The Fully Engaged Life

Episode #105 of The Fully Engaged Life. In the second episode of this 2-part series on changing your thoughts, Robert shares what's truly necessary to be successful in changing your current patterns of thought. No fluff. No mysticism. Just a straight forward approach form someone who's experienced this practice first hand. In the previous episode you learned about some of the most common methods being used to change your thoughts and why they usually fail to provide the results you desire. In this episode, you're taken through the process that can and will yield positive, lasting results. In episode #104, Robert exposed the methods and their limitations and problems; in this episode, he offers you an authentic, practical solution so you can focus your efforts in a direction that leads to success. "You cannot change thought patterns using the mind programmed with those very same thought patterns. In order to change our thoughts, we must go beyond thought."  

Episode #104 of The Fully Engaged Life. Our thoughts shape our life experience. In this episode, Robert takes you through the methods commonly used for changing your thought patterns and explains which ones work and which are limited or simply don't work at all. Mastery of our thoughts (and thought based emotions) is crucial to tuning in our vibration to higher frequencies and helping us manifest substantial personal change. There have been numerous books, articles, and inspirational quotes written about changing your thoughts, but can it really be done, and if so, can it be as easy as many suggest? Robert cuts through the fluff and dogma to help you see what truly needs to be present in your practices in order to effect real, lasting change in the thought patterns that no longer serve you greater good. You'll learn why so many commonly used methods simply don't work and what you can do to get the results you seek. 

Episode #103 of The Fully Engaged Life. In this eye-opening episode, Robert shares the dangers of tech when its taken to an extreme. He also shares five of the top methods for reclaiming your humanity and overcoming tech addiction. There are three primary areas that we must remain diligently aware of in today's tech-driven world. Are you a technocrat? Are you a trendy? Have you sold your soul to be surrounded by tech while mindlessly embracing a distorted technocracy? These are important questions of our times. What does this have to do with spirituality? Everything! Tech has a costly side effect - the dehumanization of human beings. Tech can be incredibly helpful, but when taken to an extreme, it can also prevent you from making any progress on the spiritual path while serving to expand your ego. This episode helps you to understand how to maintain your authenticity and continue to progress on the spiritual path while living in a time that works to prevent such things, as people unwittingly surrender their humanity. 

Episode #102 of The Fully Engaged Life. Today, we're constantly bombarded with spiritual quotes, articles, books, and video clips. But how many of these are authentic? In this necessary and highly informative episode, Robert helps you to distinguish between the so-called spiritual advice by those who are yet possessing an ordinary mind and those who have truly transcended the mind. It's all too easy to read something and think, "hey that sounds good." But is it true or does it merely relate to your own ego, because it was written by someone who is yet suffering from the ego-dominated mind? This is a very important and timely topic as we are flooded with misinformation and disinformation as the information age nears its completion. This episode teaches you how to recognize if the person sharing information has actually undergone decades of personal practice while attaining success, or if they falsely think and believe they have spiritual wisdom to share. You need to know the difference. This is a wonderfully thought-provoking episode that offers the listener an even greater sense of clarity on their spiritual path. 

Episode #101 of The Fully Engaged Life. After dozen upon dozens of shows offering methods and meditative paths, Robert addresses a few common reason why you may find meditation to be too difficult. In addition, he covers several essential points for ensuring that you're engaged in authentic meditation practices. This is invaluable information for those who are serious about meditation and wanting to make sure they don't waste their time, energy, and hard earned money. The point is also made that meditation is simply a "must" for anyone on the spiritual path. This cannot be a mere suggestion, because without it, you cannot attain the doorway to the spiritual. Find out two of the most common statements by those who find meditation too difficult, and what you can do to correct these issues.

Episode #100 of The Fully Engaged Life. This is the final episode in a four-part series. First we calmed the mind, then we cultivated a mind that's capable of focus without distraction, then we unified the mind with everything around us. Now, in the final stage we transcend the mind and travel ever deeper into no-mind. While this stage is the final hidden door of spirituality, it is here that you finally engage the spirit. All your practices up to this point where dealing with the body and especially the mind; now you'll go beyond them both to reconnect to your true Self, the real you. This is to experience true spirituality. Once you pass through this hidden door, you embark on a path through the stages of no-mind, delve into the realm of the spirit, and true unity of body, mind, and spirit as one in this physical life in time and space. This is when the real spiritual practices begin. 

Episode #99 of The Fully Engaged Life. This episode brings you the third installment in this series addressing the Hidden Doors of Spirituality. You're guided ever deeper into the practices of the mind and at this stage, you get your first real glimpse of what true spirituality is all about. Robert provides you with the necessary practices to attain success at this stage and clearly indicates that there's a fourth hidden door still to come. Many practitioners get stuck here falsely believing they have attained the highest level,  in reality however, this is not the case. This four part series is designed to offer you yet another look at the path of spirituality in a practical and precise manner. This episode takes you through the practices for taming the monkey mind and bringing it to a point of  complete stillness. 

Episode #98 of The Fully Engaged Life. In this episode, Robert continues expanding upon the mental practices that allow you to progress through the stages of mind. This time, you'll be guided through the second "Hidden Door of Spirituality" and taken through additional practices that help you to walk further down the path toward real success. This stage addresses the "Concentrated Mind" or "Focused Mind." Once you have been successful in focusing the mind, a mental discipline achieved through the practices, you'll transcend the Scattered Mind and enter into a world of the Concentrated Mind. This stage of practice is where you begin to take your mind back from the ego. It's a crucial step forward as you move ever closer toward No-Mind and true spirituality. 

Episode #97 of The Fully Engaged Life. Robert takes you ever deeper into the first hidden door of true spirituality. It's only once we go beyond the mind that we are able to touch our spiritual nature. The first step is to calm the scattered, or ordinary, mind. This is the natural, yet illusory, state of mind that that human beings enter as soon as the first thought enters the mind. Learning to calm the scattered mind is the first step toward attaining mindfulness and one stage of the practices contained within the first hidden door. You'll also be guided through how there are actually two parts to the scattered mind, the obvious and the hidden. Most people fail to address the hidden aspect of the scattered mind and therefore never truly get past it. In this episode you're taken through simple, effective, and easy to follow practices to help you engage this phase of the process. 

Episode #96 of The Fully Engaged Life. Welcome to the early Sunday release of this weeks podcast so that you have it prior to Independence Day (for American audiences). True independence comes from a sense of something deeper than merely external forces. Our physical freedom is extremely important to every human being, but true freedom is so much more than that. True freedom cannot be taken from you by anyone else no matter how hard they try. Robert shares that real independence takes place when we become independent from the mind, and especially, the ego. Yes, the ego is a terrible oppressor and we can only know real freedom when the ego is no more. Once we know mental independence by attaining no-mind, then we touch true spirituality for the first time. It's only then that we are free enough to see our true face. This is real independence! This is Spiritual Independence! Have a very happy and safe 4th of July Adventure!