James O’Dea is the award-winning author of The Conscious Activist, Cultivating Peace, Soul Awakening Practice, and other works.
James is a former President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Washington office director of Amnesty International, and CEO of the Seva Foundation.
He has taught peacebuilding to over a thousand students in 30 countries. He has also conducted frontline social healing dialogues around the world.
He is a founding member of The Evolutionary Leaders group and on the Advisory Board of The Peace Alliance, Kosmos Journal, and the Laszlo New Paradigm Institute.
Website: jamesodea.com
Books:
- The Conscious Activist: Where Activism Meets Mysticism
- Soul Awakening Practice: Prayer, Contemplation and Action
- Cultivating Peace: Becoming a 21st-Century Peace Ambassador
- Creative Stress: A Path for Evolving Souls Living Through Personal and Planetary Upheaval
‘James O’Dea is a modern-day prophet who has journeyed further than anyone I know in the ways of peace’ — Lynne Twist www.pachamama.org
‘James O’Dea is indubitably one of the most evolved souls on the planet’ — Ervin Laszlo author of over 40 books on cosmology, consciousness, and new science.
Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group.
Interview recorded June 30, 2018
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction and Invocation
- 00:04:03 – This Consecrated Hour
- 00:10:19 – The Music beneath the Melodrama
- 00:15:24 – The Purpose of Creation
- 00:22:06 – The Heart’s Response to Tests and Bitterness
- 00:28:15 – The Bittersweet Beginning
- 00:34:38 – Beginning of Activism and Loss of Spiritual Connection
- 00:40:46 – Learning from Losses and Mystical Experiences
- 00:46:33 – The Evolutionary Process of Evil
- 00:52:29 – The Subtle Domain: A Story of Refinement
- 00:58:42 – The Teaching of Quality and the Rainbow Umbrella
- 01:03:02 – The Power of Forgiveness
- 01:08:50 – Restorative Justice and Forgiveness in Conflict Zones
- 01:14:35 – The Indestructible Spirit within the Palestinian Camp
- 01:20:46 – A Transformation in Front of Me
- 01:26:49 – The Hunter of the Fire
- 01:31:58 – The Blossoming of Celestial Perception
- 01:36:12 – The Subtle Plane in Mozart’s Music
- 01:40:33 – The Power of Subtlety and Refinement
- 01:44:00 – The Power of Communion and Fields
- 01:47:27 – Neutralizing Tension in the Field
- 01:50:50 – The Power of Field Connectivity
- 01:54:44 – A Pivotal Day in My Life
- 01:58:19 – Fields Within Fields: Exploring Spirituality and Human Rights
- 02:01:25 – Subtle Realms and Interconnectedness
- 02:05:27 – The Toll of Dealing with Mayhem and Torture
- 02:09:06 – The Complexity of Knowledge and the Simplest Form of Awareness
- 02:11:50 – The Marrying of Consciousness and Compassionate Action
- 02:15:07 – The Complexity of Existential Crises
- 02:19:02 – The Infinite Rhythms of Consciousness
- 02:22:55 – The Luminous Essence of Your True Self
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