Where's David? Author of Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life and Rebellion Dogs Radio host is our alternative-host as David was in Boston, at the time of recording, as part of several-week-long journey. All will be explained on the show.

But the big news is we have Helen Hamilton, "I was always searching for something in my life and for many years I did not know what it was. I always felt very different even as a child and could see energy and auras unlike people around me. I desperately tried to fit in and find peace but it never came."

But that was seven books ago. In the gentlest language and the most inviting way, we are introduced to Helen's approach to Satsang, for, "those committed to Self-discovery and who feel a deep urge to find lasting peace and freedom."

For more Helen (and why not): https://helenhamilton.org

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Today we are speaking with ….Noah Levine.

NOAH LEVINE is the author of Dharma Punx, Against The Stream, The Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery, is a Buddhist teacher, author and counselor. He has created a Buddhist approach to addiction recovery called Refuge Recovery. He is also the founding teacher of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, with a meditation center in Venice beach CA. He teaches meditation classes, workshops and retreats internationally. Noah holds a Masters degree in counseling psychology and lives in Los Angeles.

https://www.againstthestream.com/

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Today we are speaking with Preacher Jon Ruby.

After almost losing his life in 2005 on the streets of Ottawa Jon Ruby had finally hit rock bottom. The drugs he was using stopped working and he was unable to take his own life. He sought refuge in a homeless shelter and enrolled in their addiction treatment center and thus began his recovery journey. After treatment, his family was reunited. Back home with his wife and 2 children he began his journey on staying sober. To stay sober he realized that recovery was a full time gig and service to others was a big part of that. In 2006 he started working with men that suffered from mental illness and later within that organization transitioned to lead and develop the addiction treatment center that continues to serve addicts from all over Ontario today. In 2015 he went out on his own to start Union City Church and develop initiatives to build a healthy community that nourishes others on their recovery journey. 

He is the founder and educator at LifeLab and Ashes to Rubies and in 2018 launched their social enterprise called Carlington booch a kombucha company who’s mission is to ‘booch the gap’

Jon and his wife Vikki continue to stay sober by helping others and passing on the message that was so freely given to them. 

https://carlingtonbooch.com/

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Today we have a special episode where we look at the history of spirituality in AA…presented by Jim W… 

….Jim was was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, moved to Ft. Worth Texas in the 70s and has now lived in Cancun, Mexico for the last 34 years. He is a member of Alcoholics Anonymous and has been a student of its history for about the last 10 years.

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Today we’re talking … to Peter Russell.
Peter Russell is a leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. He is the author of a dozen books, including The Global Brain, Waking Up in Time and From Science to God. His new book, Letting Go of Nothing, was published this August. As a side note I read this book over the past week and I have to say it’s a gem. There's so much treasure It…in bite size chunks, ideal for people with short attention spans like myself.
Peter studied theoretical physics, experimental psychology, and computer science at the University of Cambridge, 
and meditation and Eastern Philosophy in India. And pioneered the introduction of personal growth programs to corporations in the 1980s. He's also famous for predicting the coming of something called the Internet way back in the 80s in the aforementioned book Global Brain.
He's a renowned teacher of meditation, and he's kindly agreed to lead a short meditation for us during the podcast.
His mission is to distill the essential wisdom on human consciousness found in the world’s various spiritual traditions, and to disseminate their teachings on self-liberation in contemporary and compelling ways. 

https://www.peterrussell.com/LGN/book/index.php

Today we’re talking … to Jessica Todd. 
Jessica has been Sober since 2017 which she describes as the biggest accomplishment of her life thus far.
The first three years of her recovery were spent away from the program because she gave up working the steps because she couldn’t let go of the very Christian aspects of the NA program.
 She says she stayed away because she couldn’t relate to all the people who had found God as their higher power. 
Then she came across Satanic Recovery in July 2020. 
At that moment, her recovery received the revamp that it needed and since then, she has worked with a sponsor and successfully completed the steps. 
She works closely with others, and has started a Satanic Recovery in person meeting in San Diego. 
For the past 14 years, divination has always been an important aspect of her life. In 2014 she went to rehab, where they confiscated her tarot cards and would not let her have them until after she left the program. 
She says that right from the start of her recovery journey, tarot was frowned upon. but Through Satanic Recovery she discovered that there is no one way to work a program. On Saturday nights she holds hold a tarot zoom meeting which incorporates tarot into recovery. The point of this meeting is to help everyone understand that divination can be used by anyone working a program.
Jessica’s Recovery Support Saturday Tarot group: Every Saturday 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern/2am UK/11am Sunday AEST Australia zoom ID 837 2213 4679 passcode Principles

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Today we’re talking … to Fred Davis.
FRED DAVIS is a spiritual unteacher. He studied and practiced Eastern wisdom for twenty-five years prior to 2006 when seeking ended, and his true awakening commenced. He is the creator and editor of AwakeningClarityNow.com, which launched in 2011. 
Fred is a long-time sober and is the author of six books including ‘Beyond Recovery: Non-Duality & the 12 steps’ 

This book has been described as a "bridge book" that introduces Nonduality to people in recovery, and recovery to people who are already involved in nondual spirituality. Very often in recovery, participants will hit a "plateau" in whatever system they're using to clean up and clear up. They feel like they've outgrown the rigid dogma sometimes found in some recovery programs, but they still have a pull toward the relative safety of their group or tradition.
Beyond Recovery: Nonduality and the Twelve Steps offers a way to satisfy both calls. Beyond Recovery is being used as a basic text for discussion groups in the US and Australia.


Fred is very happily married, is deeply devoted to this teaching, his beautiful wife, and his extraordinary canine companions, Willy and Jack. He lives quietly as a chiefly ignored, urban hermit in Columbia, South Carolina.

His website https://awakeningclaritynow.com/


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Today we’re talking … about Islam as it applies to the 12 Steps - with Andrea Travers.

 Andrea Travers was born in New York, where she was also ordained in 2003. Aside from her doctor's degree in ministry, which she acquired in 2010, she also has a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in mass communication from the University of Oregon and University of Portland respectively. Married with three children, she now lives in the city of Wilsonville in Oregon with her family.
Andrea’s study of Islam was conducted as part of her doctoral work that studied the eight faith traditions as well as two years at an interfaith seminary in New York City where she was ordained. 
She is an author of several books including the
Twelve Wisdom Steps: Unifying Principles of the 12 Steps of A.A. Found in the Wisdom Traditions,
is described as thus:

Beneath the well-known twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) are the universal principles of spiritual practice as they are expressed in traditional religions and wisdom traditions; including Buddhism, Christianity, Cosmology, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Native American Spirituality, and Taoism. 
This wisdom expressed itself in the 20th century movement known as A.A. The purpose of her book is to ensure that seekers from all faith traditions have an opportunity to realize and appreciate the universality of transformative spiritual practices.

https://www.12wisdomsteps.com/

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Today we’re talking …to Scott Kiloby

Scott Kiloby is a noted international speaker, well-respected enlightenment (nonduality) teacher who has helped thousands of people all over the world, an entrepreneur, creative spirit, and a prolific author of seven books that simplify and demystify authentic spiritual awakening as it is taught in the East.
 
 Scott has broken new ground in a number of areas, including being the co-founder and owner of the first two treatment centers in the U.S. to focus primarily on mindfulness and nondual awareness as the central path to freedom in recovery, the Kiloby Center for Recovery (day treatment) and the Natural Rest House (24-hour care facility).
 
 Scott is an innovator in the addiction field and developed the New Model of Recovery which contains a zero-tolerance for shaming, judging, or punishing people whether they are using or not.
 
 Instead, Scott focuses on showing people unconditional love and using the Kiloby Inquiries to heal their pain that drives the addiction in the first place. This has been the central key to the success of Scott’s work.
 
 https://kiloby.com/

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Start your day with this short meditation every day!
I recently caught up for a chat with Shaman Woody Gruber, who kindly allowed me to share his 'Safety Protocol' or 'Power-Stacking Prayer'...its a few minutes long, but designed to 'Raise your frequency' to attune with higher spirits.
Enjoy!