Purpose Highway®

HIGHLIGHTS

• Morality is in the talking, Ethics are in the walking
• Old moral institutions need to adapt to modern-day challenges 
• People need a solid ground to make ethical choices
• Ethics of leadership in the United States 
• The issue with seeing the world in black and evil 
• Being aware of our higher and lower natures
• Are revolutions as a reaction to systematic problems still unethical?
• The myths and stories we tell ourselves 
• Building trust with others can only improve quality of life
• A conversation about moral progressivism
• Scouts, Pioneers, and Settlers
• We all want to advance civilization

QUOTES

Christopher: "The best way to think morality is that it is the guidelines, the guideposts that tell us in our cultures, in our groups, in our families what's right and what's wrong. Ethics are the actions that we take after we evaluate that set of standards that we're using."

Christopher: "As our capacities as individuals and societies grow, we find that the old paradigms no longer answer the new questions."

Scott: "I was thinking we should never be relying on institutions at all to provide ethical guidance. After all, as you seem to point towards in the book, ethical decision making is an individual choice where we have to struggle with and take upon ourselves the challenge of wrestling with these situations that we face and coming up with decisions for our own."

Christopher: "It's all the little choices we make that build up to the largest offenses." 

Christopher: "If we put ethics in the perspective of good and evil, I think we miss out on the idea that all of us are in this continuum and sometimes I make higher nature choices, and sometimes I make lower nature choices."

Christopher: The idea of building trust with others goes to the most fundamental roots of the way that we work with one another even in a world where people don't believe in four-way stop signs.

To find out more about Christopher, please see the links below.

• Book: https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Edge-Reclaiming-Ethical-Choice/dp/1631954059
• Website: https://www.nobleedgeconsulting.com/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckgilbert9/

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HIGHLIGHTS

06:02 The mediator between the linear and the non-linear world 

11:54 Linear and non-linear thinking explained

21:51 Non-Linear Thinking vs Artificial Intelligence

27:45 How heroes in Greek myth used Non-Linear thinking

40:52 Finding balance as a non-linear thinker 

44:01 How do you know if you're a non-linear thinker?

56:30 Spirituality, religion, and non-linear thinking

1:01:51 Learn about Project 398

1:07:20 Connect with Perry

QUOTES

16:51 Perry: "I think the women in power that are doing very well are women that are very linear. And I think most of the women are in a way very non-linear. And I think men are in a way, very linear. So it's a male dominated world in a very linear organization where it's difficult for women to do their thing because they're non-linear."

18:00 Scott: "I'm hearing that you believe that we have overvalued it or over-leveraged it in our society. And that ultimately, because we're all thinking in these single lane highway modes or in these silos, we're not necessarily integrating the whole picture together when we talked about climate change a minute ago." 

27:15 Perry: we all have different lives. We all have different energies. We all have a different gut feeling. So if you don't allow to follow that path in a non-linear way, you will not make it. And then in the end, you're, you're waiting for your million and you'll get stressed out and, and, and you're not happy. And you're pretending to be happy and making pictures of yourself on Instagram saying I'm on top of the world, but I'm not.

43:09 Perry: "I found my balance and I can be very linear in my work and very, non-linear very, not focused, very focused and it's working and I can't even explain how it works, but it was thanks to all the rabbit holes and all the different moments in my life that I was able to do this."

52:16 Scott: "Being a non-linear thinking thinker gave me the ability to envision or to rewrite myths about my life and create epic mythology for my future."

To find out more about Perry, please see the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/perryknoppert/
• Website -  https://perryknoppert.art
• Website - https://www.theoctopusmovement.org
• Youtube -  https://www.youtube.com/c/PerryKMultipotentialite/videos

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HIGHLIGHTS

05:45 Asking tough questions can lead to a fruitful spiritual journey

11:31 Three kinds of karma that every human being has to endure 

16:27 Looking at the essence of the teaching instead of literal interpretation

19:33 The religious texts of major religions are a piece of a large puzzle

21:29 It's not about the stories being told, it's about the stories purposely left out 

25:05 Ann Marie's spiritual journey from Catholicism to multi-faith spirituality

37:13 Women can be leaders without having to copy men

49:49 Social karma and climate change: Are we going to be the vanished people? 

55:34 To be born a human is the opportunity to learn

58:51 Connect with Anne

QUOTES

09:32 Anne: “It's not that people are unwilling to have faith. It's that we're unwilling to blindly be led.”

21:01 Anne: “Anytime you're reading any sort of spiritual book you should always be asking, what are the stories that are missing. It's clear to see what the agenda is here and what stories are pointing toward, and what stories were specifically chosen to point you in a specific direction.”

52:40 Anne: “The point of our existence is to experience and to learn and to grow. And then when we complete our spirit melts back into the ether, we take the lesson that shaped our spirit back with us.”

To find out more about Anne, please see the links below.

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemariemal/

Website - https://www.goddessexplorationsacademy.com/

      https://www.spiritualleadershipconsulting.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

05:46 Resilience is fueled by 4 energies: Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual

11:04 Spiritual energy and a life with meaning: Finding meaning in God and nature 

20:29 The changing nature of spirituality: Brian leaves the episcopal church

26:30 A state of compromise with wealth and deciding to end his life

33:24 Brian's spirituality based on the 7 directions of Native American tradition

39:10 The circle of life: Being responsible not just himself but for generations after

44:18 Commitment to living into a passion of helping others identify their own passion

48:00 One action you can take today to find meaning is to breathe 

49:09 Connect with Brian

QUOTES

12:37 "Spiritual energy comes into us from the world beyond us and gives us a sense of belonging, a sense of purpose, a sense of why I'm here in the world and what difference I make to the world around me." 

31:37 "As strange as it sounds, the first thing that really made me feel alive again was one day when I was taking a shower and feeling the water hitting me and running down me and really connecting with... how many thousands of showers have I taken?"

35:42 "I give thanks for all the gifts that I will be receiving this day. So it's a prayer of Thanksgiving for the opportunities, but not just the opportunities, not just the positives, because the negatives are gifts too. They teach us lessons as well. So for the opportunities and challenges, the joy, the sorrow, and so forth." 

40:31 "I'm not just responding for me. I'm responsible for my children and their children and their children and their children and their children. And that belief makes it makes me a very different citizen in this world."

To find out more about Brian, please see the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briangorman07030/
• Website - https://transforminglives.coach/
• Email - [email protected]

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HIGHLIGHTS

03:55 Feng Shui: A connection to neuroscience and space as a metaphor for life

07:12 A flooded basement: Laura learns to surround herself with belongings she loves

11:28 Expectations, if not brought out into the open, is a limiting belief

15:09 Emotional laziness and space: Clutter is an expression of fear

19:47 People create safe physical space where they feel safe

23:14 3 practices of Feng Shui: Arranging physical space to enhance quality of life

25:53 Active chaos is necessary for creation, passive chaos stifles

28:21 Take steps to let go and connect with space you love

30:59 Space: A metaphor, give yourself permission to do what you love, look for pain points

32:31 Connect with Laura

QUOTES

05:05 "Space matters because it's either distracting us, we're stumbling over it, we might even getting our shins cut on things that we're bumping into. The clutter could be stagnating domains of our life."

06:15 "Your space is actually a metaphor for exactly what's happening in your life. Good, bad, indifferent."

12:15 "We're struggling at the core of ourselves to either belong to ourselves and our true core reason for being on the planet, or pleasing other people. And I just heard recently that the two fatal limiting beliefs are feeling responsible for other people's emotions, and feeling... not wanting to disappoint anyone."

21:48 "Every human being wants a haven where they get to thrive. And for some people, they thrive in a tent, on the beach. Other people thrive on a house boat out on the river. That's their sweet spot."

23:28 "Everything is connected by energy and everything, the energy in everything is always changing. And then there are three practices that flow out of that."

32:07 "Inside the pain points and those painful spaces and nooks and crannies of your basement closet, drawers, wherever the clutter might be hiding, you might discover in the pain points your deeper purpose and passion for living."

To find out more about Laura, please see the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurastaley1/
• Website - https://www.cherishyourworld.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

05:16 Institutional alienation plague: Decline in Catholicism in the US

09:21 Serving as a Catholic priest in the Vatican and standing in his own truth

12:35 Entering the seminary and realizing spirituality is greater than the Church

19:06 Internal spirituality and the Divine are interconnected 

23:01 Coming out of the closet as a priest

28:08 Experiencing the political atmosphere and elitism of the Vatican

32:37 Tradition: Passing down gifts to next generations but getting stuck in the past

40:05 Coaching as a former priest: Follow your desires and create an impact

41:39 Work with a coach and develop ideas, start small, and write it down

46:05 Former priests founded Avanti as a resource for priests wanting to leave

49:25 Connect with Brian

QUOTES

11:40 "I wanted to stand in my own truth, as a gay man, to live my life freely, to love another person, and I also saw when I was working and being at the Vatican so much a life that I didn't want to be part of."

15:54 "The only way that I think my family or the way I understood (spirituality) culturally was, if you wanted to live or have that sense, it was to stay within the church. I've come to realize now that you can live that out in so many different ways. It's bigger than an institutional church."

31:17 "It really is very, very political. And it's something that is palpable... that was one thing I picked up that it's a very insular world. Everything's very formal, no one ever loses their temper, but it's very insular and you can sense this clericalism, at times you can sense this kind of elitism."

40:22 "I think what my past life as a priest and executive has really united in helping individuals is my story is one that is about owning what you desire and really, when you own what you desire and you're standing in your truth, then you are really free to do what you want to do."

48:17 "Begin where you are now. It's not about where you're there, but beginning now. And that's one of the most important things. I think the next thing is, it's really powerful, sometimes we hold ourselves back by stories we've told ourselves or stories we've been told."

To find out more about Brian, please see the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbachand/
• Website - https://evolutionevolution.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

05:37 Spiritual fitness: Internal muscles to let you weather any storm

09:15 Finding spirituality in God and nature and their uniting force

16:42 Caring about something greater than oneself

22:31 Spiritual fitness and ethics: Integrity and doing the right thing

27:15 Money and power: A priority but not the path to fulfillment

32:43 Pursuing the trappings of success come at a cost

35:45 Suicide: The right tools can help save a life

38:49 Trust in divine timing and give it up

44:00 An advocacy to be a model for others

47:03 Connect with Kate
 

QUOTES

09:43 "I have friends and colleagues who don't believe in God, but they believe in nature, for instance. They believe in the divine wisdom that turns an embryo into a baby, an acorn into an oak tree. Think of the sun. It's not up there competing with the clouds and the moon and the rainbow."

17:58 I think it's important to care about things happening outside of your household because eventually every public matter will reach your private door. COVID is a very good example of that.

30:46 "It's time to identify and leverage your unique gifts and strengths and start using them, not just for yourself and your promotion and your new upper west side apartment, which I love, but for a larger, collective goal that's going to benefit someone more than just you." 

37:53 "You see why people, sadly, would rather die than be who they are or admit the truth or live or speak their truth. And it's a tragedy. I have no patience or tolerance left for it, which is why I'm doing this work, speaking about it, and trying."

46:17 "I've had so many struggles and setbacks, and I've also had so many privileges and advantages. I think we need to drop the labels, drop all of the BS and just own our greatness and power and step out and do the thing, whatever it is." 

To find out more about Kate, please see the links below.

• Website (Kate Eckman) - https://www.kateeckman.tv/
• Website (Full Spirit Workout) - https://www.thefullspiritworkout.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

04:47 Pentecostal tradition as cult culture and searching for an authentic path

10:16 The rise of modern Christianity alongside capitalism

14:43 Shifts in belief systems: Education on weaponized Christianity and the internet

18:27 Deconstruction: High religious control systems are fragile like Jenga 

22:28 Progressive Christianity: Almost a different religion altogether

26:28 Roots of the downfall of religiosity and support for the LGBTQ+ movement 

33:26 The success of organized religions seems to hang on to lack of inclusivity

34:45 Stave off chaos from anomie but modern life now provides for many human needs

37:11 Humanism and citizenship: Democracy as a post-religion spirituality

40:35 Prophesying druidry and finding harmony with the earth is an imperative need

42:47 Connect with Melody

QUOTES

13:07 "Even though there are hundreds of verses in the Bible about what I would call economic justice, what evangelicals would call economic stewards, giving to the poor caring for the widow and orphan... The Bible is just absolutely saturated with those theologies, but  that's not a very high commitment or value in current evangelicalism."

18:41 "Those systems are inherently fragile because it's like Jenga, if you pull a piece out at the bottom, then all the other pieces above that it's stacked onto that you have to accept in order to be part of that community, all those other pieces start getting a little bit less stable."

24:49 "It seems like once people have deconstructed a fundamentalistic religion or like we've been talking about systems of high religious control, it seems to me there is often a lot of trauma and a lot of resentment that has built up and the people would rather just leave faith altogether than try to reform it."

36:25 "A lot of people would say maybe there's not as high of a need for God if we don't deal with anomie on a regular basis. So I think the question is, does religion offer something that's more than oppression and more than staving off chaos?"

41:28 "I think if we can come back to environmentalist and ecological reverence and caring for it, our collective home. I think if I'm going to prophesize anything, I think that that is the biggest need in the coming decades."

To find out more about Melody Stanford Martin, please see the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-stanford-martin
• Website (Brave Talk Project) - https://bravetalkproject.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

06:03 How do the systems of the world facilitate right relationship with those around us?

14:58 The ethical question of the nonprofit industrial complex

21:17 Reconciling the concept of sharing, sacrifice, and repairing the past

28:13 Thought experiment: Addiction as a social problem

32:16 Consumerism is sharing, but wealth is concentrated at the top

35:25 In a hypothetical world where everyone's needs are met, there is no resentment

QUOTES

14:58 "This is what we describe as the nonprofit industrial complex because these charities exist many times to self perpetuate and are monetarily incentivized not to solve the problems they say they're solving."

15:14 "If I'm a good person in the world, do I need an object of pity or an object of charity? Do I need that homeless person to exist for me to feel good about myself because I get to give to them and I get the warm, fuzzy experience of giving?"

22:45 "We took land and labor and resources from other people. So to ask us now to make some of this right and promote policies that involve sharing that stuff, it feels like sacrifice, but I'm going to offer that it's not sacrifice. It's making things right."

24:30 "People with wealth get to decide based on their imaginative heartstrings who is most in need versus who may be actually most."

36:13 "It's a huge net to cast, but if I want to live in right relationship with my neighbors, I want to make sure my neighbors are okay on a fundamental level."

To find out more about Melody Stanford Martin, please see the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-stanford-martin
• Website - https://melodystanfordmartin.com/

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HIGHLIGHTS

04:26 Creating a career from a careen overnight  

06:48 Life is a great adventure with no guarantees

10:06 Fritz's career shift pushed his boundaries to their limit

14:56 Building mental toughness and letting go of worries

16:38 Resilience: Living by God's design and faith as an outside strength

20:41 A life of purpose: Become the best me I can be

23:57 Heed the call to be an entrepreneur/artist but know the struggles too

30:44 You are your business: Follow the golden rule for success

36:11 Becoming Mal in Firefly: Reliable and stable amidst worries

38:49 Connect with Fritz

QUOTES

10:20 "When I worked in corporate, where I wasn't tested, I wasn't pushed to the end of myself, I wasn't figuring out what my own limitations and what my own boundaries were, and then to be thrust into something where, well, now I have to depend on something outside myself... I have to still keep making forward progress."

16:44 "There's plenty of resilience, but it's there because life has almost been orchestrated in a way where the challenges are not too difficult that I got to tap out, but they're not so easy that it's like pfft, it's a piece of cake."

25:59 "You're either hunting or you're farming, but you can't really do both unless you're diversifying your time. So that's the situation I was in. Now looking back, it's like yeah, it took four months to get through that. But at the time, oh my goodness, how long is this going to last?"

27:22 "It's okay to just run in there and take a leap because... your body is built to handle a lot more risk than what you think you're capable of taking on. And things are never as dicey as what it looks like. That's just your brain trying to protect you because change is scary."

30:58 "I think the golden rule plays a big part. Just don't do to other people what you wouldn't want to have done to you. Serve them to the best of your ability."

34:40 "Try to put yourself in the shoes of someone who is afraid to make change. And how would you want to be approached? And how would you feel better about the situation? Like, what is it that someone could do to assuage your fears?"

To find out more about Michael Fritzius, please see the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fritzops
• Website - https://archdevops.com/
• Email - [email protected]

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