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In the last episode in the True Tales of Enlightenment podcast series, I talk about how we can develop a direct relationship with God through communion with him. So many people are seeking spiritual guidance from any source apart from the true one because there are barriers that need to be overcome in order to enter into this relationship.

I explain how we can remove them and abide in God’s comfort, protection and Word.

Next year I will be launching a new podcast called “Abide In Me – A.I.M” and hope this will help others to seek and find the spiritual connection and wisdom they are seeking.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

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Books

Five Proofs for the Existence of God – Edward Feser (Religion/Philosophy)
The Devil’s Delusion – Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions – David Berlinski (Science/Religion)
Darwin’s Doubt – The Explosive Origins of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design – Stephen C. Meyer
God’s Undertaker – Has Science Buried God – John C. Lennox
Knowing God – J.I.Packer (Christianity)
Gunning For God – Why the New Atheists are Missing the Target – John C. Lennox
Mere Christianity – C.S Lewis

Additional Videos

Who Created God? John Lennox at Veritas Forum at UCLA
Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | The God Delusion Debate
Christopher Hitchens vs John Lennox | Is God Great? Debate
How to Make God Relevant to us in the 21st Century? Ravi Zacharias
Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens – Full Debate
Stephen Meyer: God and the Origins of the Universe
Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix? | Dr. John Lennox
Neurosurgeon Professor Michael Egnor on the Evidence Against Materialism
Aion Chpt 5 – Christ: A Symbol of the Self – Part 2
8 Effects God’s Word Can have in Your Life – Derek Prince
Gnosticism and the Early Church – Dr Ryan M. Reeves PhD
Through Repentance to Faith – Derek Prince
Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection? John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus Oxford
Who Dares Say He Believes in God? – Jordan Peterson

Other Websites

www.lanavawser.com (Prophetic Words)

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In this week’s podcast I ask, “What’s the harm?” We often ask this question when we try to disguise our complacency as decency; yet our apathy has consequences.

Learning to pay attention is the antidote to complacency and the first step towards developing wisdom. We are all too often wilfully ignorant of the facts, because we seek peace rather than truth.

The “Call of Wisdom” made in the Book of Proverbs in the Bible, shows us that human nature has not changed for thousands of years. Perhaps it’s time we started to listen.

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Books

Ascent to Truth – Thomas Merton
Holy Bible – Book of Job, Proverbs and 2 Timothy

Other Videos & Articles

Biblical Series XIV: Jacob: Wrestling with God – Jordan Peterson Lecture
What really exists | under the surface – Jim Carrey
Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature – Prof. Christine Hayes
CDC Updates COVID Stats, 6% Died Of COVID Alone, 94% Had Comorbidity: Twitter Censors
Through Repentance to Faith – Derek Prince
We Have Been In An Information Civil War Since Trump Was Elected
Jordan Peterson’s Return Home
WHO Covid expert: Lockdowns can only delay virus infections
Office of National Statistics – Download Report of Flu Deaths in England in 2017 **(see notes below)
Coronavirus pandemic ‘will casue famine of biblical proportions Guardian Article April 2020

Coronavirus deaths in the whole of the UK at the date of publishing this – 53K+ Flu deaths in England alone in 2017 – 90K+ ** Both figures use the “mentioned on the death certificate” number not the “underlying cause” number.

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In this week’s podcast, I talk about the difference between New Age spiritualism and being led by the Holy Spirit. I explain how reading the Bible on three different levels: literal, metaphorical and metaphysical, can lead to a deeper and more fulfilling understanding of the scriptures and whether we need a transcendent moral reality to keep us from doing wrong.

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Books

The Devil’s Delusion – Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions – David Berlinski (Science/Religion)
Jesus Among Other Gods – Ravi Zacharias (Comparative Religion) 94. God’s Undertaker – Has Science Buried God – John C. Lennox
Knowing God – J.I.Packer (Christianity)

Additional Videos

Surrendering Your Intellect, Will & Imagination to God – Ravi Zacharias
Ravi Zacharias: Postmodernism and Philosophy
Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | The God Delusion Debate
The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Genesis 1-4 in Context – Christine Hayes
Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature – Prof. Christine Hayes
“I’m a Christian and a Marxist” | Why you can’t be both (New Age) – Jordan B Peterson
The Ministry of the Holy Spirit; How the Holy Spirit Leads You – Derek Prince
Ravi Zacharias on Dalai Lama & Inconsistent Logic of Buddhist Teachings of Karma & Desire
8 Effects God’s Word Can have in Your Life – Derek Prince
A Marxist Revolution Would Destroy America – Dennis Prager

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the nature of and reason for suffering in the world. Many people believe that the presence of suffering in the world proves that God doesn’t exist, but this argument doesn’t tackle the reason why there is suffering in the first place.

Original Sin and the inherent corruption of human beings is the reason given by some religions, but this can make us feel perpetually guilty for being alive.

Is there an answer to this age old question that can help give meaning to our lives? Can spiritual teachings and stories sustain us through our pain?

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Books

The Road Less Travelled – M.Scott Peck (Psychological Growth)
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl (History & Psychology)
The Bible

Additional Videos

Bishop And A Rabbi Discuss Religion & Ethics | Rabbi Wolpe & Bishop Barron – Rubin Report
The Benevolent Shadow and the Possibility of Evil: Jordan Peterson

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“If you are able to keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…” Rudyard Kipling

This year is about building foundations and stability for ourselves so we can see through the subtifuge and seek out the pretenders. Clarity is the name of the game and with clarity comes epiphany.

Some call epiphanies, God breaking through. They are the a-ha moments that put us on a different track and bring new information to light. These moments of higher consciousness can be cultivated through meditation, but more importantly through study.

In order to increase our understanding we need to increase our knowledge and exercise our brains. Higher consciousness is accessed through our minds and is linked to our intuition, not our emotions. As our feelings are continually triggered, we need to learn how to calm our emotions so the truth can shine through.

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Books

God’s Undertaker – Has Science Buried God – John C. Lennox
Mind & Cosmos – Thomas Nagal

Additional Videos

Dave Chappelle on the Jussie Smollett Incident – Sticks & Stones Comedy Special
Sam Harris on the Illusion of Free Will
Jordan Peterson & Ben Shapiro Discuss Free Will & Religion
“Get behind yourself and push.” How to Control Negative Thinking – Sam Harris
Victor Davis Hanson: Spygate, Impeachment & the Assault on Trump
Chris Wallace Destroys Jim Comey’s Lies About FBI – Jimmy Dore Podcast
Neurosurgeon Professor Michael Egnor on the Evidence Against Materialism
Libet’s Free Will Experiments Prove we Have Free Won’t Capability
What really exists | under the surface – Jim Carrey
The 2010s: When the Media Lost Their Gatekeepers
The War That Wasn’t | The Ben Shapiro Show Ep. 927
Trump Kills #1 Enemy Of Isis In Iran, WTF?: Jimmy Dore Podcast
Maajid Nawaz’s incredibly powerful speech on US Iran tensions
Why Trump’s Iran Conflict Cannot Be Stopped Or Unwound: Jimmy Dore Podcast
Ex CIA: How The CIA Manipulates You With Media (Pt. 3) | Bryan Dean Wright
This Pretty Much Explains the World Today – Comedy Sketch – Kinne Tonight

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the personal myths we create to comfort us and why these stories need to be examined when new information becomes available.

I discuss some of our foundational beliefs that are coming under scrutiny including Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, which was one of the theories that led us to do away with a need for God as an explantion of our origin. But did we throw the baby out with the bath water? Do we still need an intelligent designer in order to put the evolutionary process in motion? Can we be our own moral arbiter, or do we need an external moral being to pass judgement on us?

By looking through the lens of both Christian and Buddhist teachings, I ask if subjective truth and morality is enough to keep us stable during times of need? Or do we need objective truths to stand on in order to make sense of the world and our place in it?

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Books

The Devil’s Delusion – Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions – David Berlinski (Science/Religion)
Jesus Among Other Gods – Ravi Zacharias (Comparative Religion)
Darwin’s Doubt – The Explosive Origins of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design – Stephen C. Meyer
The Christian Bible

Additional Videos

The Paris Climate Fraud. A Commitment to Do Nothing at All
“11,000 ‘scientists’ warn about climate change” Media Publishes Fake News
Best of Power Hour: Judith Curry on the State of Climate Science
Postmodernism and Cultural Marxism | Jordan B Peterson
Who Created God? John Lennox at Veritas Forum at UCLA
Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | The God Delusion Debate
Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens – Full Debate
Mathematical Challenges to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution – Stephen Meyer
Stephen Meyer: God and the Origins of the Universe
David Berlinkski on Evolutionary Theory, Religion and Human Nature
No Climate Emergency say 500 Scientists to UN
Tom Holland & AC Grayling • History: Did Christianity give us our human values?
Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix? | Dr. John Lennox

Correction: The Physicist I spoke about in the podcast is Lawrence Krauss, not Richard Krauss.

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the spiritual discipline of forgiveness and how we can practice this in our lives. Often, we find it difficult to forgive others because they haven’t confessed, apologised and atoned for what they have done. The act of confession relieves us of our burdens and cleanses our soul. It helps us to steer clear of the corruption that leads to much of our misfortune.

Sometimes human forgiveness is not enough, and we need to hand over the situation to a Higher Power. This idea permeates many religions and movements such as Alcoholics Anonymous, yet many of us are not comfortable with developing a relationship with a personal God. We prefer an impersonal idea of the ultimate divine force, perhaps because we are afraid of being judged.

The question is, are we able to be transformed by “the Universe” or ‘the Source” or do we need to wrestle with a personal God in order for our soul to be cleansed?

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Books

Celebration of Discipline – Richard Foster (Spiritual Growth)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change – Marc Morano (Climate Science)
The Myth of Mental Illness – Thomas Szasz M.D. (Psychology)

Higher Octave – True Tales of Enlightenment Episode

Additional Videos

The Truth About CO2: Ecologist Dr Patrick Moore PhD
Challenging the Narrative on Coal and Climate Change
Professor Peter Ridd Sacked for Speaking Truth About Health of Great Barrier Reef
Jordan Peterson – Biblical Series XV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colours
Benny Peiser: ‘What I told Cambridge University’s spoiled green students’
Netflix, Attenborough and Cliff-Falling Walruses: The Making of a False Climate Icon
Biblical Series XIV: Jacob: Wrestling with God – Jordan Peterson Lecture

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“For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14

Abraham Maslow coined the term “Jonah Complex” to describe a fear of our own greatness. It refers to the biblical story of Jonah who runs from the purpose that God has laid out for him and ends up in the belly of a whale, contemplating his fate and asking for assistance.

Maslow was interested in how we motivate ourselves and what drives us to create. Our creative power can lead us to feel, in turn god-like and unworthy of our own potential. We are then paralysed and unable to take action to achieve our goals.

How many times have you felt as if you were in the belly of the whale? Do you fear your own potential? What can we do to stop ourselves sabotaging our transcendent purpose? After all, is it not us who chooses whether we succeed or fail?

Many of us are called and feel the pull towards a life that requires us to move out of our comfort zone and radically change ourselves. This can be overwhelming until we learn to balance our god-like arrogance with humility and sustained action.

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Books

The Farther Reaches of Human Nature – Abraham H. Maslow (Psychology)

Additional Videos

Professor Peter Ridd Sacked for Speaking Truth About Health of Great Barrier Reef
The Jonah Complex or Fear of Greatness
Jordan Peterson – Biblical Series XV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colours

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In this week’s podcast I ask why self-help is the number one selling genre in literature and why we are so clueless about being human. Our ability to self-sustain dwindles with every piece of advice sought from another. So how can we learn to sustain ourselves in times of need?

It has always stuck me as odd that we are not born with more understaning of ourselves. It would be nice to have an instruction manual saved in “the cloud” for those times when we feel lost and confused, but instead we find ourselves relying on others to show us the way.

The downside of this advice seeking is we fail to develop our personal life-sustaining practices that will help us in our times of need. Many believe that self-love is the key ingredient of nurturing and inner strength, but the kind of self-love encouraged by modern spirituality consists of treating ourselves rather than forging a strong spiritual connection through solitude, meditation and prayer.

This is how we refill our cup so that we can give to others without restriction or depletion.

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In this week’s podcast I ask how many of our beliefs are based on conspiracy theories? With the death of, ‘sex trafficker for the elites’, Jeffrey Epstein people have been drawn into a conspiratorial way of thinking. In one person’s words, “We’ve all become Alex Jones.”

But in many ways we have been conspiracy theorists all along. After all, the mainstream media has pushed a false narrative for three years that Trump colluded with Russia to win the election and a large swathe of people believed the story because it came from “trusted” news sources.

It’s time we looked more deeply into how the mainstream narratives we believe to be true were initiated and whether conspiracy theories provide the underpinning of many of our most accepted beliefs.

I take a look at the Epstein case, Zionist conspiracies and the ever-controversial Qanon movement to see whether we will ever know the truth, or if we are destined to be kept in the dark forever.

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Additional Videos

All About the Israel Palestine Conflict: Apostate Prophet
Is the UN Fair to Israel – Anne Bayefsky Touro Institute on Human Rights
The Rabbis and Donald Trump – Prophecy Watchers
Trump, The Vatican and the Secret Third Temple Agenda
Dalai Lama Interview with the BBC
“Son of Hamas” Speaks at the UN – Mosab Hassan Yusef
Qanon for Beginners – Praying Medic 2008
Jimmy Dore “Dalai Lama Sounds Like Trump on Women and Immigrants”
Donald Trump Pre-Election Speech “Draining the Swamp”
Corey Lynn – Epstein’s Ranch And His Network – Part 2

Other Websites

www.qmap.pub (Aggregated Qanon Posts)

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In this week’s podcast I talk about love, light and truth. Many of the New Age teachings focus on love and spreading light around the planet to help humanity evolve. We even have a New Age spiritual teacher running for President and she asks, “Can Love Beat Trump?”.

But what kind of love are we talking about? And why is love the answer?

This particular teaching has never sat well with me, it seems too simplistic and vague, but it wasn’t until recently that I understood why; Love is blind. It doesn’t help us discern the truth and that is what spirituality is all about, the truth.

With so much misinformation occurring in the news we need to become even more aware of when people are lying. The media are illusionists who manipulate those who are not residing within integrity. But it is not just the media we need to protect ourselves against.

Psychic attack is rife on the planet, so how do we know when it’s happening and how can we protect ourselves from it? It is not love that will protect us, because when we are loving our boundaries are lowered; we are vulnerable.

It is our willingness to accept the truth of our situation that will give us the strength and stability to weather this particular storm.

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Books

On the Path of the Immortals – Thomas Horn & Chris Putnam

Additional Videos

“Can Love Beat Trump?” Marianne Williamson on The Rubin Report
Prophecy Watchers: Tom Horn “On the Path of the Immortals”
Vulnerability & Power: Brené Brown & Russell Brand
The Hard Truth, Episode 1: Media Bias Education Series
Trump Calls MS13 Gang Members Animals
Body Language: Piers Morgan Vs Susanna Reid Vs Jacob Rees-Mogg
Body Language: Jim Jordan Vs Bob Mueller Congress

Other Websites

Body Language Ghost You Tube Channel

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“Astrology is assured of recognition from psychology because astrology represents the summation of all the psychological knowledge of antiquity.” Carl Jung

In this week’s podcast I talk about three esoteric systems that offer us a metaphorical lens through which to view our psyche and illuminate our purpose.

Astrology, Numerology and the Enneagram personality system use archetypes and the vibrational frequency of numbers to determine our character, our strengths and weaknesses, as well as our reason for being here on earth.

While this may be difficult to understand logically, if we put reason aside for a moment and engage the right-side of our brain, we will begin to see the importance that words and numbers have on our lives.

Mathematics is used by scientists to understand the world and our place in it. We can see that number patterns like the Fibonacci sequence are embedded throughout nature. They are an intrinsic part of us, a source code, that once understood, can have a profound effect on our lives.

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Books

Understanding the Enneagram –D. Riso and R. Hudson (Personality Typing)
C. G. Jung-Collected Works-Volume 9i: The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious
Master Numbers 11, 22, 33: The Ultimate Guide – Felicia Bender PhD
C. G. Jung-Collected Works-Volume 15: Spirit in Man, Art & Literature

Additional Videos

Kanye West on David Letterman Netflix: Liberal Bullies Clip

You can view the full Kanye West interview on Netflix “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.”

Donald Trump Interview on David Letterman Show 2013
How to Calculate Your Life Path Number – Ann Perry Numerologist

View Enneagram Personality Types here:

https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions/

Related True Tales of Enlightenment Podcasts:

All Over the Map (More about the Enneagram)

Still Waters (More about the Collective Unconscious and Carl Jung’s Archetypes)

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“The only way to moral and intellectual satisfaction, comes to those willing to take the great risk of thinking for themselves and, at all hazards, to try and share the benefits of that tolerance and open mindedness with others.” Christopher Hitchens

In this week’s podcast I talk about what happens when we awaken to new truths and how we can avoid the temptation to retreat into spiritual practices in order to dissociate from that which we don’t want to know.

When a massive cultural shift occurs, it signals the beginning of a paradigm shift. The heretics, who have been heralding the new age, are smeared and their ideas censored because they challenge the current power structure.

As censorship is being normalised within our society and even welcomed by some, we need to be aware of our own reaction to it. Whose ideas are we not willing to tolerate and why? What new truths are you afraid to accept? Are you willing to take the risk of thinking for yourself?

The bar is being lowered in so many areas and it is becoming a sin to stand out from the crowd. This is the dark side of equality, where uniformity is encouraged and the true meaning of “fairness” is inverted. In his book 1984, George Orwell predicted the inversion of familiar terms – “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignornance is Strength.” – as a way to control the masses.

It’s time to heed his warning. It’s time to raise the bar.

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Additional Videos

Keyhole Consciousness – Opening the Door to New Life
Factual Feminist: The Gender Pay Gap (Christina Hoff Sommers)
Ben Affleck, Sam Harris and Bill Maher Debate Radical Islam
Rubin Report: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Political Islam, Sharia Law & Islamophobia
What’s the Biggest Threat to Freedom Islam or Capitalism? Brand & Harris
Roxane Gay & Christina Hoff Sommers #Feminism Tour Debate
Islam a Religion of Peace? Debate with Christopher Hitchens & Tariq Ramadan
Ecologist Dr Patrick Moore: The Power of Truth (Greenpeace and Climate Change)

Additional Websites

28.www.ecosense.me

29.www.ipcc.ch

www.weathermodificationhistory.com

Articles

High school to eliminate valedictorian honor over ‘mental wellness’ concern

Google found it paid men less than women for the same job

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the need to develop our critical thinking capabilities so we can better understand the problems we face – both personally and collectively – and the often well-meaning solutions being offered by politicians and activist groups.

One of the first questions people ask when they are going through a spiritual awakening is, “What’s wrong with society?” It’s a way of saying, “How can I help?” as they move away from being selfish to being altruistic. But often people stay within the paradigm of finding fault and assigning blame; the paradigm of victims and oppressors. This worldview is the foundation of many movements towards social change, whether that’s reparations for slavery, universal basic income or climate change activism. But this simplistic premise can’t be a true representation of a complex world. We need to move beyond this notion if we are to accurately assess the issues and their solutions.

Enlightenment in a spiritual sense is not just about finding inner peace and connecting to higher consciousness. It is also about using our minds and aligning with the values of the Enlightenment period in the 18th Century to overcome our attachment to comforting, dogmatic beliefs. Today, thought provoking criticism is often censored simply because some find it offensive. That attitude only leads to stagnation of thought, instead of the free-flow of ideas. We need to think our way to enlightenment, not hit the snooze button and hope for the best.

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Books

You Can’t Read This Book – Nick Cohen (Political Censorship)
Frozen Earth – Doug MacDougall (Science – Ice Ages)
Lukewarming – Paul J Michaels & Paul C Knappenberger (Climate Science)
Sustainable Energy: Without Hot Air – David J.C MacKay (Science)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – Yuval Noah Harari (History)

Documentaries

Paradise or Oblivion: This video presentation advocates a new socio-economic system, which is updated to present-day knowledge, featuring the life-long work of Social Engineer, Futurist, Inventor and Industrial Designer Jacque Fresco, which he calls a Resource-Based Economy. This documentary details the root causes of the systemic value disorders and detrimental symptoms caused by our current established system.

Additional Videos

How to be a climate thinker – Alex Epstein
Andrew Yang & Ben Shapiro on Universal Basic Income
Assange, Chelsea Manning Torchure, Obama: Jimmy Dore Show
Exposing the Polar Bear Catastrophe that Never Happened
NASA Scientists Question the Sanity of the Global Warmists
The Myth of the 97% Climate Change Consensus: Friends of Science
How Anti-Racism Hurts Black People – John McWhorter
Confessions of a Green Peace Drop Out – Dr Patrick Moore
Jordan Peterson, Slavoj Zizek: Happiness: Marxism vs Capitalism
Peter Jospeh’s Critique of Peterson/Zizek: Marxism vs Capitalism
Jimmy Dore Show: Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Campaign
Larry Elder: Race, Reparations and Trump Derangement Syndrome

Other Websites

www.carbonengineering.com

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In this week’s podcast I talk about creativity, intelligence and autism. In the Maori language the word used to describe autism is ‘Takiwātanga’, which translated means “My/his/her own time and space.” If you have spent any time with people with spectrum disorders you will know this is an accurate description of their disposition.

We still don’t fully understand why autism develops, or have a clear idea of why many autistic people have exceptional creative or academic abilities. Are they able to access different levels of consciousness due to a difference in brain chemistry? Why can communication be so difficult for them?

I also talk about one of the most creative people of recent times, Prince and show how we can still connect to the spirit of people who have died by opening our minds to different levels of communication. This requires us to change our perception in order to understand that our reality is both physical and energetic.

F. Scott Fitzgerald said that “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” There are many people who are overwhelmed with the amount of information we have access to and are losing their ability to deal with a complex reality. This leads to the blunting of intelligence at a time when we need all our wits about us.

So, how can we activate different parts of our minds, to cope with this cascade of ideas. Can we learn from people with autism about how to access higher intelligence and creativity?

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Books

A Child of Eternity – Adrianna Roche & Kristi Jorde (Biography/Autism)

Additional Videos

Prince BET Interview and Performance
Prince, Tom Petty and others – “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Prince and Wendy Perform Acoustic Version of “Reflections”

Articles

The Story of Starfish & Coffee by Susannah Melvoin

Related Podcast Episodes

Change the Channel

Lifeblood

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the energy of truth that we can see seeping into so many different areas, bringing light and justice where once there was only corruption and darkness.

By looking at some of the unexpected twists and turns unfolding in the collective; the Mueller Report, Jussie Smollett’s release, Michael Avenatti’s arrest and the ongoing revelations regarding human trafficking, we can see that there is a new game in town. The old ways of covering the truth no longer work, yet we still need to be vigliant.

Our minds are our greatest assest. It is up to us to exercise them and increase our intelligence so we can no longer be fooled.

A new dawn has come and there is no turning back. We have such a supportive and buoyant energy assisting us to become warriors; defenders of truth, protectors of those who need it the most.

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An Open Secret – Treatment of Children in Hollywood
Foundations & Political Influence Senate Committee – Clinton Foundation
Ben Affleck, Sam Harris and Bill Maher Debate Radical Islam
Maajid Nawaz Discusses the Fight Against Radical Islamist Ideology
NY Times Journalist Demonstrates State of Modern Journalism
Federal Prosecutors Broke Law in Jeffrey Epstein Sex Abuse Case
Douglas Murray & Dave Rubin: The Strange Death of Europe
Dr Dave Janda: Trump’s Counteroffensive Against the Deep State
Trump Disavows Rascists – While the Media Says the Exact Opposite

Articles

UN Predicts Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked (1989)

Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations, say scientists (Guardian 2011)

Michael Avenatti, ex-lawyer for Stormy Daniels, arrested on extortion charges (Guardian)

FBI Involved in Jussie Smollett Case (FBI Agent Greg Wing) – Washington Examiner

Human Trafficking Second Largest Criminal Business in the World (The Nation)

NXIVM Sex Cult Trial Becomes Surreal (Zerohedge)

Inside NXIVM the Sex Cult that Preaches Empowerment (NY Times)

IFS Chairman Corrects AOC on Campaign Finance Law (End of Viral Video)

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In this week’s podcast, I talk about why some of the most contentious issues of our time, including transgenderism, race relations and energy consumption, are misrepresented or exaggerated through the media, and why we find it difficult to see through the smoke and mirrors.

As we look at our TVs, computer screens and phones, our consciousness moves into the second dimension and we immediately constrict our view of reality. Lowering our state of consciousness in this way eventually takes it toll and we can begin to feel more anxious and fearful. This perpetual state of fear blocks us from accessing the wisdom and clarity of the higher dimensions.

Whether we realise it or not, we are becoming multi-dimensional beings. This means we need to expand into the higher dimensions to support our ‘whole self’. We are unfamiliar with this new level of self-care, but just as we take steps to improve our physical and mental health, we must now learn to nurture our spiritual health.

As we disconnect from the 2D ‘reality show’, we will begin to feel more connected, grounded and liberated and we will finally understand the meaning of being in, but not of the world.

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Data or Dogma? (Climate Change Scientist Dr Judith Curry)
TED Talk: A reality check on renewables – David MacKay
Climate Debate – Mann vs Curry & Moore June 2018
Dr Debra Soh: Science Doesn’t ‘Gender is a Social Construct’
John McWhorter Sums Up the ‘Jussie Smollett’ Case
Do Trans Athletes Have an Unfair Advantage? – Good Morning Britain
Stacey Dooley’s Comic Relief Race Row – This Morning

Articles

Karen White: How ‘Manipulative’ Transgender Inmate Attacked Again

Cardinal Pell, Top Vatican Official, Found Gulity of Sexual Abuse – Reuters

What You Should Know About the Michael Jackson Doco – Forbes

Michael Jackson & What the Media Refuses to Tell You – Damien Shields

Websites

www.themichaeljacksonallegations.com

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the benefit of accessing higher dimensional consciousness. This concept is no longer spoken about only by spiritual teachers, it has become a mainstream concept that is discussed by scientists. Yet it is incredibly difficult to understand from our third dimensional perspective.

By looking at third dimensional issues through a fourth dimensional lense we gain an observational perspective. This allows us to lessen our emotional reactions and achieve more clarity, which is the goal of any spiritual practice. Unfortunately, relaxation, fitness or happiness have become the aims of modern spiritual seekers, which lessens their ability to think clearly and evolve.

The term “Tesseract” is used in sci-fi films like “Interstellar” to describe the fourth and fifth dimensionsal construct, but can we access these dimensions now? Many people like the idea of connecting with aspects of themselves or other beings who live in different dimensions, but how does this actually work? Are we living in a huge, multi-layered computer simulation? How does spirituality fit into this model of reality?

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Books

Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot
Sustainable Energy: Without Hot Air – David J.C MacKay

Additional Videos

Neil deGrasse Tyson: We Might Be Living in Higher Dimensions
TED Talk: A reality check on renewables – David MacKay
Climate Debate – Mann vs Curry & Moore June 2018
Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation?
The Simulation Theory: What Is The Reality Code?

Films & Documentaries

Interstellar (2014)

Behind the Curve (Flat Earth Doco) Netflix (2018)

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“Every truth has four corners: As a teacher I give you one corner  and it is for you to find the other three.” Confucius

As we begin a New Year it’s important to reassess, not only our goals, but our premises about life. Are we standing on a solid foundation of truth, or a pile of comfortable lies?

When we are looking for the truth we need a framework that helps us move beyond our personal opinion. Truth is not only based on knowledge, or looking at both sides of the story. We also need a level of maturity that allows us to recognise when those stories have run their course.

By reviewing some of the topics from last year using Confucius’ four cornered approach, we will can bring balance to our ideas.

All belief systems go through a reformation period, which helps keep them relevant and free from zealotry, so bring the four corners to mind when searching for the centre point of truth.

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Books
5. Personality Types (Jung) – Daryl Sharp (Jungian Psychology)
79. C. G. Jung-Collected Works-Volume 6: Psychological Types

Additional Videos
156. Nationalism vs Globalism: The New Political Divide
159. LBC Radio Phone in Questions on Brexit with Jacob Rees-Mogg
160. Conversations with a Killer: Ted Bundy Tapes (Trailer)
164. John of God Arrested for Sex Slavery and Human Trafficking
167. Flat Earth vs Round Earth National Geographic
173. Climate Change: What do Scientists Say?

Articles
Forbes – ‘97% of Climate Scientists Agree’ is 100% Wrong
Guardian – Claim of a 97% Consensus on Global Warming Doesn’t Stand Up
Doreen Virtue – A-Z of New Age Practices to Avoid and Why
More than 2,300 Suspected Online Child Sex Offenders Arrested Nationwide
US Approves $430 Million for Human Trafficking Fight

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In the last podcast of 2018, I talk in more detail about synchronicity and the nature of real spiritual experiences. Many people believe they can be willed forth through devotion to a Guru, or by following rigorous spiritual exercises; this is the psychology of the seeker based on a desire for enlightenment.

However, spirit cares nothing for our human framework of cause and effect, which is why genuine spiritual experiences come out the blue. They take us out of time and elevate us to a higher level of awareness, free from desire and the need for attainment. They humble, rather than aggrandize.

As we reach the end of the year, take some time to review your spiritual practices to see if they stimulate your ego, or nurture your soul. Let 2019 be the year where you detach yourself from the need to follow others, so you can develop faith in your Self. Now is the time.

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Populist Revolution – Will It Go Left Or Right? – Candace Owens & Russell Brand

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the power of hypnosis and the psychology of the group. We all, believe it or not, spend most of our waking life in a light state of hypnosis and are therefore susceptible to all kinds of subtle coercion from advertising agencies and others who want to control us. The person who seeks enlightenment through a guru, or charismatic personality, needs to be aware of the techniques used to encourage devotion through mind control.

By analysing the dynamics of cults, with special reference to the Rajneeshees and Osho, I show how easy it is for all of us to veer off the spiritual path and lose ourselves in practices that stimulate our ego. We are all subject to the power of certain people and ideas, that act like spells on our consciousness. Whether these spells are cast by organisations, or our nearest and dearest, we need to become aware of how to break them and assert our own will by connecting to our personal guidance.

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Books

Reinventing Your Life – J.E Young & J.S Klosko (Psychology/Life Traps)
C. G. Jung-Collected Works-Volume 9i: The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious

Other Videos

Populist Revolution – Will It Go Left Or Right? – Candace Owens & Russell Brand
The Secrets of Scientology Documentary
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Official Trailer
Wild, Wild Country Documentary (Osho) – Trailer

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In this week’s podcast I dive into the ideas of Carl Jung, including archetypes, the collective unconscious and synchronicity. Being an introverted intuitive type he was the classic mystic, who merged the empiricism of a scientist with the vision of a prophet and his ideas form the foundation for our knowledge of the psyche today.

Through my own experience with archetypal forces, I explain how these conscious symbols interact and heal us and how they were created through the perceptions of ancient humans and augmented by people throughout the ages. The collective unconscious is the store house for these symbols and can be accessed, as we would access the internet-based “Cloud” today. The password is our intention, interest and readiness to explore the unknown of the universal mind.

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Books

Man and His Symbols – Carl Jung (Jungian Psychology)
Women Who Run With The Wolves – C.P. Estes (Psychology)
The Science Delusion – Rupert Sheldrake (Scientific Dogma)
C. G. Jung-Collected Works-Volume 6: Psychological Types
C. G. Jung-Collected Works-Volume 8: Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche
C. G. Jung-Collected Works-Volume 9i: The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious

Additional Videos

Alan Watts on Carl Jung
The Science Delusion – Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk
Jordan Peterson: Mysticism, Spirit and the Shadow
Science Vs God – Is There A Life Force That Transcends Matter? (Sheldrake/Brand)
Introverts vs Extroverts (Personality Traits Explained) – Jordan Peterson
The Archetype of the Devouring Mother: Theryn Meyer & Jordan Peterson
Phenomenology of the Divine (Biblical Series) – Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson Personality Lecture 07: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung

Films and Netflix Documentaries

Her – Joaquim Phoenix (2013)

Wild, Wild Country – Netflix (2018)

Other Websites

www.jungiananalysts.org.uk

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In this week’s podcast I talk about traditions, values and institutions that have been brought into disrepute in our western culture. I discuss the modern idea of marriage and how it differs from the traditional ideal, which leads on to a discussion of spiritual values, which have largely been lost in favour of a more materialistic focus.

Many religious traditions are beneficial because they teach us about the human condition through archetypal stories, yet we often fail to see their importance and disregard them as irrelevant. The archetype of “The Father” is of spiritual significance as it helps us connect to a higher state of consciousness, while providing a sense of security. Today, we seek safety and structure through group identities or political parties, yet they fail to satisfy our need for a transcendent meaning and connection to the divine.

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Books

Man and His Symbols – Carl Jung (Jungian Psychology)
Anatomy of the Spirit – Caroline Myss (Chakras/Energy Medicine)Sacred
The Path of Energy – Dr Synthia Andrews (Energy Healing)
The Wheels of Life – Anodea Judith (Chakras/Healing)
Freshwater – Akwaeke Emezi (Autobiography)
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl (History & Psychology)

Additional Videos

Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stoke of Insight (TED)
Jordan Peterson: Mysticism, Spirit and the Shadow
Science Vs God – Is There A Life Force That Transcends Matter? (Sheldrake/Brand)
Phenomenology of the Divine (Biblical Series) – Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson Personality Lecture 07: Depth Psychology: Carl Jung

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“Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

In this week’s podcast I talk about the importance of cultivating a direct relationship with your own spiritual consciousness through communion, which involves listening and waiting for personal revelations, large and small. This communication is often lost when we perform rituals and mantras, or follow specific spiritual programs that fulfill our egos’ need for attainment, yet lead the seeker away from what lies within.

I talk about the birth of the New Age Movement, its roots in the Theosophical Society and the writings of Helena Blavatsky and Alice Bailey. Many of the current popular spiritual beliefs originate in their channelled works, yet people blindly adopt them without examination. I also speak about Jiddu Krishnamurti, who was chosen to be the new world teacher for the Society as a child, but renounced his role and association with all religions and sects in favour of dedicating himself to personal revelation. Communing with your own spiritual guidance aligns you with truth, and allows you to take off the mask of another person’s ideas.

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Books

The Hero’s Journey – Joseph Campbell (Myth)
The Secret Teachings of All the Ages – Manly P Hall (Mystery Teachings)
Freshwater – Akwaeke Emezi (Autobiography)
The Secret Doctrine – Helena Blavatsky (Occult Philosophy)
Glamour: A World Problem – Alice Bailey (Occult Philosophy)

Additional Videos

How to Trust the Universe – Alan Watts
The Taoist Way: Alan Watts
Krishnamurti Link to All Documentaries
Brett Weinstein on the Debate with Richard Dawkins (Evolution of Religion)
Richard Dawkins and Brett Weinstein – Evolution Debate (Pangburn Philosophy)
The Real Reason Why Doreen Virtue Converted to Christianity

Other Websites

www.jkrishnamurti.org
www.jkrishnamurti-sussex.info
www.alanwatts.org

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the impediments to moving through the eye of the needle in order to reach the “kingdom of heaven”. In the biblical passage it’s said to be riches that block our entry, but anything that we are attached to, including dogmatic belief systems, will slow down our spiritual progress. I speak about our attachment to information and the irony that the more information we have access to the less enlightened we become.

I take a deeper look at alarmist Climate Change doctrines, New Age teachings and spiritual sales people who present themselves as saviours, as a way to understand why we are so easily persuaded by models of the world that prophesise doom or salvation. Why do we allow ourselves to be deceived? Why do we refuse to doubt ourselves, or others who have previously led us down the garden path?

Doubt allows us to think more freely, it opens the door to the other side of the story. It stops us from being foolhardy and keeps us awake.

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Articles

UN Says Climate Change Genocide is Coming

Germany’s Green Energy Shift is More Fizzle than Sizzle

El Nino and La Nina: Their Impact on the Environment

Environmentalists “Stable Climate” Fantasy

Books

The Science Delusion – Rupert Sheldrake (Scientific Dogma)
Orthodoxy – G.K Chesterton (Philosophy/Religion)
Lukewarming – Paul J Michaels & Paul C Knappenberger (Climate Science)

Documentaries

The War You Don’t See is a powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war. As weapons and propaganda become even more sophisticated, the nature of war is developing into an ‘electronic battlefield’ in which journalists play a key role, and civilians are the victims.
Hypernormalisation is Adam Curtis’ latest documentary film for the BBC released on Oct. 16, 2016. In the film Curtis argues that since the 1970s, governments, financiers, and technological utopians have given up on the complex “real world” and instead built a simple “fake world” that is run by corporations and kept stable by politicians.

Additional Videos

Dr Don EasterBrook on Global Warming
Wikileaks on Climategate
Data or Dogma? (Climate Change Scientist Dr Judith Curry)
What is the Average Global Temperature? – Corbett Report
Alex Epstein & Dave Rubin Talk About Climate Change
Climategate ‘hide the decline’ Explained by Berkeley Professor Richard A. Muller
Global Priorities Bigger Than Climate Change – Bjorn Lomborg (TED Talk)
Nobel Laureate in Physics; “Global Warming is Pseudoscience”
Climate Doomsday – Dr Steven J Allen

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Other Websites

www.sheldrake.org
www.climate4you.com
www.climatechangereconsidered.org
www.capitalresearch.org

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the tides of seemingly irrational thoughts and emotions that we can experience and how we can develop an inner community of characters to help process them. Whether we use a personality typing system, like the Enneagram, archetypes or something as common as a tarot deck, structuring our world in a symbolic framework will help take the sting out of overwhelming emotions.

I speak about the importance of religions and introduce author G.K Chesterton’s work, which gives us yet another perspective from which to view Orthodoxy of any kind. If we become too logical, we lock ourselves in a mental prison that seeks to know the ultimate truth, which is often only a fraction of the mystery that life presents us. If we allow our irrational thoughts to possess us, we invite another kind of madness that rips us from the fabric of reality and isolates us in a different way. As always, combining two sides of the same coin makes us richer.

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Books

Man and His Symbols – Carl Jung (Jungian Psychology)
Sacred Contracts – Caroline Myss (Psychology/Archetypes)
Understanding the Enneagram –D. Riso and R. Hudson (Personality Typing)

Audio Books/Talks

Spiritual Madness – Caroline Myss
Out of Your Mind – Alan Watts

Documentaries

Brilliant Madness: A Genius’ Descent into Madness. A Brilliant Madness is the story of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by a descent into madness Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Nash spent the next three decades in and out of mental hospitals, all but forgotten. During that time, a proof he had written at the age of 20 became a foundation of modern economic theory. In 1994, as Nash began to show signs of emerging from his delusions, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics.

Other Videos

Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stoke of Insight (TED)
Jordan Peterson: Mysticism, Spirit and the Shadow
Science Vs God – Is There A Life Force That Transcends Matter? (Sheldrake/Brand)
David Bowie &The Story Of Ziggy Stardust
Bill Burr – “You People Are all the Same.” (How to Raise a Kid- Clip)
Jordan Peterson – Cambridge University Talk
Global Priorities Bigger Than Climate Change – Bjorn Lomborg (TED Talk)

Other Websites

www.climate4you.com
www.theoceancleanup.com
www.enneagraminstitute.com
www.myersbriggs.org
www.chesterton.org
www.greekmythology.com

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the Ancient Greek myth of Cassandra and the importance of consulting the archetypal stories that many modern thinkers believe are now obsolete. These, more than any thing, are our common heritage and allude to shared experiences that we all must navigate. The story of Cassandra offers us insight into the relationship we have with our inner oracle; our intuition.

Many turn their heads away from their inner knowing for fear of where it may guide them. But turning away does not remove the insight, it only distorts it and creates a black mirror through which to view life. Mental illnesses of all kinds are a reflection of our inability to understand our own psyche and heed the call of our inner being. So how can we create a balance between our beliefs and our intuitive knowing? How can we create equality within?

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Books

The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters

Documentaries 20. Brilliant Madness: A Genius’ Descent into Madness. A Brilliant Madness is the story of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by a descent into madness Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Nash spent the next three decades in and out of mental hospitals, all but forgotten. During that time, a proof he had written at the age of 20 became a foundation of modern economic theory. In 1994, as Nash began to show signs of emerging from his delusions, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics. Additional Videos 1. Science and spirituality: Jeff Lieberman at TED

Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening – Phil Borges at TED
Joseph Campbell and The Hero’s Journey
Psychic Abilities – Physicist Russell Targ
There Are Two Genders; Change my Mind (Campus Discussion)
Helen Lewis Interviews Jordan Peterson: Patriarchy, Climate Change, Ideologies

Film

Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) – Mark Ruffalo

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I often get rained on while recording the podcast and this week was no exception, but to my delight I also received the blessing of a huge rainbow appearing in front of me. It reminded me of the famous song from “The Wizard of Oz”, which is so full of hope as we dream of a new world where people live in perfect harmony.

“The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

And also on the faces of people passing by

I see friends shaking hands saying

How do you do?

They’re really saying I, I love you” Yet this seems forever out of our reach, which is part of the reason there is so much unrest today. We are coming to terms with the fact that a utopian society, at this stage of our development, is unrealistic. When our ideals don’t match our reality we become impatient with our slow rate of progress and try to find someone to blame. But real progress comes from assessing our own part in the problems and solutions, which means we all need to face our guilty conscience. As Krishnamurti said, “The moment you understand something, you are free of it.”

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Additional Videos 2. Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening – Phil Borges at TED 10. Krishnamurti: Evolution of Society 14. Joe Rogan Podcast: Weinstein & Heying – Evolutionary Biologist talk about Gender 31. Free Trade and Humanity – Noam Chomsky 73. Alan Watts – What You Do and What Happens to You 74. Jordan Peterson on Gender, Patriarchy and the Slide Towards Tyranny 104. The Archetype of the Devouring Mother: Theryn Meyer & Jordan Peterson 126. James Damore, Helen Pluckrose on Postmodernism & Psychological Needs 131. Heather Heying on The Rubin Report: Progressives, Consciousness and Coddling 132. ESL Students Learn 62 New Gender Pronouns

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In this week’s podcast I talk about spiritual nakedness. The process of stripping yourself down to your core, without any need to cling to beliefs, opinions, teachings, people or plans. A place where you can begin to rebuild your true self without fear.

We can see the opposite happening in the collective. People who are determined to make their internal reality and external one for all to adhere to. Those who shout the largest often draw the largest crowd, but they are also the ones with the most fear and the least connection to their spiritual self. If all you focus on is manifest materialism you will be caught up in the hurricane, so how can we each find our inner sanctuary that will eventually lead us to walk towards a new horizon?

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“I’m starting with the man in the mirror, I’m asking him to change his ways.” Michael Jackson

In this week’s podcast I talk about the internal emotional states that cause us to continually act out the victim/oppressor dynamic and how internal reflection helps to change the external world. We have become a planet of pontificators, certain we will change the world through dialogue and a redefinition of terms. Political correctness confuses more than it does change the status quo and as we continue to spin out of control, we create more rhetoric, as opposed to taking on the difficult work of inner change.

Can we ever feel empowered and live without fear while clinging for dear life to our right to be victims? Are we prepared to stand out from the crowd and start telling a new story?

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Books

The Road Less Travelled – M.Scott Peck (Psychological Growth)
A New Earth – Eckart Tolle (Consciousness/Mind)
Happiness – Matthieu Ricard (Buddhism/Mind)
Cutting the Ties that Bind – Phyllis Crystal (Psychology)
Change Your Thinking – Sarah Edelman (CBT)
Biology of Belief – Bruce Lipton Ph.D. (Science/Epigenetics)
The Brain that Changes Itself – Dr Norman Doidge MD (Mind)
1984 – George Orwell (Political Fiction)

Other Videos

Political Correctness Debate: Fry, Peterson, Goldberg & Dyson
Joe Rogan Podcast with Bret Weinstein & Jordan Peterson (SJW and Left vs Right)
Ben Shapiro’s Sunday Special with Factual Feminist Christina Hoff Sommers
James Damore, Helen Pluckrose on Postmodernism & Psychological Needs
Fired Google Engineer James Damore on Rubin Report
Factual Feminist: The Gender Pay Gap (Christina Hoff Sommers)

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I’ve come to realise that Facebook isn’t for serious discussions. People go there to have a look at their friend’s photos and laugh at Trump, while reinforcing their already created belief system. But occasionally I like to post something serious, even if I am disturbing the peace. Twitter on the other hand is a war zone, which I entered for the first time a few months ago. It is the ultimate combative chat room for people who like to engage with celebrities on current affairs. I never saw the appeal of tweeting sound bites to an angry mob, but having joined as an observer, I can see the benefit of watching the battles play out.

I’ve found that in order to reap the reward of acquiring worthwhile knowledge, I need to watch both sides of the argument, so I follow people, or news outlets, with opposing points of view. If I don’t, I’m simply recreating the “safe space” of Facebook, where we all create “our world” or “our truth” and are less interested in “The World” or “The Truth.” On Twitter, once you get past the school yard bullying, acerbic comments and hilarious one-liners, the real truth often rests somewhere in the middle; a point that has been made by many spiritual teachers.

I could have chosen any current debate to write about; climate change, Brexit, free speech vs political correctness; but the one that has gripped my attention for weeks is the vehement opposition of the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in American. Most people are now familiar with this process because of the allegations brought forward by Professor Christine Blasey Ford, that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party. But the Senate hearing was contentious before she came forward, because the Supreme Court determines legal precedent. Members are supposed to be politically impartial, but their personal political affiliations often determine people’s reaction to their appointment. From the beginning, the narrative in the media with regards to Kavanaugh has been that as he is Trump’s nominee, he will do Trump’s bidding.

The main objection to his appointment, prior to Dr Ford’s accusation, has been the supposition that he will overturn women’s rights to obtain a legal abortion. Headlines in the media and tweets from celebrities have focused on his desire to endanger women’s lives and narrow their contraceptive choices. This narrative caused protests in the Senate hearings and outrage from many women, but is it true? The short answer is, no. Having looked at many articles surrounding this claim I can safely say this argument is based on, at best, conjecture, at worst, a purposeful misrepresentation of the facts.

Read a selection of articles below:

Profile: Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s choice for Supreme Court

Brett Kavanaugh is not someone you want making decisions about women’s bodies—here’s why

No, Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court won’t endanger access to birth control

Reproductive rights under a Supreme Court with Brett Kavanaugh aren’t only a women’s issue

Why women should support Judge Kavanaugh’s Nomination

When questioned in the hearings about his opinion on the precedent (Roe vs Wade) that guarantees the legal right to an abortion, he said he believed it to be settled law, a precedent on precedent. Watch Kavanaugh’s response to questions about Roe vs Wade But even this didn’t satisfy his critics, who continued to write inflammatory articles about what “could” happen if he was appointed and none of it was good for women. Upon reading these articles I understood why so many people were fearful about his appointment, but I was also amazed to see how easily people accepted the validity of the claims without looking into them. It’s almost as if they wanted to believe everything they read because it reaffirmed their own opinion. But how had these opinions been formed? Not many people are asking this question.

Last week I said in my podcast (listen here), that in order to discern fact from fiction we need to understand why we believe the things we do. Beliefs and truth are interchangeable in many people’s minds; the sentiment being, “If I believe it, it must be true.” But beliefs are opinions based on our past experiences and the information we choose to allow into our consciousness. In today’s parlance people call this “my truth”. But when “our truth” is projected on to another we enter into the murky world of assumption.

Many articles in the mainstream media regarding Kavanaugh before the allegations, rested on the following faulty logic and belief structure:

1) I don’t like Trump or his policies. I believe he is a misogynist.

2) Any one associated with him must hold the same views as him, so I don’t like them either.

3) Here are some past rulings from Kavanaugh that will (tenuously) prove he will overturn Roe vs Wade.

4) Ipso facto: no one in their right mind would want Kavanaugh to be appointed.

It’s fair to say we all live through our biases, but when we affirm our right to impose our biases on another, in place or in lieu of the facts, we elevate the importance of subjective reality above actual reality. This is the definition of delusion.

Once Professor Ford’s accusation was made public and the hearing commenced, the nation was divided between those who believed Dr Ford’s testimony and those who thought the inconsistencies in her story called into question her credibility. Judge Kavanaugh strongly denied the allegation, as well as two others made against him and so the information war began. Friends of both parties called into question the validity of what each said in their testimony – Kavanaugh drank more than he let on in high school, Ford coached others on taking polygraph tests, but denied knowledge of them under oath.

I could write another article on the onslaught of hearsay that followed; yet nothing emerged that would corroborate any of the claims. In other words, there were no first hand witnesses to any of the assaults, even though they allegedly took place with other people around. Ford’s husband says she mentioned Kavanaugh by name when speaking about the assault and her therapist’s notes mention an assault, but the details of the story differ from the one she told under oath and Kavanaugh’s name isn’t mentioned – neither her full therapy notes nor the full transcript of her polygraph have been released.

So after an emotional hearing, we are none the wiser. Whether you believe Doctor Ford or Judge Kavanaugh depends solely on just that, what you believe. The facts are unclear, so no definitive truth can be found and in part that is why it has divided a nation. In lieu of an actual reality, we rush to create our own reality. So often, what we want to happen in life is upended by actual events; it’s no wonder we project our truth onto situations that counter our internal narrative. It’s easier than accepting disappointment or acknowledging we may be wrong.

Article: Outside counsel tells senators ‘reasonable prosecutor’ would not bring Ford case against Kavanaugh

Months after his nomination was announced and after weeks of testimony, Judge Kavanaugh has been appointed to sit on the Supreme Court. The media, modern feminists and the “Me Too” movement are outraged and see this as another example of the dominance of the Patriarchy, whose objective has been to oppress women for centuries. The victim/oppressor dynamic has been entwined with humanity’s history and is revived at times of social unrest, so I’m not surprised we are hearing it in this case. However, even though on the surface it looks like a valid claim, I don’t believe its use is warranted, in fact, I believe it oversimplifies the issue and is disingenuous.

Before I explain myself, I would like to encourage people to watch a speech given by Senator Susan Collins, where she gives an in depth and methodical breakdown of why she supports Kavanaugh’s nomination, even after hearing Dr Ford’s testimony. It’s well worth watching and I have yet to see such a detailed breakdown of the process and the reasoning behind someone’s view. You can view the whole speech here

Now for the explanation. In a recent tweet a female author, who often comments on feminism and politics, called out “white women” on what she calls their “eagerness to support the white capitalist patriarchy & in doing so leave their sisters to suffer. Which is what Susan Collins just did.” (the author is also a “white woman”) She then clarifies her position saying, “No wait, clearer: Not just leaving sisters to suffer. Actively participating in the further oppression and subjugation of people of colour, women and men.” All because Senator Susan Collins formed an opinion that was different to her own.

You can see this sentiment everywhere: people attacking other people who don’t agree with them, in the name of righteousness. And so one by one these movements implode, because they eventually turn on the people they claim to empower. Since coming out in support of Kavanaugh’s nomination Senator Susan Collins has been called a “rape apologist”, a term that is hurled at anyone who doesn’t subscribe to the narrative, that all women who accuse men of sexual assault should instantly be believed. These insults show a complete lack of nuance and diminish the credibility of those who profess to speak on behalf of womankind.

In a parallel but unrelated story, the Academic disciplines of Cultural and Identity studies are under scrutiny, after three academics wrote hoax papers that were admitted to some of the key journals in the fields of (feminist) gender studies, masculinity studies, critical race theory, critical whiteness theory and sociology, among others. One of the papers entitled, “Rape Culture and Queer Performativity at Urban Dog Parks.” published in Gender, Place and Culture, outlined a fake study of “dog humping” and the implications of when owners intervened.

“When the humping was male-on-male, owners intervened in the overwhelming number of cases. But when the humping was male-on-female, owners were far less likely to stop it. This, the study suggests, might say something about the owners’ internalized homophobia and their willingness to overlook female victims of sexual assault.”

Read more about all the papers here

While the connection to the outrage about Kavanagh’s appointment may at first be unclear, once you read some of the papers and the responses to them, you can see how easy it is for ideologically biased views to pass for modern scholarship. This is important because many of these views are taught to young students, who believe them as gospel. In addition, they begin to infiltrate society and the collective reality through social justice movements. If you are told enough times that we live in a rape culture dominated by a white male patriarchy that is oppressing women on purpose, you will eventually believe it, especially if those views are echoed through modern feminist movements. Thankfully, these ideas are being exposed to some scrutiny, not least because there are many people who are tired of being bullied into adopting a worldview that continues to promote and glorify victim-hood.

The Academics who wrote the fake articles, say it best “We undertook this project to study, understand, and expose the reality of grievance studies, which is corrupting academic research. Because open, good-faith conversation around topics of identity such as gender, race, and sexuality (and the scholarship that works with them) is nearly impossible, our aim has been to reboot these conversations. We hope this will give people—especially those who believe in liberalism, progress, modernity, open inquiry, and social justice—a clear reason to look at the identitarian madness coming out of the academic and activist left and say, “No, I will not go along with that. You do not speak for me.”

It is clear to me that we need to be aware of the potential for seemingly positive social justice movements to become divisive. When assignment to a group identity proves your guilt, or assumes your innocence, an unfair game is being played. Many activist movements keep our grievances alive while offering no reasonable or practical suggestions to facilitate change. Surely, if we are to make headway we need to understand the complexity of these issues so we can find solutions that work for everyone, rather than ones that are easily digestible and look good on paper. Yet slogans and a new lexicon for followers to use when attempting to convert, or persecute perceived aggressors, seem to be the best some movements have to offer. “Micro-aggression”, “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” are all terms that point to the kind of culture that can result from the idea, that people are infantile and in need of constant coddling. If we are victims we become stuck in a loop of rage and blame. This is not sustainable. Nor do these states of consciousness lead to psychological well-being.

The idea that I have hoped to promote in this piece is that the only place where our truth matters is when we are conducting the affairs of our own lives, not deciding the fate of another. The facts do matter, as does taking a balanced view by looking at both side of any story. If life is a play between opposite forces, may we all find the fundamental wisdom of the middle way

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“A situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.”

In this week’s podcast, I talk about how we discern fact from fiction and why we need to balance our emotional reactions with critical thinking. Often we trust our feelings as a substitute for using our intuition, which comes from a neutral space rather than a reactionary state of consciousness.

Once again we are seeing a battle between opposing forces that is playing out within the crucible of the Kavanagh/Ford hearing in America. While being assessed for a position in the highest court in the land, a man has been accused of sexual assault by a woman. The character of both parties has been called into question by the media and people are taking sides. But how can we assess claims that have no evidence? How important is the presumption of innocence? And what makes us sure we’re right when our opinions are based on unconscious belief systems that are never examined?

Whatever our opinion on this, or any issue, the only way to have clarity is to delve into our own psyche and start from a position of uncertainty, or at least open-mindedness.

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Books

Wild Swans – Jung Chang (Biography/Chinese History)
The Crucible – Arthur Miller (Play/Tragedy)

Other Videos

Feminism: Socialism in Panties – Karen Straughan
Rubin Report: Peterson, Shapiro, Weinstein on Finding Common Ground with Left and Right
Ben Shapiro’s Sunday Special with Factual Feminist Christina Hoff Sommers
Lauren Chen, Bridget Phetasy & Ariel Gold on Kavanagh/Ford Hearing
Christie Blatchford and Jordan Peterson Discuss the #metoo Movement
Sunday Special with Cameron Kasky, Former “March for Our Lives” Activist
Star Trek “Drumhead”: Picard Speech About Spreading Fear in the Name of Righteousness
Academics expose corruption in Gender, Race, Sexuality & Grievance Studies
James Damore, Helen Pluckrose on Postmodernism & Psychological Needs
Christina Hoff Sommers (Factual Feminist) on Joe Rogan Podcast

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In this week’s podcast I talk about nihilism and the futility of existence. Why do things matter to us, or not? Is it worth living a life that we feel is empty and meaningless, or does that attitude set us free? A lack of meaning can lead to depression, which is in itself comforting on some level as we perceive ourselves as victims. Wish fulfillment and magical thinking can seem like an easy way to combat depressive states of consciousness, but often leave us feeling unfulfilled. Wishing for a thing doesn’t make it so; it’s a deep examination of our values that reveals our purpose.

Purpose, meaning and responsibility are the antidote to nihilism and set us apart from other sentient beings who are not so aware of themselves and their existence. Yet self-awareness can create self-obsession, over-thinking and all manner of mental illnesses. The fact that we are truly sentient is our greatest gift, but if not used properly can become a curse. How can we live with this double edged sword of consciousness?

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Additional Videos

Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray in London (Religion vs Rationality)
“Measure of Man” (Star Trek Next Generation Episode) Picard Speech on Sentience

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In this week’s podcast I talk about our desire to speed up our natural evolution through technology and the potential problems this can cause. Elon Musk has spoken at length on the dangers of creating advanced artificial intelligence before we have understood the worst case scenarios. Our shortsightedness and failure to think through the consequences of our actions has caused us untold suffering in the past. So how can we develop the wisdom needed to evolve naturally?

Part of the problem is that many find it difficult to transcend above their emotional reactions or the survival consciousness caused by the rat race. We live within our limbic system with our emotional reactions running the show. Are there ways for us to activate other parts of our minds that may have been damaged or switched off? Can we use the brain capabilities of geniuses or savants as a blueprint for a more natural evolution, or as we destined to evolve artificially?

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Books

The Hero’s Journey – Joseph Campbell (Myth)
Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot (Quantum Consciousness)

Additional Videos

Joe Rogan Experience with Elon Musk – AI and Living in a Simulation
Rubin Report with Guest Host Ben Shapiro
10 Unsettling Solutions to the Fermi Paradox (Where are the Aliens?)
Ben Shapiro’s Sunday Special with “Factual Feminist” Christina Hoff Sommers

Star Trek Next Generation Episodes Related to AI

Season 2, Episode 9 “Measure of a Man.”

Season 2, Episode 16 “Q Who?”

Season 4, Episode 19, “The Nth Degree.”

Other TV Series and Films

Terminator (1984)

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Gattaca (1997)

Discrimination Law “New California legislation SB-826 seeks to mandate a formula for adding women directors to California-headquartered boards commencing 2019/2020 through 2021. The formula they propose requires all California company boards to have one female director by 2019, companies with 5 directors must have 2 women directors, and companies with 6 directors must have 3 women directors by 2021 or pay penalties.” Read full article from Forbes.com

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“I’m willing to suffer the consequences of my error, that’s not the same as being right.” Jordan Peterson

The consequence of craving is suffering. This is one of the main teachings in Buddhism, yet it’s mostly ignored by modern spiritual seekers in favour of the pursuit of inner peace. We meditate, do yoga and practice mindfulness, while turning away from the key to finding liberation; becoming free from strong desires, or attachments.

It’s not that we shouldn’t have desires, it’s that our attachments to them cause us pain. We make bad decisions because we fear the consequences of not having our desires met and remain on the hamster wheel of acquisition and power in order to satisfy our feelings of emptiness.

Not getting what we want is an important teaching. Suffering the consequences of our actions is another. Yet we spend most of our lives running from both these scenarios. Let’s look more deeply at desire.

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Books

The Power of Now – Eckart Tolle (Consciousness/Buddhism)
A New Earth – Eckart Tolle (Consciousness/Mind)
Happiness – Matthieu Ricard (Buddhism/Mind)
The Tao – Lao Tsu (Ancient Taoist Text)
Five Proofs for the Existence of God – Edward Feser (Religion/Philosophy)

Documentaries

Kumare is a wise guru from the East who indoctrinated a group of followers in the West. Kumare, however, is not real–he is the alter ego of American filmmaker Vikram Gandhi, who impersonated a spiritual leader for the sake of a social experiment designed to challenge one of the most widely accepted taboos: that only a tiny “1%” can connect the rest of the world to a higher power.

Other videos

The Buddhist Society of Western Australia – Dharma Talks by Ajahn Brahm
The Daily Wire with Professor Edward Feser – Religion and the Existence of God

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“In the beginning was the word…”

There are many definitions of The Logos; the word, discourse, plan, truth, spirit and the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning. Yet the words we listen to today are often far from truthful and we have come to rely upon rhetoric rather than facts. We have a new lexicon of terms that have been rinsed of all meaning and act as a safety blanket to shield us from the fallout of a crumbling system.

But we’re not in Kansas anymore and the old ways of papering over the cracks are no longer working. The disingenuous are being called to account, which can bring up fear in the collective and can lead us into denial. But we have the tools to deal with our fear through the philosophical teachings of Stoicism and Buddhism. They help us develop a fierce level of compassion rather than a false sense of transcendence.

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Part podcast, part meditation; this week I speak about love. Not romantic or familial love, but the unconditional love that forms our inner presence. Our presence is not the same as our energy field, which can be affected by the outer reality. Our presence is the core of unconditional love that we all carry within. This is where our power lies. Our presence is our power; our presence is our protection.

When we feel buffeted by the storm, we can seek refuge within ourselves by developing our inner core of unconditional love. We can invoke the assistance of other worldly beings, or we can simply focus on those we love and send that feeling out into the unified field for the benefit of all. This will bring us a feeling of connection to heal the division that is so prevalent in the world today.

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Books

His Dark Materials Trilogy – Phillip Pullman (Fiction/Fantasy)

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Before we embark on examining our psyche, our view of life and ourselves is clouded by the past. This inner distortion actually blocks the natural process of change that we all undergo by virtue of being born. Mental illness can be seen as a reaction to these inner blocks and the world of denial that many of us live in.

Developing a connection to spiritual energy through meditation and other practices can help us clean the windscreen of our minds, so we can see more clearly. Examining our inner duality will lead to a sense of humility and increase our compassion for ourselves and others.

In this week’s podcast I talk about the alchemy of change and how understanding our inner duality helps us turn lead into gold.

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Books

The Road Less Travelled – M.Scott Peck (Psychological Growth)
The Wheels of Life – Anodea Judith (Chakras/Healing)
Eastern Body Western Mind – Anodea Judith (Chakras)
Change Your Thinking – Sarah Edelman (CBT)
The Tao – Lao Tsu (Ancient Taoist Text)
Ego State Therapy – Gordon Emmerson (Psychology/Hypnosis)

Additional Videos

The Taoist Way: Alan Watts
Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality: Anil Seth (TED Talk)
The Archetype of the Devouring Mother: Theryn Meyer & Jordan Peterson
Four Types of Narcissism – Dr Ramani Durvasula

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Following on from last week’s podcast on injustice and corruption within our society, I ask why we find it necessary and even preferable, to fall into denial. This state of being thwarts change and allows the darkness to spread like a cancer within us and the collective. Presently, everything we have covered up, buried and denied will begin to awaken, so we need to decide whether to run from, or befriend, these sleeping giants in our unconscious.

I talk about our propensity to believe those in authority, those who charm us and those who seem too good to be true. I look into the psychology of narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths, so we can begin to see the predators who are hiding in plain sight and call them out on their manipulative behaviour.

Our natural state is one of grace and unconditional love. Nature surrounds us with unconditional love and acceptance because we are part of the Earth. The more time we can spend in nature the easier it will be to remember who we really are.

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Books

Wild Swans – Jung Chang (Biography/Chinese History)
Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine – Yang Jisheng (Chinese Political History)
The Psychopath Test – Jon Ronson (Mental Health)

Documentaries

Snowden (film) the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world
United States of Secrets (Part 1) PBS Documentary on NSA spying activities pre and post Snowden.
Conspiracy of Silence: Based on DeCamp’s riveting book, The Franklin Cover-up, “Conspiracy of Silence”is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a nationwide child abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of the US government.

Additional Videos

When Louis (Theroux) Met Jimmy (Savile)
Amanda Ellis on Madeleine McCann Case

Netflix Documentary

The Keepers – The story of the murder of Sister Catherine Ceznik

The second Louis Theroux/Savile Documentary, the title of which is “Looking Back on Jimmy Savile.”

The other film I mentioned is “Born Free.” (1966)

The woman who is “Literally a Communist.” is Ash Sarkar from Novara Media.

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In this week’s podcast I talk about justice and corruption, with reference to miscarriages of justice and systemic abuse that we would rather not look into. The subject matter may make us feel angry and helpless, we may want to bury our heads in the sand and pretend the darkest elements of humanity don’t exist, but we owe it to the victims to become informed.

The process of awakening means letting go of our illusions and facing the truth, no matter how unpalatable. As with all situations in life, if we don’t know the truth we are living our lives with blinkers on. While we don’t want to wallow in the murky waters of the collective shadow, we do need to know how easy it is for our spirit to be corrupted.

I decided to list all the resources I mentioned in the podcast, so if you do decide to look into these subjects you can see the patterns that emerge.

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Books

The Fate of Empires – Sir John Glubb (Essay)
The Franklin Cover Up – John DeCamp (Political Corruption/Abuse)

Documentaries

Four Horseman is free from mainstream media propaganda — the film doesn’t bash bankers, criticise politicians or get involved in conspiracy theories. It ignites the debate about how to usher a new economic paradigm into the world which would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions.
Conspiracy of Silence. Based on DeCamp’s riveting book, The Franklin Cover-up, “Conspiracy of Silence”is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a nationwide child abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of the US government.

Other Videos

Systemic Child Abuse Cover Up – Whistleblower Speaks (John Wedger)
An Open Secret – Treatment of Children in Hollywood
The Perverted World of Marc Dutroux
The Swamp – Episode 1 (Inside Washington and American Political System)
Scandal at the Vatican (Marcial Maciel)

Netflix Documentaries

Making a Murderer (The Steven Avery Case)

The Staircase (Author Michael Peterson Accused of Murder)

The China Hustle (Manipulation of Economic Markets)

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How do we know where our thoughts come from? It feels like they’re generated by our minds but could that be simply because that is what we have been taught? How do we distinguish guidance from our everyday thoughts?

As we continue to traverse the world of blinkered, polarised thinking it is important that we elevate our thought processes and begin to examine the possible origins of thought itself. Once we begin to notice that information and energy surrounds us, we will see that our thoughts may not be our own. They could come from the collective consciousness, our guides or other unseen forces, and our nearest and dearest. How do we learn to tell the difference and reconnect to our latent psychic abilities?

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Books

The Path of Energy – Dr Synthia Andrews (Energy Healing)
Hands of Light – Barbara Ann Brennan (Healing)
Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot (Quantum Consciousness)
Wild Swans – Jung Chang (Biography/Chinese History)
1984 – George Orwell (Political Fiction)
Archetype and the Collective Unconscious – Carl Jung (Psychology)
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle – Carl Jung (Psychology)

Additional Videos

Bill Burr on Politics, Nerd Jesus, Pollution and Roller Blades
Rubin Report: Peterson, Shapiro, Weinstein on Finding Common Ground with Left and Right

Other Websites

www.amandaellis.co.uk

www.theoceancleanup.com

www.billburr.com/podcast-2/

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What is the benefit of developing a sense of inner neutrality and how much responsibility do we have to get involved in solving other people’s problems? Often, we are the keepers of other people’s secrets, or we are privy to information that may help others to make informed decisions, yet we stay quiet. Why?

Maybe we want to keep the peace, keep things the same and not rock the boat. Perhaps we believe everyone has a responsibility to fight their own battles. But one thing is clear, whether it’s disclosure about events in our personal lives or the collective, we need to be find a balance between involvement, blame and taking a neutral position.

Resentment and victim-hood are not a stable foundations on which to build the new. Moving past these states of consciousness are vital, otherwise we repeat the pattern of oppressed fighting the oppressors. We are all flawed, let’s move on from that point. It’s time to be honest. It’s time to stop hiding.

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Documentaries

Conspiracy of Silence. Based on DeCamp’s riveting book, The Franklin Cover-up, “Conspiracy of Silence”is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a nationwide child abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of the US government.

Additional Videos

The Taoist Way: Alan Watts
Systemic Child Abuse Cover Up – Whistleblower Speaks
Prince BET Interview and Performance

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Wisdom is only gained by walking your own path. In this week’s podcast I take some time to walk through the forest and drop beneath the swirl of chaotic energy that permeates our existence. I talk about the danger of substituting information and knowledge for wisdom and identifying too much with our intellect. The shift that many have spoken about has already happened and what we are seeing are the death throes of a dying system.

Following on from last week’s podcast on the personality typing system, The Enneagram, I delve more deeply into the shadow side of each type and the predominant feelings they have to deal with, including – anger, fear and shame. These feelings are the internal wisdom teachings of the self and should be treated as precious gems that need to be brought into the light of day. How can we develop feelings of internal support and peace while the storms rage on?

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Books

The Fate of Empires – Sir John Glubb (Essay)
Archetype and the Collective Unconscious – Carl Jung (Psychology)

Additional Videos

Don Hoffman on Consciousness and Reality (After On Podcast)
Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality: Anil Seth (TED Talk)

Other Websites

www.enneagraminstitute.com

Film

The Abyss – (1989)

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The heatwave has turned the Highlands into a jungle. It’s so green and lush we could easily be in the tropics. In this week’s podcast I talk briefly about Geoengineering, the latest plan to manage the climate, before delving more deeply into the subject of personality types.

Understanding the five main personality traits, Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (OCEAN) and where we lie on each spectrum can help us understand why we believe what we believe, as well as which partner or career we should choose. I also talk about the Enneagram, a personality typing method that deals with nine archetypes including “The Reformer”, “The Enthusiast” and “The Helper”. Which one are you and why does it matter?

Here are some links and graphics to help you decide. (Available when viewing this on my website).

https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions/

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Books

Personality Types (Jung) – Daryl Sharp (Jungian Psychology)
Understanding the Enneagram –D. Riso and R. Hudson (Personality Typing)

Other Websites

www.enneagraminstitute.com

www.myersbriggs.org

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“A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.” Alexander Pope (Essay on Criticism)

In this week’s podcast I talk about the dangers of superficial learning and the benefits of the ‘Classical’ method of education that has been all but lost in today’s society. I talk about ancient civilisations, human origins and climate change as a way to demonstrate our penchant for drinking only “shallow draughts”. Delving deeply into topics that we believe are ‘a done deal’ is a foolproof way to exercise and transform our minds. Will you take up this week’s challenge to investigate the opposing side of an argument you are 100% sure of?

By looking at contentious issues we give our minds the exercise that is so often saved only for our bodies. Our minds can atrophy and as Einstein said, our eyes “are dimmed” when we disregard the mysterious. Whether we feel we don’t have the time or that we must rely only on experts to give us the truth, we are doing ourselves, the earth and humanity a disservice and hinder our psychological evolution.

So, drink deeply of the “Pierian spring”. The resources below will definitely get those grey cells working.

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Books

Forbidden Archaeology – Michael Cremo (Ancient Civilisations)
Lost Civilisations and Secrets of the Past – Editors Pye and Dalley
Fingerprints of The Gods – Graham Hancock (Ancient Civilisations)
Magicians of The Gods – Graham Hancock (Ancient Civilisations)
Frozen Earth – Doug MacDougall (Science – Ice Ages)
1984 – George Orwell (Political Fiction)
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos – Jordan Peterson (Psychology)

Documentaries

Magical Egypt. There is another side of Egypt that is not so widely known. Egypt is also the land of secrets. Another history, a secret history, tells of Egypt as the inheritor of deep wisdom and magical ability from an even earlier culture.

Additional Videos

Dr Don EasterBrook on Global Warming
Wikileaks on Climategate
Data or Dogma? (Climate Change Scientist Dr Judith Curry)
What is the Average Global Temperature? – Corbett Report
Forbidden Archaeology Micheal Cremo Google Talk
Joe Rogan Podcast with Hancock, Carlson & Shermer – Rise of Civilisation
Alex Epstein & Dave Rubin Talk About Climate Change
Feminism: Socialism in Panties – Karen Straughan
The Burden of Being Male – Karen Straughan
Rogan Argues with Thaddeus Russell About Men not Being Born Men
Mystery of the Sphinx – John Anthony West
The Sphinx, Goebekli Tepe, Ancient Catastropes – Dr Robert Schoch
Are Women and Men More Similar or More Different Biologically – Rogan/Peterson
Climategate ‘hide the decline’ Explained by Berkeley Professor Richard A. Muller
Climate Change Explained and Proof it’s Man Made (Dr. Michael E. Mann)

Other websites

www.climate4you.com
www.skepticalscience.com
www.theoceancleanup.com

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the importance and power of symbols, from corporate brands to spiritual images. We are influenced by these symbols from birth, yet we are encouraged to view life as a collection of nouns without meaning because we have lost the use of metaphorical language, which formed the worldview of our ancestors.

I talk about some of the symbols that are personal to me and the different meanings associated with them. I discuss Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs that is based on one of our most ancient symbols; the pyramid. We are accustomed to hierarchies and an upward movement towards growth, but are we willing to descend into the depths of ourselves in order to develop Diamond Consciousness, which is multi-faceted and cuts through our defence mechanisms to get to the truth.

One of the most contentious issues of our times is the impact humans have on the Earth, which of course links into our levels of consumerism. I thought I would recommend two very different perspectives on this subject (Nos. 5 and 80) in the resources below. I also include discussions about the need for God in our lives and whether there is a life force that transcends matter, as they perfectly illustrate the depth of analysis and understanding we need to develop when grappling with these complex topics.

Can we hold all perspectives in our mind, or must we choose sides?

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Documentaries

No Logo In the last decade, No Logo has become a cultural manifesto for the critics of unfettered capitalism worldwide. As the world faces a second economic depression, No Logo’s analysis of our corporate and branded world is as timely and powerful as ever.

Additional Videos

Alex Epstein & Dave Rubin Talk About Climate Change
“Do We Need God to Make Sense of Life?” – Susan Blackmore vs Jordan Peterson
“A Glitch in the Matrix” – Intellectual Dark Web & the Mainstream Media
Science vs God – Is There A Life Force That Transcends Matter? (Sheldrake/Brand)

Books

Man and His Symbols – Carl Jung (Jungian Psychology)

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I hit the road again in this week’s podcast because being outside and connected to nature brings me more clarity, but why? Once we understand that our own frequency and bio-rhythms need to be in sync with that of the Earth, we can understand why being in nature is so important to our well-being. Not only do we become energised, but we learn the lessons that nature has to teach us, the main one being unity.

Unity Consciousness is one of the most prevalent topics of conversation in spiritual circles and is said to be the ultimate goal. But what is it and how can we reach this state of consciousness while we are living in such polarising times?

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Resonance: Beings of Frequency is a sensational journey, which reveals 60 years of scientific research into the harm being caused to life by man made wireless frequencies. Mankind has submerged itself in an ocean of artificial frequencies. They are all around us, filling the air and drowning out the earth’s natural resonance. To the naked eye the planet appears to be the same. But at a cellular level it is the biggest change that life on earth has endured; the affects of which we are just starting to see and feel.

Additional Videos

Jordan Peterson: Masculinity isn’t Toxic
Political Correctness Debate with Stephen Fry, Jordan Peterson, Michelle Goldberg and Michael Dyson
Feminism: Socialism in Panties – Karen Straughan
The Burden of Being Male – Karen Straughan
Rogan Argues with Thaddeus Russell About Gender and Race
Are Women and Men More Similar or More Different Biologically – Rogan/Peterson

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In this week’s podcast I talk about freedom without consequences. It sounds like a movie title, doesn’t it? And in a way it is a fairy tale; yet this concept underpins so many of the social movements towards change.

We spend so much time trying to change the behaviour of others, either in our personal lives or the collective, because we feel offended or threatened. Yet these feelings come from a deep sense of unworthiness; an unconscious feeling that we all have in common.

We may act it out in different ways; criticising or controlling others, demanding attention and validation or people-pleasing. These defence mechanisms are all attempts to prove our worthiness. Yet these behaviours don’t heal our wounds and make us feel separate from one other.

I ask why we feel that having no consequences to our actions equals freedom and empowerment and how can we create strong, yet malleable personal boundaries that allow us all to be our true selves.

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Books

“Women Who Run With the Wolves.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Additional Videos

Jordan Peterson on Bill Mahr Show – Polaraisation of Society
Alan Watts – What You Do and What Happens to You

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the elusive and multi-layered concept of Time. Whether it is the pressure of clock time or the emotions associated with psychological time, we experience time as a construct of either society or our own minds. To escape the confines of time we need to learn to connect to our own timeline and begin to work with “Father Time”; our greatest teacher.

Many people speak about the “No Time”, a spiritual realm where time doesn’t exist, but what does this means? It’s difficult for our minds to grasp this concept as we make sense of living through the construct of time. It is so much a part of existence that we rarely question how it works or see how malleable it is. By unravelling the concept of “No Time” we can learn how to be liberated from the pressures of time and be free within the present moment.

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Additional Videos

Terrence Mckenna – Encountering the Wholly Other

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“It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden of which we are unaware.” Albert Einstein

We’re going galactic this week on the podcast, as we move from the quantum reality to the macrocosm. Are we alone in the universe? Can we dial into the Universal switchboard and contact beings from other dimensions? What is the science behind channelling? How does hypnosis and meditation help us to become clearer receivers of cosmic guidance?

This week I look at the evidence for contact with inter-dimensional beings and ask why the subject is often ridiculed. I take a look at the world of channelling, that has become so much a part of the New Age Movement and move on to discuss ways we can become more discerning when seeking information from outside sources, be they cosmic, divine or otherwise.

I talk about the spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti who was seen to be a mystic, someone who had a direct link to divine truth and ask if there is a difference between mystics, prophets and the channellers we see on You Tube. How do we tell the difference between them? And should we even listen to them at all?

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Books

Three Waves of Volunteers – Dolores Cannon (Hypnosis/ETs)
Bringers of the Dawn – Barbara Marciniak (Spiritual Evolution)
No More Secrets, No More Lies – Patricia Cori (Human Evolution)
The Wanderers Handbook – Carla Lisbeth Rueckert (Human Evolution)
The Law of One – Carla Rueckert, Don Elkins, and James McCarty (Human Evolution)

Additional Videos

Krishnamurti: Evolution of Society
Krishnamurti Link to All Documentaries (“The Challenge of Change” and Others)
Michio Kaku Explains String Theory
Paul Hellyer – Citizen Hearing on UFOs
Stanton Friedman – Citizen Hearing on UFOs
Disclosure Project National Press Club Event
UK Police Detective Evidence – Citizens Hearing on UFOs

Documentaries

I know What I Saw – Mass UFO sighting in Phoenix Arizona.

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Following on from last week’s podcast, I have created a guided meditation to help you release the past and set intentions for the future. When we’re in a relaxed state we are much more susceptible to positive suggestions and we add more power to our intentions. The added benefit is our bodies are regenerated simply by taking 30 minutes to truly relax.

I recommend you listen to this before you sleep at night and use headphones if possible. The more you listen to it the more you will benefit.

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In this week’s podcast, I ask what part our own beliefs and intentions play in scientific experiments and how the power of intention can help us shape the world at large. With the help of biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s book “The Science Delusion” I talk about the assumptions made by the Materialist paradigm and discuss how the Placebo Effect and the Observer Effect are helping to upgrade this view of the universe.

Rather than being “lumbering robots” with a pre-programmed genetic destiny, we can see through the science of Epigenetics that our external environment and inner emotional state can have an affect on our genes. These scientific breakthroughs free us from accepting the cards we’ve been dealt.

The question is which bus do we want to be on? The one with the shades pulled down or the one that catapults us into a new way of understanding and relating to the world?

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Books

The Field – Lynn McTaggart (Quantum Physics/Consciousness)
The Intention Experiment – Lynne McTaggart (Consciousness)
Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot (Quantum Consciousness)
In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat – John Gribbin (Quantum Physics/Reality)
The Science Delusion – Rupert Sheldrake (Scientific Dogma)
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins (Religious Dogma)
Biology of Belief – Bruce Lipton Ph.D. (Science/Epigenetics)
Evolve Your Brain – Dr Joe Dispenza (Consciousness/Mind)

Additional Videos

The Brain with David Eagleman – What is Reality?
The Primacy of Consciousness – Peter Russell
Psychic Abilities – Physicist Russell Targ
The Machine, The Ghost and The Limits of Understanding – N.Chomsky
The Science Delusion – Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk
Rupert Sheldrake on Morphic Resonance and more
Waking Cosmos: Garret Moddel Ph.D. on Science Behind Psychic Phenomenon
Epigenetic Explained on the SciShow
Bruce Lipton Epigenetics 101 Explained
Science vs God – Is There a Life Force that Transcends Matter (Sheldrake/Brand)
Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality – Anil Seth (TED Talk)

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Join me this week as I talk about the importance of creating our own communities as a way to support each other. I speak about the rural community I live in and how living here has crystallized my sense of purpose in life. We all have a purpose but many have yet to discover it. Some people are simply here to be frequency holders, embodiers of love and compassion, as Eckart Tolle speaks about in his book “A New Earth”.

But what do we mean by “frequency” and how can understanding the unified field of existence help us to understand our purpose? In which ways can each of us lend a helping hand to our fellow man.? And is there any benefit to being, what many people call “service-to-self” oriented, in this game we call life?

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Books

Sacred Contracts – Caroline Myss (Psychology/Archetypes)
Defy Gravity – Caroline Myss (Spiritual Healing)
A New Earth – Eckart Tolle (Consciousness/Mind)
The Field – Lynn McTaggart (Quantum Physics/Consciousness)
The Intention Experiment – Lynne McTaggart (Consciousness)
Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot (Quantum Consciousness)
The Wanderers Handbook – Carla Lisbeth Rueckert (Human Evolution)
The Prophet – Kahil Gibran (Prose/Poetry/Philosophy)

Additional Videos

You Are a Simulation – TED Talk
Elon Musk: Living in a Simulation
The Primacy of Consciousness – Peter Russell
The Buddhist Society of Western Australia – Dharma Talks by Ajahn Brahm
Don Hoffman on Consciousness and Reality (After On Podcast)
A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram

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Join me this week as I take a hike around the hills and talk about the concept of karma. Each spiritual tradition has ideas about why bad things happen in the world. Karma, in a traditional sense, is a form of cosmic justice that ensures we all eventually reap what we sow. But is this really true?

If the force of karma does exist how does this tie-in with free will? Is life really just a game and all of us simply players? Are we destined to play out our karmic roles or can we assert our free will and make new choices? Rather than believing that an external force will hold us accountable for our actions, we can decide to be our own teacher and learn by our mistakes. As William Blake said, “The fool who persists in his folly becomes wise.” and what better place to play the fool than here.

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Films/TV

The Truman Show (1998)

Black Mirror – Hang the DJ (Season 4, Episode 4)

Documentaries

The War You Don’t See is a powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war. As weapons and propaganda become even more sophisticated, the nature of war is developing into an ‘electronic battlefield’ in which journalists play a key role, and civilians are the victims.

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What is consciousness? Where does it originate from? Some say it resides in our brain and others believe we can project our conscious awareness anywhere we choose.

Shamanic cultures have accessed other dimensional realms for millennia and modern day seekers can use psycho-spiritual drugs as a shortcut to these spiritual places. But delving into other aspects of reality can be hazardous if we don’t understand or respect their sacred nature.

In this week’s podcast I discuss the scientific and spiritual nature of consciousness, psychic phenomenon and ask if the fraction of reality we are able to perceive through our five sense is the only reality available to us.

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Books

Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot (Quantum Consciousness)
The Science Delusion – Rupert Sheldrake (Scientific Dogma)
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins (Religious Dogma)
Between Life and Death – Dolores Connon (Hypnosis/Afterlife)
The Afterlife of Billy Fingers – Annie Kagan (Afterlife/Consciousness)

Documentaries

DMT: The Spirit Molecule From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted U.S. Government-approved and funded clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected sixty volunteers with DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. His detailed account of those sessions is an extraordinarily riveting inquiry into the nature of the human mind and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics.

Additional Videos

Science and spirituality: Jeff Lieberman at TED
Psychosis or Spiritual Awakening – Phil Borges at TED
The Brain with David Eagleman – What is Reality?
The Primacy of Consciousness – Peter Russell
Terence McKenna: Carl Jung, Psychic Archetypes and DMT
The Sleeping Psychic: Edgar Cayce Biography
Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stoke of Insight (TED)
Psychic Abilities – Physicist Russell Targ
The Science Delusion – Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk
Rupert Sheldrake on Morphic Resonance and more
Waking Cosmos: Garret Moddel Ph.D. on Science Behind Psychic Phenomenon
Science Vs God – Is There A Life Force That Transcends Matter? (Sheldrake/Brand)
Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality: Anil Seth (TED Talk)

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In this week’s podcast I talk about change and how we can develop a sense of “stable flexibility” that gives us a foundation to stand upon when things get rocky. Our lives involve a continual process of death and rebirth, where we get to release old beliefs and even our sense of identity, in order to move on to pastures new.

A deconstruction of our beliefs and identity is necessary if we want to grow into empowered individuals. Even though this loss causes us pain, we can learn to dive into our emotions so we can free up more space within us, allowing new possibilities to emerge.

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Films/TV

Argo (2012)

Inception (2010)

Black Mirror: Arkangel (Season 4, Episode 2)

Additional Videos

“A Glitch in the Matrix” – Intellectual Dark Web & the Mainstream Media

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the current trend towards extreme simplicity and why this method of promoting change is destined to create more problems than it solves. Whether we are talking about women’s rights, differences between genders or climate change, the solutions are never black and white.

Our ability to listen to others, examine our own behaviour and understand when we are emotionally triggered, helps us to be more assertive and nuanced when solving personal or global problems. Our responsibility to find our purpose and formulate our own ideas is far more important to our psychological well-being than managing the external responsibilities of life.

A response to suffering can be a feeling that life is unfair, which can lead to toxic tribalism and the ideological oversimplification that is so rampant today. By listening to some nuanced discussions about today’s topical issues we can develop our critical faculties, which brings clarity rather than the impractical goal of ending all suffering.

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Books

The Fate of Empires – Sir John Glubb (Essay)

Documentaries

Four Horseman is free from mainstream media propaganda — the film doesn’t bash bankers, criticise politicians or get involved in conspiracy theories. It ignites the debate about how to usher a new economic paradigm into the world which would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions.
The Shock Doctrine is Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein’s companion piece to her popular 2007 book of the same name. In short, the shock doctrine is a theory for explaining the way that force, stealth and crisis are used in implementing neoliberal economic policies such as privatization, deregulation and cuts to social services.
Economics of Happiess features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization. (A full version is also available)

Additional Videos

Jordan Petersen on Gender Pay (Cathy Newman/Channel Four)
Joe Rogan Podcast: Weinstein & Heying – Evolutionary Biologist talk about Gender
Joe Rogan Podcast: Jordan Petersen on – 12 Rules for Life
Free Trade and Humanity – Noam Chomsky
Free Trade and Third World Debt (World Bank) – John Pilger
Secrets of The CIA (Doco) – James L Otis
James Turk on Fiat Money
John Perkins on Secret Empires
Financial Trader on Benefit of Collapsing Markets: Goldman Sachs Rules the World (BBC)
Change the System, Not the Planet – Naomi Klein
Yanis Varoufakis on Greek Bailout (RT)
Corseter Mum Shrinks Waist To 18 Inches

Other Websites

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LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the importance of discipline in our everyday lives. Not the kind of discipline that we associate with control or punishment, but a higher octave of consciousness that keeps us from the inertia that often dominates our personal growth.

The spiritual disciplines from all traditions tend to focus on stillness, solitude, study and meditation, so how do we practice these in our busy live? Carl Jung once remarked that “Hurry is not of the Devil; it is the Devil.” because constant activity is just another way in which we distract ourselves from hearing our inner voice. Learning to listen to that voice is one of the most valuable tasks we can undertake so we can learn to live, in what Richard Foster would call, “the appropriateness of the hour.”

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Books

Celebration of Discipline – Richard Foster (Spiritual Growth)
Change Your Thinking – Sarah Edelman (CBT)
The Field – Lynn McTaggart (Quantum Physics/Consciousness)
The Intention Experiment – Lynne McTaggart (Consciousness)
Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot (Quantum Consciousness)
In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat – John Gribbin (Quantum Physics/Reality)

Audio Books

The Way of Zen – Alan Watts

Additional Videos

The Importance of Discipline – Alan Watts
Waking Cosmos: Garret Moddel Ph.D. on Science Behind Psychic Phenomenon

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the importance of creativity and intuition. Being creative elevates us above our ordinary consciousness and connects us to our lifeblood. It gives us energy as it is an active rather than a passive pursuit. Creative expression stimulates different areas of our brain and brings with it feelings of inspiration while alleviating stress.

When we begin to listen to our intuition we can see we are guided towards being more creative. Our intuition often gives us illogical guidance that require us to take a leap of faith, but the more we do this the more interesting our lives become. I talk about my own journey of radical change that led me to living in a cabin in the woods, my very own field of dreams, and how we can learn to trust our own inner voice.

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Audio Books

Spiritual Madness – Caroline Myss

Additional Videos

Prince BET Interview and Performance
Prince, Tom Petty and others – “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
David Bowie &The Story Of Ziggy Stardust

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the importance of getting in touch with the invisible world, the world beyond our five senses. The easiest way to access this world is by beginning to understand the Self, which is the invisible essence within us.

Other examples of invisible forces, such as consciousness and the Chakra system, are discussed as a way to loosen our attachment to the idea that we are material girls and boys, living in a material world.

Through understanding metaphor and certain spiritual teachings such as, “forgiveness” and “surrender”, we can raise our consciousness from the concrete level of life that keeps us stuck in familiar patterns.

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Books

Anatomy of the Spirit – Caroline Myss (Chakras/Energy Medicine)
The Path of Energy – Dr Synthia Andrews (Energy Healing)
The Wheels of Life – Anodea Judith (Chakras/Healing)
Eastern Body Western Mind – Anodea Judith (Chakras/Healing)
Hands of Light – Barbara Ann Brennan (Healing)
Biology of Belief – Bruce Lipton Ph.D. (Science/Epigenetics)
Secret of Your Cells – Sandra Barrett PhD (Quantum/Energy Healing)
The Brain that Changes Itself – Dr Norman Doidge MD (Mind)

Documentaries

Burzinksky: Cancer is Serious Business. Eric Merola’s award-winning documentary showcased Dr. Burzynski’s remarkable cancer discovery for all the world to see, and explained how he won the largest and possibly the most convoluted and intriguing legal battles against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in American history.

Additional Videos

Krishnamurti – Who Am I?
Terrence Mckenna – Encountering the Wholly Other
Science Vs God – Is There A Life Force That Transcends Matter? (Sheldrake/Brand)

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In this week’s podcast, we dive into the murky waters of, what Carl Jung called, our Shadow. This part of us resides in our subconscious mind and is made up of everything we have suppressed. It can rise up and takeover our lives, high-jack our relationships and in extreme cases cause personality disorders. Yet if we give it our attention it can become a road map towards health and happiness.

I also discuss modern day relationship dynamics as viewed through the lens of the shadow, and how we can unify our masculine and feminine aspects to bring and end to the internal battle that often wages within us.

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Books

Sacred Contracts – Caroline Myss (Psychology/Archetypes)
Women Who Run With The Wolves – C.P. Estes (Psychology)
Archetype and the Collective Unconscious – Carl Jung (Psychology)
Archetypes: Who Are You? – Caroline Myss (Psychology/Archetypes)

Audio Books

1 Intuition and the Mystical Life – Caroline Myss and Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Additional Videos

Matter of Heart – Carl Jung
Terrence McKenna: Carl Jung, Psychic Archetypes and DMT
Gaslight (Film 1940)

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Our feelings can be so overwhelming at times that we either don’t want to look into them, or we simply believe our emotional states to be true. But like so many aspects of life they are in the eye of the beholder. In this week’s podcast I talk about how our beliefs affect our emotional state and why it’s important to understand why we feel they way we feel.

Within society our emotions are played upon by those engaged in social engineering and in a psychological sense, the silky voice of the inner saboteur often convinces us to take the path towards pleasure instead of growth. I discuss how we can navigate these inner and outer forces and become emotionally intelligent.

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Books

The Road Less Travelled – M.Scott Peck (Psychological Growth)
The Power of Now – Eckart Tolle (Consciousness/Buddhism)
A New Earth – Eckart Tolle (Consciousness/Mind)
On Death and Dying – Elizabeth Kübler-Ross (Grief and Dying)
Ego State Therapy – Gordon Emmerson (Psychology/Hypnosis)

Documentaries

“Four Horseman” is free from mainstream media propaganda — the film doesn’t bash bankers, criticise politicians or get involved in conspiracy theories. It ignites the debate about how to usher a new economic paradigm into the world which would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions

Additional Videos

The Trap – Adam Curtis
Becoming a Trans Man: Leo (BBC 3)

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the archetypal Hero’s Journey that we see in myths from around the world and how it relates to our own life journey. Joseph Campbell was the first person to write about this in his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” and Carl Jung wrote about the importance of myth and dream symbols when we are embarking on any kind of psychological growth process. But where do these common stories and motifs come from and why is it important to see our lives in a more symbolic way?

In a world that is moving towards a higher degree of polarisation we need to learn to become more nuanced in our interpretation of events and spiritual teachings. Black and white thinking leads to dogma, which in turns hinders our growth. In this episode I talk about how we can walk the fine line between logic and intuition so we have a balanced view of reality. Viewing life in a symbolic way allows us a different perspective helping us to move out of victimhood and towards empowerment.

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Books

The Hero with a Thousand Faces – Joseph Campbell (Myth)
The Hero’s Journey – Joseph Campbell (Myth)
Man and His Symbols – Carl Jung (Jungian Psychology)
1984 – George Orwell (Political Fiction)

Additional Videos

Alan Watts on Carl Jung
A Matter of Heart – Carl Jung
Joseph Campbell and The Hero’s Journey
Terence McKenna: The Nature of Synchronicity
Alan Watts – What You Do and What Happens to You

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“Buji” is a Zen word meaning “no affectation” or “nothing special” and is assigned to those who are masters in Zen. For the Western mind this makes no sense, as surely someone who has mastered anything should be described as “special” and be worth of praise. Yet this Buji consciousness is something we can all aspire to in order to break out of the need to constantly prove ourselves worthy of being alive.

The best place to cultivate this state of consciousness is in nature, as nature has it in abundance. The video below combines the audio from the podcast with some photographs I’ve taken of our beautiful planet, as well as some of the animal friends I’ve met along the way. I hope it helps you remember this peaceful state of consciousness that is our natural state of being.

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Books

Happiness – Matthieu Ricard (Buddhism/Mind)
The Tao – Lao Tsu (Ancient Taoist Text)

Audio Books/Talks

Out of Your Mind – Alan Watts

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The Taoist Way: Alan Watts

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Much has been said about the awakening process we are collectively going through. The shift in consciousness that occurs is within our power to control, so we don’t get dragged down into the quagmire of disillusion. Yet in some ways this disillusionment is exactly what we need in order to let go of our old beliefs and outworn way of life.

In this podcast I talk about how we can bring back our sense of empowerment by learning how to shift our consciousness in the moment. It is a skill that many people never develop and so positive change never comes. Yet it is the only real power we have; to choose what we focus on, what we think, how we feel and most importantly how we live our lives. When you step into that power you change your reality.

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Books

Change Your Thinking – Sarah Edelman (CBT)

Additional Videos

Keyhole Consciousness – Opening the Door to a New Life
Joe Rogan Podcast with Bret Weinstein & Jordan Peterson (SJW and Left vs Right)
Evergreen Madness – Why Bret Weinstein Left Evergreen College
Don Hoffman on Consciousness and Reality (After On Podcast)

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Do you ever wonder why there are some people who you just can’t get along with? It’s as if they simply don’t understand you, nor you them. Much of the conflict in our relationships can be solved by understanding our own and others dominant personality type. Are we introverted or extroverted? Do we rely on logical thought or make our decisions based on how we feel? Are we intuitive or do we only focus on what is going on around us?

Carl Jung was one of the first psychologists to propose the idea of personality types and his work has been adapted for use in companies around the world. His typology was never meant to pigeon-hole people but to facilitate understanding and improve relationships. The first part of this podcast is a story taken from an excerpt of Daryl Sharp’s book on Jungian Personality types where each personality type becomes a character that perhaps we can each relate to. In the second half of the podcast I explore the practical benefits of becoming familiar with who we are and how we perceive the world. In doing so we can move away from judging each other and towards becoming more tolerant.

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Books

Personality Types (Jung) – Daryl Sharp (Jungian Psychology)

Additional Videos

Alan Watts on Carl Jung
A Matter of Heart – Carl Jung

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In this week’s podcast I talk about the importance of investigating and upgrading spiritual teachings, our obsession with logical and rational thought, why we are so afraid to look at the darker side of ourselves and how we have come to accept that our salvation will come through merging with machines.

Progress is measured by our technological achievements and yet we still live in a world where many are starving or homeless. Before we launch ourselves into the future by merging with machines, we need to understand why we are so afraid of confronting the darkness within ourselves and society otherwise our evolution will only be skin deep. Viewing the full spectrum of life gives us the power to make the radical changes necessary to turn this world around.

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Documentaries

Hypernormalisation is Adam Curtis’ latest documentary film for the BBC released on Oct. 16, 2016. In the film Curtis argues that since the 1970s, governments, financiers, and technological utopians have given up on the complex “real world” and instead built a simple “fake world” that is run by corporations and kept stable by politicians.

Additional Videos

Krishnamurti: Evolution of Society
The Brain with David Eagleman – What is Reality?
Elon Musk: AI is Our Biggest Existential Threat
The Machine, The Ghost and The Limits of Understanding – N.Chomsky
Science Vs God – Is There A Life Force That Transcends Matter? (Sheldrake/Brand)

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