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612. Eva Natanya

Buddhism, Christianity, and Spiritual Discernment Summary: This conversation explores meditation, solitary retreat, and the subtle dynamics of mind, prāṇa, and inner-body practice. It also examines karma, reincarnation, Buddha nature, Christian...

611. Peter Russell, 2nd Interview

Letting Go, Meditation, and Consciousness Summary: This conversation explores letting go as a direct path to inner peace, body awareness, forgiveness, and a quieter mind. It also ranges into the effects of accelerating technology, the limits of...

610. Julie Beischel

Mediumship Research, After-Death Communication, and Consciousness Summary: This conversation explores the scientific study of mediumship, including how medium readings are tested for accuracy and how fraud and bias are controlled. It also looks...

609. Jim Tucker

Children Who Remember Previous Lives Summary: This conversation explores scientific research into children who report memories of previous lives, including how cases are investigated and verified. It also examines what these findings may suggest...

608. Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, 2nd Interview

Grace, Forgiveness, and the Guru Summary: This conversation explores awakening, healing, and the long process of embodying spiritual realization in daily life. It also looks at forgiveness, grace, and how a guru can help reveal what is already...

607. Stephan Bodian, 2nd Interview

Spiritual Integrity, Discernment, and the Shadow Summary: This conversation explores spiritual integrity, discernment, and the ethical responsibilities that arise in teacher-student relationships. It also looks at shadow integration, power...

606. Stephen Meyer

DNA Information, Fine-Tuning, and Intelligent Design Summary: This conversation explores intelligent design through DNA information, the fine-tuning of physics, and the limits of materialist explanations. It also ranges into near-death...

605. Chelan Harkin

Ecstatic Poetry, Hafez, and Mystical Inspiration Summary: This conversation explores the emergence of spontaneous poetry, prayerful experimentation, and the sense of being creatively moved by something larger. It also touches on truth,...

604. Ilia Delio

Why AI Needs Religion Summary: This conversation explores God as absolute mystery, the relationship between consciousness and matter, and how science and religion can deepen one another. It also considers AI, transhumanism, and why love and...

603. Tara Springett

Kundalini Awakening, Trauma, and the Subtle Body Summary: This conversation explores kundalini awakening as a subtle psycho-spiritual process, including kriyas, trauma held in the body, and the role of chakras. It also looks at how Buddhist...

602. Diederik Wolsak

Radical Forgiveness and Healing Core Beliefs Summary: This conversation explores how early trauma can shape core beliefs, self-blame, and lifelong patterns of suffering. It also examines a practical forgiveness process for tracing upset to its...

601. Laurence Freeman

Christian Meditation, Contemplative Consciousness, and the Mantra Summary: This conversation explores the roots of Christian meditation, the use of the mantra, and the difference between mindfulness and deeper contemplative practice. It also...

600. Anita Moorjani, 2nd Interview

Sensitive Is the New Strong Summary: The conversation revisits a profound near-death experience and how it reshaped the understanding of love, healing, and life after returning. It then explores empathy, sensitivity, self-care, leadership, and...

599. Stephen Cope

Dharma, Sacred Duty, and the Common Good Summary: This conversation explores dharma as sacred duty and how it connects personal calling with the common good. It also looks at discernment, long-term practice, karma yoga, and the difference between...

598. Gautam Sachdeva

Peace of Mind, Equanimity, and Nonduality Summary: This conversation explores how life challenges can become a doorway into deeper acceptance, peace of mind, and spiritual maturity. It also touches on nonduality, kundalini, free will, silence,...

597. Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri

Higher Consciousness, Inner Freedom, and Universal Spirituality Summary: A wide-ranging conversation about consciousness, inner transformation, and the move from the small self to a more spacious spiritual identity. The discussion also explores...

596. Richard Tarnas

Archetypal Astrology and the Enchanted Cosmos Summary: This conversation explores an ensouled, intelligent universe in which consciousness, meaning, and freedom are woven into the fabric of reality. It also examines archetypal astrology,...

595. Eben Alexander and Karen Newell

Consciousness, NDEs, and the Afterlife Summary: A conversation about near-death experience, consciousness, and what may lie beyond the physical body. The discussion also explores life reviews, reincarnation, sound-based meditation, memory, and...

594. Lisa Rose

Consciousness Regeneration, Kundalini, and Three Years of Bliss Summary: A conversation about a direct awakening through intense longing to know God, followed by a powerful energetic and contemplative unfolding. The discussion explores kundalini,...

593. Ameeta Kaul

Embodiment, Fear, and the Courage to Be in Human Form Summary: Ameeta Kaul discusses how loss, fear, and spiritual inquiry opened her into a deeper path of embodiment and self-understanding. The conversation explores emptiness and form,...

592. Richard Rohr

The Universal Christ and Nondual Consciousness Summary: A conversation about the Universal Christ, the limits of transactional religion, and the shift from exclusionary theology toward a more expansive spirituality. The discussion also explores...

591. Rabbi Rami Shapiro

Non-Dual Judaism, Reincarnation, and Shadow Work Summary: A wide-ranging conversation about mystical Judaism, perennial wisdom, and the difference between tribal religion and direct spiritual realization. The discussion also explores death,...

590. Theresa Cheung

Dreams, Angels, and the Science of Spirituality Summary: This conversation explores dreams as a doorway to intuition, lucid dreaming, and the unusual dream activity many people reported during lockdown. It also ranges through mediumship, angels,...

589. Raymond Schumann

Kundalini, Ego Death, and Holdfast Summary: A candid conversation about a prolonged Kundalini awakening, the collapse of ego structures, and the inner force Raymond calls Holdfast. The discussion also explores free will, dissociation, spiritual...

588. Bruce Greyson

Near-Death Experiences, Consciousness, and the Subtle Body Summary: This conversation explores near-death experiences and the ways they challenge materialist assumptions about consciousness. It also looks at life reviews, out-of-body perception,...

587. Sebene Selassie

Belonging, Non-Separation, and Community Summary: This conversation explores belonging, non-separation, and the mystery of life through meditation, nature, and spiritual practice. It also looks at discernment, community, and the need to integrate...

586. Cynthia Bourgeault, 2nd Interview

The Imaginal Realm, Discernment, and Grace Summary: This conversation explores the imaginal realm as a real dimension of consciousness and how it relates to prayer, service, and transformation. It also examines spiritual discernment, humility,...

585. Doug Scott

Law of One, Mystical Christianity, and Densities Summary: This conversation explores the Law of One as a framework for understanding consciousness, densities, the Logos, and the veil of forgetting. It also looks at how mystical Christianity,...

584. Helané Wahbeh

Channeling, Psi, and Non-Local Consciousness Summary: This conversation explores channeling, psychic abilities, and the possibility that consciousness extends beyond the brain. It also looks at how science might study subtle experiences,...

583. Damo Mitchell

Nei Gong, Taoist Alchemy, and the Dan Tian Summary: This conversation explores Taoist practice through Nei Gong, qi cultivation, and alchemy, with a focus on what these traditions are actually trying to accomplish. It also examines the need for...

582. Daniel P. Brown

The True Test of Realization Summary: This conversation explores what genuine realization means in Buddhism, including the relationship between awakening, ethical conduct, and awakened awareness. It also examines concentration training, rainbow...

581. David Lorimer

Consciousness, NDEs, and the Galileo Commission Summary: This conversation explores whether consciousness is produced by the brain or underlies all of reality. It also looks at near-death experiences, mystical insight, and how a shift away from...

580. Sue Morter

Energy Codes, Embodiment, and Quantum Consciousness Summary: This conversation explores how embodiment, energy awareness, and heart-based practice can open deeper states of clarity, vitality, and inner guidance. It also looks at how spiritual...

579. Conspirituality

Conspirituality, QAnon, and Wellness Culture Summary: This conversation explores how conspiracy thinking has merged with yoga, wellness, and New Age spirituality. It also looks at how to respond compassionately when loved ones get pulled into...

578. Ingrid Honkala

Near-Death Experience, Beings of Light, and Inner Wisdom Summary: A childhood near-death experience opened a lifelong relationship with guidance, subtle perception, and inner knowing. The conversation explores how those experiences shaped a...

577. Rick Hanson, 2

Equanimity, Stillness, and Discernment in a Changing World Summary: This conversation explores equanimity, stillness, and how to stay grounded when life feels unstable or overwhelming. It also looks at discernment, truth-telling, and the...

576. Dean Radin, 2nd Interview

Psychic Phenomena, Consciousness, and Real Magic Summary: This conversation explores psychic phenomena, magic, and the ways consciousness may shape reality. It also considers the limits of materialism, the role of ancient traditions, and what...

574. Asil Toksal

Channeling, Sacred Sites, and the Evolution of Consciousness Summary: A conversation about channeling, sacred-site work, and how inner alignment relates to the evolution of consciousness. The discussion also explores polarity, challenges as...

572. James Cooke

Consciousness, Psychedelics, and the Nature of Reality Summary: A wide-ranging conversation on consciousness, the nature of reality, and the tension between scientific inquiry and mystical experience. The discussion also explores trauma,...

571. Tricia Barker

What Dying Taught Me About Healing and Transformation Summary: A near-death experience reshaped this conversation into a wide-ranging exploration of healing, service, and spiritual guidance. The discussion moves through angels, oneness, trauma...

570. Gabrielle Orr

Akashic Records, Universal Field, and Awakening Summary: This conversation explores the nature of the Akashic Records as an interactive field of intelligence and guidance. It also touches on the pandemic, awakening, healing, and what it means to...

569. Elizabeth Anne Hill

Divine Guidance, Synchronicities, and Soul Contracts Summary: This conversation explores how deep loss can open the door to intuitive guidance, dreams, and contact with the non-physical. It also looks at soul contracts, free will, synchronicity,...

568. Paul Muller-Ortega, 2nd Interview

Mantra, Grace, and the Subtle Nature of Reality Summary: A wide-ranging conversation on mantra, meditation, and the Shaiva-Shakta view of consciousness and reality. The discussion also explores grace, awakening, teachers, subtle states, and how...

567. Terrence Stephens

The Collapse of the Me Summary: A direct conversation about the collapse of the separate self, the nature of consciousness and awareness, and what it means to live from non-dual understanding. The discussion also explores unconditional love,...

566. Helen Hamilton

Awakening, Self-Inquiry, and the End of Seeking Summary: This conversation explores awakening, self-inquiry, and meditation as practical pointings toward freedom. It also looks at how truth is lived in ordinary life, including emotions,...

565. Iain McGilchrist

Divided Brain, Consciousness, and Western Culture Summary: This conversation explores the divided brain model and how the left and right hemispheres shape perception, consciousness, and culture. It also looks at education, dogma, politics, and...

564. Scott Kiloby, 3rd Interview

Trauma, Addiction, and Wisdom in Times of Crisis Summary: This conversation explores healing trauma and addiction through mindfulness, inquiry, and practical support. It also looks at how fear, uncertainty, and social crisis can be met with a...

563. Diana Durham

Coherent Self, Grail Myth, and Bohm’s Implicate Order Summary: This conversation explores how intuition, myth, and consciousness shape a coherent inner life and a coherent world. It also examines the Grail tradition, Bohm’s ideas, and the ways...

562. James Finley

Trauma, Mysticism, and the Nearness of God Summary: This conversation explores contemplative Christianity through Thomas Merton, the healing of trauma, and the paradox of God as both transcendent and intimately present. It also touches on...