What is JOY? What function does it play in both our evolution and our daily lives? Why do I experience such JOY when I am reconnected with someone I love or sing with a community of people or dance with the ONE I love? How does JOY have the "power to re-unite all that custom has divided", as Beethoven wrote? Let me know what you think: [email protected]

What is FORGIVENESS? How does it work? What does it take to forgive another? How die FORGIVENESS evolve and what good is it? Why should I forgive someone when vengeance feels so good? How has FORGIVENESS worked in a cultural and global way and how have we lost our capacity for FORGIVENESS in our political and international relations? [email protected]

What is "Hope"? How does it function in human life? Do other animals experience Hope? How is "hope" hardwired into the brain and how does it connect us to each other? Redhawk and MaryAnn discuss the latest research out of the Department of Adult Development at Harvard University and the results of the latest studies into "HOPE". There may be no tomorrow without HOPE!

"The task of a thoughtful future humanity must be to correct the "misalignment" between our scientific and our emotional brains" (G. Vaillant, MD) What is the "new humanity/ How are we working towards or against the rise of this new sense of community and connection? I use George Vaillant's book,"SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION" to help us understand the necessity of hardwiring of the positive emotions into the life of this planet.

What is Faith? How is it that faith is NOT about mere belief? What does it mean for a globally oriented mystic to follow the Jesus dharma today and how does all this cosmic/quantum language relate to this teaching of the prophets that came through Jesus to the world? [email protected]

How is it that our religious institutions - and all of our institutions - become corrupt? What is the original intent of our institutions, especially our religious ones; and how can we create new institutional sensibilities that can change and transform with the times? This is a segue podcast to the next few shows on the true roll of our religious institutions and the science behind that roll.

Who were the great spiritual masters throughout history? How did they come to be What are their stories? Are they incarnations of God? Are they messengers? What is the real intent of their teachings and to what end? We discuss these and many other questions about these teachings that have organized the human family into nothing less than civilizations.

String Theorists state that reality, the universe, is but a consciousness hologram. The ancient hindus and mystics fro all religions state that this world is but an illusion. What is real? And if it's all an illusion what is the point? We discuss these points of view and show how the illusion is very real and how we get caught up in it and blind ourselves to the true deeper intent and impetus of all of everything... which is LOVE!

The nature of our relationships is the measure of our humanity. Given the complexity, smallness and greatness of the Universe how do we learn to recalibrate our relationships to reflect this greater understanding of who we are and where we are? what do our religions say? what does science say? what do you say?

There is nothing without relationship. All of everything is a configurations of layers upon layers of relationships and each of us is a part of this fabric of relationships that we know as the universe. What allows us to be in relationship How can our present ways of being be transformed into a new relational understanding of who we are and how we are? Redhawk shows not just how everything is interconnected but also what gets in the way of the human family living in accord with our planet and each other.