In this episode we have on friend of the show, Priscilla Peach-Lang once again.  We begin the episode by discussing the book, The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo.  We discuss a particular passage in which the author makes reference to looking out onto the horizon during turbulence to help aid in one's perspective during difficult life moments... However this was merely the runway to the HEART of the episode as Priscilla details the story of her daughter's journey as a young child needing a heart transplant and the numerous Spiritually and emotionally trying moments as a mother witnessing it all.  Priscilla bravely details how her shifts in perspective were key in her acceptance of the outcome of her and her daughter's tale.  Fascinating and heart-warming, literally.

In this episode we talk about Yule!  What is it?  Where does it come from?  We get into the separation of city and rural, followers and heathens and doing things to excess this time of year as a celebration of the Return of the Sun! aka the winter solstice.  Mary Kay gives examples and explanations of  some Archeo-Asctonomy sites across the world.  We also discuss seeing the Sun and much of the Universe as a Living organism and animism as a whole.

We continue our discussion from our previous episode on the Dalai Lama's take on enlightenment.  We discuss how believing IS being and again how meditation is a dress rehearsal.  We go over discovering your natural state and how that can facilitate a more comfortable and effective way of being.  We also highlight the aspect of us that is transcendent of space and time in addition the parts of us that can appear and seen by what normally lies beyond veil of daily existence.

In this episode we give the down low on the Dalai Lama.. a little bit of his history and such.  We more poignantly highlight his views on meditation as a rehearsal for enlightenment.  We discuss the idea of a sudden vs a gradual approach to enlightenment, self-improvement and other forms of realization.  We create a new term... SHENGASM! and talk about love as a tool to connect to the Supreme Source.

In this episode we bring in friend of the show, Todd Love Ball Jr.  Todd is known as so much to so many... author of a new book, Kasia's Love Purpose,  husband of 20 years, father of two, professional fitness trainer and coach, , bodybuilder and a pillar of international relations.  We not only detail the story of his new book but we discuss interracial love, cross-cultural experiences, connecting parts of our identity and the power of love in one's life.  

Book Link for Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Kasias-Love-Purpose-Todd-Ball/dp/1682357473/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IQ4PR53494QV&keywords=kasia%27s+love+purpose&qid=1668989821&sprefix=kasia%27s+love+%2Caps%2C91&sr=8-1

You can reach Todd and his wife from their Facebook page listed below.

https://www.facebook.com/ball4training

In this episode we continue our debate and discussion on the notion of human existence being viewed as a combination of hardware and software.  The body as the hardware and the Psycho-Spiritual aspects as the software.  This came up in our last episode as a sort of reference but it drove the conversation in a meaningful way and thus we wanted to do it justice and give it a little more air time as we continue our deep dive into the Supreme Source, or Kunjed Gyalpo as a continuation on the 3 aspects of Enlightenment.

In this episode we continue our discussion of the Buddhist view of the deeper aspects of ourselves and the enlightened states.  We give a brief story of a historical TIbetan Buddhist figure, Padmasambhava.  We discuss pure and total consciousness as the source of all.  Ironically we spar a bit over the Hardware/Software debate of the human condition...Are we more than just our bodies? And either way how do we know?

The Book we discuss is the Kunjed Gyalpo or The Supreme Source.

In this episode we discuss some different takes on reality, God, The Holy Spirit and Original Sin.  We then move our discussion to the main topic of this episode, mainly that of the story of the 6th Zen Master and The Platform Sutra.  It was a fascinating story with some deep lessons for us all.

In this episode Daniel is recording live from Florence, Italy.        As a sort of continuation on our discussion and breakdown of the 3  aspects of our Enlightenment/Buddha Nature we address the notion of  Killing the Buddha... But why?  We discuss this and more!