy, self expression and being.2023-02-2426 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 43: Only Fear Is AfraidFear is a primordial aspect of being a living being in 3D space and it certainly has its vital role to play in a balanced and flourishing life; however, it’s fair to say fear is nowadays far out of bounds in the average individual and society. This episode explores what a healthy relationship to fear might be; within ourselves, between ourselves, and in society at large. But we also go deeper and consider the true nature of fearfulness at its core, revealing that in fact you and I, the soul itself, are never afraid, but rather only dream so...2023-02-171h 20Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 42: Wherefore Art Thou Bob Dylan?My brother and I dive deep into the profound nature and mindblowing artistic mastery of intergalactic treasure Bob Dylan, widely considered the greatest songwriter of all time and yet arguably still underrated. Whether you are a Dylan fanatic or have never heard of the man sometimes called the Shakespeare of our times, may this episode open your eyes. We discuss the spiritual dimension, mathematical songwriting, hidden political subtexts, the broad exploration of the human condition, the virtues of Bob’s vocals, and much besides. Music is the soundtrack to your life, and I know of no other artist who so...2023-02-102h 55Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 41: Why To Go To Peace Against WarConflict is sometimes necessary, but we must strive with all our conscience and power for violence to only be let loose in self-defence; whether individually or collectively. Today I present my thoughts on the connection between inner peace and outer peace, when and why it is morally justified to fight, explore much of the messy in-between areas where one might wonder whether it is our right (or even obligation) to intervene or not, and finally I discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and provide some backdrop to these terrible events. All of this is done in the hope that...2023-02-031h 21Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 40: Twelve Souls To Rock Your WorldThis time I’m offering connections to a dozen very interesting people who I have found on my journey into knowledge and who I appreciate deeply for various flavours of reason; yet all sharing the ability to blow minds and uplift us to greater possibilities as human beings. I do hope and trust you will leave this episode with one or two or ten revolutionary new avenues of thought and experience to travel along, learn from and spiritually flourish.2023-01-2759 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 39: Juste Pour Moi-MêmeDes fois, c’est en fait le meilleurs d’idées nous-mêmes à expresser dans un fashion sans attention pour les réactions ou pensées de les autres. Comme utiliser la belle langue aussi bien que je peux faire après trop longtemps sans parler souvent, et le faire avec l’amour.2023-01-2015 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 38: Consistency Over IntensityThis fittingly brief episode looks at the many ways in which beginning small, or continuing small, can allow us to set and keep habits that would otherwise be beyond us. Intensity of effort is an excellent thing and necessary for full flourishing; but consistency is primary.2023-01-1313 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 37: Shall We Be Honest?Honesty is the bedrock of a healthy society and a healthy mind, the means by which we find what is real and what is right; without which individuals and groups cannot flourish. Yet we lie all the time, in ways great and small; only a slim slither of which is justified. Be it for reasons of ethical principle, pragmatic ease of living, or soulful authenticity, the truth shall set us free if only we will stop putting it back in the cage of our ommissions and lies. As the planet enters a critical phase in its journey toward a...2023-01-061h 23Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 36: DesireWe all want things: to get this and not to get that. This is one of the most natural things imaginable, being the bedrock of most animal brain structures and behaviour. Of course desire can cause problems if we become attached to outcomes instead of accepting the results of circumstance with grace, or if we seek things which are harmful to ourselves or the collective, breaking the balance and harmony of the ecosystems in which we are embedded – however it is essential that we cultivate our willpower and do not shy away from it for fear of the terrible re...2022-12-301h 06Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 35: Something To CelebrateEach and every moment, thing or person can be celebrated – given our attention and appreciation, setting negative aspects aside and allowing the positive to reveal its full glory – and doing so is a skill that can and should be practised for us to live in health, happiness and wisdom. Many of us can stuggle to celebrate ourselves or others and the worthy things we achieve, but focusing on the bright side is essential to keeping balance over the mind. Festivals such as Christmas are formalised celebrations which seek to focus appreciation on certain values by which the society can flou...2022-12-2348 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 34: When Kindness Eats ItselfLike the mythical orouborus, there are times when ‘kindness’ is in fact unkind; when a stance of softness and allowing becomes harmful and thus, in truth, a form of meanness. The modern West has learnt much from the crueller episodes of world history and come to an appreciation of the value of gentleness, inclusion and respect for the disempowered; however, as is so often the case in life and learning, the mainstream culture is veering too far in this once progressive direction, to the point that we are growing zealously fixated on a narrow and ideologically-constrained definition of kindness, virt...2022-12-1651 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 33: Determined To Have Free WillLet’s take a look at the very persuasive arguments for why free will is an illusion and in fact our whole lives and the entire universe are as determined as an elaborate wind-up clock. Then let us look at the even more persuasive (I think) case for why free will is in fact real. The key is in realising that both are true: most of our actions are determined, but we are able to take certain steps of mind and body which increasingly release us to genuine choice.2022-12-091h 23Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 32: TwintuitionMy brother Mark and I get into, through, out of and all over within and without the nooks, crannies and existential alcoves of happiness and how to take the choice each moment to be unreasonably happy; without cause or reason beyond the fact that we can if we want to. We also enjoy a mindmeld of whimsy, conversational sabotage and verbal shenanigans.2022-12-0237 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 31: Paling The Blues - Tips For DepressionSadness and loss of drive and direction are normal and even healthy in a balanced life; so long as they arise only now and then, and briefly, then passing on as joys spring up anew. Sometimes such pain may stay longer, due to some great loss; a friend, a lover, a dream. But when the blues is outstaying it’s welcome, settling itself in the house of our hearts for weeks, months and years on end . . . it is not healthy and we call it depression. As someone who has endured and overcome depression in my life, I am offering he...2022-11-252h 04Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 30: How To Know What’s TrueCritical thinking is a vital skill which is sadly absent from most people’s schooling. It is the systematic questioning of everything by time-tested tools of logic in order to assess the merits and demerits of any claim a person might make about what is real and what is right. This episode examines the fundamentals of how to think in such a way that one combines open-mindedness with a careful scrutiny of all ideas, no matter their source or emotional colouring – a skill upon which our well-being and happiness depends, individually and collectively. Underpinning such a skilful application of the...2022-11-181h 49Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 29: The Power of MemoryMemory is at the core of who we are, being the ability to know what oneself and the world have been up to up to now, and thus to know what might be coming down from the future. This episode looks at seven vital aspects of memory, offering tips about ways to practically inculcate in YOUR life a greater respect for and presence of memory; a deeper sense of self-awareness and autonomy of mind and spirit in an increasingly tech-dependent society. From doing mental maths just for the kick of it, to journalling for productivity and vision, to understanding...2022-11-111h 56Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 28: Mindful MoneyDo you like money? Would you like a little more money? Or do you think it’s the root of all evil and we’d be wise to banish it to the edge of the Earth where dragons could gobble it up and save us a world of trouble? Despite the dangers of becoming addicted to money for its own sake and the corrosive effect money can have on politics and society at large, I firmly believe money and the system of free exchange in which it naturally arises are a blessing upon humanity. The way forward to realising our...2022-11-041h 37Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 27: Quality Over QuantityLess is more, when more would mean a dilution of the essential advantage of the thing. This is very common in nature, throughout our lives; where simplicity is beautiful and full to overflowing with quiet richness. Why give a soliloquy when a sentence will do? Why eat a mountain of cheap food instead of a stoic serving of delicious pricier food? Who lived more, Jimi Hendrix or the centenarian who never let himself laugh or cry at the intensity of experience; who carefully delayed his burial by decades at the cost of loving the now? There is a balance...2022-10-2823 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 26: Kissing The BooksReading, especially of narrative fiction, is perhaps the most wildly underrated thing you could do with your time alive on this earth. Not only are the joys deeper than anything available through film or video games, but also along the way the characters and plots we experience allow us to better craft ourselves into a higher expression of what we came here to do and be, fulfilling the ancestral role of wise old storyteller guiding the hapless to glory. I heartily encourage you, friend, to open a book and see what worlds of wonder await you.2022-10-2138 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 25: Honouring Our EldersExperience isn’t everything, but it turns out to be quite a lot. Even in the space of a day we can learn so much and come to a place where future opportunities and challenges can be more skilfully navigated, for the lessening of our suffering and the blooming of our hopes. Yet it seems we today are strangely out of touch with this fact, for no longer do the eldest among us command the greatest status and respect in society; instead replaced by the cult of fame, wealth and power. Admittedly, we nowadays seem to have many more el...2022-10-161h 12Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 24: Why Suffering Is Your FriendIs pain, loss, failure and limitation really the enemy? While I agree it’s a wonderful idea to minimise their presence in our lives, it’s also true that much of our suffering can’t and thus shouldn’t be avoided, but rather embraced as if it were what we wanted all along. To go with the flow and offer no resistance to what life gives us, because it’s already happened, inevitable. This is the secret to inner peace, transcending even the most dire suffering. But beyond this, suffering is in fact our benevolent and unfailing teacher, ever forcing us...2022-10-071h 17Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 23: Why Fashion Actually MattersIs it vain and foolish to care about one’s fashion? And in choosing our preferred material embodiment in this life – from clothes and hair all the way down to bags, cars and houses – is it wise or even admissible to factor in the impressions we will make on others? Or is all this utter inauthenticity and a recipe for spiritual malaise? I suggest the highest expression of fashion is to use our appearance as an amulet to guide our subconscious mind toward the aspirations of the soul, while humbly accepting the rules of any games we wish to join w...2022-09-3054 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 22: Peace & PrejudiceAll sensible people will agree that sexism, racism, classism, homophobia and all their ilk are irrational malfunctions of the mind, the unfortunate and very harmful punishing of the innocent individual for things which are out of their control and shouldn’t restrict their freedom to thrive and flourish in the world. But what should we do? This episode explores this question and suggests that cultivating one’s consciousness is the core remedy, but also we can recognise such biases within ourselves before condemning them in others, and see that while we are not responsible for the crimes of those who...2022-09-231h 27Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 21: Gaeilge GaloreIt is a curious and rarely noted fact of history that the Irish, famed for their colourful use of English, actually have their own native tongue – Gaeilge, anglicised as Irish or Gaelic – which is utterly foreign to English and was only two centuries ago still the dominant language in Ireland. Sadly, a long series of tragedies and injustices beset the Irish, bringing Gaeilge to the brink of extinction, such that today it is spoken by only a tiny fraction of the population. Despite some hopeful signs of a mighty rebirth, the situation remains dire. Today’s episode will be of pri...2022-09-162h 11Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 20: Let’s Go Make Some BabiesThe idea of having children is nowadays often met with scorn or a belief that one can’t or shouldn’t bring kids into the world; but this episode suggests parenthood is an incredibly underrated opportunity for a depth of fulfilment and self-growth that most people won’t be able to find elsewhere – as well as being a powerful way to support the well-being of Mother Earth, humanity and civilisation. It’s not for everyone and that’s just the way it should be, as it takes all kinds to make a world; but here’s why you might want a family.2022-09-091h 53Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 19: Covid & ConsciousnessThe Covid era was and is very divisive, confusing and important to understand. But even if we don’t all agree on the crucial questions, it is beneficial for us all to at least be conscious of the various sides of the arguments. We don’t need to make conclusions; consciousness of the opposing views is in itself already a massive step forward into empathy, restoring social bonds, and getting to the bottom of just what it all means. To that end, this episode hopes to put side by side the most important points of disagreement. At the end of t...2022-09-023h 29Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 18: Is Socialism Really So Fair?I once believed in the notion that government should interfere in the economy in order to provide balance and protect the poorer among us from predation by the wealthy, but with time I have come to see many persuasive reasons to think socialism isn’t what it seems. This system in fact hurts the poor and middle classes, contributing to poverty, oligarchy and unsustainable indebtedness where it is allowed to grow unchecked. I provide reasons and examples for the case that, counter-intuitive though it may seem, raw free-market capitalism is actually the kinder force and the source of peace, pr...2022-08-261h 36Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 17: Big Picture PoliticsI discuss the fundamental questions of politics and sovereignty – from how and why we draw the borders of a state, to how much power its government should have at the expense of the freedom of the individual, how we might minimise corruption and oligarchy, and how we might encourage a shared world peace and prosperity – doing my best to provide a balanced assessment of the pros and cons of the major proposed solutions to the seemingly intractable problems of how to organise human societies given our differences of opinion. This is the big picture, intended to help us clarify and...2022-08-191h 56Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 16: TwintuitionMark and Jamie (a.k.a. I and I) break down the mystical contours and charmingly flavourful shapes of our recent lessons and reflections on life and purpose in this big dazzling love-ganism better known as the universe. We come to you live (so to speak) from outside the walls of the Vatican, sporting sleek Italian shirts, delicious iced coffees and a will to be free.2022-08-1230 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 15: Thoughts From The RoadHere cometh 36 minutes of me sweating waterfalls in Athens, discussing some things I've been thinking about since I've been on the road again.2022-08-0535 minRendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 14: Learning A New LanguageWanna know how and why to learn a foreign language? First of all, it’s enormous fun! Learning to express and experience yourself and the world through a new language connects you with others and even yourself in a whole new way. Much like getting tipsy for the first time, this is something you won’t truly understand until you try it for yourself. Acquiring a language also sharpens your mind and expands your imagination, your ability to see things; even through the lens of your own native language, which you’ll now see in a different light. Beyond this...2022-07-291h 42Rendezvous with Jamie McGlueEpisode 13: Evil & EvolutionDo you believe in the existence of evil? Are some humans so fundamentally corrupt and monstrous that they are beyond hope of redemption, not worthy of forgiveness, unable to love or be loved? If you ask me, Yes and No. The paradoxical key is to understand that on the ultimate level, evil is an illusion. No conscious being acts but out of love. Evil is but a more extreme version of standard contemporary human consciousness, which is a kind of dreamstate in which the soul loses sight of its oneness with life, instead identifying with thought processes – the frequently un...2022-07-222h 04