www.patriciapearce.com/podcast In this episode I share a dream I had while on spiritual retreat that showed me how, unbeknownst to most of us, we are engaged in an erroneous game that the dream called competitive solitaire. © 2018 Patricia Pearce Soundtrack music “Changing” by Borrtex, licensed under Creative Commons (BY-NC 4.0)

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast One of the obstacles to us experiencing an expanded state of consciousness is fear, in particular the fear generated by the imaginative mind. In this episode we look at the power of play as an antidote to the fear that is created by the mind. © 2018 Patricia Pearce Soundtrack music “Changing” by Borrtex, […]

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast What do we do when our mysticism challenges the religious tradition we grew up with? Are we betraying that tradition when we move beyond it? These are the questions I explore in this episode. © 2018 Patricia Pearce Soundtrack music “Changing” by Borrtex, licensed under Creative Commons (BY-NC 4.0)

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast Despite the dystopian nature of much of our entertainment, the mystical awareness reveals Reality to be a realm of Beauty and Love. © 2018 Patricia Pearce Soundtrack music “Changing” by Borrtex, licensed under Creative Commons (BY-NC 4.0)

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast Gratitude can be a powerful way to expand our consciousness and lift ourselves out of the egoic stories of the mind. In this episode I share ways you can anchor yourself in the awareness and experience of gratitude. © 2018 Patricia Pearce Soundtrack music “Changing” by Borrtex, licensed under Creative Commons (BY-NC 4.0)

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast We find ourselves in a challenging moment in which the institutions and belief systems of a previous age are collapsing and the new ones have yet to be born. This absence of traditional support structures makes it that much more important that we connect with like-minded and like-hearted people who also want to welcome, […]

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast While serving a week in federal prison in 2004 for engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience, I came to see how we become imprisoned in our own thoughts, and how we can begin to set ourselves free. © 2018 Patricia Pearce Soundtrack music “Changing” by Borrtex, licensed under Creative Commons (BY-NC 4.0)

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast In this episode I speak with Dr. Penny Gill. A long time professor of politics at Mount Holyoke College and eventually Dean of the College, Penny Gill spent her career teaching undergraduates how to think more deeply about politics and economics.  Dr. Gill has pursued a broad range of interests in European politics, political thought, […]

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast In this episode we consider the ways we often wear hand-me-down identities that do not really align with our true nature—inherited beliefs about who we are and how we are supposed to show up in the world that obscure our awareness of our divine essence. © 2018 Patricia Pearce Soundtrack music “Changing” by Borrtex, […]

www.patriciapearce.com/podcast Rabbi Weinberg served as a congregational rabbi for 17 years before turning her attention to teaching mindfulness and meditation within the wider Jewish community. One of the founders of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and creator of the Jewish Mindfulness Teacher Training Program, Sheila travels extensively, leading mindfulness and meditation retreats for Jewish leaders […]