Spiritual Living Podcast Archive

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August 16, 2015 The Six Lies That Derail Us
Genius awaits us, but we must be aware of six productivity lies that can
derail us. First, equality is a lie. The things that are the most important
don't often scream the loudest. Multitasking is ineffective. Also, success is
a short race. We work most effectively by using a sprint fuelled by discipline
just long enough for a habit to kick in. Willpower is not an unlimited
resource. We should do what matters most first, each day. A balanced life is a
myth. A successful life is about purpose, meaning, and significance. Magic
happens at the extremes. Replace balance with counter-balance. Finally, going
big is not bad. Big is about who you and I can become. Big is essential to the
extraordinary. Act bold, take a chance, push the envelope, and don't fear
failure.
We are at the centre of It. We can do nothing to enhance Its efficiency. In
other words, we simply need to get out of the way of Spirit acting in our
lives. -- Dr. Thomas Troward
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38min
August 09, 2015 If You Chase Two Rabbits...
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. Sometimes we can do
the same with spiritual practices---we try to take on too much. Go small---we
should ignore all the things we could do and do what we should do.
Big success comes when we do a few things really well. What's the one thing
for us? What are we passionate about? It's about taking what we have been
offered uniquely and giving it to the world.
...more
41min
August 09, 2015 If You Chase Two Rabbits...
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. Sometimes we can do
the same with spiritual practices---we try to take on too much. Go small---we
should ignore all the things we could do and do what we should do.
Big success comes when we do a few things really well. What's the one thing
for us? What are we passionate about? It's about taking what we have been
offered uniquely and giving it to the world.
...more
41min
August 02, 2015 A Bigger Story
We can all become visionaries. Our mission is to plant ourselves at the gates
of hope. -- Victoria Safford
We choose our life experience. With our access to history, and possessing
knowledge of our history in almost every field, with our vast library of
scientific knowledge and understanding, we have a great foundation to launch
from, where we can consciously decide what kind of world to create. We are the
"co" with the Creator. We are co-creators with the Divine.
If I am to know God directly, I must become completely God, and God I, so that
this God and this I become One. God is at home... It is we who have gone out
for a walk. -- Meister Eckhart
It is not enough for us to be compassionate. We have to act. -- The Dalai Lama
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35min
August 02, 2015 A Bigger Story
We can all become visionaries. Our mission is to plant ourselves at the gates
of hope. -- Victoria Safford
We choose our life experience. With our access to history, and possessing
knowledge of our history in almost every field, with our vast library of
scientific knowledge and understanding, we have a great foundation to launch
from, where we can consciously decide what kind of world to create. We are the
"co" with the Creator. We are co-creators with the Divine.
If I am to know God directly, I must become completely God, and God I, so that
this God and this I become One. God is at home... It is we who have gone out
for a walk. -- Meister Eckhart
It is not enough for us to be compassionate. We have to act. -- The Dalai Lama
...more
35min
July 26, 2015 The Power of Surrender
We are all addicted to something, and that something is our own pattern of
thinking. We all start out with a construct, a container, that we are given as
we grow up. As we mature, we deconstruct our beliefs and then reconstruct
them.
We suffer to get well; powerlessness is where we start. We come to Spirit by
doing it _wrong._ This is how we are cracked open, and how we break free from
our ego. With our ego in charge, we would rather be ruined than changed.
We need critical self thinking---without it, our lives become idolatrous. We
start to worship ourselves and our traditions, our habits. We need a container
to hold the bigger idea; we need to feel good enough about ourselves so we can
let go of ourselves. Only surrender can change us.
...more
36min
July 26, 2015 The Power of Surrender
We are all addicted to something, and that something is our own pattern of
thinking. We all start out with a construct, a container, that we are given as
we grow up. As we mature, we deconstruct our beliefs and then reconstruct
them.
We suffer to get well; powerlessness is where we start. We come to Spirit by
doing it _wrong._ This is how we are cracked open, and how we break free from
our ego. With our ego in charge, we would rather be ruined than changed.
We need critical self thinking---without it, our lives become idolatrous. We
start to worship ourselves and our traditions, our habits. We need a container
to hold the bigger idea; we need to feel good enough about ourselves so we can
let go of ourselves. Only surrender can change us.
...more
36min
July 19, 2015 Nurturing Conviction
It's so important to activate joy. Most people confuse joy with pleasure---
pleasure is temporary, but joy is a state of being.
This week's talk features the story of the Prodigal Son, a tale of leaving the
state of well-being, of moving out of the state of wholeness. From it, we
learn that Spirit is always with us, and everything that Spirit has is ours.
We can shift from meritocracy to grace, which is inclusive, merciful, and non-
punitive. Ultimately, we learn that we can't get there---we can only be there.
Life's meaning is to humbly and proudly return what we've been given.
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44min
July 19, 2015 Nurturing Conviction
It's so important to activate joy. Most people confuse joy with pleasure---
pleasure is temporary, but joy is a state of being.
This week's talk features the story of the Prodigal Son, a tale of leaving the
state of well-being, of moving out of the state of wholeness. From it, we
learn that Spirit is always with us, and everything that Spirit has is ours.
We can shift from meritocracy to grace, which is inclusive, merciful, and non-
punitive. Ultimately, we learn that we can't get there---we can only be there.
Life's meaning is to humbly and proudly return what we've been given.
...more
44min
July 12, 2015 Faith and Evolving Consciousness
This week's talk draws wisdom from a deep, [enlightening interview between
comedian Pete Holmes and Fr. Richard Rohr](http://nerdist.com/you-made-it-
weird-253-richard-rohr/).
In understanding sacred texts, literalism is the lowest form of understanding,
whereas faith activates the space within us where there is something holy and
sacred, the kinesthetic experience of the Divine. Faith involves total
conviction. We commit and start to cultivate the seeds of faith we have
planted. Empowered thought thickens into form. Over time, with practice and
nurturing, what we empower becomes our experience.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which
makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. And when we
discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves but allow
passage to its beams."
The path to mature understanding follows the three stages of Construction,
Destruction, and Reconstruction. Reconstruction is the Third Eye, the new
perspective, the new way of seeing, the middle way. When we're entrenched in
our way of being, we can never move into the third way of seeing.
The path to transcendence only occurs through great love or great suffering.
The rational mind cannot comprehend suffering. Nor can it understand the
experience of love. What if we accept what is happening in our lives as if we
had chosen it?
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41min

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