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Purposeful living, practical spirituality... they sound like concepts we would all welcome into our lives! How do we bring compassion, tolerance, and hope to the forefront of our daily endeavors? What role do detachment and discernment play in bringing together our human family? Join hosts Steve Kramer from Spirit Fire and Dr. Dorothy Riddle from the School for Esoteric Studies as they explore spiritual concepts in practical terms. Tune in as they uncover ways that ageless wisdom can guide us in modern times. Spirit Fire Radio will challenge your thinking, offer insights, and discuss activities that foster goodwill in your life and the lives of those you touch.
Steve is a certified teacher and practitioner of The Practice Of Living Awareness meditation technique. He is also President of The Board of Directors of Spirit Fire Meditative Retreat Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization focused on cultivating spirituality and educating people on the importance of consciousness in their everyday lives.
Steve is a teacher of Esoteric Healing, a form of subtle energy healing developed from the Ageless Wisdom teachings through the Tibetan Lama Djwal-Khul. He is also a certified Reiki Master practitioner.
Steve lives in New England where he stewards Spirit Fire Retreat Center which has become a melting pot of spiritual traditions as teachers, students, practitioners, and contemplatives from all over the world come together in the name of conscious co-creation.
Joy is not something we earn or work toward. Joy exists within every moment, we simply need to reveal it. During these days of social distancing, it is imperative that we find goodness in the present moment. We ll discuss mindfulness as a way to find joy in your day to day life. Watch live on Facebook. www.facebook.com/transformationtalkradio/
As spiritual beings having a human experience, we have access to universal wisdom. Not only do we have access to it, but we are a collective embodiment of it. How do we apply this wisdom to our everyday lives and how does this wisdom assist us in stewarding planetary life? Join us as we explore these questions.
How do we harness the power to create order and what does this energy provide to us on the spiritual path? We wrap up our 5-part series on mental energies with the energy of organization. Join us.
Concrete Knowledge will be the theme of today's exploration of the various energies of the mind. This energy allows stimulates invention, finds facts, creates order, and develops practical understanding. "Knowledge will set you free." May it be so.
For the month of April we will explore the energies of the mind. These discussions are intended to compliment last month's exploration of the energies of the heart. Active Intelligence as a quality of Mind will be the theme of today's show.
We conclude our month-long journey through energies of the heart with a look at idealism and devotion. These energies serve well in dedicating ourselves to a cause; they can also create the fanatic. Join us for as lively discussion on ways to access and express idealism and devotion for the greater good of us all.
We continue our month-long discussion of energies of the heart with a segment on harmony through conflict. How do we bridge different approaches to life and the human experience? How do we find common ground with so much diversity in world? We utilize the heart amd its capacity to resonate. Join us.
For the rest of March, we will be examining three of the seven types of energy in our universe. In February, we looked at the energy of Will and how we can best work with it. Now we will be examining how we work with three of the seven energies that we can think of as related to Heart energy, starting with Love-Wisdom.
How do we promote inclusivity and denounce divisiveness? There is a growing need to understand inclusive social action and find ways to impliment this type of action on our daily world stage. We will explore this topic for the month of January and offer an introduction on this show.
How do we wield the powerful force of Will and ensure that it is used for good. On today's show we will discuss goodwill and aligning our actions with a moral compass. Join us.
Destruction is usually seen as negative, yet we are costantly breaking down old forms and replacing them with new. This is called progress or evolution. The energy of the will initiates and destroys. We will discuss these expressions on today's show. Join us.
The freedom to choose is one of the great attributes of human life. Generally, we choose our thoughts, our responses, and our actions. In doing so, we are working with the creative power of the Will. It is wise to be conscious of this energetic aspect of living. Join us for this discussion.
What is the energy that we call Will? What is its purpose and why is our understanding of this powerful force so important? How is it related to spiritual principles? Join us as we begin a new month and a new topic of conversation, the Energy of the Will.
"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is our responsibility to ensure that inclusivity prevails over divisiveness. This is the topic of today's show. Join us.
The 'when' and the 'how' of effective action in the face of social injustice can be a complex matter. We must be cautious not to fan the flame of evil, put ourselves in harm's way, or cause further divisiveness. On today's show we will offer discussion on the implementation of inclusive social action. Join us.
We may sense that social action is necessary but lack the skills or the impetus to get involved. On today's show we will discuss ways that we can prepare ourselves for inclusive social response. Join us.
How do we promote inclusivity and denounce divisiveness? There is a growing need to understand inclusive social action and find ways to impliment this type of action on our daily world stage. We will explore this topic for the month of January and offer an introduction on this show.
Throughout 2018, we've been exploring universal principles and their influence on our personal growth, our society, our spiritual nature, and our capacity to generate goodwill, we look at the ways they shape us as cosmic citizens. Join us as we go galactic for this New Year's encore. It's still all about you, us, and the greater whole... now the cosmic whole!
As the new year approaches, we will dive deep into the concept and quality of hope. Hope is cosmic in nature because it arises out of perceived limitations. It is expansive, creative, and generative. We will discuss the components of hope and ways to bring it forward in your 2019.
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." This humbling quote is from the Dalai Lama From a human perspective, the prospect of worldwide love and compassion seems like a tall order. From a cosmic perspective, the relevance of humanity's presence on Earth seems quite small. So how do we rise to the need? How do we align with cosmic principles which support these qualities. Join us for the discussion.
A moral compass is an internalized set of values and objectives that guide a person with regard to ethical behavior and decision-making. What if this was in relation to our cosmic selves? How might that affect our outlook and our actions? Join us for this conversation.
After spending seven months exploring universal principles and their influence on our personal growth, our society, our spiritual nature, and our capacity to generate goodwill, we look at the ways they shape us as cosmic citizens. Join us as we go galactic and its still all about you, us, amd the greater whole.
Learning to respect differences, building trust, and expanding our circle of care are some of the ways we can increase our ability to cooperate. On today's show we offer insight into strengthening the "cooperation muscle" which moves us toward positive group action. Join us.
As we learn to see ourselves in others and others in ourselves, we understand that cooperation is not only beneficial, but imperative. Cooperation feeds the cyclical nature of expansion and evolution; as we work with others, we feel better and accomplish more. Join us as we explore cooperation as altruism and self-intertest.
As we look out into the world we see plenty of belief systems that support the idea of competition being useful, productive, and necessary. We believe differently. As we cooperate and collaborate, we strive. On today's show we will examine competition and ways that we can adjust our approach to living that creates win-win situations and an appreciation on the process rather than the prize.
We begin a new month and a new topic for consideration. Cooperation is the seventh of the seven principles that underlie our reality which we have dedicated ourselves to discussing each month on Season 3 of Spirit Fire Radio. We evolve through symbiosis and cooperation. Learning to approach people, endeavors, and life itself cooperatively leads to abundance and creativity. On this first show we discuss the components of cooperation.
Human beings use many tools to strengthen their ability to adapt: creativity, will-power, wisdom, courage, hope... and the internet! Increasing your ability to adapt generates flexibility, opens you up to a wide variety of experiences, and facilitates growth. The earth is complex, diverse, dynamic, and incredibly adaptable... perhaps we learned a thing or two from our mother! Join us.
Adaptability is a principle that governs how we coexist. As an individual, being adaptable is a quality and a skill. Much of the skill set centers on navigating nuances of the process of change... and since change is inevitable and constant, these are skills worth honing. Adapt and prevail! Join us.
Timing is everything. On today's show we will discuss the value in discerning when action, or adaptation, is required and look into ways to be prepared when the time to adjust to change is right now. Join us.
Cultivating our ability to be responsive to change requires flexibility and resilience; the good news is, they are also the by-product of this process - the process of adaptation. Mother Earth has been adapting for 4.5 billion years - we re gonna take a look at her processes and see if we can make some of them our own!
It is adaptability which makes us "the fittest" in Darwinian terms. Most assume that fittest means strongest or most intelligent. Not so. As we strenghthen our capacity to adapt to new conditions, we evolve. On today's show we will discuss the importance of adaptability and its role in our growth as a being, a species, and as an aspect of consciousness.
As we become aware of our innate interdependence, we naturally become more appreciative, compassionate, and generous. And as we become more appreciative, compassionate, and generous, we deepen our understanding of interdependence... wonderful how that works! Join us as we discuss ways support each other and generate reverence for our natural interconnectedness.
Not a day goes by without our being called upon to help one another... or to be of service. As professionals, neighbors, passers-by, friends, family, or as a humanity, our lives become more efficient and more meaningful as we exchange with each other. As interdependent beings, it's natural! On today's show we will discusst the ways service supports and reveals our interdependence.
We are part of an interdependent community of life; or as we could say, we are part of an interdependent community called Life. Each subject we've explored this season (interconnectivity, participation, nonlinearity, and nonduality) leads us to this underlying principle that governs the way in which we coexist: interdependence. If fact, we thrive to the degree that we become efficiently mutually reliant on each other. We will explore this topic for the month of September. Join us.
What is hope? What part does it play in our spiritual evolution? Hope is ever present! By exploring its universal qualities and its relationship to our joy, faith, and optimism we can unlock our personal growth potential; aligning ourselves with positive outcomes.
Today's show explores ways to uphold the truth of our interconnectedness and dispell the illusion of duality. Our similarities are stronger than our differences. Join us as we focus on reversing the "this or that" approach to living.
Objectification reinforces the myth of our dualistic reality. It is so pervasive in our culture that we may not notice that myriad of ways that we objectify one another, the ways we are objectified, and the ways in which we objectify ourselves. Join us as we explore this topic.
Allowing our uniqueness to shine through highlights the diversity amongst our human family. Yet, using our differences as a way to separate and divide reinforces bigotry. At our core, we have much more in common with each other than we have differences. We must learn to hate; we are not born this way. We are fed illusory ideas about another person based on their skin, their background, or their religion. We are born with love in our hearts babies do not know prejudice. How does this process unfold? And why? This week we address bigotry as an aspect of the illusion of duality.
The concept of duality seems to define our day to day existence: this or that, us or them, over or under, stop or go, rich or poor, black or white, yes or no. Certainly this way of approaching the world lends itself to the conceot of free-will and choice; both of which we have discussed in terms of creating our own reality. But are we limited to this or that? Is reality more complex than a dualistic approach? Join us as we begin our month's topic of nonduality.
"The only constant in life is change," so it has been said. It's an interesting paradox and feel true. That said, one would think that culturally and socially we are progressing, learning from our mistakes, and changing for the better. What has happened when certain human rights seem to disintegrate while progress is made on others? Can evolution and devolution happen simultaneously? And why do certain social structures outlast others? On today's show we'll discuss nonlinearity and social change in hopes that we can leverage universal principles to help us bring about lasting positive outcomes. Join us.
As we look at the span of our life and consider our maturity, we will often defaut to timeframes; for instance, references such as "when I was three..." or "my college years" create markers on a seemingly straight line of the time-travel we've embarked upon since birth. Yet we mature in spurts as well as at different rates from one another... and some family members don't seem to mature at all (mischevious joke). Join us as we discuss the organic nature of our maturity.
The perception of linearity keeps our world tidy and manageable. Yet it is merely a perception; in fact, it verges on illusion. An illusion is a distorted idea or mental concept of reality. In that we are constantly creating and shaping our ever changing world, it's useful to leverage the idea of limitless potential. Join us as we discuss the limitations of perceived linearity.
We usually talk about our lives as proceeding in a linear fashion from past to present to future. But underlying this way of thinking about our lives is an assumption of determinism or cause and effect. We know from our discussion last month that our universe is actually probabilistic rather than deterministic, and that it is our focus and our choices that create our reality. In the same way, time is not an objective, deterministic construct. Rather it is a construct that we create to help us understand our experience. As Einstein has said, The only reason for time is do that everything doesn t happen at once. For the month of July, we will be exploring what this really means in practical terms.
Everything happening in the world today is an aspect of a thought precipitated into action somehow, somewhere. Last week we discussed the powerful energy behind thoughts and words. This week we explore the truth behind the expression, "actions speak louder than words."
Energy follows thought. It is factual, scientifically and spiritually. Managing our thoughts means taking responsibility for the part we play in fostering meaningful relationships and creating the world we live in. The words we choose to present our thoughts impact that creation all the more. Speech gives form to thought; it makes our thoughts available to others. What are you creating with your words? Do they empower? Do they inspire? Or do they harm? Join us as we discuss participation through the lens of our thoughts and words.
We wake up and life unfolds before us. With the first thought you think in the morning, you begin participating in creating the reality of your day. Will you continue on with the same stride or will you step to a new beat? We refine the level and quality of our participation in this process through attention and intention. What do you participate in? And how do you participate in it? What is the energy behind your participation? That's for you to decide! Join us.
We move from last month's theme of 'interconnectivity' to this month's theme of 'participation.' We've established that we are all connected and interdependent; therefore, our the way we live our lives... or the level and quality of our participation in life created our reality and shapes the experience of all of those around us. Join us as we introduce the theme of participation.
As we learn to navigate group experience we refine our sense of interconnectedness and in the process we become an ever-valuable asset to the whole of humanity. How do we do this? On today's show we will explore the notion of a "cosmic citizen" and the ways to become one and make the most of being one. Join us.
Group activity fosters a sense of interconnectedness and an awareness that we are part of a greater whole, yet being a part of a functioning group requires effort, discipline and a degree of self-realization. On today's show we will explore the move from self identification to group awareness and its implicit rewards. Join us!
On today's show we will explore the illusions that keep us held in the belief that we are independant rather than interdependant. Science has proven that we are all interconnected, so why is it that we so often default to an "us vs them" mentality? Join us.
Science and spirituality seem to pull from the same pool of words as they describe our reality: energy, connection, expansion, etc. We can learn a lot about ourselves and the spiritual path by exploring our cosmos from a scientific perspective. On today's show we will discuss the principles that underlie or cosmos and the ways that energy creates our manifest reality.
We are extremely excited to be back together for a third season of Spirit Fire Radio. Our shows thus far have revealed that the spiritual path need not take you to the mountain top, into the monastery, or under the Bodhi Tree in order to inspire expansion it can simply direct you out into day to day existence, amongst human beings, immersed in life itself. Last season we provided insight into the tools to make the experience of the spiritual path meaningful and purposeful.
This year we will zoom out to explore the universal laws and principles that effect our reality and determine the effectiveness of our time on planet earth. We hope you'll join us each week!
On today's show we will discuss the principle of interconnectivity and the ways it permeates our existence.
It's been a wonderfully full year on Spirit Fire Radio. Month to month we examined purposful topics - navigation tools for the spiritual path and we discussed the challenges and benefits of working with these tools. On today's show Steve and Dorothy will share their personal highlights and the wisdom gained from their experience of exploring these topics. Join us!
'A life lived from the heart' translates as emobodied awareness of our innate interconnectedness. That awareness is generated from an open and receptive mind. We can cultivate love-wisdom. On this show we will duscuss the various ways in which that is accomplished in daily life.
This month we are discussing the concept of Love-Wisdom, two energetically aligned aspects of the spiritual path. On this episode we will discuss the various barriers which block their expression and the ways that this impacts our personal life, relationships, and the world at large.
Love creates bonds based on our similarities; wisdom brings deep understanding and keen discernment to the forefront. Together they create a force for positive change. On today's show we discuss the importance of developing the quality of love-wisdom in our everyday lives.
Love and wisdom may sound like two separate concepts, but thier relationship is energetically intrinsic. We will spend the month of January discussing the myriad of ways that love and wisdom support each other and support you on the spiritual path. Join us!
People often refer to intuition as the 'small voice' inside. How do we make room for that voice? How do we transform it to the 'magnificent voice' inside? Intuition must be developed and on the final week of this month's theme, we're going to discuss the many ways to do so.
This week we move deeper into our monthly theme of intuition and reveal the part that critical thinking plays in our access to and facilitiy with intuition. At first glance, critical thinking and intuition seem to be on opposite ends of the conversation about consciousness, but you'd be surprised how much they rely on each other to maximise the use of your mind and keep you on the cutting edge of awareness! Join us for this interesting exploration.
What interferes with intuition and how does clearing the way for it support or spiritual evolution? What is spirituality if not the interplay of alignment and connection? On this week's show we will discuss factors that may unconsciouly be keeping you out-of-tune. Join us!
Our theme for the month of December is intuition. What is it? What gets in it's way? How do we engage and foster it in our everyday lives? And what role does it play in spirituality? Join us for a month of thinking outside of the box (of the brain).
Forgiveness and love are intrinsically connected. When we forgive, we reestablish a connection that was severed and, though it may be subconscious, we acknowledge our innate interconnectedness. Forgiveness allows freedom from resistance, which is a keynote of love. On this episode we will discuss forgiveness as an entry point to the heart and the realm of unconditional love.
Forgiving those who have caused us harm or suffering is necessary in order to feel whole, present, and fully optimistic; yet forgiveness takes considerable effort. On this episode, we will offer insights and tools which make the path to forgiveness easier to tread. The reward of forgiveness is freedom, and freedom is the path to true joy.
Why is forgiveness sometimes difficult? It may be that forgiveness is complex and may often be misunderstood. "Forgive and forget" is an example of oversimplification. Similarly, "turn the other cheek" may not offer the necessary reconciliation for growth and/or proper detachment. On this episode we will look into the inherent difficulties that present themselves when we move toward forgiveness.
Maya Angelou calls forgiveness "one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself." As with all healing, we must first start within and then focus on the outer-world. The same is true with forgiveness. Often, the anger or resentment we feel toward another is masking the guilt or shame we feel within ourselves. On this episode, we will look at the importance of self-forgiveness and the ways in which it creates pathways to forgiving others.
November will see us discussing forgiveness and its place with our spiritual development. The long-lasting quote, "to err is human, to forgive divine," offers much to ponder. Is forgiveness a doorway to the divine? If so, in what ways? We will discuss the primary aspects of forgiveness on our next show. Join us.
Stability creates freedom. Freedom generates creativity. Co-creation is foundational to the spiritual path. On this eposode of Spirit Fire Radio, we will discuss the myriad of ways that stability leads to a fully realized state of being and ways to sustain this quality for a productive and meaningful life.
Diversity is one of humanity's greatests assets, yet remaining accepting of differences is one of our biggest chsallenges. How do we reconcile this? Balance, integration and synthesis are moves in the right direction. On this episode of Spirit Fire Radio, we will discuss ways to find balance amongst multiple perspectives. Join us!
Does your sense of self align with your everyday life? How do we find balance between material aspirations and spiritual aspirations? On today's show we will discuss the meaning of inner-life and outer-life, and offer ways to keep them in balanced comminucation. Join us.
The month of October will see Spirit Fire Radio exploring the theme of balance. How does balance in ones everyday life support a balanced spiritual life and how do we aceive this? Balance is both a state and a process. Join us as we discuss the fundamental qualites of "a balanced state" and ways to foster this.
How do we develop discernment in this fast-paced, fast-talking modern world? A bit of mindfulness, self-knowledge, and the capacity to observe will set you on the right path. On this episose, we will discuss ways to engage your critical mind without creating a critical persona. Join us.
Discernment is the ability to judge well, to distinguish between truth and falsehood. On this episode, we explore the ways that truth and common good are inextricably linked. Join us.
We continue our exploration of discernment through the Riddle Scale. This system reveals the ways that prejudice and discrimination tincure our lives. As we examine the subtleties of bias in ourselves and in our society, we learn ways to develop a discerning mind.
The month of September will be dedicated to discernment. How do we discern between right and wrong, truth and falsehood, productive attitudes and limiting beliefs? Through discernmet we come to know our selves, and as a result, create opportunies for being 'a part of the solution' as opposed to being 'a part of the problem.'
We will begin by looking at the Riddle Scale which was developed to analyze homophobia but expanded to other social issues.
We are born with a compassionate instinct; yet, not unlike our muscles, if we don't use it, we lose it. That said, modern life is saturated with stories and examples of the way we harm one another and the life on our planet. We are all well aware of sufferring, but are we well aware of the presence of compassion? On this show we will discuss ways to generate compassion and balance suffering with the care and consideration of the human heart.
In the face of suffering, making our way toward comapsssion can sometimes be tough. Recent examples of senseless human tragedy have been hard to process; some have gone as far as saying that finding peace within these events is not useful. What are the challenges with keeping our inner alignment so as to offer compassion to those in need? This is the topic of today's show.
Life on this planet evolves through relationship. Compassion is necessary in this process. But what is compassion, exactly? It is not this same as emapathy or altruism, though they are related. On this episode of Spirit Fire Radio, we'll explore compassion; its meaning, purpose, and place in our lives.
We constantly look to our guides for inspiration, direction, or advice. Guides can take many forms: our higher-self, Universal intelligence, mentors or spiritual teachers, best friends or life-partners. They assist us and we assist them by being the fullest expression of our true selves. On this episode of Spirit Fire Radio, we get an inside look at the ways that those who have dedicated their lives to others as business leaders stay open to guidence themselves.
Spirit Fire Radio is exactly half-way through our season dedicated to practical spirituality. We have spent 4weeks each month exploring components of the spiritual path and offering conversation about practical ways toincorporate awareness into day to day living. The timing is perfect to have a look back at six months worth of topicsthrough the lens of Mary Shores informative forthcoming book, Conscious Communications. Join host Steve Kramer andhis guest, Mary Shores, as they discuss her inspiring path to successful living and purposeful creation.
Small things are big things! On this show we will discuss ways, big and small, to incorporate harmlessness into your life. We'll offer daily practices for noticing harm and shifting attitudes and actions toward altruism. Join us!
Being harmless is much more than being kind and it goes beyond having a friendly disposition. Our thoughts form reality. Being harmless is an all-inclusive way of being, living, and breathing which creates an inner and outer environment of support, respect, dignity, and compassion. We'll explore the body, mind, and spirit aspects of harmlessness this week.
It is a fact that our modern culture offers more images and examples of harm than harmlessness. We may not be conscious of the myriad of ways that harmfulness pervades our every day life and thus reinforces separativeness, competition, and dualistic behavior. As we identify harmfulness, we can work towards its undoing.
What is harmlessness? Why do people choose actions that would harm another? Are there actions which may cause harm unintentionally or unconsciously? We will spend the month of July exploring the concept of harm and looking into ways of developing the ethic of harmlessness in our every day lives.
Goodness of heart, kindness in action, and consideration for others: these are the ingredients of goodwill. As we begin to incorporate these qualities into our day to day, we begin to see global change for the better. On this show we will describe the many ways that you are form-fit for goodwill and inspire you toward action which promotes human welfare.
When we think of acts of goodwill, we often imagine humanity on the receiving end. As stewards of our planet, we must extend goodwill to all kingdoms: human, animal, plant and mineral. Expanding our concept of personhood is a wonderful way to do that. Join us for fascinating discussion about the other "people" in our midst.
The premise of goodwill is that you do something today and the benefits are received in the future, what's more is that the benefits are for the greater good and not necessarily for personal gain. Between the modern spiritual emphasis on the Now and today's culture of instant gratification, it is easy to see how goodwill could be overlooked. Join us as we continue June's discussions on goodwill.
We all posses the capacity for goodwill. In other words, our actions have the potential to move us all toward harmony and peace. On this episode, we explore the definition of goodwill, why it is important, and offer excercises to bring it to the forefront of your actions.
We'll explore the relationship between right action and each of the monthly topics that we've covered thus far on Spirit Fire Radio. How does right action stem from right speech? Can hope create ease around right action? Is right action inherent within our human family? Join us as we revisit our past themes and look at them through the lens of right action.
The future depends on what you do today. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Through cultivating right action on a regular basis, we can help create the world we'd like to live in. Do you envision a world in which all beings are treated with dignity? In which well-being is forefront in global priorities? In which integrity is the quality first recognized in our world leaders? It starts with you. Today's show looks at ways we can incorporate right action into our day to day lives.
Our moral compass is the internal guide that leads us toward right action in the form of ethical behavior and virtuous decision-making. How do we ensure that our compass still points True North? How do we care for it and calibrate it when necessary? On this episode, we will discuss our moral guidance system and explore the ways that it can assist us in moving through our world.
We are living in a world right now where alternate facts and fake news blur the lines of a clear picture of what is appropriate. We seem to being losing our way, morally speaking. On this show, we will discuss why it can be so difficult to discern what is right action and how we decide to act.
Right speech leads to right action. We will spend the month of May discussing the concept of right action. We are moral agents, you and I; we have the capacity to reflect on a situation, decide how we intend to act, and then act. Our actions steward both our personal experience and our planetary existence. Let s get it right!
Right speech is foundational in creating a positive, meaningful and productive life. We will wrap up our month-long series on right speech by discussing ways to cultivate it in your day to day. We will offer suggestions that will guide you toward speaking your truth and offer constructive ways to help you and your aquaintences be more mindful of language and its impact on the environment. Join us!
There is a barometer that right speech has used through the ages to determine if the words that are about to be uttered are worthy of receptive ears. Socrates called it "The Test of Three," Rumi called it "The Three Gates." Before you speak up, ask yourself three important questions. Is what I'm about to say true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? If the answer to all three of these questions is yes, then let your words be heard by all. On our next episode, we will discuss the makings of right speech. Join us!
It is said that silence is golden. Indeed, learning to know when to speak and when to be silent is a valuable life lesson. On this episode we will explore the power of silence and its connection to wisdom, inner-strength, and authenticity. Join us and discover why right speech has a definite ally in the sweet sound of stillness
For the month of April, we will explore right speech. The spoken word is thought made manifest. Words make sentences, sentences make conversation, and conversations move us into creative action. What are you creating with your words? Do they empower? Do they inspire? We will look at the positive effects on right speech and the influence that our words have on creating our reality.
If options and optimism are key components to harnessing the power of hope, then our spiritual guides are hope generators of sorts. On today s show we invite author, teacher and speaker, Rabbi Rami Shapiro. His advice column for Spirituality Health, Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler, generates hope for the masses and ponders many of the spiritual questions that we ve pondered on our show. Join us for this light-hearted conversation.
Hope is an integral part of our spiritual development. We ve become certain of this over the course of this month s theme. Hope shows itself as we move in the direction of our evolution: change creates options, options create optimism, optimism opens the door to hope. How can we apply this to our spiritual evolution? And how can we ensure that hope guides our footing on the spiritual path? Join us for this discussion!
Hope is not an emotion, it is an aspect of your life. Creating environments that make room for hope will bring it to the forefront of your experiences and allow for it's magic to pervade. Not unlike your muscles (you've gotta use 'em or loose 'em), hope is there to serve.