In this episode of The Center of Destiny podcast, host Tara Tao welcomes her inaugural guest, Maurice Harvey Hall, for a deep and illuminating conversation on self-awareness, shadow integration, and what it means to live as an embodied magician in this reality.

Together, Tara and Mo explore the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and how understanding our inner parts can radically transform the way we meet life, relationships, and purpose. They dive into the resistance that often arises on the healing path, how unconscious beliefs shape our reality through “spelling,” and the ways ancestral imprints live in our bodies and influence our choices.

Takeaways

• The multi-layered nature of Self and the intelligence of our inner "parts"
• How our shadow material silently scripts or spells our reality
• IFS offers a clear, crucial, and compassionate map for inner healing
• The paradox of desiring transformation while unconsciously resisting it
• Why reclaiming exiled aspects—not just pain but power—is essential for living your destiny
• The sacred role of relationships as mirrors and catalysts for transformation
• We manifest not from what we want but from what we know, making belief work essential
• The paradox of affirmations and mindset work, and why shadow integration is non-negotiable
• How trauma adaptations shape identity and limit our potential until compassionately met
• Ancestral healing and how inherited patterns live in our present experience
• Integration of the wild and the wise, the fierce and the soft, leads to embodied wholeness
• How to wield the demon’s hand with a Buddha heart, activating the Bodhisattva and Dark Magician within

Sound Bites

• "We are not just this one singular being."
• "The deeper that we go, the more of us we find."
• "Life is happening for me, not to me."
• "Your unconscious is spelling a deep knowing upon your field of awareness."
• "Self-sabotage is such an intelligent part."
• "Relationships are a good way to see ourselves."
• "To wield the demon's hand with the Buddha's heart - that's master play."
• "Curiosity is one of the greatest skills you can have."
• "You can have a trifecta of experience within you."
• "There's a richness in allowing for whichever vantage point."
• "What is imagination? You are a nation of magicians."
• "You're creating a future reality and receiving realities."
• "You can only manifest what you truly know."
• "There's an abundance of parts that I can hang out with."
• "Our problems, our shadow, our pain is really not just ours."

Timestamps

00:00
Introduction to the Center of Destiny Podcast

03:12
The Importance of Self-Awareness

07:48
Understanding Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Shadow Work

17:08
Resistance and the Journey of Integration

26:58
Relationships as Catalysts for Shadow Work

34:39
The Non-Dual Perspective on Life

36:17
The Power of Spelling and Imagination

41:35
Beliefs, Shadow Work, and Manifestation

45:08
Understanding Abundance a

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In this episode of The Center of Destiny Podcast, Tara Tao explores one of our most profound relationships—the one we have with time. Time is not just a resource but a teacher, an altar, and a mirror reflecting the depth of our human experience. How we engage with it shapes the rhythm of our lives, our legacy, and our soul’s evolution.

Through a compassionate lens, Tara unravels the threads of time, impermanence, and ancestry, guiding listeners toward a deeper understanding of their own temporal landscapes. She invites us to honor time as a sacred companion—one that teaches in equal measure, asks for our presence, and holds the wisdom of both life and death.

In this episode, we explore:

• Time as our greatest masterpiece and ultimate currency
• The power we hold as artists of time
• How time teaches all of us equally, regardless of background
• The choice we have in how we spend and shape our time
• The way presence defines the legacy we leave behind
• Impermanence as a call to cherish each fleeting moment
• Reconciliation with the past as the key to a liberated future
• The role of presence in deepening our emotional experiences
• Compassion as a bridge to a more harmonious relationship with time
• Living fully in the moment as a sacred and transformative practice

Timestamps:

00:00
Collective Message for the Artists of Time.

03:55
Tara's childhood perception of time.

06:48
Time is not just passing—it’s responding. How do we engage with it consciously?

16:06
Reconciling with the past is the way to empower the future.

22:59
How honoring time reflects the way we honor ourselves.

27:36
The deeper we love, the richer our experience of time becomes.

32:29
Presence as a sacred act. How do we embody the now?

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