Eric talks with an old friend about the past, pain, grief and healing.

Everyone goes through periods of tribulation and suffering. How do we make sense of it? Or can we?

Paul is an old friend. In this conversation we discuss our shared history, as well as his journey from evangelicalism to Zen Buddhism.

What is freedom? Do mandates to wear a mask or get a vaccine during a pandemic violate your freedom?

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A short introduction to the podcaster and his intentions for the podcast

Explain this episode how fundamentalism distorts consciousness and discuss my own history as a fundamentalist Christian in the United States

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In this podcast, I want to look at the various modes and expressions of consciousness in which we find ourselves in the world today and to ask the question, what does it mean to be a conscious human being living in a society that seems to have as its objective the exploitation and ultimate annihilation of most of us in most contexts?