Higher consciousness, expanded awareness; one mind. Great thoughts. But unless we find a way to apply them to everyday life, these high-sounding ideas may not carry us too far. In her new book, Madly Chasing Peace: How I Went to Hell to Happy in Nine Minutes a Day, (http://www.dinaproctor.com/book.html) Philip Mereton's guest this week, Dina Proctor, (http://www.dinaproctor.com/) tells her story of rising from the depths of suicidal depression to connecting with the Source. Once an alcoholic, she is now a successful life coach and best-selling author. Listen in as she tells her inspiring -- and real -- story.

Along with being the newest of the world's major religions, Mormonism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism)has also somehow become the least understood. On this show we go beneath the surface and explore how Mormonism's views of the afterlife and reincarnation compare to other religions and to modern accounts of near-death experiences. Is Mormonism an outlier or an evolutionary strand of Christianity? On this show, Philip Mereton speaks with Daniel Johnson (http://www.ldsguide.blogspot.com/), an active elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints about life after death, resurrection, and the three kingdoms.

Among the strongest of our conditioning beliefs is that consciousness arose from the dust; only matter is real, spirit is invisible to science. Yet, oddly, this matter-first model, attributed to Issac Newton, has been overturned by quantum theory, (http://www.integralscience.org/ConsciousQM.html) though this fact has not filtered into the scientific community. Perhaps no one has done a better job of putting on film the story of how the current scientific model must change than Philip Mereton’s guest this week, Frank Huguenard. Listen in as Philip and Frank go not only beyond science and religion, but also Beyond Reason. (http://www.beyondmefilm.com/)

On this show, Philip Mereton, talks with bestselling author, Mario Livio (http://www.mariolivio.com), about the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/MathDrama/reading/Wigner.html) in explaining the universe, and the “brilliant blunders” of great scientists. Whether looked at through the lens of science or religion, the success of mathematics in explaining the world can only be called a deep mystery. Mario Livio also discusses his new book, Brilliant Blunders (http://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-Blunders-Einstein-Scientists-Understanding/dp/1439192367), where he shows that the practice of science is not a steady, direct march to truth; rather, great scientists at times stumble and blunder their way into dead ends, some of which, however, wind up opening the door to new insights.

A song is on your mind; it plays on the radio; you're thinking of a friend; she texts you. "Synchronicity," (http://carl-jung.net/synchronicity.html) a term coined by the great Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, are "meaningful coincidences," the simultaneous occurrence of independent events that appear to come from a source that understands the whole picture, like an author who knows where the story is heading. This week, Philip Mereton talks with Dr. Allan Hunter (http://allanhunter.net/), the author of, The Path of Synchronicity: Align Yourself with Your Life's Flow (http://www.amazon.com/The-Path-Synchronicity-Align-Yourself/dp/1844095398), about how these coincidences reveal something about the universe and how we can improve our state of being by connecting with the flow that creates them.

According to a recent CBS poll, 57% of the American public believes in some form of physic phenomena. But according to modern science, psychic phenomena is unproven, and anyone who believes in these events is in some way deluded (http://www.michaelshermer.com/the-believing-brain/). Philip Mereton's guest this week, Dean Radin (http://deanradin.com/), perhaps more than any other person, has used the rigorous methods of science to show that psychic phenomena is real, and also consistent with the findings of quantum theory. In his new book, Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities, (http://www.amazon.com/Supernormal-Science-Evidence-Extraordinary-Abilities/dp/030798690X) he shows that according to ancient yoga tradition, psychic abilities result from a refinement of the mind, and reflect a natural power anyone can master.

Cosmologists have declared 96% of the universe missing. Two mysterious things, dark matter (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=dark-matters-elusiveness-means-search-may-soon-become-more-challenging&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20140102) and dark energy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy), make up most of what cosmologists believe to be the cosmos. Neither can be seen, leaving 4% consists of things we are familiar with, dirt, stones, water, and stars. On this show, Richard Panek, author of, The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Race to Find the Rest of Reality (http://www.amazon.com/The-Percent-Universe-Discover-Reality/dp/B007K4QADA), joins Philip Mereton in a conversation about how the search for the missing pieces to the universe has become the number one quest in cosmology.

The notion that we are part of one mind stands directly opposed to virtually everything we’ve been taught, which makes it a strange idea. Don’t we all have separate bodies with separate brains, disconnected creatures following our own paths? Isn’t all that matters our own personal success? On this show, Philip Mereton explores the notion of the one mind with, Dr. Larry Dossey, (http://www.dosseydossey.com/larry/default.html ) best-selling author of the new book, One Mind: How Our Individual Mind is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why it Matters (http://www.amazon.com/One-Mind-Individual-Greater-Consciousness/dp/1401943152 ). As this conversation shows, multiple lines of evidence are pointing in the direction of the one mind, and soon it might not be such a strange thought after all.

Mainstream motivational teachers say we can be whatever we want to be. This week’s guest, Chris M. Sprague, (http://chrismsprague.com/ ) teaches something different. Each of us, he believes, is wired to thrive in different ways, and the secret to success is understanding our own internal wiring system. Once we align our lives with our wiring, anything is possible. Also on this show, Philip Mereton, talks with Jessie Craigie of DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Inc. (http://www.dirtt.net/), a company committed to “doing it right this time,” that combines advanced software design and state-of-the-art construction methods to create a world-leading and sustainable way of building interior wall systems.

The quest for the fountain of youth remains one of our most deeply held but elusive dreams. But if we can’t have eternal life, we can at least try to optimize our potential lifespans. This is the purpose of Lifespan Seminar (http://www.lifespanseminar.com/ ), the organization headed by this week’s guest, Guy Joseph Ale. He teaches that we must first understand our own potential lifespans, and then manage our lives to reach that potential in the real world.