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Our Spiritual LifeS4E16 - Astrology: A Tool for Helping You Know Your Life Path with Michael SpremulliIn this episode, I talk with my guest Michael Spremulli, astrologer and workplace personality expert, about how astrology can be used and a little bit about why it works. I had not previously been interested in astrology, but several people that I respect convinced me that it really works. So in this conversation, Michael explains that Vibrationally Astrology, which he uses, is more based on energy and data (statistical evidence) than other types of astrology, and that it helps give a reliable forecast about your talents and predilections and is not anything like prophecy or reading a crystal ball...
2023-08-0752 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E15 - Creating Positive Change in the World with Laura HartleyThis episode was a fun and informative discussion with Laura Hartley, an activist, coach, speaker, and educator about how we can create real change in the world. She talks about "Self work for world work", meaning that in order to change the world we must begin with our own inner work. We must learn to look at our own relationships with the world with much greater self-awareness and world awareness - paying attention to what serves us and what doesn't serve us and why. She believes that, rather than throwing up our hands in despair, we must begin by "...
2023-07-2452 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E14 - Upgrading Your Consciousness with Suzanna KennedyPay attention to this episode! What guest Suzanna Kennedy has to share with us is important and valuable! In 1997, she had an unusual and powerful kundalini awakening such that, as she summarized it, "everything in herself and her life changed." She was told by an inner voice that she was to create a process for helping others awaken more quickly and easily based on what she now intuitively understood. And that is what she has done and, as she explained it in this conversation, the resulting process makes so much sense. She has structured the process into layers, or a n...
2023-07-101h 00Our Spiritual LifeS4E13 - Master Your Connection with Everything with Karen ClevelandI'm a folk singer/songwriter as well as a podcast host, and I begin this episode by singing my new song called Love is Our Way (also the title of a previous episode). I hope you enjoy it. But in the rest of the episode I had a great conversation with my guest Karen Cleveland. She is a spiritual coach who helps people with their connections to everything - the Universe/God, themselves, other people, animals, and the world as a whole. She is also a minister at a Center for Spiritual Living near Seattle. She described how developing...
2023-06-2659 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E12 - Feminine Leadership and Rites of Passage with Paula ConroyThis conversation about transformation, rites of passage, and feminine leadership will be delightfully eye-opening for women - and for empathic men as well - thanks to the insights and knowledge shared by my guest Paula Conroy. Paula is a transformational leader who supports women in transitioning in their life stages in healthier ways in a modern world that is often lacking in that kind of support. She spent many years working her way up in corporate banking in Australia and eventually came to realize just how little the corporate world supports women (and really men as well) in dealing...
2023-06-131h 00Our Spiritual LifeS4E11 - A New Way of Being in the WorldIn this episode, I talk about the fact that humanity is slowly awakening and moving toward a new way of being in the world. And I do this in terms of 12 key spiritual lessons I have learned over the last few years. These are lessons that I would hope all human beings are learning at the same time. Here is a summary list, and in the audio I talk about each of these in the time that I have to cover all 12. I give some of these more time and attention than others.The world is crying out...
2023-05-3055 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E10 - The Swipe Right Effect with CK (Kelly) CollinsMy guest today is CK (Kelly) Collins, the author of the book The Swipe Right Effect: The Power to Get Unstuck. In this episode, I talk with Kelly about her book and her powerful story, and she shares a lot of great insights and advice. Basically, she had to deal with a difficult divorce and a lot of life changes that resulted. Her book title refers to using a dating app and to choosing yourself and loving yourself first before you get into dating and love relationships with others. Her book has ten chapters in which she captured the s...
2023-05-1556 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E9 - Find Inner Peace and Banish Anxiety with Daniel MirfieldDaniel Mirfield is an intuitive healer and author living in New Zealand, and in this episode we had a conversation about people finding inner peace and much more. He talked about overcoming difficult times is his own life to get himself back to the true inner peace he had as a boy in rural England where he had a close relationship to nature. He also described how he channeled his book, titled Seedling: The Journey to Inner Peace, as part of his own healing process. This was a very interesting conversation for me because Daniel told us how, as...
2023-05-0256 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E8 - Joyful Enlightened Wisdom with Swami NityanandaPay attention to this episode... It was a breakthrough for me and can be for you too. My guest is Swami Nityananda, an American-born spiritual teacher, who earned her Swami title through many years of studying yogic tradition and demonstrating enlightened wisdom. The message in this episode for all of us is that there is an easier way to awaken and experience a life of joy. And that way begins by accepting that we are already part of a universal consciousness - think of it as divine light - that knows us completely and cares about us deeply. It...
2023-04-1756 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E7 - Recognize the Brilliance of Who You Are with Kate HeartsongThis episode is an engaging and insightful conversation with Kate Heartsong, a confidence coach and author of two important books: Deeply We Are One and Humanity's Cry for Change. Her books provide valuable insights and ways that you can make a difference in the world today. She spoke about having to overcome the traumas of a difficult childhood, and how that led her to transformations based in spirituality. In coaching people on confidence, she says that she always seeks to empower people to know their own greatness. And one of the simple tools she uses is to have the...
2023-04-0356 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E6 - Mastery of Meditation, Mindfulness & Manifestation with Blair AbeeThis episode is a fascinating conversation with Blair Abee who has studied meditation and spiritual practices for 45 years, and over the last 10 years he has authored 6 books about meditation, mindfulness, and manifesting. He tells us about how he shifts into a mode of "soul contact" in his writing by which he connects with his higher consciousness (soul). He described it as feeling very illuminated and which I would say is very much an awakened flow state. And he practices living from that state most of the time, which he calls HiC (his affectionate nickname for his higher consciousness or so...
2023-03-2156 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E5 - Your Life Purpose is In Your Divine Energies with Bill HeinrichThis episode is about life purpose and divine energies, and my guest, Bill Heinrich, is an expert on those things, having spent many years of his life studying them in depth. Bill is a life purpose coach and executive business coach, but he teaches people not about business but about becoming happy and fulfilled by knowing their true purpose and how to live in alignment with that purpose. He is also the author of the book The Seven Levels of Truth: A Direct Path to Your Life Purpose. He talks a lot about being very aware of the difference...
2023-03-0656 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E4 - Physical Healing Using Subtle Energy with Traci HillAre you fighting health problems and thinking that your doctor's approach needs to be much more holistic? If yes, you will find this episode enlightening. Traci Hill is a subtle energy healer, and she cured herself of MS and successfully dealt with many other challenges in her life using subtle energy healing techniques. In this conversation, she talked in depth about her life challenges and how her eventual ability to heal herself deeply has led her to help others (especially women) to heal also. (Note that the subtle energy principles can certainly apply equally to men, so men you...
2023-02-2156 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E3 - Helping Businesses Unlock Human Potential with Co-Creation PartnersThis episode is one of the most interesting and exciting shows I've published to date. Why? It is all about bringing higher consciousness to businesses, and that is so needed and important. Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas of Co-Creation Partners are doing just that - helping businesses transform to improve their overall performance by addressing the "inner aspects" of business organizations. And this is pioneering work that shows that, with guidance, businesses can shift consciousness. And, of course, this is very significant because most businesses have steered away from that until now. But human consciousness is now evolving at...
2023-02-0656 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E2 - Amazing Quantum Energy Healings with Joshua BloomIf you want to learn about quantum energy and the healing it enables, this episode is for you. My guest, Joshua Bloom, is a quantum energy coach and healer, and what he shares in this episode is quite enlightening. He wrote a book entitled The Ultimate Answer is Inside and produced a movie with the same name. He became a reiki master; he studied Dr. Bruce Lipton's discoveries about cellular intelligence and quantum biology; and he intuitively helped clients to move energy in their bodies to heal physical illnesses and psychology imbalances. Over time, he mastered what he calls Q...
2023-01-2456 minOur Spiritual LifeS4E1 - Empowerment and Limitless Possibilities with Victoria RaderI think you will enjoy this conversation with Victoria Rader... I certainly did. She is a woman who has a deep intuitive understanding of spirituality and how the Universe works. She wrote a book - Empower mE: The 35 Universal Laws to Make Money Work for You - which got the attention of the legendary Jack Canfield. (You'll also love her explanation of why she spells the word "me" that way.) And she calls herself a possibility coach because, through her Empower mE Academy, she helps clients create peace, purpose, and prosperity in their lives. When I asked her how...
2023-01-0956 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E26 - Love is Our Way (Replay)This episode is all about why LOVE IS OUR WAY to a better life and a better world. I was thinking that I needed to take a break from guest interviews and revisit this all-important theme. And I'm choosing to do that by re-issuing the audio for S3E4. There are many spiritual topics that I've talked about in Our Spiritual Life episodes in the past 3 years. But these five are fundamental: 1) Love is Our Way, 2) We Are All One, 3) We are Individuations of the Divine, 4) We are All Equal (in the eyes of the Divine), and 5) The Divine...
2022-12-2756 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E25 - Guiding Your Self-Discovery and Awakening with Dr. Pamela GeraliDr. Pamela Gerali is best known for her Blueprint for the Human Spirit, which she downloaded from the Divine some years ago. Basically, the blueprint is a model for relating to life in many different dimensions and a guide for self-discovery and living consciously. She has a doctorate in Holistic Health Sciences, but she is driven by powerful spiritual experiences in her life which led her to a deep spiritual understanding of herself and, more generally, about our place in a world that is truly spiritual in spite of our beliefs based in separation and selfishness. Her recent book, The...
2022-12-1356 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E24 - About the Real You with David H. GreenI think you may find this episode to have an interesting conversation with David H. Green because he's a talented and interesting guy. He's an author, musician, filmmaker, spiritual teacher, inventor, and also a rabbi - and this is the first time I've had a guest talk about some of the traditional Jewish beliefs. But we talked about spirituality generally and especially about the real you - i.e., your soul. The discussion came around to oneness, and David (as a musician) used the interesting analogy of playing in a symphony, which I liked. But we also covered topics...
2022-11-2856 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E23 - Conscious Parenting and Magical Living with Timothy StuetzThis episode was a completely new experience for me in that this was the first show I've ever done focusing on children and parenting. That was because my guest, Timothy Stuetz, holds those topics near and dear to his heart even though he is very knowledgeable and experienced in many other things. He has been a long-time healer and spiritual coach, but he has also authored 88 children's stories and counting. Many of his stories feature a well-known character named Bliss Beary Bear that children love. He talked about the importance of having family rituals and the need for parents...
2022-11-1456 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E22 - The Magic of Surrender with Kute BlacksonI loved this episode with Kute Blackson because he brought so much wisdom to the show! Kute, who was born in Ghana, is a transformational speaker, national best selling author, and incredible spiritual teacher. We talked about self awareness and getting in touch with our True Self, our essence. This was what his first book, You. Are. The. One., was all about. And he told us that "There is no real transformation without truth.", and he talked about the necessity to uncover the lies we are telling ourselves and to expose and acknowledge those deep, disowned emotions and beliefs...
2022-11-0356 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E21 - Motivation, Self-Actualization, and The Light of Man with Kevin McCruddenMy guest for this episode was Kevin McCrudden who is very well known as "Mr. Motivation", a speaker on motivation (especially for commencement addresses but also for corporations), and an author of multiple books. He's now also becoming known as a filmmaker for the documentary "The Light of Man", and he also has an audio book with that same title. We had a wide-ranging conversation about his work in motivation, his book Who Are You? on self-actualization in which he presents an update on Maslow's hierarchy of needs using a multi-dimensional approach, his award-winning short film, and the spiritual...
2022-10-1756 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E20 - Uplifting the Consciousness of All Humankind with TeZa LordTeZa Lord describes herself as an author, artist, and spirit activist. She says that "a Spirit Activist is a person who dedicates their life’s energies to uplifting the collective consciousness of all humankind, one person at a time." I love that definition (and I now realize I'm a spirit activist too) and that definitely describes TeZa, the energy she brings to everything she does, and her focus on spreading Love. This episode is all about having that kind energy and focus on uplifting our collective consciousness, not just for ourself, but for the good of the world. She sa...
2022-10-0356 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E19 - Mutual Awakening and Shared Unity with Renowned Spiritual Teacher Patricia AlbereIn this episode, Patricia Albere and I talk about her experiences with mutual awakening and the unitive consciousness work she is doing now with groups. She is the founder of the Evolutionary Collective, an internationally known contemporary spiritual teacher and bestselling author of Evolutionary Relationships: Unleashing the Transformative Power of Mutual Awakening. She has been a spiritual transformation teacher since 1971 when she began as an EST trainer with EST founder Werner Erhard. But along the way, she had a very amazing experience in mutual awakening with a man she had fallen in love with. We talked about that and...
2022-09-2056 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E18 - Discovering Your Multiple Natures with Guest Steven RudolphS3E18 is an episode you should listen to if you are looking to better understand yourself because it is about discovering your multiple natures. My guest, Steven Rudolph, is the CEO of a company called Multiple Natures, and their business is helping people learn what their natures and intelligences are and what they are meant to do in the world. I took their assessment myself - they call it the MNTEST - and I received their report prior to this recorded conversation. In their framework, there are 9 natures and 10 intelligences, so that covers quite a spectrum of aptitudes...
2022-09-0756 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E17 - Healing Trauma and Tapping into Your Innate Wisdom with Guest Greg WietingThis episode is about healing generally, and healing trauma more specifically, and it focuses on the importance of connecting to innate wisdom to allow healing to happen. My guest, Greg Wieting, is an expert on these topics, having helped thousands of clients to heal over the last 2 decades. He got into this level of advanced healing by intensive research in order to heal multiple issues in himself, including healing a severe curve in his spine that medical doctors said was impossible to correct. As a result of learning to heal himself, and one of his tools is reiki, he...
2022-08-2356 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E16 - Using Soulful Power for a Conscious Life with Guest Christian de la HuertaThis episode, featuring my guest Christian de la Huerta, is all about using soulful power to live more consciously. Christian has more than 30 years experience facilitating others to achieve personal transformation. His new book is titled Awakening the Soul of Power: How to Live Heroically and Set Yourself Free, and we talk a lot about the content of the book and why it is an important tool in supporting the evolution of consciousness at this time. Soulful power is in complete contrast to ego power as he explains. And he points out that we're witnessing systems all around us...
2022-08-0956 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E15 - Energy-Based Healing and Awakening with Guest Dr. Alison J. KayI always feel like I have so much more to learn about how spiritual energy practices can help me (and anyone) with healing and manifestation. Do you feel the same way? Well this episode explores that subject with energy medicine expert and holistic life coach Dr. Alison J. Kay, and it is a very interesting conversation. She is the creator of the Vibrational UPgrade energy medicine system and author of the #1 international best seller Vibrational Upgrade - A Conspiracy for Your Bliss: Easing Humanity's Evolutionary Transition. Here are several of her quotes from our conversation... "The world is a...
2022-07-2656 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E14 - About Life with Unlimited Possibilities with Guest Derek LoudermilkIf you want to learn some new and surprising things about what is possible with spiritual growth and awakening, then this episode is a must-listen. Derek Loudermilk is an adventurer, spiritual guide, quantum business coach, author, podcaster, and speaker and someone we can all learn a lot from. When he approached me about being a guest on Our Spiritual Life, I was uncertain about whether he was a good fit. What caught my attention, though, was his mission to "support spiritual thought leaders in the consciousness transformation taking place on Earth today". And what I learned in this conversation...
2022-07-1156 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E13 - On Rebalancing Masculine & Feminine Energies with Guest Sarah PoetThis episode has a lot of valuable information for women, but it contains lessons for men as well. Sarah Poet - who is a podcaster and women's life success coach - is an expert on the masculine and feminine archetypes, and one of her key messages is that we all need to re-balance the masculine and feminine within us. To do that first requires some understanding of what the masculine and feminine energies within us are, and Sarah goes into explaining some of the basics on this subject. I have learned from my spiritual teachers that balancing the masculine...
2022-06-2756 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E12 - How We Can Transform by Being Empowered Within with Guest Jennifer PilatesJennifer Pilates is a super star in the pilates training world having run a number of studios for many years, and she's been a transformation coach for more than 20 years. She also has a great podcast called "Empowered Within". In this episode of Our Spiritual Life we had an engaging conversation about empowerment, intuition, transformation, and much more - covering many valuable ideas for how you can transform your life. Although, she got heavily into physical healing through pilates after her own multi-year healing process from a serious car accident, she took a very holistic approach to include mind a...
2022-06-1456 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E11 - Love is the Reason We are Here with Guest Zach BeachIn this episode, I had an enjoyable and enlightening discussion with Zach Beach. Zach has the Learn to Love podcast, is author of The Seven Lessons of Love, and is a love coach. Zach said many valuable things, including these two important quotes: "Love is the reason we are here on this planet.", and "We are here to learn to be (better) human beings." In between those 2 quotes, we talked about many things, including unconditional love and what it is, the power of intention, his book The Seven Lessons of Love, yoga, spiritual learning, the loving kindness meditation, "new...
2022-05-3056 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E10 - A Conversation about Unconditional Love with Judith Costa, Unconditional Love CoachThis episode is a conversation about unconditional love and human relationships with Judith Costa. She is an unconditional love coach, self-love expert, speaker, and more. We talked about love and relationships, self-awareness, love coaching, and the importance of holding love as a state of being. I think our conversation can best be summed up in 3 powerful quotes from what she had to say... "Relationships are the way we learn how to love and how to be loved.", "The only reason we are here is to love.", and "Things are difficult in life until we connect with the Source of...
2022-05-1656 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E9 - A Conversation with Ora Nadrich, Mindfulness Expert, Coach & AuthorThis was a fun episode and great conversation with Ora Nadrich. She is an expert on mindfulness, a mindfulness coach, founder and president of The Institute for Transformational Thinking, an international speaker, and author of 3 books (available on Amazon). She defines mindfulness as present moment awareness, which to me is a very clear way of stating it. We had a wide-ranging conversation about mindfulness, mysticism, the distinction between being a thought/mindfulness coach versus a life coach, how to bring greater awareness into your life, replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts, and especially about the power of opening up...
2022-05-0256 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E8 - A Conversation with Phillip Mountrose, Spiritual Coach, Healer & AuthorYou will love this episode - my conversation with Phillip Mountrose (holistic/spiritual coach and energy healer) included an experiential exercise in how to shift to "living life from the mountaintop" which puts one in touch with their soul. Phillip and his wife Jane are the authors of multiple books, including their latest - The Loving Power of Your Soul: A Guidebook for Realizing Your True Potential. We talked about the soul and especially how to connect to it. Awakening can be defined as "being fully connected to and led by your soul or your true self". Phillip spoke a...
2022-04-1856 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E7 - A Conversation with Janice Liggins, Author of "Journey to Your Calling"Janice Liggins, a black businesswoman, had been running her own successful business when she had a calling to do something quite different. In this episode, she tells her very powerful story of how she was guided by God to form a non-profit organization (The Clarion Call) that works to stem the flow of children towards the prison system. She also hosts a related TV show. And, after going through that process, she was divinely inspired to write a book - Journey to Your Calling - which is a roadmap to guide others in how to realize their own true...
2022-04-0456 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E6 - A Conversation with Roxanne Chaput, Shaman, Spiritual Life Coach, and SpeakerToday's episode is a must-listen for spiritual seekers and explorers. It is my conversation with Roxanne Chaput who is a soulpreneur, shaman, healer, and spiritual guide. Soulpreneur is a play on "solopreneur", but she defines it as anyone who is serving their soul's mission to serve others - and I absolutely love that word. In this conversation, we cover a lot of spiritual ground but a big take-away is that it is crucial in life to get in touch with your own soul. Your soul is your very essence and true self - and to know your soul you...
2022-03-2156 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E5 - A Conversation with Barry Nicolaou, Author of "The 11 Master Secrets to Business Success & Personal Fulfillment"Today's episode is a conversation with Barry Nicolaou who lives in Sydney, Australia. Barry has a best selling book on Amazon entitled "The 11 Master Secrets to Business Success & Personal Fulfillment", and this conversation reflects that he knows a lot about that big subject. He began by sharing with us what he calls his "graveyard story" in which he received the message "Live your life", and he explains how receiving that led to writing his book and doing what he is doing today. Our discussion was pretty wide-ranging covering topics such as: the law of attraction, conscious mind vs. subconscious...
2022-03-0756 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E4 - Love Is Our WayIn this episode, I continue my discussions about my lessons learned about spirituality, especially over the last 18 months - lessons that I think are applicable to everyone. In other words, I am continuing to expand on the content in episodes S3E2 and S3E3, and I am not only getting into more specifics but am focusing on how you apply the lessons learned, and especially on how to overcome ego and how to awaken. How to overcome ego and how to awaken are the key tasks of spiritual seekers and, in actuality, should be what every human being...
2022-02-2156 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E3 - Understanding the Universe and Our Place In ItThis episode continues to expand on lessons learned introduced in the previous episode (S3E2). Basically, I attempt to provide a good summary understanding that I have gained from continued spiritual studies, and it focuses on understanding the universe and our place in it from a spiritual perspective. I want to share my understanding with listeners. So this episode is presented as a series of ideas or concepts that start with fundamentals and then keep building toward a more complete picture. This begins with the most fundamental spiritual idea that I learned more than 20 years ago - that there...
2022-02-0856 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E2 - Our Potential to Change the World – Lessons Learned about Love, Life & AwakeningThis episode consists of me talking about the lessons I have learned about love, life, and awakening over the last 18 months - especially out of some key work for the podcast, but also from spiritual growth work not yet covered by the podcast. So I also cover a series of personal "spiritual studies" that I undertook, and I have not yet talked about these in any podcast episodes until this one. I talk about eight "big spiritual growth experiences" that have greatly affected me, and these have resulted in my greater awakening and personal transformation. When taken together and s...
2022-01-2556 minOur Spiritual LifeS3E1 - A Conversation with Margaret Agard, Author of the "In His Footsteps" BooksIn this episode, my guest is Margaret Agard, the author of the "In His Footsteps" books. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. She is the first guest I've had on the podcast who is a Christian writer, and I was a bit uncertain how it would go since so many Christians are very rigid in their beliefs. But Margaret is a self-described "Christian mystic", meaning that she is willing to explore spirituality and seeks to experience God directly rather than just know about God and the Bible. (That is the key difference between being spiritual versus religious.) In fact, she...
2022-01-1156 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E29 - A Conversation with Susan Jane about Her OBE and NDE ExperiencesThis episode of Our Spiritual Life is a bit different than previous episodes in that it focuses on my guest's out of body and near death experiences. Susan Jane experienced both of those, and she is still alive on earth - so, although it is unusual (as far as I know) for one person to experience both an OBE and a NDE, it happened to her. She is an intuitive coach, international speaker, podcaster, and author. Susan is a native of Australia and lives in Brisbane. In this recording, she describes both the OBE and NDE in detail. At t...
2021-12-2756 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E28 - A Conversation with D. Neil Elliott, Author of "A Higher Road"This episode features my conversation with D. Neil Elliott who discusses his book A Higher Road: Cleanse Your Consciousness to Transcend the Ego and Ascend Spiritually. The book is based on his own life, including experience of a very dark and difficult time in which he contemplated suicide, but fortunately he found resources that led him through a process of spiritual awakening. He has totally turned his life around and now is sharing his story and his life-changing process with those who are ready to turn their lives around. He talked about the importance of bridging science and spirituality...
2021-12-1456 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E27 - A Conversation with Melissa Mayer, Author of "Recovering My True Self"This episode was my enjoyable conversation with Melissa Mayer who is a holistic physical therapist and author of the book "Recovering My True Self". She brought a lot of good perspectives and insights from her work in physical therapy but also as a person who enjoys being spiritually alive and awakened. She talked about her "divine wake-up" and many things that led her to that awakening, which she considered to be a recovery of her true self, as the title of her book indicates. In our conversation, we also discussed the book A Course in Miracles, Buddhism, Waldorf schools...
2021-11-2957 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E26 - A Conversation with Kelle Sparta, Transformational Shaman and PodcasterKelle Sparta is a transformational shaman, so this episode offers the perspective of a shaman for the first time on Our Spiritual Life. It's a much different approach to spirituality for me, but I think it is very valid since shamans have been a part of how tribal and indigenous peoples have interacted with the world for much of human history. Now, I don't think Sparta does the tribal dances that we might think of, but she does pay great attention to how clients interact with the energetic world and how they respond to their emotions and feelings. In...
2021-11-1557 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E25 - A Conversation with Juan Lee, Author of "Love Made Simple"This episode is a conversation with Juan Lee, a kindred spirit who believes in the importance of love in every person's life. He's the author of the book, Love Made Simple, and we talked about love throughout this conversation. He's also founder of an organization called Clear Journey that supports teens and young adults in gaining the skills and attitudes for a successful life through education and coaching. Juan told us about the 3 C's of love and the attitudes of love. He wants people to understand the need to "invest in a bigger thing called humanity", and that requires...
2021-11-0156 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E24 - A Conversation with John Noltner, Professional Photographer, Storyteller, and AuthorThis episode is definitely a bit different from most in this podcast series in that it does not touch directly on "spirituality" per se. But beneath the surface, it does indeed contribute to the theme of how we can wake up (or grow up) to what's going on in the world and do something about the increasing division and polarization. My guest, John Noltner, is an award-winning photographer, storyteller, journalist, and author who was deeply concerned about the divisiveness in the world and looked for a way to do something about it. He ended up undertaking a 40,000-mile road...
2021-10-1856 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E23 - A Conversation with Dieter Randolph, Spiritual Coach, Podcaster, and AuthorToday's episode is a conversation with Dieter Randolph, the author of the books Meaning Full Filled and Past Okay in Seven Days. He is also a minister (without a church), spiritual coach, and podcaster. We had a great discussion about what it means to be spiritual today - beginning with the importance of recognizing that there is a power in the universe greater than us and that we are called to be of service to others. Additionally, we talked about meaning, purpose, identity and authenticity, wholeness, creativity and listening, our tribal nature, and other topics. This was a fun...
2021-10-0457 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E22 - Interview with Sandy Vo, Spiritual Teacher and PodcasterIn this episode, my interview is with spiritual teacher and podcaster, Sandy Vo. We had a wonderful conversation, covering some wide-ranging ideas and approaches to spirituality and life. Sandy offers her primary programs - covering meditation, Ayurveda and wellness, and other subjects - through her online Prosperous School of Self-Realization. Her podcast is called The Prosperous Podcast. And she offers meditation retreats as well. All of this came about after some very dark and difficult teenage years, but luckily she heard a calling to become a meditation and spiritual teacher. In her self-introduction, she said we need to "live...
2021-09-2056 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E21 - Interview with Ann Hince, Spiritual Teacher and AuthorWith this episode, I announce that the name of the podcast has officially changed to Our Spiritual Life (formerly Spirituality & Consciousness). The reason for the name change is that, having built a big base of information about spirituality and consciousness in my previous episodes, I will now feature guest interviews or conversations with the goal of lifting our spiritual life together. I and my guests will discuss how we - individually and collectively - can live more fulfilling, creative, and powerful lives through spiritual growth. We will also discuss big topics like awakening, Oneness, and how we can participate...
2021-09-0756 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E20 - Interview with Flowing River, Spiritual Teacher and PoetIn this episode, I interview a spiritual teacher and poet who was born Derren Ohanian, and who has since taken the name Flowing River to honor the importance of grace and flow in his life. We had a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation about spirituality, some of his experiences, what he believes about how we can relate to the spiritual in our lives, healing as "transcending pain to embody your bliss", the process of awakening, and much more. He reads us one of his poems about compassion as an enlightening way of being. We went fairly deep in this conversation...
2021-08-2357 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E19 - The Science of Getting RichThe Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace Wattles, is a well-known classic book from the transcendentalism or science of mind movements. I'm bringing it to the podcast because it still helps people understand how the Universe works in terms of our ability to interact with Infinite Intelligence in creating or manifesting our desires. It is definitely all about spirituality and consciousness. In this episode, I read what I believe are the four most important chapters from the book. Those chapters cover 1) the fundamental principle of the law of thinking, 2) the need for gratitude, 3) acting in a "certain way", and 4...
2021-08-1057 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E18 - What is Consciousness? - Part 3We continue to explore consciousness in depth based on the book What is Consciousness? which contains three essays by distinguished thinkers on the subject of consciousness: Jean Houston, Larry Dossey, and Ervin Laszlo. In this episode, which is the third of 3 parts, I focus on Ervin Laszlo's essay entitled "Consciousness is Mind Beyond Space and Time: The New Paradigm", and I read a significant portion of the essay. Laszlo is a scientist, concert pianist, global development activist, humanist, and author, co-author, or editor of 91 books, which have appeared in 24 languages. This episode provides further insights into understanding consciousness and, o...
2021-07-2657 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E17 - What is Consciousness? - Part 2We continue to explore consciousness in some depth based on the book What is Consciousness? which contains three essays by distinguished thinkers on the subject of consciousness: Jean Houston, Larry Dossey, and Ervin Laszlo. In this episode, which is the second of 3 parts, I focus on Larry Dossey's essay entitled "Consciousness is Eternal, Infinite, and One - A Summing Up", and I read a portion of the essay. Dossey is an internal medicine physician and is an internationally influential advocate for the role of mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. He is the author of 13 b...
2021-07-1257 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E16 - What is Consciousness?This time we explore consciousness in some depth, and it is based on the book What is Consciousness? which contains three essays by distinguished thinkers on the subject of consciousness: Jean Houston, Larry Dossey, and Ervin Laszlo. In this episode, which is the first of 3 parts, I focus on Jean Houston's essay entitled "Consciousness is the Quantum Field of the Cosmos", and I read a major portion of the essay. Jean is a renowned scholar, philosopher, researcher, and teacher in the field of human potential, advisor to the UN, and author of 26 books. Jean's contribution in the book is p...
2021-06-2757 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E15 - Conscious SuccessThis episode is a change of pace in that it is about success and how we can experience greater success through becoming more conscious. The "becoming more conscious" aspect however relates directly to my overall trend that we all need to become more aware, more awake, and actively participate in the evolution of consciousness. This episode is based on a free webinar that I offer on a regular basis as part of my coaching business in which conscious success is now a primary focus. I teach people the principles and practices of CONSCIOUS SUCCESS so they can live the...
2021-06-1557 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E14 - The Law of Divine Compensation - Part 2This episode is a continuation of content (my reading from) and discussion about the book The Law of Divine Compensation by Marianne Williamson. The book focuses "On Work, Money, and Miracles" which is its subtitle. In this episode, I read excerpts from a number of chapters - covering spiritual surrender, transcending fear, positivity, job versus calling, embracing abundance, meditation, prayer, and creating wealth - and discuss my understanding of what she says. In the process of studying this book again, what Marianne teaches about love and the law of compensation have definitely had a deeper impact on me. There...
2021-06-0357 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E13 - The Law of Divine CompensationThis episode is based on the book The Law of Divine Compensation by Marianne Williamson. In a sense, the book is a sequel or follow-up to her book published 20 years earlier, A Return to Love, because it expands on the importance of living from love rather than fear. But The Law of Divine Compensation focuses "On Work, Money, and Miracles" which is the book's subtitle. In the episode, I read several chapters from the book plus excerpts from several others, and I discuss those chapters including insights on the law of compensation, the nature of love, awakening, prosperity, and...
2021-05-1757 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E12 - The Impersonal Life - Part 2This episode is a continuation of S2E11 and is based on a little-known book, The Impersonal Life, channeled by Joseph Benner who was a Lutheran minister in the early 1900s. It is about our relationship to the Impersonal Self or Real Self. In this episode, I read chapters 5 and 6 from the book, plus excerpts from the last 2 chapters of the book. In my opinion, this is a very powerful book and potentially very far-reaching in its impact because it goes into great depth about our relationship with the Impersonal Self or what I most often refer to as...
2021-05-0457 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E11 - The Impersonal LifeThis episode is based on a little-known book, The Impersonal Life, channeled by Joseph Benner. It is about our relationship to the Impersonal Self or the Real Self or True Self. In this episode, I discuss how the book relates to love and meaning and to our desires to awaken and have more authentic lives. I also read three chapters (1, 2, and 4) from the book. It is becoming more well known since a Hay House video series (online course), called Manifest Your Soul's Purpose, was released featuring Wayne Dyer and Anita Moorjani in which Dyer talks about the book and...
2021-04-1957 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E10 - Love is the WayThis episode continues the discussion about the importance of love as the essential path of evolving human consciousness. As Neale Donald Walsch conveyed the message in the book Conversations with God Book 4 - Awaken the Species, we humans must awaken to a higher level of consciousness if our species is to survive. We must come to know that everyone of us is part of a great oneness of life in the universe and begin to behave from that knowing. In this episode, I read excerpts from two books... The first is Love is the Way by Bishop Michael Curry...
2021-04-0557 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E9 - Whatever Arises Love ThatThis episode continues to discuss the importance of love... being love, choosing to feel love rather fear, loving yourself, and sharing love with others. In the episode, I read excerpts from spiritual teacher Matt Kahn's book Whatever Arises Love That, and I add my own commentary. Kahn addresses the emotional aspects of spiritual growth, relationships in particular, and the physical effects we feel in the body. The theme of the book focuses on a powerful solution for life... as the title indicates, he teaches that whatever the difficulty you might be experiencing, whatever negative emotions you might feel, no...
2021-03-2357 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E8 - Return to Love - Part 3In the two previous episodes, I read the first 3 chapters from A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson and discussed some of the key points that were covered. In this episode I read chapter 4 from the book which is about Surrender, and I discuss key points from the chapter. When we surrender to love we turn away from fear and choose the power of love instead. Then I read from an article by Craig Hamilton entitled "Do You Believe in Love? How to Align Your Life with the Most Powerful Force in the Universe", and I comment on how H...
2021-03-1058 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E7 - Return to Love - Part 2This episode continues to focus on the importance of spiritual love. Continuing from the previous episode in which I read the first 2 chapters from A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, I read chapter 3 for the benefit of my listeners. Following that I discuss some of the key points from the first three chapters of her book. As her book and A Course in Miracles both teach, love is the means by which we can connect with Infinite Intelligence (God) and become whole in all ways. Love allows us to connect to the Oneness of the divine and all...
2021-02-2358 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E6 - We Need to Return to LoveIn this episode, I put the primary focus on the importance of love. If humans could learn to fully understand that we are part of a great Oneness, that we are all one and every person is an individuate expression of the Infinite/God, then they would finally realize the importance of love. This is not just a good idea, this is about awakening enough to see the truth of who and what we are. I had actually not planned to read from a book in this episode, but I found myself finally reading A Return to Love by...
2021-02-1058 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E5 - Now is the Time for OnenessThis episode addresses the question How do we change the world and overcome hatred, divisiveness, injustice, violence, and myriad other problems that we see today? And I believe very much that the answer lies in increasing numbers of people awakening to oneness, evolving in consciousness, and ultimately awakening the species. There is an urgency to this because humanity is on the cusp of either evolution or devolution. So I talk about awareness, awakening, oneness, conscious evolution, co-creation, and more to keep you thinking about these very important ideas. But a significant portion of this episode is in teaching spiritual...
2021-01-2757 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E4 - The Urgent Calling of Conscious EvolutionIn this episode, I explore conscious evolution in some depth with content from Craig Hamilton, world renown meditation teacher, and Barbara Marx Hubbard, spiritual teacher, visionary, and author of the book Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential. I also point out that BMH believed and Hamilton, Lipton, and others still believe that we are at a critical cross-over point where humanity will either join in the evolutionary process and continue to evolve, or will steadily devolve and face self-elimination from nuclear wars or will destroyed by the 6th mass extinction. Barbara was calling loudly, and Craig...
2021-01-1357 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E3 - The Mystery of AwarenessIn this episode, I discuss awareness and presence in greater depth. I begin the episode by reading a wonderful talk by Craig Hamilton which was posted as an audio, with transcript, on his website IntegralEnlightenment.com. It was posted on 12/18/2020 and is called "Opening to the Mystery of Consciousness: An Experiential Journey". I ask listeners to follow Craig's guidance into an exploration of awareness. But his article emphasizes why we experience awareness as something mysterious because "we have no idea how or why or even where it it's happening". But he explains that most of us go through life...
2020-12-3156 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E2 - The Power of PresenceThis episode is all about presence - present moment awareness - as taught by Eckhart Tolle. To me, presence is a great place to start when we want to move toward personally awakening spiritually, the awakening of mankind, and the evolution of consciousness on Earth. In this episode, I talk about presence and why it is so important and such a powerful skill for living life more fully and successfully. And, in fact, I read a key portion from Tolle's book Practicing the Power of Now about staying present in everyday life through the practice of inner body awareness. It...
2020-12-3157 minOur Spiritual LifeS2E1 - Conscious Success for Spiritual PeopleThis episode is about: 1) becoming more conscious in the living of your life, and 2) becoming clear about what success means for you personally... Or said another way, it is about developing greater awareness and especially becoming aware of what is important to you and why. Although the abundance of good things is important to everyone, success ultimately is about what makes you happy and fulfilled.This episode is aimed at spiritual people who have some inner awareness, and it begins with reviewing the importance of knowing that we are 3-part beings, and there is especially an important d...
2020-12-3057 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E29 - The Essential Path - Part 4 with Guest Danny RongoIf you care about the state of the world and mankind, you should listen to this podcast which is about Neale Donald Walsch's book The Essential Path. The book's subtitle is The Daring Decision to Be Who You Truly Are, and the book is about the need for mankind to awaken to the recognition that we are each an expression of Infinite Intelligence. In this episode, I discuss the book with my guest Danny Rongo (That Oneness Guy) and, in the midst of that discussion I also read chapters 22-23 which talk about the changes that are likely to...
2020-11-0157 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E28 - The Essential Path - Part 3If you care about the state of the world and mankind, you should listen to this podcast which is about Neale Donald Walsch's book The Essential Path. The book's subtitle is The Daring Decision to Be Who You Truly Are, and the book is about the need for mankind to awaken to the recognition that we are each an expression of Infinite Intelligence. In this episode, I read chapters 24-28 which discuss what it is going to take for a significant portion of humanity to embrace the idea that they are one with all others in the world. Neale...
2020-10-1857 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E27 - The Essential Path - Part 2If you care about the state of the world and mankind, you should listen to this podcast which is about Neale Donald Walsch's book The Essential Path. The book's subtitle is The Daring Decision to Be Who You Truly Are, and the book is about the need for mankind to awaken to the recognition that we are each an expression of Infinite Intelligence. In this episode, I read chapters 14-18, which present a solution to humanity's biggest problem, and 20-21, which talk about making the "daring decision" and the "guidance" from Jesus and other spiritual masters supporting the idea...
2020-10-1057 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E26 - The Essential Path - Part 1If you care about the state of the world and mankind, you should listen to this podcast which is about Neale Donald Walsch's book The Essential Path. The book's subtitle is The Daring Decision to Be Who You Truly Are, and the book is about the need for mankind to awaken to the recognition that we are each an expression of Infinite Intelligence. If we truly knew that we are part of a great Oneness, we would behave very differently than we do and we would put an end to all forms of alienation, division, injustice, and violence. And...
2020-09-2457 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E25 - Life Vision Webinar PresentationThis episode has the audio from a recent Life Vision webinar in which I talked about how you can learn to bring your dreams, or vision for your life, into your reality. I am a certified DreamBuilder coach and Life Mastery Consultant, and this webinar presents how our results depend totally on the quality of our thinking. But most of us can't overcome our paradigms - limited beliefs and programming acquired throughout our life and many times can't even see them or recognize them - on our own. And that's why the most successful people all have coaches to...
2020-09-121h 03
Our Spiritual LifeS1E24 - Interview with Neale Donald WalschThis episode was a very interesting interview with Neale Donald Walsch, primarily focused on his two most recent books - CWG Book 4 Awaken the Species and The Essential Path. We talked about the purpose of those books, Oneness, awakening of mankind, Highly Evolved Beings, awareness, and metaphysics, and other points of discussion. Neale made the point that he is a messenger rather than a spiritual teacher. It is always informative and enlightening to hear Neale talk about conversations with God and points from his books. But I think today all spiritual people are increasingly concerned about the awakening of...
2020-08-1757 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E23 - An Interview with Psychic Medium and Author Karen NoeIn this fascinating episode, I interview Karen Noe, renowned psychic medium, about how she channeled portions of her book We Consciousness: 33 Profound Truths for Inner and Outer Peace from Wayne Dyer (who passed in 2015) and a group of celestial beings calling themselves the We Guides. We Consciousness refers to the fact that all of life is a great Oneness, and we are not truly separate beings as we believe. Yes, our physical bodies appear to be separate, but at the quantum physical level at the level of spirit, or what I call One Consciousness, all beings are One. Since...
2020-08-0557 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E22 - An Interview with Author and Musician Danny RongoThis was a fun episode with my friend Danny Rongo, author and musician, and the interview will also air on NewsForTheSoul.com on July 27, 2020. This episode was notably different in that during the course of the show, I played three of Danny's songs (although I had to cut the last one short due to time). Danny talked about his perspectives on Oneness, his music career, including his one-man musical called The Phone Call which was performed on Broadway, his book I Am God (and So Are You My Friend): A Common Man's Guide to Oneness, and much more.
2020-07-2158 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E21 - We ConsciousnessThis episode is about the 33 Profound Truths for Inner and Outer Peace as described in the book We Consciousness by Karen Noe, and the content is taken from my radio talk show (Be Empowered, Be Inspired) on NewsForTheSoul.com. Karen is a psychic medium and the 33 truths were channeled from Wayne Dyer and a group of ascending beings called the We Guides. These concepts are important, and all people serious about spiritual growth and especially about oneness and awakening should study them. In this episode I read the 33 profound truths and offer my own insights about each one. The...
2020-07-1258 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E20 - How Spiritual Seekers Can Best Respond in the Era of TrumpThis episode provides guidance for spiritual seekers about how to deal with all the negative responses arising in the era of Trump. It teaches the necessity to recognize low spiritual vibration from negative emotions and how to shift to higher frequencies. It teaches about forgiveness and the need to forgive others and yourself. It highlights some pertinent concepts from the book We Consciousness by Karen Noe - especially the need to focus on what is right in the world instead of what is wrong. And it offers the Loving Kindness Meditation as a technique, as taught by the Dalai...
2020-06-2838 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E19 - Seeing Mankind Through New EyesThis episode is about the many changes that are needed in our world - and they're beginning to happen! It is important to begin to see mankind in a new way, beyond race and nationalities... to see it as a whole in which we are all one. Humanity is not just a bunch of individuals and tribes; humanity is a species. And the human species is becoming more aware of itself and awakening to a new caring and responsibility for the whole of the species. I (host Raymond Posch) challenge all people to see mankind in this new way...
2020-06-0914 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E18 - What is Enlightenment?This episode seeks to answer the question: What is Enlightenment? The words enlightenment and awakening are used in many different ways, and this episode examines meanings of the two words which are closely related in meaning. Then, to help expand on the discussion, I (host Raymond Posch) present what various authorities have to say about enlightenment... so a very broad base of definitions are presented. Spiritual teachers or authors and their referenced works include: Craig Hamilton (IntegralEnlightenment.com blog), Deepak Chopra (How to Know God), Joseph Benner (The Impersonal Self), Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now), Andrew Cohen (Living...
2020-05-2632 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E17 - Did We Cause the Pandemic?Did humanity collectively attract or cause the pandemic? This episode tells you what I think about that big question and why. These are very interesting times... some spiritual teachers predicted big things happening in 2020, and the pandemic is very big indeed. I believe that there is a growing shift happening that is pushing humanity to awaken as a species, even though most people are not ready and are probably resisting. So in this episode, I talk a lot about the growing realization that huge changes are needed in the world, about Oneness, and about humanity awakening. I discuss 2 books...
2020-05-1232 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E16 - Living from the HeartLiving from the heart is a very powerful way of being in the world. It takes advantage of the knowledge that the heart is the center of connection to the soul, Oneness, Universe, and Infinite Intelligence. By so doing, it can tap into the energy, wisdom, intuition, inspiration, and power of Life itself. In this episode, Raymond Posch guides listeners through a process of learning to experience what living from the heart feels like and how you can develop the full capacity to live from the place of connection, intention, peace, love, and joy. You can use the fact...
2020-04-2732 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E15 - An Interview with Spiritual Intuitive and Author Lillie LeonardiIn this fascinating episode, host Raymond Posch interviews Lillie Leonardi, a spiritual intuitive and former law enforcement officer who sees and talks with angels. She had the amazing experience to see a legion of angels at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11/2011. She talked about that event in her book In the Shadow of a Badge: A Memoir about Flight 93, A Field of Angels, and My Spiritual Homecoming, and shares about some of her experience in this interview. Lillie also talks about her more recent book, The White Light of Grace: Reflections on the Life of a...
2020-04-0840 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E14 - Shifting from Fear or Hate to Love and OnenessThis episode is in response to the challenging times we are facing today... with all the fears and uncertainties from the coronavirus threat, as well as the hate, divisiveness, and conflicts that are so present in politics and the state of the world. It is about learning to recognize that we are experiencing negative thoughts and emotions and making the conscious shift to raise our vibration, experience more positive states of being, and respond with true spiritual power rather than weakness and fear. I explain many ways that you can make the shift and find your power in love...
2020-03-2822 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E13 - You Are Needed to AwakenThis episode is important - it explains why YOU are needed to awaken... which is another way of saying that the world needs caring people to step up and raise their own level of consciousness in order to raise the consciousness of the world. Beginning with this episode, Raymond Posch, the podcast host, is also beginning to do more spiritual teaching in the episodes of the Spiritual Indies Only podcasts, and Posch briefly introduces his new life coaching and spiritual coaching (see LiveYourSuccess.com). The episode presents the need for increased spiritual awakening and awareness in people and the...
2020-03-1923 minOur Spiritual LifeS1E12 - Become Who You Truly AreThis episode talks about the Carl Jung quote: "The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." It addresses how, through the growth of the ego, we lose touch with our true self. And it explores how we can bring our spirit or soul, which is our true self, back to the forefront of our experience and live in that inspired way. Wayne Dyer, in his book "Living an Inspired Life", wrote about inspiration and being inspired and how powerful that is. Through being inspired, which means in-spirit, we can experience vast knowing, creativity, joy and...
2020-03-1317 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E11 - God's Message: You've Got Me All WrongThis episode is a must-listen-to lesson because it talks very plainly and clearly about 17 things that are believed to be true about God but in fact are not true. This is based on the book by Neale Donald Walsch called "God's Message to the World: You've Got Me All Wrong". And the 17 untruths about God were previously revealed in Walsch's conversations with God as documented in the Conversations with God books. I (podcast host Raymond Posch) found this book to be a delightful and much-needed book, and in the episode, I both read directly from the book as well...
2020-03-0740 minOur Spiritual LifeS1E10 - Understanding OnenessThis episode talks about Oneness from 10 different perspectives with the goal of helping listeners better understand Oneness. I do this by giving listeners more ways, coming from a different viewpoint and expressed in different words, so that oneness can be seen as a big idea that has a very large and broad foundation supporting it. We need Oneness, and the world needs Oneness. With Oneness, we can live better, healthier, happier, and more enjoyable lives. The last of the 10 perspectives that I talk about is We Consciousness. Shifting our perspective and thinking from "I" to "we" is a very...
2020-02-2833 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E9 - A Conversation About Oneness, Featuring Danny RongoThis is a spirited conversation between Raymond Posch, podcast host, and author Danny Rongo, author of the book I Am God (and So Are You My Friend): A Common Man's Guide to Oneness. Both of us believe strongly in the need for oneness among all people and, in fact, that we are innately part of a Oneness of all Beings. But, unfortunately, humans are out of touch with our natural part in shared God-consciousness which Oneness is, and therefore all of the divisiveness and wrongness in the world is calling us to awaken and find a new approach to...
2020-02-1955 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E8 - Awakening to WholenessThis episode is about the very important spiritual topic of "wholeness" which is about the state of being whole (healthy in all aspects - physically, mentally, spiritually, financially, in work, relationships, and connected to the Divine) and complete in body, mind, and spirit. But it is also applies at all levels in the world, including mankind and Earth/world as a whole. The content is taken from my (Raymond Posch's) book "Awakening to Wholeness". Wholeness is related to, but goes beyond, oneness - and it is of vital importance for all spiritual people to learn how to grow in...
2020-02-1043 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E7 - The Power of NowThis episode is a fun and educational presentation for spiritual indies who have not yet read or studied Eckhart Tolle's best selling book, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. In it Raymond Posch provides quotes from the book and insightful discussion about Tolle's personal experience with awakening and his vast knowledge about the power of Now and teaching others to awaken from his years as a spiritual teacher. As Oprah Winfrey said about the book, "It can transform your thinking... The result? More joy, right now!". I agree completely! See the transcript for this episode on...
2020-02-0237 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E6 - Creative Ideas and Affirmative PrayersThere is a delightful book, "Creative Ideas: A spiritual compass for personal expression", by Ernest Holmes, which I keep close by me and turn to for inspiration and prayer. It consists of 165 pages of short affirmative prayers, each one preceded by a perfect little introduction to help us clarify our thinking and expectation before reading that particular prayer. In this episode, I share 16 affirmative prayers that are favorites of mine. Listening to this episode should leave the listener inspired and delighted by the beauty of these prayers. See the transcript for this episode on SpiritualIndiesOnly.com, and download episode...
2020-01-2523 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E5 - The Seven Spiritual Laws of SuccessVery informative and detailed discussion of Deepak Chopra's classic book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, first published in 1994. This is not just a book review. These spiritual laws have great power to change your life. It is worth your time to pay attention to what Chopra taught about these spiritual laws in this small but famous book. In this episode, I provide the crux of each law, what Chopra said about it, his recommendations for how to experience the law, and I share my own experience in relating to or applying the law. This book had a big...
2020-01-2041 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E4 - How and Why to Meditate + A Guided MeditationDo you understand the difference between mind and spirit? This episode discusses why it is important to understand body, mind, and spirit and the basic relationships between them. When you know that you are pure being (consciousness) and your mind is a tool, you can begin to see the need to quiet the mind and return to your being state. Then Raymond Posch describes two simple meditations that beginning meditators can learn and use with little effort. The last 15 minutes are devoted to a guided meditation that includes contemplation of "spiritual knowing", and it strengthens your connection to the...
2020-01-1137 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E3 - My Spiritual ExplorationThis episode describes my personal spiritual exploration that changed me from an athiest non-believer to a spiritual indie who believes in an Infinite Intelligence (aka God) that supports vast human potential and goodness. I talk about my growing up years that set the stage, a spiritual event that happened to me, followed by 10+ years of intense spiritual exploration, and conclusions about core principles of a spiritual universe. I list some of the authors and teachers that influenced me, and I spell out the 3 core concepts underlying my spirituality today. See the transcript for this episode on SpiritualIndiesOnly.com, and...
2020-01-0636 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E2 - Seeing the Universe through New EyesThis episode is about The Universe is a Green Dragon, a book by Brian Swimme published in 1984. This book greatly affected my thinking about what spirituality means and how the unfolding of the universe evokes being and the spiritual participation of humanity. The book's story is told as a dialog between a youth and a wise elder named Thomas. Raymond Posch shares selected portions of the dialog and shares his insights about the story's meaning and value as an introduction to spirituality based in modern cosmology (and, to a lesser degree, quantum physics). See the transcript for this episode...
2019-12-2832 min
Our Spiritual LifeS1E1 - What is Spirituality?Spirituality means many different things to different people. But this episode paints a broad picture of spirituality for a diverse audience, and I illustrate some aspects of spirituality by telling listeners about my own spiritual history and my unique path. I describe what has been called the "perennial philosophy" and go into some important principles that arise from this spiritual philosophy: consciousness as primary, oneness, and wholeness. I emphasize that spirituality is experiential, there is no right or wrong way to explore spirituality, and everyone is on their own path. But spirituality can provide very powerful experiences and rewarding...
2019-12-2025 min