Finding Meaning: Recent Episodes
Skip Rushing
When we decide who we are compared to someone else. Compared to their religion, politics, their beliefs we inevitably fall into dualism and what is called othering!
We spend a good deal of time trying to convince ourselves of our identity. We do that through what the world, and who the world tells us to be. When in fact, real identity comes from an inward journey.
When we become self-aware, we become aware of our own toxicity. When we become aware of our own toxicity, we become a aware of others. How do we deal with that?
Other people place a narrative on you. They do so in order to find their identity. Often, we place narratives on other people to find our identity.
We have based our realistic reality in the notion of hierarchy. What would it look like otherwise?
We are taught that life is a transaction. Good behavior for an easy life, that’s what we’re taught. We are shocked when we find out it doesn’t work that way. Take a listen thanks
What does it mean to really be successful as a human? We are told when we are a little, we can be anything we want. However, what we need to be told is, who we truly are. Which is love
There is a physical chemical aspect to spiritual growth. And although I am not a brain scientist, here is my take on what that means.
When we live out of our authentic, loving self, we produce a way of life that is in line with our purpose, and who we truly are. That creates a life that is less fearful, and less drama filled. This is not new news folks. It is the truth of who we truly are.
Can we engage in the institutions after we discover our own authenticity? I tackle that question in this episode
We are surrounded with clues, language, and indications that there’s a reality bigger than us. The language of reality is inspiration and metaphor. Take a listen thanks
Have you ever wondered why people will believe really extreme ideas? We will revisit PPP in this episode to get an understanding of how people can buy into extreme notions to find identity
As Jesus said, we need to be in the world, but not of it. We have to find a healthy separation from the world in order to help the world find itself.
The description is in the title, my friends. In order to find meaning we need to let go, forgive and not judge. Hard stuff!
You will hear and I hope you have always heard one theme in these podcasts. That is first we live in a false reality created of our own ignorance and secondly, the way out of that reality is love.
What is the purpose of life? What is the goal of life? What is the goal of this podcast? What is the goal of spirituality? Here is my answer. Thanks
We live in a reality that we have constructed made up of winners and losers. This idea is not in line with love and authenticity.
One of the pitfalls of spirituality is that we can become convinced that we know everything. We do not! There is a vast reality and a vast mystery to who we are, that we must plumb.
Have you ever wondered why you meet people who are super kind, super loving and then they go to a religious community or believe in a political thought that is opposite of love and kindness? Take a listen.
As we grow, spiritually, we develop things like the capacity to love, the capacity for empathy, the capacity for compassion, the capacity for generosity. Another aspect of what we developed is our deep intuition. Knowing that we know. Take a listen thanks
We truly believe that because we believe it, it must be true. We often find out if that’s not true. We are creatures of belief, but our beliefs must be based in experience and provable, demonstrable, love!!!
Where does the human propensity to harm the other come from? Where does the violence we often legitimize come from? Where does the very worse of our behavior come from?
In order to fully understand what is real one must experience what is real. Otherwise, it’s a concept. One of the goals of the spiritual journey is to put ourselves in a place to experience the transcendent, so as to transcend the false reality we have created
In the false reality, we have learned to determine our identity by comparing ourselves to others. Which intern leads to more false identity. Take a listen thanks
If love, kindness, generosity, and awareness is a part of what it means to be authentic then surely hope must be included
We are formed by how this world/humanity lives and behaves. And were ignorant for the most part that we are formed by the way of the world.
If true reality and authentic reality are about love and kindness. Then the false reality is built in dualism and separation.
Happy third anniversary to Finding Meaning. This is the episode where I talk about the seed of thought that brought Finding Meaning to fruition.
Our spiritual growth comes from knowing that we do not know everything. When we are exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking that reflect our authenticity, we’re often surprised. And that’s a good surprise.
We live in a world that teaches us to pretend. Pretend to be something we’re not, pretend to be people we are not. We learn that to get along in a false reality. Being authentic is being you, authentically you in every circumstance.
How often have we human beings been offered the truth of who we are? How often have we rejected that truth?
Today we begin a weeklong journey towards the third anniversary of our podcast Finding Meaning.
If we look closely, and if we pay attention, we can see outside of the falsely created reality that we live in.
One must experience the qualities of authenticity in order to share the qualities of authenticity. Take a listen thanks
We always have to remember that the foolishness, the stupidness, and the ignorance of this world is based in the manifestation of thinking. The question is, what’s at the basis of the thinking. When we figure that out we become less judgmental.
When we discover authentic spirituality, we discover that what we thought was spiritual wasn’t. Authentic spirituality is about the discovering of truest self. Not of lofty religious concepts, but of authenticity.
We live in a world where people have learned to be the people they are. As we grow spiritually we find ourselves outside of that. How do we live with that?
As ancient philosophy says, the journey of 1000 miles begins with one step. It begins with one question! Finding our authentic self begins with one simple question. Take a listen.
To be spiritual, to be human, to be human is to be spiritual. We have from time and memorial try to deny our humanity and call it spiritual. When in fact, it is the embracing our humanity that leads to enlightenment in my opinion.
In this episode, we look at practical spiritual disciplines of behavior that can lead us to finding our authenticity.
This is my most succinct explanation of spirituality through the lens of Finding Meaning. Enjoy! Thanks for listening.
As we grow, spiritually, we discover that we don't have to control, we don't have to be the center of the universe. People are the way they are and we are the way we are. No judgment.
Life is spiritual and spirituality is a journey. The question is what are we looking for and where are we looking?
Three years ago when I began this podcast, it was named the matrix has you. It is still true today that the matrix has us.
And this episode we're going to talk about the meaning of being a part of the universe. Expanding the idea of finding meaning to larger understandings
We live in a transactional world. We trade salvation for belief and belief for salvation. We trade ethics for power and power for ethics. Take a listen.
There are some ways in which we can tell that we are growing into our authenticity. There are some markers that we can see that allow us to understand. We are uncovering who we truly are.
Just as being kind, being loving, being generous is a part of our authenticity, too, is being a person who seeks and finds pleasure in healthy ways
This is a further exploration of how we truncate our spiritual growth through systems of belief
We are taught that what we believe, is actually what is real. When in fact, it is our experience of love, kindness and forgiveness that are the real.
How does one find their authenticity? By what mechanism is there to find ourselves? What has to happen for us to find our authenticity? What do we do when we start to find it?
We can effect real change in the world. But, only if we find our real and authentic self.
In the false reality, we can see predictable patterns of behavior learned overtime, that are destructive.
We are programmed by this world to seek the path of least resistance. We are programmed to seek the easy. Unfortunately, that is not the way this works.
The concepts of authentic spirituality are easy to grasp. Living authentic spirituality is difficult. Take a listen.
Once we understand that much, if not all of our anxiety is caused by the toxicity of the false reality, we can begin to find some inner peace take a listen, Thanks.
We buy into what other people think about us. We buy into what other people think about the world. We spend most of our life buying other peoples concepts. Take a listen. Thanks.
April 4 is the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.. In my spiritual journey, I learned from his writings in his speeches to seek understanding rather than judgment. Which is a very deep spiritual attribute. Take a list and thanks.
When we live out of a false sense of self, in a false reality. We become often delusional about our importance. That's the ego telling us that everything is our monkey and everything is our circus. Take a list. Thanks.
We live in the world where people say that they believe one thing and their actions do not line up with that belief. Take a listen to this difficult subject.
The false reality is incredibly easy to manipulate. Most of us do it every day. Take a listen. Thanks!
Today I look at the metaphor behind the story of Easter! Finding meaning is not not religiously affiliated nor will it ever be. But there are metaphors in the stories that we can draw from. Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, there's a deep truth, if we look.
As we look at how we process reality, we have to talk about the mechanisms that we have to put in place to help us recover, who we truly are. Three aspects of the mechanisms that we need to use are love, kindness, and awareness. Those three things are linked to how we produce, and how we discover our true self.
In this episode, we look at the conspiratorial way in which our brains perceive reality
Today is the end of our three part series on the things that keep us from ourselves. Beginning with our concepts of God, going through how we feel about ourselves. Take a listen thanks.
This is the second part of a three-part series on God and the barriers we construct through the concepts of God.
This is part one of a three-part podcast on ideas of how we understand the superior being, and the barriers we put in place to our authenticity
The false reality that we create and continue to create is a reality made out of fear and ignorance. The antidote, the cure, for the false reality is indeed love and kindness.
Today we celebrate the 15,000 listen of our three-year-old podcast Finding Meaning. Today I un-pack how I came to understand the theory of Finding Meaning, and an explanation of what it means to find meaning.
Have you ever thought to yourself? Why do I think like I think? It's a good question. We talk about it in this episode.
One of the great mistakes we make because we're not self-aware is, we believe that we can fix things through our spirituality. That is not the way spirituality works. Authentic spirituality is about growth and that's a very individual thing. Thanks guys take a listen.
We spend a lot of time, thinking that spirituality is somehow chasing down ideas about who God may or may not be or which religions, right. Or, taking pieces of each religion and constructing our own. When, in fact, self discovery, and the expression of your truest self is what spirituality is.
When we come into this world, we are handed a playbook. It's got all the prescribed plays in it that people tell us we need in life. From religion, to politics, to how to live as a family, to how to think as a human. The problem is, these playbooks are wrong. When we begin to discover our authentic self, we begin to discover the true playbook of love.
People are seeking identity. That is another way of saying people are trying to find meaning. Take a listen. Thanks.
Self reflection is a vital part of authentic spirituality. Self-awareness is a vital part of authentic spirituality. It takes both of those things to be able to see where we have gone wrong. Take a lesson. Thanks.
Here is a short podcast from the ocean where we are on vacation. It is about being connected to all things.
I want to talk today about who Jesus is, and what faith is ultimately through the lands of finding meaning. Thanks for listening.
Peace in our life is not the absence of issues. Rather, it is a self understanding, and a gratitude that allows us to put the issues of life in a different perspective.
Do you feel as though there's something off in our world? I do! From our politics, to our lack of awareness. From our self-centeredness to our closed mindedness. I believe that there's a transformation on the horizon for all of us.
We live out of disappointment, we live out of unmet expectations. Some expectations are reasonable some are not. When we talk about disappointment, because our reasonable expectations are not met, we are talking about the matrix, the false reality, and Maya illusion.
We spend lifetimes searching externally. Through religious figures, cult, leaders, politicians, religious, icons, religious concepts, etc. etc., etc. When the truth is only found within you.
Truly, and authentic spiritual life has within it a simplicity that we often forget. Take a listen. Thanks.
In spirituality, we hear all kinds of metaphors, metaphors about rebirth, metaphors about shedding old skin. The reason we hear those metaphors is because who we are is a struggle. However, it is the good struggle.
When we are younger, we are totally can be anything followed very quickly with a list of things we should be. Doctor, lawyer, etc. etc. Really the goal of finding meaning in life is to be authentically who we are regardless of what that means in the world.
In the false reality, we believe that there is your truth, my truth, and the truth. Ultimately, there is only one truth.
Spirituality is not about what group or religion, you may belong to! It's not about having the proper belief system!in Finding Meaning. Spirituality is a re-learning who we are.
We live in a world that wants to tell us who we are. It gives us an identity through family through culture. And it keeps us from living our true self, which is only found in love.
We live in a world that is clueless, in essence, not self-aware. We work on our own self-awareness, not through belief, but through behavior. Behaviors like kindness they'd give us a clue.
Today we talked about the PPP again. However, we look at it from the reverse angle. Take a listen. Thanks.
A blinding flash of the obvious is when we see reality for what it really is. That is, a falsely constructed understanding of being human.
We always have an inner dialogue going on. The voice of authenticity and the voice of our ego. One of the things that helps us to turn, which is, which is self-love.
We have constructed a dualistic nature of reality. When we discover who we truly are we find that we don’t need that reality anymore.
The false reality is toxic. And we must deal with toxic people within a toxic reality. This podcast is about what we do and how we understand with toxicity.
When we spiritually awaken, we can find ourselves in uncomfortable feelings. Why? Because we are finally living out of authentic feelings
We live in a world where people are constantly presenting their opinion, as fact. When we live out of a deeper sense of authentic self, we discover that that is not true. Our opinions are not always fact.
In this episode, we take a deeper look at Finding Meaning. And especially what the false reality consists of.
This episode is in response to a question I received. The question is, can we experience true, authenticity, and reject it? Here’s the answer take a listen.
We are conditioned to seek what we must find outside of ourselves. The great tragic irony is that what we need to find is with us.
When we begin to live out of our authentic self, we begin to lead, do our jobs, raise our families out of an authentic place. This is what that looks like.
We are born with a capacity to love unconditionally. That is taken out of us because we believe we have to survive in a hostile world. Spirituality, is about coming back to that original self.
Today we revisit PPP. Perception, processing, projecting. It is the spiritual nuts and bolts of life.
Our spiritual journey cannot just be about our spiritual growth. It has to be about taking that spiritual growth into, to help others. If it’s just about us then it’s just the ego and it’s not authentic.
We have on a deeply subconscious level created a reality that is self-centered. That is one of the ways that we can understand that we do live in a false reality. Take less and thanks guys.
We subconsciously create systems of self preservation. They are made of, hierarchy, and corporate climbing. And then we fool ourselves into believing that these things can solve the worlds problems. Take a listen thanks guys.
When we engage in a spiritual life, we develop many attributes that were until now, hidden by ego. One of those attributes is being able to think clearly, beyond one’s own ego.
Who is God? What is God? In this episode you’ll hear how I understand these things and hopefully help you to think about what God and who God is for you. Thanks for listening.
We are told that we must bring ourselves into set patterns and set systems that are created by our world. The problem is none of those can teach us our own authenticity.
We live in a reality where criticism, negativity and undermining is a way of life. We tear people down. We tear communities down to gain our own identity in the false reality.
We are trained by our society, by our religions, by our politics to seek answers externally. But I have come to understand, clearly, is that the only answer is love, and you find that internally. Thanks my friend take a lesson!
Spirituality is the work of becoming. I am convinced that we are conscious, self-aware energy in the process of becoming more authentic through living a human life. Take a listen.
Here is my personal personal attempt at explaining the love that lies at the core of our authenticity, and finding meaning
When we discover that the reality we live in is a false construct of human concept. We must fill that void with compassion. If we do not then we end up being a narcissist.
I am back from my long journey to the Bahamas. I thought this might be a good time to reboot, and to tell you a little bit about how I came to understand, finding meaning and the authentic self.
If authentic living is things coming into sharp contrast and clear vision. Then living out of ego and false understanding is the opposite.
This episode was recorded from a moving ship on the Caribbean Sea. It is a reflection on the cliché categories that make up the matrix.
The idea of winning and losing is very much part of a dualistic reality. Take a listen.
The false reality that we’ve created has taken on a life of its own. The systems in the institutions with such are in fact, realities in none of themselves that are false.
The authentic, spiritual journey brings life into a focus, a clear focus of purpose, and intent and authenticity
You see a lot of the saying, hacking the matrix these days. What that really means in light of the theory of Finding Meaning is something unique take a listen
When we practice authentic spirituality. That is to say a spirituality based in love. We created distance between ourselves and the drama and the falseness of this world.
We live in a world and have lived in a world, where we are being convinced of things that are not true. That is what lies at the core of the false reality. Take a listen, thanks.
We all perceive reality through the lenses that we have been taught. The question is, are you aware of that or are you not?
I recently have had a question given to me about if, we experienced the truth of who we are can we reject it and go back to our old ways, or even do evil things. This podcast is my attempt to answer that question.
When you observe humanity as it is today. You will often find yourself in a state of disbelief. However, when you practice spirituality, you realize that the foolishness and ignorance of this world is but a construct of our thinking.
In our world, we are inspired by books, movies, songs, mythologies, etc. However, many of these things are grounded in a sense of the false reality. We have to look even beyond those things to find authenticity.
As we are on the spiritual journey, our great struggle is to not rely on all ideas or old contextual thinking. When we love when we’re kind it changes everything.
When we hate other people, when we hate other races, when we hate others in general, we are actually hating ourselves. We are forming and identity based on our feeling and our hatred of others.
When we become more authentic, we become more intuitive. When we become more intuitive, we’re able to live from a different perspective. When we live from that more clear perspective were able to sense, see and feel things differently. Which ultimately makes life less drama filled.
Yes, we must discern right from wrong. Good from bad, truth from lies in this reality. However, we must do so with all thought tempered in love. If not, then we just choose a side and the false reality goes on and on.
The human being is a conscious being that may create and manifest certain aspects of reality. A human being is also for the most part, someone who does not know they can do that. Take a listen. Thanks.
We are taught when we come into this world of formula, and equation. That formula, and that equation is about comparison. We try to form our identity out of judging others, and comparing ourselves to others. The problem is, that’s how we acquire a false identity.
This podcast was produced on Christmas Day. And with all of its trappings, it reminds me every year of the need to go inward to to have my own personal paradigm shift towards love.
Today we talk about the paradox of the spiritual journey. How we can read and meditate and do all these things, but ultimately they cannot bring us within. We must make the conscious choice to go on the spiritual journey.
As we come up on Christmas. Or, as we come up on any holiday of any religion, rather than get bogged down, and proving it’s correctness, or its lack of correctness. What if we looked at the metaphor of what the story is trying to tell us? Take a listen. Thanks.
When I speak of authenticity, or when I speak of the false self, I am speaking about levels of consciousness and awareness. Take a listen!
If you can take the time to observe reality right now, the reality that we humans have created. You will find that we are glitching in the matrix.
The false reality is reality full of very traumatic things that affect us very deeply in negative ways. Take a listen. Thanks.
It is more than important to have the ability to think critically on the spiritual journey. Take a listen, thanks.
When we grow spiritually, not only do we develop a deeper intuition, we develop a wider and deeper and more intuitive way of seeing the world
As we are becoming authentic, we are going to discover that we have things like intuition, a sixth sense, the ability to see people for who they really are. In this episode episode, and in the next few, we will be discussing that.
We must be aware of how we act in the world. What is our motivation, what is our intention? What is our agenda?
This is the final part, part three of questions that I have received. We will be talking in this episode about interconnectedness and mass enlightenment. Thanks guys.
Is it possible for a group of people to become enlightened as a whole? Take a listen thanks.
This episode, I begin to answer some questions I have received from my listener/friend of mine. Maybe they can help you I hope they do.
Ultimately, my friends, the false reality that we have collectively created has robbed us of who we truly are. Spirituality, Finding Meaning, all healthy spirituality is about regaining our authenticity.
This episode we look at the fact that spirituality is an uncovering of one's true self. It is not an adding to one psyche. It is discovering one's true psyche.
In this episode, we look at the next movement on the spiritual quest. The first one being the realization, we live in a false reality, the second one being that we must go inward with love to find answers, and this third episode is about how kindness, compassion, sympathy, empathy, and, gentleness are the tools that we need!
In this podcast, we begin a five part look at the aspects of authentic spirituality. From the realization that we live in a false reality to the hope of living out of one's authentic self.
You do not have to look very far my friends in order to find the false reality that we've created. People warring against each other is the perfect example of the false reality.
we live in a world that is falsely constructed. When we go down the spiritual path, we necessarily leave it behind.
Every day life is every every day life. We can make it miserable or we can make it spiritual. Take a listen. Thanks.
What if we lived in a world where love, kindness and peace was the way we viewed each other???
We humans have learned to use each other and to create drama for no reason. We do that, so we have something to identify with. unfortunately, it's a false identification
This is a celebration of the podcast. As I revisit the most popular episode called the theory. This is part two. I hope you enjoy!
Spirituality is not a one time shot. It's not a deal that we make and it is certainly not found in what we necessarily believe. Spirituality is a process of uncovering who you truly are. Weeding through with the world has made you to be. in that process comes revelations in realizations of who you truly are.
We live out of two worlds. The one we have created out of competition and dualism. And then the world of the real. The world of love it take a listen. Thanks.
We must judge behavior in order to maintain civility. What we cannot judge is worth. And what we have done as humans is conflate those two things.
False memory is a part of false perception. How we perceive, matters. Take a listen thanks.
In the movie, the matrix neo the main character is offered two pills. The red one helps you discover reality. The blue one helps him to deny it. which pill, metaphorically, do we take every day.
We are trained to find connections in reality. However, we are also living out of a sense of ignorance of who we really are. When our ignorance of self is lined up with the Ability to find connection, we humans tend to find wrong connections , that's when conspiracy thanking happens. Take a listen. Thanks.
I have become convinced that spirituality is not about acquiring more, rather, it's about uncovering more of the falseness that we have. We have to decide what is not worth keeping in our spiritual journey.
Think about everything you've learned. History, math, social studies, English, or whatever language you may speak. Think about how that information was put into you. That same mechanism is also taught us to believe in a false reality.
One of the thoughts that I have held in my whole life is, the fact that we believe something does not make it a fact. Take a listen.
We view ourselves, our world and reality through the lens of things not being right. Or should I say wrong. This is part of what we are, and who we are programmed to be.
when we grow spiritually, we come up against everything we've learned have been taught about what it means to be human
Hello friends, I have not posted a podcast in a few days because I have come down with pretty severe case of COVID-19. I will get back to podcasting probably next Monday. But I just wanted to say hello that's what this little segment about.✌️
When my daughter was little, she had a fish that lived for years and it's a little fishbowl. What a powerful metaphor for what we do. Take a listen.
We can believe all sorts of things, my friends. As human beings, we can assert all sorts of notions. The problem is, there are severe limits on those assertions.
Today is my 58th birthday and I just wanted to share some thoughts on life. Take a listen thanks guys.
We take on all sorts of identities in our world. The real Spiritual question is who are we really?
In this episode, we explore the final episode of what it means to be authentically you in our four part series.
Spirituality is not a theological, philosophical quest to understand a god, or gods, or etc. I am convinced, and in my opinion, spirituality is about becoming authentically, loving and authentically you. It is so simple and yet so difficult to live out of this in this false reality.
Spirituality is not about going to the right religion. It's about becoming authentically you. This is part two of a four-part series on what it means to live from an authentic place.
This episode is the first of three part episode about what it means to live from the most authentic you. We talk a lot about how to find the authentic you for the next few episodes were going talk about living the authentic you.
What are we to make, as people who pursues spirituality, of what's going on in the world?
We live in a world where we all have an opinion that is falsely informed. We tried to place those opinions upon reality so that we can solidify reality. Take a listen
In this episode, I share a story about a friend I had many years ago. His name is Dave and he was the best salesman I ever met. How are we like him? We live in a transactional reality, in many ways we are all Dave.
We have tricked ourselves, we have food ourselves, and we have lied to ourselves about what reality is. Not intentionally, but out of ignorance.
To be yourself is all we have to do. It's also one of the most difficult things we have to do. To be ourselves is spirituality.
We have to find a larger purpose to frame our life. That is not religion or politics. Indeed, the larger framework that we can bring into all of these things is love.
It's important on our spiritual journey to find people we can really, really, really trust. However, be careful, not everyone is trustworthy. However, there are some. This episode is dedicated to my trusted friends.
We create places in our lives of belief, religion, politics, but I am calling bubbles. Spirituality bursts many of those bubbles. Take a listen.
All of us live with a sense that there's something more. Because all of us live in a world that's falsely constructed from ego, false concepts, and theory. However, there is a place I believe, that can offer us some answers. Take a listen.
The things offer to us by the reality that has been created by us through ego, will not let us to finding meaning
And this episode we discuss how the institutions of religion are necessarily dualistic and transactional to preserve themselves. Individually someone may practice a religion and find their inner truth, but it's very rare.
It takes a tremendous amount of bravery and courage to question the prescribed reality that we live in.
We are in the act of becoming. We are in the act of rediscovering. In spirituality, we are in the act of transformation.
How we view the world, how we view ourselves, how we perceive reality is the fundamental question of spirituality
We have created a reality where we depend upon the false reality that we have created to live. It makes it very hard to come to terms with the fact that we are living a false reality.
We are programmed to perceive reality in certain ways. That programming is false. Thanks for listening.
How do we live in the world and not be of the world? This episode is dedicated to one of my oldest friends who asked me that question.
We are so innately, programmed by the false reality, that when we are offered a way out often, we will not take it. Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
We are programmed by this world to follow. To belong to institutions of hierarchy, and to be cogs in a machine. Take a listen.
We are taught in this life to use people, places, and things to our advantage. Practicing a transactional life and a transactional spirituality. Guess what, that’s wrong!
Where do we get our values from? Where do we get our morals from? Take a listen. Thanks.
This episode is a recap and a re-explanation of what finding meaning is about. If you’re new to the podcast, this is a great place to start if you’ve been listening for a while it’s a great reminder.
We live in a world where people have learned and are becoming expert at manipulating reality. Truth is becoming subjective according to the world. When, in fact, the truth is love and kindness.
One of the things that we have done very poorly in our western culture is fine Balance. To find rest and to find work, to find pleasure and to find intimacy all takes a balance.
There are things that are not of substance that we create. There are things of great substance that we can experience.
Have you ever looked at someone in power and thought to yourself, how the heck did this person end up here? How can someone so? How can someone so phony have so much control. There’s a reason take a listen.
We can at any time if we put the work in, have a transcendent and holy experience. But what is that work? Take a listen. Thanks.
In this episode, we look at the anger and frustration that comes from doing what is right and good and people going out of their way to either be indifferent or to sabotage it
To be humans to be spiritual, to be spirituals to be human. Anything other than that is a construct of human thought
The ability to be self, analyzing, self critical, and self understanding is a part of the spiritual journey. Albeit, a very rare circumstance.
If we watch the world with some objectivity, it does not take us long to understand that the way we approach life, is often wrong!
In this episode, we look at the things that are offered to us by the world as spiritual
To be authentically human is to truly be ourselves. What keeps us from that, are the false narratives in notions that we have bought into!!!
As human beings, we have been talked to do all that we can to have things remain just as they are. Unfortunately, there’s very little spiritual growth in that.
There are many aspects of life where we should try to find the path of least resistance. Spirituality is not one of them.
We can see the false reality, that I call the matrix, in every day life. When we see war, hatred, politics of division, economic, disparity, fearful thought, we can see plainly the false reality.
What are we looking for in our life? What is spirituality? I’m convinced, that it all is all based in love.
We live, and we are steeped in a reality is fear-based. Spirituality is about making your reality love based.
There is emotional reality, there is physical reality. But all of these things are informed by our spiritual reality.
Is spirituality believing? In this episode we talk about spirituality being the growth through unconditional love. Take a listen.
We are looking for a way to find meaning. We have thousands of choices that we can pick from. In our search for a theory, we have to come to the fact that love is the theory that holds us to reality.
In this episode, we explore what real self improvement looks like. Not just improving the circumstances of our life, but improving our authentic self
In this episode, we explore how we can boil down to a very simple notion what it means to be spiritual. We also look at how people in history, including Martin Luther King did that, and shared their simple and loving message.
Part of our spiritual work is to open her eyes, spiritually and see the false reality that we have created for what it is. Neither good nor bad, but false.
We live in a world where we assume and believe that there are truths. When in fact, there is only one truth, and that is love.
Every human being lives from, and through learned conditioning. For the most part, the great majority of that conditioning is not right. This gives us a skewed version of what it means to be human.
I think it is pretty demonstrably obvious that we are collectively as a human species, going through a paradigm shift of consciousness. Take a listen thanks.
The way, a false reality gets constructed is, because we learned that it’s real when in actuality, it’s not
When you develop spirituality, you develop self awareness. When you develop self awareness, you develop an awareness of others. When you develop an awareness of others in the world around you, you are using your intuition. That makes you a knower. Take a listen. Thanks.
Using the metaphor of “drinking the Kool-Aid” as a way of understanding that people are convinced, of something false. In this episode, we explore what it means to live beyond the prescribe notions of this world
Have you ever been in a large crowd and noticed people’s behavior? It can be a spiritual discipline take a listen.
What is our goal? Where do we really belong? What does it mean to be authentic? Take a listen.
Yes, my friends, we live in an illusion. Not the making of some dark being or some artificial intelligence. But, of our own.
Our real Home is authentic self. Authentic self is love, kindness, gratitude, and generosity.
In this episode, we are talking about the nature of God, how we humans have anthropomorphized God. And the fact that love is at the core of what we really need to know.
We live in a world where we have become so focused on our own opinion, that we have lost the ability to address serious issues
In general, human beings are not aware that they even have the capacity or the need for transformation. Take a listen thanks.
The reason people can so easily be manipulated, is because they don’t know who they are
I want to talk today about how life is what life is. Life is going to happen to us. Take a listen. Thanks.
And this episode, I talk about art, movies, literature, that all point to the fact that the reality we live in is not true. The Truman Show is a 1998 movie that conveys the truth of the reality we have produced.
Being self-aware means knowing your own motivations, your own intentions, and your own agenda. It’s also realizing that most of the time our old programming interferes with that.
We are born into a world where we are taught as children that we are the center of the universe. Maybe that’s necessary as a child, but it is not as an adult. Learned arrogance is something we have to deal with on our spiritual journey.
We are spiritual beings, we are human beings, and we need to be present to other human beings. Take a listen.
We are taught to pick sides. We are taught that our team is right, no matter what. We are taught to process reality to prove ourselves, correct. Unfortunately, that has not solved any problems in the world. Take a listen.
In this episode, we explore what reality is. We look at how we only see a small slice of. what really is reality.
There are some very basic court aspects of being human. And, of course, being human is, Spiritual.
In this episode, we revisit the purpose of spirituality. What does it mean to be spiritual?
We surround ourselves with people who validate ego. We do this, without even knowing they were doing it. Take a listen.
We pretend, we act, we project a false in shallow notion of what it means to be human in our world. There is another way!
In this life, we are told who to be, how to be, how to think and have to feel. All of those identities that are handed us must be laid aside to find our true self.
The work of individual spirituality is the work of changing the world. We start by changing our perception. That means there’s a lot of work to do. It is heavy, spiritual, lifting.
Have you ever wondered why we cannot solve our issues? Have you ever wondered why, regardless of how much could work is done in the world things do not change? Take a listen.
In this episode, I talk about how, because the world is drowning ignorance. People may look to you as it’s lifeguard. When in fact, people have to find awareness within themselves, not through other people.
Spirituality is in my opinion, the expansion of one’s consciousness and awareness through the action of love. Take a listen.
We live in a world where we are taught from birth, to be centered on ourselves, on our lives. We are taught that our wants and needs are most important.
How do you define who you are? What do you use to tell people you’re identity? Most of the time people use external ideas, concepts, and identifiers to define themselves. When we have to go internal, we have to do the internal work in order to truly understand who we are.
How we perceive reality, and how we understand how we proceed reality, is the beginning of true spirituality
We all shake our heads, ring our hands, and look with disgust upon much of what the world proposes as truth. Politics, religion, economics, etc. etc. In this episode, we look at how those things are just proof that we are living in a false reality.
We live in a world where we are learning to be love, and that world we live in does not want that. That causes frustration.
There is a goal to the spiritual journey. The uncovering of one’s true and authentic self. That authentic and loving self has been buried by cultural conditioning and societal programming. In this episode, we look at what it means when we begin to reach that goal.
We acquire identity by being taught who we are by others. The spiritual journeys about discovering who we are for ourselves.
This is an episode, where we take another look at what it means to find real Meaning and authenticity in our spiritual journey.
In this episode, we discuss the difference between religion and spirituality. One seeks validation of already held beliefs. The other is about growing out of prescribed beliefs and becoming a new person. An authentic person.
We are taught in our world to pick sides, to represent our colors, to promote our flag, to promote our religion and our political party. To find a place where we belong. Unfortunately, this dualistic notion of reality has lead us away from our true self.
What do you see when you look at a mirror? How do you feel about yourself? So many of those answers we arrive at come from a very false notion of self.
We are programmed out of a sense of fear, lack and want. That’s one of the ways in which we are programmed to perceive the reality that is false.
We live in a world where people are seeking validation rather than transformation. Fundamentally, we will not find our own authenticity when we seek validation rather than transformation.
After having worked with people for a very long time. I have come to see we all have one thing in common that is, we all have a nagging feeling if there’s something more to who we are. That’s what this episode is about. Thanks for listening
In this episode, we look at how we promote, and further dualism in our world. Not intentionally, but out of not knowing that we’re doing it.
One of the most difficult aspects of understanding ourselves is how we have learned to think in dualistic terms. The whole world that we humans have created is formed out of this idea of right and wrong, good and bad, reward and punishment, etc. etc. When we become authentically love that goes away. That’s what this episode is about.
In this episode, we talk about what love is. As I have said, love is my religion, but what does that mean? Take a listen. Maybe it will resonate with you.
How do we know what is real? How do we perceive what we are seeing? To viral questions on the spiritual journey.
Spirituality is about expanding our understanding of what is true reality and true authenticity. Going beyond are narrow slice of our perception of reality.
How do we know what we think we know? What we value is correct and right, how do we know that? Take a listen thanks for your time.
There is the success of the world we’ve created, and then, there is the success of the authentic self. Take a listen thanks.
Our thinking can only take us so far my friends. It’s important to think, to discern, and reason. But it cannot lead you to your authentic self.
And this podcast we celebrate the second anniversary of the podcast. Take a listen I think I have some new stuff in here for you.
This episode is about the fact that we often make decisions based on an egocentric view of ourselves. We also make decisions on a egocentric view of the world. When we begin to make decisions from a more authentic place, decisions take on new meaning.
In this episode, I try to simplify the theories, the concepts in the understandings find the meaning
I used to say to myself I don’t get why the world is the way the world is. I have come to understand. I do know exactly why and you probably do also.
We live in a world of dualism, hierarchy, and exclusivism, because we have determined that dualism is the way to find identity. In a nutshell, my friends, that is absolutely incorrect. Dualism is the foundation of the false reality.
No, we’re not talking about UFOs or lizard aliens. We’re talking about how we have become divorced from who we really are. And that in fact, makes us an alien from ourselves.
Being on a spiritual journey, is like leaving a safe, secure piece of land and setting sail. Knowing that you’re doing the right thing. Take a listen.
Even when we are lost in the false reality, we still sense that there is a better us down deep. Take a listen thanks guys.
There is an endgame hear my friends. It is finding yourself that’s where we find meeting. Take a listen. Thanks.
In our lives, and in the lives of every human being, there are places so deeply programmed, that we end up having to deal with them our whole life. Take a listen.
There are religions, there are political bodies, there are sporting teams, there are all sorts of entities that are trying to buy property in your brain. Be careful who you sell to.
I have talked about before, and I’m going to talk about again, we live out of two different places as humans. The place we have learned to live from, and the place that is of our true self.
We have grown substantially in our audience lately. So I found it necessary to get a recap podcast.
We all have a cast of characters that we employee in order to get our way in the world. The problem is, we often forget who we are as we employee these cast of characters.
Having some degree of common sense in the world means that you are aware of yourself, others, end of the world around you. Take a listen.
In this episode, we look at the Spiritual idea of detachment. And how we become attached to the world through our ego. Thanks for listening
In this episode of finding meaning, we discuss what ego is, how it develops, and our spiritual journey to our true self
Have you ever wondered why we can’t solve the issues of our world? Have you ever wondered why humanity can’t get past poverty/war/racism. Take a listen.
We have interwoven what is not real with what is real. And we have called that reality. It is not!
In this episode, we try to simplify and at the same time, appreciate the complexity of finding meaning in your life
What this podcast is about and it is always my hope that it is about the topic of authentic spirituality
Friends, we are addicted to the false reality that we’ve created. We are addicted to all that it offers, shame, guilt, fear, institutionalism, hierarchy, etc. Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
We live in a world where we are so conditioned by institutions, by thought, by concept that we will literally hurt other people because we cannot see that it is our ego and not authentic self living in the world
An opinion is the idea about a belief that you want manifest in the world. Take a listen.
We have expectations of ourselves and others that are not reasonable. The reason they are not reasonable as they are not based in reality. They are based out of ego and false self.
This is a revisiting of the concepts of finding meeting. We have, but on a funeral listeners so I wanted to give a reminder podcast. Thanks for your time.
As human beings, we always hold on to things that are no longer useful in our journey. What is that for you? Thanks for your time guys.
We spend most of our life fighting against things. Fighting against the others that we perceive as bad. Fighting against things that we perceive as negative, etc. etc. Fighting things is rarely the answer. The answer comes from a raised consciousness and a raised awareness.
Have you ever wondered as you’re listening to this podcast? What a false reality is made of? Take a listen.
The world we live in, the world we have created, as humans is a world based in ignorance and arrogance. We see it every day!
When we live a spiritual journey, we end up very much living out of two different places. Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
What do these holidays that we celebrate really mean? Is there a deeper meaning to any religious holiday? There can’t be.
Asking ourselves the question of what do we really really want, it’s part of the spiritual journey. Take a listen. Thanks.
We are taught to be delusional in our thinking. We are taught that our wants and needs are everything. And we are often thought that everything is someone else’s fault. Take a listen.
You and I as human beings are built to be beings of transformative growth. What we have learned to be is people of preserving concepts. Take a listen thanks.
One of the things that has made spirituality easier is access to information. One of the things that made spirituality harder is that we stare at a screen in don’t look up. Take a listen my friends
I have spoken and podcast many times on what the false reality is. Here is a podcast on how you can clearly see that it is indeed false. The reality we live in is a self constructed, dualistic, false reality, and here’s how you see it. Thanks guys.
We are taught to believe things, because we are taught that what we believe is makes them real. This is true! However, what we are talk to believe is often wrong.
In this episode, we explore why, as humans, we cannot solve our social issues. And why is individuals we cannot solve our personal issues.
In this episode, we talk about the difficulty of navigating life as we grow into our authenticity. Thanks for listening.
In this episode, I explore the difference between conceptual theological, thinking, and true spirituality as I see it. Thanks for listening, thanks for your time.
We human beings, like to think that we are built for comparison and competition. We have created an entire reality based on the notion that some are better than others. Unfortunately, that is not true. We are built for inclusion, love and compassion.
In this episode, I tell the story of one of the things that led to my Epiphany around finding mean
Having just returned from vacation and observing people, I have been reminded that we suffer from a profound lack of awareness. But there is hope!
Take time in your life to disengage from the egocentric life that we have formed. Just a piece of advice. Take a listen.
In this very brief episode of finding meaning, I speak to the need to unplug, unhook, and be present.
What we perceive, what we process is the reality we live out of. Take a listen thanks for your time.
It’s OK to be excited, engaged, and proud of your spiritual journey. Just don’t let it be a thing that boost your ego.
The further down the spiritual path you go the more the world will resist it. In this episode, we look at that dynamic and we say, so what!!!!!!
Living thoughtful and spiritual life, is probably the hardest work there is to do in a human life. This episode is about not being afraid to do that work.
When you look at the world, you have to realize as the spiritual masters of history have, that the vast majority of people live out of a lack of awareness.
When you live a spiritual life, you begin to see things for absurd. Things that maybe we once believed in.
We spend entire lifetimes juxtaposing ourselves against the life, the morals, the understandings and the beliefs of others. This hinders our spiritual growth.
When we practice spirituality, we live in two different places. We live out of what we have learned me and we live out of who we are learning to be. Take a listen.
If you’ve ever wondered why I give this podcast every day, this episode is the explanation. Thanks for your time.
We spend entire lifetimes building persona and ego that is false. We become pretenders in the world that in itself is pretend. Take a listen.
Spirituality is about dismantling what we’ve learned and reprogramming ourselves with love
It seems as though we are born with a need to believe things. When in fact, we are born with the need to experience things. There’s a big difference, especially when it comes to spiritual topics.
Have you ever wondered why we can’t resolve anything in this world or even in our personal life? Take a listen, thanks for your time.
This podcast is about the core understanding of finding meeting. Welcome to friends. Thanks for listening.
We live in a world created of institutions. Institutions designed to help us live life. However, because institutions are created from human beings, and human beings, do not know themselves, our institutions do not know themselves.
There is one thing for sure in this world, nothing stays the same. The sooner we get used to that, the further down the spiritual path, we will travel.
In spirituality, the playbook is love, compassion and generosity, kindness, and hope. Follow that playbook, and you will win.
How do we create our reality? Most of the time we created out of a negative space because that’s what we have learned to do. Take a listen, thanks my friend.
We have an essence, we have a soul, we have a true self. Spiritual journey is about living from the truest self. Take a listen thanks.
Most people don’t realize that courage is a big part of spiritual growth. We invite transformation in spirituality and transformation. Takes courage. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
Our deep existential angst comes from us, saying to ourselves if only I had. What if I was to tell you you have everything you need for happiness right now? Take a listen.
When your consciousness expanse, so does your knowledge of yourself and others. Take a listen to this podcast and you will hear me talk about becoming a person that is aware as I’m cooking stirfry. Lol.
Spirituality is about being something, religion is about believing something. They are two very different, vastly different things.
We live in a world where we have been taught to be at war with ourselves. We have to learn that, that war is not real. It is indeed a projection of the false self.
There is a constant planting of ideas going on in us. The question is, are they loving or not?
One of the great pitfalls of spiritual journey is that we convince ourselves, that we are right, and others are wrong. Or that the world is wrong. Don’t do that! Don’t check out on the world.
What we discover on the spiritual path is that there is the real loving us, and then the us that the world has created. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
When we start to become our authentic self, we begin to see things differently. To quote William Blake, “when the doors of perception our cleanse to humans will see things as they are, infinite!”
This is a concluding podcast of the six pillars of authenticity. I hope you enjoyed the six part series. Take a listen to this last episode of the six part series. Thank you, my friends.
Love, compassion, empathy, kindness, creativity, and sexuality. The six pillars of authenticity. In this episode, we talk about creativity.
Kindness is the sacrament because love is ever human beings religion. Take a listen. Thanks.
To be empathetic, is to acquire the ability to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, and sit in their pain
The second pillar of authenticity is compassion. That is to have a deep sympathy and understanding of the pain of others, and of the pain of the world.
This is the first of a series of six podcasts about the six pillars of authenticity. They are as follows; love, compassion, empathy, kindness, creativity, and sexuality. This episode is on the first foundation of pillar of love.
Disappointments and expectations are part of the human journey but we have to understand them and their context. Take a listen, my friends.
There are two actions we can take in our life to transform the reality that we are in. Take a listen.
In this episode, I present to you a little experiment that you can try. It will prove to you that we live any falsely constructed reality. Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
We keep putting our eggs in different baskets hoping to find some peace. The problem is the eggs in the baskets aren’t really us. Take a listen.
There is only one place where we can affect the transformation of ourselves and the transformation of our world. It is not in the external or in the institutions. It is within you, it is within me. It is within all of us.
In this episode, I will discuss what it means to be truly spiritually successful. Thanks for listening!
When we are able to surrender are falsely developed worldly ego, were able to live in the flow. The flow that is the truth of reality.
There are whole realities beyond our perception that we call mysterious. The reason it seems so mysterious is because we simply are not aware of it. Take a listen thanks for your time.
It’s hard to be in a relationship with other humans, but we must. So here’s a brief podcast about how we have to let go expectations.
We live in a world where there does not seem to be any resolution. The same news, maybe with different names every day. But there is an answer, then answer is within you.
Spirituality is to become aware, to become aware is to wake up to the reality of who you are. Thanks
Being spiritual in a world, that is not very difficult. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
The beginning of a spiritual journey takes place when we say to ourselves; I cannot find peace outside of myself. I must go within!
We are programmed to be a part of a greater process at work. The process is the machine, the false reality, the false world that we’ve created out of dualism. Thanks for listening.
We are taught as human beings, that we are right, no matter what. Even if we’re wrong, we try to twist the truth to make ourselves right. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
We are taught to be certain ways in life. Each human is taught to believe they are right and others are wrong. This makes the human experience very complex. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
This is a recap of what the podcast is about. I do these every 10 to 15 podcasts for new people. But I do it in such a way that allows the folks who have listen for a while to get something new also!
Hello friends, it’s good to be back giving podcasts. I have been out of the country literally for a few days and I’m glad to be back. Here is the next episode of finding meaning.
There’s a difference between charity and spirituality. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
What happens to us when we find our way out of the false reality we have constructed? What work has to be done there? Take a listen, thanks for your time.
We live in a world that is unaware of itself, and therefore our interactions with human beings takes on an unaware quality.
What does it mean when we live our best life? When we live that from an authentic place? Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
One of the things that we humans are good at is deceiving ourselves. We put layer upon layer of false reality upon our life, believing it will give us some answer, it won’t. Take a listen thank you.
We are trapped in so many ways in false perception, false ideas, and false concepts. We often feel like a mouse in amaze. Take a listen thanks for your time!
This is a simple explanation of the fact that we are made to be loving beings of energy. Peace, my friends!
Being a authentically, spiritually, inclined person in this world is not easy! Take a listen be encouraged.
How we perceive, the world, makes all the difference in the world, to our world. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
Here’s a podcast full of a metaphor. The metaphor is that we live in a fishbowl in that fishbowl is placed with another fish bowl. Those fishbowls being, learned and programmed conditioning. Thanks guys for listening.
When we grow spiritually, we will seem foreign to the rest of the world. We will even seem foreign to our former life. Take a listen and hopefully this podcast will help you understand the turning over our personal apple cart is necessary.
There is no prescription via religion, politics, or anything else that will lead you to being your original and authentic self. Each path is for each individual. Take a listen thank you.
One of the great truth of the spiritual journey is that we need to continually be transformed, reborn, and seeking the truth of ourselves.
We have learned survival skills, we have learned to function in the foe world, we have learned a false self. The job of spirituality is to come to terms with that, and grow through that. Take a listen, thanks.
Life is not easy! It’s full of challenges and changes, full of mystery and disappointments. It’s also full of joys and new beginnings and change. When we endure it, when we engage it, we grow. Take a listen. Thanks.
We suffer from a sort of spiritual attention deficit disorder. We are distracted by million things in this world. There is help to be found in placing things in our life that help us to refocus. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
This is a podcast it is about finding deep meaning in our lives. It’s also a podcast about what prevents us from finding that meaning in our lives. This episode is a refresher episode of the spiritual journey this podcast seeks to help you with.
We get stuck in life all the time. We are constantly looking for patterns that give us meaning and often, very often, we end up stuck in places that we don’t want to be. There is a way to be free. There is a way to get unstuck.
The false reality that the world consist of calls us to get down in the gutter, and in the Muck. Seeing it, realizing that it is calling us back in there is an important part of our spiritual journey. Staying out of it is even more important to our spiritual journey.
Finding satisfaction in the world is a part of finding meaning. Being OK, with life is more important than we realize. Being OK is a choice!
As human beings we must set and achieve goals in our life. We want to live at our dreams. But we must do so, by helping others live out their dreams. Otherwise life becomes a nightmare.
We all live out of the mighty struggle to find meaning in our lives. We put things in our lives, that we believe will offer us meaning, but eventually do not. Take a listen, and hopefully we can find the true meaning. Thanks for your time.
Life is a balancing act. To be human is to be spiritual, to be spiritual is to be human. To be human is to need to find balance in your life. Physically, emotionally, sexually, creativity, etc.. Take a listen thanks for your time.
We live in a world that will constantly remind us that all reality is, is our agreed-upon programming.
With the understanding that love is the way we find ourselves, comes the responsibility of helping other people discover that love is the way
As human beings we create institutions to function. However, our challenge is that institutions often reflects the fact that we do not know who we truly are as humans! It’s not that institutions in and of themselves are bad it’s they reflection of our lack of awareness
Great challenge of finding who we truly are is expressing that in this world, who does not know who it truly is.
Most of the time we human beings live out of a subconscious, unaware state of being. It is how we are conditioned by the culture, institutions and family. Take a listen.
When we become our authentic and original self, we have to redefine things like success and failure from a authentic perspective. Take a listen, thank you!
All human beings have within them a superpower. The super power of belief. It can be used for good or bad. Take a listen. Thank you!
Life can be at times wonderful and terrifying. We can have mountaintop experiences and we can have the darkest of experiences being human. Why? Where does the lead? Where can it lead?
Life is about a constant change. Although we humans try to stop it, we can’t why? Because life is designed for transformation and metamorphosis.
Here is another look at the concept of the three P’s. Perception, processing and projection.
Expectations can lead to frustration disappointment. Both in ourselves and others. There is a way to deal with it! Take a listen thanks.
This episode is heavy with metaphor. Think of life as a swimming pool and you can either stay in the shallow end, or you can move to the deep meaningful end….. the deep end!!!
We live with ourselves all the time. It’s important for us to know who we are, our motivations, and to talk through that with ourselves.
One of the greatest impediments to our spiritual growth is not being able to let go of our past. To be able to put it in the proper framework in context as a lesson learned in time. Take a listen.
Like a person in a foreign land, we are grasping for things to give us meaning. The challenge is that we cannot find those things, and we will not find those things external to us. Take a listen.
Living life is a process of discovery. Discovering who we are authentically. Life is not easy, but I can’t have meeting.
Being a person who has any degree of self awareness comes with a large responsibility. Take a listen, thanks for your time.
Spiritual journey is full of obstacles, self judgment, and the judgment of others. The path is narrow, and very few travel. Take a listen, my friends. Spiritual journey is for the stout hearted.
There is the ultimate joy in the spiritual life. Self-awareness, self knowledge, love, compassion, and all that is good about being you. However, it ain’t easy!
On the spiritual Journey, you will encounter a broken heart for the world, and for other people. It’s part of the journey, but we must continue to find authentic self.
We do need support on the spiritual journey. However, that support looks much different when you step outside, cultural conditioning and prescribe notions of the world.
And the spiritual life, there are synchronicity’s, and happenstances that create a sense of wonder in us. I call those WOW moments.
Here is a comparison between the full self in the authentic self. Take a listen thanks for your time.
The goal of the spiritual life is to be the most authentic expression of you, you can be. How does that work? Take a listen, thanks for your time.
What does it mean to be a moral person? How do we live in this world and a moral way? Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
There are inflection points in life where you have to take stock and account of where you’re at on the journey. I do hope this podcast is a part of that for you. Thanks for listening.
We all live with old tapes that run in her head. Old programming is that we learned on our human journey. How we recognize those and what we do with those is an important part of our spiritual journey.
In a world where our reality is so easily manipulated, it’s important for us to see how and why it’s manipulated. Take a listen. Thanks.
This episode is a refresher episode. Explaining what finding meeting is really about. Thanks for listening.
When we understand that the way we humans live is out of a sense of ego and false reality. It’s important for us to understand that there are still lessons that we learn from this life.
Here is a episode about what finding meaning really means, where it really came from and a celebration of 5000 total listens. Thanks guys!
The goal of spirituality is to become authentically who we are. What does that mean? Who are we when we find that? This episode tries to explain but authenticity is. Thanks for listening.
We are being sold answers that aren’t answers. We are being sold politics, religion, economics that will not solve our issues because they are constructed had a false perceptions. Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
We have a deeply intuitive voice within us, we also have a culturally conditioned voice in us. We have to learn to distinguish between the two. Thanks for listening.
Look around our world, my friends, you will see that it is indeed a false reality that we have created. It is the matrix, the ego, the world of the unreal.
To be human needs to be spiritual, to be spirituals to be human. We must live or spirituality every day. Take a listen thanks for your time.
Spirituality is about rediscovering the center of the universe, the center of ourselves, the center of existence. Take a listen! Thank you so much.
In this episode, we explore how it is that you want to live out of your particular authenticity. It takes good work to get there. Thanks for listening.
It’s important in our journey to find a few people who really understand us. Or at least will listen to us that we can trust. However, we must be very careful. Take a listen. Thanks
So much of our life is lived on automatic pilot. Learned responses and behaviors that do not serve as well.
Often in the spiritual life we find ourselves seeing things about reality that others do not. Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
How should we see what’s going on in our world? Where does this negative darkness come from? How can we help?
What does it mean to find meaning in your life? Take a listen. Have a good day friends.
Have you ever wondered why things don’t change in our world? Have you ever wonder why things don’t change in your life? Hopefully this podcast will help you. Thanks for listening.
Let’s talk about what God is, and what God is not. Please keep in mind these are just my thoughts, and where I am at spiritually. God is something more than we know!
The eternal question of being human is, what does it mean to be human? We choose identities from the world and end up losing ourselves. Take a listen.
We create drama in our lives, so as to identify with it. We have to identify with it, because we don’t know who we truly are. Take a listen, thanks!
Here is a refresher and a reminder episode of what we are talking about when we talk about finding meaning
Think about how much we use tribalism to understand ourselves. Unfortunately, tribalism is a reflection of the false reality that we’ve created. Take a listen, thanks.
In finding meaning we talk about false programming as reality. What do we replace that false programming with? Take a listen. Thank you.
Life is about changing transformation. We can either live into it and have it work for us or we can fight against it and have it work against us. Thanks for listening.
So often our quest for self improvement is a re-identification and reinforcement of the ego. Take a listen.
Self-awareness is fundamental to finding ones authenticity. Finding ones authenticity is the purpose of spirituality. Spirituality is being human!
We humans are in a process of becoming who we truly are. We are in a process that includes the stars in the sky and all of creation. That’s the process we are in and it’s the process we have forgotten, take a listen.
We learn, and others learn to criticize people for things that are not bad. We learn to criticize people when we don’t know the whole picture, this episode explores why.
We live in a world of unmet expectations. We have unmet expectations of ourselves, of others, and of reality. Because of that we live in disappointment. Take a listen.
Occam’s razor the philosophical notion that says all things being considered the simplest answer is usually the correct answer. This holds true in spirituality also.
We must set goals in our life. However, those goals have to be based in love, kindness, and generosity. We will discover that the journey to our goal is the place where we learn to be who we truly are.
We are programmed in our world, and in our life in such a way that we end up lost. We are lost in the false programming of this world and the way out is love.
I draw a little analogy here in hopes that it opens up new ideas about what it means to be spiritual. Take a listen. Thanks.
When we ask ourselves, what we desire, who we want to be, and what we’re doing with life. The answer can be found in love, and only in love.
When we live a spiritual life, there is a end result. This episode is about what that looks like. Thank you.
We live in a world that lacks self-awareness. It causes great frustration and consternation. Take a listen.
We get to know ourselves in true spirituality. We are reintroduced to ourselves because we have forgotten ourselves in the false world
Yes, there is spiritual work to do but it’s not about gaining from something external. Rather, it is going within oneself and discovering the truth of who you are. Take a listen, thanks.
When we develop are authentic being, we begin to see through another lens. We see through the lens of reality and not a falsity.
We have to realize on the spiritual journey, who we truly are. Our motives, our wants our desires all of it. It is vital to the spiritual journey for us to know who we are. Thanks for listening.
In this episode, we talk about how to be gentle, kind and go with the flow. It makes life much better.
The way the world offers meeting is often vacuous and meaningless. Take a listen. Thanks.
Life can be like a giant ball of twine. We roll along gathering up experiences and much, if not all of those experiences are perpetuated by a false reality. Spirituality is unraveling those experiences to find our true selves.
Just look around at our world and if you have achieved any modicum of clarity, you will see that we do in fact I live in a false constructed reality!
We function out of subconscious! It allows us to manipulate to control and to project reality that is programmed by the false self. Take a listen
There Is a spiritual truth that is beyond our perception. Do we have a tenacity in the persistence to see it
Growing spiritually it’s about being able to see new and expansive understandings of reality! It’s about having WTH moments.
We are programmed to be selfish. The world teaches us to take care of ourselves and ignore others. Spirituality teaches the opposite.
We are conditioned to respond to the world in certain ways. To believe that we know more than others, therefore we must defend what we know. Take a listen! Thanks.
The ability to be critical of things, to question things and to seek answers is a pillar of spiritual journey.
In order to spiritually move forward we must let go of our past. You must learn from it but we cannot hang onto it. Take a listen I think you’ll enjoy this one.
What am I talking about when I talk about false reality? What am I saying when I use the words matrix or false perception?
We hold two opposing ideas constantly intention. Part of the spiritual journey is to travel the middle way through these tensions. Take a listen, thanks!
Movies, literature and art of all kinds Invites us to live beyond dualism. Take a listen, thanks!
I am convinced that 80% of life we can influence and can use to further ourselves spiritually. Yes there are some uncontrollables, but we have more authority than we realize.
One of the fundamental truths about being human is, we seek understanding. Another truth is, we will not find it unless we look in the correct places. Take a listen, thanks.
We really do live with two different people in us. There is the ego motivated self we learned to be and the authentic self we are learning to be. This episode is about how we recognize each one of those things.
When we live a spiritual life we become frustrated with the rest of the world. It is not that people are stupid or bad, rather it is that they are unaware.
Fundamentalism is the ability of humans to believe that they are right regardless of the fact that they might be wrong. Take a listen! Thanks.
The spiritual journey can be difficult, coming into clarity through the Journey makes things much more simple
In the movie inception they talk about planting ideas in peoples heads and having them take root in order to sway someone’s perception. In this podcast and in this episode, we look at the fact that this actually happens every day to everyone of us.
If we look deeply at all human lives we are all projecting something we want other people to see. This is what we have learned to be often in the false reality. Take a listen, thank you.
Feeling a little better today as I recover from Cove 19. Wanted to give a podcast about getting too what is real. Take a listen thank you
Hey guys, I’ve been out for a few days because I got COVID-19. Here’s a little update and hopefully some inspiration
There is a still small voice in you, that comes from the authentic you that is speaking to you. Are you listening?
Being happy is a part of the search, being happy is a part of what we want in our spiritual journey. Being truly happy is what we find when we become loving and authentic.
When we grow spiritually we have to rearrange our priorities and often the circumstances of our life. Not an easy task. Take a listen, thank you!
We are offered on a daily basis false answers to real questions. And because those answers are offered from the false reality they will not solve anything, they have not solved anything over human history. Don’t buy the hype. Take a listen, thank you.
Life is complex, spirituality is even more complex. But the spiritual road is the only road we can take.
The death of the ego is the most trying and painful thing a spiritual life has to offer. It’s also the most necessary thing!
We often become frustrated, angry and hurt by others. By others behaviors we see clearly the need for a spiritual life. Take a listen, thanks.
Have you ever wondered why people who try to help the world get burned out, frustrated and depressed? Take a listen!!!
What gives ritualistic living its power? What gives sacraments their power? You give these things the power to transform. Take a listen, thanks.
You may not know it or you may know it, but you are an incredibly creative entity in this universe. Take a listen. Thanks.
What is real? What is that nagging feeling in you that is telling you there’s something more? Take a listen and thank you.
We are a product of what we have been through. Never forget that never dismissed that but don’t live in the past either. Take a listen. Thanks!
Movies, books, poetry, art, music, literature of all kinds inspire us because they help us identify something within us. Take a listen. Thanks!
If we examine the world objectively we will see that we ourselves and others live out of patterns of behavior, thought, habit. We have all agreed that is what a reality is. When in fact, it is not. Take a listen. Thanks.
When we live out of love, compassion and kindness we begin to see that peoples behaviors come from their own brokenness. That’s the beginning of understanding non-dualism
We spend our entire life pretending, manipulating and posturing in order to survive in this world. Only to find out that we lose our self and doing those things. Spirituality is the rediscovery of true self.
Being authentic is, being loving, being kind, being generous, being forgiving, being or patient, etc. Also it is being more deeply intuitive. Take a listen. Thanks!
Expectation is a form of comparison. Comparison comes from dualism. Dualism comes from the false reality.
About every 10 to 15 podcast I give a refresher podcast for those people coming on who are new to the podcast. This episode is for anyone who wants to be reminded about finding meaning is about
The truth is the truth. Opinions, Beliefs and concepts don’t make some true. Take a listen.
We have to practice the new way of living before we fully understand the new way of living. We have to practice kindness, generosity, forgiveness for ourselves and others and love, before we can live out of those things. Take a listen. Thanks!
We spend our whole lives looking for meaning in the wrong places. What we really seek is authenticity love and grace. We have to stop looking for those things in the wrong places. Take a listen. Thanks!
We live in a world where everyone says they know the best thing to believe, the best spiritual practice, the best way to enlightenment. However, that work is for you to do, not for someone else to do. There is no one who can punch your spiritual ticket to enlightenment.
We learn and we have been exposed to a lot of half truth. That is to say, most of us know that we live in a false reality but we want to hold on to all the ideas that keep us from escaping that false reality. Take a list of my friends thanks
One of the foundational false truths we have based our world on is fear. It is not until we see that clearly that we can begin to transform our lives into love. Take a listen. Thanks for your time.
About 10 years ago I was given a book called falling upward by Richard Rohr. This podcast looks at that book and the effect it had on my life and the similarities between with Richard Rohr says and what we talk about on finding meeting.
Many years ago at work for gentleman named Dave and he was the consummate salesman. However I never really got to know Dave because he was always trying to be whatever everyone needed him to be. Take a listen about how we are in so many ways Dave.
The journey from dualism to authenticity is not easy but necessary. The journey of spirituality is in fact that process for moving from a dualistic understanding of reality to a holistic understanding of yourself.
God God God God God we hear a lot of talk about God. What is god really? Although I cannot completely answer that question I’ve offered some thoughts in this podcast that might help you on your search. Thanks for listening.
Our brain is the hardware our experience is the software. The question is how are we programmed. Take a listen.
We humans are always waiting for something. Life to begin, a new job, a new relationship, a new way of thinking, a new way of being. Unfortunately we shouldn’t wait, we have to begin right here right now. The great waiting game is a mistake.
Our ability to think conceptually has taken on a reality that is not real. We live in a world where people will sell us a bill of goods that is no good. Take a listen
We must be careful in our spiritual journey, because we make things sacred that are not.
We struggle with Monday mornings and Monday mornings are a metaphor for life. Often life can be one struggle after another to keep moving and keep going. Here’s a little podcast about how to take a break from the Mondays of life.
These three things are the simplest explanation of the spiritual journey I can articulate. To live one’s life, to learn the lessons of that life and to let go of the ego that we’ve developed. My friends, that is spiritual journey in a nutshell
Like all spiritual disciplines, like all exercise, like everything good that we seek we must reprogram ourselves. We must put in place reminders that keep us focused. Here is a podcast that can service that reminder
One of the most difficult tasks on the spiritual journey is to be present right where we are at. Take a listen. Thanks!
Time in an important quality to our spiritual life. To know how to appreciate it is an important part of our authenticity. Take a listen. Thank you!
One of the ways that we can learn to appreciate the teachings of religion is to look at the teachers and the founders. To not be wrapped up in the dogma are the institutions founded upon these people. Here’s a little podcast about how to understand Jesus in new ways and thus understanding religion in new ways
Life is a process, it’s an obvious process. However, we humans deny that process and it harms us to deny it.
All the discord we face in our world. All the discord we’ve ever faced in our world has come from when we see people as the other
Whatever life hands you is a part of your journey. The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful! It is the journey.
The spiritual journey is often understanding things that others don’t. That can lead to frustration, loneliness and even depression if we’re not careful. Take a listen. Thanks!
In our society people are falling into the same patterns, the same equations in the same prescribed ways of finding answers. The problem, it won’t work! Take a listen. Thanks!
Humanity has now for 400 years thought its way into a false reality. How do we get out? Take a listen. Thanks!
It’s been a heckuva week in this world. More proof to me that the reality we’ve created is false. However, there is a better reality out there or… in us I should say!
Sometimes our ones in need are the same thing, sometimes they’re not! We have to work on knowing the difference.
We must practice kindness in order to become who we are. Take a listen to this very short podcast.
The reality we have created is a reflection of what we have been taught. And for the most part, what we have been taught is false.
Just as we create narratives for others, we create narratives for ourselves. Unfortunately, those narratives derive from a non-authentic place. Take a listen. Thank you!
All of the things that we have understood as "spiritual" have to be grounded in higher consciousness before they make any sense. Take a listen. Thanks!
What does it mean to belong? What does it mean to belong something greater than us? What is greater than us? Take a listen. Thanks!
We learn from a very early age to achieve, that we are not enough and that we have to strive. When in fact we have always had the ability to be ourselves and those ideas of achievement have got in the way of true self discovery.
Who we have learned to be is deep deep deep deep within us. It takes a lot of work my friends to understand that we are love, kindness and generosity.
There are just times on the journey when you don't feel like you're making any progress. It's part of the journey. Take a listen. Thanks!
Think about how often we view life as a competition. Competing against each other, competing against ourselves and treating life as though it was a sport. Take a listen. Thanks!
We have everything we need to become authentic. It is within us already. It is called being human. Because to be human is to be spiritual.
Yes, there are circumstances in our life that will need changed. But, if we live from that place of constant want, we don't live in the present. If we don't live in the present, we are not being who we really are. Take a listen. Thanks!
The reality we have created as humans is simply a collection of agreements. If we can see it that way we begin to understand who we are, is something other in the false reality we've created.
In the words of the great George Harrison song, give me love give me hope give me peace on earth. Take a listen. Thanks!
When I talk of false reality what am I trying to say? We have denied our own physical and emotional humanity for too long. We have used spirituality to deny our humanity, it's time for that to change.
Here is a refresher podcast with a little different twist on what finding meaning is really about.
How we have learned to survive in this world is the reality that we have learned to produce. Take a listen. Thanks! Also there is any website and encourage you to check out. Findingmeaning1.com
What is life? Does it have a meaning? Do we give it meaning? there's a way to perceive things that offers us meaning, take a listen. Thank you!
We have a deep intuitive desire for change as humans. That change and that desire for change has expressed itself in ways that are unhealthy. We have learned to desire for something better in poor and negative ways. We really hope for love. Take a listen. Thanks!
What we believe we live. It's important to understand what belief really is and how it affects our life.
How we have learned to perceive the world has everything to do with where we are at and where we are going spiritually.
What we consider as mysterious unfoldment in our world is actually reality. The ignoring of these things, is the false reality. Take a listen. Thanks!
Your spiritual and human life is a journey. That journey will have within moments of great understanding and clarity and moments that aren't so great or so clear. Both are important!
At the end of the day brothers and sisters, it is just who we are in our essence standing before the transcendent love it is reality. And we ultimately have to shed all the trappings of this world to do that.
Through the work of spirituality. We meet a brand new us, and original us and an authentic us.
Where do we put our energy? Do we invest in things of the false self, or do we invest in things of the authentic self. Take a listen. Thanks!
What does it mean to live out of a new more authentic you? In this episode I discuss how we must prepare ourselves for becoming a new person living out of a new place.
We all know behaviors. Some are good some are bad. What we struggle with is often the reason behind the behavior. Take a listen. Thanks!
We have been taught to be certain ways in the world. We have been taught to respond in certain ways, to do certain things and to be rewarded. All of that to program us to depend on the world. Take a listen
We live in a false reality. And to fix that false reality we create other false realities. Then to fix that false reality we create other false realities. The moment we realize this is the beginning of our freedom from false reality.
Everything reminds us of our journey. If we view the world in a certain way, even our mistakes will reminders that we are uncovering an authentic self.
It is important for us to understand that we are perfectly fine where we are at on the journey. Take a listen
The authentic, spiritual self is able to hold many concepts at one time. When we choose sides and objectify the other is when we're living out of the false programming.
The things that hold you prisoner are not real. They are projection of a false reality. The cell in which you find yourself locked in his really not locked. Take a listen. Thanks!
If we look closely at art, movies, literature, sacred text, and the lives of others we see a pattern that leads us out of the false self and into the new.
In the face of horrific tragedy, we find more proof that we live disconnected from ourselves and from who we truly are.
When you begin to grow out of your false self and you begin to see the false reality of the world, it changes peoples narratives of view. This can lead to conflict. Navigating it is essential.
This is the one-year anniversary of this podcast. In this episode I tell you a little bit about myself, a little bit about the podcast of the theory behind Finding Meaning. I also talk about my hope for all of us to find real meaning. Thank you for one year.
Words like enlightenment, transformation, salvation, Buddha mind, Christ mind all mean the same thing! Take a listen. Thanks!
For an individual transformation often comes through trial and tribulation. Collectively it is the same thing. Right now, in this world, we are collectively seeing a transformation, a big change. Take a listen. Thanks!
What is the story or the narrative you tell yourself about yourself? Incredibly incredibly important question on your journey.
In this second part of a two-part podcast I look at subliminal offerings made by the world. Take a listen. Thanks!
Every day we face a choice. In our language, and the ways in which we improve our life, etc. But those offerings that we have to choose from, are for the most part, from the false reality.
We make decisions every day, don't worry. From what part of your being do you make those decisions from? Do they come from your authentic self or your false self?
In this episode I look at what is real and what we have created to be real. They are not the same thing.
How do we know what reality is? How do we know we're not dreaming? Maybe some of the things we create are not real and we have often created nightmares.
What is the difference between religion and spirituality? I tackle that the question in this podcast. Thanks for listening!
Buddha taught 2500 years ago that the best way to approach life is through the middle way. This is an examination of what that might mean for us today. Thanks for listening.
Why do we practice a spiritual life? How do we practice spiritual life? Take a listen. Thank you!
From the point of view of the world nonduism seems silly. From the point of view-of-erase consciousness nonduism makes perfect sense.
We must find ways in which we are reminded every day that we are spiritual beings. Take a listen. Thanks!
How we think, how we feel, how we see ourselves, how we see others, all matters in this life. It matters emotionally, and physically.
It is through the agenda of love that we can only find who we really are. It is only through finding who we really are that we find real peace.
What do you do to connect yourself to the deepest part of your being? There are as many ways to connect to the universe as there are humans in this world. Take a listen. Thanks!
In this episode of Finding Meaning we take the occasion of a Monday morning to reset, refocus and talk about what this podcast is about.
This is part two of our two part series on, understanding that there must be mysteries that propels forward on the spiritual journey.
In this short podcast I begin at discussion and a look at what it means to plum the mysteries of life and of the universe.
One of the great gifts of the spiritual journey is the healing of our past. Take a listen. Thanks!
The spiritual life is about subtle and sometimes hard to see changes. Take a listen. Thanks!
The more we seek to practice kindness, love, hope and generosity the more we evolve into who we are supposed to be. Take a listen
There are all kinds of things in the false reality that remind us it's false. Take a listen. Thanks!
We can tell physically, emotionally and mentally when our consciousness begins to rise and we approach or authenticity. Take a listen. Thanks
In this podcast I talk about inflection points in life. Little moments of transformation that if we are not careful, can pass us by.
Have you ever felt as though you don't belong in this world? Might be a reason for that. It might be because you are figuring out that this world and how it is constructed is false. And what is real is love!
We don't have to look for to find proof that we live in a false reality. Take a listen, thanks!
To be spiritual, to be authentic, to be truly you, to not live out of dualism, is in fact, to live out of a different dimension. Take a listen!
We are programmed into a false reality that causes us, at best, a low-grade depression. This podcast and this episode is about seeing that and breaking free.
Have you ever shook your head in disbelief at the things you are seeing in our world right now. The answer is probably yes and there's a reason for that. Take a listen
When we lived spiritual life it will make us different than the rest of the world. How do we cope with that. Take a listen
The process of spiritual unfolding is a long process and it requires these three elements. Being grateful where you're at, desiring to understand reality and patience to get there. We cannot force it we can only be a part of it. Take a listen
All right folks, come down the rabbit hole with me. We're gonna talk about what is reality and what constitutes reality.
What does our life look like from the other side of all of this spiritual work. When we scrape away enough of the false self, what does reality look like? Take a listen.
What is reality? What do we create as humans that we call reality? And what are we called to create as humans as reality?
In recent history we have asked ourselves, how can people be so easily manipulated by others. This podcast seeks to explain that.
If you've ever wondered what this podcast is based upon here's a podcast episode that explains it.
Your brain is a sponge that collects a massive amount of conscious data! How we process that data, determines if I sponge stays clean or not. Take a listen
Fear is a natural response to some of the things in our world. However, we have based our reality in fear and it has taken on a much larger proportion than necessary in our life. Take a listen
It is Easter morning 2022, here is a message conveying hopefully, the metaphor of this day
We are offered by the world, a very limited range of expression as humans. What would it look like for us to be authentically who we are. Take a listen! Thanks.
People make up their mind about who you are and you make up your mind about who people are, often it's wrong. Take a listen
Do you remember trying to fit in as a teenager? Well we often do the same as adults. Take a listen
There's a line in an Avett brothers song That reminds us that although we may be looking to win at life it is often when we surrender that we find our true selves!!! That line is from victory I accept defeat.
We are fully equipped already for the journey with within. We have everything we need to rediscover who we are
How often do we deny the opportunities for transformation. I would say quite often. Take a listen
We are all frustrated, why? We all want to be someone or somewhere other than where we are at right now, why? This podcast and every episode of this podcast is about that very thing.
We pretend to be certain things in certain circumstances. It is a habit we all learn. What authentic spirituality calls for is a consistency in love. Take a listen
The name of the podcast Finding Meaning and the only meeting that really matters is when we live out of a narrative in our lives of, love, compassion, empathy and kindness
We live in a pattern of deciding who we are by what we are against or who we are against. This pattern prevents us from our own authenticity.
Have you ever felt as though you do not belong anywhere? Have you ever wondered what that feeling is. Take a listen
What does it mean to encounter something that is sacred? What does it mean to live sacramentally? Take a listen
I don't know about you but I have recognized a collective dissatisfaction with reality. Which means that collectively we are spiritually changing.
Finding Meaning is understanding two things. First what is nonsensical and second what makes sense. Take a listen
The circumstances of the day have brought about some reflection. I hope you listen and gain something from it.
The great temptation is to be stuck in the false reality that we've created in our world and in our life. Once we have realized true meaning we move past that. Take a listen
Simply put, the spiritual life is moving from the old you to the new you. Take a listen
Blinding flashes of the obvious are a part of the spiritual journey. Take a listen. Thank you!
Throughout the course of human history there have been spiritual thinkers. If you look deeply at the spiritual thinkers you will see them all saying the same thing. However, they are saying it in different ways. Let's look at the commonality in this podcast. Thank you
There are different ways in which we can view becoming authentic. One of them is consciousness as dimensionality. Take a listen it's more simple than it sounds.
The spiritual journey is about awakening to who we really are and what the world really is. To be the Buddha is to be the awakened one!!!
Each one of us must have, to some degree, a transcendent experience. We cannot except other peoples experiences of the transcendent as ours.
We humans constantly project into the future and live out of the past. This impedes our spiritual growth in a few ways. Take a listen! Thank you.
When we spiritually grow, we acquire awareness of things we have not had before. Take a listen
Throughout history all the stories that Resonate with we humans are about Going home. Your story is the same
We are not all the same. Each person sees the world and experiences the spiritual journey in different ways. This can cause loneliness and frustration. The end of this podcast there are words of encouragement. Please listen
Yes our transformation is internal the Kingdom of heaven is within you. However, we have a responsibility to the external also. Take a listen
If we're not careful we can believe that we are the center of the universe. We are not, and to believe that we are is a very dangerous part of the spiritual journey.
To reject ones prescribed beliefs because they no longer work is a necessary and difficult task. Take a listen
The quest of the spiritual life is to be your authentic self. Be yourself that's what you have to do. Take a listen
In this podcast I attempt to make absolutely clear the journey of spirituality and the discoveries we make on that journey.
In this episode I tell a story of a person that I knew, his name was Terry. Terry identified and found identity and things external to him. Take a listen
Using a little imagery, a little metaphor and a little imagination to explain Finding Meaning. Take a listen
We cannot offer excuses for behavior especially bad behavior. But there are reasons people act the way they act.
Spirituality is injecting into the false reality kindness, love and hope. Thus transforming how we see the world and how we create the reality we live in.
We live in two worlds, to realities. Every day we have a choice to choose where we live from. Take a listen
We have to become aware of our own programming, motivations and agenda in order to grow spiritually. Take a listen
There is a necessity to thinking deeply about reality. It might be tiring and time-consuming, but it's necessary. Take a listen! Thank you
Life is hard, but there is a solution to the Stark realities of our life. Take a listen
There are patterns of behavior in this falsely programmed reality that become clear to you as you grow spiritually. This is a pretty important podcast, take a listen.
How do you view the world? How do you view other people? We must view things differently on the spiritual path.
We are in a time where we are processing reality so fast that leaves very little room for spirituality. Take a listen
We have to believe things we are human. The question is, what do we believe, how do we believe and why do we believe?
As you awaken to your authenticity those around you may not awake into their's. And it looks often like a train wreck. How do we as people awakening on the spiritual journey deal with that? Take a listen
We are being influenced and told to believe things constantly. It isn't until we understand that that we could be free of that. When we are free of that we can then find ourselves
All of our human teaching is based in a transaction. Those transactions often impede our spiritual growth. Take a listen!
Ask yourself what reality is. Ask yourself what your reality is. That answer can only be found within.
We have created systems that have their own way of being. They have their own way of thinking and they are created by us.
We live in a world drenched and fearful thought, fearful economics, fearful religions, fearful academics, etc. there is a way out, but we have to realize that our reality is based in fear before we can get out.
How do we change our world? How do I change your lives? Here's the most simple way I can put it. Take a listen
When we process reality we have an inner dialogue. We have to play certain things into that inner dialogue that help us become more spiritually aware.
Friends, we have to admit when we are wrong or ego will be out of control. It's not only OK to be wrong it's necessary to be wrong at times.
You my friends are not your thoughts! You are something other than your thoughts. Take a listen
Have you ever wondered why all the self improvement techniques, spiritual techniques, religious understandings have not lead to transformation? Take a listen.
Selfishness is a part of the programming that we humans receive from the world. How do we do with it? Take a listen.
Spiritual life is a life of discovery, rediscovery, programming and re-programming who we are. Take a listen
Have you ever wondered why punishment, guilt, shame, hatred and revenge don't work. Take a listen.
Have you ever turned on the news and got frustrated? Have you ever been at work or with your family and got frustrated? There's a reason. Take a listen.
The spiritual journey is a marathon not a sprint. We have to take it one event, one day and even one minute at a time.
We are so profoundly deeply program by this world that it takes a lot of self-awareness and energy to understand
How many times have we chose criticism that is unfair to us or to others over kindness?
Part of the spiritual journey is to realize that we’re not only are on a journey but we have to be OK with ourselves on the journey
What is salvation? What does that word mean? Here is a new way to think about what it means to come to the realization of yourself which is indeed salvation.
In this episode we begin talking about the sub layers of authenticity. What does it mean to be really authentically grateful or kind or generous.
What do we want as humans? What do we want as a society? What is the spiritual journey really really about? Take a listen.
This is a reintroduction to me and to the theories behind the podcast. To serve as a reminder for those of you listen and a welcome to those of you who may be new.
We must put things in our life that remind us that we are authentically living beings. We must keep our eyes on the prize.
We cannot stop transformation from happening. However, we can choose to live into it and benefit from it or be run over by it.
Sisters and brothers we have no choice but to live a spiritual life, to go on the spiritual journey into base our life and healthy spirituality
When you begin to awaken you will begin to see things as they really are. You will see the code of the false reality
The systems of this world are offering you false solutions to your existential angst. Buying into them only makes you a part of the false reality.
Spiritual maturity does not always have something to do with our age. But if we look back we can often see how deeply programmed we were by the false reality in our younger days.
When we become authentic as humans we become what we were created to be. That comes with a variety of abilities that you already had that will seem new to you. Take a listen.
One of the ways that we can look at our learned behavior is to think of it as an operating system that no longer works. Take a listen
If we look closely there is obvious proof that we have constructed a false reality. Take a listen. Thank you
We live in a miraculous time of spiritual growth. Not good not for us individually but for us collectively also!
Most of the world religions will tell you that they can offer you a way to understand unconditional love if you adhere to the dogma. Love is not transactional. You already have it!
Believe it or not, you and I are not the center of all that exists. We are one very small , yet very important part of a very big universe.
Here is a very quick and simple explanation of authenticity versus lack of authenticity!
Life can be, if we choose to be, a lesson in becoming authentic and perceiving in new ways
We are literally addicted all the time too many things. Those things make up our reality. Take a listen
Using time as an example, this podcast talks about creating realities and about how we humans create them.
There are so many theories about why we live out of a false reality. Here’s a clarification from me about, what finding meaning says, about where false reality comes from.
In this life we have accidents, we get ill or we get caught in a storm. But they’re also things in life that we can change if we both live out of our own authentic love.
Being able to discern from a deep place in your spiritual being is vital to your journey.
Think about all the suffering in the world and all the frustration that we can’t do anything about it. Here is a notion that might help. We may not solve all the suffering but we can share approach it in a different way.
Social media is a microcosm of the macrocosm of life. Take a listen you might find this interesting. Thanks for your time!
Waking up to your authentic self will not shatter you. It will change you, it will affect you profoundly and it will challenge you. However, true spirituality is discovery ones authentic self. In other words, we have no choice.
The person we believe that we are is a product of deep programming. What we have been taught and who we have been told to be is for the most part, false. Take a listen
Christmas is just one holiday of many that many religions celebrate. It represents a birth something new and us, as other holidays mean the same thing. Take a listen
Have you ever wondered where popular culture fits in to the false reality? In a world where things go viral it becomes easy to lose our way.
Holidays like Christmas make no sense unless we understand the metaphorically. Take a listen! Thanks
There is who we really are and who we have been taught to be. Take a listen. Thanks All!!!
From Buddha to Jesus, from Carl Jung to Richard Rohr. From mother Theresa to Mahatma Gandhi. One thing is being said.
Discovering an expensive awareness is what you are doing on your spiritual journey. Take a listen
As a part of Finding Meaning we must talk about the raising and elevating of human consciousness into beings of love. Take a listen. Thanks everybody for your support.
Have you ever wondered why you have such a deep need to belong to organizations, religions or self-help groups? Here is at least part of the answer.
Have you ever wondered what that nagging feeling of dissatisfaction is in your life? Have you ever felt home sick and you don’t know why? Take a listen
This is part two of what it means to be human and what it means to be spiritual. They are in fact, the same thing.
Think about all the ways that we deny our humanity believing it to be spirituality. When in fact, it is in embracing are humanity that leads us to transformation.
I am convinced that non-dualistic thinking is the ultimate goal of the spiritual quest. It is also the way in which we free ourselves from the false reality we have created. Take a listen
This is the final episode in this particular series on what the false reality is that we have created.
I talk often in these podcasts about being stuck in what I call the matrix. Take a listen, I explained that in this podcast.
It is hard to talk about non-dualism in a dualistic world. It is hard to look at life as one whole way of growth rather than good and bad. This episode is my attempt at explaining that paradox.
If we are not OK with where we are at presently it makes it more difficult to move into a deeper meaning. Take a listen. Thanks
We live in a world where people prove their own worth by criticizing others. And unless that criticism is done an absolute kindness and love it is absolutely unnecessary. If you’ve ever been criticized you might want to listen. Thank you!
Do you ever feel like you’re living in constant frustration? Take a listen there’s a reason.
I had some time constraints this morning so I just wanted to give a short explanation of Finding Meaning. Hopefully you’ll find it reenergizing and a succinct and thoughtful explanation of the journey that is a Finding Meaning
Everything we witness is a part of the human attempt to create a reality. And for the most part it’s a failed attempt because we don’t know how to. Let’s talk about it.
Here’s another podcast about dealing with other people in our world. It is fundamental to find a meeting but we understand others.
Compassion, kindness, thoughtfulness and seeing the whole story are very important to Finding Meaning. Here is one way we can do those things.
Have you ever wondered why you’re so frustrated? Have you ever wondered why nothing seems to get resolved? It’s because we’re trying to resolve it through things that can’t resolve it. The answers within. Take a listen thanks!
The more you grow in love the more the universe will trust you with helping. Take a listen!
How do we deal with the toxic people? How do we deal with a toxic world? The answer lies within.
Buried beneath the falsities of this reality are truths. It’s up to us to bring them out of those shadows they reside in. Take a listen!
For years people told me that I would only find truth within myself, it wasn’t until I realized that there is truth within me that I went there.
We have been taught from a very early age that we are either the victim or the hero. We are taught to believe that we are the center of the universe or taught we don’t count at all. Dealing with this personal programming is an essential step to finding meaning.
Everyone has the ability to project reality, some people even manipulated. Take a listen, thanks.
Here is a podcast developed from a question I received from a listener. The question was; how do we understand that we can or cannot impact our world. Take a listen
Reality is far more expensive and infinite in our minds can comprehend. However, we have to try!
As humans we believe in things that are bigger than our lives. Why do we need to do that? How should we approach that? And where do we start looking?
There are components of finding meaning that are a must. One of them is letting go of the past. Take a listen. Thanks!
Have you ever wondered what religions are trying to do? Have you ever wondered if they’re all trying to talk about the same truth? Take a listen, thanks.
This podcast it’s just me unpacking the theory of finding meaning a little bit more. I hope you enjoy it
Have you ever thought about what it means to be a moral human being? It may not be what you think. Take a listen!
The more we let go of our need for answers and live into the mysteries, the less we need answers to be happy.
If the point of finding meaning is authenticity as a human. Emotions most certainly be important.
The work that we talk about in finding meaning, in my opinion, is the most difficult work there is to do. Take a listen!
Have you ever wondered why were so disappointed in other people? Or, we’re disappointed in ourselves? Take a listen. Thanks
The thing that keeps us going on the spiritual path is, once we see the authentic reality we have to have more. Why? Because it’s really our home.
Do you ever get frustrated with the fact that the world never seems to come to resolution? Do you ever get frustrated that there doesn’t ever seem to be any peace? Take a listen there’s a reason.
The spiritual journey is about simplifying not about complicating. It’s an inward journey of becoming. Take a listen
We have learned to play games that preserve or false reality. Take a close listen to this with my friends.
How do we define who we are? How do we know who we are? How do we know right from wrong? Take a listen.
Have you ever felt like there is no compassion in the world or even for you? There’s a reason. Take a listen
Believing in something is a very powerful tool. It can either help or hinder us. Take a listen.
Have you ever wondered why you get frustrated with other people places and things. Take a listen
How do we cope with our frustration with the world? By what way can we perceive the sheer stupidity at times of this world?
Spiritual journey can feel lonely primarily because the rest of the world does not understand its own authenticity. Take a listen
Along with being kind, compassionate and loving. Being authentic also means being deeply intuitive and deeply sensitive.
Sometimes we have thoughts and we think we’re crazy. As long as the aren’t harmful probably not crazy. All human beings have a rich inner dialogue that he’s created within ourselves.Take a listen
There is a difference between being spiritual and being religious. Sometimes not a big difference but most of the time a huge difference. Take a listen.
If we can let go of the old and false self, we can move into reprogramming who we are. But we must become the programmer.
In life we will find that we will get knocked down and beat up. Mostly because we believe the things we find in life offer answers and many of them don’t. Take a listen.
Perceive. Process. Produce. PPP is the theory by which we understand that we have been created in a false reality to be false people and how we might get back or get to our authenticity.
Fundamentally what is at the core of finding meaning is understanding how these three things work. To perceive reality, the process reality to produce reality. I will be doing a series of podcasts on these three things I hope you enjoy.
In this podcast we look at how systems and individuals believe that self-preservation is the way to transformation. It is not!
The spiritual journey, if I lived sincerely, will be marked with moments of epiphany followed by transformation. Take a listen!
I am convinced that 15% of life is beyond our control and 85% of our life is within our control. It is how we navigate that that determines our reality.
Fear, anxiety, disappointment, anger are all part of being human. How should we perceive that?
We get stuck in life for many reasons. Toxic people, addictions, sheer laziness we all suffer from it. Take a listen
The path to transformation is narrow and hard to travel. Hopefully this podcast can help.
It is vital to our spiritual growth to explore things that seem strange, out of place and beyond the normal. Take a listen
The movie Toy story serves as a great metaphor for the spiritual life and especially the character of Woody. Kind of a fun episode take a listen.
The reality that we humans have created as a vested interest in keeping you anxious. What can we do?
Do you ever get frustrated? Do you ever just hold your head in your hands and can’t believe what people do or how people act. There’s a reason!
We humans derail our own life by creating drama and unnecessary pain. It is a sort of self spiritual sabotage. Take a listen, thanks guys!
To be spiritual is to be human to be human is to be spiritual. The more we deny those things are the same the further away from the truth we get.
Here’s a brief podcast talking about who Jesus may have been in light of what we talk about in this podcast.
What does spirituality mean? What does it mean to be on a spiritual quest? How is that different than being a religious person? Take a listen. Thanks
The curriculum is life. Life itself lived. Mistakes made success is celebrated. Take a listen
As we understand that the reality we have formed is not real, that reality is calling us to a shallower place. Take a listen
Oh yes, there is happiness to be found. There is serenity to be found. But she cannot find it and what is false, it’s found somewhere else.
If you were listening to this podcast I would imagine you have a much wider view of reality than others. Take a listen.
As we awaken spiritually how do we deal with others? How do we see them? This podcast explores the fact that the world is in the place we’ve just escaped from.
This is a refresher podcast on what this podcast is really about at its core. Welcome to our new listeners
Looking at the world you get frustrated and throw your hands up. However we can use these false narratives to help us grow and to help others. Take a listen
Don’t get too busy being on a quest or too wrapped up in your own issues. Let the universe flow through you that’s the only way to transformation.
As we look for identity in a false reality we over identify with the things that often seem right. However, because they are from a false reality we have to look deeply at if they are truly right.
We have to Analyze our lives and then let go of the ability to analyze. Both are important both are necessary
Criticism and cynicism come from living out of the false sense of self. They come from trying to prove that we are right and others are wrong. It is in that dualism that we see the false reality.
In order for us to allow the seed of our soul to grow, we have to water the ground by seeing the big picture.
All of our exploration has to be based in and grounded by being kind and sharing unmerited love the best we can.
In the midst of collective a personal tragedy we can see the very best of what it means to be human. We can see authentically who we are
Why do we humans have a need to divide? Why do we Separate from each other, color, gender, age, education, etc? Well here’s the answer.
We human beings are not the center of the universe, in fact we’re not even the center of our lives. Take a listen
Spirituality is not about what building we go to or even what we believe. It’s about moving through the masks in personas that are put upon us and finding the real us
Living a spiritual life means viewing a lot of things that are ridiculous. It means a lot of what we have understood comes from an absurd notion. Take a listen
How do we cope with others behavior as we explore who we really are? Becoming more authentic gives us the opportunity to understand people better.
The human mind is a reality perceiving machine it’s also a reality making machine. How do we intervene in that process to make a better reality? Take a listen it
Where do you things like stereotype and cliché come from? Why is it that we know people behave and act and do certain things but how they present themselves? It’s persona. Take a listen
Think about how many relationships in life are transactional. The way we have created our reality is that everything is transactional. Unfortunately, transactional living does not work because it is false.
The things that we have presented as ways of finding meaning in this reality ultimately, come from human concepts and thus just reinforce the false reality.
Every moment can be a God moment. Every moment can be a universe moment. Every moment can be a love moment. Listen to the podcast and you’ll hear one happened in the middle of the podcast.
What are you missing? How do you find it? What have we created that keeps us from being happy, really deeply happy?
We are kept asleep and unaware. Take a listen about how to wake up from the dream of the false reality
What does it mean to be awakened? What does it mean to be Buddha or to be Christ minded?
Have you ever wondered why, even if you try to change your still dissatisfied or unhappy? Take a listen. Thanks!
We live in multiple dimensions folks. It explains all the paranormal stuff. Take a listen, heck it’s only four minutes
In this episode I share with you a very brief and easy practice to help yourself break free from the false reality that we have created.
Here’s a little bit about how I arrived at the idea that we live in a false reality created by we ourselves and our thinking. Thank you for listening
There are invitations all around us all the time to escape our miss constructed reality.
We have spent entire lifetimes trying to Figure out who we really are. Unfortunately, we have been doing that in a false reality. We again and again identify ourselves with the collective false reality that we have created. Because of that, we never really truly find out who we are.
It is a programming as humans that create a false reality. That false reality is the illusion that the great religious thinkers talk about. It’s the matrix.
At some point the systems we humans create out of our false sense of self take on a life of their own. That in turn this Perpetuates the false reality. Take a listen
What if everything was stripped away? All the falseness of this reality what would be left?
Have you ever wondered why we keep trying to change stuff in this world but it never changes? Take a listen. Thanks
Here is a another way of understanding the false reality we live in and what it might look like for us to live outside of that false reality
I know what I’m sharing can be difficult. But there is actual tangible ways in which you can see the matrix that we are caught in. Take a listen please. Thank you
What is the story you tell the world about yourself? Where does that story come from? We tell the world what it wants to hear about who we are and because the world is constructed of falsehoods, so often are our narratives
Looking at just a couple examples in this podcast of beings who have found their way out of the matrix/false reality.
In this episode, we look at how the human brain produces one of two things. It either produces the real reality or the false reality.
In this podcast I will explain what it means to live outside of the falsely constructed reality that we humans have agreed on.
How do you identify yourself? Do you do so by comparing yourself to others? Of course we do, we all do it because we’re all caught in the matrix.
So far I have explained that the matrix is a false reality of dualism. In this episode we look at how it has a mind of its own.
This episode is a further exploration of the theory that the matrix we are caught in is a false reality constructed by our reliance on dualistic thinking.
Here is the episode where I explain what I believe to be the false reality created by the human mind.
This first episode of this podcast is an introduction of me, the host and a brief explanation of what this podcast is about. Welcome to the journey.