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As we become exhausted and heartsick in this a time of disappointments, and overwhelm, we need each other like never before. When it seems like the opportunity for creating positive, imaginative, and powerful change in the world is out of reach, let us each join together as warriors of the spirit. May we pick up our light sabers of loving kindness, compassion, deep listening, and curiosity as we imagine a future that will benefit all life in its abundance and equality. Let yourself be inspired by these spiritual warriors specially selected from our archive of deep wisdom.
Spiritual Friends: Help In A Time Of Metacrisiswith Terry PattenProgram 3741MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Patten had a deep comprehension of the sacred global rite of passage that we, and all humankind, are going through in these liminal times and shares how we can be of help in an insane world. He gives us a context for spiritual friendship, for turning outward in service, and for doing what we can to brighten everyone we come into contact with. Read more »
Joy And Happiness Are An Inside Jobwith James BarazProgram 3377
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Life is not a destination; it is a fluid movement. It takes practice to overcome the daily stresses that make us dense, concretized, and armored. Baraz gives us many steps that we can take to help life move through us as a blessing and shares several simple but effective meditations to help each of us be more present and more joyful in our life. Read more »
Finding Our Sacred Kinshipwith Mark NepoProgram 3640MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99This deep dialogue explores the importance of community and how we can cultivate connectedness with others. Nepo speaks of two tribes: one that fears the differences in people and one that welcomes what can be learned by those differences. He gives advice as to how to keep our hearts open beyond our own opinions and how to tap into our innate nature of kindness. Read more »
Firefighter Wisdom For Tough Timeswith Hersch WilsonProgram 3714MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Here we are speaking with a volunteer firefighter-EMT who is committed to revealing how first responders can guide us in ways to act more effectively in our own lives. With insightful and practical wisdom he advises, and it is his experience, that it is helpful to approach life’s inevitable emergencies with the intention to remain calm and act creatively. Read more »
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New Dimensions’ archive has been described as the Alexandria Library of the 21st Century. It represents the historical oral archive of the changing of an age from information and data to wisdom and visionary consciousness. These deep dialogues, with many of the evolutionary explorers, continue to foster the global well-being of all Earth’s inhabitants.
This 50-year archive of deep dialogues is not only of huge historical importance, it is the repository of relevant timeless wisdom. It is our intention to update the audio as well as expand the program descriptions. This will enhance the ability for researchers and the general public to explore the extensive digital archive into perpetuity. A platform for “forever” public access to these dialogues can then be created.
Please consider making an end-of year donation toward the fulfillment of this restoration of the New Dimensions program archive.
Most gratefully,
Justine Willis Toms,
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According to today’s conventional scientific wisdom, time flows strictly forward – from the past to the future through the present. We can remember the past, and we can predict the future based on the past (albeit imperfectly), but we can’t perceive the future. However, there are those scientists who are studying and performing repeatable experiments to demonstrate that precognition, the ability to perceive the future, is possible. One such scientist is our guest today Julia Mossbridge, who is researching and collecting data on the phenomena of precognition. She says, “We don’t know how precognition works. What we know is that statistically, on average, people unconsciously can get information about future events and we know that there are certain people who are really good at consciously getting information about future events and that’s what we know.” She has devoted her life to the empirical study and research that reveals that sensing the future is possible. She also has set up an extensive website that provides practical tools and techniques you can use to develop your own powers of precognition.
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Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said ‘In the coming world, they will not ask me: Why were you not Moses? They will ask me: ‘Why were you not Zusya?’
Story told by Martin Buber (1878-1965) Austrian-Israel philosopher
of the great Hasidic Rabbi Zusya (1719-1800) early Hasidic luminary
“I love that quote because in my work I’ve had to stand up to a community of scientists and skeptics who actually are under informed about what I do but believe that they know that for sure time is in one direction. I say, look, my point of being here is to say that I am who I am and what I want to say is that the evidence exists that time does not work the way you think it does.”
Julia Mossbridge, Ph.D., co-author of The Premonition Code:The Science of Precognition,How Sensing the Future Can Change Your Life
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There are no good artists, there are no bad artists. There are just those who really do it.
College Art Teacher
“I think back to an art teacher I had when I was in college and I quote him often. He said to me one day, ‘Anodea, there are no good artists, there are no bad artists. There are just those who really do it.’ In other words, if you’re drawing a hand, you really draw the hand. You don’t just make five little bumps. You draw the fingernail. You look up in an anatomy book what it’s like. I realized that applies to everything. Whether you’re doing yoga, cooking, writing a book, or building a house. No matter what you’re doing, you can pretend to do it or you can really do it. If I’m writing a book, I really have to do the research; I really have to study writing; I have to really do it. I can’t play at. So, whatever you’re really doing, you can become good at. That’s the difference between mediocrity and genius.”
Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Goddess: Blessed Reunions
with the Feminine Face of the Divine (Common Sentience)
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Books by Michael Toms and Justine Willis TomsThese books were authored by New Dimensions Radio co-founders, Michael Toms and Justine Willis Toms.
Justine Willis Toms has been exploring personal, social, and spiritual transformation through her work as an electronic journalist, editor, and writer. She is the Co-founder, Managing Producer, and Host of New Dimensions Radio/Media.
Since 1973 until his passing in 2013, Michael Toms was engaged in dialogue with the world’s leading-edge thinkers, social architects, creative artists, scientists and spiritual teachers. Called “the Socrates of Radio,” he was acknowledged by guests and listeners alike as one of the premier interviewers in media.
Small PleasuresFinding Grace in a Chaotic World by Justine TomsPublished: September 3, 2008ISBN-10: 1571745866ISBN-13: 978-1571745866This collection of forty-nine short meditative essays helps readers to turn aside from their chaotic lives for a while to experience grace and possibility in the small, critically important things in life. Author Justine Toms divides the book into five sections, each with essays that draw upon her many connections and her wealth of experiences.
A Time For ChoicesDeep Dialogues for Deep DemocracyPublished: September 1, 2002ISBN-10: 0865714746ISBN-13: 978-0865714748Compiled from a series of forty-two fascinating interviews conducted by Michael Toms after September 11, 2001 with people who are noteworthy for their worldly awareness and insightful commentary. Presents a remarkably clear picture of the decisions that American citizens face, as well as some visions of how Americans can help create a better America.
True WorkDoing What You Love and Loving What You DoPublished: March 2, 1999ISBN-10: 0609802127ISBN-13: 978-0609802120Here is wisdom for the workplace from the husband-and-wife team of the nationally syndicated public radio series New Dimensions, which airs each week on more than 300 stations and is often described as “Bill Moyers on radio.” Their book looks at work as service and as a spiritually sustaining activity that promotes healing. It is brimful with stories and helpful techniques.
At The Leading EdgePublished: April 15, 1991ISBN-10: 0943914515ISBN-13: 978-0943914510Fourteen landmark interviews toward a saner, wiser, and more reverent human world – including, as Bernie Siegel states in his forward, some of “the foremost thinkers in the fields of science, spirituality, creativity, ecology, individuality, cosmology, consciousness, and evolution.”
An Open LifeJoseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael TomsPublished: May 23, 1990ISBN-10: 0060972955ISBN-13: 978-0060972950An Open Life is a conversation with Joseph Campbell that distills the mature wisdom and eclectic spiritual thinking of this world-renowned scholar and mythologist. Campbell and author Toms converse amiably about Campbell’s fundamental thoughts and beliefs — a joyous exchange of ideas between friends and mutual admirers.
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Energy is at the core of everything. It’s the currency of existence. Anodea Judith substitutes the word “charge” for energy. It’s easy to relate to the idea of being charged up about something or having a charge about an issue. This charge relates to our life-force energy and can be blocked or be freely flowing. It also relates to our chakra system which comprises the organizational centers in the body for the reception, assimilation, storage and expression of life-force energy. These energy centers help us translate what we receive, and consequently interpret, into our own inner language and store it in our memory. Regarding charge, Judith says, “Charge is really neutral but how it goes through your system and the beliefs you have about it can be positive or negative. For example, anger can be destructive or it can be productive.” Here she takes us through the seven chakra centers and how we can work more effectively with them.
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The Future and Legacy of New Dimensions
The New Dimensions team is busy re-visioning the future and legacy of New Dimensions. Because our 50-year archive of deep dialogues is of huge historical importance as well as conveying timeless wisdom, we feel it is urgent and imperative to preserve it in perpetuity. We also plan to create a platform for “forever” public access to these dialogues.
For starters we’ve been seeking financial resources to be able to restore 1200 programs from our deep archive. So please consider donating to this legacy project. The total budget for this endeavor will be $350,000. The good news is that we can do it in smaller increments. So any amount, such as $30,000, will allow us to restore at least 10- 15 programs. To further break it down, the cost of restoring single program is $292.00.
New Dimensions’ deep dialogues continue to lead the way as we move from a knowledge-based society to a wisdom-based society. The need for your support is critical to preserve this most trustworthy and inspiring audio archive, which is a beacon of hope for these turbulent times.
Most gratefully,
Justine Willis Toms,
Co-founder, Host
New Dimensions Radio
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Form is not boundlessness. Boundlessness is not form. Form is boundlessness. Boundlessness is form.
The Heart Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism.
In Sanskrit the title of this sutra translates as
“The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom”.
“These are lines from the Heart Sutra that sums up everything that I’m about in terms of structure and then content. You need both. For example a table has form but also has to be made up of some material in order to exist in the world as that form. And the same is true of people. You can’t just be a body; you need to have things going on inside of the body. It’s the intermixing.”
Susan Perry, Ph.D., author of The Hidden Power of Aikido:Transcending Conflict and Cultivating Inner Peace
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Aikido is more than just a martial art; it’s a pathway to personal transformation and conflict resolution. Susan Perry, Ph.D., a 6th-degree black belt with nearly 50 years of Aikido practice, shares how the principles of this Japanese art can be applied to everyday life situations. From workplace conflicts to facing our deepest fears, Aikido offers tools for cultivating a solid center and maintaining balance in the face of life’s challenges. Perry explains, “Aikido is an art of transformation and we can become another person. But you want to do that in a deep way so that you’re not just putting on a different set of clothes and wearing a smile when you feel like a frown, but you want it to come from the core of who you are.”
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In a deeply tribal way, we love our monsters.
E.O. Wilson, Ph.D. (1929-3031) was an American biologist,
naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist
known for developing the field of sociobiology.
Author of many books including Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
“This quote has always resonated with me because it makes me wonder what a monster is. The word monster is often used to describe the creatures in the ocean. But when you see them, you, like me, might wonder how they developed these huge teeth, gelatinous bodies, or crazy eyes. It’s all about the context and adaptation to the largest ecosystem on Earth. And when you’ve seen these fish with fangs from the deep ocean you’ll think they’re straight from Nightmare central casting. But when you see them with your own eyes [in their habitat] they’re two inches long and adorable. So, the word monster is a kind of Othering. These are all Earthlings and what’s monstrous to some is beautiful to others. I have to say, the monsters of the deep are among the most beautiful creatures I have ever seen in my life.”
Susan Casey, author of The Underworld: JourneysTo The Depths Of The Ocean
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Casey, a chronicler of the aquatic world, highlights the complexity and ecological importance of the ocean’s depths as she shares her personal and historical perspectives on exploring its mysteries. We are oddly unacquainted with its depths and importance, which make up more than 70% of Earth’s surface, notwithstanding its depth. Hear her reports on diving to the pulsing night-club-like life of the Twilight Zone (600-3300 feet) that is filled with bioluminescent creatures that sparkle and glow. Despite these delights, Casey points to the terrestrial bias and lack of funding for ocean exploration compared to space. More money is spent on space travel than on understanding the complexity and ecological importance of our ocean. Research shows how deep-sea mining could have severe consequences for the ocean’s ecosystem. There is a need for a better understanding of the ocean’s role in regulating the planet’s chemistry before engaging in any large-scale mining activities, notwithstanding the quadrillions of yet undiscovered animals that live and thrive there.
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The following wisdom leaders feel the key to change and life sustaining action is rooted in seeing nature as sentient – a being worthy and deserving of personal relationship. How may we renew our connection to the natural world, no matter where we live? How does nature connect us to our spiritual nature? What does “wild nature” really mean and how does our lifestyle honor it? The answers to these and many other questions can be found on these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive.
Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 8: Honoring the Wildwith Gary SnyderProgram 2723MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Gary Snyder is a renowned poet, activist, and ecologist. Gary Snyder is a renowned poet, activist, and ecologist. “We have a long and respectable history of being deeply involved and totally at home in the natural world,” says Snyder, “and we can recapture that. We can live it again.” Read more »
Entering Into Relationship With Everythingwith Derrick JensenProgram 3180MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Jensen notes: a principal problem with Western thought is that it views the natural world as a metaphor and nature as a commodity. He argues that the key to change and life sustaining action is rooted in seeing nature as sentient – a being worthy and deserving of personal relationship. Read more »
Saving The World, One Mushroom At A Timewith Paul StametsProgram 3274MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Mushrooms are our ancestors. Mycelium fields have a consciousness. Most importantly, they create the soil on which all of life on earth depends. Dedicated mycologist, Stamets, regales us with fascinating stories of the healing power of mushrooms, and how they play a key role in reversing the destructive impact our modern technology and industry have had on our planet. Read more »
Exploring Nature’s Wildness In The Citywith Lyanda Lynn HauptProgram 3322MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Even in the midst of a city we can rediscover our connection with the natural world. Haupt reminds us that “we’re intimately involved in the more-than-human world at every moment.” This author of Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness delights us with fascinating stories of crows and more. Read more »
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Every day has a moment of eternity trying to reach you.
William Blake
“Imagine each day, despite the news on CNN, despite the devastation of storms, despite all the suffering in the world which we have to acknowledge as part of our witnessing of the world that every day has a moment of eternity trying to awaken before us. This is important as we go through these dark times. I don’t think there’s a quick fix for this, but we have to be connected to the eternal or the divine, whatever you want to call it, the ecstatic. If we don’t have that touch of the eternal that awakens this deep connection to life’s capacity to renew itself all the time, we can get lost in the darkness of what’s going on and feel discouraged which really means to lose heart and to lose spirit. So, I say it to myself a lot, “Every day has a moment of eternity waiting for me, waiting for you. Let’s make sure we catch that moment.”
Michael Meade, storyteller, activist, and author of
Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World
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Free Listening Through October 15:Through the art of storytelling, Meade shares: “The key aspect of soul is its depth. . . It is the descending, the deepening part . . It’s the roots going further down as opposed to up towards the heavens . . .Soul goes towards diversity and multiplicity like the roots of a forest or the secretly connected life of trees. Soul is the connective tissue of life.” He goes on to describe that humankind has always experienced opposition, but in these days that opposition has left empty the middle way, where imagination should be. He suggests by the telling of the story of “The Golden Repair” that we can heal the multiple cracks in the world by finding our own gifts, our own ways to work meaningfully in the world, and then consider pouring our gold into the cracks of the world. He describes these days in which we are living as the “time of impossible tasks” and says, “We have to tap into the deep understanding of the human soul, one image of which is the wise elder. Not the older, but the elder who is refusing to die in a way that isn’t meaningful. As soon as the elders awaken they’re naturally connected to the youth who are looking for the great dream and the imagination of the future.” This deep dialogue is rich with metaphors that bring a sharp focus to imaginative healing possibilities for these threshold times.
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For including New Dimensions in your will.
Several years ago, New Dimensions received a large and very unexpected surprise donation from the estate of a listener who included New Dimensions in her will. This donation made a huge difference to the ongoing legacy of New Dimensions and to its ability to continue to broadcast this most powerful and transformative weekly program series.
It also assures the maintenance of this singularly unique library of timeless wisdom. And it will contribute to the on-going project to digitize and preserve the more than 8000 hours of dialogues about things that matter.
As you know, these deep dialogues highlight how we can live a healthier life of mind, body, and spirit while deepening our connections to self, family, community, environment, and planet. They feature leading edge wisdom keepers, social architects, spiritual leaders, scientists, health professionals, artists, hospice professionals and many more.
As someone who is inspired and appreciates New Dimensions’ broadcasts, please consider adding New Dimensions to your legacy by including it in your estate planning. You’ll be helping insure that this special archive will be available now and for future generations.
With deep gratefulness,
Justine Willis Toms
and the New Dimensions Team
Talking with Justine Toms is like talking with your best friend or your favorite neighbor. You never feel rushed. You always get to the matter at hand and you get to the most important stuff. She’s not only a great listener, but a terrific questioner. Paying attention is how we show how we care about each other. Justine Toms really knows how to pay attention.
Sy Montgomery is a naturalist and author of many books
about her encounters with wild animals including
The Soul of an Octopus
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Meredith Heller writes: “Writing has saved my life and woven me back into belonging more times than I can tell you.” She encourages and inspires us to experience the power of writing as a lifeline and companion to personal discovery. She says it’s an alchemical process that takes the raw material of our lives and transforms it into something vital and luminous. She shares her journey of leaving home when she was thirteen years old and living on the streets to later guide others to use generative writing for personal healing. Here we explore the power of writing to reveal your inner wisdom for healing, creative magic, and personal transformation.
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A seed neither fears light nor darkness, but uses both to grow.
Mashona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean-born and
Canadian-based philosopher, entrepreneur.
Author of Lalibela’s Wise Man
“This is the opening quote to my Introduction to Writing by Heart. It makes me cry because it’s the essence of what I’ve learned about life. We need all of it to grow. When he says the seed doesn’t fear the light or the darkness but uses both, it means to me absolute freedom to be present with exactly what is here. He includes the lowest lows, the highest highs, and every tone and note in between. All of it is used to grow and to become more of who we are. He is encouraging us to become more human—to become more like nature”.
Meredith Heller author of
Writing by Heart:A Poetry Path To Healing And Self Discovery
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Humans have been gathering in circles since we discovered fire. Circles are deeply ingrained in our collective consciousness and have a powerful resonance in our psyches – even today. Here several wisdom leaders share how circles can be key to healing the personal and global wounds we all face. Sitting with one another in this deep and intentional way where we can truly be heard and supported in our fullness will lead us to deep personal and social healing.
The Power Of Circleswith Sedonia Cahill and Charles Garfield, Ph.D.Program 2686MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Sitting in intentional circles has the power of personal renewal and community healing. They can bring ceremony and sacredness to gatherings of friends, family and community, a way to connect on a deeper level without fear of judgment; a place where you can truly be heard and supported in your fullness. Read more »
Into The Circlewith Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.Program 2803
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A circle may be a dialogue group, prayer or meditation group, support or project group – whatever the agenda, its members can create “soul connections.” Explore the potentials of circles, their history, their structure, their ultimate significance when members uncover “reciprocal revelations” that lead to “sacred dimensions” of their voices and their souls. Read more »
Expanding Your Tribe Through Circleswith Jalaja Bonheim, Ph.DProgram 3305MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Humans have been gathering in circles since we discovered fire. Circles are deeply ingrained in our collective consciousness and have a powerful resonance in our psyches – even today. Jalaja Bonheim sees circles as a key to healing the personal and global wounds we all face – as a way of reconnecting to our hearts, to our spirituality, and to one another. Read more »
The Heart-Centered Empowerment of Sitting In Circleswith Lauren J. Oliver, Ph.D.Program 3798MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Here you’ll learn how to start a circle of your own for honest, safe conversations and cooperation in a divisive world. Hear examples of how to maintain the integrity and mutual support in a circle. Oliver says “You don’t need to go somewhere or pay someone to start your circle. You can do it yourself.” Read more »
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What you think, you become, what you feel, you attract, and what you imagine, you create.
Gautama Buddha (563/480 BCE)
“I was recently reminded of this quote from my Insight Timer Meditation app. Now it is my favorite quote and speaks to me for so many reasons. It focuses me on the power that thinking has in our lives, both for good and for bad. So, if I’m struggling with something, thinking about it negatively again, and again, I’m reinforcing that negative and lived experience in myself. And yet, if I can catch those thoughts and reframe them or focus on something that is very empowering and meaningful to me, then I can start to embody and enliven that part of myself. So that’s the quote that’s most meaningful to me right now.”
Michelle Segar, Ph.D., author of
The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes
in Eating and Exercise
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Despite our strongest intentions, there are common reasons we may find ourselves defeated in our efforts to make sustainable changes in eating and exercise. We can finally achieve our goals by exploring these areas with a new framework based on the science of sustainable behavior change. “The old story of behavior change is not based on the realities of people’s busy, complex lives. Habit formation is very hard to achieve because behaviors like exercise and eating are impacted by many external factors,” says Michelle Segar, Ph.D., award-winning researcher and author. She introduces a new story of behavior change that sets us up for success based on her “TRAP” and “POP” models. TRAP represents the four common traps that derail us: Temptation, Rebellion, Accommodation, and Perfection. Using the POP process of “Pause, Open and Play”, we can flexibly adapt our plans to fit our day, leading to lasting change. “When you look at something non-judgmentally, you take yourself out of the emotional part and have more cognitive wherewithal to work with it. It’s about valuing the imperfect option that lets us do something instead of nothing.”
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For including New Dimensions in your will.
New Dimensions received a large, surprise donation from the estate of a listener who included New Dimensions in her will. This donation has made a huge difference to the on-going legacy of New Dimensions and to its ability to continue to broadcast this most powerful and transformative weekly program series.
It also assures the maintenance of this singularly unique library of timeless wisdom. And it will contribute to the on-going project to digitize and preserve the more than 8000 hours of dialogues about things that matter.
As you know, these deep dialogues highlight how we can live a healthier life of mind, body, and spirit while deepening our connections to self, family, community, environment, and planet. They feature leading edge wisdom keepers, social architects, spiritual leaders, scientists, health professionals, artists, hospice professionals and many more.
As someone who is inspired and appreciates New Dimensions’ broadcasts, please consider adding New Dimensions to your legacy by including it in your estate planning. You’ll be helping insure that this special archive will be available now and for future generations.
With deep gratefulness,
Justine Willis Toms
and the
New Dimensions Team
Talking with Justine Toms is like talking with your best friend or your favorite neighbor. You never feel rushed. You always get to the matter at hand and you get to the most important stuff. She’s not only a great listener, but a terrific questioner. Paying attention is how we show how we care about each other. Justine Toms really knows how to pay attention.
Sy Montgomery is a naturalist and author of many books
about her encounters with wild animals including
The Soul of an Octopus
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How can we consistently choose love over fear? How can the practice of gratefulness lead us to joy? As Brother David Steindl-Rast tells us, “It is not joy that makes us grateful, it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” How can The Course in Miracles help us refine our awareness and develop our sacred vision? These and many other questions are addressed in these four programs with five wisdom leaders, specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive of programs.
A Grateful Heartwith Brother David Steindl-RastProgram 2270MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Gratefulness is the key, says Brother David, to fullness of life, true prayer and effective action in the world. “If you practice gratefulness it leads you into all the attitudes that all the great traditions have promoted.” He tells of his own personal search, from a childhood in Nazi-occupied Austria to his explorations of Buddhism, modern physics and Christianity. Read more »
Practical Spirituality/Right Attitudewith Jerry Jampolsky, M.D. and Diane CirincioneProgram 2849
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Here they share the special daily rituals to jump-start their day, encompassing gratitude, generosity, trust, honesty, faithfulness, patience, open-mindedness, and joy. We need to “[C]ome back to the importance of the simplicity of everyday acts and to recognize the value and the importance that one is equally as powerful as another,” shares Cirincione. Read more »
Becoming Hopewith Marianne WilliamsonProgram 3073
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With so many challenges coming at us these days, sometimes it seems the only way to cope is to become numb. In this uplifting dialogue Williamson applies the teachings from A Course in Miracles to the trials we face personally and globally, and creates a ground on which we can find hope and transformation in the darkest of times. Read more »
A Course In Miracles: A Spiritual Touchstonewith D. Patrick MillerProgram 3405
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This dialogue explores the message of A Course in Miracles, a spiritual touchstone for millions around the world. Miller explains, “There are many places where the Course says there are only two emotions to choose from, love or fear, and one of them is false. It also says there [are] only two voices to hear, the ego or the Holy Spirit, and one of them is not real.” Read more »
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Wonder, awe, and imagination are the active ingredients for a passionate and creative life. Justine Willis Toms is fond of saying, “Whatever you give your fullness to will take you where you need to go.” And when you add curiosity to the mix you’ll have access to a wider landscape. Here are four Programs selected from our archive to help you become your own anthropologist of the imagination.
Awe And Wonder: Keys To Living A Passionate Lifewith Gregg LevoyProgram 3539MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99A sense of wonder is an active ingredient in a passionate life. Even suffering and restlessness can be seen with curiosity, says Levoy. Making space in our minds for the unknown, and allowing creativity to flow, he says, can keep us from being pulled into the “burden of purpose.” Levoy talks of the powerful effects of small actions and the importance of saying “yes.” Read more »
A Wider Field Of Vision With A Pilotwith Mark VanhoenackerProgram 3777
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Vanhoenacker opens our vision to a more expansive landscape. He says, “I get to so see so much of the urban world, in particular, and it’s a joy for me to share it as best I can… Travel is a miracle and is something that would have amazed almost all humans who have ever lived to be able to travel the way some of us do now.” Read more »
The Creative Path Is A Life Pathwith Cathy WildProgram 3603
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Cathy Wild suggests that there is no set formula for the creative process and that it is our natural state, our birthright. She gives advice on the importance of knowing yourself deeply, which sustains the creative process. She also talks about how to cope with resistance and how to remain calm and vulnerable once your gift is presented to the world. Read more »
The Life Enhancing Benefits Of Wonder And Awewith Allen KleinProgram 3727
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Here we explore the complex emotion of awe which frequently involves a sense of surprise, unexpectedness, or mystery. Wonder and awe have many benefits and here you’ll find many ways to invite more of these most positive emotions into your life. Klein shares many inspiring examples of how we can tap into the power and benefits of awe. Read more »
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Our most loving relationships often start at the top of the mountain; they begin with the magic of romance. However, when the veneer of those early beginnings starts to wear thin, tensions inevitably surface. When we find ourselves reacting to our partner with potent, negative feelings, we have two choices. One is to fight and then make up – again, and again, and again – until all we have left to share are the cold remains of some unresolved pain. Or, we learn how to turn this kind of unpleasant encounter into a whole new kind of understanding, one that both illuminates and disarms the differences between the two of us before it can escalate into a painful disagreement that no one wins. This deep dialogue explores how we can work through conflict in a truly constructive way beyond anger, blame, and coercion. Finley uses the analogy of volunteering to pick up the check at a restaurant saying, “This one is on me.” He reveals, “I’m simply saying I have seen enough about myself to know that if I resist your negativity with my own, we’re going to sit here and each of us will find the other responsible for this miserable moment.” He goes on to give an alternative to that scenario: “You are not responsible for the misery I’m feeling. If I’m miserable it’s because I’m identified with and protecting something in myself that I didn’t know was there until you helped me see it.”
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The antidote is in the venom.
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Persian Poet
“This is one of my all time favorite quotes and has been a guide for me for many years and it goes to the heart of my most recent book on relationship. Everything that we need to discover about ourselves in order to become more true and more loving human beings is right there in the very moment where everything about us doesn’t feel loving and wants nothing to do with those who have brought up those feelings in us. The venom of the moment holds the antidote because everything that we need to see about ourselves is in the moment when we are struck by the insensitive comment, when we are suddenly snapped aware because someone has said something deleterious about us. If we can learn to be present in those moments then we’ll start to understand the antidote isn’t to fix you, the antidote is to change the part of our self that can be struck and made negative or venomous by anything.”
Guy Finley, spiritual teacher and author of
Relationship Magic: Waking Up Together
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Today I had a conversation with a dear friend who had recently returned from an exquisite trip to Isla Mujeres off the Northern coast of Cancun. She was referred to a friend who lived there who became the guide around the island for her and her daughter. He was so happy to be able to talk with someone who was curious about his spiritual path. It turns out that it includes the revered and late Sufi mystic from Sri Lanka Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (d. 1986).
When my friend mentioned the name of his teacher, I remembered that years ago a special audio documentary was produced for New Dimensions by the esteemed documentarian David Freudberg.
I looked it up in our database to see if it had been digitized yet. It was not. I immediately contacted my teammate, Lou Judson, to see if he could digitize that program and get a summary transcript of the program so that I could write up a more detailed description.
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Here the co-founders of New Dimensions Radio share the many stories of how they met, how they started New Dimensions, and their adventures along the way.
Turn Your Radio On: Michael Toms Is Interviewed By George Leonardwith Michael Toms and George LeonardProgram 1722MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
Here Toms reveals his own early roots of how New Dimensions came through a series of synchronistic events. He also talks about his spiritual background. This was a live 2-hour radio program recorded in 1982 and includes calls from listeners. Read more »
Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do – Part Iwith Justine Willis Toms & Michael TomsProgram 2700
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This deep dialogue includes discovering your passion. Also, how to cope with a toxic work environment and move with “radical trust.” Michael says in his experience, “Creativity comes out of chaos. When the hardest lessons and most difficult experiences are in front of us, that’s where the gold is, that’s where the real nitty-gritty of our authenticity lies.” Read more »
NewDimensions Vision Of The Future: Jean Houston Interviews Michael Tomswith Michael Toms and Jean HoustonProgram 2800
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Toms shares how he became an interviewer and how he feeds his search for knowledge and wisdom. He also tells us his understanding of what New Dimensions is all about stressing the importance of “inner work, which determines how you live your outer life as well as the importance of getting out of the problem box and into the “limitless field of possibilities.” Read more »
Giving Your Fullness Will Take You Where You Need To Gowith Justine Willis Toms, DHLProgram 3567
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Justine Willis Toms shares principals that lead to a more useful and fulfilling life. She asks the question: is worry fruitful and will it lead me to an effective outcome? She also encourages us to create circles of friends who support us in our fullness. She shares the lessons of the caterpillar and the butterfly. Read more »
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My life is my message.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1883-1944) Indian activist,
leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule
“When Gandhi finished giving a talk to thousands of people in India, he got on the train and as the train started moving away, the people were waving and he was waving back to the crowds. All of a sudden a journalist starts running along with the train and he says, ‘Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Gandhi, what’s your message for the people?’ And Gandhi said, ‘My life is my message.’ That’s one of the most meaningful quotes for me because our life is everything. We can say things, we can give advice, but at the end of the day, how we live is the real test. If you really want to know who someone is? Live with them for a week. How do they handle their intimate relationships? How do they deal with their children? How do they deal with their employees or their friends? How do they handle their debts? How do they handle everything? So, for me, my life is my message is very personal and very powerful.”
Jacob Israel Liberman, O.D., Ph.D., Author of Luminous Life:How the Science of Light Unlocks the Art of Living
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Liberman makes the provocative statement that “Anything that catches your eye is actually looking for you.” This leads him to speak about living in a choiceless way and following what attracts your eye. He says, “You see what grabs your attention is being animated by the same thing that animates the timing of the rising and setting of the sun, the beating of our hearts . . . I’ve come to have such respect for the timing of things that the moment it comes I automatically respond to it . . .Life provides a way for us to continually experience meeting things, responding to things, completing things and in the process we gain an authentic security in our ability to meet everything.” He goes on to talk about a surprising view of what light is and is not. Backed up by the experiments of scientist Arthur Zajonc, Liberman describes for us that the nature of light is actually invisible. He says, “We think light is a thing. Light is actually just an infinite potentiality. Light is actually formless. It is totally invisible. You cannot see it. Our experience of light is something that appears bright which is a perceptual phenomenon. That is not light; It’s just brightness.”
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Margaret Wheatley, Ph.D. is one of the most perceptive observers of the patterns of civilizations. She observes, “We cannot live in this world without a commonly shared sense of what is important, what is of value, what is ‘real’.” She also shares the profound understanding that what distinguishes living systems from machines is their ability to learn. A healthy living system is a good learner and can thrive even though its environment is moving toward increasing disorder. The importance of a shared sense of what is of value and life-long learning in disorderly times are two of the many topics she explores in these most relevant programs specially selected from our archive of programs.
Persevering No Matter Whatwith Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D. Program 3370MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
What drags us under when we experience set-backs, failures, criticism while working for a cause, person, or place? Wheatley advises us to work with as much diligence as we can. She says that in the end it is about feeling that it is our work to do and doing it with vigor and enjoyment even though we don’t know what the outcome will be. Read more »
Warriors For The Human Spiritwith Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D.Program 3460
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In this time of constant distractions and disappointment we become exhausted and heartsick as our good work is ignored. Wheatley speaks with fierce honesty as she gives us the map of where we are. She also gives us tools that enliven and reinvigorate us in our work and relationships. She’s the author of So Far From Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World. Read more »
Courage, Conversation and Changing The Worldwith Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D.Program 3082
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Never before in human history have we been exposed to so much data from so many sources, a veritable deluge. According to Wheatley, “We have to slow down. Nothing will change for the better until we do. We need time to think, to learn, to get to know each other. We are losing these great human capacities in the speed-up of modern life, and it is killing us.” Read more »
Becoming Warriors For The Human Spiritwith Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D.Program 3665
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Every living system goes through a life cycle: birth, creativity, flowering, harvesting, and then death. Wheatley points out that we are at the end of a cycle and she warns us: “It’s important that we understand where we are in the pattern of collapse and not throw up our hands in despair . . .but to understand: Now that this is happening, who do I choose to be?” Read more »
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There are those of us who function primarily out of our analytical mind. Others of us are governed by our intuition or are moved to act from our gut feelings. This dialogue explores another force that can assist us in finding trustworthy guidance in our lives. Here we investigate what we can reliably turn to to help us navigate life’s twists and turns. Tadd gives an example of the very simple but effective practice of shifting our focus from our solar plexus, a place of worry and fear, to the third eye, a place of spiritual perspective. She says, “Fulfillment comes from actualizing our spiritual nature at the personality level and this is key because we’re taught that fulfillment comes from getting what we want. I think it’s a terrible setup. I don’t know anyone who gets everything they want. What that does is breeds an unhappy culture, a dissatisfied culture. But if we change the definition of happiness to what my guide’s definition is, which is the actualization of our spiritual nature, then what becomes most important is how are we manifesting ourselves rather than what happens to us.”
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We were together, I forget the rest.
Walt Whitman, poet
“I use this quote all the time now. I say to people, if I was ever to have a gravestone, which I do not intend to have, this would be what I would want on it as a summation of my own work and my own life. It originated in a poem by Walt Whitman but he was using it in a very personal, romantic context of describing a time when he was with his great love and was describing the intensity of a romantic relationship. The phrase was given to me by a student who was using it in the context that I now use it: as what is the importance about community, what is the importance of a life truly well-lived. For me it’s all about our relationship. It’s all about how well we can live together and at the end of my life I want to be able to say ’we were together, I forget the rest.’”
Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D., author of
Who Do We Choose To Be: Facing Reality,
Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity
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When you’re able to see the earth for the Bodhisattva that she is, you will want to bow down and touch the earth with reverence and respect. Then love and care will be born in your heart. This awakening is enlightenment. Don’t look for enlightenment elsewhere. This awake meaning, this enlightenment will bring about a great transformation in you. And you’ll have more happiness, more love, and more understanding than from any other practice. Enlightenment, liberation, peace, and joy, aren’t dreams for the future. They’re a reality available to us in the present moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) Vietnamese monk,
peace activist, founder of Plum Village in France,
author of many books including
Love Letter to the Earth
“Like he says, it’s right here, right now, right here in each of us. That’s our Buddha nature and we just have to access what’s already here. And, we can access that through the Earth, through this incredible Bodhisattva every time we touch the Earth with our awareness, with our feet, with our reverence, with our respect. When you contemplate the web of life and all the living systems working together, it’s a total miracle. Just look inside our own human bodies, all the bodies of life on Earth working together. It is so incredibly miraculous when you touch this caring. That understanding is enlightenment. That is it. It’s nothing else.”
Cynthia Jurs is the author of Summoned by The Earth: Becoming A Holy Vessel For Healing Our World
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There is an ancient Tibetan practice of Earth Treasure Vases. These clay vases are created and empowered to bring healing, stabilization, and immeasurable blessings when they are ceremonially buried in the earth. Cynthia Jurs was given her life assignment by Charok Rinpoche, a 106-year-old lama living in a cave in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. Little did she know at the time that this would launch her on a 30-year worldwide trek to bury these precious vases in diverse and distressed places on the planet. These vases are activators of Gaia acupuncture meridians and set in motion healing on many levels: socially, physically, and spiritually. This practice for Jurs is deeply rooted in the feminine, honoring indigenous traditions, and the teachings of an embodied, engaged, sacred activism dedicated to global healing and collective awakening. Here she describes her journey to a diversity of communities as indigenous peoples, elders, and activists joined her in a commitment to steward and heal Gaia, Mother Earth.
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“I’ve been a guest on several podcasts lately but rarely do I have the pleasure of talking with someone as interesting, kind, thoughtful, and curious as Justine Willis Toms on New Dimensions. This was a pleasure for me to have the actual time to talk in-depth about ideas that need to be heard today. This breadth of dialogue doesn’t fit into short sound bites so it is often overlooked. It was a true pleasure and very unusual in today’s quick-fix era.”
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Whether or not you read the Bible, whether or not you consider yourself religious, you are affected by the Bible’s influence on society. For this reason, it may be very interesting to discover just what the Bible says and what it doesn’t say. The Spotlight programs this week highlight the stories that have been influencing Western culture through millennia. These dialogues feature scholars who have studied the texts and are presenting cogent, relevant, and inspiring views of this “word of God.” Increasingly, theological positions are at the heart of contemporary American political debate. It behooves us to have a broad understanding of the Bible. This understanding is relevant to us, whether or not we are religious.
Genesis: A New Viewwith Bill MoyersProgram #2592MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Here Moyers discusses some of the controversies surrounding Genesis, the first book of the Bible, which, he points out, contains some of the most powerful stories in Western civilization. He says, “Stories are the way we organize our response to the world…Listening to others, and having them listen to you, is a way to grow your own faith.” Read more »
The Foremothers Of Judaism, Islam, And Christianitywith Charlotte Gordon, Ph.D.Program #3329MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The war in Iraq has been called a war between the sons of Sarah and the sons of Hagar, the two wives of Abraham. Biblical scholar Charlotte Gordon has examined the story of these women in all its complexity, unraveling key elements that were lost in translations of the Old Testament.Her premise gives us hopefor harmony and reconciliation between Muslims and Jews. Read more »
The Original Wisdom Of Jesus As Spoken In His Native Aramaicwith Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D.Program #3775MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99This deep dialogue enlivens the works and words of Jesus to higher levels of inspiration and understanding so needed in these threshold times. Klotz helps us to see the moving nature and luminosity of the teachings of Jesus that are present within us, within our very breath, every day through the Aramaic translations. Read more »
Seeing The Bible Anewwith Bishop John Shelby SpongProgram #3098MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Increasingly, theological positions on war, women, and discrimination against homosexuals are at the heart of contemporary American political debate. At the center of these controversies is the Bible. Based on a cultural and historical context of the Bible, Spong gives us a worldview that promotes respect and love for each other, our planet and all of life. Read more »
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Planting seeds of hope and compassion is the most important thing we can do in the face of oppression, negativity, terror, and injustice. Little compares to the powerful spiritual force of joining voices to harmonize in songs of freedom. It’s a transformative occasion when done with the fullness of our being that creates a sense of communal solidarity. We become part of something larger than ourselves. When speaking of the Black spiritual musical tradition Mertz says, “You could take away someone’s language, you could take away someone’s clothing, their money, their culture, the world they had come from, but you could never take away the ability to create a song… all of this is about community. It’s also a survival technique… And yet we sing it with joy. And we sing it with ebullience, buoyancy, and abundance. The music teaches us that through adversity there is strength to be found.”
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For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.
Audre Lorde, (1934-1992) An American writer,
professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist,
poet, and civil rights activist.
Author of The Black Unicorn (a collection of her poetry)
“I want to lift up the fabulous, black, queer poet Audre Lorde. Who said ‘For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house’. What that’s about is that the master’s tools are the whip, the lash, the violence, those are not going to be the tools that we use to create the new world. It can’t be. We have to use the love, and the singing, and the voice, and the togetherness, and the fearlessness, and the courage, and the joy. As Maya Angelou said ‘I don’t trust people who don’t laugh’. Laughter is an important part of the story.”
Benjamin Mertz is a musician, activist for social justice,
and Director of Diversity & Inclusion
for the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute (BECI).
He is also the founder and director of
Joyful Noise! Gospel Singers
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Why is optimism good for the brain? How may we avoid technology overload and learn to focus on what is truly important to us? What is neuroplasticity and how can it help prevent dementia? Do the different sides of our brain see the world differently? Can we actually alter the structure of our brains to focus on the good? These and many other subjects are explored in these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive.
Controlling Your Genetic Blueprintwith Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.Program 3093MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
Bruce Lipton and other cellular biologists have discovered that our genetic blueprint is not static. While our genes do not change, the way they are expressed may be very much within our control. He tells us, “Cells need the brain to interpret the world and feed back to them what they should be doing to keep this whole system alive and floating.” Read more »
A Healthy More Resilient Brainwith Brant Cortright, Ph.D.Program 3554
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Brant Cortright brings brain research into a new dimension by putting it into a holistic health context. Cortright’s lessons about brain health incorporate body, heart, mind, and spirit. He clarifies some common misconceptions, and shares how we can help our brains thrive and grow, including what we might be doing to unknowingly cause harm. R*ead more »*
Unleash Your Brain Power As You Agewith Michael J. Gelb, Ph.D.Program 3429
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Unlike our knees and hips, our brains improve with age. This dialogue includes: neuroplasticity, how improving our brain power can prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, why optimism is good for the brain and enhances resilience, the benefits of challenging the brain to do something new, the benefits of meditation on the brain, and more. Read more »
A Brain That Knows How To Be Happywith Rick Hanson, Ph.D.Program 3336
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Hanson reminds us that we have enormous power, not only to change our frame of mind but also to physically alter our body and even the structure of our brain by taking charge of our thoughts. Learn to retrain your brain from its default position of suffering. Hanson is author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence. Read more »
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Both ancient and modern wisdom counsel that the path to a good life is to be full of care, to work with what is given, and to look for friends along the way. Friendship is the tether that holds us as we navigate life’s many thresholds. Nothing draws us through them as powerfully as the loving care of others. Friendship is an island of safety and intimacy as we share our joys, sorrows, challenges, and authenticity. They give us the courage to be our full self, flaws and all, and love us even when we don’t love ourselves. It is said to find a friend we need to be a friend. Here we explore one of the most important aspects of being human—the power of friendship.
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As I put this spotlight together I recall hearing the relentless buzzing of a chainsaw as a tree outside my window was being cut down. I feel extreme distress over the outrageous and violent destruction of a living, breathing tree. This pain in my heart causes me to seek refuge in the wisdom of former guests who share a deep intimacy with our most necessary and loyal Earthly companions. Here are four Programs specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive that have informed and comforted me. I know they will do the same for you.
The Power Of One: Making Choices For A Better Worldwith Julia Butterfly HillProgram 2942MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99In this moving dialogue, Julia speaks about her heart wrenching experiences sitting in the Redwood tree she named Luna, and the work she has been doing since she ended her tree sit. Julia continues to speak out for the Earth and acknowledges how easily we can become overwhelmed by the problems of the world. Read more »
Standing By Trees, Women, And Girls with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.Program 3395MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Trees are our essential partners in life on this planet. Not only are they indispensable to our wellbeing, they are sacred. Bolen’s thwarted efforts to save a magnificent Monterey Pine tree in her yard from those who wanted to have a better view moved her to look at the anatomy and physiology of trees as well as the archetypal and sacred symbols they represent. Read more »
Listening To What Trees Have To Teach Uswith Ellen Dee DavidsonProgram 3787MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Here we explore what it means to be in conversation with trees. Davidson hikes into an ancient redwood forest on a regular basis and practices “forest bathing”. She reminds us that when we are not bombarded with the noise, bright lights, and electromagnetic fields of a city our nervous system calms down and our capacity opens up to a wider field of perception. Read more »
Exploring the Hidden Kingdom of Fungi with Merlin Sheldrake, Ph.D.Program 3705MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Fungi live their lives largely hidden from view and over 90% of their species remain undocumented. Sheldrake says that the fungal kingdom is more closely related to the animal kingdom. Here he takes us into his research on the ecological significance of fungi and its importance to all life on planet earth. Read more »
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We should understand ourselves in two ways, as a person, and as something which has no name, or body, or mind.
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi from Zen Mind, Beginners Mind
“To understand ourselves in this way is liberation from ourself and true understanding of ourselves. When we say ‘things as it is’, it means to understand ourselves from the standpoint of being and non-being. That’s how we understand ourselves. That is how we should exist as a human being in this world or we’ll be lost. Most people live as someone who is fully known to another, a fixed personality. When that’s the case, we lose the other side. That’s why this world is so busy and noisy. When we understand our world with calmness of mind, we’ll have a compassionate mind for people who are involved in a one-sided view. Our practice should be concentrated on this point by doing trivial near-at-hand practice.”
Peter Coyote, actor, Zen priest and author of
Zen in the Vernacular: Things As It Is
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Buddha was a revolutionary and he left us with a map of how to effectively live our lives with skillful means. He gave us wise words for effective living through the Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path, and the Thirteen Precepts. Here Coyote expands on the concept of “life is suffering” to mean life’s afflictions cannot be avoided. Stuff happens. However, we can contain our response to those afflictions through our meditation practice. He also encourages us to be active in the world and to contribute to the good while being aware of the unintentional negative consequences of our actions. He encourages us to acknowledge the darker side of our nature so that through that awareness we might better contain it. He reminds us of the RAIN process as created by Teah Strozier: R-recognize; A-acceptance, I-investigate, N-not identify. Ultimately Buddhism can help us towards better ways of living together that are sustainable, democratic, and include justice for all.
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Humans experience a profound spiritual connection with their animal companions. These special beings not only have healing powers; they often teach us how to be wise. These four programs, especially selected from the New Dimensions program archive, are filled with insights and stories to enhance the connection with our animal friends.
Communication and Healing with Animalswith Linda Tellington-JonesProgram 2319MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Have a favorite animal in your life? Want to relate to animals in a different way? Linda Tellington-Jones opens our eyes to an innovative, effective method of improving our animals’ health and temperament, and of experiencing the deep joy of communicating with another species. Read more »
Of Animal Grace And A Spa For A Pigwith Sy MontgomeryProgram 3162MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Montgomery is in awe of who animals are and what they have to teach us. She’s lived with domestic and wild animals of all sorts, from chickens and pigs to emus and orangutans and she’s learned that no matter how fierce they may seem, there is little to fear. She shares with us an awareness that the capabilities of animals may far exceed our own. Read more »
The Minds Of Animalswith Temple Gradin, Ph.D.Program 3075MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Many of us – philosophers and scientists, not to mention all those tens of millions who have animal companions – have long wondered what goes on in the minds of animals. Temple Grandin, a high-functioning person with autism has spent a lifetime empathizing with animals, working with farmers and large corporations helping them to better understand animals in order to make their care more humane. Read more »
The Soul Of A Dolphinwith Brenda PetersonProgram 3001MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Peterson’s intimate lifelong relationship with dolphins has led her to seek ways for us to engage them without harm and still benefit from their amazing capacity to heal. She inspires us to recognize the true nature of all animals—their intelligence, their emotions, even their souls—and to relate to them as fellow beings. Read more »
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In these perilous and most challenging times we are bombarded with public conversations about where we should be focusing our attention. Because it is coming at us from all sides, it’s more important than ever to take a moment and listen to our wise elders. Physicist Fritjof Capra is a whole systems thinker, who talks of the interconnectedness of all life. The late Physicist F. David Peat poses this most important question: How can you be sure that the good works you do actually have the positive outcome you hope for? John Seed conducts deep ecology workshops throughout the world and in 1995 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal by the Australian Government for services to conservation and the environment. He is compelling and entertaining in his presentation to help us remember that environment is not something separate from us. Another advocate of the preservation of wilderness, Brooke Williams explores wildness not for answers but for ideas, possibilities, and inspiration across the great divide in which we find ourselves as Americans. Please give yourself the gift of downloading wisdom with these four Programs selected from our deep archive of timeless wisdom.
Quantum Changewith F. David Peat, Ph.D.Program 3298
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Sometimes acting with the very best intentions can lead to disaster. How can you be sure that the good works you do actually have the positive outcome you hope for? F. David Peat (1938-2017) applied the principles of quantum physics to explain why some efforts to implement social change have failed miserably, while others have succeeded beyond anyone’s expectations. Read more »
A Deep Ecology Of The Heartwith John SeedProgram 3154
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As a founding father of the Deep Ecology movement, Seed has noticed that “we speak of ‘the environment,’ which makes it sound as though this is something that’s far away from us.” In poetry, song, and conversation he creates a space for us to explore our feelings about the devastation of our planet and our sacred, primordial connection with her living systems. Read more »
Living Systemswith Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.Program 2685
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The idea that success in the 21st century will depend on access to information is hype; it’s nonsense. There is enough information–we have an information overload. Success and survival in the 21st century will depend on ecological awareness and on new ideas of how to change our technology and ways of doing business. Our children need to learn values, ideas, knowledge and wisdom–not just how to use computers to access more and more information. Read more »
Become a Pilgrim and Explore Inner and Outer Wildernesswith Brooke WilliamsProgram 3750
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Committed advocate of the preservation of wilderness and an explorer of both the outer and inner wilderness, Brooke Williams is constantly looking to understand and experience the value of wild places and what that means for modern humans. Here we explore wildness for ideas, possibilities, and inspiration across the great divide in which we find ourselves as Americans. Read more »
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As life unfolds, we all experience many successes as well as challenges. Sluyter warns us that “we get distracted by the good and the bad shiny objects. We get caught up in stuff and then we come to define our lives in terms of how things work out.” He reminds us of what it is that we can truly rely on, the place of perfect delicious silence, which is actually what we are at our deepest core. He gives an analogy: “All this ‘stuff’ is tossing and turning on the waves, the surface of life.” And he advises us to not try to flatten out all the waves, “That’s a hopeless task. But if you can settle down just a foot or two into the water beneath the waves, it’s already always silent and that’s what you are and anyone can access it.” He goes deeply into the concept that love is a lack of otherness and how fear and love cannot occupy the same place at the same time. He gives us an analogy of grief: “It’s as if the person that we loved was like a window through which the beautiful sunlight was streaming into us. Then, when that person dies, it’s as if the window shatters. That can seem like an ultimate disaster. But if we pay attention, we realize that the window was just the aperture, the opening through which the sunlight was reaching us and the sunlight is still there. In fact, the sunlight surrounds us.”
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If there’s a solution to the problem, what’s the point of worrying? If there’s no solution to the problem, what’s the point of worrying?
6th century Buddhist sage Shantideva
“I don’t have a tattoo but if I ever get one, that’ll probably be it. What does it help to worry? Worry is a bunch of agitated thoughts that we generate. There’s another quote that I have at the very beginning of my book from The Wizard of Oz. As Dorothy and her three friends are approaching the wizard, the cowardly lion is terrified and suddenly he says: ‘Somebody pulled my tail.’ And the Tin Man says: ‘Oh, you did it yourself.’ How much do we do to ourselves? In how many different ways do we find to pull our own tails by indulging in worry, in fear, in anger. It’s a self-generating thing. It’s a thing that we impose on the situation. This doesn’t mean bury your head in the sand, it doesn’t mean to become apathetic. It means that when we drop useless worry – when we drop useless anxiety, we can see more clearly and say to our self: ‘Here’s the situation. Here’s the problem. Here’s the way I can be most effective in addressing it.’”
Dean Sluyter author of
Fear Less: Living Beyond Fear, Anxiety, Anger and Addiction
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What happens to our conscious self after we die? Is death merely another stage in the life of the soul or spirit? Here are four programs from the New Dimensions archive that speak to such subjects as: What is a near death experience? Does reincarnation exist? What are the gifts of a near death experience?… and more.
Spiritual Beings In A Material Worldwith Charles Tart, Ph.D.Program 3309MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
Facing the conflict between materialistic science and spirituality, and bringing the reality of human spirituality into the public discourse, is the work and the mission of Charles Tart. He shares scientific evidence for reincarnation, telepathy, psychic healing, and more. Read more »
Gifts From A Near Death Experiencewith David BennettProgram 3430
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Gentle and unassuming, Bennett shares his fascinating story of coming back from death after drowning as well as his healing from stage IV cancer. In this dialogue he reveals: How he met his soul family, his experience of his life’s review, how to move out of worry or regret, and how to best hear spirit in the cacophony of modern life. Read more »
The Redemptive Power Of A Near Death Experiencewith Rajiv Parti, M.D.Program 3596
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Until his NDE, material success was of utmost importance to Dr. Parti. He routinely disregarded stories his patients told him about their spiritual experiences during surgery until he, himself, experienced his own spiritual awakening in an NDE. Hear his profound tale of traveling to the Hell realm, meeting his spirit guides, finding forgiveness, and melding with the light. Read more »
The Survival Of Consciousnesswith Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D. and Willis Harman, Ph.D.Program 2446 MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
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As the bonfires of knowledge glow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes.
Terrence McKenna, American ethnobotanist, mystic, and psychonaut
“When I first heard this, which I think was actually on New Dimensions Radio, I liked the poetic sound of it. But the more I thought about it the more I realized what it was saying. As you begin to know something, that knowledge reveals to you how much is left to learn. So, if you don’t actually know very much, you have no idea what you don’t know. My study has primarily been focused on psychic phenomena, of which we actually know very little at this point. Over time we begin to make the bonfires glow a little bit more and now we’re beginning to grasp the actual depth of our ignorance which is way more than it originally was.”
Dean Radin, Ph.D., Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences
and author of Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe
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In this far ranging dialogue, scientist Radin separates magic into three categories: divination, force of will, and theurgy (evoking spirits – God force – through ceremony). Divination would include such things as tarot cards, rolling dice, and runes. He says of the other two: There is the “force of will in which your intentions impress into the world and manifest things – shape the world somehow. The third category is theurgy, which is a word that roughly means ‘God work’ but the connotation is that you can make the gods work for you. In the traditional magical ceremonial context, it’s evoking spirits and getting them to do things on your behalf.” Radin has studied what science has to say about precognition, clairvoyance, force of will, psychokinetic effects, mind/matter interaction effects, and more. He speaks of the difficulty of studying these phenomena in laboratory settings. Both Toms and Radin share some fascinating and “magical” stories from their own lives. Radin has found in his research over many decades that “the secret power of the universe is not made out of matter and energy and physical stuff but is probably made out of consciousness which is not physical . . . Consciousness is more fundamental than the constructs we have of space and time and matter and energy.”
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A few topics in these deep dialogues include: What survives death and where does consciousness reside? While our genes do not change, the way they are expressed may be very much within our control. What are the four paths of wise, effective action–“showing up, paying attention, telling the truth, and being unattached to the outcome”. What is the “implicate order” that forms the basis for bridging science and spirit? These thoughts and questions are just a few of the subjects covered by these 5 wisdom trailblazers on whose shoulders we stand as we explore creating a better world for all. You’ll want to hear all of them.
The Survival Of Consciousnesswith Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D. & Willis Harmon, Ph.D.Program 2446MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99This is a compelling dialogue with two researchers who have devoted their lives to exploring the questions related to survival of consciousness after death and experiences of non-ordinary consciousness. Read more »
Walking The Four-Fold Way with Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.Program 2424MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Arrien gathered wisdom from a variety of indigenous cultures distilling it into four paths of wise, effective action—“showing up, paying attention, telling the truth and being unattached to the outcome.” These are the archetypal paths of the warrior, healer, visionary and teacher. The opportunity to embody these archetypes arises in every situation in our lives. Read more »
Controlling Your Genetic Blueprintwith Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.Program 3093MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Bruce Lipton and other cellular biologists have discovered that our genetic blueprint is not static. While our genes do not change, the way they are expressed may be very much within our control. He tells us, “Cells need the brain to interpret the world and feed back to them what they should be doing to keep this whole system alive and floating.” Read more »
Parts Of A Wholewith David Bohm, Ph.D.Program 1785MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Theoretical physicist Bohm developed a theory of quantum physics that addresses both matter and consciousness as an unbroken whole. The late Bohm’s concept of “implicate order” provides a basis for bridging science to the realm of spirit. For two decades, he explored this possibility with religious philosopher J. Krishnamurti. Read more »
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Keeping chickens in an urban setting has become increasingly popular in recent years. They not only produce eggs, they give us the delightful pleasure of their company. When feeling stressed and anxious just take a moment or two to pull up a chair outside a chicken coop and let these feathered friends entertain you, erase your anxiety, and connect you to nature. Chickens are full of surprises in their intelligence, emotional capacity, their gorgeous feathers and variety of colors, and their inquisitiveness. Chickens even dream, dance, and meet in circles. Flocks of chickens are even being used for emotional support in care facilities. They help us feel less lonely as we delight in observing their highly social behavior. Here we explore the therapeutic benefits of chickens to promote emotional comfort, connect us to nature, and add fresh eggs to our diet.
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller (1880-1968), An American author, disability rights advocate.
She triumphed over the limitations of both blindness and deafness.
“In addition to being a nurse, I’ve worked with outdoor and experiential challenges related to education. Our team of instructors would use that quote a lot just to inspire people to get out of their comfort zones. Just because we don’t want something to happen won’t stop it from happening. Security does not exist in nature and that’s really true for humans. [When faced with challenges] we have the opportunity go forth willingly and try and grow from it because it’s going to happen even when we don’t want it. This quote from Helen Keller is about growth. I also think it relates to chickens because they live in a really dangerous world. Still chickens are living out there, living their best little lives.”
Tedra Hamel, critical care nurse and author of
Therapy Chickens: Let the Wisdom of the Flock Bring You Joy
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The practice of resilience is vital to being able to adapt to life’s stresses and adversities. Our ability to bounce back can be learned and developed. You will find that the stories and wisdom of these New Dimensions guests are filled with inspiration and practical illustrations from their own lives. These five Programs were specially selected from the New Dimensions Program Archive.
Facing Fear – Finding Freedomwith Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.Program 2682MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99In midst of writing a book on resilience Orsborn was diagnosed with breast cancer, which gave her the opportunity practice it for real! Now cancer-free, she offers her own experience coupled with the teachings of spiritual masters from both Eastern and Western traditions to help us all rebound gracefully from the setbacks we inevitably encounter. Read more »
Change Is Not the Enemy, Fear Is with M. J. RyanProgram 3316MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Change is stressful, often frightening. It’s essential to cultivate healthy ways of dealing with fears that often arise when the status quo dissolves before you. Ryan has developed sound strategies that will help you understand your innate coping mechanisms, and learn to take a more conscious approach to life’s transitions to create the positive outcomes you desire. Read more »
When Your Heart’s Work Has Broken Your Heartwith Parker Palmer, Ph.D.Program 3241MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Doing work coming from the heart can be thwarted by the institutions for which we work. They often are driven by factors far removed from true service. We set out to do meaningful work and become broken hearted as we are forced to compromise our ideals again and again. Here is help in transforming our lives, our work, even the institutions within which we serve. Read more »
Finding Courage When Your Life Turns Upside Downwith Jan YanehiroProgram 3215MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Life can change in a moment. Yanehiro’s perfect life suddenly turned upside down. Faced with the death of her husband, loss of her ideal job, and financial ruin, she found strength and support through turbulent times from a circle of friends. Be inspired by her vibrancy, delight, and her loving invitation to recognize your own strength in keeping your dreams alive. Read more »
The Power In Our Storieswith Rebecca SolnitProgram 3092MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Amazing things happen when we take action. Solnit reminds us that some of the most radical ideals of our predecessors are the norms of mainstream society today-only because they took action even when a positive outcome seemed unlikely. She encourages us to remain hopeful and know that we have powerful impact on how the world will look seven generations from now. Read more »
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As a young child, Peterson’s original playmates were wild animals. She grew up in a Forest Service lookout cabin in a forest preserve on the border of California and Oregon. Her father was a forest ranger, later to become the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Peterson is directing us to look beyond the companionship we enjoy with our domesticated animal friends and invites us to explore how wild animals can become our guides and fellow travelers, helping us navigate the stresses of daily life in a rapidly changing planet. For example, she shares the poignant story of an elderly woman who had Alzheimer’s and lost her memory of friends, family, and even her own name. But this doyenne knew the birds, knew who she was as she came weekly to feed the gulls. She also shares the story of working with animal allies that empowered young teens in a classroom setting. Highlighted is the need for playfulness that enhances our survival. She shares the research done by Stuart Brown, M.D., founder of the National Institute for Play who has been able to demonstrate a correlation between the absence of normal play patterns in young people and mass killings. Peterson delights us with her many adventures with dolphins, beluga whales, orcas, and wolves.
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The deepest layers of our psyche still have animal characters.
Quote from C.G. Jung as reported by Ladson Hinton, M.D.
from an essay, A Return to Animal Soul,Psychological Perspectives Magazine: 28th issue (1993)
“The possibility of being present in the world in a whole undivided way can be the gift of the animals. Our first bond with animals is profound and enduring. 80% of children’s dreams are about animals. As children we naturally commune with other animals, our pets, and our imaginary friends. We easily shapeshift to imagine our lives as wolves, or bears, or birds, or dinosaurs. We have long ago left the green world, yet the green world and all her animals has never left us. Empathy with animals is not just about saving species. It’s about becoming other species, reclaiming those deepest layers of our animal selves, being present to more than our own lives, embracing all the astonishing beings who share this planet with us.”
Brenda Peterson, nature writer and author of
Wild Chorus: Finding Harmony with Whales,
Wolves and Other Animals
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) French novelist and essayist.
One of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
“In my own life and journey of exploration, often it isn’t that something new has popped up but my awareness has expanded to actually be able to see differently. I feel we’re on a cusp of seeing reality with new eyes. It’s not that it wasn’t there before and now we’ve just discovered it; it’s that we’ve, in a way, had our eyes closed to the deeper nature of reality. We’ve seen the appearance of reality as being duality-based and materialistic, and separated. Scientific evidence now is coming forward and finally catching up with universal spiritual experiences and explorations into consciousness to show the deeper nature of reality. The true nature of reality is that it is unified, and diversified, and profoundly interconnected. Consciousness isn’t something we have, it’s literally what we and the whole world are and that is so empowering and inspiring for me. I just want to share the good news with everybody.”
Jude Currivan, Ph.D., author of The Cosmic Hologram:Information at the Center of Creation
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Building resilience is imperative in these times and we can rewire our neural networks in order to do that. Why must we talk to our cells and send them messages of love? How do toxic beliefs stress our immune system? What are some ways to release energetic or emotional blockages? How does the body reflect the truth of our experience? How “waking down” can effectively lead us to “waking up.” These topics and many more will be explored in these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions archive.
Developing Our Natural Resiliencewith Linda GrahamProgram 3536MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99It’s possible to rewire our neural networks and build resilience so that positive emotions become a default reaction. Graham explains how habits such as mindfulness, self-compassion, and body awareness can help us learn to naturally respond with grace and skill when we are under pressure. She offers practicable suggestions to consciously develop our natural resilience. Read more »
The Sacred Geometry Of Our Cells with Sondra Barrett, Ph.D.Program 3475MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99This dialogue blends the scientific study of cells with the mystical mystery they contain. We learn that cells can be our teachers, that they need community to survive, and how our emotions affect our cells. If we are worried or fearful, the body prepares us for fight or flight. The more we understand how our cells work, the more effectively we can live our lives. Read more »
Healing The Body By Clearing Emotional Energywith Amy B. ScherProgram 3584MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99When we feel pain in our body, it is usually a sign that something is wrong. When we experience injury, illness, or disease, we treat the symptoms with medication, physical therapy or alternative medicine. But sometimes treating the symptoms isn’t enough. Our bodies are often telling us that there is a disruption in our energy flow that is keeping us from getting well. Read more
Tap Into Your Inner Knowing Through The Bodywith John J. Prendergast, Ph.D.Program 3563MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Many spiritual practices guide us in what is known as “waking up.” Even though this process gives us a great sense of freedom and spaciousness, Prendergast suggests that the path to “waking up” is by “waking down.” Tuning into our body often brings forth a useful image and will help us to live with more authenticity. Read more »
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As we move into a new paradigm of living, I searched the New Dimensions deep archive of timeless wisdom for inspiration and embodied wisdom for moving into a new collective paradigm. I could choose dozens of programs, but I limited it to four programs that I know are helpful to us in these threshold times.… Read More »Spotlight: Moving Into A Collective New Paradigm
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Free Listening Through September 26, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Nepo helps us to understand that the heart plays a central role in how our life-force manifests. It’s one of our greatest resources as a conduit for our intuitive mind.… Read More »Navigating Our Way Between Fear and Safety with Mark Nepo
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When people’s dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them and yet the people who have lost their hearts do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to look for the lost heart. Mencius (372 BC-289 BC) Chinese Confucian philosopher “I… Read More »A Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Mark Nepo
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A conversation with Justine Willis Toms, writer, co-founder, managing producer, and host of new dimensions radio, an international syndication featuring the world’s most visionary wisdom leaders. Hosted by Ray Couture.
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Free Listening Through September 12, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Creativity is a journey with lots of ups and downs, twists and turns. To be creative, one cannot watch from the sidelines. Cathy Wild suggests that there is no set… Read More »The Creative Path Is A Life Path with Cathy Wild
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Make good by standing place. Cathy Wild’s father “When I was a child my father said to me, “Make good by standing place.” This idea came from Archimedes who was a Greek mathematician and a leading scientist in the classical age. He said, “Give me a place to stand, and… Read More »A Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Cathy Wild
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Through the years many guests on New Dimensions have expounded on the joys and benefits of writing and journaling. They know firsthand how this self-expression can enrich our self-knowledge, open us to our innate creativity, and turn our suffering into healing. These four programs, specially selected from the New Dimensions archive, will inspire you to… Read More »Spotlight: Transforming Ourselves Through Writing
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Our innate capacity for empathy is the source of the most precious of all human qualities. His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Orloff says, “In the depth and intricacies of being human the complexity of empathy is at the center. It’s the alpha; it’s the beginning; it inspires me to keep on going. When… Read More »A Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Judith Orloff, M.D.
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Free Listening Through September 5, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? This deep dialogue explores the blessings and challenges of being an empath. Highly sensitive people have much to be… Read More »Wise Guidance for Empaths and Highly Sensitive People with Judith Orloff, M.D.
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As I prepare for an interview, I’m not surprised about how often I run across a reference to the wisdom of physicist Fritjof Capra, Ph.D. He is often quoted by New Dimensions guests. In addition, we’ve been privileged to have hosted Capra many times on our program series. I vividly remember the first most astounding… Read More »SUPPORT GENUINE AND TRUSTWORTHY DIALOGUE
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These four programs are specially selected from our archive and include a scientist, a pioneer in the exploration of human consciousness, a Buddhist monk, a physicist, and an environmentalist who share their extensive experience of social change, the essence of nonviolence, and how love and compassion must be embedded in action. Your Intuitive Mind Could… Read More »Spotlight: Love & Compassion Must Be Embedded in Action
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Larry Brilliant, M.D. reminds us of something that Mahatma Gandhi said during the fight for freedom for India. He had many complicated decisions to make and many people would come to him and ask, “Mahatma, how do I know what the right thing to do? Gandhi would say, “Everybody wants a magic amulet that protects… Read More »A Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Larry Brilliant, M.D.
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Free Listening Through August 29, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. There are some whose major influence was the ‘60s: who protested the Vietnam war, used psychedelics, marched for civil rights, traveled to India and found a guru, and then went… Read More »A Life Of Compassionate Service with Larry Brilliant, M.D.
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We want to acknowledge our fellow radio producer with whom we’ve been privileged to share the airwaves (and softball league) for many decades. Here we highlight some of our precious moments with Scoop. They are filled with his special wisdom and humor. He will be missed and held in our hearts. A Modest Proposal with Wes “Scoop” Nisker Program… Read More »Spotlight: In Memoriam For Our Dear Friend Wes “Scoop” Nisker (1942-2023)
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Why I Meditate (after Allen Ginsberg) I meditate because I suffer. I suffer, therefore I am. I am, therefore I meditate. I meditate because there are so many other things to do. I meditate because when I was younger it was all the rage. I meditate because Siddhartha Gautama, Bodhidharma, Marco Polo, the British Raj,… Read More »Why I Meditate (after Allen Ginsberg) – Wes “Scoop” Nisker
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Free Listening Through August 22, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Keepin states that the essence of God resides in the heart; this supreme reality is deeply personal. His work as both a scientist and a seeker of spiritual wisdom reveals… Read More »The Transformative Path of Divine Love with Will Keepin, Ph.D.
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When we pay attention to certain events that spontaneously show up in our lives, such as dreaming of a long-lost friend and the next day they call, one might call this a synchronicity. When we pay attention to these events, our lives move into a greater flow, enhancing our creativity and touching the mystery beyond… Read More »Spotlight: Living In Meaningful Coincidence
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When we walk on the shamanic path of direct revelation we are to love all that we see with humility, live all that we feel with reverence, and know all that we possess with discipline. This reveals that this is a path with heart, a path that reflects our honor. Hawaiian elder, Hale Makua “This… Read More »Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Hank Wesselman, Ph.D.
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Free Listening Through August 15, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Wesselman encourages us to move beyond “hand-me-down” beliefs and religions. Instead he invites us to co-create with spirit and follow a path of direct experience of the sacred. Our collective… Read More »Reclaiming Wonder and Hope with Hank Wesselman, Ph.D.
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Free Listening Through August 8, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Karen Casey at 84 years old is considered the godmother of women’s recovery books and is a leading voice in the art of compassion, acceptance, creativity, and mindfulness. She started… Read More »The Hard-Won Wisdom Of A Journey From Hopelessness To Spiritual Transformation with Karen Casey, Ph.D.
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You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American political figure, diplomat, pacifist and activist. She was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. “I love this quote. It grabbed my attention long ago. You must do the thing you think you cannot do because… Read More »Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Karen Casey, Ph.D.
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How many times have you said to yourself that nothing will change for the better because the forces of greed and ignorance are just too entrenched? Have you despaired of being able to contribute toward the good because you feel you are too small to make a difference in the face of the enormous challenges… Read More »ARE THE FORCES OF GREED AND IGNORANCE TOO ENTRENCHED?
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Biologist Elisabet Sahtouris says “Life gets creative in a time of crisis.” Philosopher and cosmologist Thomas Berry tells us, “If we can’t see the stars at night, it’s not just pollution or toxicity of the planet, it’s a loss of our soul, our imagination, of the experience of what it is to be a human… Read More »Spotlight: The Good News: The Universe is Alive and Interconnected
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Flow down and down and down in ever widening rings of being. Sufi Mystic, Jelaluddin Rumi, Translation: Coleman Barks “I love this quote because in such economical and beautiful language it really expresses the essence of the direct approach. Instead of our attention flowing outwards or upwards towards an object, a substance, activity, a relationship,… Read More »Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Rupert Spira
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Free Listening Through August 1, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. This teacher of non-dualism sheds light on the essential teachings of what is known as “the direct path.” Almost everybody believes that whatever it is we are seeing is something… Read More »The Eternal and Infinite Nature of the Self with Rupert Spira
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Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. (1940-2014) left us with a tremendous legacy of wisdom and practical spiritual advice. She was a most beloved teacher who generously shared her gifts with all who came in contact with her. She was a unique and profoundly skilled guide whose influences included cultural anthropology, psychology, indigenous wisdom, comparative religions, and much… Read More »Spotlight: Angeles Arrien: The Wisdom Of A Wise Elder
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Free Listening Through July 25, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Here we explore demonstrated scientific findings of the continuity of human consciousness beyond the physical body. Many scientists posit that consciousness resides in the material brain, but Drasin explores the… Read More »Beyond The Physical—The Greater Reality With Dan Drasin
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When Albert Einstein was teaching at a university, a student came up to him and asked, ‘Is it true that the final exam this year has the same questions as last year?’ Einstein replied, ‘Yes, but the answers have changed.’ When Albert Einstein was teaching at a university, a student came up to him and… Read More »Favorite Quote From A New Dimensions Guest: Dan Drasin
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Building resilience is imperative in these times and we can rewire our neural networks in order to do that. Why must we talk to our cells and send them messages of love? How do toxic beliefs stress our immune system? What are some ways to release energetic or emotional blockages? How does the body reflect… Read More »Spotlight: Coping with Illness and Dis-ease
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Free Listening Through July 18, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. A conversation with Scoop Nisker is a funny, smart, enlightening foray into physics, spirituality, and the oddities of life as we know it. In this wildly entertaining yet informative interview,… Read More »Crazy Wisdom For A Crazy World With Wes “Scoop” Nisker
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“In the mid-nineties in reading about the Hubbell telescope sending back a picture of a nickel-sized piece of the sky, they had found twenty million new galaxies.” “Now we have pictures of billions of galaxies—not solar systems, galaxies. And the universe continues to expand. I sometimes wonder how people can go on after knowing… Read More »Favorite Quote from a New Dimensions Guest : Wes “Scoop” Nisker
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For 50 years New Dimensions has been exploring and broadcasting the cutting edge of the emerging evolution of all of humankind. As a listener, you have experienced the uniqueness of these deep dialogues that are alive with spontaneity, wisdom, and inspiration moving your mind and heart as together we move through this time of chaos… Read More »WHY NEW DIMENSIONS IS UNIQUE
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I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our… Read More »Favorite Quote from a New Dimensions Guest : Bishop Rev. Dr. Marc Andrus
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Free Listening Through July 11, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Buddhist leader, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote a letter to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with an unexpected outcome. They met only two times and became not only allies in the… Read More »The Beloved Community Connected by Overflowing Love with Bishop Rev. Dr. Marc Andrus
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Free Listening Through July 4, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. As a young man in India, wanting to escape the rigors of medical school, Rajiv Parti fled to an ashram in the Himalayas. He told the head monk that he… Read More »The Redemptive Power Of A Near Death Experience with Rajiv Parti, M.D.
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We all cannot do great things but we all can do little things with great love. Mother Teresa “Mother Teresa was born in Albania, however she lived most of her life in India and is now declared Saint Teresa. This touched me because I’ve come to realize that you don’t have to do big, big… Read More »Favorite Quote from a New Dimensions Guest : Rajiv Parti, M.D.
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Our brains form many automatic neural circuits including those that support our breathing, heartbeat, and digestion. It’s possible to train our brains, our bodies, and our hearts to access our intuitive wisdom which helps us get through the tough times and become more conscious in the process. Here we explore how to create new neural… Read More »Spotlight: Rewiring Our Brains For Effectiveness
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Teach us to care and not to care. Teach us to sit still. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) Poet, Essayist and author of Ash Wednesday: Six Poems “I’ve thought about these two lines many times. Right there we have the combination of compassion and equanimity. Teach us to care. Teach us to be brave enough to… Read More »Favorite Quote from a New Dimensions Guest : Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
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Free Listening Through June 27, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Most of our joys and sorrows come from our connections with other people. So why does so much of our communication with others result in so much conflict and misunderstandings?… Read More »Relating More Effectively With All Our Relationships with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
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As I put this spotlight together I hear the relentless buzzing of a chainsaw as a tree outside my window is being cut down. I feel extreme distress over the outrageous and violent destruction of a living, breathing tree. This pain in my heart causes me to seek refuge in the wisdom of former… Read More »Spotlight: Trees: Our Ancient Ancestors
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I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world. Mary Oliver, Poet “I love Mary Oliver and so much of her writing is evocative for me and helps me to drop into kind of an essential relationship… Read More »Favorite Quote from a New Dimensions Guest : Deborah Zucker
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Free Listening Through June 20, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. “Vitality is the essence of what it is to be alive,” says Deborah Zucker, “it is our life energy moving through us and expressing itself uniquely in each of us.” She believes that… Read More »Cultivating Your Own Vitality with Deborah Zucker, N.D.
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In May we received a $5000 grant from an angel donor. This will allow us to continue operating through June. We need another $15,000 to get us through this summer. I know there are angels who can help us continue to deliver the life-affirming, socially and spiritually relevant information, practical knowledge, and perennial wisdom through… Read More »Will you be our angel?
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Free Listening Through June 13, 2023: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. As a child throughout her 20s and mid-30s, Amoda Maa suffered from chronic depression. She then traveled to India and her life shifted in unexpected ways. She says it was… Read More »Our Natural State of Open Awareness with Amoda Maa
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In order to find God, you must welcome everything. Rabindranath Tagore (1883-1902) Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. “When I awakened out of the dream state of ego identity or separate self, my experience, my direct lived experience was leading up to what Tagore wrote.… Read More »Favorite Quote from a New Dimensions Guest : Amoda Maa
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Travel with us as Phil Cousineau takes us on a journey of far-ranging topics from what baseball reveals about America to why the Greek myth Sisyphus is of particular significance in our time. Cousineau shares why we must pay attention to what is glimpsed out of the corner of our eye rather than be dazzled by the glamour in front of us. Within these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive you’ll find yourself sitting on the edge of your seat enthralled by this master storyteller and world traveler.
How The Myth Of Sisyphus Helps Us In Our Own Dark Night Of The Soulwith Phil CousineauProgram 3745MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The Greek myth of Sisyphus unveils our valiant and irrepressible desire to create something unique out of our lives despite our despair and our defeats. This deep conversation plunges the depths and fullness of this misunderstood myth. It is a parable for the modern world and our fight against the hell of the pandemic and the rise of authoritarianism in the world today. Read more »
Everything Is A Roadwith Phil CousineauProgram 3556MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Cousineau observes: “We’re going to be blinded by the glamour of the world, by what everybody else sees or what the Chamber of Commerce wants us to see. The real art, the real story takes place out of the corner of the eye.” You’ll be inspired as you travel with Phil from the cardboard rocket ship of his youth to the footprints on a 3 million year old road. Read more »
Thoughts To Get You Through The Nightwith Phil CousineauProgram 3492MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Cousineau tantalizes us with his understanding of how night is a powerful companion for creativity. The quiet rhythm of the night is a holy experience of soul. He describes how language and culture arose around the fires of our ancestors talking into the night. By sharing stories and poems he takes us from the contemplative, starry night to the enlightenment of early dawn. Read more »
Magical, Combustible Wordswith Phil CousineauProgram 3358MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Cousineau has a dynamic relationship with words. If you ever find yourself going to the dictionary to look up a word, only to get sidetracked when other, more interesting words catch your eye, you’ll love his stories of the journey his favorite words have taken to find their way into our lives, and the provocative nuances hidden in their origins. Read more »
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Amoda Maa, spiritual teacher and author of
Falling Open in a World Falling Apart
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Knowing that you love the Earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the Earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street to a sacred bond.
Robin Wall Kimmerer author of
Braiding Sweetgrass:Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge
“When I started my odyssey of going off into the ancient, wild, redwood forests near my home knowing I loved the Earth, it became clear to me that it wasn’t just me loving the beauty of the old trees, sparkling creeks, singing birds, vibrant moss, but that in some mysterious way I was being loved back. The forest healed me by soothing and calming me. I was in the sheltered and protected embrace of a loving mother. On any given day, the forest seemed to respond to me, offering me what I needed. Professor of Forest Ecology Suzanne Simard has shared with us the science of how trees share nutrients and warnings with each other through the mycelial fungi at their roots. The trees seem to do the same with me, giving me whatever I most needed and was ready for—from simple comfort and relaxation to reclaiming the ancestral gifts of Celtic nature magic and visionary experiences that almost felt like the forest dreaming through me of a restored living green world that can be. I learned that to be in an ancient forest was to be in a deep mysterious relationship.”
Ellen Dee Davidson author of
Wild Path to The Sacred Heart
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Here we explore what it means to be in conversation with trees. Davidson hikes into an ancient redwood forest on a regular basis and practices “forest bathing”. Being a naturally highly sensitive empath, she began getting messages from the trees when she would sit with them and go into a hypnagogic state. Surprisingly, different trees had different messages. When asked if elementals and fairies are real, Davidson enthusiastically responds, “The Earth has consciousness, rocks and stones, and trees. Also, the light has consciousness and we can tune into this consciousness. There is an exuberant, creative joy that is so full of vitality, so perceptible, so alive, and so conscious that it sparks… We are made of elements too… We can be right there with them in this magical space. So yes, it absolutely exists.”. She encourages us to enjoy the health benefits of accessing wild nature wherever we can find it, reminding us that when we are not bombarded with the noise, bright lights, and electromagnetic fields of a city, our nervous system calms down and our capacity opens up to a wider field of perception.
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Why do we feel good when we’re helping other people? Mark Nepo reminds us it’s not by accident that kindness and kinship share the same root, saying, “One of the rewards for kindness is not just that you will think well of me or that we will develop a better relationship. The act of kindness allows us to experience oneness. The act of kindness allows us to experience the connection with all things… Kindness leads to kinship.” Within these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive you’ll find tools and reminders that will bring the quality of cooperation and loving kindness into your life to tap into the grace that carries us.
Listening To The Light Of Our Soulwith Mark NepoProgram 3590MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The heart releases its own logic, going beyond our everyday attempts to meet goals and solve problems. Mark Nepo helps us re-kindle the fire of our aliveness, and reminds us that kindness allows us to experience our connection with all things. Prepare to be deepened by his ability to be authentic as he illuminates the wisdom that is available in our own hearts. Read more »
And Now The Good News: Compassion Is Alive And Wellwith Marc Ian BaraschProgram 3089MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Barasch observes, “People talk about ‘helper’s high.” He asks, “Why is it that we feel good when we’re helping other people? It’s a sort of evolutionary reward circuit, because evolution likes it when we cooperate.” His insights give us reason to be optimistic that kindness may, in fact, be the light at the end of the dark tunnel of interpersonal and global violence. Read more »
The Human Brain: Evolving Toward Kindness?with Leonard Shlain, M.D.Program 3221MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Shlain wonders, “Is the present arrangement of our brains an adaptation that is no longer advantageous to us? Is the extreme cruelty, the aggression that our split brains gave us now making us a creature that is endangering ourselves and all the others?” He suggests the hopeful notion we may be about to shift into something much, much better. Read more »
Our Natural Goodnesswith Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D.Program 3205MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Sylvia Boorstein shares her insights on how we can be more accepting of the negative patterns in our minds, and find happiness regardless of the challenges we face. Read more »
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& Anxiety Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity& Purpose―In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day
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What a wonderful life I’ve had. I only wish I‘d realized it sooner.
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954)
French author and woman of letters.
Author of the 1944 novella Gigi
“I find this quote so moving, partially because of my stage of life and realizing what a wonderful life I’ve had. I too wish that I had been more aware of that over the years. Now I’m aware of it all the time due in part by the A.W.E. practice that I do. I’m constantly looking for things to be in awe of. And that brings that quote to life for me.”
Jake Eagle, LPC is a psychotherapist and mindfulness instructor
He is co-author with Michael Amster, M.D. of
The Power of Awe: Overcome Burnout& Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity& Purpose―In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day
There are two ways to live, you can live as if nothing is a miracle, or you can live as if everything is a miracle, the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Theoretical physicist
“I think about how, prior to Jake and I studying and researching the power of awe, I was already very mindful from my spiritual practice and my experiences of life that we have a choice of how we live our lives and how we choose to see things. As a physician and a pain specialist I work, in particular, with many who are truly suffering and struggling. Although they didn’t necessarily choose their circumstances, they do have a lot of power in how to choose, how to perceive and react to what life has given them. I’ve gone through my own challenges in my own life and can definitely say that I have learned much through this quote regarding how I choose to see my life every day. Am I a victim? Or, do I live as someone who sees all of what life has given me as miraculous, as beautiful, as an opportunity for growth, even in the hard times? I can choose to be open to amazement and wonder. I’ve just turned 50 and I’m thrilled for this next chapter of my life to cultivate a deeper appreciation of the miracle of being alive.”
Michael Amster, M.D. is a physician
and pain management specialist.
He is co-author with Jake Eagle of
The Power of Awe: Overcome Burnout& Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity& Purpose―In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day
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Here we explore the emotion of awe and how we can receive its powerful benefits in our everyday life. Awe gives us a break from processing and judging unwanted events and gives us the capacity to see through them—to see a larger picture and we don’t have to travel to the Grand Canyon or overlook Niagara Falls in order to access it. It’s available to us in our everyday life and we can tap into it with something called the A.W.E. Method that only takes 5 to 15 seconds. This method has a cumulative effect; the more we do it, the more it changes the pathways in our brain synapses. Eagle says, “Awe is a lightning bolt of clarity that can happen very fast and can be transformative, resetting our nervous system.” Amster adds: “Learning how to have awe in the ordinary is opening up the field to be fully present with what is. Every time I dose on that I feel like there’s more awe to be found. It’s peeling off layers.” This practice is powerful in cultivating a deeper sense of connection and well-being for ourselves and for the planet.
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The foundation of our most ancient origin myths is a springboard for our most ambitious science. Mythographers are fond of saying that myths are stories that never happened but are always happening. The hunger for truth and meaning intertwine and are revealed in mythology. Here are four profoundly illuminating and inspiring deep dialogues to help us hold our rudder steady as we sail into the winds of change and chaos remembering that out of chaos comes order in a non-ending cycle. These great storytellers teach us about how to live with uncertainty, despair, and defeat, and turn them into golden wisdom. As storyteller Martin Shaw says, “If myth is the way that the earth thinks, I need to listen deeply to forests, and to rivers, and mountains, and to gullies, and to open more land, to see the stories that are trying to disclose themselves to me all the time.” The wisdom of myths gives us a roadmap to the renewal of life itself.
The Re-Creation Of The World As Expressed Through Mythwith Michael MeadeProgram 3761MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Meade advises us that we must break the spell of normalcy itself and we must accept the presence of uncertainty. However, the good news is that with every ending there is a new beginning. This deep dialogue explores the collective rite of passage we are experiencing and how using the wisdom of myths gives us a roadmap to the renewal of life itself. Read more »
How The Myth Of Sisyphus Helps Us In Our Own Dark Night of the Soulwith Phil CousineauProgram 3745MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The Greek myth of Sisyphus unveils our valiant and irrepressible desire to create something unique out of our lives despite our despair and our defeats. This deep conversation plunges the depths and fullness of this misunderstood myth. It is a parable for the modern world and our fight against the hell of the pandemic and the rise of authoritarianism in the world today. Read more »
The Business of Stories Is Waking Upwith Martin Shaw, Ph.D.Program 3701MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Shaw helps us get acquainted with the kinds of folktales and myths that can be helpful in navigating these turbulent times. He says, “They are always trying to dig into the mud of the encounter with the notion that possibly there’s a little bit of gold in there. There’s some information that, over time, could turn into wisdom.” Read more »
Sekhmet, The Egyptian Goddess Of “Enough is Enough”with Nicki ScullyProgram 3624MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet is known as “She Who Comes in Times of Chaos.” She transforms fear and rage into alchemical gold. Whether this is actual or metaphorical, Scully teaches us how to tap into these healing energies and spin them into creative solutions that benefit yourself, your community, and the planet. Read more »
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SUNDAY… not Monday… the 7th of May, I’ll be joining Barbara Gaughen-Muller as a guest on the Peace on Earth Book Club. Click here for more information.
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The nondual tradition suggests that consciousness is not derived from the brain, that it’s not a product of matter but is the primary and fundamental reality. The nondual nature of all life challenges our perception of the nature of reality. It concedes that we must first understand the nature of the mind through which the world is perceived in order to begin to understand the nature of reality. These wisdom leaders in four programs, specially selected from the New Dimensions Program Archive will lead us to some clarity as to why delving into a deeper understanding of reality matters in our daily lives.
The Eternal and Infinite Nature of the Self with Rupert SpiraProgram 3598MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The experience of our essential nature is available to us at any moment. We don’t have to “practice” to get there. It is not something “exotic” to our being. Teacher of nondualism Spira says, “The peace for which we long, the fulfillment for which everybody longs, lives in their own being. It’s accessible, available to everybody in their own being. Read more »
An Integral View of Spiritual Experiencewith Steve McIntosh, J.D.Program 3559MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99A spiritual experience has been described by some as an encounter with the presence of the infinite within our finite universe of time and space. It takes on many forms and can be conceived of in a wide variety of ways. In his integral view, McIntosh challenges us to hold two seemingly paradoxical worldviews: an infinite, nondual universe and a personal God. Read more »
Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awarenesswith Loch Kelly, M.Div. LCSWProgram 3569MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Loch Kelly describes open-hearted awareness as a direct experience of our interconnectedness and the feeling of being held by the same essence that holds all life. It is a dynamic place that sparkles with life. Some describe it as “a child on the first day of summer vacation.” It is beyond head-knowing. It taps into a deeper source of intelligence and wisdom. Read more »
Science and Nonduality Conferences (SAND): A Fertile Dialogue with Maurizio & Zaya BenazzoProgram 3471MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99First held in 2009, the Science and Nonduality Conference was formed to bring together the two disciplines of science and spirituality in an open minded non-dogmatic inquiry. Intrinsic to both of these modes of thought is the concept of nonduality. The concept of nonduality and the idea of this conference is explored by its founders. Read more »
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Below is a quote from the respected and universally admired wisdom teacher, Rupert Spira. He really “gets” my approach in hosting guests for New Dimensions. Because I, like you, am on the search for greater wisdom and effectiveness in my own life, I try to establish, first of all, the credibility of my guest and their overall philosophy. And, beyond that, just how their work will weave itself into our daily lives.
I’m grateful that his experience of the unique way I, as a host, approach interviews is appreciated and understood.
I’m pointing this out in order for you to consider a financial donation to the on-going work of these unique and expansive deep dialogues.
Here is what Rupert said about his experience:
I’d like to say how much I’ve enjoyed speaking with New Dimensions Radio and Justine Willis Toms. Her whole approach has been one of curiosity, openness, sensitivity, asking searching questions to bring out the essential nondual understanding that underlies all the great religious and spiritual traditions and conducting the conversation in such a way as to make it as broadly available to as large a number of people as possible.
The nondual understanding can easily seem abstract and intellectual and I particularly appreciated the way Justine Toms questions focused on the actual experience of nonduality and what this means for not just those relatively few people interested in spiritual matters but for anyone who is in search of peace and fulfillment in their lives. I particularly liked the way we started. We began describing the philosophy of nonduality but the interview skillfully became more experiential, more easy for people who are not familiar with the nondual philosophy to relate to.
Rupert Spira is a teacher of nondualism
and author of Presence: Vol I and II
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Thomas Merton was an American Catholic writer, mystic, and Trappist monk who died mysteriously in Bangkok, Thailand when he was 53 years old. The gifts he left behind from his short life were immense. He combined deep contemplation with social action. Here Fr. Matthew Fox shares his profound intersection with Merton via Creation Spirituality. It was Merton who suggested that Fox, who was a young Dominican at the time, go to Paris and pursue his doctorate. Through many years, Fox was stimulated by his correspondence with Merton. He takes us through a history lesson of the Roman Catholic Church and highlights such turning points as the introduction of original sin, which instituted a dualistic, pessimistic, and patriarchal view of the world. Fox also shares Merton’s view that technology and information will not save humanity, and analyzes the media and the capitalist system, as “giving the public what it wants in order to get the public’s money to increase profits.” Merton honored silence and understood that compassion contains action. Fox and Merton shared a similar path as they both explored Creation Spirituality.
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A Psalm
When psalms surprise me with their music
And antiphons turn to rum
The Spirit sings: the bottom drops out of my soul
And from the center of my cellar, Love, louder than thunder
Opens a heaven of naked air.
The opening of a poem written by the Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
“This is a quote about what prayer does to the soul. It’s hard to talk about these things because, as William James says, one of the signs of mystics is ineffability. So it takes a poet, like Merton, to give us language for what happens to us. I love where the bottom drops out of my soul. I wonder how many of us have had these experiences where the bottom drops out of our soul and how can we increase these experiences. Notice the energy that the spirit is coming from below, it’s coming from the cellar, it’s very feminist. It’s not coming down from above and so the love lies in our cellar, in our basement, if you will. Meister Eckhart, the great 14th century mystic, says that the human soul is ineffable like God is. This means our souls are extremely deep, they’re like infinite. Merton is putting it into words for us ‘louder than thunder opens a heave of naked air’ and air is another word for spirit. So I think Merton, as any good poet does, named something that’s hard to name. But he does a beautiful job that we are a species whose bottom can drop out of our souls. Maybe we should give that more attention. It might make us happier and more grounded.”
Father Matthew Fox, Ph.D. author of
A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality
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We are born to a dangerous time; consider that an affliction or consider it an assignment.
Stephen Jenkinson, author of
Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul
“This quote inspires me because it compels me to look at our present time of crisis and upheaval, not from the perspective of a victim, but from the perspective of action. What is this crisis calling me to be and to do?”
Carolyn Baker, Ph.D. is co-author with Andrew Harvey of
Radical Regeneration: Sacred Activism and The Renewal of The World
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Without a doubt the exploding global crisis of climate chaos is disrupting the social, political, and economic structures of global culture. Humanity is poised on a threshold that could be described as a global dark night of the soul. This global crisis is not asking us to simply “make things better” or invent new ways of living. It’s demanding that we surrender to a transformation so radical that we become a new variety of the human species. In this deep dialogue we explore an effective path forward as we take on the challenge for a new humanity to emerge from these turbulent times. Baker says we are being faced now with a predicament in which we are being asked to perceive it as an assignment rather than an affliction. We’re addicted to happy endings so we need a deeper kind of hope such as “Mystical hope” which is, in Carolyn’s words, “[I]nextricably connected with one’s inner world and not external outcome. Mystical hope is a commitment to meeting life as an assignment to be completed, rather than an obstacle to be removed.” She, and her co-author Andrew Harvey, feel it is a time for sacred activism, which is a marriage between spirituality and activism, saying, “Sacred activism incorporates all of our work with spiritual practices that help us not only take care of ourselves, but to be more dynamic, and more empowered as we do our work in the world and for the world.”
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When facing illness and surgery, we need all the help we can get. Here are four superb healthcare professionals who, in deep dialogue, share potent and life-enhancing strategies. The subjects they cover include: preparing for surgery, post-operative care, suggestions for guided imagery, and more.
Clear Mind, Clear Medicinewith Bernie Siegel, M.D.Program 2058MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The courage to live and embrace love may make the difference between living and dying. Here surgeon Siegel displays a remarkable reliance on the natural capacity of people to manifest self-healing. He speaks of music in the operating room, inner guides and love as the principal force for healing. Read more »
Healing Faster From Surgerywith Peggy HuddlestonProgram 2621MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Peggy Huddleston has conducted clinical research on the ways emotions and the human spirit enhance healing. She quotes from ground-breaking studies that support her five steps to healing and assist to avoid post-operative complications, experience less pain, speed your healing, shorten your hospital stay, and may possibly assist in completely avoiding surgery. Read more »
Staying Well With Guided Imagerywith Bella NaparstekProgram 3731MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Guided imagery is a powerful technique to lessen anxiety, pain, cognitive decline, insomnia, and many other chronic ailments. It can lead to better outcomes with surgery and many other health issues. Naparstek is a pioneer in recorded guided imagery programs and this dialogue is filled with practical advice. Read more »
From Science To Spirit In Healingwith Joyce Whiteley Hawkes, Ph.D.Program 3183MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99With a doctorate in biophysics and a career in cellular biology Hawks shares how to access the healing power of your cells and find the vitality within that leads to healing. Here she explores the interface between consciousness and the physical world. Read more »
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There is no such thing as can’t.
Elsie Eisenberg
My first guru was actually my mother. From an early age she instilled in me that there’s no such thing as can’t and I didn’t realize the wisdom and the power of that until many years later. We create artificial barriers and limitations. However, in a deeper way, there are no such barriers and limitations. This wisdom is very motivating and inspiring to me and totally validated by science.
Howard Eisenberg, M.D. author of
Dream It To Do It:The Science and The Magic
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The average human lifespan in the US has increased from 47 years in 1900 to 80 years today. Yet, we are drowning in a torrent of advertisements that sell products that promise to reduce the very idea of aging. Even as we live in a culture that is bent on avoiding aging, there exists an enormous potential for cultural change as the generation of the sixties become the elder generation. The New Dimensions’ guest, Ron Pevny, aptly describes becoming an elder as entering a liminal time. “We’re not who we have been, we’re not clear who we’re becoming, but the seeds of possibility are there…It could be a time of feeling lost [because] there aren’t road maps and no clear markers. We can feel that we will be stuck here forever. However, it is out of this ground of being in which wonderful new beginnings and new clarity can emerge.” These four programs, specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive, open us up to the exciting gifts and possibilities of eldering into our wisdom years.
Aging: A Tender and Ferocious Timewith Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D.Program 3484MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99When a realization flashes into our consciousness that we are aging, we tend to tighten up with fear. Negative images of our parents, grandparents, and friends loom before us. Anderson counsels to move from that gripping fear into curiosity. She shares poignant stories about elders and luminaries such as Marion Woodman. This is a deeply personal and moving conversation. Read more »
Aging and Sage-ing with Angeles Arrien, Ph.D.Program 3116MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Our culture is bent on avoiding aging. The problem with that is every one of us is aging every day. Arrien points to the enormous possibilities for cultural change as we come into our wisdom years. She opens a gateway to personal possibility and an affirmation that we truly can look ahead to the best years of our lives. Read more »
The Difference Between Elderhood and Growing Olderwith Diana PercyProgram 3686MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Becoming an elder can be a time of great creativity and contribution. This deep dialogue explores what it means to be to be proactive in approaching aging and becoming an elder in the 21st century. Percy’s research points out that growing older does not mean we can no longer actualize new and healthier futures. These years may be our most influential ones yet. Read more »
Conscious Elderingwith Ron PevnyProgram 3617MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Pevny shares the three phases of coming into elderhood: severance, neutral zone, and reincorporation. We need to sever ourselves from old identities in healthy and honoring ways. Then we enter a neutral zone where the seeds of possibility are gestating. He encourages us to deepen our spirituality so that we can move into reincorporation. Read more »
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Quantum physics has shown that we, most likely, are living in a “consensual realty” and that our senses are reporting back to us only a very small portion of the greater reality. In this deep dialogue we discuss how the brain selectively filters our perception of reality through our personal histories, our beliefs, habits of mind, and our prejudices. It highlights the question of what is consciousness and where is it formed. Included is the idea of an underlying reality for all of existence in a universal consciousness. Eisenberg uses the metaphor of an iceberg to help us understand that the reality we see is only a small part of the whole. He says, “The assumption that there’s an independent physical reality external to us (which has been the operating assumption for the last couple of centuries in science) is breaking down. There is a much deeper, more profound level of reality.” This deep dialogue covers a wide territory of topics including: intelligence, technology, meditation, empathy, and more.
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Wild Geese
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
Mary Oliver, (1935-2019) poet, Wild Geese
Carol Pearson reminds us that the first stanza of Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese is often quoted and she says she loves that too. “You do not have to be good. Your do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”
She points to the second stanza that contains the phrase and says, “I love this because we all have to face our despair, talk about it, be supported and loved in our suffering, and not be in denial about it. It is such a gift to be on this earth with the people and to remember to not get so hung up with what isn’t working for us or what we still need to develop. Mary Oliver encourages us to open up to the beauty around us and that we are part of that beauty and it is announcing our place in the family of things, and that we’re all one on this planet. We can partake in that beauty and in that wildness and that goodness and joy.”
Carol Pearson, Ph.D. is the author of
Persephone Rising: Awakening the Heroine Within
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Most of us are trapped in the stories we tell ourselves; they guide what we pay attention to. When we expand that story, our possibilities increase. Archetypes, such as found in the Greek myths, can help us identify and change a debilitating tale into a powerful one that shifts our perspective and changes what we are noticing. This can enhance our narrative intelligence and encourage us to tap into our potential. Pearson says, “Archetypal stories are not ordinary ones; they are more powerful than everyday stories because they’re carrying the energy of a human potential.” She retells the stories of four powerful Greek Gods and Goddesses, Demeter, Persephone, Zeus, and Dionysus, and how each can trigger a new personal story that helps us notice the opportunities, the props, and the characters that may have been invisible to us before.
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The late radio personality Studs Terkel described our cultural status in the 1980’s as “situation fluid.” This could also be a good description of where we are now. Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, Deborah Tannen says, “The argument culture encourages us to distort facts, waste time and limit our thinking. It keeps us in an adversarial frame of mind, all the time.” Yet Tannen is optimistic that we can find new ways to approach the world, and a turning point may be right around the corner. Download these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive and be inspired to keep making your contribution for a better world for all.
The American Dream: Situation Fluidwith Studs TerkelProgram 2113MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Recorded in 1988. Radio personality, writer, and social commentator Studs Terkel’s lively views cut through the usual bland rhetoric about the social and political scene of the time and give us a new perspective on our own time. Read more »
Stop Arguing And Start Talking with Deborah TannenProgram 2712MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Most of us are so entrenched in what Tannen calls the “argument culture” that we don’t even realize how it has corroded our spirits. She examines this compulsive use of combative rhetoric in the media and in politics. Tannen is optimistic that we can find new ways to approach the world, citing concrete evidence that a turning point is always possible. Read more »
Circles, Conversation and Communitywith Vicki Robin, Juanita Brown, Ph.D. and Leif UtneProgram 3032MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99These three guests believe that if Americans, both progressive and conservative, take time to speak freely and truly listen to one another we’ll find that our views have much more in common than we realize. At a time when our democracy seems threatened, these wisdom leaders inspire us to join together to move beyond the middle ground and find a higher ground. Read more »
Free Associatingwith Ken NordineProgram 1696MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99This is a flight of fancy with Ken Nordine, one of radio’s creative geniuses. He is the man who created the marvelous “Word Jazz” records of the late 1950s and whose voice has visited our homes on countless radio and TV commercials over the years. For anyone who loves radio or sound in any medium, this conversation is a must. Read more »
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Lynne Twist, cofounder of Pachamama Alliance, author of The Soul of Money, and guest on New Dimensions, says that money is like water. When it flows it purifies and grows things but when it slows down it becomes stagnant. Twist challenges us to have our check book reflect who we are because, in our society, money is the voice of our commitment. She says it is an outward demonstration of what we value and she encourages us to allocate our money to our highest commitments and invest in a sustainable world.
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Most of us have discovered that life is never a straight line. It actually resembles a series of zig-zags. We zig in order to strengthen our creative gifts. We zag in order to provide a roof over our head and food on the table. This conversation looks at the life adventures of a father, a husband, a writer, a corporate marketer, a world traveler, and a meditation and yoga teacher. Karan Bajaj’s life path has been a quest to answer the question: Does our search for spiritual fulfillment and creativity have to take a back seat to our livelihood? His answer is that he gives himself fully to his corporate work for an average of four years and then takes a year sabbatical to travel and replenish his creative well. This takes some planning and discipline. His practice of meditation and yoga support him in all his endeavors to create a meaningful life. He describes his process: “When I’m working in my corporate life or I’m writing, I’m trying to dissolve all sense of doership and just become a vessel to express myself. In some small way I’m trying to live in a meaningful way even if I’m in corporate environment. I’m trying to get to that point that I spontaneously become a medium for my work.” He also talks about a kind of purity of action and, as an engineer, he describes himself as very left-brained, so that yoga and meditation help to balance him, “[T]hese activities balance me out, make me much more intuitive, and that always has an effect on work and really spirals it up.”
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“One concept that has been especially inspiring for me comes from my fiction writing tradition which is to treat life as a story. The whole idea in a powerful story, like Moby Dick or The Alchemist, is to always have the character leaving the known world behind to go into the unknown world, chasing a very lofty, almost unattainable goal. Even if they don’t reach that goal, you think of them as a winner because they’re transformed and have completely changed themselves in the process. I feel this concept is very, very useful. When I’m making decisions I ask myself the question, “What story am I choosing: the safer known world option or an unknown world?” That’s a concept that is very inspiring for me.”
Karan Bajaj: Born and raised in India
and trained as a Hatha Yoga teacher
in the Sivananda ashram in South India.
He’s the author of the novel
The Yoga of Max’s Discontent
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What the world needs now more than ever is to tap into and express the wisdom of the feminine. This energy has the ability to bring humanity together in such a way so that we can evolve into the loving, creative species we are meant to be. Listen to programs specially selected from the New Dimensions archive and restore your spirit, bring peace to your mind, and the strength to persevere for what is right and good in these troubled times.
The Eternal Femininewith Marion Woodman, Ph.D.Program 2380MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99770-
For both men and women this dialogue offers tremendous insights into who we are and what we need. In fairy tales, Woodman explains, the hero needs a container in which to bring the hard-won treasure home, or else it may be lost or stolen. She tells us that container is the “eternal feminine” quality of being receptive instead of fearing and trying to control. Read more »
Shedding Light On The Dark Goddesswith Marion Woodman, Ph.D.Program 2758MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
Woodman reveals how to bring the transformative power of the feminine energy of life, death, and rebirth out of the oppression and mockery it has suffered for centuries. She cites her own experience of seeing a tulip after intense radiation for cancer: “It was so red it hurt. Tears ran down my eyes with its sheer beauty.” Read more »
*Reclaiming The Femininewith Gail StraubProgram 3290MP3 Download*Buy here $1.99
Gail Straub has the vision and experience to help us understand what it means to be feminine and empowered in the twenty-first century. In her ongoing quest to mine the profound truths from every era, she’s found answers that let her strike a balance between contemporary roles and the archetypes that call to us from a deeper place. Read more »
Calling On The Spirit Of Artemiswith Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.Program 3514MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The Greeks have given us a wealth of complex folklore and myths that are full of meaning for our lives. Among them are the stories of the Goddess Artemis and her human counterpart, Atalanta. They give us clues as to how to navigate the zig-zags of life. While demonstrating that life never unfolds in a straight line, the Greek myths give us inspiration to live into our fullness. Read more »
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As a listener to New Dimensions, you’ve been inspired by a diversity of subjects such as the benefits of being lazy, neurotoxins and how they are an invisible pandemic, contacting soul involves descending rather than transcending, moving to wisdom through grief, ETs among us, consciousness is the fundamental make-up of the universe, and much more.
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I do many interviews and there are very few where the host and the interviewer has a genuine interest in what I’m talking about. And, even beyond that, has actually read the book. I’m very grateful; Justine Willis Toms is a very wonderful interviewer and an interesting person in her own right. She clearly has a huge heart to be doing this for more than 3000 different episodes. Hats off to the New Dimensions’ team to which I send my gratitude for its continuing excellent programming.
Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D., author of Revelationsof The Aramaic Jesus: The HiddenTeachings on Life and Death
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Mark Nepo suggests that life is an incredible tapestry that is never finished. It is weaving us, and we are the threads. We are taught to navigate the outer world by problem solving, but for the things that matter, the heart releases its own logic. He says that life constantly asks us “to let everything in and not choose or make logical sense of it, but to let it reverberate until it becomes that teacher, the Upaguru, the teacher that is next to you at this moment.” He has learned that life is a series of falling asleep and waking up, falling down and getting up, feeling safe and then afraid, being sensitive and then numb. It’s a journey. He reminds us that we are taught early in our lives to hold tightly to our dreams, goals, and ambitions. But, he says, “They are, in fact, not endpoints, but kindling for the fire of our aliveness. We are a mix of being and becoming.” He also reminds us it’s not by accident that kindness and kinship share the same root, saying, “One of the rewards for kindness is not just that you will think well of me or that we will develop a better relationship. The act of kindness allows us to experience oneness. The act of kindness allows us to experience the connection with all things . . . Kindness leads to kinship. We understandably come in and out of being aware because pain, worry, fear, betrayal, all the difficulties of life, short-circuit our full attention. This is why it’s important that every person develop their own practice of return.” Prepare to be deepened by Mark Nepo’s ability to be authentic as he illuminates the wisdom that is available in our own hearts.
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I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful.
Friedrich Nietzsche- 1844-1900, German philosopher
“This comes from the second part of his life and it really struck me because it’s so different from most of what he had written. I was very struck by it because it is so unlike anything I ever read from Nietzsche, who’s initial work is all about the will, and the superman, and imposing our inwardness on the outer world. [Finding this quote] led me to investigate more about what did I really know about this man. This brings up a theme for me that is to really look for the story behind the story. When we can take the time to look for the story behind the story we find the real treasures. It turned out that Nietzsche had a breakdown at the age of 44 after which he was never the same and his work completely changed. He was in Turin, Italy, in a hotel, on a plaza, when he looked out his window and he saw a man whipping a horse and it cracked him. He ran into the square pleading with the man to stop who said, ‘It’s my horse, get out of the way.’ And so Nietzsche threw his arms around the neck of the horse and put himself between the whip and the whipped. For all the brilliant things he wrote, I believe that moment was the poem of his life and it’s after that transformation that he wrote this quote.”
Mark Nepo, author of The One Life We’re Given:Finding the Wisdom That Waits in Your Heartand Drinking From the River of Light
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Angels are the most popular of all spiritual beings. Who are they? How may we speak to them? How may we hear them? Listen to programs specially selected from the New Dimensions archive, avail yourself of “angel therapy,” and explore the intriguing possibility of the role that angels play in our lives and in all of creation.
Angels: Where Science Fears to Tread Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. & Matthew Fox, Ph.D.Program 2593MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
How does modern physics parallel and transform the concept of angels? How did a split between science and spirit come about, and how are the two being reconnected? What is the importance of wonder and awe in scientific study? The answers to these and many other questions are explored in this dynamic conversation between a scientist and a theologian/priest. Read more »
Angels Among Us with Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.Program 2848MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
Doreen Virtue, Ph.D. reveals how clarity and healing can take place in many forms with “angel therapy.”Here she shares the messages she receives directly from the angels about life after death, finding your divine purpose, addiction, children, dreams, how your past lives may affect your present-life issues, and more everyday practical topics. Read more »
*Earth Angels In Everyday Lifewith Shaun McNiff Program 2555MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99*
Disregarding the transcendent winged beings of traditional lore, McNiff points instead to “earth angels” – objects right in front of us, however mundane or unholy they may seem – that enrich our psychic life with significance and imagery. These “earth angels” can help us re-embody our spiritual awareness and bring it down to earth. Read more »
Seeing Miracleswith Susan ApollonProgram 3133MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Susan Apollon sees miracles everywhere, every day, and she teaches others to do the same thing. Here she shares her own extraordinary experiences, and stories she’s gathered in her years of studying miracles in the lives of others. She talks about coincidences, the protection of guardian angels, communication from loved ones who have died, and the healing power of love. Read more »
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For several decades I’ve had the pleasure of knowing about New Dimensions and realizing how the programming reveals the most positive thought patterns that are possible. When I first heard Michael and Justine say that they were ‘creating the history of the future,’ and realized that they were doing exactly that, I was on-board to support this most worthy endeavor. And I encourage others to do so as well.
Cathy Hawk is co-author with Gary Hawk of Get Clarity:The Lights-On Guide to Manifesting Success in Life and Work.
In order to keep ourselves healthy in mind/body/spirit In these turbulent times, it’s essential we maintain our seat of awareness to both the remote field and how it is affecting our lives, over which we may not have great deal of control, and our personal, inner field in which we do have choices of responses. New Dimensions has made it our mission to encourage, educate, and inspire listeners on both these levels, the remote and the personal.
Never have our deep dialogues been more relevant. Yet, our financial donations have been diminishing to a mere trickle. It is with urgency we are asking you to support our small budget so that we can keep beaming out these deep dialogues for challenging times.
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant, but we’ve created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Bob Samples presenting his personal interpretation
of Albert Einstein’s perspective
“This coincides with my mission. I’m here to help people remember to remember to use this gift and to tap into that intuitive intelligence of the universe that will guide and direct us toward the things that we want to experience and the good that we want to receive. It reminds me that it is a wonderful gift to be a human being, a spiritual being in a human body, and we get to tap into that all the time.”
May McCarthy, author of The Path to Wealth:Seven Spiritual Steps for Financial Abundance
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Executives can spend hours in daily meetings to ensure the success of a company. What if that commitment can be applied to your own success, but with much more ease? As a founder of many business endeavors, May McCarthy works with various heads of departments such as Chief Information Officers or Chief Financial Officers. She meets with these “C-suite” executives daily. Through the years as she strengthened her spiritual practice, she’s realized there is a divine intelligence that has been guiding her. This universal power strengthens her intuition, gives her signs and messages, and supports her gut decisions. At some point she decided to give this personal guide the title of Chief Spiritual Officer, or CSO for short. It is the job of her CSO to make her goals a reality and she tells us how this advisor can be more effective than a team of executives. “I decided that I would meet every single day with my CSO because clearly divine intelligence, this all-knowing universal power, has much greater advice for me than any human being could have.” You can use the daily practice for any goal, she says, such as gaining more wealth or achieving a healthy body. McCarthy emphasizes the importance of persistence in the face of doubt, and the power of the daily practice. “If we’re creating a new belief and a new behavior, it’s like walking through a field with knee high grass. I could walk through it once and you would never see that I walked through that field. But if I walk the same path every single day eventually you’re going to notice a well-worn path…As we repeat this every single day, we are training our brain to believe that we’re serious about it.” This works just the same as the law of attraction that many are familiar with, but with step-by-step actions to take. It starts with asking for what you want and feeling grateful for it as though it is already a reality. She explains why gratitude is so crucial to this practice. “I find that when we’re using gratitude statements for what we want but wording it as though it’s already completed, as though we already have it, our subconscious and intuition go on high alert to help us notice more possibilities sooner.” Messages or opportunities to take action will begin to present themselves. Paying attention and acting on these messages will lead you closer and closer to your goal, McCarthy explains. “Your job is to figure out what it is that you want, be grateful for receiving it in advance. The CSO’s job is to create the path for you, and to give you one step to take at a time along the path to get there.”
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One of my top 10 books I like to recommend is Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker.
I waited for several years to actually be able to schedule an interview with Mark and was so pleased with our deep dialogue as this long-haul commercial pilot reminds us how magical it is to take to the sky. It will be airing this month.
And, I want to remind you that these inspiring interviews need help from you. As a listener please, please, please consider being a donor by joining as “Friends of New Dimensions.” (FOND)…We are dependent on your generosity and contributions.
For the past 50 years, New Dimensions has been guiding and seeding conversations with knowledgeable guests who help us to open doors to new possibilities.
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Justine Willis Toms
Cofounder, Creative Producer, Host
Mark Vanhoenacker has captured one of the benefits of New Dimensions’ deep dialogues.
I truly appreciate the care Justine Willis Toms as host of New Dimensions took in preparing for this interview and her ability to pull out different threads from this and my other book Skyfaring that even I didn’t necessarily know were threads. It’s been a really wonderful and warm experience and I hope a lot of listeners will tune into this and into future episodes.
Mark Vanhoenacker a long-haul commercial pilot and author of Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilotand Imagine a City: A Pilot’s Journey Across the Urban World
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In today’s culture, the stereotypical man is becoming a thing of the past as men consciously evolve into more balanced beings, leading to more fulfilling lasting relationships with their partners and a better expression of themselves. His “feminine side” is just the beginning of what today’s conscious man explores. Gray and Ardagh offer examples and directions for staying conscious and balanced in this new age of masculinity. The reinvention of masculinity requires an understanding of both male and female energies, needs, chemistry and hormones, and the skills to consciously balance those. Our culture has so emphatically encouraged gender equality that we may have become blind to the real differences that make us unique and complete. John Gray explains, “We can do everything the other sex can do but what’s different is biological. Men and women have different needs based upon our different hormonal systems. So on a biological level, we are very different and if we want to grow an intimacy, if we want to be successful in our lives, we need to respect what behaviors, what interactions, what styles of communication, what attitudes and insights will help men stay on their masculine side as they open their heart. And what behaviors, interactions and ways of communicating will help women stay on their feminine side while they’re also open to manifesting their masculine side.” They posit that, to have a harmonious relationship, each partner has to respect and understand themselves, the other, and the roles each play throughout the experience. Although they can be equal, men and women need not compete for dominion, but rather engage actively in a complimentary manner. Ardagh says, “Let people do what they enjoy…no one can really argue very convincingly that people shouldn’t have the opportunity to fully enjoy life in whatever way they want,” but this is where the meaning of conscious masculinity becomes relative, “because the fact that we have freedom to do whatever we want now means we can choose what’s actually the best dynamic, what’s the best way for us to align ourselves.”
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Insects on a bough, floating down river, still singing.
Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet (1763-1828)
“This one line from Issa’s poem has become a mantra for me, every day I say it. I love that. Let me read it one more time. ‘Insects on a bough, floating down river, still singing.’ I feel like it’s where we are at this moment in time with climate justice, with the changes that we’re seeing around the earth. We don’t know what the future holds but we’re still singing and we still belong to a vibrant community. To me perhaps, the definition of consciousness is holding that song – Hope, faith, not just survival but to thrive together.”
Terry Tempest Williams, naturalist, environmentalist,
author of many books including
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Placeand The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks
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Daniel Goleman’s blockbuster book Emotional Intelligence brought the conversation about emotions to a new level. What are the pitfalls and gifts that our emotions bring to our lives? What are some aspects of emotional intelligence? Are actions more important than analysis? Why does our brain perceive emotions as a threat to our survival? These and many other concepts are explored in these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions archive.
Appreciating Emotional Intelligence
with Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
Program 2548MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Intelligence is more than IQ. Goleman demonstrates how our view of human intelligence is far too narrow and does not take into consideration what he calls “emotional intelligence.” This dialogue provides solid advice about handling the pitfalls of emotionality and expands our understanding of how we learn. Read more »
Outliving The Limitation Of Our Personal Stories
with Gangaji
Program 3415
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The stories we tell ourselves about our childhood and our present life are like clothing we put on. But do these tales tell us who we truly are? Gangaji says, “For better and worse, our stories become the reference points for defining who we are, who we are with, and what it all means.” How do we separate ourselves from this narrative and uncover the truth of our lives? Read more »
Doing What Needs To Be Done
with David K. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Program 2188
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A refreshing outlook for those who feel overwhelmed by traumatic personal histories. Reynolds believes we are what we do and that our actions are more important than our feelings. “It’s not about fixing feelings or getting oneself together…It’s about being imperfect and getting done what you need to do in life.” He describes seven ways to be miserable. Read more »
Feel First/Think Later: Finding Your Way To Emotional Freedom
with Raphael Cushnir
Program 3303
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Discover what emotions are governing your life and learn how to release them and heal your addictions. Cushnir explores such ideas as why your brain perceives emotions as a threat to your survival, why you don’t need to understand an emotion to be able to release it, and how you can “surf” your way through difficult emotions. Read more »
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I think the need and the uniqueness of New Dimensions is more acute now than ever. We’re in an age now where truth itself is under attack, where so much of media is about what they call generating content, content providers. That phrase content provider, to me sounds like we’re churning out stuff to fill up people’s eyes and ears for the sake of churning out stuff. The opposite of that is what’s done here at New Dimensions. They are producing shows that focus on what is real, what is precious, what is deeply necessary for humans to live fulfilled, happy, compassionate, kind lives. This is an irreplaceable resource.
Dean Sluyter author of
Fear Less:
Living Beyond Fear, Anxiety,
Anger and Addiction
If you yearn to enjoy more success in your personal endeavors or effect global change, New Dimensions programming will assist you in surprising ways. Choose to rub shoulders with some of the world’s leading creative minds by walking the virtual corridors of the New Dimensions archive.
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The cosmos that is revealed by this opening of consciousness, far from being an empty place of dead matter and energy, appears to be filled with beings, creatures, spirits, intelligences, and gods that have through the millennia been intimately involved with human existence.
John Mack, M.D. (1929-2004) Head of the Department of Psychiatryat Harvard Medical School
and author of Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens, and Spirits—
and Why Their Ongoing Interaction with Human Civilization Matters
“This inspires me because it reminds me to be aware of how much more there is beyond what I can ordinarily perceive.”
Mark Gober, author of An End to Upside Down Thinking:Dispelling the Myth That the Brain Produces Consciousness,and the Implications for Everyday Lifeand An End to Upside Down Contact: UFOs, Aliens, and Spirits—
and Why Their Ongoing Interaction with HumanCivilization Matters
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Are we alone? Are we being influenced by nonhuman intelligences? Do UFOs, near-death experiences, and alien abductions exist? Are we in a battle between Good and Evil and is our future as a civilization at stake? Are there more than one species of aliens contacting humans? Have aliens been around for thousands of years? Here an avid researcher has brought reports of many studies that have been done with thousands of people who have experienced the phenomenon of alien contact. When asked if nonhuman intelligence is real Gober says, “There is a lot of research out there suggesting that we are not alone, and this is probably an ancient phenomenon. There are people who do seem to have pretty amazing encounters.”
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We all have an unlimited capacity for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom. Subjects covered in these programs include: the two kinds of suffering and why we attach ourselves to them, how we can find our happiness set point, how making the quantum leap from ego into larger consciousness releases us into the freedom, spontaneity, and creativity that lie beyond conditioned behavior, leading us back to our center and the ability to be in the present, so that pain is transformed and we rediscover our compassion. Much, much more is explored in these specially selected programs from our deep archive of timeless wisdom.
Quantum Mind – Quantum Joywith Amit Goswami, Ph. D.Program 2409MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Dr. Goswami delivers this most encouraging statement: “Consciousness in its primacy is joy. Once we have a taste of this primal joy, we can never forget it.” He’s an Indian-born physicist and philosopher who has been pursuing a deeper truth in science which has led him to the conclusion that understanding human consciousness is central to understanding modern physics. Read more »
Rediscover Your Center, Reclaim Your Joywith Richard Moss, M.D.Program 3196MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Learn how you can move through your days with greater peace and joy. Dr. Moss has developed a map of the ways we lose our awareness and let suffering take hold of our lives. He helps us find the way back to our center and the ability to be in the present, so that pain is transformed and we rediscover our compassion—for ourselves, for others, and for the world. Read more »
More Love, More Compassion, More Joywith Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.Program 3267MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The science of the inner training of mindfulness and attention to our own body shows us a different possibility of living with more compassion, more forgiveness, and more understanding. Kornfield gives examples of the benefits of mindfulness and how we all have an unlimited capacity for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom. Read more »
Joy And Happiness Are An Inside Jobwith James BarazProgram 3377MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Life is not a destination; it is a fluid movement. It takes practice to overcome the daily stresses that make us dense, concretized, and armored. Baraz gives us many steps that we can take to help life move through us as a blessing and shares several simple but effective meditations to help each of us be more present and more joyful in our life. Read more »
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It is a basic truth that when we are listened to with sensitivity, we tend to listen to ourselves more deeply. This, for me, is what repeatedly occurs on New Dimensions. As host of New Dimensions, I strive to listen deeply to my guest, and when I do that, I am changed by it. I am expanded and deepened by the process. It’s a spiritual practice for me.
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This is a moment in our history when we really need thoughtful questions and a listening that doesn’t leap to conclusions that are old and tired. We need people who lean in close and listen, who refuse to demonize and who want to learn from as many different voices as possible. My experience of sitting down and having a conversation here at New Dimensions is that of being welcomed into a space where the conversation is allowed to be complicated and nuanced and doesn’t reduce complicated issues to stereotypes and caricatures but, instead, explores together these big questions that we need to hold together.
Apricot Irving, a Haitian missionary’s daughter
and author of The Gospel of Trees: A Memoir
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The Covid pandemic is changing our world and changing our lives in ways that we hope will be positive, important, and enduring. The truth is that we will probably derive more pandemic insight from scrutinizing the past than from speculating about the future because no one pandemic is entirely separate from any other. In this deep dialogue we’ll meet a microscopic invader, the novel coronavirus, and come to know its most famous predecessors in the history of human pandemic diseases. We will become acquainted with our microscopic defenders — the infinitesimal but ferocious warriors of the human immune system which, in a valiant effort to save the human body, can tragically kill us in the process. Hort talks of how pandemics can represent a descent, “[T]he sense of descending into darkness, finding one’s personal identity, new identity and truth, and then emerging, the same but different [can be compared to] the caterpillar weaves the chrysalis, is transformed and re-conforms as a butterfly. . . I think there are some people who have gone through the lockdown and emerging as somebody different.”
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According to the Buddha, the path of kindness is the path of happiness. Because this is easier said than done, there are scores of long-term meditators who have come to realize that spiritual practice does not always eliminate the psychological problems they hoped it would. These four trustworthy wisdom leaders share practical insights on useful psychological, philosophic, and ethical strategies in how we can successfully navigate the challenges and pressures life in the 21st century.
Awake-ism: The Heartmind of Buddhismwith Ethan NichternProgram 3550MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
“Awake-ism,” in Nichtern’s view, means to be aware, open, and compassionate. He looks at Buddhist thought as a useful psychological, philosophical, and ethical system that anyone can make use of. His advice for living in these times is to maintain our awareness as we move between very personal spaces and collective spaces. Read more »
Our Natural Goodnesswith Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. Program 3205
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Transforming Suffering Into The Light Of Our True Naturewith Lama Palden DrolmaProgram 3684
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The Tibetan meditation practice, Tonglen, is presented in such a way as to be accessible to Westerners. It combines breath, awareness, imagination, and an energetic transformation process that opens our hearts to reveal and cultivate kindness, love, compassion, and wisdom. This practice can be used in our everyday life in an “on-the-spot” meditation. Read more »
Why Buddhist Practice? Why Psychotherapy?with Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. Program 3403
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Jennings is both a Buddhist practitioner and a psychologist. Here she talks about when it’s appropriate to bring our psychological struggles to our Buddhist teacher, when it is appropriate to bring them to a therapist and the general differences between them. She also reveals the importance of the Buddhist concept of “friendly curiosity.” Read more »
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In this dopamine infused technology era it’s more important than ever to have real conversations with real people about what we’re going through and what we’re experiencing. What makes New Dimensions so special is it unpacks the stories behind stories in its own way to make the world a better place.
Shiv Singh (co-author with Rohini Lutha, Ph.D.) of
Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies,
Fake Leaders and Fake News
in the Post Trust Era
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Gone are the days when flying was a fun and unique adventure. We now have to cope with lines of people at security; no more travel agents combing through airline schedules for the best deals; we now have to do that for ourselves. And, we hope there will be enough room in the overhead bin when we finally get to our seats for our carry-ons. Today’s guest, a long-haul commercial pilot, is an impressive genius in reminding us how magical it is to take to the sky. When asked about how he arranged the topics of this memoir/travelogue he said, “[H]ometown is your first language because it’s where you first learn all the elements, whether it’s bridges, streets, rivers, or even cafes and houses of worship. They are a kind of arrangement of basic forms that I like to think of as almost chromatic, grammatical arrangement pieces, which you can then identify, even as you’re exploring places that seem so different. I thought that the structure of city of gates or a city of snow was a way of saying that I understand these places are incredibly different from the place I came from. I also see in them the structures that I came to recognize growing up even in a small city that most of the people in this city probably haven’t even heard of.” Vanhoenacker opens our vision to a more expansive landscape. He says, “Every pilot sees more of the world from above and then we get to explore the cities we land in. I get to see so much of the urban world, in particular, and it’s a joy for me to share it as best I can … Travel is a miracle and is something that would have amazed almost all humans who have ever lived to be able to travel the way some of us do now.”
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I have been building some shanties of houses connected with the old one. And likewise, some shanties of chapters and essays. I have been plowing and sowing and raising and printing and praying, and now begin to come out upon a less bristling time, and to enjoy the calm prospect of things from a fair piazza at the north of the old farmhouse here.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) author of Moby Dick
“Melville means a lot to me for a number of reasons. He wrote Moby Dick in my hometown of Pittsfield Massachusetts. And, his farmhouse is one that I pass almost every time I’m in Pittsfield. I enjoy this quote because, first of all, it’s about his farmhouse in Pittsfield; it’s about my hometown and the views. But I also like that he’s comparing the construction of a piece of writing to the construction of a house or shanties of houses. The idea that you get a piece of writing that has a structure which is comparable to a physical structure is something I find very beautiful. Obviously, writing can take many different directions, but, you know, you do need a roof and you need some beams, and then you need some decoration. I like that image a lot. I also like the idea that there are times to work and there are times to rest. Each book I’ve written has taken longer than I thought and has sort of consumed more of my time and energy than I expected. When I finish a book or an article he reminds me that it’s then time to take a rest which I find is something very beautiful and very important in these busy times we live in now.”
Mark Vanhoenacker, a long-haul commercial pilot and author of
Imagine a City: A Pilot’s Journey Across the Urban World
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured MP3 programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download.
Airing February 1 – 7Thoughts On Dying Well In A Death-Phopic Culturewith Stephen JenkinsonProgram 3582What constitutes dying well in a death-phobic culture? Stephen Jenkinson points out that life is a time-limited offer and our “obligation is to obey. Obey doesn’t mean submit; obey means attend to. What is this asking of me now?” There is much to ponder in this dialogue, whether or not you are actively dying.
Airing February 8-14A Wider Field Of Vision With A Pilotwith Mark VanhoenackerProgram 3777Vanhoenacker opens our vision to a more expansive landscape. He says, “I get to so see so much of the urban world, in particular, and it’s a joy for me to share it as best I can… Travel is a miracle and is something that would have amazed almost all humans who have ever lived to be able to travel the way some of us do now.”
Airing February 15-21Finding Meaning In The Covid Pandemic By Scrutinizing Past Pandemicswith Barbara E. Hort, Ph.D.Program 3778The Covid pandemic is changing our world and changing our lives in ways that we hope will be positive, important, and enduring. The truth is that we will probably derive more pandemic insight from scrutinizing the past than from speculating about the future because no one pandemic is entirely separate from any other.
Airing February 22-28Exploring The Multidimensional Universe Of Alien Encounterswith Mark GoberProgram 3779Here an avid researcher has brought reports of thousands of people who have experienced the phenomenon of alien encounters. When asked if nonhuman intelligence is real Gober says, “There is a lot of research out there suggesting that we are not alone, and this is probably an ancient phenomenon. There are people who do seem to have pretty amazing encounters.”
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Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.
Judy Blume from Tiger Eyes
Amy Scher tells us that this quote inspires her because the work she does with her clients is to help them clear fear from their lives: fear of being who they really are, fear of being their authentic selves. She goes on to say, “This is a good reminder that if we can clear that fear and live truly and freely in alignment with who we are it can determine the rest of our lives. That, plus it’s a lot more fun to go through the rest of your life being you instead of trying to please everybody else.”
Amy B. Scher, author of
How To Heal Yourself When No One Else Can:A Total Self Healing Approach for Mind, Body and Spirit
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What constitutes dying well in a death-phobic culture? Stephen Jenkinson looks squarely in the eye of death. It is his experience from working with hundreds and hundreds of people who are actively dying, that, for the most part, we are encouraged by those around us not to let our dying be a big part of our life. He points out that this death-phobic culture “…prescribes [that] our understanding of the best dying is the one that messes with you the least, and the only way you can achieve that is to establish some kind of firewall of awareness whereby the realities of dying don’t intrude, and when they do, you’re losing a positive outlook that you have to reinstate.” In other words, in a death-phobic environment you are not allowed to know that you are dying when you are dying. Families are besieged by arguments over whether or not to tell their loved ones they are dying. In this dense and profound dialogue, Jenkinson offers this perspective when asked about wrestling with death as opposed to fighting with it: “As you are dying you get an opportunity to live in a way that your normal life has not granted you… [you] answer the bell and testify deeply to how radically blessed you were to be able to live long enough to realize how fine it was to be alive… You’re under no obligation to accept that you’re dying when you are, which is the current mantra. Hopefully you’d be heartbroken about the fact that you don’t get to live a lot longer, hopefully you wish it were otherwise, and occasionally you demand that it be otherwise. This is in keeping with dying well.” He also adds that life is a time-limited offer and the “obligation is to obey. Obey doesn’t mean submit; obey means attend to. What is this asking of me now?” There is much to ponder in this dialogue whether or not you are actively dying.
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Centenarians are the fastest-growing age group in the industrial world, and the founding members of history’s first senior-dominant society. This aging population is a precious resource to society. These wisdom keepers touch such subjects as: We’re all getting older. Why and how does aging happen? Why do we spend so much time wishing or just pretending it doesn’t? In order to become truly wise and vibrant elders we must actively participate in our ongoing growth and transformation. It is never too late to experience an ever unfolding, meaningful fulfillment of our potential no matter how old we are. there are myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life. And never before in history has there been a more active, educated and resourceful generation of “crone-aged” women. Allow yourself to be inspired by the words of these four wisdom masters, found on these four programs especially selected from the New Dimensions program archive.
Conscious Elderingwith Ron PevnyProgram 3617MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Pevny shares the three phases of coming into elderhood: severance, neutral zone, and reincorporation. We need to sever ourselves from old identities in healthy and honoring ways. Then we enter a neutral zone where the seeds of possibility are gestating. He encourages us to deepen our spirituality so that we can move into reincorporation. Read more »
Aging Gracefullywith Andrew Weil, M.D.Program 3144MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99With practical common sense, Dr. Andrew Weil shares stories of his mother, who died at age 93. He explores common Western beliefs and attitudes about aging and urges us to develop healthier perspectives. Although aging is an irreversible process, he suggests a myriad things we can do to keep our minds and bodies in good working order through all phases of life. Read more »
Longevity: The True Wealth Of Nationswith Theodore Roszak, Ph.D.Program 2729MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Centenarians are the fastest-growing age group in the industrial world, and the founding members of history’s first senior-dominant society. Rather than seeing the aging population as a burden on society, Roszak views it as a precious spiritual resource. He’s the author of America the Wise: Longevity and the Culture of Compassion. Read more »
Juicy Crones: Wonderful Older Womenwith Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.Program 2852MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99By the year 2000, 20 million American women are crossing over the fifty-year threshold, joining another 25 million already on the other side of age 50. Never before has there been a more active, educated and resourceful generation of “crone-aged” women. Bolen suggests specific goddess archetypes that embody compassion, fierceness, humor, and wisdom in older women. Read more »
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When you don’t know what to do, just connect.
Ellen Meredith’s Inner Teachers
“What I realized is that if a car isn’t in gear, you can’t drive forward. And if I’m not connected to myself, to my inner self, I can’t move or know what’s going on because I don’t have the access to the inner wisdom to guide me. So, what I understood my guides to mean was connect first physically with your body because it’s the instrument of knowing and gives me access to wisdom. I think that when we connect inward first, it allows us to make more authentic connections with others in the world around us.”
Ellen Meredith, Ph.D., Medical intuitive and author of
Your Body Will Show You the Way:Energy Medicine for Personal and Global Change
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When our health is being challenged most often we want a diagnosis. We want a pill or treatment and preferably a quick fix. So, we seek out a specialist who attends to our specific area of dis-ease. This deep dialogue explores what energy medicine is and how it encourages us to inhabit our body as a full participant in co-creating more conscious choices about what kind of relationship we want with our body, mind, and spirit. It offers us tools to help heal, build resilience, and to go beyond merely the healing of illness. Here Meredith reveals six energy dynamics: gatekeep, grounding/anchoring, coherence, flow, exchange between self and world, and radiance as well as exercises to work with them.
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Here find four program that will help us focus our attention to lead us to a more vibrant life in work and relationships. Jenny Odell encourages us to contemplate the attention economy and notice how it is dominating cultures worldwide and how to resist it. Gallagher shows us why certain things grab our attention and not others and how we can train ourselves to focus on what is important to us. Prendergast points out why it is important to notice where your attention is localized in your body and shows us that there is another way of knowing beyond our analytical mind. The Hawks say there is a line in our life, above which we feel enlivened and energized and below which we feel drained and exhausted. They suggest we pay attention to when we are truly “lit up” in our lives and to notice when we are truly feeling energized.
Finding An Antidote To The Attention Economywith Jenny OdellProgram 3689MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99More and more of us spend enormous spans of our time captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily. We are caught in a dynamic where our value is determined by our productivity. Odell encourages us to contemplate the attention economy and notice how it is dominating cultures worldwide and how to resist it. Read more »
Strengthening Your Ability To Pay Attentionwith Winifred GallagherProgram 3306MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99How may we focus on what is important to us? How can we avoid technology overload? Why do certain things grab our attention and not others? With so many things now demanding our attention – emails, cell phones, text messages – many of us are overwhelmed by a plethora of distractions. Our lives may be described as the sum of what we focus on. Read more »
Tap Into Your Inner Knowing Through The Bodywith John J. Prendergast, Ph.D.Program 3563MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Many spiritual practices guide us in what is known as “waking up.” Even though this process gives us a great sense of freedom and spaciousness, Prendergast suggests that the path to “waking up” is by “waking down.” Tuning into our body often brings forth a useful image, and will help us to live with more authenticity. Read more »
Lighting Up Our Lives and Workwith Cathy and Gary HawkProgram 3421MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99There is a line in our life, above which we feel enlivened and energized and below which we feel drained and exhausted The Hawks share practical advice to create the life we truly want. They suggest we pay attention to when we are truly “lit up” in our lives and to notice when we are truly feeling energized. This leads to a more vibrant life in work and relationships. Read more »
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Peter Coyote, Actor and Zen Priest
Author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha
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The words of Jesus that are most often quoted are drawn from the King James version of the Bible. The New Testament was compiled some 200 years after he passed and it was written in Greek, a language he did not speak. Jesus originally spoke Aramaic and in this deep dialogue we’ll be looking at the living wisdom he imparted as it applies to us today through his native language. For example, Klotz’s extensive research reveals the Aramaic word Aboon, translated from Greek to English as God or Father, which in Aramaic refers to the breathing life of all, the fathering/mothering of the cosmos. Another example of the Aramaic translation is one of the Beatitudes, “Blessed the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” is expanded to the richness of: “Blessed ripening into life and its empowerment moves toward those who cling to their breathing as their first and last possession. Riper are those who dissolve their small selves within breath, they live in their shimmering “I can” of nature in the cosmos.” This deep dialogue enlivens the works and words of Jesus to higher levels of inspiration and understanding so needed in these threshold times. Klotz helps us to see the moving nature and luminosity of the teachings of Jesus that are present within us, within our very breath every day.
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Since the passing of Michael Toms in 2013, Justine Willis Toms has fully embraced the leadership of New Dimensions Radio. Her interview style, although unique from Michael’s, has been praised by guests who enjoy her warmth and enthusiasm. Here we want to turn the tables on Justine and give you the opportunity to hear several programs where she is the guest. Also, we are including one interview where Justine and Michael together are the guests.
Simple Joys Every Daywith Justine Willis Toms, DHLProgram 3266MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Here Ms. Toms shares stories about her conversations with New Dimensions guests; the circles with whom she’s shared laughter, love, and tears across generations; and even a quiet moment meditating with birds in her own backyard. Shining through it all is her fresh appreciation for life and her rare ability to find inspiration in the simple pleasures life has to offer. Read more »
Four Keys For Thriving In Chaotic Timeswith Justine Willis Toms, DHLProgram 3522MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99This is an edited talk that Justine Willis Toms gave in the summer of 2014. She includes the four keys to thriving in chaotic times and compares this time to that of a caterpillar inside the cocoon where it liquefies and the imaginal cells begin to coalesce, soon to emerge as a butterfly. She suggests that we are the imaginal cells of the changing of an age. Read more »
Giving Your Fullness Will Take You Where You Need To Gowith Justine Willis Toms, DHLProgram 3567MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Justine Willis Toms shares principles that lead to a more useful and fulfilling life. She asks the question: is worry fruitful and will it lead me to an effective outcome? She also encourages us to create circles of friends who support us in our fullness. She shares the lessons of the caterpillar and the butterfly. Read more »
Doing What You Love And Loving What You Do – Part Iwith Justine Willis Toms and Michael TomsProgram 2700MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99To actually be paid for doing what you love would be a dream come true. But how do you discover your passion? And how do you find a way to bring that spirit into the workplace? Michael and Justine Toms, co-founders of New Dimensions Broadcasting Network, are living proof that it can be done. Read more »
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“New Dimensions Radio is a leading-edge format to empower transformation upon Gaia. As a listener of these extraordinary hosts and guests that Justine and the late Michael Toms have brought into their studio, I have been inspired and motivated to continue my sacred earth journey with renewed healing intention and a deep appreciation of the family that New Dimensions continues to build and nurture through their programming. I encourage all with an open heart, an expanded mind, and a willing soul to join the tribe of New Dimensions.”
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I want to know how the old one thinks, the rest are details.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Theoretical Physicist
“I thought when I read that as a young student, exactly, exactly! After reading that quotation, I just knew that I would spend the rest of my life wondering about how the old one, how God, thinks. And I then came across another statement from some Indigenous people in South America that reminded me of Einstein’s statement. They said: In order to become human, you must dwell. You must contemplate the immensity of the universe. I just love that. There’s all sorts of things that are needed in life today, we need Medicare, we need to find a job and all that kind of stuff. But both Einstein and these South American Indians are saying we need to dwell, we need to contemplate the deepest, deepest mysteries, the deepest immensities, these are the thoughts of God.”
Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D. Cosmoslogist
and author of Cosmogenesis:An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe
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When Dr. Brian Swimme joined eco-theologian and cultural historian Thomas Berry in 1982, Berry laid out a cultural challenge to Swimme regarding the threats to our planet in this moment are of an order of magnitude greater than what Thomas Aquinas was dealing with (in the Middle Ages in Europe). “Science has given birth to our technological power, which we are using to rob Earth of its vitality.” The good news is that the universe is coming to know itself through us, the human species, and the story of the universe has direct impact on the story of our personal life. In this deep dialogue we’ll pursue a cosmological story that can unify and guide us into a future flourishing with life. Swimme guides us into an awakening to “Time Developmental Imagination” with the power to experience ourselves as a manifestation of 14 billion years of cosmological creativity.
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Spiritual teacher, Guy Finley has said this about his experience of New Dimensions. “There are very few places on this earth that still hold what is real, true, and good. I know that New Dimensions is one of those places. The earnestness, the sincerity, all that we can hope for when we are seekers looking for an inlet into a new understanding of life, you will find on New Dimensions.”
Here are 4 programs that are special favorites of Justine Willis Toms gleaned from the 2022 program schedule. Even if you have already heard them, you may want to re-listen to harvest even more wisdom gems within these deep dialogues.
Become a Pilgrim and Explore Inner and Outer Wildernesswith Brooke WilliamsProgram 3750MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Committed advocate of the preservation of wilderness and an explorer of both the outer and inner wilderness, Brooke Williams is constantly looking to understand and experience the value of wild places and what that means for modern humans. Here we explore wildness for ideas, possibilities, and inspiration across the great divide in which we find ourselves as Americans. Read more »
The Survival of Human Consciousnesswith Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D.Program 3753MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Here we explore afterlife investigations such as near death experiences, after death communication, reincarnation, instrumental transcommunication, mediumship, and much more. Mishlove explores survival after death and whether or not consciousness is separate from the brain. Read more »
Awakening to the Deep Wisdom Hidden in Classic Literaturewith Dean SluyterProgram 3755MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99For those of us who are committed to a life of awakening and truth, Sluyter gives us deep insight into the writings of such luminaries as Mark Twain, William Blake, Ernest Hemmingway, Virginia Woolf, J.D. Salinger and many more. You’ll not be bored in his class as he takes us deep into the spiritual insights hidden in the writings of these revered literary geniuses. Read more »
Questions To Bring Us Closer to Divine Presencewith Judith ValenteProgram 3756MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99This conversation encompasses a wide range of what it means to be human and life’s universal questions from very different perspectives. Valente responds to Trappist monk Brother Quenon’s question, “Does this bring you closer to God?” by saying “I think that’s the question we have to ask ourselves all the time in our work. Is this bringing me closer to the Divine Presence? Read more »
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When the caterpillar weaves its cocoon, it dissolves into organic goop. Cells, which had been dormant in the caterpillar and which biologists poetically call “imaginal cells”, begin a process of creating a new form and structure. They begin to find one another to form clusters and pass information back and forth until they hit a tipping point and the butterfly begins to form.
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When we feel pain in our body, it is usually a sign that something is wrong. When we experience injury, illness, or disease, we treat the symptoms with medication, physical therapy or alternative medicine. But sometimes treating the symptoms isn’t enough. Our bodies are often telling us that there is a disruption in our energy flow that is keeping us from getting well.
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Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.
Judy Blume from Tiger Eyes
Amy Scher tells us that this quote inspires her because the work she does with her clients is to help them clear fear from their lives: fear of being who they really are, fear of being their authentic selves. She goes on to say, “This is a good reminder that if we can clear that fear and live truly and freely in alignment with who we are it can determine the rest of our lives. That, plus it’s a lot more fun to go through the rest of your life being you instead of trying to please everybody else.”
Amy B. Scher, author of
How To Heal Yourself When No One Else Can:A Total Self Healing Approach for Mind, Body and Spirit
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured MP3 programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download.
Airing January 4-10, 2023Healing The Body By Clearing Emotional Energywith Amy B. ScherProgram 3584When we feel pain in our body, it is usually a sign that something is wrong. When we experience injury, illness, or disease, we treat the symptoms with medication, physical therapy or alternative medicine. But sometimes treating the symptoms isn’t enough. Our bodies are often telling us that there is a disruption in our energy flow that is keeping us from getting well.
Airing January 11 – 17, 2023We Are Those Who Come From Starswith Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D.Program 3774The universe is coming to know itself through us and the story of the universe has direct impact on the story of our personal life. Here we pursue a cosmological story that can unify and guide us into a future flourishing with life and with the power to experience ourselves as a manifestation of 14 billion years of cosmological creativity.
Airing January 18 – 24, 2023The Original Wisdom Of Jesus As Spoken In His Native Aramaicwith Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D.Program 3744This deep dialogue enlivens the works and words of Jesus to higher levels of inspiration and understanding so needed in these threshold times. Klotz helps us to see the moving nature and luminosity of the teachings of Jesus that are present within us, within our very breath, every day through the Aramaic translations.
Airing January 25 – January 31, 2023Enlisting Your Body’s Wisdom For Optimum Well-Beingwith Ellen Meredith, Ph.D.Program 3776This deep dialogue explores what energy medicine is and how it encourages us to inhabit our body as a full participant in co-creating more conscious choices about what kind of relationship we want with our body, mind, and spirit. It offers us tools to help heal, build resilience, and to go beyond merely the healing of illness.
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In a dark time the eye begins to see. I meet my shadow in the deepening shade.
From poem “In a Dark Time” by Theodore Roethke
“At one point in my life I literally lost my vision and it was a very dark time emotionally and physically. Physically, I couldn’t see very well. Emotionally, I went into a deep depression thinking I was going to lose my life in the sense I wouldn’t be vital in the way that I had always envisioned myself to be vital. Here in this dark time, I had to find my shadow, my anxieties, and my depressions, all the facets of me that were unhealed. This ultimately led me to my inherited family trauma, the anxiety that had passed down from all my grandparents who were orphans. I didn’t know that at the time. It was my own dark time and I had to meet my own shadow and do lots of healing work. I continue to do this as I lead people into shadow work and help them in their dark times so they can see.”
Mark Wolynn author of
It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma ShapesWho We Are and How to End the Cycle
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download.
Airing January 4-10, 2023Healing The Body By Clearing Emotional Energywith Amy B. ScherProgram 3584When we feel pain in our body, it is usually a sign that something is wrong. When we experience injury, illness, or disease, we treat the symptoms with medication, physical therapy or alternative medicine. But sometimes treating the symptoms isn’t enough. Our bodies are often telling us that there is a disruption in our energy flow that is keeping us from getting well.
Airing January 11 – 17, 2023We Are Those Who Come From Starswith Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D.Program 3774The universe is coming to know itself through us and the story of the universe has direct impact on the story of our personal life. Here we pursue a cosmological story that can unify and guide us into a future flourishing with life and with the power to experience ourselves as a manifestation of 14 billion years of cosmological creativity.
Airing January 18 – 24, 2023The Original Wisdom Of Jesus As Spoken In His Native Aramaicwith Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D.Program 3744This deep dialogue enlivens the works and words of Jesus to higher levels of inspiration and understanding so needed in these threshold times. Klotz helps us to see the moving nature and luminosity of the teachings of Jesus that are present within us, within our very breath, every day through the Aramaic translations.
Airing January 25 – January 31, 2022Enlisting Your Body’s Wisdom For Optimum Well-Beingwith Ellen Meredith, Ph.D.Program 3776This deep dialogue explores what energy medicine is and how it encourages us to inhabit our body as a full participant in co-creating more conscious choices about what kind of relationship we want with our body, mind, and spirit. It offers us tools to help heal, build resilience, and to go beyond merely the healing of illness.
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As we become exhausted and heartsick in this a time of constant distractions, disappointments, and overwhelm, we need each other like we’ve never needed each other before.
When social and other structures are breaking down there is a great opportunity for creating positive, imaginative, and powerful change in the world.
Let us each join together as warriors of the spirit. May we pick up our light sabers of grace, compassion, deep listening, and curiosity as we recreate a sense of community acknowledging our interdependence. Together let’s imagine a future that will benefit all life in its abundance and equality.
Let yourself be inspired by these spiritual warriors specially selected from our archive of deep wisdom.
Spiritual Friends: Help In A Time Of Metacrisiswith Terry PattenProgram 3741MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Patten had a deep comprehension of the sacred global rite of passage that we, and all humankind, are going through in these liminal times and shares how we can be of help in an insane world. He gives us a context for spiritual friendship, for turning outward in service, and for doing what we can to brighten everyone we come into contact with. Read more »
Warriors For The Human Spiritwith Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D.Program 3460MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99In this time of constant distractions and disappointment we become exhausted and heartsick as our good work is ignored. Wheatley speaks with fierce honesty as she gives us the map of where we are. She also gives us tools that enliven and reinvigorate us in our work and relationships. She’s the author of So Far From Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World. Read more »
Early Signs Of A New Societywith Sarah Van GelderProgram 3606MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Van Gelder launched a 12,000 mile trip across America to explore the many dynamic movements taking root around the country. She collected a myriad of stories and examples that give us hope for our future. She observes that the sustainable systems change that is required in these threshold times is now being modeled on local levels across the country. Read more »
Imagining A Sustainable And Regenerative Societywith Daniel PinchbeckProgram 3604MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Change is going to come no matter what. Pinchbeck is advocating nothing less than the need to embrace our responsibility for understanding what’s happening and play an active part in caring for the world. He feels this time in our human history can serve as our initiation to the next level of consciousness: ecologically, socially, politically, and spiritually. Read more »
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Inherited family traumas may be at the core of our inability to succeed in life. Wolynn’s research has shown that unresolved traumatic events in our families can hinder how success flows to us and how well we are able to receive it. He has helped hundreds of people to discover their core language of fear, which can be the breadcrumbs that lead to healing childhood and family traumas. He says, “The emotionally charged words that we use, especially in our descriptions of the things that are wrong, leave a breadcrumb trail and, if you learn to follow it, it will take us back to childhood trauma and possibly to traumas in our family history.” Wolynn gives several compelling examples of clients who had an aversion but did not have a clue as to its origins. It turned out that it was something that happened in their family that was unknown to them. When uncovering the history of the trauma, healing took place. He mentions the work of Rachel Yehuda of Mount Sinai Medical in New York. Her research is providing an understanding of how the effects of stress and trauma can be transmitted biologically up to three generations.
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Since the 1960s, Paul Winter has been in the vanguard of musicians whose art expresses special appreciation for the natural music of our world—including wolves, whales, birds, wind, and water. His inclusivity combines everything from Bach to Bossa Nova. His albums Common Ground and Callings are cultural landmarks as is his album, Missa Gaia (Earth Mass), commissioned by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Missa Gaia is a testament of faith, joy, thanksgiving, and reverence for the special gift that is Mother Earth.
Paul has recorded more than 50 albums with his ensemble, the Paul Winter Consort, and his community of colleagues who are some of the finest jazz, classical, and world music, musicians. He’s a 7-time Grammy Award winner and his latest album—Light of the Sun is the most personal musical offering of his 60-year recording career—showcasing his signature saxophone.
Many of us have come to appreciate the music that you hear at the beginning of each New Dimensions program (used with permission). It is entitled “Icarus” and performed by the Paul Winter Consort.
New Dimensions is proud to have been able to sit down with Paul on many occasions and facilitate deep dialogues about his extraordinary musical genius. Here you will find four programs specially selected from our programming archive. Enjoy!!!
Music For All Creatureswith Paul WinterProgram 1567MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Since the 1960s, Paul Winter has been in the vanguard of musicians whose art expresses special appreciation for the natural music of our world – wolf, whale, wind and water, combined with everything from Bach to Bossa Nova. His albums “Common Ground” and “Callings” are cultural landmarks. Read more »
Earthmusicwith Paul WinterProgram 1753MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99His 1982 work, “Missa Gaia” (Earth Mass), commissioned by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, is a testament of faith, joy, thanksgiving and reverence for the special gift that is Mother Earth. In this visit Paul tells about the making of “Missa Gaia,” and his lifelong love affair with music that “presses your wonder button.” Read more »
Making Music With Wild Thingswith Paul WinterProgram 2458MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99A pioneer of integrating animal calls and instrumental music, Paul Winter combines environmental sensitivity and artistic freedom with exquisite ingenuity and skill. This conversation is richly enlivened with samples of the music for which he is known.Read more »
A Trailblazer Of Earth Musicwith Paul WinterProgram 3715MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Since the 1960s Paul Winter has been in the vanguard of musicians who express special appreciation for the natural music of our world, including wolves, whales, birds, wind and water. His inclusivity combines everything from Bach to Bossa Nova, and his albums, Common Ground and Callings, are cultural landmarks, as is his album Missa Gaia/Earth Mass. Read more »
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- The power of poetry
- Lone Ranger meets Tonto
- Wetiko: a mind-virus
- Seeking wisdom in the desert wilderness
- Peaceful heart, warrior spirit
- Becoming a true wisdom elder
- Survival of human consciousness after death
- Wisdom in classic literature
- Pandemic of love and kindness
- African philosophy of ubuntu
- Re-creation of the world through mythology
- Writing an ethical will
- Beyond the noise to pristine attention
- Power of mentorship
- Old future is gone
- Dignity for those who are cognitively impaired
- Dreams: our internal GPS
- Safe harbor for the climate
New Dimensions has always been at the red-hot creative front of planetary transformation. So many of us have been enriched by Justine and Michael Tom’s work for five decades now.
Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D., Mathematical cosmologist and
author of Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe
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In these four programs, specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive, you will explore two MP3s of the penetrating insights derived from a lifetime study of the world’s religions from the wisdom elder Huston Smith as well as two MP3s with the dynamic “father of motivation”, Wayne Dyer, who died in 2015 at 75. Dyer graced our studios through the years with his uplifting stories of breaking through our personal limitations. These four programs are hosted by Michael Toms.
Scientism, Religion and the Way Out (Part 1 of 2)with Huston Smith, Ph.D.Program 2858MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Here the World Religions scholar extraordinaire shares how we have become blind to the invisible world of spirituality through our reliance on the scientific method as the sacred cow of our society. Smith refutes E.O. Wilson’s view that the battle for the human soul in the 21st century is between science and religion. He also speaks on the potential of true religious practice. Read more »
Wisdom, Ethics, and Morality (Part 2 of 2)with Huston Smith, Ph.D.Program 2859MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99The quintessential master of “the wisdom traditions” takes us on a scintillating ride through the foundation stones of the world’s spiritual heritage and reminds us wisely of the positive role religion can play in restoring the human spirit in the 21st century. His words quench the thirsty soul and bring hope out of the morass of cultural denial and distraction. Read more »
How To Create Your Life The Way You Want Itwith Wayne DyerProgram 2622MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99“As you think, so shall you be is not just a pithy little homily out of the Bible, it’s the way the universe works,” says Dyer. By re-connecting with your source, you begin co-creating your life and Dyer tells you how to go about it. Let the “father of motivation” fill you with the possibilities. Read more »
You Can Do Anythingwith Wayne DyerProgram 2814MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99Bringing advice from sages through the ages, Dyer urges you to enter the world of spirit “where all of your thoughts break their bonds, your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new and wonderful world.” Listen to how you can become a greater person than you ever dreamed. Read more »
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At the beginning of each New Dimensions’ program you hear the New Dimensions manifesto:
It is only through a change in human consciousness that the world will be transformed. The personal and the planetary are connected. As we expand our awareness of mind, body, psyche, and spirit and bring that awareness actively into the world, so also will the world be changed. This is our quest as we explore New Dimensions.
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As everyone knows we are in a time of extreme changes and transformations in our way of life, in our culture, and our relationship to the environment. One of the most essential things for us now is to have new ways of envisioning our way forward, our path forward. New Dimensions Radio has been a leader in this re-envisioning of human life for so many years and it is an essential resource for us all.
Bill Plotkin is an ecotherapist, depth psychologist,
wilderness guide, and author of many books including
Journey of Soul Initiation: A Field Guidefor Visionaries, Evolutionaries, and Revolutionaries
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Terry takes us on a whirlwind tour of what it means to give voice to our own authenticity. It requires deep listening and fertile silences. She encourages us to speak “Mother Tongue” – speaking from the belly rather than the mind. She laments that in Western culture “the language of economics has power, the language of the law has power, the language of science has power. But an intelligence of the heart, an emotional intelligence, or a poetic sensibility, or even a sensibility that comes from the side, from a different angle, from a different point of view, asks us to form a different kind of shape of conversation.” In this delightfully warm and thoughtful program you’ll be dazzled by the mystery of Terry’s dying mother’s request for her to read her journals, but not until after her death. Terry found 3 shelves of journals only to discover all of them were blank. Puzzle along with Terry as she takes us from the Red Rock Wildlands of Utah to the Plains of Kenya in a far-reaching dialogue about finding one’s authentic voice.
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Watching the moon at dawnsolitary, mid-skyI knew myself completelyno part left out. Japanese poet, Izumi Shikibu
“I love this poem because it suggests that you can’t know yourself completely until you include all parts. I’m not going to be able to say something like Shikibu said, ‘I know myself completely’, until I’m willing to look at and be in a relationship with the doubt, the despair, the confusion, the hatred, all the sordid guests that come knocking at this guest house as Rumi called it.”
Andrew Forsthoefel is the author of Walking to Listen:4,000 Miles Across America One Story at a Time.
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured MP3 programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing… Read More »December Broadcast Schedule
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Thank you for your financial support of New Dimensions Please consider an extra end of year donation I most sincerely hope that you, the listener, know how much your support has been instrumental in keeping New Dimensions beaming out over the airwaves in 2022. With your help we’ve been able to present deep dialogues… Read More »We Are Doing This Together
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As we collectively advocate for meaningful, lasting, and systemic change, these four wisdom elders widen and deepen our view of the broken social construct that denies equality for all citizens and explore how we can all be warriors for the human spirit. Making Magic In The World with Maya Angelou Program 1983 MP3 Download Buy… Read More »Spotlight: Coping With Troubled Times
As a valued listener, you know that New Dimensions is an antidote to the temptation to wallow in despair as we strive to filter out the partial truths that corporate media is consistently and relentlessly pumping out. With fierce determination, New Dimensions beams out seeds of resistance to the foreclosure of the pleasure of living.… Read More »RESISTING THE FORECLOSURE OF THE PLEASURE OF LIFE
Free Listening Through December 6, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Here we explore an optimistic and realistic look at how we can and must restore the health of our atmosphere to levels that support all life on this planet. What are the… Read More »A Safe Harbor for the Climate with Peter Fiekowsky
You can never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller: American anticipatory design architect, systems theorist, designer, inventor, philosopher, futurist and author of Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth and Critical Path “This quote reminds me that trying to fix things… Read More »Favorite Quote from a New Dimensions Guest : Peter Fiekowsky
We each carry wisdom within and by sharing our stories we remind one another of the power of grace that is available to all. Hear advice on how we can tap into that sacred mystery as these spiritual leaders share their wisdom on the power of prayer, the importance of storytelling, networks of grace,… Read More »Spotlight: Networks Of Grace
We each carry wisdom within and by sharing our stories we remind one another of the power of grace that is available to all. Hear advice on how we can tap into that sacred mystery as these spiritual leaders share their wisdom on the power of prayer, the importance of storytelling, networks of grace, the conditions of the possibility of grace, and more. These four programs with wisdom leaders have been specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive of programs. The Passion Of Grace with Bernadette Roberts Program 2276 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 After spending nine years in a Catholic convent, Bernadette Roberts went on to earn degrees in philosophy and education, start a Montessori school, and raise four children. Here she shares the nature of self and its relationship with God, the action of grace in our lives, the spiritual value of suffering, the meaning of the Virgin Mary, the purpose of prayer, and more. Read more » The Natural Motion Of The Soul with Celeste Yacoboni Program 3519 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Prayer is our most universal and yet individual way of communicating with the divine, of connecting with the infinite dimensions of our being. Here we explore some of the many ways we pray. Read more » Women Of Grace with Carol Lee Flinders, Ph.D. Program 3161 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 If Saint Teresa of Avila were alive today, would she be running for public office? If Julian of Norwich were around, would she be completing a doctorate in psychoneuroimmunology? Would Saint Clare of Assisi run a nonprofit? Would any of these women choose a cloistered life if they were born today? Flinders traces the “mother-line” of centuries-past holy women. Read more » The Intersection Of Life And Art with Andrew Harvey Program 3574 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Andrew Harvey shares his experience of why it takes rigorous discipline to be an artist, why solitude matters, how to cultivate our personal passions, how “networks of grace” can save humanity, and more. He speaks eloquently on how to cultivate sacred friendships and speaks of his “soul brother,” 88-year-old pianist and teacher, Seymour Bernstein, a true wisdom elder. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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Expanded consciousness is no longer flying under the radar Your efforts are now becoming visible Your steadiness of vision is paying off Together we’ve been working relentlessly and powerfully under the radar in moving the dial toward a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world New Dimensions has been seeding the public dialogue for over 50 years. A change in consciousness—for the better—is becoming more and more visible. SUPPORT THIS BUILDING MOMENTUM WITH A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION I was just reading the New Dimensions Mission Statement, “Changing the world one broadcast at a time.” That’s what New Dimensions is doing. I looked at the roster of previous guests and am amazed. I truly believe that this program series is changing the world; it’s having an impact. I feel honored to be part of the over 5000 guests that have been hosted on this program. It’s just mind blowing. It really is. Now, Leslie and I are included. Thank you. John Crowley, Co-Owner Aqus Café, and co-founder of Cool City Petaluma 2030 With deep gratitude, Justine Willis Toms Cofounder, Creative Producer, Host Donate, Join or Renew You can make an annual membership donation, set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation – OR – make a single donation here. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more.
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Free Listening Through November 29, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Do you remember your dreams? It’s said that dream images come from our unconscious pool of wisdom and there’s much personal insight to be gained when we pay attention to the night murmurings of our dreamtime. Dreamwork is a viable means of knowledge of self. Dreams contain deep intelligence as we commit to valuing and honoring them by tracking, recording, and thinking about the messages they’re trying to reveal. Through our dreams we can discover the wisdom of our souls. Here Schiller gives us excellent advice in learning how to decipher our dreams with examples from Justine and others. She cautions us about interpreting someone’s dream and says that only the dreamer truly knows what the dream is about. Even so, that doesn’t mean we cannot make suggestions that may help others with blind spots by using phrases such as “If this were my dream.” Schiller affirms that “Dreams embody our hopes, fears, and creativity…They’re a permanent witness to our life’s journeys…They are portable, practical, and an unlimited resource.” Program 3771 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. Carl Jung, (1865-1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology Hope is being able to see that there is light, despite all the darkness. Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist “These two quotes seem to me to be companion pieces. They inspire me to remember that darkness and light are flip sides of the same coin. As we move through different aspects and phases of our life, hanging on to hope and the knowledge that we’re moving forward toward the light is something that can inspire us and give us an impetus to keep going even in our darkest times. There is no such thing as a life without some pain. As the Buddhists say ‘Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.’ I like to remember that too. So, when in doubt turn to the light which helps us to keep going.” Linda Yael Schiller is a licensed psychotherapist who specializes in working with dreams. She’s the author of PTSDreams: Transform Your Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork
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Written history often distorts truth and does not have the ability to reveal fully the underlying core values and potential of human culture as do myths. It is said that myth is encoded into our DNA and human intelligence. What’s more, it cannot be denied that humankind is in the midst of the turning of an age that offers the potential of our greatest creativity. It is a moment in time that can only be compared to the great Renaissance. Furthermore, it is the ancient role of storytelling that holds mythic truths that taps into imagination to reveal the beginnings amongst the endings. Enjoy these four dynamic storytellers and let your own imagination loose to guide you to your own inner genius. The “Narrative Intelligence” of the Greek Myths with Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D. Program 3591 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Most of us are trapped in the stories we tell ourselves. Archetypes, such as are found in the Greek myths, can trigger a story in our brain that helps us notice opportunities, props, and characters that may have been invisible to us. They change what we are noticing and can enhance our narrative intelligence and encourage us to tap into our potential. Read more » Co-Creating A Dream Of A Modern Day Oz with Jean Houston, Ph.D. Program 3459 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Here Houston takes us on a whirlwind tour of the authentic American myth of the Wizard of Oz. She answers the question of what it means to have a brain, a heart, and to act with courage. Using the characters of the scarecrow, tin man, lion, and Dorothy, Houston inspires us to follow our deep yearning in order to develop and contribute to a better world with our full human capacities. She’s the author of The Wizard of Us: Transformational Lessons From Oz. Read more » The Re-creation of the World as Expressed Through Myth with Michael Meade Program 3761 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Meade advises us that we must break the spell of normalcy itself and we must accept the presence of uncertainty. However, the good news is that with every ending there is a new beginning. This deep dialogue explores the collective rite of passage we are experiencing and how using the wisdom of myths gives us a roadmap to the renewal of life itself. Read more » Being Claimed by a Myth with Martin Shaw, Ph.D. Program 3683 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Here we climb the attic steps and kneel before an old trunk, lift the lid and allow ancient tales to rush out and pierce our hearts and souls with their wisdom. Our guide in this quest is Martin Shaw who invites us to look at folktales not as therapy, not as giving advice but as tributaries that lead us to the bigger river of essential truths that nourish our lives. Read more »
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You provide our major funding. New Dimensions is listener supported. Become a member or renew your membership. We need the voices of sanity you hear on New Dimensions. You know the value of truthful & inspiring dialogues. Your membership support keeps it shining. Give as generously as you are able. Together we’ll create a world that works for all. With deep gratitude, Justine Willis Toms Cofounder, Creative Producer, Host I’m very impressed with Justine Willis Toms’ ability to draw out the guests and bring depth to whatever the topic is. So, I felt very honored to be included among the guests since I’ve been a listener all these years and have always been captivated by the guests on the program. I am very appreciative of Justine symbolically taking my hand as a guest and leading me to an expression of ideas that I think are important. Rabbi Paul J. Citrin is a retired Rabbi who continues to teach in synagogues and community centers. He’s the author of I Am My Prayer: A Memoir and Guide for Jews and Seekers Donate, Join or Renew You can make an annual membership donation, set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation – OR – make a single donation here. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more.
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Free Listening Through November 22, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Are you One-of-a-Kindness™? This is the trademarked phrase of the newly formed Kindness Club. We’ve all heard the often-quoted aphorism: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” (Elbert Hubbard). We can all attest to the fact that, in these most challenging of times, it is raining lemons. Lindsay Andreotti suggests that kindness is an antidote to dodging this bitter downpour. Rather than focusing on chaos and discord she has made the conscious intention to look for acts of kindness. She reports, “I started paying attention to what was good and what I was grateful for… I said, ‘okay, I’m not going to look as if everything is bad and wrong and the world’s coming undone… I’m going to look for some kindness.’” This effort has turned into The Kindness Club which is helping spread kindness like a positive virus for everyone to catch. She shares with us a broad idea of kindness beyond “being nice” and compromising our own integrity or our insights on truth. Sometimes telling the truth is a kindness. She also gives us advice as to how to meet a stranger and how to notice kindness in our everyday lives. She understands that there is way more kindness happening on a day-to-day basis than there is drama, negativity, and darkness. And one of the strongest forms of kindness is to be a good listener. Program 3770 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured MP3 programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing November 2 – 8, 2022 The Art And Practice Of Listening Well with Leslie Shore Program 3578 Listening is a skill that we have to learn. It takes effort, attention, patience, and practice. It’s a process that requires us to use different parts of our brain. Effective listening can improve our relationships and our jobs, as well as enhance our intelligence. Leslie Shore explains what it takes and what gets in the way. Airing November 9 – 15, 2022 Spreading The Positive Virus Of Kindness with Lindsay Andreotti Program 3770 Andreotti has noticed that there is way more kindness happening on a day-to-day basis than there is drama, negativity, and darkness. She shares with us ways we can expand our awareness and be a vessel of kindness and suggests that one of the strongest forms of kindness is to be a good listener. She is the founder of The Kindness Club. Airing November 16 – 22, 2022 Dreams: Our Internal GPS with Linda Yael Schiller Program 3771 Dreams embody our hopes, fears, and creativity. They come from our unconscious pool of wisdom as a viable means of knowledge of self as we commit to valuing and honoring them by tracking, recording, and thinking about the messages they’re trying to reveal. They’re a permanent witness to our life’s journey, a portable, practical, and unlimited resource. Airing November 23 – 29, 2022 A Safe Harbor For The Climate with Peter Fiekowsky Program 3772 Here we explore an optimistic and realistic look at how we can and must restore the health of our atmosphere to levels that support all life on this planet. Fiekowsky has extensively researched and come up with specific, concrete steps we can take that can bring about a restoration of the kind of healthy climate humankind has flourished under for 10,000 years. Airing November 30 – December 6, 2022 Healthier, Safer, More Livable Communities – Block By Block with John Crowley and Leslie Curchack Program 3773 The Cool Cities Challenge is a non-political grassroots effort that encourages the building of strong communities and support social ties around emergency preparedness and lowering of the carbon footprint. It encourages connections between neighbors block by block. The results translates into higher civic engagement, safer, and healthier neighborhoods.
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Humans experience a profound spiritual connection with their animal companions. These special beings not only have healing powers; they often teach us how to be wise. These four programs, especially selected from the New Dimensions program archive, are filled with insights and stories to enhance the connection with our animal friends. Mystical Animals with Jean Houston Program 2968 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 A profound spiritual connection exists between humans and animals. Like a 21st century Scheherazade, master storyteller Houston weaves a fascinating and provocative web of wonder as she regales us with animal stories. She asserts that animals, dogs in particular, can help restore and revitalize our connection to the sacred flow of nature and oneness with all of life. Read more » Human Mind / Animal Mind with Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. Program 2792 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Sheldrake’s extensive research on animal behavior challenges traditional scientific assumptions that pets do not warrant serious study. His research confirms that animals do indeed possess psychic and intuitive abilities. You’ll hear astonishing stories involving parrots, termites, and farm animals that will have you looking at the animal kingdom in a whole new light. Read more » Communication and Healing with Animals with Linda Tellington-Jones Program 2319 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Have a favorite animal in your life? Want to relate to animals in a different way? Linda Tellington-Jones opens our eyes to an innovative, effective method of improving our animals’ health and temperament, and of experiencing the deep joy of communicating with another species. Read more » Of Animal Grace And A Spa For A Pig with Sy Montgomery Program 3162 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Montgomery is in awe of who animals are and what they have to teach us. She’s lived with domestic and wild animals of all sorts, from chickens and pigs to emus and orangutans and she’s learned that no matter how fierce they may seem, there is little to fear. She shares with us an awareness that the capabilities of animals may far exceed our own. Read more »
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I’m reminded of a story about a battle that goes on inside each of us. A Cherokee grandfather told his grandson “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?” The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.” This is a challenging week for many. In spite of the many tumultuous forces and events taking place at this time, with your support, you provide a great gift by continuing to carry the possibility of a better world that thrives, is just, and that works for everyone. AND, MOST ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES OF THE CONSTANT DELUGE OF NEGATIVE NEWS COMING AT US AS AN ENDLESS LOOP, NEW DIMENSIONS IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO NOURISH, LOVE, CONNECT, EXPAND, AND FEED THE WOLF OF JOY, PEACE, HOPE, KINDNESS, EMPATHY, TRUTH, AND COMPASSION. Please join our efforts with your financial support. It is needed now more than ever. Thank you for your partnership, Justine Willis Toms Co-founder, Creative Producer, Host Donate, Join or Renew You can make an annual membership donation, set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation – OR – make a single donation here. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more.
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Free Listening Through November 15, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Listening is a very different thing from merely hearing. It takes effort, attention, filtering, and practice. It’s a process that requires us to use different parts of our brain, and a process that is very rarely taught in formal education. Although it is so critical to improving our lives, it is a skill we have to learn on our own. One important result of learning to be a good listener is the deepening of relationships. And it goes both ways. Sometimes being a responsible listener is realizing when you’re not being listened to. “We actually teach people how to treat us, and the same is true in our conversations.” When we are really listening to another person, Shore explains, “what is happening is that the relationship is deepening, that they feel that what they’re saying is totally valued and that they should continue.” Even if we have heard the story before, and think that we know what our friend is going to say, it’s important not to let that get in the way. “We’re complicated human beings and we are changing on a daily basis, and we think that sometimes it’s only us that’s changing and it’s not really true. Our friends are changing at the same time, our relationship with them changes.” Shore explains several barriers to good listening, such as interrupting, intruding, rehearsing, and boredom, among others. One unique barrier she describes is the inability to be silent. A good listener will “listen without judgement, and wait for the period at the end of the sentence before formulating a reply, not replying, but formulating the reply.” This is difficult because sometimes it means that there will be a silent pause within a conversation. Further, she discusses how our technology and consumer-driven society makes it even more difficult for us to learn to listen well. She points out that in American technological society there is a pervasive belief that power resides in the speaker rather than the listener. This leads to a devaluation of silence. Program 3578 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. When we listen to people there is an alternating current and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being recreated. Brenda Ueland, author of If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit “This is such a wonderful thought that really gets to the source of why it is that I do this work. It inspires me because it totally understands that this is all about relationship, this is all about growth. This is really all about us being the best we can be and helping others do the same because when we listen we really do help others be the best that they can be. They are being recreated alongside us as we are being recreated.” Leslie Shore, author of Listen to Succeed: How to Identify and Overcome Barriers to Effective Listening
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“We are made of star stuff” is a phrase we’ve all heard many times. In a recent interview with cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D., author of Cosmogenesis: The Unveiling of the Expanding Universe, I was most impressed and became vividly aware of this wonderment. Indeed I am made of star stuff!!! He writes, “[E]ach carbon atom in our bodies, without exception, come from a star… Humans flower forth from the supernova explosion like roses from a rose bush.” He goes on to convey how stars are the original “bestower’s of grace.” “Traditional language refers to unmerited love and grace, as love freely given. Stars, then, are bestowers of grace, are bestowers of life. This is true in a general sense, but we need to bring to mind as well the specific stars that fashioned the particular atoms of our body. Soon the scientists will trace our personal biographies back to the exact stars that gave us our bodies. Following that, the poets will give these ancestors names. We are their offspring. We’re those particular stars in a later form. Reading this fills me with awe. It got me to wonder which ancient star makes up the carbon atoms of my body. I’d like to think my carbon comes from Beta Librae of the Libra Constellation. Just imagine at some future date when we go on-line to look up our family tree, ancestry will catalog our grandparents, our great-grandparents, our great, great grandparents, on and on back to our original parent, the actual star that gave us life. This cosmological fact puts a much larger context on the gift that my life is. It makes me wonder what I am doing with this great endowment from a star and how I am paying it forward. -Justine
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First, decide what you will be and then do what you need to do. Epictetus,(Died 135 AD) Greek philosopher “This quote is one of my guiding lights, because it makes, from my point of view, the distinction from being and doing. I see with a lot of my clients that they’re working through something and they ask the valid question, ‘okay, what do I do?’ I think the answer must first be led from who do you want to be and then do what you have to do. That’s one of the things that I teach at Strozzi Institute in all of our courses. First, who do you want to be? And then do what you have to do.” Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Founder of the Strozzi Institute and author of Embodying the Mystery: Somatic Wisdom for Emotional, Energetic, and Spiritual Awakening
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Airing November 2 – 8, 2022 The Art And Practice Of Listening Well with Leslie Shore Program 3578 From Album: Intervention Artist: Helen Jane Long 2012 BLlE Music Records #9790900213570 Opening Essay: Track 01 Intervention Music Break 1: Track 02 Free Music Break 2: Track 06 Fountain Music Break 3: Track 03 Willow Airing November 9 – 15, 2022 Spreading The Positive Virus Of Kindness with Lindsay Andreotti Program 3770 From Album: Wave Hands Like Clouds Artist: Buedi Siebert 2004 Real Music RM 4050 Opening Essay: Track 01 From the Distance & 02 Life Breath Music Break 1: Track 02 Life Breath (continued) Music Break 2: Track 04 Building Chi Music Break 3: Track 04 Building Chi (continued) Airing November 16 – 22, 2022 Dreams: Our Internal GPS with Linda Yael Schiller Program 3771 From Album: Open Domain Artist: Charlie Bommarito 2011 Bright Room Productions Opening Essay: Track 01 Mango Island Music Break 1: Track 02 The Chaz Effect – almost timeless Music Break 2: Track 03 Whoville Music Break 3: Track 04 Night of the Jackal Airing November 23 – 29, 2022 A Safe Harbor For The Climate with Peter Fiekowsky Program 3772 From Album: Tears of the Dragon Artist: Medwyn Goodall Opening Essay: Track 01 The Grand Illusion Music Break 1: Track 02 A Time of Choice Music Break 2: Track 03 The Storm Lands Music Break 3: Track 04 Awakening from the Dream Airing November 30- December 6, 2022 Healthier, Safer, More Livable Communities – Block By Block with John Crowley and Leslie Curchack Program 3773 From Album: 17 Seconds to Anywhere Artist: Liz Story 1998 Windham Hill Records #01934-11291-2 Opening Essay: Track 01 Captain April Music Break 1: Track 02 Rumors of Discipline Music Break 2: Track 03 Beginner’s Mind Music Break 3: Track 04 Voices
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured MP3 programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing November 2 – 8, 2022 The Art And Practice Of Listening Well with Leslie Shore Program 3578 Listening is a skill that we have to learn. It takes effort, attention, patience, and practice. It’s a process that requires us to use different parts of our brain. Effective listening can improve our relationships and our jobs, as well as enhance our intelligence. Leslie Shore explains what it takes and what gets in the way. Airing November 9 – 15, 2022 Spreading The Positive Virus Of Kindness with Lindsay Andreotti Program 3770 Andreotti has noticed that there is way more kindness happening on a day-to-day basis than there is drama, negativity, and darkness. She shares with us ways we can expand our awareness and be a vessel of kindness and suggests that one of the strongest forms of kindness is to be a good listener. She is the founder of The Kindness Club. Airing November 16 – 22, 2022 Dreams: Our Internal GPS with Linda Yael Schiller Program 3771 Dreams embody our hopes, fears, and creativity. They come from our unconscious pool of wisdom as a viable means of knowledge of self as we commit to valuing and honoring them by tracking, recording, and thinking about the messages they’re trying to reveal. They’re a permanent witness to our life’s journey, a portable, practical, and unlimited resource. Airing November 23 – 29, 2022 A Safe Harbor For The Climate with Peter Fiekowsky Program 3772 Here we explore an optimistic and realistic look at how we can and must restore the health of our atmosphere to levels that support all life on this planet. Fiekowsky has extensively researched and come up with specific, concrete steps we can take that can bring about a restoration of the kind of healthy climate humankind has flourished under for 10,000 years. Airing November 30- December 6, 2022 Healthier, Safer, More Livable Communities – Block By Block with John Crowley and Leslie Curchack Program 3773 The Cool Cities Challenge is a non-political grassroots effort that encourages the building of strong communities and support social ties around emergency preparedness and lowering of the carbon footprint. It encourages connections between neighbors block by block. The results translates into higher civic engagement, safer, and healthier neighborhoods.
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A few topics in these deep dialogues include: What survives death and where does consciousness reside? While our genes do not change, the way they are expressed may be very much within our control. What are the four paths of wise, effective action–“showing up, paying attention, telling the truth, and being unattached to the outcome”. What is the “implicate order” that forms the basis for bridging science and spirit? These thoughts and questions are just a few of the subjects covered by these 5 wisdom trailblazers on whose shoulders we stand as we explore creating a better world for all. You’ll want to hear all of them. The Survival of Consciousness with Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D. and Willis Harman, Ph.D. Program 2446 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 This is a compelling dialogue with two researchers who have devoted their lives to exploring the questions related to survival of consciousness after death and experiences of non-ordinary consciousness. Read more » Walking the Four-Fold Way with Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. Program 2424 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Arrien gathered wisdom from a variety of indigenous cultures distilling it into four paths of wise, effective action—“showing up, paying attention, telling the truth and being unattached to the outcome.” These are the archetypal paths of the warrior, healer, visionary and teacher. The opportunity to embody these archetypes arises in every situation in our lives. Read more » Controlling Your Genetic Blueprint with Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. Program 3093 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Bruce Lipton and other cellular biologists have discovered that our genetic blueprint is not static. While our genes do not change, the way they are expressed may be very much within our control. He tells us, “Cells need the brain to interpret the world and feed back to them what they should be doing to keep this whole system alive and floating.” Read more » Parts of a Whole with David Bohm, Ph.D. Program 1785 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Theoretical physicist Bohm developed a theory of quantum physics that addresses both matter and consciousness as an unbroken whole. The late Bohm’s concept of “implicate order” provides a basis for bridging science to the realm of spirit. For two decades, he explored this possibility with religious philosopher J. Krishnamurti. Read more »
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Michael Meade expresses his passion for New Dimensions in this way: “I’m always happy to visit New Dimensions because they’re looking at new ideas and new imaginations. They know that there are many dimensions to this world and you have to see things from many angles. I know they’re always looking for where the creative energies are arising and the latest ideas in order to help with all the confusion we live in. I’m a supporter of New Dimensions and I think you should be too.” Michael Meade Storyteller, Scholar of Mythology, Author of Fate and Destiny and Why the World Doesn’t End: Tales of Renewal When All Seems Lost Support Conscious Media If you have not donated to this broadcasting endeavor, please consider doing so now. Your donation allows us to continue to broadcast these deep dialogues for a better world. A yearly donation is deeply appreciated. Another way to partner New Dimensions is with a monthly recurring donation, no matter how small (or large). Thank you. Justine Willis Toms Co-Founder, Volunteer Executive Director & Host Donate, Join or Renew
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I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by scientific reductionism, with its claim in promissory materialism to account eventually for all of the spiritual world in terms of patterns of neuronal activity. This belief must be classed as a superstition . . we have to recognize that we are spiritual beings with souls existing in a spiritual world as well as material beings with bodies and brains existing in a material world. Sir John Eccles (1903-1997), Neurophysiologist, philosopher, and winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “Sir John Eccles, the man who discovered everything basic that we know about the communication between neurons, was a great scientist. I had the honor of knowing him and studying under him, at least briefly, at the University of Chicago. He and I thought exactly alike. We did not think that the deterioration of certain elements of the brain in any way meant that a person did not still have a point of light, an eternal being. Did not still have a soul. Namaste.” Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., author of Dignity For Deeply Forgetful People: How Caregivers Can Meet The Challenges of Alzheimer’s Disease
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Free Listening Through November 1, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. The family of caregivers of those who are cognitively impaired are our true unsung heroes. Often without respite nor compensation they serve those who have an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s can also have a component of early onset but most diagnoses show up as we get older. Research indicates that Americans are more afraid of getting Alzheimer’s disease than they are of dying. As our population ages, there is an ethical aspect to these cognitive illnesses that has been neglected in the United States. In this culture, with its emphasis on hyper-cognitive power and productivity, we can, hopefully, begin to acknowledge the equal moral status of people with physical and cognitive disabilities and not dismiss the consciousness and awareness of an individual with dementia as someone less significant than that of someone who is more lucid of mind. And, we can better support those who support this growing population. This deep dialogue includes the challenges of what Stephen G. Post calls “Deeply Forgetful People” and how we may better meet them. He says, “I’m a true believer in offering dignity and comfort to those in cognitive decline… There are no great drugs out there. Not even good drugs out there for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. However, if you provide people with access to music that relates to their life journey they’re better over the course of the day, they don’t have to use so many medications for aggression and other behavioral difficulties. It cuts it down by about 50%. Also, their caregivers are inspired. They say, ‘you know what, they’re not gone. They’re not a husk. They’re just hidden. They’re opaque. But they’re there.’ And that’s a beautiful thing.” Program 3768 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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In these times, with political rhetoric coming at us from all sides, it is important to take a moment and listen to our wise elders. Gary Snyder offers specific advice on practical ways to improve your personal relationship to wild nature. Wendell Berry is a revered poet, philosopher, and farmer whose wisdom is deeply rooted in soil. Physicist Fritjof Capra is a whole systems thinker who talks of the interconnectedness of all life. And Terry Tempest Williams always lifts our hearts as she encourages us to “Stand our ground for the places we love.” Allow yourself to be inspired by the words of these four wisdom masters, found on these four programs especially selected from the New Dimensions program archive. Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 8: Honoring The Wild with Gary Snyder Program 2723 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Gary Snyder is a renowned poet, activist, and ecologist. “We have a long and respectable history of being deeply involved and totally at home in the natural world,” says Snyder, “and we can recapture that. We can live it again.” Read more » Daily Bread with Wendell Berry Program 1929 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 This farmer, ecologist, and writer Berry speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berry’s self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal integrity, faithfulness, and love. Read more » Living Systems with Fritjof Capra, Ph.D. Program 2685 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 At the heart of understanding living systems is the knowledge that everything is interconnected and interrelated. Out of this awareness comes the greatest challenge of our times – creating sustainable communities. Capra describes what he means when he suggests that we must shift from linear thinking to systems thinking. Read more » Wild Heart: The Politics Of Place with Terry Tempest Williams Program 2460 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Environmental politics becomes a matter of sensual passion rather than political correctness in this rich, colorful mosaic of thoughts on wildness, landscape, animals, and humans. It sparkles with gems of insight mined from Williams’ own profound sense of belonging in nature and includes the voice of the late Edward Abbey, maverick environmentalist and friend of hers. Read more »
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One of New Dimensions most avid fans and collector of MP3 downloads has recently asked for permission to send a link of an episode that she thought a friend of hers would like. Here is what she said, “My friend is a fine artist with a large following on Facebook. She just started pursuing photography. I would like to share the link to the show I purchased today about photography. I want to share it on her Facebook page as a way of promoting ND. I think she might like to hear it and I can talk about how much the show means to me and what a bargain the shows are at 2 bucks apiece.” Of course I gave Kelly permission and I encourage you to follow her example. Please do post any episode of New Dimensions that has moved and inspired you on Facebook, twitter, Instagram, or other social media. This will help to spread the word of this library of deep dialogues that provides food for the soul. As one listener so well describes New Dimensions. New Dimensions provides a true radio refuge from the noise and negativity of mainstream broadcasting. Over the years, this lovingly-crafted series has presented to its appreciative listeners voices of reason, compassion, and humanity never veering from a commitment to inform and educate how one might live more mindfully, and leave this world in a better place. How rare and refreshing to find such reflective radio. SS, Berkeley, CA Also, if you too, feel refreshed by the broadcasts, please, please, consider making a donation. New Dimensions has been seeding the public dialogue for over 40 years and we are looking to expand our efforts to reach more and more persons with these inspiring, informative, and life-enhancing dialogues. Be the change you want to see in the world and do something extraordinary by becoming a member/donor toward a world that works for all. Join the New Dimensions team with a financial contribution now! You’ll be glad you did. Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Volunteer Executive Director, and Host You can make a single annual membership donation – OR – Set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation. We are so very appreciative of those who donate $10, $25, $50, or $100 a month. This helps to sustain this work. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more (for monthly donations the gifts are mailed at the end of the year). Donate, Join or Renew
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Free Listening Through October 25, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. As we careen from one crisis to the next and focus on political struggles that seem to rarely produce even short-term solutions, it’s easy to avoid big questions that have no easy answers. Questions such as: What is the sustainable carrying capacity of the planet for Homo Sapiens? Has our human arrogance and assumptions of our cleverness obscured our ability in being able to face and meet the multiple cascading crises? Are we avoiding the evidence of difficult truths at our peril? Is our future one of limitation and, if so, can we face it with courage to do the best job with what is possible? Our guests today lead us into the dragon’s mouth of denial of our comforting illusions regarding the dramatic changes in the world in which we live and explore our collective path in dealing with today’s multiple cascading ecological crises. Jensen and Jackson have come up with four hard questions that demand our attention: What is the sustainable size of the human population? What is the appropriate scale of human social and political organizations? What is the scope of our competence to manage all this technology? And finally, what is the speed at which we must move to create a sustainable human presence on the planet? They remind us that even if the solutions to our “hard problems” are not readily available, that doesn’t mean that asking the questions are irrelevant. Program 3767 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing October 5- 11, 2022 The Healing Power Of Sound with David Gibson Program 3576 Sound is medicine, according to the research of David Gibson. Every person, emotion, and ailment has a tone. Sound and frequency can be used to influence mental states, enhance human experience, and heal disease. He explains how music therapy is being applied in healthcare. “It’s unbelievable what’s been happening with people just by using sound and music.” Airing October 12 – 18, 2022 The Old Future Is Gone with Wes Jackson, Ph.D. & Robert W. Jensen, Ph.D. Program 3767 If our future is one of limitation, how may we face it with courage to do the best job with what is possible? Even though easy solutions may not be apparent it does not make asking hard questions irrelevant. According to our guests, what are the four hard questions we must be asking at this time. Airing October 19 – 25, 2022 Offering Comfort And Dignity To Deeply Forgetful People with Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. Program 3768 As our population ages with its emphasis on hyper-cognitive power and productivity, we must begin to acknowledge the equal moral status of people with physical and cognitive disabilities as someone not less significant than that of someone who is more lucid of mind. And, we must better support those who support this growing population. Airing October 26 – November 1. 2022 The Embodied Spiritual Path with Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D. Program 3769 This deep dialogue explores the embodied spiritual path and what it means to live more consciously in a human body. He says, “The body is 3 billion years of evolution and there’s a tremendous wisdom and intelligence in it that moves us towards wisdom, connection, mutuality, and interdependence.
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Mushrooms have healing powers for the Earth and for our body, mind, and spirit. They can turn our most toxic pollutants into food. Mushrooms also have a therapeutic application of expanded states of consciousness that lead to personal healing and transformation. They eat rock, make soil, digest pollutants, both nourish plants and cause plants to decompose, they can survive in space, induce visions, produce food, make medicine, manipulate animal behavior, and influence the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere to list a few of their activities. Here are four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions archive that highlight these magical edibles. Saving The World, One Mushroom At A Time with Paul Stamets Program 3274 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Mushrooms are our ancestors. Mycelium fields have a consciousness. Most importantly, they create the soil on which all of life on earth depends. Dedicated mycologist, Stamets, regales us with fascinating stories of the healing power of mushrooms, and how they play a key role in reversing the destructive impact our modern technology and industry have had on our planet. Read more » Indigenous Traditional Healing Techniques In Altered States Of Consciousness with Françoise Bourzat Program 3687 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Many explorers are seeking a depth of healing that is more experiential through expanded states of consciousness. Some modalities of this are sweat lodges, vision quests, breath work, and where is it legal, psychedelics in Mexico. Here we explore the experiential therapeutic applications of expanded states of consciousness that lead to healing and transformation. Read more » Exploring The Hidden Kingdom Of Fungi with Merlin Sheldrake, Ph.D. Program 3705 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Fungi live their lives largely hidden from view and over 90% of their species remain undocumented. Sheldrake says that the fungal kingdom is more closely related to the animal kingdom. Here he takes us into his research on the ecological significance of fungi and its importance to all life on planet earth. Read more » Psychedelics: Medicine or Drug? with Richard Miller, Ph.D. Program 3742 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Miller has reviewed and conducted interviews with leading scientists in America who are investigating the effects on humans of psychedelic medicines such as LSD, MDMA. This has revealed that certain psychedelic medicines administered by proper protocol, have shown that altered states of consciousness can facilitate creativity and psychophysical healing. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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New Dimensions has helped me shape my life as I know it will yours too. Join me by pledging your support now. Larry Dossey, author of The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives We began sitting down with Dr. Larry Dossey in 1982 and have continued to produce deep dialogues with him in every decade since then. Although some of the earlier dialogues are not available yet because they have not been digitized, the more recent ones can be found on our website. If you agree with Larry that your life has been moved in a positive direction from something you heard on New Dimensions, won’t you please support this broadcasting endeavor? New Dimensions has been described as sharing the history of the future because it often broadcasts ideas, information, and inspiration long before they are accepted by mainstream culture. You get to hear it first on New Dimensions. WE TRULY NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Besides our broadcasting endeavors, your support contributes towards our on-going digitizing project. We continue to need your financial assistance to convert programs from our deep archive and modify them into MP3 format for our website. Your support makes this possible. Please consider joining as a member of Friends of New Dimensions and get a thank you gift for any donation of $45 or more. Most gratefully, Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Volunteer Executive Director, and Host P.S. Please consider adding New Dimensions to your will or living trust. We would love to welcome you as a legacy donor which honors the philanthropic leadership and vision of individuals who have so thoughtfully provided for the future of New Dimensions through a planned gift. Thank you for your kind and generous contribution. Donate, Join or Renew
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If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. Nikola Tesla, a major contributor to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system “When you see the world as vibration, as it really is, there is no judgment, it just is. When you learn the laws of physics that guide vibration, you see precisely how to change the vibration of your own life which affects the whole planet based on the quantum field of entanglement. It’s really the core of everything. It’s the basis of everything as to how everything works. A strong vibration will overcome a weaker vibration and entrain the weaker vibration into the stronger. This is the basis of all transformation of anything in the universe at the physical level, at the emotional level, at the quantum level, at every level there is. It’s where the power is and it’s the power that’s in alignment with nature. It’s the essence of what we really need to get back to.” David Gibson, author of The Complete Guide to Sound Healing
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Free Listening Through October 18, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Sound is medicine, according to the research of David Gibson. Every person, emotion, and ailment has a tone. He explains that we can use frequency to match or cancel out a negative vibration, or meet a negative emotion more easily. He discusses the process of finding a sound that best expresses an emotion, and letting it out, like we did as babies. He suggests that “…emotions are like water, they’re meant to flow. They’re not meant to stay around, they’re meant to move on through.” He also explains that there are more exact frequencies to explore for specific mental states. “There’s Delta which is for sleep, Theta, which is mostly dreaming or when you’re in the zone, when you’re like totally blissed out or there’s Alpha where you’re totally present and aware, and then there’s Beta where you’re thinking and processing which is where we are most of the time.” He explains how music therapy is being applied in western medicine to help patients with depression, pain, and even Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Gibson emphasizes that it’s not necessarily a one-size-fits-all, but that we can find and categorize the music that helps us in specific ways and place them in our proverbial medicine cabinet. “We often do it intuitively,” he says, but we could do it more specifically. “It’s unbelievable what’s been happening with people just by using sound and music.” Program 3576 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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A Message from Justine Willis Toms Power up your imagination with New Dimensions program guests as we continue to bring some of the most inspiriting, impelling, and practical programming available on the planet. Revive yourself with the substantial New Dimensions roster of guests. As you know our special programming lifts us out of despair, widens our field of vision, and encourages us to join the tribe of life-long learners. New Dimensions has the quality of keeping us in the position of an ever-widening landscape. It keeps us from setting up our tent in the village of despair and hopelessness. We don’t know the outcome of this journey, but we know it will be more amazing as we continue to walk it together. Now it’s your move to partner us with a financial contribution. I’m asking you to consider a substantial donation at this time to keep these most vibrant deep dialogues beaming out to a world that is hungry for a substantial media diet. If you are like me, you find your email and mailboxes are cluttered with political ads and other requests for financial aid, which cause us to suffer from a sort of attention fatigue. New Dimensions is an antidote to that weariness. I want to THANK YOU in advance for being such a powerful partner and supporter of the New Dimensions broadcasts. Your most generous contributions are a MAJOR help in New Dimensions overall financial health. It’s my most sincere hope that you will respond positively to this request with your financial contribution, because New Dimensions is making a big difference in people’s lives because of you. Most sincerely, Justine Willis Toms Co-Founder, Volunteer Executive Director & Host You may want to set up a MONTHLY DONATION: Set up a secure and reliable RECURRING donation here. Thank you for your support of New Dimensions.
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Reverend Mary Manin Morrissey has said that anything in the world we can see in full bloom started as a seed. As I write this we’re entering the fourth decade since my husband Michael and I founded New Dimensions Media and Broadcasting Network. Looking back over those years I can see that the seed of that venture began in a life-changing conversation he and I had when we first met. I grew up Episcopalian and loved my church, but in my early twenties when I moved to Alabama I became a Southern Baptist. I sang in the choir, taught Sunday school, and expressed my spiritual exuberance with my new Baptist friends. In my late twenties I migrated to California and became a Jehovah’s Witness. Again I jumped in with both feet and was soon knocking on doors spreading the “good news”. Then I met Michael. He, of course, was not a Jehovah’s Witness. Meeting him was like a thunderbolt. I really wanted to get to know him better but not before we worked out what appeared to be a spiritual gulf between us. I believed I was privy to “the Way, the Truth and the Light.” He, in my eyes, was not. I phoned him and said, “I’d like to come over and talk about spiritual matters.” He agreed. I walked into his townhouse with an armful of Jehovah’s Witness translations of various spiritual texts, including the New World edition of the Bible. We went down the stairs to his guestroom, which he had turned into a library, that was stacked from floor to ceiling with books. There were books about the Kabbalah, the I Ching, The Bhagavad Gita, Judaism, Vedanta, Science of Mind, and much more. Of course, I didn’t want to talk about any of those works. I wanted only to talk about my religion using my translation of the Bible—and I told him so. At that point Michael reached back on the shelf next to him and pulled out a green Bible and said, “You mean this one?” That moment is ever vivid in my memory. As he pulled a copy of “my” Bible off his shelf, I thought, “Maybe he’s being more inclusive than I am.” But I kept the notion to myself as we began the conversation. I’d entered his library with all my biases, prejudices, certainties, and enthusiasms firmly in place. I felt that my way was the “true” way. However, I could not help but notice that Michael had included “my way” in his own exploration, along with so many other great spiritual traditions. That aroused my curiosity. Nevertheless, as we launched into our spiritual dialogue, I remained staunchly in my own camp, representing my own interpretation of the truth. I would read a chapter and describe the historical context, then share the meaning that I felt was the “right” one, saying, “So you see this means such and such, it’s quite obvious.” Michael would listen and respond with something like, “Yes, I see what you mean—and you might also look at it like this.” Every time he did that I became more and more excited because rather than negating what I said, he enhanced it. He took my view and couched it in a more spacious landscape. The boundaries of my spiritual ideals were being broadened and extended. If he had said, “No, you are wrong. It is this way”, I most likely would have resisted. In all probability there would not be a New Dimensions today. Michael and I stayed up the entire night talking about spiritual matters. Nine months later we started our business. I realize now that, mythologically speaking, we conceived New Dimensions in those quiet hours before dawn more than thirty-five years ago. That conversation continues, only now we have microphones and guests, and hundreds of thousands of listeners included in the conversation. Try not to doubt the power of your own curiosity and inquiry. Mine has been the guiding force behind the wondrous journey that has defined my life. In hindsight I know that in those years of shifting from one church to another, to another, it wasn’t about dogma and it wasn’t about settling down and no longer asking the questions about why we are here and what our purpose is. What I was searching for all along was the biggest spiritual truth I could find. I continue to inquire, probe, and puzzle for a broad landscape of wisdom and meaning. I’ve found some answers and I know there are more to come. My current definition of God (and it is ever changing and expanding): “God is the quantum field of infinite reciprocal intelligence and love: a divine, responsive, and dynamic co-creative force of energy in which all life is embedded including us. A force that exists within everything, enlivens everything, and from which everything is made manifest.” It has been hard for me to move away from a “personal God”— I continue to have prayerful conversations with what I call emanations of Divine Presence including Jesus, the Catholic Our Lady of Guadalupe (whom I consider the dark goddess of all the Americas) and the Buddhist Tara. My license plate reads Om Tara. I love her because she is the mother of all the Buddhas and when she stamps her foot, all the universes shake. She is a fierce protector. Here are some questions to contemplate and hopefully write about in your journal: What have you hung your hat on that forms the foundation of your spiritual faith? What are you still curious and uncertain about? What has stood the test of your experience and scrutiny? Have you staked out your territory and set up your tent on the side of the mountain or are you willing to continue up to the summit and see what is on the other side? If you’ve chosen to set your sights on the summit, you’ll find the horizons are wider than you can imagine. And there’s always another mountain
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Airing October 5- 11, 2022 The Healing Power Of Sound with David Gibson Program 3576 From Album: Journey Through the Matrix Artist: David Gibson & Harry Massey 2010 NES Health Limited Opening Essay: Track 02 Good Grief Music Break 1: Track 04 Heart Music Break 2: Track 10 Harmonize Emotions Music Break 3: Track 05 Imprinter Airing October 12 – 18, 2022 The Old Future Is Gone with Wes Jackson, Ph.D. & Robert W. Jensen, Ph.D. Program 3767 Opening Essay only: From Album: Disfarmer Artist: Bill Frisell Opening Essay: Track 01 Disfarmer Theme From Album: Old Futures Gone Artist: John Gorka Music Break 1: Track 07 Old Future (beginning) Music Break 2: Track 07 Old Future (middle) Music Break 3: Track 07 Old Future (end) Airing October 19 – 25, 2022 Offering Comfort And Dignity To Deeply Forgetful People with Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. Program 3768 From Album: Fresh Impressions Artist: Georgia Kelly (with Stephen Kindler, violin) Opening Essay: Track 01: Sicilienne Music Break 1: Track 02 – Gnossienne #5 Music Break 2: Track 03 – Giverny (jiverne) Music Break 3: Track 09 – Pastorale d’éte Airing October 26 – November 1. 2022 The Embodied Spiritual Path with Richard Strozzi-Heckler. Ph.D. Program 3769 From Album: Touching Silk Artist: Frank Steiner Jr. 2004 Real Music RM 8137 Opening Essay: Track 02 Indira’s Chant Music Break 1: Track 04 Beyond The Horizon Music Break 2: Track 05 Bells Of Himalaya Music Break 3: Track 10 Akash
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing September 7 – 13, 2022 At The Heart Of Loneliness with Kira Asatryan Program 3577 Despite being connected 24/7 with others, post-modern life is replete with loneliness. Loneliness is not the same as aloneness. Loneliness is when you lack the feeling of being connected with another. Explore how to build fulfilling and deep connections with others and make closeness flourish. Airing September 14 – 20, 2022 In The Thick Of It All with Mark Nepo Program 3765 Inner and outer storms can be transformational agents. Nepo advises us that we must not skip over pain, breakage, and loss. He goes on to say, “And, we must not drown in it or make a permanent residence of it. We have to find the corridor of aliveness that allows us to process our experience and land in the opening the storm has made in us and around us.” Airing September 21 – 27, 2022 The Power Of Mentorship with Will Jawando Program 3764 As a man born of a Nigerian father and a white mother, Jawando is our guide for the essential gift of mentorship and how staggeringly transformative it can be for an entire community. It’s a reminder of how even a brief encounter of positive mentoring can make all the difference for all our children, most especially those at risk. Airing September 28 – October 4 We Are So Much More Than We Know with Joseph Selbie Program 3766 Our brain forms many automatic neural circuits including those that support our breathing, heartbeat, and digestion. Here we explore how to create new neural circuits that put us in touch with the larger energetic field of infinite intelligence.
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If you are like me, you are quite tired of all the political campaigns that equate electability with how much money candidates have available. I know it costs a lot to run for office. This makes me wish that we had some other way of financing our political candidates. Hmmm. Makes me think about researching to find someone who can talk about this and do an interview about it in the future. However, for now, I’m joining those endless emails that are asking for money. We are looking to give our website a facelift. It is looking pretty cluttered and a bit dated in its arrangement and look. To do this, it will take a chunk out of our budget. So, if you have yet to be someone who has become a donor, now is the time to take the leap! Please be as generous as you’re able. Thank you for your support. Blessings and appreciation, Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Volunteer Executive Director, and Host Donate, Join, or Renew You can make an annual membership donation, set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation – OR – make a single donation here. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more.
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In the past several years, a great deal of scientific and popular attention has been directed toward the experience of awe. For example, awe uniquely predicts indicators of the body’s inflammatory response, implicated in the onset and progression of various chronic diseases, cardiovascular disease, and depression; enhances critical thinking; and may reduce post-traumatic symptoms. Beyond the purely physical, awesome moments of wonder just plain feel good and add in positive ways to our overall well-being. In a recent interview, Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn, co-authors of Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise, have said, “One mystical experience or moment of awe can…shift our perspective and set us on a new trajectory.” As I write this, I’m preparing for a long-awaited interview with Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Ph.D. who describes in his book, Embodying the Mystery, “I believe that in a moment of awe a dimension of consciousness is present, one that opens us to a portal of consciousness that is a greater field of awareness that is constantly available to us. How we open to it is by surrendering to it. [T]his expanded state of awareness was not an anomaly but a fundamental ground of being out of which our basic confidence, compassion, and fearlessness arose.… The practice is to open to it in surrender to it so we can directly experience a reality free from the ongoing contractions in the body and the conditioned mutterings of the mind. In other words it’s a portal to seeing that an expanded state of consciousness is present in our everyday life and suggests that it doesn’t necessarily take a health crisis, psychotropic plants, or an extraordinary experience to lift the veils.” I would add to Richard’s description and say that it is tapping into a quantum field of reciprocal divine intelligence of co-creative energy in which we are embedded and which exists within everything, enlivens everything, and from which everything is made manifest. Awe need not be a rare occurrence. Awe can be meaningfully experienced as a part of everyday life. There are easily applicable activities that can reliably elicit awe and cause significant positive effects in our life. Here Are A Few Ideas and Suggestions to Help Bring this Field of Wonder and Awe into our Daily Lives Create an “awe portfolio,” by writing accounts of previous experiences of awe… This can consist of photos and objects that personally represent the most powerful experiences of awe you have had in your lifetime. Remember a time when you had a powerful experience of awe. Relax and use all of your senses to recall in vivid detail where you were, what happened, and how you felt. Notice where in your body you are experiencing emotion and what that feels like now. Imagine these emotions expanding within you to flood your entire mind and body. Recall moments when you felt overwhelmed by greatness or by beauty on a grand scale. When have you been stopped in your tracks, transfixed by grandeur? When have you felt part of something much larger than yourself? Arrange an opportunity to exchange stories of awe in a group, perhaps as a part of a dinner party. Have each person share details of where they were, what happened, what they thought, how they felt, and the impact of the experience long-term. This is an activity that is suggested by a short poem by Mary Oliver: Pay attention, Be astonished, Tell about it. When family and friends return from travel to an awe-inspiring location, take the opportunity to ask them to elaborate on their experiences of awe. Here are some concrete suggestions to keep on hand when needed: Create an inspiring poetry folder. Create a playlist of YouTube video links or songs on your smart phone that evoke awe. The process of creating such a playlist may be more impactful than the finished product, so take your time to explore and experience what you come across. Add to this playlist when you find new media that stimulates feelings of amazement in you. (An example from my own collection of YouTube videos is the reunion of the two men with Christian the lion who they raised as a cub and then turned out to a wilderness sanctuary. I never tire of being inspired when I periodically tap into the unbridled joy of that reunion as documented on YouTube.) The Importance Of Moments In Your Life To Intentionally Seek Awe Recognize when you need a boost in a key area of life in which wonder and awe can be helpful and healing. Intentionally seek awe during these times. For example: Notice when you feel stressed or impatient. During these times, awe may help put you in you in touch with the greater field of an unbounded, luminous awareness. When you are feeling isolated or self-absorbed, awe may aid you in feeling greater concern and connection with others. Note when you feel unsatisfied with your life or generally when you feel less well-being. Tap into your playlist, poetry folder, and/or YouTube links to give you an emotional lift. Observe when you feel spiritually empty or disengaged. Awe will help you to feel a connection with something greater or beyond yourself. As philosopher Ken Wilber has written in The Marriage of Sense and Soul, “Simply let wonder fill your being until it takes you out of yourself and into the staggering mystery that is the existence of the world. A mystery that facts alone can never begin to fill. If spirit does exist, it will lay in that direction, the direction of wonder, a direction that intersects the very heart of science itself… In the search for an ultimate ground.” Even more essentially, if you want to experience more awe in your everyday life, it is vital that you intentionally direct your attention to sources of awe in your everyday life – even those that are small, subtle, or quiet. As Henry Miller once stated, “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even
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It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) nonviolent leader in the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule “Gandhi took every Monday to be silent in his work. Even in his incredible work of fighting for the independence of India, he still found his way to being silent. Although he still took meetings, still went to conferences, still stayed engaged, he would be silent on Mondays. He would emerge from that day of silence with more clarity and with incredible eloquence about the direction he was heading. It is most inspiring that Gandhi, as a person with so much great action, took time for silence to find the truth.” Leigh Marz “These words of Gandhi draw power from the moral integrity and credibility of the man. Of course, we all know about Gandhi’s visionary leadership, but that he spent every Monday in silence and was able to practice this deep introspection, this deep connection to a source of truth amidst all those destabilizing winds of what’s required of a political leader is inspiring to us all.” Justin Zorn Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn are the co-authors of Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise
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Airing September 7 – 13, 2022 At The Heart Of Loneliness with Kira Asatryan Program 3577 From Album: Planet Passion Artist: Ancient Future 2001 Ancient Future #AF – 2010 Opening Essay: Track 01 Simsimay Panima Music Break 1: Track 04 I met Her In the Medowe.b Music Break 2: Track 05 Ocean of Love Music Break 3: Track 01 Simsimay Panima (reprise) Airing September 14 – 20, 2022 In The Thick Of It All with Mark Nepo Program 3765 From Album: Beautiful Wasteland Artist: Capercallie 1998 Survival Records #RCD 10441 Opening Essay: Track 05 Beautiful Wasteland Music Break 1: Track 05 Beautiful Wasteland (reprise) Music Break 2: Track 06 Co Ni Mire Rium (Who Will Flirt With Me) Music Break 3: Track 09 KeppleHall – 25 KTS Airing September 21 – 27, 2022 The Power Of Mentorship with Will Jawando Program 3764 From Album: Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Friends Artist: Ladysmith Black Mambazo Opening Essay: Track 01 Homeless Music Break 1: Track 09 River Of Dreams Music Break 2: Track 10 Mbude (with Taj Mahal) Music Break 3: Track 15 Mamizolo Airing September 28 – October 4 We Are So Much More Than We Know with Joseph Selbie Program 3766 From Album: Himalayan Nights Artist: Swami Kriyanada – J Howard Walters (aka Agni & Howard) 1997 Clarity Sound & Light #CSL 02 Opening Essay: Track 01 Dhaulagiri Music Break 1: Track 03 Kangchenjunga Music Break 2: Track 04 Nanga Parbat Music Break 3: Track 02 Annapurna
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Free Listening Through September 13, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. We spend a bulk of our time in a very boisterous world of noise. We are in a constant deluge of information and chat whether it is from our email and social media, or the 24-hour news cycles with its constant announcements of breaking news. Even our households can be filled with noise. Despite 40 years of mindfulness trainings, we’ve yet to be successful in getting beyond the noise in our own heads. Studies have shown that noise has ramped up to ever higher decibels and we can all agree there exists a deficient of silence in our noise-soaked lives. Here we explore how to lessen both the exterior and interior noise in order to be able to hear our own intuition and tune in to our creative gifts. Zorn says, “Silence is more than the absence of noise; it’s the absence of unwanted distraction, unwanted interference in our ears, on our screens, and in our thoughts…So much in the world is colonizing our attention, making claims on our consciousness…Silence is the place where nothing is making claims on our consciousness…We’re in a place of presence where nothing is interfering with our perception or our intention.” Program 3763 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing September 7 – 13, 2022 At The Heart Of Loneliness with Kira Asatryan Program 3577 Despite being connected 24/7 with others, post-modern life is replete with loneliness. Loneliness is not the same as aloneness. Loneliness is when you lack the feeling of being connected with another. Explore how to build fulfilling and deep connections with others and make closeness flourish. Airing September 14 – 20, 2022 In The Thick Of It All with Mark Nepo Program 3765 Inner and outer storms can be transformational agents. Nepo advises us that we must not skip over pain, breakage, and loss. He goes on to say, “And, we must not drown in it or make a permanent residence of it. We have to find the corridor of aliveness that allows us to process our experience and land in the opening the storm has made in us and around us.” Airing September 21 – 27, 2022 The Power Of Mentorship with Will Jawando Program 3764 As a man born of a Nigerian father and a white mother, Jawando is our guide for the essential gift of mentorship and how staggeringly transformative it can be for an entire community. It’s a reminder of how even a brief encounter of positive mentoring can make all the difference for all our children, most especially those at risk. Airing September 28 – October 4 We Are So Much More Than We Know with Joseph Seible Program 3766 Our brain forms many automatic neural circuits including those that support our breathing, heartbeat, and digestion. Here we explore how to create new neural circuits that put us in touch with the larger energetic field of infinite intelligence.
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Buckminster Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983), affectionately called “Bucky”, was an engineer, author, designer, inventor, and futurist. He published more than 30 books, inventing and popularizing terms such as “Spaceship Earth” and synergetics. He is best known for his invention of the geodesic dome. The carbon molecules Buckminsterfullerenes – so-named because they resemble geodesic domes – are also known by scientists as “bucky-balls.” New Dimensions had the enormous privilege to sit down with Bucky on many occasions. He had a way of answering an inquiry in detail. His mind was so encompassing, he never talked in the kind of sound-bytes we’ve become so accustomed to hearing on the media. He much preferred to put things in context by taking us on a whirlwind tour of history, as he connected the dots of unfolding humanity. So, enjoy the ride with this seminal visionary, R. Buckminster Fuller. Is There Enough To Go Around? with R. Buckminster Fuller Program 1570 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 This comprehensive imaginative thinker and visionary gives an extraordinary overview of the state of the planet and human history. Asked whether there are enough resources to support our growing population the late Buckminster Fuller, age 85 when this was recorded, responds with a tour-de-force capsule of the history of Western civilization. Read more » Buckminster Fuller: The 50-Year Experiment (audio documentary) Program 1740 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 This is a special audio documentary of the life and work of a twentieth-century genius. Included is the story of how the late Bucky transcended failure and despair and devoted his life to serving humanity. There is also a commentary describing his contribution to our time. If you’re interested in making the world work, you owe it to yourself to give this program a listen. Read more » Around The Universe with R. Buckminster Fuller Program 1606 – 2 Hour Program MP3 Download Buy here $3.99 A conversation with this visionary inventor, philosopher, and humanitarian. Bucky gives his extraordinarily insightful picture of where the human race is now and how to proceed from here. He describes “cosmic cost accounting,” being a “comprehensivist” instead of a specialist, and doing more with less. He also describes how the space program changed our awareness of Earth and what we can do to contribute to the welfare of the planet. He tells us how synergetic geometry makes it possible to understand nature’s coordination principles and how we can eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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“New Dimensions is an evolutionary event. Buckminster Fuller (1895 – 1983), affectionately called “Bucky”, author of Critical Path Your support can make a world of difference for New Dimensions as together we move towards a sustainable, loving, and wise future for all – please click here to contribute now. We are not a top-heavy organization. We’ve learned to do much with little. Because our team works virtually rather than in a centralized office our financial resources can go straight to providing programming that explores the social, political, scientific, environmental, and spiritual frontiers with some of today’s foremost social innovators, thinkers, scientists, and creative artists. We are doing our part, and now we ask you for your bold and generous partnership. You can donate online now by clicking here. We invite monthly and/or yearly pledges and also welcome foundation grants, stock donations, and bequests. Thank you for all you do to help make a better world for all beings, everywhere. With best wishes and deep appreciation, Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Volunteer Executive Director, and Host P.S. Please consider adding New Dimensions to your will or living trust. We would love to welcome you as a legacy donor which honors the philanthropic leadership and vision of individuals who have so thoughtfully provided for the future of New Dimensions through a planned gift. Thank you for your kind and generous contribution. Donate, Join, or Renew P.S. Please consider adding New Dimensions to your will or living trust. We would love to welcome you as a legacy donor which honors the philanthropic leadership and vision of individuals who have so thoughtfully provided for the future of New Dimensions through a planned gift. Thank you for your kind and generous contribution.
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Still after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, you owe me. Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. Rabbi Steve Leder, author of For You When I Am Gone “What I love about this quote is it speaks to the selflessness of love. The transcendent nature of true love. No keeping score. No narcissism. No advantage. Just pure warmth and light and generosity.” Rabbi Steve Leder, senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles and author of For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story
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Free Listening Through September 6, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. It is true most of us have questions we wished we had asked of loved ones before they passed away: questions about what mattered most in their life, what gave their life meaning, what did they regret, what did they love and value, and what was their greatest challenge and how did they get through it. These are also the kind of questions that can be helpful in shedding light on our own deepest beliefs and dreams. Approaching and facing some of these essential questions and leaving them in a written document called an “ethical will” might be more important than any material things we pass on at our death. These are essential questions for leading a beautiful and meaningful life. Leder reminds us, “We can leave material possessions and money to our loved ones hoping somehow they will express [our] emotional and spiritual life…I often say to people that that is like handing our loved ones a picture of food. It will not sustain them, it will not enrich them, it will not nourish them, it will not comfort them. What they really want when we’re gone are our values, our expressions of love, our guidance, our support, our life lessons that are hard won as the result of flaws and failure. They want our words…” Also, it’s an MRI of your inner life that you can hold up to the light and say to yourself, “This is what my truth is and am I living it?” Here we explore how to write an “ethical will” for ourselves and for our loved ones. Program 3762 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is the pioneer of the state called “flow” and oftentimes is quoted on the subject. Here are two interviews we’ve conducted with this giant of “flow” as well as others on the subject. Topics covered in these enlivening programs are: how to be more creative in our lives, ways to keep creativity flowing, what are the effects of aging on creativity and how to increase it, and what is the “flow process” as compared to the “thinking process.” These four programs are specially selected from the New Dimensions archive of dialogues with wisdom leaders. Feeling Alive And “In The Flow” with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Program 2425 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Csikszentmihalyi says, “You don’t get much out of the passive consumption of pleasure compared to enjoyment which is much more active and creative and self-directive.” He goes further, to explore ethical considerations and the meaning of wisdom. This program may change the way you live your daily life! Read more » Creativity Is Within Your Reach with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Program 2578 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Czikszentmihalyi tells of the results of extensive research on the subject. He shares how outstandingly creative people differ from ordinary people, and how those of us who consider ourselves more ordinary can cultivate the spark of creativity within. He describes how creative expression improves with age and ways to help you express your own creativity. Read more » Discovering Your Creative Fire with Eric Maisel, Ph.D. Program 3531 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 As a creativity coach, Dr. Maisel helps us to avoid getting stuck. He has learned to distinguish between every day creativity and the creative identity. When one self-identifies with an art form, it involves a new level of responsibility and commitment. He reminds us that great work takes more than mere interest, it takes love. Read more » The Character Of Thought: The Choice To Be In Process Or Flow with Laura Basha, Ph.D. Program 3541 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 We have all experienced getting caught up in a thought and identifying ourselves by it. Dr. Laura Basha talks about the ability to bring choice into the thought process. She explains the importance of listening for what’s possible rather than trying to figure it out. We also learn about Transformational Humor, the power of silence, and the two modes of thought. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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There are many listeners who believe in what we do and who repeatedly download MP3s. New Dimensions is pleased to offer these downloads, but the $1.99 cost does not give us enough support to continue to expand the global wisdom as together we move towards a sustainable, loving, and wise future for all. We ask you to join with us in being a supporter of the future of New Dimensions. You are the future of New Dimensions Radio. Please know your contribution helps to preserve this most precious archive of timeless wisdom. Most sincerely thankful, Justine Willis Toms Co-founder, host, Executive Director Since I began my teaching work in the mid-1980s, I enjoyed conversations with Michael and Justine Toms of New Dimensions. Their depth of understanding accounts for the longevity of their program over the decades that followed. They’ve gathered layers of wisdom from many sources, enabling them to ask piercing and relevant questions, which brought me to my highest game. I’ve looked forward to and enjoyed each conversation, which felt like a nourishing meal we shared with listeners. I can only imagine the good they have done in sharing so many voices of wisdom with the world. I’m grateful to them and for them. Dan Millman, a distinguished teacher of practical wisdom, author of: Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit: The True Story of my Spiritual Quest. Donate, Join, or Renew
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Death is the middle of a long life. -Irish Quote When death finds you let it find you alive. —African quote Both of these quotes are suggesting that it’s in the dark parts of our life that we find the real threads of our life. When it seems like all is about to end, we’re actually closer to being fully alive. I remind myself of that. I know I’m going to die one day so I want to die fully alive, not die afraid of life, not die hesitating about life. I want to die fully caught up in a living breath of life. They say, if you’re living fully when death comes, you’re neither angry nor afraid. Michael Meade, Mythologist and author of The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul
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Free Listening Through August 30, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. After more than two years of the Covid Pandemic, the long war in Ukraine, and monthly mass killings, we long to go back to the ways things used to be: When there were no masks, we enjoyed large collective gatherings, the price of gas was affordable, and children were safe in their schools. Going back to what is called “normal” is what many are longing for. Michael Meade advises us that we must break the spell of normalcy itself and we must accept the presence of uncertainty. However, the good news is that with every ending there is a new beginning. This deep dialogue explores the collective rite of passage we are experiencing and how using the wisdom of myths gives us a roadmap to the renewal of life itself. Meade says, ”When nothing else makes sense, Myths make the most sense… At the first level (the literal, material, logical, measurable world) people are forgetting the deep wisdom, they fall out of awareness. [The second world] drops into the psychological level which connects the inner with the outer. And if [wisdom] isn’t found and captured, [we must] drop into the mythological level… When nothing else is working, myth tends to have the answers that are missing… Stories bring us back the kind of living wisdom that is part of the natural inheritance of the human soul, and always has been… The mythological expands beyond the psychological and includes the spiritual, the power of imagination, and the connections to the deep archetypes that are the patterns that everybody keeps living out…The earth is trying to show us how to be. Myths are trying to show us how to be like the earth, the earth is trying to show us how to be part of this life-death renewal process.” Program 3761 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Gurdjieff (1825-1935) was Russian philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher and composer. He taught that most humans do not possess a unified consciousness and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic “waking sleep”, but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential. Gurdjieff described a method attempting to do so, calling the discipline “The Work”. Here several wisdom teachers speak on his work and legacy. These are archived New Dimensions programs. The Gurdjieff Tradition with J. G. Bennett, Robert De Ropp, Ph.D., Kathleen Speeth, Ph.D., and Charles Tart, Ph.D. Program 1133 – 4 hour program MP3 Download Buy here $4.99 A penetrating look at the philosophy of the Russian mystic George Gurdjieff. Speeth, author of The Gurdjieff WGURDork; de Ropp, author of The Master Game; Tart, author of States of Consciousness, and Bennett, long-time student of Gurdjieff, all relate their personal experience of the teaching in a free-flowing and wide-ranging manner. Remarkable introduction and overview of the work of Gurdjieff. Read more » Gurdjieff: The Enigma/The Message with Claudio Naranjo, M.D., Kathleen Speeth, Ph.D., and Charles Tart, Ph.D. Program 1617 – 2 hour program MP3 Download Buy here $2.99 An exploration of the provocative and spiritually expansive world of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1870-1949), with three persons actively engaged in understanding his teachings. Read more » Meeting With A Remarkable Man with Peter Brook Program 1395 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 A conversation with the renowned filmmaker, theater producer and director of “Lord of the Flies,” and “Meetings with Remarkable Men,” based on Gurdjieff’s book of the same title. Brook talks about why and how he came to make a film about the spiritual quest. Includes a very interesting and timely account of his work on the film in Afghanistan before the Russian invasion. Read more » From Consensus Trance To Self-Transformation with Charles Tart, Ph.D. Program 2027 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Mechanical habits of thought, perception and behavior can cause us to be little more than robotic automatons going through the motions of our lives without any conscious idea that our actions have actually been programmed by unconscious patterns. Tart, a world famous authority on consciousness, reveals ways to literally wake up from this self-induced hypnotic-like state and become more fully alive and aware in the moment. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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We are all dealing with one issue in common – heightened stress and anxiety as we’re continually aware of the many realities and challenges we are facing on a personal and global level. As a long-time listener to New Dimensions, you know that we continue to endeavor to bring true wisdom that points the way to the required evolutionary leap we are making together. Each week we bring wisdom, inspiration, and impactful and practical ideas to move from stress to curiosity to creativity. We need your financial support now more than ever. Please consider becoming a member of Friends of New Dimensions. New Dimensions is essentially providing a curriculum for the future. Jean Houston, Ph.D. is a visionary thinker, author, teacher, and philosopher who is one of the pioneers of the Human Potential Movement and established the Social Artistry leadership model. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT I’m so very honored to have produced many interviews with Jean Houston and so many others. Please consider supporting this on-going broadcasting effort by becoming a member. If you have yet to become a financial contributor, please act now. Become an annual member of New Dimensions with a single yearly donation – or- consider becoming a monthly donor. We are so very appreciative of those who donate $10, $25, $50, or $100 a month. This helps sustain the continuation of this work. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation. Many blessings, Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Volunteer Executive Director, and Host P.S. Please consider adding New Dimensions to your will or living trust. We would love to welcome you as a legacy donor which honors the philanthropic leadership and vision of individuals who have so thoughtfully provided for the future of New Dimensions through a planned gift. Thank you for your kind and generous
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To control a people, you must make them disregard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you. John Henrik Clarke, (1915-1998) Professor, and pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia Author of Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism and Cheikh Anta Diop And the New Light on African History This, for me, exemplifies what was a puzzle for us as young activists in the late 60s which was how a majority population in South Africa could be controlled for so long by a minority of European settlers. When you look at what was happening at the time, when we called ourselves non-Europeans. Non what? Which was disregarding of our own culture, our own essence. Prison walls were not needed to control us because our minds were imprisoned by being told that we are not worthy of respect. We are non-something. If you want to shape the future you must liberate yourself from these prison walls of your culture being disregarded, your language being disrespected, and you not respecting yourself enough to insist on your own human dignity and to insist on shaping the future you want. To release that power, you need to own your history and your culture. Your ancestors will be with you and you will be a most powerful person. Mamphela Ramphele, M.D., Ph.D., is a global servant from South Africa, Co-President of the global think tank, The Club of Rome and author of Dreams, Betrayal and Hope ,
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Free Listening Through August 23, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. For more than 50 years the dream of a free democratic South Africa has been Dr. Mamphela Ramphele’s focus and one that covers her every waking moment in action. She’s worked tirelessly for systemic, societal change in order to help her country of South Africa break free from the barriers of bondage into freedom. She understands that beyond physical freedom there is a psychological, self-imposed limitation that must be included in freeing oneself from oppression. She says, “A fully conscious human being is a citizen who not only asserts their rights and exercises their responsibilities, but is also seized with the historic mission to leave the world a better place.” This deep dialogue explores both the successes and failures of the twenty-three year history of the South African Democracy as well as the 200 plus years of the United States democracy. How are they the same and how are they different and what can we learn from them? Program 3760 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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When we pay attention to certain events that spontaneously show up in our lives, such as dreaming of a long-lost friend and the next day they call, one might call this a synchronicity. When we pay attention to these events, our lives move into a greater flow, enhancing our creativity and touching the mystery beyond rational thought. Ultimately these meaningful coincidences move us into a field of the greater opportunity of inspired living. Here are thoughts from four wisdom leaders specially selected from our archive of programs. Exploring The Realm Of Synchronicity with Sky Nelson-Isaacs Program 3676 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Nelson-Isaacs tells us that synchronicity is defined as a meaningful coincidence that is personal and that it is nature’s language for communicating directly with us. He writes: “As you develop your personal sense of the meaning of events in your life, you enter into a cosmic dance with the divine that is totally unique to you.” Read more » A Scientific Approach to Magic with Dean Radin, Ph.D. Program 3632 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Scientist Radin separates magic into three categories: divination, force of will, and theurgy (evoking spirits – God force – through ceremony). Toms and Radin share some fascinating “magical” stories from their own lives. Radin posits that ”The secret power of the universe is not made out of matter and energy and physical stuff but is probably made out of consciousness.” Read more » Living In Meaningful Coincidence: Reflections Of A Physicist with F. David Peat, Ph.D. Program 3204 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 David Peat points out there is something deeper at work in the universe and in our personal lives than chance or even rational thought. Through his stories he explores the relationship between science, art, creativity, and culture. Read more » Parts Of A Whole with David Bohm, Ph.D. Program 1785 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Theoretical physicist Bohm developed a theory of quantum physics that addresses both matter and consciousness as an unbroken whole. The late Bohm’s concept of “implicate order” provides a basis for bridging science to the realm of spirit. For two decades, he explored this possibility with religious philosopher J. Krishnamurti. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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The New Dimensions Team is so grateful for your participation with us in what Joanna Macy calls “The Great Turning”. By listening to New Dimensions, you are feeding yourself positive images and are reinforcing “active hope” for the future. Macy says of these deep dialogues, “New Dimensions is essential to our coming to our senses in this global moment when we’re destroying life on earth and yet, at the same time, there are so many opportunities to take part in the healing of our world. New Dimensions brings us back to our sanity and to the developments. It clears our eyes for us to see what is happening. It’s not necessarily reported in the news, certainly the corporate-controlled media, but it’s happening all around us through thinkers, through spiritual leaders, through activists, through artists, that a new world is coming into being and if you want to know about it, you’d better listen to New Dimensions.” Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide To the Work the Reconnects I actually volunteer my time for New Dimensions. That is my donation. I donate more than full-time work to produce, host, and distribute this program series. There are others who are doing the same. But we do need to pay our post-production engineer and transcriber, as well as our web person. We need to pay for office space, internet, phones, gas, electric, etc. This all takes actual money. As we pay for food for our bodies, we need to pay for food for our souls. If you have contributed to the financial well-being of New Dimensions, thank you; we are deeply grateful. If you have yet to become a financial contributor, please act now. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation. Thank you for all you do, Justine Willis Toms Cofounder, Creative Producer, Host New Dimensions Radio P.S. Please consider adding New Dimensions to your will or living trust. We would love to welcome you as a legacy donor which honors the philanthropic leadership and vision of individuals who have so thoughtfully provided for the future of New Dimensions through a planned gift. Thank you for your kind and generous contribution.
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The pleasure of being in a body Debra Silverman “This is a phrase I put on the back of my business card. My whole premise is that we’ve been given this gift of life. It’s the yum-yum factor of really being able to embody the smells, the tastes, the touch. To truly relish and experience making love with the wind is what I’m here for. Rarely has anybody ever noticed it on the back of my card. But when someone asks me what it means, I say the whole point of this human exercise gives us this soulful container and to not forget life is about yummy, not just about doing, but about the yummmmm.” Debra Silverman author of The Missing Element: Inspiring Compassion for the Human Condition
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Free Listening Through August 16, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Debra Silverman suggests that each of us has basic personality traits that can be seen in the context of the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire. Understanding which element is most prevalent in your personality and which ones are weak will help you to understand what is missing in order to be a more balanced human being. As she describes each element and its characteristics, including its shadows and strengths, she further explains the importance of using the four elements as a basis for finding our purpose. She explains that knowing your elemental make-up will help you follow your natural instincts and rhythms and will reveal to you your soul’s purpose and what you are here to contribute. She suggests we take responsibility to find our weaknesses, push through our discomfort, and balance our system so we can better contribute our gifts to the world. Also, having knowledge of the different attributes of each element helps us to understand others and be better able to embrace our differences. “Because it’s our job,” she says, “to learn humility and compassion for the human condition as we help the planet evolve.” Program 3575 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing August 3 – 9, 2022 Knowing The Nature Of Your Elemental Personality with Debra Silverman Program 3575 Debra Silverman suggests that each of us has basic personality traits that can be seen in the context of the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire. Each element has strengths and shadows. Understanding which element is most prevalent in your personality and which ones are weak will help you see what is missing in order to be a more balanced human being. Airing August 10 – 16, 2022 Lessons From A Fledgling Democracy with Mamphela Ramphele, M.D., Ph.D. Program 3760 How are the successes and failures of the fledgling South African democracy relevant to all democratic nations? Why a nation cannot truly thrive without full socio-economic equity. Why true freedom must also include freedom from an imprisoned mind. What is the importance of teaching a full, robust history of a nation? Airing August 17 – 23, 2022 The Re-creation Of The World As Expressed Through Myth with Michael Meade Program 3761 Meade advises us that we must break the spell of normalcy itself and we must accept the presence of uncertainty. However, the good news is that with every ending there is a new beginning. This deep dialogue explores the collective rite of passage we are experiencing and how using the wisdom of myths gives us a roadmap to the renewal of life itself. Airing August 24 – 30, 2022 Writing An Ethical Will with Rabbi Steve Leder Program 3762 Approaching and facing some essential life questions and leaving them in a written “ethical will” will benefit our loved ones after we have passed and might be more important than any material things we pass on at our death. It will also be helpful in shedding light on our own deepest beliefs and dreams. Airing August 31 – September 6, 2022 Moving Beyond The Noise To Pristine Attention with Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn Program 3763 We are in a constant deluge of noise and information and chat whether it is from our email and social media, or the 24-hour news cycles with its constant announcements of breaking news. Even our households can be filled with noise. Here we explore how to lessen both the exterior and interior noise to hear our own intuition and tune in to our creative gifts.
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“Never before on the planet has our future been so uncertain. Humanity is actually living in a state of consciousness that is desperately requiring an upgrade. So the most important conversation we could possibly be involved in together today is how can we evolve from what we’ve accepted as normal to what our hearts know is our potential… There’s so much knowledge and wisdom available but it requires a very special talent to be able to bring the knowledge out. Justine Willis Toms is one such person. When she interviewed me she came with pages and pages of notes. She’d actually read my book cover to cover and studied it carefully. It is almost unheard of today that interviewers take that kind of time. It meant she could ask intelligent questions and bring forth, in an hour, the very essence of what I’d created. There are very few people like Justine working in this field today and she deserves all the support and kudos we can give her.” Arjuna Ardagh, author of The Translucent Revolution and Better Than Sex: The Ecstatic Art of Awakening Coaching You Are Our Most Crucial Source of Support As a listener you’ve turned to New Dimensions Radio for information and inspiration. We count on you for the funding that makes it all possible. Listeners provide the single largest piece of our budget. Support this program right now by making a donation. As the late Michael Toms was so fond of saying, “You’ll be glad you did.” For a gift of $250 to $1000 or more, we have a special thank you gift. We have loaded 97 recent programs from the New Dimensions Archive on a flash drive. Now you may carry New Dimensions anywhere with you and listen and re-listen to your heart’s content to some of your most favorite programs. Donate, Join or Renew With most sincere thanks, Justine Willis Toms Cofounder, Executive Director and Host You can support New Dimension when you shop at Amazon.com! Sign up for ’Smile and choose New Dimensions. We’ll get a donation when you order.
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It‘s said that we each come into this world with a “Soul’s Assignment.” If this is true, then mine is to host these amazing interviews with wisdom leaders. To be “assigned” to immerse myself in the pages of their books and their work and then have the exceptional occasion of hosting them in a deep dialogue is a tremendous privilege. The magic for me is to make connections between interviews. In a recent conversation with a New Dimensions Board member, I found myself encapsulating and summarizing a few tidbits of wisdom I’ve retained from three recent interviews: mythologist, Michael Meade entitled The Re-creation of the World as Expressed Through Myth; Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn coauthors of Golden: The Power of Silence in a world of Noise; and Rabbi Steve Leder author of For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story. Here are the thoughts off the top of my head in which I weave together these three most recent interviews. We all have a sphere of influence and no act of goodness is too small or too large. This reminds me of a piece that was forwarded to me by my sister: “It can be overwhelming to witness/experience/take in all the injustices of the moment; the good news is that they’re all connected. So if your little corner of work involves pulling at one of the threads, you’re helping to unravel the whole damn cloth.” Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, High School Teacher, on the editorial board of Rethinking Schools and is the Zinn Education Project Writer and Organizer. I think this quote truly nails it. All things are connected, including our contributions, as quantum psychics has postulated. We have more influence than control. Therefore, we must know the difference. There are things which we do have control over and things which we do not. We all have different degrees of autonomy over how we choose to spend our days and organize our lives. One place we can develop greater control is over our own runaway thoughts of worry and despair that tend to lead to our whirling around in an eddy of internal noise which is not beneficial to us or anyone else. We are practically professionals at agitating ourselves to the point of being inactive in giving our gifts to the greater good. Some sage advice I’ve had along the way when the task before me seems insurmountable and I am reaching for effectiveness: To be effective we must move forward with the next indicated step that is in our realm of control.” Look for the signals. They are constantly vying for our attention in steering us to be more effective in our lives. Even tiny signals can be of service in helping us to course correct. Remember, a rocket traveling to the moon is in a constant state of course correction. Marz and Zorn outline some of the blocks to receiving the good course correction signals: ●Logic can trip us up. ●A rigidity in our thinking and behavior ●Knee-jerk defensiveness ●An aversion to listening. Deep listening is critical. Mark Nepo talks about these course corrections in his book Surviving Storms, “A course correction is needed when our reality changes and we are challenged to bring the way we live into accord with that new sense of truth. In minute ways, we are faced with hundreds of these decisions every day.” Therefore, it is imperative to notice the signals to help us with the needed course changes. And as former guest Phil Cousineau has reminded us sometimes those signals show up most subtly, “out of the corner of our eye.” Being alert to signals and acting without hesitation on those hints that cross our path will take us where we need to go. Appreciation deepens trust in any situation. When we or another are truly seen and appreciated out loud, the container is strong. This creates the ability to process anything, even difficult conversations, because it is done in a field of mutual respect and love. And this takes us to Love, the glue of the universe and the universe is generous with it. It sustains all life. It causes our Earth to stay in perfect relationship to our Sun. It is expansive and causes things to thrive. Which reminds me of the special inspiring quote that New Dimensions guest Rabbi Steve Leder shared with us: Still after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, you owe me. Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky. Rabbi Steve Leder author of For You When I Am Gone: Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story Michael Meade and I talked about love as well as the third thing that is needed in these perilous times, keying off a poem by Rumi as translated by Coleman Barks in The Essential Rumi. .If you want what visible reality can give you, you’re an employee. If you want the unseen world, you’re not living your truth. Both wishes are foolish, but you’ll be forgiven for forgetting that what you really want is love’s confusing joy Meade points out: “When love is alive in someone, they’re not just an employee, they’re not an employee of anyone. They’re not holding on to the limited, measurable, solid rock, real world. They’re in love. Everything is fluid. When someone is in love, they’re not simply bigger and brighter, they haven’t simply been lifted up in the clouds. Because love, in a certain sense, needs a body…and love has its own darkness. It’s a light and a darkness, as they say, love hurts while it beautifies”. He goes on to say, “Rumi always has been saying this as a poet of darkness and light. Polarity, which exists, can be found in this world. If you would hold it, rather than take one side or the other, you will generate the thing we’re looking for, which is ’loves confusing joy.’ The poem is trying to show
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Airing August 3 – 9, 2022 Knowing The Nature Of Your Elemental Personality with Debra Silverman Program 3575 From Album: Ancient Future A.F.A.R. (So Far) Artist: Matthew Montfort 2014 Ancient Future #AF-2030 Opening Essay: Track 01 East of the Sun Music Break 1: Track 01 East of the Sun (reprise) Music Break 2: Track 03 Moonbath Music Break 3: Track 08 Sangria Airing August 10 – 16, 2022 Lessons From A Fledgling Democracy with Mamphela Ramphele, M.D., Ph.D. Program 3760 From Album: Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Friends Artist: Ladysmith Black Mambazo Opening Essay: Track 14 Angimboni Ofana Naye (with SABC Choir) Music Break 1: Track 10 Mbude (with Taj Mahal) Music Break 2: Track 13 Sohlabele Hasana (with Nana Coyote Motijoane) Music Break 3: Track 15 Mamizolo Airing August 17 – 23, 2022 The Re-creation Of The World As Expressed Through Myth with Michael Meade Program 3761 From Album: Journey Between Artist: Baka Beyond 1998 Rycodisk Hannibal #HNCD 1415 Opening Essay: Track 01 Mbé Music Break 1: Track 04 Konti Music Break 2: Track 05 Cotu Music Break 3: Track 05 Cotu (reprise) Airing August 24 – 30, 2022 Writing An Ethical Will with Rabbi Steve Leder Program 3762 From Album: Bloom Road Artist: Dan Kennedy 2015 Mt. Pullux Music #MPM-003 Opening Essay: Track 01 Moonrise Music Break 1: Track 02 Prayer for Janet Music Break 2: Track 05 Beautiful Day (with You) Music Break 3: Track 05 Beautiful Day (with You) (reprise) Airing August 31 – September 6, 2022 Moving Beyond The Noise To Pristine Attention with Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn Program 3763 From Album: A Windham Hill Retrospective Artist: Alex DeGrassi 1992 Windham Hill (2010 Valley Entertainment reissue) 2-VWH-21011 Opening Essay: Track 01 Overland Music Break 1: Track 06 Blue Trout Music Break 2: Track 05 Clockwork Music Break 3: Praises for the World (excerpt) Jennifer Berezan – Praises for the World
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Free Listening Through August 9, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Andrew Harvey is a whirlwind of inspiration. This deep dialogue plunges into a myriad of topics and musings. He speaks of his “soul brother” the 88-year-old pianist and teacher, Seymour Bernstein, who is a true wisdom elder. He shares his wisdom and experience of why it takes rigorous discipline to be an artist, why solitude matters, how to cultivate our personal passions, how “networks of grace” can save humanity, and more. He speaks eloquently on how to cultivate sacred friendships, “The world is going through a cataclysmic falling apart. In a time like this if you want to live happily and in joy and with purpose, you really need to find people who will sustain you and encourage you . . . You fall in friendship with the same intensity as when you fall in love. When you meet somebody who thrills you by their being, who elevates your soul, you have to have the guts to say ‘we mustn’t waste this meeting, let’s meet again.’ Keep up the connection. Don’t let it fall into desuetude, really go for it.” Listen and be inspired by Andrew Harvey’s infectious enthusiasm for life. Program 3574 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Passion burns down every branch of exhaustion. Passion is the supreme alchemical elixir and renews all things. No-one can grow exhausted when passion is born, so don’t sigh heavily, your brows bleak with boredom and cynicism and despair— look for passion! passion! passion! passion! Run far away, my friends, from all false solutions. Let divine passion triumph and rebirth you in yourself. Rumi as translated by Andrew Harvey “This absolutely favorite quote comes from my great beloved, Rumi. This is for me the essential poem for our time. We need to find that divine passion within us, we need to align ourselves with it. We need to let it take us over, possess us, and drive us into being joyful servants of love in action because that’s the way we can get through this crisis and transform this terrible, terrible darkness into a garden of radiant opportunity. Rumi is showing us exactly how to do it.” Andrew Harvey is Founder & Director of the Institute for Sacred Activism and coauthor of Radical Regeneration: Birthing the New Human in the Age of Extinction
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing August 3 – 9, 2022 Knowing The Nature Of Your Elemental Personality with Debra Silverman Program 3575 Debra Silverman suggests that each of us has basic personality traits that can be seen in the context of the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire. Each element has strengths and shadows. Understanding which element is most prevalent in your personality and which ones are weak will help you see what is missing in order to be a more balanced human being. Airing August 10 – 16, 2022 Lessons From A Fledgling Democracy with Mamphela Ramphele, M.D., Ph.D. Program 3760 How are the successes and failures of the fledgling South African democracy relevant to all democratic nations? Why a nation cannot truly thrive without full socio-economic equity. Why true freedom must also include freedom from an imprisoned mind. What is the importance of teaching a full, robust history of a nation? Airing August 17 – 23, 2022 The Re-creation Of The World As Expressed Through Myth with Michael Meade Program 3761 Meade advises us that we must break the spell of normalcy itself and we must accept the presence of uncertainty. However, the good news is that with every ending there is a new beginning. This deep dialogue explores the collective rite of passage we are experiencing and how using the wisdom of myths gives us a roadmap to the renewal of life itself. Airing August 24 – 30, 2022 Writing An Ethical Will with Rabbi Steve Leder Program 3762 Approaching and facing some essential life questions and leaving them in a written “ethical will” will benefit our loved ones after we have passed and might be more important than any material things we pass on at our death. It will also be helpful in shedding light on our own deepest beliefs and dreams. Airing August 31 – September 6, 2022 Moving Beyond The Noise To Pristine Attention with Leigh Marz and Justin Zorn Program 3763 We are in a constant deluge of noise and information and chat whether it is from our email and social media, or the 24-hour news cycles with its constant announcements of breaking news. Even our households can be filled with noise. Here we explore how to lessen both the exterior and interior noise to hear our own intuition and tune in to our creative gifts.
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What is “remote viewing”? How may we get intuition working in our lives? How does our biography become our biology? What are premonitions and how can you invite them into your life? The answers to these and many other questions are explored with these wisdom leaders in four programs, specially selected from the New Dimensions Program Archive. Psychic Phenomena: Fact Or Fiction? with Dean Radin, Ph.D. Program 2930 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Radin reveals high-tech strategies used in his controlled laboratory experiments to amass extensive and irrefutable data that demonstrates psychic phenomena do indeed exist: remote viewing, distant healing, intuition, place memory, and more. Radin is encouraged that interest in this field among scientists is growing quickly especially in the medical world. Read more » How To Harness Your Psychic Power with Belleruth Naparstek Program 2628 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Naparstek, a psychotherapist, utilizes her psychic abilities in her private practice. She also tells us we can cultivate our psychic abilities and offers ways to do just that, stressing that psychic ability can often be brought out by intense and traumatic experiences. She suggestions the best method to approach psychic abilities is with compassion and an open heart. Read more » Healing With Spirit And Intuition with Caroline Myss Program 2576 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 “Biography becomes biology,” says Myss, a pioneer in the field of energetic medicine who is able to diagnose illness by intuitive means. She presents bold insights about why we are afraid of becoming healthy as well as how we can overcome these fears and enter a new planetary era of maturity and empowerment. Read more » A Premonition About Premonitions with Larry Dossey, M.D. Program 3313 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Millions of people have reported having a dream or intuition that later came true. There is a growing mountain of research, compelling data, and fascinating theories about what it all means. Collectively, Dossey sees this information as one more clue that we’re all connected, each of us part of a great continuum that extends beyond space and time. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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I was so impressed and moved by the conversation I had with Andrew Forsthoefel, a most intelligent, dedicated, and courageous young man. He is the author of Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America One Story at a Time. In it he recounts his nearly year-long trek across America. He speaks of the insights he gained: “It wasn’t until I set out with the intention to listen that I got to basically see the truth. There’s something a little closer to the full truth of my home, my neighborhood, my country, my people that I would not have been allowed to glimpse had I not, in some ways, humbled myself by listening and saying that I actually don’t know the full truth and I need help. Please teach me.” When asked about the importance and the contribution that New Dimensions is making to the public conversation he offered: “Any space in the world and in the media where we can be openly vulnerable and authentic is critical to the work of healing at the collective and individual level. New Dimensions is a place for that and I’m grateful for the opportunity to have contributed to the conversation.” IF YOU RECEIVE VALUE FROM THESE NEW DIMENSIONS CONVERSATIONS please be a financial supporter. Your donations are needed and most gratefully received. As a listener you’ve turned to New Dimensions Radio for information and inspiration. We count on you for the funding that makes it all possible. Listeners provide the single largest piece of our budget. Support this program right now by making a donation. As the late Michael Toms was so fond of saying, “You’ll be glad you did.” For a gift of $250 to $1000 or more, we have a special thank you gift. We have loaded 98 recent programs from the New Dimensions Archive on a flash drive. Now you may carry New Dimensions anywhere with you and listen and re-listen to your heart’s content to some of your most favorite programs. With most sincere thanks, Justine Willis Toms Cofounder, Creative Producer, Host Donate, Join or Renew You can make an annual membership donation, set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation – OR – make a single donation here. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more.
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It’s dangerous to think of ourselves as loathsome creatures or as perversions in the natural world. We need to see ourselves as having a rightful place. We take pictures of all kinds of natural scenes and often we try to avoid having a human being in them. In our society, we force ourselves into a greater and greater distance from the natural world by creating parks and wilderness areas where our only role is to go in and look. We lavish tremendous concern and care on scenery but we ignore the ravaging of environments from which our lives are drawn. Richard Nelson (1941-2019) author of On Arctic Ground “That disconnection from the natural world is one of the biggest motivators in every area of my life. Because we romanticize the rest of nature and in doing so we place it on a pedestal. And, whenever we put something on a pedestal we are by default limiting it; we’re limiting our access to it. The further we are from it the more we get an image in our head of it that isn’t really accurate. By engaging with nature, and taking it down from that pedestal, and being willing to get ourselves dirty, and maybe break a few sticks along the way, like we did when we were children, we’re able to reconnect and have a more honest and caring relationship with what we’ve learned to appreciate in the world around us.” Lupa, author of Nature Spirituality from the Ground Up: Connect with Totems in Your Ecosystem
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Free Listening Through August 2, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Lupa is a strong advocate for connecting with animal or plant totems as allies to enhance our spiritual life and help us reconnect with nature. They can provide a “bridge” between us and the rest of the natural world. She cautions us to understand that totems, whether they be animal, plants, or fungi, are not simple one-dimensional helpers limited to stereotyped meanings from dictionaries. They are vibrant, intelligent, dynamic beings sharing the world with us as much as anyone else, and while we may have forgotten what it is to be in nature’s community, they have not. She suggests that one of the best offerings we can make to any nature spirit is working toward the restoration of its landscape. She encourages us to volunteer for habitat restoration and join with others to remove invasive species, plant native ones, and remove pollutants. She describes the miracle of a cherry tree that takes in sunshine and turns it into food and says, “If we look at the world with wonder and awe it all becomes magic again.” Program 3573 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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When nightmares and anxiety begin to overwhelm us it’s time to turn to experts to help us face life’s challenges with resilience, equanimity, and inner peace. These four programs speak with deep truth about “real” challenges that are besetting us in these threshold times and offer guideposts and sage assistance in navigating the troubled waters. Check out these 4 programs of timeless wisdom specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive. The High Road To Love And Light with Sandra Ingerman Program 3202 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 How do our thoughts create our lives and impact others? How can we shield ourselves from the harmful thoughts and emotions of others? What do the words “abra kadabra” actually mean? How can sticky notes assist us in calming anger? Join this shamanic teacher and author to find out. Read more » Surviving And Thriving When Times Are Tough with Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. Program 3332 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 When stress feels overwhelming, we struggle to find the balance we desperately need to get through it all. Borysenko guides us through the warning signs of pessimism and the pitfalls of optimism. She also offers up a wealth of suggestions for how to develop what she calls “stress-hardiness”—to handle all of life’s challenges with resilience, equanimity, and inner peace. Read more » Reawakening To Life’s Great Adventure with Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D. Program 3327 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 From the dark terror of his own breakdown, Kirk Schneider has come to live in a state of awe. He explored the roots of his nightmares and anxiety, and the habits that kept him depressed and disengaged, and found that life is something to marvel at. He shares the long, winding road he traveled from there to here, and offers guideposts each of us can use to find our own way. Read more » The Healing Power Of Cats And Dogs with Carlyn Montes De Oca Program 3621 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Cats and dogs bring to us many gifts including companionship and unconditional love. Carlyn Montes De Oca points out that “These furry companions are scientifically proven stress-busters in, perhaps, this most stressed-out age that humanity has ever known.” Here we explore how our cats and dogs can be our health and wellness allies. Carlyn Montes De Oca is the author of Dog as my Doctor, Cat as my Nurse. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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It’s important to support New Dimensions because New Dimensions changes the world. This program series takes our ideas beyond the theoretical to the practical and makes a true difference in the world. Larry Dossey, author of The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives We began sitting down with Dr. Larry Dossey in 1982 and have continued to produce deep dialogues with him in every decade since then. Although some of the earlier dialogues are not available yet because they have not been digitized, the more recent ones can be found on our website. If you agree with Larry that your life has been moved in a positive direction from something you heard on New Dimensions, won’t you please support this broadcasting endeavor? New Dimensions has been described as sharing the history of the future because it often broadcasts ideas, information, and inspiration long before they are accepted by mainstream culture. You get to hear it first on New Dimensions. WE TRULY NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Besides our broadcasting endeavors, your support contributes towards our on-going digitizing project. We continue to need your financial assistance to convert programs from our deep archive and modifying them into MP3 format for our website. Your support makes this possible. Please consider joining as a member of Friends of New Dimensions and get a thank you gift for any donation of $45 or more. Most gratefully, Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Volunteer Executive Director, and Host You can make an annual membership donation, set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation – OR – make a single donation here. Donate, Join, or Renew
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The bird lies still while the light goes on flying. – W. S. Merwin, Poet from the poem Unknown Age “For me this is the essence of a deep truth about why we’re here and how the universe works. While the body dies, the bird lies still. The light, which is love, is the essence of consciousness, which is our intention to grow and learn and which goes on flying. There’s a way that that’s immortal, eternal. I love the quote because it really conveys the truth that consciousness never dies, the light goes on flying.” Matthew McKay, Ph.D. author of Seeking Jordan: How I Learned the Truth about Death and the Invisible Universe
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Free Listening Through July 26, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Most people believe the loss of the body is the loss of life. When his 23-year-old son Jordan was suddenly shot and killed, for Matthew McKay, it was not the end of Jordan’s life. It was the beginning of a quest to penetrate the veil of death through some extraordinary communications. These virtual conversations led Matthew to coauthor a book with his son. Although a scientist by training, upon the death of his son, McKay asked himself: Does that soul still exist and is Jordan okay? Through channeled writing and other techniques, McKay was able to have conversations with his son about the nature of “life-between-lives”. Jordan describes this as a classroom. He describes “our soul group”, which is like a repertory company that just keeps showing up in life with the same people but often in different relationships . . . these relationships are happening over and over again, life after life, and we’re learning from them. It is an improv group and is not scripted. The purpose is to learn even through the pain. After working with mediums, through channeled writing, through induced after-death communication, through hypnotic regressions into past lives, McKay says: “Every means I’ve taken to learn about the afterlife has confirmed that there is no loss, there is no death in any real sense, that souls continue to stay connected. This is immutable and our aloneness is an illusion. These losses that we suffer so deeply are illusory. They are experiences to teach us.” Program 3572 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing July 6 – 12, 2022 The Nature Of Consciousness with Christian De Quincey, Ph.D. Program 3568 Here we are taking a closer look at many assumptions, unquestioned conclusions, and beliefs that are pervasive in our culture, such as our universe exploding from nothing in a big bang, or “we create our own reality”, or “humans are the most special of all the species on the planet”. In this provocative dialogue the nature of consciousness, energy, and matter are explored. Airing July 13 – 19, 2022 Breaking the Silence Across the Divide of Death with Matthew McKay, Ph.D. Program 3572 Most people believe the loss of the body is the loss of life, but when Matthew McKay’s 23-year-old son Jordan was suddenly shot and killed, for Matthew, it was not the end of Jordan’s life. It was the beginning of a quest to penetrate the veil of death through some extraordinary communications. These virtual conversations led Matthew to co-author a book, with his son. Airing July 20 – 26, 2022 Rejoining The Community Of Nature Through Personal Totems with Lupa Program 3573 Totems are vibrant, intelligent, dynamic beings sharing the world with us as much as anyone else, and while we may have forgotten what it is to be in nature’s community, they have not. She suggests that one of the best offerings we can make to any nature spirit is working toward the restoration of its landscape. Airing July 27- August 2, 2022 The Intersection Of Life And Art with Andrew Harvey Program 3574 Andrew Harvey shares his experience of why it takes rigorous discipline to be an artist, why solitude matters, how to cultivate our personal passions, how “networks of grace” can save humanity, and more. He speaks eloquently on how to cultivate sacred friendships and speaks of his “soul brother,” 88-year-old pianist and teacher, Seymour Bernstein, a true wisdom elder.
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I’m feeling immensely grateful this morning for New Dimensions. It keeps me engaged in questioning how I can wake up and stay awake. I need these daily reminders because the temptation to turn away from the deluge of distressing and dark news makes me want to jump into an abyss of distraction or just pull the covers up over my head. However, my commitment to New Dimensions and to the schedule of interviews keeps me engaged. And, for this, I am grateful. I tell others that my life is like being in school and constantly studying for the end of semester finals. I read books that my normal, lazy self would never pick up and they never fail to lift my spirits and reveal some new hope and inspiration. I have the enormous honor and privilege of sitting across from fellow travelers and asking them any question I want to ask about how they are staying awake and staying on the path. The miracle of all of this is that there are microphones present and our conversation is amplified a thousand-fold and is used by spirit in mysterious and unknown ways as our voices flow out like a river, giving drink to others who are thirsting, like me, for a meaningful life. If any of what I’m saying resonates with you, I ask you, most respectfully, to financially support this broadcasting endeavor. No donation is too small (or too large). Thanks. Justine Willis Toms Cofounder, Executive Director, Host Donate, Join or Renew
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A letter written to a friend ten years ago following a Buddhist Retreat . . . . Recently, my six-and-a-half-year old grandson, Jeremy, asked me, “Pop-Pop, why do you like Buddhism?” Realizing in the moment that I was being challenged to transform my usual intellectual and well-reasoned reply to such a question into a few words of clarity and simplicity for the benefit of my current spiritual teacher, namely him, I answered after an appropriate pause (needed to quiet my panic), “Because it makes me feel good.” Jeremy ruminated briefly over my response with a few thoughtful “hmmmms,” and then asked, “Pop-Pop, are you a Buddhist?” In that instant I felt like I was sitting across from a 5th century Zen patriarch who was probing my spiritual depths to find out what progress I had made after five decades of haphazard effort. It was a knee knocking experience. All my “knowledge” became as cotton candy in my mouth, sweet but useless. It was then I realized I was neither a Buddhist nor a Christian nor any other –ism or -ology I might admire. This was a split-second flash of insight that leveled the usual shields and flags I carry to put forth my spiritual belies. The mind was sent reeling and suddenly there was just no-thing. In the few seconds it took to recover my senses, as if I needed to, I mumbled something to Jeremy like, “I guess I would say Buddhist-Christian or Christian-Buddhist, but it’s really something beyond either of them.” This whole episode has given me lots to work with and it has served especially to remind me of the Buddha, the Christ, who live inside, and for which all these religions were established in the first place-to help remind us from whence we come and how to bring those origins into our human lives. I find myself content to follow my grandson’s questioning wisdom as the path most appropriate for me now. I feel the connection to all my teachers (I have been especially dense, so have been blessed with many). Through the years the work I do has been my teacher. I’m learning to accept that IT IS ALL CONNECTED, meaning there is my daily practice of meditation, the practice of being in nature, especially with the birds. My cat is my teacher, my partner Justine is my teacher, all the people I work with and all the people I interview are my teachers. All these contacts are woven into the multi-colored cloth of my spiritual unfoldment. While this was unfolding I went and saw the film, Little Buddha. The cinematography was superb and the famed filmmaker, Bernard Bertolucci, put some spectacular scenes together. The point of bringing this up was to share the lightning bolt of clarity that shook my bones after seeing the film. I guess it was the power of the visual images on the giant screen that revealed a reality to me I had always known but never really saw clearly. The roots of Buddhism, at its core, is based on the story of a prince who chooses to leave his pregnant wife and unborn child to go off seeking enlightenment. Does he ever reconcile with her or his child? Robert Aitken Roshi wrote so eloquently in his book of dialogues with Brother David Steindl-Rast, “The historical Buddha seems to have considered it impossible for a householder to attain the highest and the best. Indeed, a synonym for monk in the Buddha’s time-and even today, in some Asian languages-is the term home-leaver.” He goes on to point out that this concept probably pre-dated Buddhism and simply was incorporated and still predominates in North Asia with the Mahayana and Vajrayana as well as in the southern tradition of the Theravada. He maintains the principle is fundamentally incorrect and goes on to say, “I tell my students that our duty is to find the way to leave home without leaving home-in other words, to find the way of practice with our households.” No wonder us householders have such problems. I’ve been staying home, creating retreats in other ways and not feeling guilty about it, although I once did. The book referred to by the way is The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice Buddhist and Christian. So much for my pebbles in the pond at the moment. I look forward to feedback. Maybe I’ve gone off the deep end and need rescuing or perhaps saving would be a better metaphor? Fast forward eleven years or so, and it has become clear that it is all practice, every moment, and it is all connected. We are mirrors for one and the inner teacher is where we find what is true. -Michael Toms
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Airing July 6 – 12, 2022 The Nature Of Consciousness with Christian De Quincey, Ph.D. Program 3568 From Album: Bloom Road Artist: Dan Kennedy 2015 Mt. Pullux Music #MPM-003 Opening Essay: Track 07 A Moment Music Break 1: Track 6 Dulcimer in C Minor Music Break 2: Track 11 Torrent Music Break 3: Track 11 Torrent (reprise) Airing July 13 – 19, 2022 Breaking the Silence Across the Divide of Death with Matthew McKay, Ph.D. Program 3572 From Album: Amber Artist: Michael Jones & David Darling 1987 Narada #CD-1014 Opening Essay: Track 01 Rainfall Music Break 1: Track 01 Rainfall (reprise) Music Break 2: Track 02 Sunshine Canyon Music Break 3: Track 04 Wu Wei Airing July 20 – 26, 2022 Rejoining The Community Of Nature Through Personal Totems with Luna Program 3573 From Album: Cymbalom Solos Artist: Michael Masley 1995 Supersaturated Records-002 Opening Essay: Track 01 Soleil Music Break 1: Track 07 The Sea As Moon-Launched Mirror Music Break 2: Track 02 Sleepdance: On Leaves of Water Music Break 3: Track 03 Music To Look For Something Lost By Airing July 27- August 2, 2022 The Intersection Of Life And Art with Andrew Harvey Program 3574 From Album: Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar Artist: Matthew Montfort 2008 Ancient-Future #AF 2008 Opening Essay: Track 05 Celtic Raga Piano by Seymour Bernstein from You Tube: Music Break 1: Seymour Bernstein: Brahms, Intermezzo, Op 118 No. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RqQ8-cUtLg Music Break 2: Seymour Bernstein: Fur Elise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhdN90a3JOw Music Break 3: Seymour Bernstein: Mozart’s first composition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCYsUuopH9A
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Find something you like to do. Learn to do it well. And do it in the service of the people. Karlene Faith “This is one of my favorite quotes. It’s by a woman who taught us about criminal injustice in Sonoma County, California, in the late 70s. This is just what you do, Justine, and New Dimensions is doing. You love doing this work, you’ve learned how to do it well, and you do it for the people around the world who can hear these hopeful offerings. That’s a possibility for everybody listening. The question to ask yourself is, “What do I love doing the most? Go do that, and then figure out how to do it for the advantage of more people.”” Jan Phillips author of Still On Fire: Field Notes From A Queer Mystic
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Free Listening Through July 12, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. One does not need to believe in God to be a practicing mystic. It doesn’t take a priest or rabbi or an Imam to get you there. Anyone can have a connection to Divine Source; but it takes practice—a spiritual practice. We often begin our spiritual journey with inherited doctrines, established traditions, families, churches, and cultures that lay out the rules and regulations. However, if we’re a person who possesses spiritual enthusiasm, our journey is an evolutionary one; it involves transformation. For some of us, as we mature, we begin to think independently, ask new questions, and arrive at our own conclusions about matters of divinity. This is the quest of Jan Phillips, a former postulate of the Catholic church. Here she reveals her religious crucible and the wisdom she’s gained along the way. She says, “I’m no longer a seeker, I’m a finder. Every morning, I find my source. As I say in one of my poems, ‘I eat God for breakfast, and all day long. I metabolize love’.” Program 3758 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing July 6 – 12, 2022 The Nature Of Consciousness with Christian De Quincey, Ph.D. Program 3568 Here we are taking a closer look at many assumptions, unquestioned conclusions, and beliefs that are pervasive in our culture, such as our universe exploding from nothing in a big bang, or “we create our own reality”, or “humans are the most special of all the species on the planet”. In this provocative dialogue the nature of consciousness, energy, and matter are explored. Airing July 13 – 19, 2022 Breaking the Silence Across the Divide of Death with Matthew McKay, Ph.D. Program 3572 Most people believe the loss of the body is the loss of life, but when Matthew McKay’s 23-year-old son Jordan was suddenly shot and killed, for Matthew, it was not the end of Jordan’s life. It was the beginning of a quest to penetrate the veil of death through some extraordinary communications. These virtual conversations led Matthew to co-author a book, with his son. Airing July 20 – 26, 2022 Rejoining The Community Of Nature Through Personal Totems with Luna Program 3573 Totems are vibrant, intelligent, dynamic beings sharing the world with us as much as anyone else, and while we may have forgotten what it is to be in nature’s community, they have not. She suggests that one of the best offerings we can make to any nature spirit is working toward the restoration of its landscape. Airing July 27- August 2, 2022 The Intersection Of Life And Art with Andrew Harvey Program 3574 Andrew Harvey shares his experience of why it takes rigorous discipline to be an artist, why solitude matters, how to cultivate our personal passions, how “networks of grace” can save humanity, and more. He speaks eloquently on how to cultivate sacred friendships and speaks of his “soul brother,” 88-year-old pianist and teacher, Seymour Bernstein, a true wisdom elder.
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These programs are sourced from the profound wisdom found in Jewish tradition. They include such subjects as the Jewish mysticism of the Kabbalah, the mandate that corporations be obligated to support social and environmental needs, the profound Jewish tradition of mourning and healing grief, and how prayer is a portal to Divine Source. Explore these and many other subjects with four highly respected wisdom sages in these programs specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive. Spiritual Values in a Secular World with Rabbi Michael Lerner Program 3124 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 What if our schools, health care systems, and political institutions nurtured our capacity to be loving and kind? What if corporations were obligated to support the social and environmental needs of the communities in which they do business? Rabbi Lerner not only imagines such a world, he has also created a template for how each of these institutions would operate. Read more » Kabbalah Revealed with Rabbi David A. Cooper Program 2689 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Ancient Jewish sages developed the tradition of the Kabbalah. Rabbi David A. Cooper is among the first to bring the mystery and mysticism of Kabbalah to us in a way that is easy to understand. Kabbalah is about bringing human consciousness to its full potential, recognizing that we are partners with God in the continuous process of creation. Read more » The Blessings of Mourning with Rabbi Anne Brener Program 2453 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Brener unfolds for us a unique perspective on grieving and mourning. She draws from the Jewish tradition, which is particularly rich and skillful on this topic: “Judaism does this well,” she says. “Our mourning rituals are really healing rituals, and there’s a wisdom in these ancient rituals” that makes them applicable to grieving persons from any cultural background. Read more » Enlivening Prayer with Rabbi Paul J Citrin Program 3732 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Prayer can influence our state of mind which then has an effect on our state of body. It’s a portal that connects us with Divine Source and is an intensely personal journey inward as well as an act of conversation with the Presence of the Infinite or what some call God. It can help us to move from a primarily secular, materialistic life into a more spiritual one. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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A long-time listener checks in: I just now found your Facebook page and I want to let you know that New Dimensions has been a real beacon of light and inspiration for me over the years. I started listening in 1989 and for years New Dimensions was my Friday evening spiritual immersion during my graduate school years in Knoxville, Tennessee. The weekly program has been my spiritual center and a beacon for me. I tell people today of the profound influence the guests have had on me. Through the years, I have discovered yoga, meditation, Runes, Krishnamurti, and so much more! I’m about to retire from teaching and, among other important ways, I expect that the life fostered by New Dimensions, a life of contemplation and action, will grow through my blog. Thanks for doing what you have done over the years. It’s made a huge difference in my life! John Morrison, Composer and College Professor “Shared listening creates a sound haven that awakens compassion for ourselves and others.” Here is the link to check out John’s blog: http://johnmorrison.org/contemplatingmusic/ We’re moved by John’s expression of appreciation and his understanding of the importance of both contemplation and action. We all have our unique gifts to give to the world and they do make a difference. Please keep this program series going by making a financial donation. We depend on you, our listeners. With deep appreciation, Justine Willis Toms Co-founder, Creative Producer, Host New Dimensions Radio Donate, Join or Renew
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Everything has its time, progresses on to fulfillment and will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it. It will surely come. It will not be one day late. Old Testament of the Bible from the Second Chapter of the Book of Habakkuk “This is a quote from a pretty obscure book of the Old Testament and it’s my loose translation of it. There are many different translations for this particular passage but this is one I like because it reveals how everything has its time. Sometimes things don’t happen as quickly as we’d like them to happen but something is going on underneath the surface, something that may be even more significant than that thing that you have been wishing for and waiting for.” Judith Valente, who is the coauthor with Trappist monk Paul Quenon of How To Be: A Monk and a Journalist Reflect On Living & Dying, Purpose & Prayer, Forgiveness & Friendship
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Free Listening Through July 5, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Journalist Judith Valente writes, “Letters are the remnants we leave to mark important episodes in our lives… We introduce ourselves, confide our hopes, confess our errors, offer our thanks, and say goodbye in letters.” This married woman and self-described over-achiever has been sharing correspondence with Brother Paul Quenon, a celibate and contemplative Trappist monk who resides at the Abbey of Gethsemani of Bardstown, Kentucky. She writes, “The results is a dialogue between people stuttering to articulate life’s universal questions from within highly diverse contexts and from very different perspectives. Brother Paul writes as a monk steeped in silence and the ancient prayer practices of monastic life. I write as a married professional woman striving to bring a sense of prayer and contemplation to my scattered secular life.” This conversation encompasses a wide range of what it means to be human in a post-modern era as Valente and Brother Paul bring forward life’s universal questions from very different perspectives. Judith responds to Brother Paul’s question, “Does this bring you closer to God?” saying “I think that’s the question we have to ask ourselves all the time in our work. Is this bringing me closer to the Divine Presence? Or, is this bringing me closer to the sacred in daily life, or the transcendent in daily life.” Program 3756 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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These three wisdom masters inspire and encourage us to find love and wisdom in the natural world. With brilliant storytelling and the sharing of personal experiences, they cover such subjects as ●“How do we find the strength to not look away from all that is breaking our hearts?” ● “Life sustaining action is rooted in seeing nature as sentient—a being worthy and deserving of a personal relationship.” ●“Why holding the earth is not enough, we must place our hands on the earth as a source of power.” ●“[This is] a process of eroding and evolving at once.” ●“Why we must let go of our certainty to come back into a place of communion and communication.” ●“Even the most open-minded Westerner generally views listening to the natural world as a metaphor as opposed to the way the world really is.” In this time of intense climate change, the truth is that so often we want to turn away from conversations about the environment. We oftentimes have disconnected ourselves from the land that sustains us. However, you’ll find these voices compelling, poetic, and deeply inspiring. They are specially selected from the New Dimensions archive. Entering Into Relationship With Everything with Derrick Jensen Program 3180 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Jensen notes: a principal problem with Western thought is that it views the natural world as a metaphor and nature as a commodity. He argues that the key to change and life sustaining action is rooted in seeing nature as sentient – a being worthy and deserving of a personal relationship. Read more » Daily Bread with Wendell Berry Program 1929 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 This farmer, ecologist, and writer Berry speaks of enduring values, the wholeness of life, and the interdependence of all creatures (including humans). Berry’s self-discipline and ethical sense come through as he leads us from the microcosm of his Kentucky hill farm to the macrocosm of a sane and reasoned planetary vision based on personal integrity, faithfulness, and love. Read more » Natural Gifts with Wendell Berry Program 2362 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Berry calls for a re-evaluation of the basic values and practices of our lives. He illustrates his ideas with glimpses of his own life and those of his Kentucky farm neighbors and describes a future where we can learn to find love, wisdom and meaning in the people, the places and the work of our own daily lives. Read more » The Essence Of Erosion And Evolution with Terry Tempest Williams Program 3691 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Here we stare down our present situation without flinching but with radical hope as Williams reminds us that love and beauty is felt in chaos and heartbreak. Healing is going beyond anger; It’s a process of eroding and evolving at once. We must let go of our certainty to come back into a place of communion and communication with each other and with the earth. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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At the beginning of each New Dimensions’ program you hear the New Dimensions manifesto: It is only through a change in human consciousness that the world will be transformed. The personal and the planetary are connected. As we expand our awareness of mind, body, psyche, and spirit and bring that awareness actively into the world, so also will the world be changed. This is our quest as we explore New Dimensions. Thousands of New Dimensions’ listeners throughout the world experience the life changing information presented each week. We are sure that you would agree that never has it been more important to extend the outreach of our programming as it is today. Your help and support is needed to make this possible. If you have not become a member of Friends of New Dimensions (FOND) with a financial contribution please consider making a financial donation today. No amount is too small (or too big). With a grateful heart, Justine Willis Toms Co-founder, Creative Producer, Host New Dimensions Radio As everyone knows we are in a time of extreme changes and transformations in our way of life, in our culture, and our relationship to the environment. One of the most essential things for us now is to have new ways of envisioning our way forward, our path forward. New Dimensions Radio has been a leader in this re-envisioning of human life for so many years and it is an essential resource for us all. Bill Plotkin is an ecotherapist, depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and author of many books including Journey of Soul Initiation: A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries, and Revolutionaries You can make a single annual membership donation – OR – Set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation. We are so very appreciative of those who donate $10, $25, $50, or $100 a month. This helps to sustain this work. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more (for monthly donations the gifts are mailed at the end of the year). Donate, Join or Renew
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It is wise to seek immortality because time defeats all other conditions. Vernon Howard (1918-1992) Spiritual Teacher and author of The Power of Your Supermind “I had the good fortune of living with and studying with Vernon Howard. He was a master and a man of impeccable character. At one time he said this to a small group of students. To understand that, for me, meant to realize something that had been growing in me. Isn’t it strange that so many things that one creates for oneself, careers, authority, position, power, whatever it may be that the world says is good, yet over and over again, like a sandcastle, it’s washed away? [This includes] relationships and other things we’ve counted on as being real and [trusted] would never leave us, including our own faculties, our own body. Life is like being a kid on a beach with a sandcastle and believing that somehow or other that castle is going to last forever. However, it doesn’t. To understand that begins to change what we work for in this life. That’s what happened to me. I understood, because I came to that point in my work with Mr. Howard, where I recognized what I longed for was something that couldn’t be taken from me because it had been given to me a long time ago, and was more mine than anything I would ever create for myself. Guy Finley, Spiritual Teacher and author of The Seeker, The Search, The Sacred Journey to the Greatness Within
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Free Listening Through June 28, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Life is full of unpredictable and uncontrollable moments. A doctor tells us that a shadow has shown up in our cat scan. A car runs a red light and smashes into us. Our computer is misbehaving and we have to stop what we are doing to try to get a live person on the line to tell us how to fix it. These are just a few examples of the many occurrences that show up unexpectedly in our lives. So, the question is: How can we better cope with our own sense of being overwhelmed by these unbidden occurrences? Here we explore ways to be more effective in coping with the challenges of daily life as well as how we can tap into our inner brilliance. When we feel overwhelmed by the outer conditions of the world, Finley contends that it isn’t life that is overwhelming us. “We are overwhelmed with resistance to life because we don’t know what to do when all this energy pours in and [therefore] we experience pain. We blame the pain of this on the content of the conditions around us instead of letting the conditions become the conductor of that which awakens us to these parts that do resist life.” Program 3759 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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These programs specially selected from the New Dimensions archive of programs explore, with those who knew him, the man, the mystic, and the powerful social activist who operated on behalf of the world while remaining within the walls of a Trappist monastery. Thomas Merton, A Mystic Lover Of Life with Matthew Fox, Ph.D. Program 3593 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Thomas Merton was an American Catholic writer, mystic, and Trappist monk who died mysteriously in Bangkok, Thailand when he was 53 years old. The gifts he left behind from his short life were immense. He combined deep contemplation with social action. Here Fr. Matthew Fox shares his profound intersection with Merton via Creation Spirituality. Read more » Thomas Merton The Man with Ron Seitz Program 2448 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 In late 1993, Michael Toms made a “pilgrimage” to the hermitage of Thomas Merton at the Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. This is a recording of his visit with Ron Seitz, who was a young poet when he befriended and was mentored by Merton. Here Seitz offers memories and insight from the life of the brilliant Trappist monk and spiritual teacher. Read more » Thomas Merton: Activism Of The Spirit with Jonathan Montaldo Program 2944 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Montaldo, Director Emeritus of the Merton Center at Bellermine University, says that people respond to Merton’s writings because he wrote from the deepest part of his soul. He was an authentic monk in the spirit of Meister Eckhart. “Merton believed that to know yourself truly is to know God, who is intimately involved in your innermost self.” Read more » Thomas Merton Remembered with Brother Patrick Hart, Father Timothy Kelly, Father Matthew Kelty, and Brother Paul Quenon Program 2476 MP3 DownloadB Buy here $1.99 On the 25th anniversary of Thomas Merton’s untimely death in Bangkok, Michael Toms visited Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, and talked with several of those who knew the remarkable Trappist monk and acclaimed writer when he lived there during the last 27 years of his life. Included is a dialogue with Merton’s secretary, Brother Patrick Hart. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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In these times we are inundated with information, facts, and opinions from a myriad of sources but it is rare to find a consistent outlet of programming that probes deeply into significant subjects such as religion, spirituality, mythology, a deep approach to the arts, and ethics. Week after week, New Dimensions brings these subjects to the airwaves as it continues to educate and enlighten listeners for a better world. Thomas Moore, Ph.D., author of Care of the Soul and A Religion of One’s Own: A Guide To Creating A Personal Spirituality In A Secular World. If you enjoy the depth of the New Dimensions broadcast and archive, please consider becoming a member/donor to this ongoing work. We are dedicated to preserving the voices and visions of many of the spiritual leaders of our time. And, each month, we continue to add more deep dialogues to the archive and broadcast schedule. As you know, these conversations inspire and refresh our spirit in these threshold times. Please consider donating now. Most gratefully, Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Host New Dimensions Radio Donate, Join, or Renew You can make a single annual membership donation – OR – Set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation. We are so very appreciative of those who donate $10, $25, $50, or $100 a month. This helps to sustain this work. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more (for monthly donations the gifts are mailed at the end of the year).
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief, do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now, you are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. The Talmud “This quote from the Talmud was shared with me by my uncle. The Talmud, for those who don’t know what that is, it’s the Oral Torah in Judaism. The way that this quote inspires me is that when I look at the state of affairs in the world, not just today, but in the past, and I have to say maybe even in the future, there’s a lot of problems in the world that are very daunting, that can seem enormous. These problems can send you into a spiral and a dark place. [We must] remind ourselves that we have the capacity and the agency to do the work now and to, at least, do what we can do today to push the envelope forward and to push humanity forward. We have the obligation to do that. We don’t need to feel like we need to completely repair and fix all the world’s problems, but merely to contribute to that effort.” Shelly Tygielski author of Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self Care Can Change the World
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Free Listening Through June 21, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Each of us is capable of creating small or big changes in our own lives and in the world. These actions can have a ripple effect if we take time to focus on the needs and wants of our communities and by coming together as a coalition of support in mutual aid, mutual respect, and mutual understanding. However, this doesn’t mean that we need to overwhelm ourselves with the full responsibility of changing the world. Tygielski imparts useful and effective suggestions in how to connect our actions and words in the outer world from an inner source of self-care. She describes the Pandemic of Love which is essentially a nonprofit disruptor that offers direct aid, connecting a person who has a need with a person who wants to be of help. She reminds us that we can “Create massive ripples and changes in the world.” Even though problems can seem daunting and too big to solve, “We start to pare down and look at things on a smaller level (such as within our own families or our children’s schools). Once we start there, it is surprising how far reaching those effects are.” Program 3757 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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I can’t say enough about the pleasure I receive to be able to sit down with so many very wise and passionate seekers of truth. They never disappoint with their gentle yet fierce look at the collective challenges we face. One such guest is Terry Tempest Williams who asks the central question for our world today, “How do we find the strength to not look away from all that is breaking our hearts?” She says this about New Dimensions: “I have to tell you every time I hear the music of New Dimensions, Icarus by Paul Winter, my heart opens, and I stop to listen. Justine Toms has been my spiritual guide, I love her, I trust her, and I can tell you as a writer, a book is not a book until it’s in her hands.” OUR DONATIONS HAVE FALLEN OFF – WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT I’m so very honored to be hosting such persons as Terry and many others. So please support this on-going broadcasting effort by becoming a member. If you have yet to become a financial contributor, please act now. One way to contribute is to become a monthly donor. We are so very appreciative of those who donate $10, $25, $50, or $100 a month. This helps sustain the continuation of this work. You can go here to set this up –or– make a single donation. Thanks and blessings, Justine Willis Toms Co-founder, Executive Director, Host P.S. Please consider adding New Dimensions to your will or living trust. We would love to welcome you as a legacy donor which honors the philanthropic leadership and vision of individuals who have so thoughtfully provided for the future of New Dimensions through a planned gift. Thank you for your kind and generous contribution.
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As some of you may know, in the past I’ve been an active horsewoman. My last horse was a thoroughbred I bought off the track as a three-year-old. I called him Long Time, as in a long time coming since I had such a beautiful horse. We did the Northern California show circuit of hunters over fences. At one time I was third in the state in the 40-year-olds and older category. He loved to jump and especially loved the show ring. A true show-off! I continue to participate in the ritual of tuning in to the annual running of the Kentucky Derby. I put it on my DVR so I don’t have to watch any of the ads or the endless commentators fill up space with inane blather prior to the race. For those of you who have not seen this year’s 2022 “Run for the Roses”, please allow me the pleasure of describing it because it lifted my spirits and gave me hope for the future. Here’s the story. The limit of the number of horses allowed to run in the Derby is twenty. The rules stipulate that a horse has until 9 AM on Friday, the day before the race, to scratch or to withdraw from the race. The average cost of a Kentucky Derby horse can be anywhere from $500,000 to $2.4 million. The three-year old Rich Strikewas bought by Red TR Racing LLC for just $30,000. He was standing by at Churchill Downs as the 21st horse and would not be allowed to race unless, for some reason, a horse dropped out of the race. By Friday, 8:44 AM (with 16 minutes to entry deadline) no horse had dropped out. But a minute later, unbelievably, one horse did drop out. So, Rich Strike was invited to join the field as the longshot horse going off at 80-1 odds. He’s ridden by Venezuelan born Sonny Leon, a rider who has never jockeyed in the Derby. The 20th post position puts them as far away from the rail as possible. Rich Strike would have to cover more ground than any other horse in the race. Watching it you can see this feisty colt navigate the crowded field, picking off each tiring horse one by one. In such a crowded race, when coming from behind, it’s easy to get boxed in and have no room to actually run. The two favorites, Epicenter and Zondon, didn’t seem to be aware that this chestnut colt was stalking them as he was stealthily being guided through the thundering herd. However, with great heart, skillful jockeying, and luck, by the time they got to the final turn toward the finish line Rich Strike had a clear lane to finally whiz past the two front runners and win by three-quarters of a length. What a spectacular and undisputed finish. It was an astonishing, delightful, amazing, enthralling, and breath-taking come-from-behind performance. Seabiscuit was another horse that ignited the imagination of a generation. He was considered a small horse at 15.2 hands high and had had an inauspicious start to his racing career, winning only a quarter of his first 40 races, but became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938. These examples give me hope in the face of insurmountable odds. As I write the word insurmountable, I ponder its meaning. The etymology of the word “In” in Latin means “not”. I’m further struck that within “insurmountable” is the word mount. In horsemanship in order to get astride our horse, “we mount our horse.” Therefore, to be mountable, is to be “able to mount”—or to scale the heights. There is a saying, “We don’t know enough to be pessimistic.” Even so, it’s hard to not go to despair after such things as the draft proposal of ending accessibility for abortions in this country, the invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing COVID issue, voting rights imperiled, racism continuing to rear its ugly head, and the on-going polarization of our country, and at the top of the list, climate change. So, how do we surmount these seemingly insurmountable challenges? One final thought about the odds of the human race as distinct from horse racing. In horse racing it is about competition, the human race is about collaboration. Drawing on the wisdom from South Africa in negotiating seemingly overwhelming obstacles, “If you want to walk fast, walk alone, but if you want to walk far, walk together.” Let’s commit to giving our individual gifts, talents, and spheres of influence to stand together for all that is good and right for all life on this precious planet. -Justine
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Free Listening Through June 14, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Justine Willis Toms shares principles that lead to a more useful and fulfilling life. She asks the question: Is worry fruitful and will it lead to an effective outcome? She also encourages us to create circles of friends who support us in our fullness. She shares the lessons of the caterpillar and the butterfly as she exhorts us to get out into the corridors of life and contribute our gifts. As we do so, we become part of a collective of imaginal cells for a better world for all. She says, “If we get out and circulate, if we stay curious about the future, if we tap into hope about the future, but not attach ourselves to how it’s going to look, then we’ll find synchronicities coming to our lives. We will start to see things out of the corner of our eye, people will show up, and a momentum of creativity will begin to build.” Program 3567 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Airing June 1 – 7, 2022 Giving Your Fullness Will Take You Where You Need To Go with Justine Willis Toms, DHL Program 3567 From Album: Alex De Grassi, a Windham Hill Retrospective Artist: Alex de Grassi 2010 Windham Hill E2-VWH-21011 Opening Essay: Track 01 Overland Music Break 1: Track 12 Turning: Turning Back Music Break 2: Track 09 A Momentary Change of Heart Music Break 3: Track 04 Window Airing June 8 – 14, 2022 Getting Help and Giving Help: A Pandemic of Love with Shelly Tygielski Program 3757 From Album: Wave Hands Like Clouds Artist: Buedi Siebert 2004 Real Music #4050 Opening Essay: Track 01 From the Distance Music Break 1: Track 02 Life Breath Music Break 2: Track 04 Building Chi Music Break 3: Track 05 The Gentle Way Airing June 15 – 21, 2022 Getting In Touch With Our Interior Greatness with Guy Finley Program 3759 From Album: The Living Music – Disc 1 (out of print) Artist: Michael Jones Opening Essay: Track 01 Morning Mist Music Break 1: Track 02 Prayer Music Break 2: Track 04 Spring Song Music Break 3: Track 05 Evening Airing June 22 – 28, 2022 Questions To Bring Us Closer To Divine Presence with Judith Valente Program 3756 From Album: Greatest Hits Chant (various artists) Artist: The Trappist Monks of Gethsemani Opening Essay: Track 21 Veterem hominem Antiphons (mode 7) Music Break 1: Track 16 Chapter (verse)- Surge illuminare Jerusalem; Reges Tharsis et insulae text and short responsory Music Break 2: Track 12 Oremus Prayer text from Pope St. Gregory Music Break 3: Track 17 Illuminans altissimus; Omnes de Saba venient Hymn; Versicle and response Airing June 29 – July 5, 2022 The Compelling Spiritual Path Of A Gay Former Nun with Jan Phillips Program 3758 From Album: Greatest Hits Chant (various artists) Artist: The Trappist Monks of Gethsemani Opening Essay: Track 08 Illuminare, illuminare Jerusalem From Responsory (mode 5) From Album: Ever With You Artist: Jan Phillips https://janphillips.com/shop-cat/cds Music Break 1: Track 10 I Will Not Leave You Comfortless Music Break 2: Track 01 I Feel You Everywhere Music Break 3: Track 11 Psalm for Unity
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I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything we talk about, everything we regard as existing, postulates consciousness. Max Planck, Ph.D., Nobel Prize winning physicist “When I first became aware of this quote that Planck spoke in 1931, I realized it was the definition of God that I had been looking for all of my life. He puts Consciousness at the base of all life as opposed to materialist scientists that put matter at the base. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had a tendency toward spiritual enthusiasm. This quote led me to my current, and ever evolving, definition of God which is, “God is the quantum field of infinite intelligence and love: a divine, responsive, and dynamic co-creative force of energy in which all life is embedded, including us. A force that exists within everything, enlivens everything, and from which everything is made manifest.” This makes God something that is reciprocal, something with which we are in constant collaboration. We are co-directors with this force. For the sake of this truth, it’s crucial that we be in constant pursuit of the highest values that support all of life.” Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Creative Producer, Host of New Dimensions Radio
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Airing June 1 – 7, 2022 Giving Your Fullness Will Take You Where You Need To Go with Justine Willis Toms, DHL Program 3567 From Album: Alex De Grassi, a Windham Hill Retrospective Artist: Alex de Grassi 2010 Windham Hill E2-VWH-21011 Opening Essay: Track 01 Overland Music Break 1: Track 12 Turning: Turning Back Music Break 2: Track 09 A Momentary Change of Heart Music Break 3: Track 04 Window Airing June 8 – 14, 2022 Getting Help and Giving Help: A Pandemic of Love with Shelly Tygielski Program 3757 From Album: Wave Hands Like Clouds Artist: Buedi Siebert 2004 Real Music #4050 Opening Essay: Track 01 From the Distance Music Break 1: Track 02 Life Breath Music Break 2: Track 04 Building Chi Music Break 3: Track 05 The Gentle Way Airing June 15 – 21, 2022 Getting In Touch With Our Interior Greatness with Guy Finley Program 3759 From Album: The Living Music – Disc 1 (out of print) Artist: Michael Jones Opening Essay: Track 01 Morning Mist Music Break 1: Track 02 Prayer Music Break 2: Track 04 Spring Song Music Break 3: Track 05 Evening Airing June 22 – 28, 2022 Questions To Bring Us Closer To Divine Presence with Judith Valente Program 3756 From Album: Greatest Hits Chant (various artists) Artist: The Trappist Monks of Gethsemani Opening Essay: Track 21 Veterem hominem Antiphons (mode 7) Music Break 1: Track 16 Chapter (verse)- Surge illuminare Jerusalem; Reges Tharsis et insulae text and short responsory Music Break 2: Track 12 Oremus Prayer text from Pope St. Gregory Music Break 3: Track 17 Illuminans altissimus; Omnes de Saba venient Hymn; Versicle and response Airing June 29 – July 5, 2022 The Compelling Spiritual Path Of A Gay Former Nun with Jan Phillips Program 3758 From Album: Greatest Hits Chant (various artists) Artist: The Trappist Monks of Gethsemani Opening Essay: Track 08 Illuminare, illuminare Jerusalem From Responsory (mode 5) From Album: Ever With You Artist: Jan Phillips https://janphillips.com/shop-cat/cds Music Break 1: Track 10 I Will Not Leave You Comfortless Music Break 2: Track 01 I Feel You Everywhere Music Break 3: Track 11 Psalm for Unity
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing June 1 – 7, 2022 Giving Your Fullness Will Take You Where You Need To Go with Justine Willis Toms, DHL Program 3567 Justine Willis Toms shares principles that lead to a more useful and fulfilling life. She asks the question: is worry fruitful and will it lead me to an effective outcome? She also encourages us to create circles of friends who support us in our fullness. She shares the lessons of the caterpillar and the butterfly. Airing June 8 – 14, 2022 Getting Help and Giving Help: A Pandemic of Love with Shelly Tygielski Program 3757 Tygielski describes a movement that offers direct aid, connecting those who need help with those who want to be of help. Even when problems seem too big to solve, she says, “We start to pare down and look at things on a smaller level (such as within our own families or our children’s schools). Once we start there, it’s surprising how far reaching those effects are.” Airing June 15 – 21, 2022 Getting In Touch With Our Interior Greatness with Guy Finley Program 3759 In this provocative dialogue, Finley guides us in how to better cope with our own sense of being overwhelmed by unbidden occurrences and the conditions of life. He points out that what we are truly seeking is a higher understanding of our relationship to Divine Source. Airing June 22 – 28, 2022 Questions To Bring Us Closer To Divine Presence with Judith Valente Program 3756 This conversation encompasses a wide range of what it means to be human and life’s universal questions from very different perspectives. Valente responds to Trappist monk Brother Quenon’s question, “Does this bring you closer to God?” by saying “I think that’s the question we have to ask ourselves all the time in our work. Is this bringing me closer to the Divine Presence? Airing June 29 – July 5, 2022 The Compelling Spiritual Path Of A Gay Former Nun with Jan Phillips Program 3758 Phillips, a gay, former novice of the Catholic Church, reveals her religious crucible and the wisdom she’s gained along the way. She says, “I’m no longer a seeker, I’m a finder. Every morning, I find my source. As I say in one of my poems, ‘I eat God for breakfast, and all day long. I metabolize love’.”
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What is the definitive answer to how we should treat our bodies? Dr. Andrew Weil says, “Most of the diseases that kill and disable people prematurely in our culture are diseases of lifestyle that can be avoided if people would make better choices.” Explore this most personal and important subject with four highly respected wisdom sages in these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive. Medicine And Miracles with Larry Dossey, M.D. Program 2801 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 The role of spirituality in healing and health care is changing and one of the people responsible for this phenomenal turnaround is Dr. Larry Dossey. With miraculous stories from real life and explicit data from medical research, Dossey demonstrates that any separation of our inner ways of knowing and our outer health is a huge mistake. Read more » Live Long And Feel Good with Andrew Weil, M.D. Program 2623 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Dr. Weil shares his wisdom regarding the best practices for keeping your healing system in peak working order through developing a lifestyle that is sound in body, mind, and spirit. Included in this dialogue are suggestions for breathing techniques, alternatives to your medicine cabinet, interactive guided imagery, and general suggestions for taking charge of your health. Read more » Your Body Matters with Elson Haas, M.D. Program 2826 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Haas has spun together for us a practical and personal approach for reaching a balance in health and nutrition. He talks about how you can improve your mental clarity, boost energy, feel your absolute best, the five important innovations to help battle against obesity, how to recognize and deal with food cravings and metabolic disorders, and more. Read more » Moving Into Health Through Energy Healing with Jed Diamond, Ph.D. Program 3445 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 During these times of overwhelming stress our bodies are most often on the high alert of protective mode and we don’t have the energy for either maintaining good health or for healing. Beyond allopathic medicine, Dr. Diamond describes four kinds of energy healing techniques (EFTs). He’s the author of Men Alive: Stop Killer Stress with Simple Energy Healing Tools. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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Overloaded with information and data? Take a mental break and get inspired with New Dimensions Radio. It changes lives for the better. It is the deepest desire of the New Dimensions team to continue to inspire and give listeners access to profound dialogues with extraordinary individuals — as if we, together, are having a personal discussion in our own living room as we continue to envision a new dream for ourselves and the planet. Please make a donation to this effort now by becoming a member/donor. I appreciate how much Justine Willis Toms as host of New Dimensions deeply engages with the content of her guests’ work. She has also researched the social issues and political context that is relevant. I feel like we were able to get in deep and have a truly thoughtful, contemplative conversation that went beyond just an elevator pitch of a book. [We covered subjects] that other media outlets aren’t able to in a meaningful way. This conversation had the human element and that’s always very appreciated. Devon Price, Ph.D. is a social psychologist, professor at Loyola University of Chicago’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and author of Laziness Does Not Exist Most gratefully, Justine Willis Toms, Co-founder, Host New Dimensions Radio Donate, Join, or Renew You can make a single annual membership donation – OR – Set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation. We are so very appreciative of those who donate $10, $25, $50, or $100 a month. This helps to sustain this work. We are pleased to be able to send you a thank you gift for your donation of $45 or more (for monthly donations the gifts are mailed at the end of the year).
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Free Listening Air Dates The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download. Airing May 4 -10, 2022 Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awareness with Loch Kelley, M. Div. LCSW Program 3569 Loch Kelly describes open-hearted awareness as a direct experience of our interconnectedness and the feeling of being held by the same essence that holds all life. It is a dynamic place that sparkles with life. Some describe it as “a child on the first day of summer vacation.” It is beyond head-knowing. It taps into a deeper source of intelligence and wisdom. Airing May 11 – 17, 2022 The Survival of Human Consciousness with Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D Program 3753 Here we explore afterlife investigations such as near death experiences, after death communication, reincarnation, instrumental transcommunication, mediumship, and much more. Mishlove explores survival after death and whether or not consciousness is separate from the brain. Airing May 18 – 24, 2022 Awakening to the Deep Wisdom Hidden in Classic Literature with Dean Sluyter Program 3755 For those of us who are committed to a life of awakening and truth, Sluyter gives us deep insight into the writings of such luminaries as Mark Twain, William Blake, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, J.D. Salinger and many more. You’ll not be bored in his class as he takes us deep into the spiritual insights hidden in the writings of these revered literary geniuses. Airing May 25 – 31, 2022 Accessing A Greater Field Of Universal Wisdom with Colleen Mauro Program 3570 Whether you believe intuition is our soul speaking to us, or that it’s coming to us from a greater field of universal wisdom and knowledge, intuition has been proven to assist us in the betterment of our lives and of the human condition. This dialogue explores examples of how intuition and spiritual telepathy can bring us powerful and enlightened insights.
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Mindfulness and meditation teacher Tara Brach, Ph.D. speaks of waking up to our inner radiance. Greg Levoy reminds us that a sense of wonder is the active ingredient to bring us back to our sense of aliveness and passion. Dean Sluyter advocates where he calls natural meditation and rather than “creating silence” we can discover the inner silence that underlies all thought. Gail Brenner, Ph.D. understands that beyond the self-help movement we possess the capacity to spontaneously find inner peace. These four programs, selected from our archive, feature wisdom teachers who explore our rightful inheritance of vitality and how we may reclaim our passion and inner radiance. Opening To Our Inner Radiance With The RAIN Process with Tara Brach, Ph.D. Program 3694 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 The RAIN Process (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) reminds us to pause and reconnect with a wise and compassionate presence allowing us to align our lives with our hearts. It can assist us when we get lost in unconscious, mental, emotional reactivity, fear, and are living on “autopilot.” RAIN is a healing process available to us that opens us to our inner radiance. Read more » Awe And Wonder: Keys To Living A Passionate Life with Gregg Levoy Program 3539 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 A sense of wonder is an active ingredient in a passionate life. Even suffering and restlessness can be seen with curiosity, says Levoy. Making space in our minds for the unknown, and allowing creativity to flow, he says, can keep us from being pulled into the “burden of purpose.” Levoy talks of the powerful effects of small actions and the importance of saying “yes.” Read more » The Many Vehicles Of Meditation with Dean Sluyter Program 3540 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Sluyter says not to worry about thoughts during our meditation; they are inevitable. Often we must deal with such sounds as voices or traffic rolling by. He instructs that, “It’s all a texture of the silence, which actually you are at your core. It’s just resting in what you are in your own essence.” He also suggests that we find the meditation style that suits us. Read more » The Direct Route To Abiding Peace with Gail Brenner, Ph.D. Program 3551 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Brenner says we are not limited, damaged or inadequate. She critiques the self-help movement as perpetuating the idea that we are in need of fixing, and holds the provocative view that nothing needs to be changed or fixed to be happy. She posits that we have the capacity to spontaneously find inner peace by shedding the stories and negative emotions that cause us pain. Read more »
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We know our listeners are actively weaving a great web for a sustainable culture. As a listener to these deep dialogues, you are aware that, together, we are co-creating a network that fashions a world that works for all. Meditation teacher Dean Sluyter has said: “Sitting in the New Dimensions studio is an incredibly impressive experience – to be surrounded by the archives of the programs, Buckminster Fuller, David Bohm, the Dalai Lama, Joseph Campbell and to be sitting across the table from someone who has interviewed all those people, who represents that kind of wealth of experience and insight, who has been a participant in what could be viewed as one great rich on-going conversation about what the heck is this human life of ours all about. This is an incredibly valuable thing and for that to exist in the world and to be made available throughout the world is fortunate for all of us. I think we all should do everything we can to make sure it keeps happening.” If you, like Dean, feel these conversations are contributing something important to the world right now, we ask you to please become a member/donor and help this work to continue. No donation is too small (or too large). A precious minority of our listenership sustains our program production and distribution with their donations. Can you join them? WE SERIOUSLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT NOW. Click here and pick whatever payment option you like, it only takes a moment. In joy and appreciation, Justine Willis Toms Cofounder, Creative Producer, Host Donate, Join or Renew Special Note: For those who are able to contribute $250 or more we have a thank you gift of a Flashdrive loaded with over 83 programs from the 2020 library of programs.
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Love everybody, and everything, all of the time. Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D. pioneer researcher in parapsychology “This is a quote that I derived from the experiences of people who have had near death encounters and have come back to report on what the afterlife is all about. They tell me consistently that they have an experience of overwhelming love, love beyond any form of human love that interpenetrates them. This is the quote that I say to myself all the time. Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D. founder of the New Thinking Allowed program series found on YouTube. He’s is the recipient of the prestigious Bigelow Institute Award for his essay on parapsychology entitled Beyond the Brain: The Survival off Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death.
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Free Listening Through May 24, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Jeffrey Mishlove is a pioneer in the credible research exploring parapsychology and its implication for understanding the survival of consciousness after physical death. He was diverted in his education from his original field of criminology by a profound dream at which point he switched his field of research to parapsychology. That was in the early 1970s before this was even on the radar of most academicians. Here we explore afterlife investigations such as near death experiences, after death communication, reincarnation, instrumental transcommunication, mediumship, and much more. Mishlove says, “When we talk about survival after death we’re about [whether or not] consciousness is separate from the brain… [T]o the extent that science deliberately ignores this, we are unfortunately, and sadly, and very deliberately, ignoring a very important piece of self-awareness, and, to my way of thinking, if the human race is going to evolve to become what you might think of as a species capable of traveling through the stars, we have to understand hyperspace, that’s how we travel great distances. If we’re going to understand hyperspace, we have to understand consciousness and that means understanding the afterlife. It’s all of a piece.” Program 3753 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Poetry invites us all to awaken to vision, our own creative energies, and the Divine Imagination. Why are beauty and silence necessary for you to have a joyful and meaningful life? Why does Rumi’s poetry continue to move us in this post-modern era? How does poetry support us in life’s most challenging transitions? How does poetry inform the mythic unfolding of our daily lives? The answers to these and many other questions are explored with these four wisdom masters as they share with us in these programs specially selected from the New Dimensions program archive. Rumi: Poet Of Divine Ecstasy with Coleman Barks Program 2013 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Drunk with the Divine, Rumi wrote twenty thousand poems expressing mystical, ineffable love for God. “There is a ferocity in his longing that maybe we don’t understand,” says Barks. Listen in and understand a little better. This is a wondrous, exhilarating look at the exultant poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi, the thirteenth-century Sufi poet, with Coleman Barks. Read more » Poetry: The Unfolding Of What Is Hidden with Jane Hirshfield Program 3410 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Poet Hirshfield points out that many people turn to poetry at great life transitions. Here she reads some of her poems and talks of the inspiration from which they come, and why their metaphors and images speak to us and move us beyond our rational minds and our busy intellect. Read more » Poetry: Medicine For The Soul with Kim Rosen Program 3317 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Learn how poetry gives us solace in our darkest hours and lifts our spirits, with Kim Rosen, author of Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words. As you listen to Ms. Rosen recite her own favorite passages, you’ll feel a shamanic power speaking to your unconscious at a level beyond where any mere words can reach. Read more » Embracing Beauty with John O’Donohue Program 3084 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 In our busy, goal-oriented society we often think of beauty as a luxury. Like so many things that bring us joy – imagination, intimate conversation, moments of silence – we treasure beauty when it appears, then hurry on to more important tasks. In the lyrical language of a poet, O’Donohue points to the value of beauty in difficult times. Read more » Have you subscribed to Spotlight? Get these Spotlight collections on popular themes and keep in touch with New Dimensions here!
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New Dimensions is one of my favorite things. The Sufis call it the deep listening. It is the kind of conversation that goes on between the heart and the mind that New Dimensions is so good at sponsoring. They get people to talk from this deep place. Listening to New Dimensions is a beautiful, tender, and very intelligent way of spending time. Coleman Barks, poet and translator of Rumi, author of many books including Open Secret As a New Dimensions worldwide broadcast listener, you know this programming is sparking the kind of creativity and resilience that is much needed in these times. If you have been moved by a New Dimensions program this year but have not yet made a financial contribution to our on-going broadcasting endeavors please consider making a tax-deductible donation. We depend on the generosity of our listeners. You can make an annual membership donation, set up a secure and reliable monthly RECURRING donation – OR – make a single donation here Justine Willis Toms Co-founder, Host New Dimensions Radio Donate, Join or Renew P.S. Please consider adding New Dimensions to your will or living trust. We would love to welcome you as a legacy donor which honors the philanthropic leadership and vision of individuals who have so thoughtfully provided for the future of New Dimensions through a planned gift.
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Free Listening Through May 17, 2022: Keep listening while you browse! Click on the Pop out player button, above on the right. Loch Kelly uses the metaphor of computer software when talking about an awareness-based way of living and operating. He says, “It’s not a matter of just having these momentary meditation states of freedom and peace of mind. You can actually live from non-conceptual awareness based on an open-hearted sense of being rather than feeling your only option is to live from ego because you’ll be safer. . . the freedom that we’re seeking is already here. It’s already installed; it’s already part of the nature of our human condition. It may even be prior to our human condition in consciousness itself. . .It is a type of awareness available that’s already effortlessly able to focus, that already feels interconnected, that feels a sense of well-being, and a kind of non-fear, non-shame, non-worry and yet is alert and clear. It is an awareness that has access to all of our memories and functioning abilities but it’s a completely different way of feeling about ourselves and therefore a different way of relating to others in the world.” He goes on to describe open-hearted awareness as a direct experience of our interconnectedness and the feeling of being held by the same essence that holds all life. It is a dynamic place that sparkles with life. Kelly says that some describe it as “a child on the first day of summer vacation.” It is beyond head-knowing. It taps into a deeper source of intelligence and wisdom. Program 3569 Description See the full description for this guest’s background, their books, topics covered in this dialogue, and more. Buy Here BUY NOW $1.99 – MP3 DOWNLOAD
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Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Clarissa Pinkola Estes – American poet, Jungian psychoanalyst, storyteller, and author of Women Who Run with the Wolves “Her book, Women Who Run with the Wolves, is a powerful book about the human connection to the wild and the earth. This quote really speaks to me because when I think about the mountain of crises that we’re facing right now and that we address in our book, Order of the Sacred Earth, it’s very overwhelming and it’s very painful and can make you fall into despair and not want to do anything at all. I can identify with that feeling: I can’t do it all so I’m going to do nothing because that’s easier. What’s so inspiring about what she says is you don’t have to worry about the all, you don’t have to always be holding the big picture. All you have to do is find that piece of the world, find that piece of the earth and of our human community that you can give to, that you can heal and reach for. And she says to stretch for it, stretch for that one piece that’s within your grasp. It’s still difficult, it’s still challenging but it’s one step. And then the last part too: The most powerful thing you can do is stand up and show your soul. It’s not all the doing. It’s not all the busyness. It’s not all the action – although that’s incredibly important too – but the root of all that is being in touch with your soul and letting that shine for other people. That makes me question what that looks like for me in my life, what that looks like to show my soul. And I would ask you, what does that look like for you? How can you show your soul? Jennifer Berit Listug is co-director of Order of the Sacred Earth and co-author of Order of the Sacred Earth: An Intergenerational Vision of Love and Action.
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Airing May 4 -10, 2022 Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awareness with Loch KelleyProgram 3569
From Album: Weya
Artist: René Jenkins
2014 VibeTherapy Records, www.VibeTherapy.org
Opening Essay: Track 04 Water Drops
Music Break 1: Track 03 Udu Moi Noodles
Music Break 2: Track 01 Koi
Music Break 3: Track 04 Water Drops (reprise)
Airing May 11 – 17, 2022 The Survival of Human Consciousnesswith Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.DProgram 3753
From Album: Equinoxe
Artist: Jean-Michel Jarre
Polydor #PD-1-6175
Opening Essay: Equinoxe Part 2
Music Break 1: Equinoxe Part 2 (continued)
Music Break 2: Equinoxe Part 3
Music Break 3: Equinoxe Part 3 (continued)
Airing May 18 – 24, 2022 Awakening to the Deep Wisdom Hidden in Classic Literature with Dean SluyterProgram 3755
From Album: Himalayan Nights
Artist: Agni & Howard
1997 Clarity Sound & Light #CSL 02
Opening Essay: Track 01 Dhaulagiri
Music Break 1: Track 02 Annapurna
Music Break 2: Track 03 Kangchenjunga
Music Break 3: Track 04 Nanga Parbat
Airing May 25 – 31, 2022 Accessing A Greater Field Of Universal Wisdom with Colleen Mauro Program 3570
From Album: New Friend
Artist: Eugene Friesen with Paul Halley on Piano
1986 Living Music Records CD #LMRCD-7
Opening Essay: Track 01 First Ride
Music Break 1: Track 01 First Ride (reprise)
Music Break 2: Track 09 Full Circle
Music Break 3: Track 09 Full Circle (reprise)
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I will not die an unlived life
I will not live in fear of
falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
– by Dawna Markova
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Collaborative Intelligence:Thinking With People Who Think Differently
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I’ve had the enormous privilege to spend time for rest and recuperation at Yosemite National Park. In these turbulent and threshold times I find such a noble and awesome landscape a balm to my soul.
Stately as ever, El Capitan’s granite rock face ceaselessly continues in its watchful stillness, guarding the entrance to the valley. Half-Dome perseveres across the ages as its mirror smooth face shines like a beacon in the reflection of the full moon. Happy Isles without fail continues to gurgle and burble joyfully on its way to the sea. Serenity prevails…no cares, no hustle-bustle, no computers, very few cars. Even the bears amble unhurriedly through the seasons as they’ve done for centuries. All is well in this pristine natural cathedral.
Taking time out to be in nature never fails to refresh and renew me on some deep level. It helps to slow me down, gives me a moment to pause to be ever grateful for my life, my friends, and my work.
Is there a place you love; a spot that never fails to renew your spirit as Yosemite does for me? Did you just sigh a deep sigh; is there a smile on your face as you think of it? If so, when was the last time you sojourned to that natural ground of your heart? Is it time to schedule a weekend, a week, or a month in a place that nurtures your soul?
-Justine
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The afternoon of life is just as full of meaning as the morning; only, its meaning and purpose are different…Whoever carries over into the afternoon the law of the morning must pay for it with damage to the soul.
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
“When I saw this simple statement it framed a stage of life for me. It framed my new book. In midlife we’re living a heroic tale, we’re building empires, families, careers, businesses. That is the law of the morning. We’re busy doing, providing, accomplishing. And it may be really enjoyable. But in the law of the afternoon [that activity is] going to change. If we continue those heroic efforts later in life, into the afternoon or evening, what happens to the soul? Can we hear the call of the soul in all that busyness? Can we connect with it? If we don’t have time for self-reflection, if we don’t allow ourselves to slow down, pick up a spiritual practice, do our life completion work, do our emotional repair, what happens to the soul? We see many, many people now who are capable of continuing that heroic journey into their 70s and even 80s. There’s something beautiful about it but there’s also something lost. Because without the tools for self-reflection, we don’t really become an elder. We don’t really make the shift from role to soul. That is what this quote means to me.”
Connie Zweig, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist and author of
The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role To Soul
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Airing May 4 -10, 2022 Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awareness with Loch KelleyProgram 3569
From Album: Weya
Artist: René Jenkins
2014 VibeTherapy Records, www.VibeTherapy.org
Opening Essay: Track 04 Water Drops
Music Break 1: Track 03 Udu Moi Noodles
Music Break 2: Track 01 Koi
Music Break 3: Track 04 Water Drops (reprise)
Airing May 11 – 17, 2022 The Survival of Human Consciousnesswith Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.DProgram 3753
From Album: Equinoxe
Artist: Jean-Michel Jarre
Polydor #PD-1-6175
Opening Essay: Equinoxe Part 2
Music Break 1: Equinoxe Part 2 (continued)
Music Break 2: Equinoxe Part 3
Music Break 3: Equinoxe Part 3 (continued)
Airing May 18 – 24, 2022 Awakening to the Deep Wisdom Hidden in Classic Literature with Dean SluyterProgram 3755
From Album: Himalayan Nights
Artist: Agni & Howard
1997 Clarity Sound & Light #CSL 02
Opening Essay: Track 01 Dhaulagiri
Music Break 1: Track 02 Annapurna
Music Break 2: Track 03 Kangchenjunga
Music Break 3: Track 04 Nanga Parbat
Airing May 25 – 31, 2022 Accessing A Greater Field Of Universal Wisdom with Colleen Mauro Program 3570
From Album: New Friend
Artist: Eugene Friesen with Paul Halley on Piano
1986 Living Music Records CD #LMRCD-7
Opening Essay: Track 01 First Ride
Music Break 1: Track 01 First Ride (reprise)
Music Break 2: Track 09 Full Circle
Music Break 3: Track 09 Full Circle (reprise)
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download.
Airing April 6 – 12, 2022
Toltec Insights And Truths with Don Miguel Ruiz Program 3564 Revisit the four agreements that are steeped in Toltec philosophy and wisdom, as brought to us by don Miguel Ruiz. Be inspired by the new insights he shares with us after suffering a near-fatal heart attack that left him in a coma for nine weeks, during which time he traveled in a dream state between life and death.
Airing April 13 – 19, 2022 Become A Pilgrim And Explore Inner And Outer Wilderness with Brooke WilliamsProgram 3728 Committed advocate of the preservation of wilderness and an explorer of both the outer and inner wilderness, Brooke Williams is constantly looking to understand and experience the value of wild places and what that means for modern humans. Here we explore wildness for ideas, possibilities, and inspiration across the great divide in which we find ourselves as Americans.
Airing April 20 – 26, 2022 A Spiritual Journey Of A Peaceful Warrior with Dan MillmanProgram 3751 This deep dialogue uncovers many spiritual laws in everyday life. Millman gives us a taste of the four mentors who guided him on his spiritual quest. He calls these teachers The Professor, The Guru, The Warrior-Priest, and The Sage. They transmitted practical wisdom and spiritual laws for living wisely and well. These laws are immutable as gravity.
Airing April 27 – May 3, 2022 Becoming A True Wisdom Elder with Connie Zweig, Ph.D.Program 3752 With extended longevity comes a chance to become a true wisdom elder. To leap from adulthood to elderhood we’re challenged to uncover our unconscious denials and resistances around repairing the past and reclaiming our creativity thus revealing ways to discover and share our talents and wisdom to become a force for change in ourselves and in the lives of others.
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I’m a huge New Dimensions fan because we live in a world that’s so often full of little tiny sound bytes, tweets, and texts that don’t let us go very deep. New Dimensions allows us to go as deep as we can in an hour and that’s very, very deep.
Rebecca Solnit, historian, activist
and author of
Hope in the Dark and Orwell’s Roses
I continue to dig deep beyond my fears and despair to what is the most fundamental truth on which to stand that will add, in a positive way, to a better future for all.
Are these deep dialogues, hosted and produced by New Dimensions, providing true nourishment and contributing to a more positive, life-enhancing world?
This is the question I continually ask myself as the immensity of the world in turmoil, flux and change continues to unfold.
How may I add to the good is the question that truly motivates me. How do I navigate the digital landscape for reliable and trustworthy sources?
Please know these questions are active within me as I produce and host the New Dimensions radio programming series.
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As I write this, I’m sitting warm and well fed in the safety and comfort of my apartment as I watch Alexander Prokhorenko, an incredibly courageous and articulate restaurant owner, speaking live from Kyiv on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC on Feb 25, 2022.
His is only one of the many thousands of lives affected by this horror and devastation as he huddles, with a few of his neighbors (most have fled already), in the basement garage of his apartment building as a kind of bunker to protect them from the explosions and gunfire that can be heard even through the walls of the garage.
His English is amazingly good which humbles me because I can only speak one language. But I do know the language of courage and that is the other language that he is speaking—courage in the face of overwhelming danger. The lives of the people of Ukraine are on the precipice of unspeakable harm and peril in the face of this David and Goliath moment. All the world is watching in horror as we see this unfolding on the world stage. Vladimir Putin shattered the peace in Europe by unleashing an invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine. History may rank him with such despicable dictators as Stalin and Hitler, who were willing to subjugate and enslave whole populations.
Mr. Prokhorenko says, “To the world I say, don’t stay aside. We are looking to the world for support. We are a small country compared to Russia. We are waiting for the whole world to support us!”
In the ensuing month since I first wrote this, Ukraine has continued to be under assault. Theatres, hospitals and schools have been bombed and more than three million refugees have abandoned their homes and country for an unknown future.
Blessings to us all and most importantly to Mr. Prokhorenko, his family, all Ukrainians and to their courageous leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his family. May they be safe.
-Justine
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Many spiritual practices guide us in what is known as “waking up.” Even though this process gives us a great sense of freedom and spaciousness, John J. Prendergast suggests that the path to “waking up” is by “waking down.” As we tune into our bodies, we receive messages where our life is incongruent and “out of sorts.” He encourages us to rest our “kind attention” in the heart while breathing naturally and easily. This often brings forth a useful image and will help us to live with more authenticity. Rather than trying to leap over our dark thoughts, he suggests that they can be pointers and allies in the process of living our lives with fullness. He says, “When we discover that fullness, when we’re at home in our self, is when we can be the most service to others and live wisely.”
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Airing April 6 – 12, 2022 Toltec Insights And Truths with Don Miguel Ruiz Program 3564
From Album: A Wish
Artist: Hamza El Din
1999 Sounds True Music #STA M110D
Opening Essay: Track 01 Greetings
Music Break 1: Track 01 Greetings
Music Break 2: Track 04 Griffin 2
Music Break 3: Track 06 Samai Husaini
Airing April 13 – 19, 2022 Become A Pilgrim And Explore Inner And Outer Wilderness with Brooke WilliamsProgram 3728
From Album: Bloom Road
Artist: Dan Kennedy
2015 Mt. Pullux Music #MPM-003
Opening Essay: Track 01 Moonrise
Music Break 1: Track 01 Moonrise (reprise)
Music Break 2: Track 04 Falling
Music Break 3: Track 08 Bloom Road
Airing April 20 – 26, 2022 A Spiritual Journey Of A Peaceful Warrior with Dan MillmanProgram 3751
From Album: Call of the Mystic
Artist: Karunesh
2004 Real Music RM 4159
Opening Essay: Track 01 For the Joy of it All
Music Break 1: Track 02 Hearing You Now
Music Break 2: Track 03 Monsoon’s DanceMusic Break 3: Track 03 Monsoon’s Dance (reprise)
Airing April 27 – May 3, 2022 Becoming A True Wisdom Elder with Connie Zweig, Ph.D.Program 3752
From Album: Homage to Kindness
Artist: David Darling
2019 Hearts of Space Records # 2-HOS-11440
Opening Essay: Track 01 The Beauty of All Things
Music Break 1: Track 02 Homage to Kindness
Music Break 2: Track 03 The Great X
Music Break 3: Track 04 First Impressions
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We need to overcome our biases and prejudices, the ones that have kept us divided in the past. This internal work is crucial as we come together in resistance and transformation.
Naomi Klein, Activist and author of
No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politicsand Winning the World We Need
“I very much like the work of Naomi Klein. I think she’s one of the living prophets of our time and, of course, she has written at length about moving from an exploitive attitude toward the earth to a healthy relationship with the earth. There is a lot of common ground I have with Naomi Klein because we both care about the earth and that’s what the Order of the Sacred Earth is all about. The fact this atheist and femininist talks about our internal work being so crucial for resistance and transformation is part of our common ground.
I love that I’m on the same page, if you will, with Naomi Klein because this is part of the demand of our time in history. We must link with people of diverse ideologies about what we hold in common, what is important, what is ultimately sacred.”
Fr. Matthew Fox, Ph.D. co-author
Order of the Sacred Earth:An Intergenerational Vision of Love and Action
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These books were authored by New Dimensions Radio co-founders, Michael Toms and Justine Willis Toms.
Small Pleasures: Finding Grace in a Chaotic World by Justine Toms
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Published: September 3, 2008
ISBN-10: 1571745866
ISBN-13: 978-1571745866
Buy on Amazon This collection of forty-nine short meditative essays helps readers to turn aside from their chaotic lives for a while to experience grace and possibility in the small, critically important things in life. Author Justine Toms divides the book into five sections, each with essays that draw upon her many connections and her wealth of experiences. Read more >>
True Work: Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do by Michael Toms and Justine Willis Toms
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Published: March 2, 1999
ISBN-10: 0609802127
ISBN-13: 978-0609802120
Buy on Amazon Here is wisdom for the workplace from the husband-and-wife team of the nationally syndicated public radio series New Dimensions, which airs each week on more than 300 stations and is often described as “Bill Moyers on radio.” Their book looks at work as service and as a spiritually sustaining activity that promotes healing. It is brimful with stories and helpful techniques. Read more >>
An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms by Michael Toms
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Published: May 23, 1990
ISBN-10: 0060972955
ISBN-13: 978-0060972950
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An Open Life is a conversation with Joseph Campbell that distills the mature wisdom and eclectic spiritual thinking of this world-renowned scholar and mythologist. Campbell and author Toms converse amiably about Campbell’s fundamental thoughts and beliefs — a joyous exchange of ideas between friends and mutual admirers. Read more >>
The Wisdom of Joseph Campbellby Michael Toms
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Published: April 15, 2005
ISBN-10: 1401904432
ISBN-13: 978-1401904432
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On this compact disc, Campbell brings us in touch with our mythic heritage, as he and Toms generate an infectious excitement as they explore the far reaches of meaning and thought. In these stimulating conversations, central questions in humanity’s quest for meaning, understanding, and knowledge of the spiritual universe in which we live are explored. Read more >>
At The Leading Edgeby Michael Toms
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Published: April 15, 1991
ISBN-10: 0943914515
ISBN-13: 978-0943914510
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Fourteen landmark interviews toward a saner, wiser, and more reverent human world – including, as Bernie Siegel states in his forward, some of “the foremost thinkers in the fields of science, spirituality, creativity, ecology, individuality, cosmology, consciousness, and evolution.” Read more >>
A Time For Choices: Deep Dialogues for Deep Democracyby Michael Toms
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Published: September 1, 2002
ISBN-10: 0865714746
ISBN-13: 978-0865714748
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Compiled from a series of forty-two fascinating interviews conducted by Michael Toms after September 11, 2001 with people who are noteworthy for their worldly awareness and insightful commentary. Presents a remarkably clear picture of the decisions that American citizens face, as well as some visions of how Americans can help create a better America. Read more >>
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download.
Airing April 6 – 12, 2022 Toltec Insights And Truths with Don Miguel Ruiz Program 3564 Revisit the four agreements that are steeped in Toltec philosophy and wisdom, as brought to us by don Miguel Ruiz. Be inspired by the new insights he shares with us after suffering a near-fatal heart attack that left him in a coma for nine weeks, during which time he traveled in a dream state between life and death.
Airing April 13 – 19, 2022 Become A Pilgrim And Explore Inner And Outer Wilderness with Brooke WilliamsProgram 3728 Committed advocate of the preservation of wilderness and an explorer of both the outer and inner wilderness, Brooke Williams is constantly looking to understand and experience the value of wild places and what that means for modern humans. Here we explore wildness for ideas, possibilities, and inspiration across the great divide in which we find ourselves as Americans.
Airing April 20 – 26, 2022 A Spiritual Journey Of A Peaceful Warrior with Dan MillmanProgram 3751 This deep dialogue uncovers many spiritual laws in everyday life. Millman gives us a taste of the four mentors who guided him on his spiritual quest. He calls these teachers The Professor, The Guru, The Warrior-Priest, and The Sage. They transmitted practical wisdom and spiritual laws for living wisely and well. These laws are immutable as gravity.
Airing April 27 – May 3, 2022 Becoming A True Wisdom Elder with Connie ZweigProgram 3752 With extended longevity comes a chance to become a true wisdom elder. To leap from adulthood to elderhood we’re challenged to uncover our unconscious denials and resistances around repairing the past and reclaiming our creativity thus revealing ways to discover and share our talents and wisdom to become a force for change in ourselves and in the lives of others.
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Michael Meade, raconteur of the highest order, has the ability to tap into ancestral sources of wisdom and reveal to us our soul’s original agreement as we walk our pilgrim’s path. Along with you, we sit at the feet of Meade as he beguiles us with his opening words, “Once upon a time.” We are transported into mythic realms that are grounded in the here and now. You’ll want to listen and relisten to these tales of wisdom in these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive.
Mythic Storytelling And The Ends Of Time with Michael Meade Program 3243 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99
We hear about the “ends of time” not only from religious quarters but from scientists as well. Could these many endings carry a different meaning without fear, and an opportunity for deeper understanding? Meade believes that the role of storytelling holds mythic truths and taps into imagination that reveals the beginnings amongst the endings. Read more »
Re-Creating The World with Michael Meade Program 3448 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99
Even though it may seem like the end of things, Meade reminds us there are always beginnings embedded in the endings. He takes us on a mythological journey that tips the world towards renewal and says, “Why not find our own thread even in the midst of uncertainty and pain and learn how to weave and create?” Read more »
A Crisis Of Truth And Meaning, Recovering Soul In Times Of Change with Michael Meade Program 3652 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99
This deep dialogue is rich with metaphors, bringing a sharp focus to imaginative healing possibilities for these threshold times. Meade regales us with many myths that illustrate how we can heal the multiple cracks in the world by finding our own gifts, our own ways to work meaningfully in the world, and how we can pour our gold into the cracks of the world.Read more »
Looking For The Deeper And Greater Unities with Michael Meade Program 3718 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99
Meade, once more, shares with us a cornucopia of myths, including Jason and the Argonauts, as we explore this dangerous and narrow passage we are entering in our collective history. He points out that, even with opposing viewpoints, we are all traveling together in one ship and that mythic imagination will carry us successfully forward during these threshold times. Read more »
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New Dimensions is committed now, more than ever, to bring deep dialogues for these most challenging times. In the ‘70s we thought the changing of an age would be easy. We were wrong. It is chaotic and full of surprises and we have learned that despair is not an option. New Dimensions continues to be faithful in producing relevant programming that includes voices and visions of inspiration, practical wisdom, and grounded actions that will aid both our spiritual practice , our inner work and activism in our communities and the world.
Bill Moyers, American broadcast journalist, political commentator, and guest on New Dimensions, has this to say about the relevance of New Dimensions:
“In this day of fortune-cookie philosophies and bumper-sticker politics, it is refreshing to find a sanctuary for sustained conversation where two people truly communicate, with a large audience leaning across the electronic sofa eavesdropping. New Dimensions is a safe haven for that kind of sharing.”
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Airing March 2 – 8, 2022 The Travel Adventures Of An Intrepid Spiritual Seekerwith Ralph WhiteProgram 3557 Ralph White’s life reads like some sort of Indiana Jones story with a spiritual flavor. He grew up on the coast of Wales and then moved to a grimy industrial city on Northern England. You’ll be enthralled by his amazing tales of travels to New York, Chicago, Vancouver, Peru, Ecuador, Tibet, Russia, and more. In between he established The Open Center in New York.
Airing March 9 – 15, 2022 From Religiosity To Spirituality with Father Matthew Fox, Ph.D. Program 3560 Fox’s spiritual enthusiasm has taken him beyond the dogma of the Catholic Church, and for this he’s been censored by the Vatican and ultimately expelled from the order of the Dominicans. However, this has not stilled his voice for a mystical theology that speaks to the heart of seekers of a numinous sacred experience.
Airing March 16 – 22, 2022 A Heroine’s Journey With Authentic Indigenous Healers with Marie-Rose Phan-Lé Program 3561 The legacy of authentic indigenous healing practices and traditional shamanism is disappearing. Marie-Rose Phan-Lê is doing her part to preserve this precious human resource, which has gifts to give humankind in these challenging times. She has traveled the world seeking healers who have been trained in some of the most ancient healing traditions on the planet.
Airing March 23 – 29, 2022
Collaboration: A New Currency For A New Erawith Dawna Markova, Ph.D. and Angie McArthur Program 3562 A “mind share economy” is all about collaboration where the currency is ideas. The more ideas you share with each other the richer all of you are. A “market share economy” is based on the premise that the more of something you have and the less someone else has, what you have is more valuable. This sets up a culture of competition, and creativity suffers.
Airing March 30 – April 5, 2022 Tap Into Your Inner Knowing Through The Body with John J. Prendergast, Ph.D.Program 3563 Many spiritual practices guide us in what is known as “waking up.” Even though this process gives us a great sense of freedom and spaciousness, Prendergast suggests that the path to “waking up” is by “waking down.” Tuning into our body often brings forth a useful image, and will help us to live with more authenticity.
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These four Programs are specially selected from our archive and will cover such topics as the fierce power of the feminine to speak truth to power to how feminine energies need the penetrating energies of the masculine—From leadership beyond hierarchy to the “Superwoman” syndrome. Tune in to these powerful and inspiring women as they explore the sacred feminine which both men and women embody.
Urgent Message: Gather The Women with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.Program 3101 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Informed by the Sacred Feminine, which both women and men embody into consciousness and culture, Bolen wants every child in the world to be wanted, to be fed, to be safe, to have healthcare. She speaks of realms of empathy, connectedness, and nurturing, and how, at this time, our world needs the combined qualities of each of these. Read more »
Beyond Dependence with Sue Patton TheoleProgram 2131 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Creativity and freedom come when we break the bonds of dependence and allow ourselves to stand as whole human beings without the need of external and artificial supports. This is everyone’s challenge, but especially so for women, since their voices and energy are so needed now, according to Thoele, a psychotherapist. Read more »
Outrageous Women with Elizabeth Debold, Ph.D.Program 3104 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 It wasn’t that long ago that every woman wore a girdle. My, how things have changed. We got rid of the girdles and made a declaration of independence from patriarchy—and now struggle to find a way to be powerful and compassionate, proactive and creative, without repeating the mistakes of the old paradigm. It’s a shift of evolutionary proportions. Read more »
Exploring The Sacred Feminine with Lisa SchraderProgram 3630 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 Shakti, the feminine lifeforce energy that marries with our well-honed masculine skills, can fuel our creative endeavors. Our inner resources are like a tree, needing to be grounded like roots, giving and receiving love from the heart like the trunk of the tree. Connecting with spirit can be akin to the branches reaching upwards. Read more »
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I think of New Dimensions as bringing spiritual, psychological, soulful people and information to corners of the world and this country that would otherwise never be exposed to the wisdom and depth that really is available. I know that the late Michael and also Justine’s life work is (and was) to do what they came for in the bigger picture of soul work and of making a difference. As listeners we are privileged to hear content, emotions, and ideas that are deeply real and can touch our souls. When I tune into New Dimensions, I don’t know exactly what I will be hearing but I do know that my heart, mind, and spirit are likely to be stretched as I hear someone interviewed who has explored their work in depth. Justine Willis Toms’ perceptive questions and way of relating draws out the speaker in very interesting and often unpredictable ways. In this way we are all in this together.
Jean Shinoda Bolen, her many books include:
Goddesses in EverywomanArtemis: The Indomitable Spirit in EverywomanUrgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World
As this spotlight features the way of the feminine, I hope we can all join together this month to honor women and their leadership toward a more conscious, loving, creative, peaceful, and communicative future.
Since the passing of Michael Toms in 2012 Justine has taken the reins of New Dimensions most capably. As a team member since its inception in 1973, I’ve been delighted to see her grow into such a superb leader and broadcast host.
I wholeheartedly support Justine and the contributions she and New Dimensions have made to my life and the life of countless others. So I’m inviting you to support our work by contributing financially as generously as you can.
Sincerely,
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Filmmaker, writer, and Operations Manager of New Dimensions Radio
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The legacy of authentic indigenous healing practices and traditional shamanism is disappearing. Marie-Rose Phan-Lê is doing her part to preserve this precious human resource, which has gifts to give humankind in these challenging times. She has traveled the world seeking healers who have been trained in some of the most ancient healing traditions on the planet. This dialogue covers a few of the highlights of her travels to Hawaii, Nepal, Peru, and other places of healing. Early on in her heroine’s journey she was brought in front of the camera by the Hawaiian Kahuna, Papa K. This changed her life and allowed us to be witness to her most profound journey, as depicted in her documentary and companion book. She says, “That was the moment where I crossed the line from behind the camera to in front of the camera. I left the ordinary world and there was no turning back.” Every healer she encountered gave her a gift and entrusted her with their stories. In this rich and deep dialogue, she brings these stories back to us.
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There are no good artists, there are no bad artists. There are just those who really do it.
College Art Teacher
“I think back to an art teacher I had when I was in college and I quote him often. He said to me one day, ‘Anodea, there are no good artists, there are no bad artists. There are just those who really do it.’ In other words, if you’re drawing a hand, you really draw the hand. You don’t just make five little bumps. You draw the fingernail. You look up in an anatomy book what it’s like. I realized that applies to everything, whether you’re doing yoga, cooking, writing a book, or building a house. No matter what you’re doing, you can pretend to do it or you can really do it. If I’m writing a book, I really have to do the research; I really have to study writing; I have to really do it. I can’t play at it. So, whatever you’re really doing, you can become good at. That’s the difference between mediocrity and genius. “
Anodea Judith,Ph.D., author of *Charge and the Energy Body:
The Vital Key to Healing Your Life, Your Chakras and Your Relationships*
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What happens to our conscious self after we die? Is death merely another stage in the life of the soul or spirit? Here are four programs from the New Dimensions archive that speak to such subjects as: What is a near death experience? Does reincarnation exist? What are the gifts of a near death experience?… and more.
Spiritual Beings In A Material World with Charles Tart, Ph.D. Program 3309MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
Facing the conflict between materialistic science and spirituality, and bringing the reality of human spirituality into the public discourse, is the work and the mission of Charles Tart. He shares scientific evidence for reincarnation, telepathy, psychic healing, and more. Read more »
Gifts From A Near Death Experience with David Bennett **Program 3430
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Gentle and unassuming, Bennett shares his fascinating story of coming back from death after drowning as well as his healing from stage IV cancer. In this dialogue he reveals: How he met his soul family, his experience of his life’s review, how to move out of worry or regret, and how to best hear spirit in the cacophony of modern life. Read more »
The Redemptive Power Of A Near Death Experience with Rajiv Parti, M.D.
**Program 3596
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Until his NDE, material success was of utmost importance to Dr. Parti. He routinely disregarded stories his patients told him about their spiritual experiences during surgery until he, himself, experienced his own spiritual awakening in an NDE. Hear his profound tale of traveling to the Hell realm, meeting his spirit guides, finding forgiveness, and melding with the light. Read more »
The Survival Of Consciousness with Stanislav Grof, M.D. & Ph.D. and Willis Harman, Ph.D. Program 2446 MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
This is a compelling dialogue with two researchers, who have devoted their lives to exploring the questions related to survival of consciousness after death and experiences of non-ordinary consciousness. R*ead more »*
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Former guest Anthony Lawlor shared this wonderful story with us.
“One night I was driving through Iowa and Michael Toms was interviewing David Whyte on New Dimensions. They were talking about Dante. I was in the mid-point of my life and had come to a [metaphoric] dark wood. This conversation was so resonant with where I was at in my life; it was such a gift to hear that discussion about the human experience. I had never thought about it in that way. But,you know, it was just absolutely vital to my life experience.
Anthony Lawlor, architect and author of
The Temple in the House: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Architecture
and A Home for the Soul: A Guide to Dwelling with Spirit and Imagination
We know others who heard significant information on New Dimensions when they found themselves at a turning point in their lives. I sincerely believe there is an invisible hand, some call it spirit and others call it the great mystery, which uses New Dimensions in synchronistic ways to speak to the soul. Lives change, the heart is moved, eyes are opened to a new path. That is why this program series deserves to be supported. Consciousness is changing for the better and New Dimensions is one of the beacons lighting the way.
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Airing March 2 – 8, 2022 The Travel Adventures Of An Intrepid Spiritual Seekerwith Ralph WhiteProgram 3557
From Album: Journey Between
Artist: Baka Beyond
1998 Rycodisk – Hannibal #HNCD 1415
Opening Essay: Track 05 Cotu
Music Break 1: Track 06 Land’s End
Music Break 2: Track 04 Konti
Music Break 3: Track 08 Queen of Ngorongoro
Airing March 9 – 15, 2022 From Religiosity To Spirituality with Father Matthew Fox, Ph.D. Program 3560 From Album: Cymbalom Solos
Artist: Michael Masley
1995 Supersaturated Records-002
Opening Essay: Track 01 Soleil
Music Break 1: Track 07 The Sea As Moon-Launched Mirror
Music Break 2: Track 02 Sleepdance: On Leaves of Water
Music Break 3: Track 03 Music To Look For Something Lost By
Airing March 16 – 22, 2022 A Heroine’s Journey With Authentic Indigenous Healers with Marie-Rose Phan-Lé Program 3561
From Album: Hidden Sky
Artist: Jami Sieber
2004 Out Front Music #OFM 1010
Opening Essay: Track 01 Maenam
Music Break 1: Track 09 Hidden Sky
Music Break 2: Track 09 Hidden Sky (reprise)Music Break 3: Track 11 Arms of the Mother
Airing March 23 – 30, 2022 Collaboration: A New Currency For A New Erawith Dawna Markova and Angie McArthurProgram 3562
From Album: Beautiful Wasteland
Artist: Capercaillie
1998 Survival Records #RCD 10441
Opening Essay: Track 09 Kepplehall
Music Break 1: Track 01 M’Ionam
Music Break 2: Track 06 Co Ni Mire Rium
Music Break 3: Track 09 Kepplehall
Airing March 30 – April 5, 2022 Tap Into Your Inner Knowing Through The Body with John J. Prendergast, Ph.D.Program 3563
From Album: Planet Passion
Artist: Ancient Future
2001 Ancient Future #AF – 2010
Opening Essay: Track 01 Simsimay Panima
Music Break 1: Track 04 I met Her In the Medowe.b
Music Break 2: Track 05 Ocean of Love
Music Break 3: Track 01 Simsimay Panima (reprise)
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Every day has a moment of eternity trying to reach you.
William Blake
“Imagine each day, despite the news on CNN, despite the devastation of storms, despite all the suffering in the world which we have to acknowledge as part of our witnessing of the world that every day has a moment of eternity trying to awaken before us. This is important as we go through these dark times. I don’t think there’s a quick fix for this, but we have to be connected to the eternal or the divine, whatever you want to call it, the ecstatic. If we don’t have that touch of the eternal that awakens this deep connection to life’s capacity to renew itself all the time, we can get lost in the darkness of what’s going on and feel discouraged which really means to lose heart and to lose spirit. So, I say it to myself a lot, “Every day has a moment of eternity waiting for me, waiting for you. Let’s make sure we catch that moment.”
Michael Meade, Storyteller, activist,
and author of
Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World
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The “Airing” dates below indicate when radio stations air our programs. FREE LISTENING for each program is available for two weeks following the initial air date. Just go to our Home Page and scroll down to Free Listening. All of these featured MP3 programs are one hour long, and are available for purchase and download.
Airing February 2 – 8, 2022 An Integral View of Spiritual Experience with Steve McIntosh, J.D.Program 3559 A spiritual experience has been described by some as an encounter with the presence of the infinite within our finite universe of time and space. It takes on many forms and can be conceived of in a wide variety of ways. In his integral view, McIntosh challenges us to hold two seemingly paradoxical worldviews: an infinite, nondual universe and a personal God.
Airing February 9 – 15, 2022 We Are Not Who We Think We Are with Peter Coyote Program 3749 Coyote explores the practice of meditation to catch a glimpse of who we truly are. His mask workshops provide for the possibility of “the disappearance of your everyday self [along with] self-criticism, self-consciousness, and a sense of shame…[allowing for] absolute freedom.” It allows us to experience Buddha’s idea of no fixed self.
Airing February 16 – 22, 2022 Wiccan Magic: A Coincidence Cooperation with Cerridwen FallingstarProgram 3747 Wicca is the art of sensing energy and flowing with it. In reality everything changes, everything is moving, and interdependent. An avowed Wiccan Priestess talks about this much maligned form of spiritual practice and celebrations. It’s a form of spirituality that understands that everything is alive and is communicating with you when you develop ears and heart to hear.
Airing February 23 – March 1, 2022 Wetiko: The Deceptive Mind-Virus Of The Psychewith Paul LevyProgram 3748 Wetiko is known by many names in many different traditions. It’s a collective psychosis found within the psyche. This psychological force within the unconscious mind feeds off separation and polarization and predisposes us toward unwholesome impulses such as the thirst for power and control, greed, and jealousy. The good news is that the cure is also found within us.
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Why is optimism good for the brain? How may we avoid technology overload and learn to focus on what is truly important to us? What is neuroplasticity and how can it help prevent dementia? Do the different sides of our brain see the world differently? Can we actually alter the structure of our brains to focus on the good? These and many other subjects are explored in these four programs specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive.
Controlling Your Genetic Blueprint with Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. Program 3093MP3 DownloadBuy here $1.99
Bruce Lipton and other cellular biologists have discovered that our genetic blueprint is not static. While our genes do not change, the way they are expressed may be very much within our control. He tells us, “Cells need the brain to interpret the world and feed back to them what they should be doing to keep this whole system alive and floating.” Read more »
Unleash Your Brain Power As You Age with Michael J. Gelb, Ph.D. **Program 3429
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Unlike our knees and hips, our brains improve with age. This dialogue includes: neuroplasticity, how improving our brain power can prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, why optimism is good for the brain and enhances resilience, the benefits of challenging the brain to do something new, the benefits of meditation on the brain, and more. Read more »
A Brain That Knows How To Be Happy with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
**Program 3336
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Hanson reminds us that we have enormous power, not only to change our frame of mind but also to physically alter our body and even the structure of our brain by taking charge of our thoughts. Learn to retrain your brain from its default position of suffering. Hanson is author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence. Read more »
A Healthy More Resilient Brain with Brant Cortright, Ph.D. **Program 3554
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Brant Cortright brings brain research into a new dimension by putting it into a holistic health context. Cortright’s lessons about brain health incorporate body, heart, mind, and spirit. He clarifies some common misconceptions, and shares how we can help our brains thrive and grow, including what we might be doing to unknowingly cause harm. R*ead more »*
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David Isaacs, co-author with his partner Juanita Brown of The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter, has said, “In a world that is deeply challenging, I believe New Dimensions is a very important force in presenting programming that relates stories that share hope, possibility, contribution, and service in the world. The stories of despair, suffering, and destruction are myriad so, more than ever, we need the kinds of discourse heard on New Dimensions that rightly gives people a sense that ‘I can do something. I can participate, I can engage in activities in my own home, my own community to make a difference in this world.’“
As a valued listener, you know that New Dimensions is an antidote to the temptation to wallow in despair, as we strive to filter out the partial truths that corporate media is consistently and relentlessly pumping out. With fierce determination, New Dimensions beams out seeds of resistance to the foreclosure of the pleasure of living. We must not stand around moping and paralyzed with fear. We know there is another path and the weekly New Dimensions broadcasts are pointing a way to that path.
Please stand with us by making a financial contribution to ensure that New Dimensions continues to bring these life-enhancing dialogues to the air. If 300 listeners committed to give $30 a month, New Dimensions would be able to meet its monthly expenses. Your commitment to an automatic monthly donation of whatever amount, no matter how small (or large), is greatly appreciated. If a monthly donation is not possible, whatever amount you can contribute is welcomed.
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Airing February 2 – 8, 2022 An Integral View of Spiritual Experience with Steve McIntoshProgram 3559
From Album: Roots – The Solo Piano Album
Artist: Laurie Z.
1997 Zebra Productions #ZP-0103
Opening Essay: Track 04 For the Love of a Child
Music Break 1: Track 10 Invisibility
Music Break 2: Track 06 From the Ashes
Music Break 3: Track 04 For the Love of a Child
Airing February 9 – 15, 2022 We Are Not Who We Think We Are with Peter Coyote Program 3749
From Album: Music for Zen Meditation
Artist: Tony Scott
Opening Essay: Track 01 Is All Not One?
Music Break 1: Track 03 A Quivering Leaf Ask The Winds
Music Break 2: Track 06 Za Zen (Meditation)
Music Break 3: Track 08 Sanzen (Moment Of Truth)
Airing February 16 – 22, 2022 Wiccan Magic: A Coincidence Cooperation with Cerridwen FallingstarProgram 3747 From Album: Eirlandia
Artist: Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning
Opening Essay: Track 03 Oran Môr
Music Break 1: Track 04 A Wonder Voyage
Music Break 2: Track 07 Tara Hill
Music Break 3: Track 06 Under the Summer Stars
Airing February 23 – March 1, 2022 Wetiko: The Deceptive Mind-Virus Of The Psychewith Paul LevyProgram 3748
From Album: Prairie Runner
Artist: Jeff Ball
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Opening Essay: Track 03 Red & Blue
Music Break 1: Track 04 Eye of the Storm
Music Break 2: Track 05 Awakening
Music Break 3: Track 10 Burn
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It was one of those tragic efforts, like repainting your half of a dilapidated double house.
F. Scott Fitzerald’s Journal
“This reminds me that when you’re going to undertake something, you have to make sure that the whole field is available for your care and your consideration. If you try to tack something on what someone else has done carelessly there’s no amount of good. It’s like putting lipstick on a pig. So, it always warns me to be careful about what I’m going to do.”
Peter Coyote, Actor and Zen Priest
Author of
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha
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Zen priest and actor Peter Coyote gives us a concise description of Buddhism and the pursuit of enlightenment as “[T]he wisdom that transcends likes and dislikes.” He also has conceived and conducts mask workshops that offer improvisational mask games as a way to see more clearly into a deeper wisdom available to us when we manage to put our small egoic mind on hold and get out of our own way beyond our normal attachments and habits. Woven throughout this deep dialogue is his description of the light-hearted parable of an overweight and out of work Lone Ranger and Tonto who meet Buddha and experience spiritual awakening. Here we explore the practice of meditation and how it can assist us in catching a glimpse of who we truly are. He says of the benefits of his 40 years conducting mask workshops is that the neutral mask makes it possible for, “the disappearance of your everyday self [along with] self-criticism, self-consciousness, and a sense of shame…[allowing for] absolute freedom.” It allows us to experience Buddha’s idea of no fixed self. He goes on to say that if we “want to recapture the feeling of lightness and freedom, we need to learn how to meditate and understand a Buddhist description of reality.”
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The average human lifespan in the US has increased from 47 years in 1900 to 80 years today. Yet, we are drowning in a torrent of advertisements that sell products that promise to reduce the very idea of aging. Even as we live in a culture that is bent on avoiding aging, there exists an enormous potential for cultural change as the generation of the sixties become the elder generation. The New Dimensions’ guest, Ron Pevny, aptly describes becoming an elder as entering a liminal time. “We’re not who we have been, we’re not clear who we’re becoming, but the seeds of possibility are there…It could be a time of feeling lost [because] there aren’t road maps and no clear markers. We can feel that we will be stuck here forever. However, it is out of this ground of being in which wonderful new beginnings and new clarity can emerge.” These four programs, specially selected from the New Dimensions Archive, open us up to the exciting gifts and possibilities of eldering into our wisdom years.
Aging: A Tender and Ferocious Time with Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D. Program 3484 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99 When a realization flashes into our consciousness that we are aging, we tend to tighten up with fear. Negative images of our parents, grandparents, and friends loom before us. Anderson counsels to move from that gripping fear into curiosity. She shares poignant stories about elders and luminaries such as Marion Woodman. This is a deeply personal and moving conversation. Read more »
Aging and Sage-ing with Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. Program 3116 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99
Our culture is bent on avoiding aging. The problem with that is every one of us is aging every day. Arrien points to the enormous possibilities for cultural change as we come into our wisdom years. She opens a gateway to personal possibility and an affirmation that we truly can look ahead to the best years of our lives. Read more »
The Difference Between Elderhood and Growing Olderwith Diana Percy
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Becoming an elder can be a time of great creativity and contribution. This deep dialogue explores what it means to be to be proactive in approaching aging and becoming an elder in the 21st century. Percy’s research points out that growing older does not mean we can no longer actualize new and healthier futures. These years may be our most influential ones yet. Read more »
Conscious Eldering with Ron Pevny Program 3617 MP3 Download Buy here $1.99
Pevny shares the three phases of coming into elderhood: severance, neutral zone, and reincorporation. We need to sever ourselves from old identities in healthy and honoring ways. Then we enter a neutral zone where the seeds of possibility are gestating. He encourages us to deepen our spirituality so that we can move into reincorporation. Read more »
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A spiritual experience has been described by some as an encounter with the presence of the infinite within our finite universe of time and space. It takes on many forms and can be conceived of in a wide variety of ways. Here Steve McIntosh addresses such questions as: How do we gain a deeper understanding of such a spiritual experience and why is it important? What does understanding our spiritual experiences have to do with our evolving consciousness? And what is evolutionary spiritualty? From the materialistic science point of view, spiritual experiences are limited to chemical firings in our brain. However, McIntosh believes that spiritual experience is one of the most direct and powerful pieces of evidence for the reality of spirit. He points out, “Every instance of authentic beauty, truth, and goodness is a spiritual experience. Unpacking how and why those values are authentic expressions of the infinite within the finite can expand our understanding of how spiritual experience can do good work in the world, and how it can evolve our own consciousness and grow us spiritually.” McIntosh challenges us to hold two seemingly paradoxical worldviews: an infinite, nondual universe and a personal God. One of our natural tendencies is to embrace one pole and to try to invalidate the other. However, one of the technologies of integral thinking is the ability to see interdependent polarities. He goes on to posit, “We can begin to work with this polarity of theism and nonduality in a way that both sides can true each other up, both sides can allow each other to be more fully what they are… there’s a procreative tension between the two… we don’t need to … pick a winner, nor do we have to say it’s all true and it’s a paradox and that’s it.”
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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine properly should proceed thus: in the first place to consider the seasons of the year, and what effects each of them produces, for they are not at all alike but differ much from themselves in regard to their changes.
Hippocrates (BC 460-377)
“This quote inspired me to write my first book, Staying Healthy with the Seasons. It tuned me in to traditional Chinese medicine, the cycles, and to write a book that said: Let’s get back to nature. This book first came out in 1981 and I’m proud to say that it is still in print and popular with people because the message is eternal. Paying attention to the earth, honoring the earth, and primarily eating from the earth as well as paying attention to your own rhythms, is primary. I’ve been called a cycleologist because I study cycles, rhythms, astronomy, and all those things that have to do with cycles. I’m aware of the moon and the sun and the whole lunar cycle. It’s been fun to embrace the natural world as part of the healing process.”
Elson Haas, M.D. is an
integrative medicine practitioner
with more than four decades of experience.
He’s the author of many books and
the Founder and Director of
Haas Health Online and the
Preventative Medical Center of Marinin Northern California
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