Senior Living Inquiries facilitator Fiona Robertson comes back on the podcast to talk about her essay, 'On Realising the Political is Personal'. We discuss how our political positions are inextricably linked to our core beliefs about life, both in terms of the positions we hold and the dogma or open mindedness which we hold them.

We go on to discuss how cultivating a relationship with a sense of self which is deeper than the opinions we hold can allow us to drop our addiction to certainty and engage with people in a more relational way. We ponder what the implications of this would be for our polarised political climate.

Read Fiona's essay, On Realising the Political is Personal

Tim Freke talks about the impact he's seen his book The Jesus Mysteries has had on people, often facilitating them re-finding their relationship with Jesus. Tim also talks about how, in contrast to other mythicist books, his is not an attack on Christianity but rather at attempt to reform it.

Details of Tim and Peter's book The Jesus Mysteries

Twenty years on from the Publication of Tim Freke and Peter Gandy's Best selling book The Jesus Mysteries, Tim talks about whether he still believes Jesus was not an historical figure but rather a mythological one. He also talks about the reaction the book generated and the critical responses he received.

Details of Tim and Peter's book The Jesus Mysteries

Simon returns to the podcast to talk about the influence science fiction had on him as a boy wishing to engage with the deepest questions. This ultimately inspired him to write his book, Star Pilgrim. We discuss how the novel arose from the imagination and the philosophical themes it contains.

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Clare Beckell is a Creative Attachment Therapist who works with children and pre and postnatal mothers. In this interview she explains what that work looks like and the powerfully transformative effect it can have for the parent child relationship. We also discuss the wider societal impact of neglecting the importance of supporting mothers and children in these early years – and the kind of society we could have if we did.

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Martin Wells is a psychotherapist working in the British NHS. He incorporates the wisdom of non-Duality into his practice and in this interview explains what a marriage of those two things looks like.

Martin goes on to talk about how holding a non-dual awareness as the therapist facilitates a sense of being deeply accepted for the client – and the transformational shifts that occur when the client starts to embrace the fundamental question of 'Who am I?'

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Rob Blake talks about his study of Shamanism and how he wove this into the practice of massage. He explains how he uses contact with the body as a way of facilitating healing on a spiritual, psychological and somatic level

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It's doubtlessly a good thing that the practice of Mindfulness has taken off over the past few years, although it also raises questions about simplification of spiritual practices. In this discussion with philosopher Tim Freke we talk about both the benefits and limitations of Mindfulness meditation and how can form a bases for a deeper investigation of the mysteries of the world and self.

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In the 1960s Michael Graham travel to India to become one of the first Western devotees of Swami Muktananda. Over the next thirty years he immersed himself in Eastern Spirituality, meeting and studying with a plethora of gurus and teachers, as well as becoming a teacher himself. All this came to a conclusion when an unexpected encounter with Jesus Christ led him to become an Evangelical Christian.

In this interview we explore that journey and the cognitive shifts it entails. Michael has the kind of critical insight into the Eastern traditions that a person can only find when they been deeply involved and then jumped ship – seeing from another point of view. I explore with him themes around 'Existential Rest' and how he conceives of the difference between the Christian concept of Salvation and the Eastern concept of Enlightenment. Whether you agree with Michael's ultimate conclusion or not, it's clear he has a lot to offer spirituality inclined people of any tradition.

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Fiona Robertson is a facilitator of The Living Inquires, a process of mindful, in-depth looking at the core beliefs we all hold. In this interview Fiona describes the transformational effect this practice has had on her own life, as well as the shifts she now sees with her clients.

Fiona facilitates sessions over the internet, find out more about her and her book, The Art of Finding Yourself, at -

http://www.beyondourbeliefs.org

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