True Tales of Enlightenment

In the last episode in the True Tales of Enlightenment podcast series, I talk about how we can develop a direct relationship with God through communion with him. So many people are seeking spiritual guidance from any source apart from the true one because there are barriers that need to be overcome in order to enter into this relationship.

I explain how we can remove them and abide in God’s comfort, protection and Word.

Next year I will be launching a new podcast called “Abide In Me – A.I.M” and hope this will help others to seek and find the spiritual connection and wisdom they are seeking.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

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Books

67. Five Proofs for the Existence of God – Edward Feser (Religion/Philosophy)

91. The Devil’s Delusion – Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions – David Berlinski (Science/Religion)

93. Darwin’s Doubt – The Explosive Origins of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design – Stephen C. Meyer

94. God’s Undertaker – Has Science Buried God – John C. Lennox

102. Knowing God – J.I.Packer (Christianity)

107. Gunning For God – Why the New Atheists are Missing the Target – John C. Lennox  

108. Mere Christianity – C.S Lewis

Additional Videos

302. Who Created God? John Lennox at Veritas Forum at UCLA

303. Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | The God Delusion Debate

304. Christopher Hitchens vs John Lennox | Is God Great? Debate

305. How to Make God Relevant to us in the 21st Century? Ravi Zacharias

306. Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens – Full Debate

311. Stephen Meyer: God and the Origins of the Universe

316. Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix? | Dr. John Lennox

325. Neurosurgeon Professor Michael Egnor on the Evidence Against Materialism

354. Aion Chpt 5 – Christ: A Symbol of the Self – Part 2

433. 8 Effects God’s Word Can have in Your Life – Derek Prince

437. Gnosticism and the Early Church – Dr Ryan M. Reeves PhD

439. Through Repentance to Faith – Derek Prince

462. Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection? John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus Oxford

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In this week’s podcast I ask, “What’s the harm?” We often ask this question when we try to disguise our complacency as decency; yet our apathy has consequences.

Learning to pay attention is the antidote to complacency and the first step towards developing wisdom. We are all too often wilfully ignorant of the facts, because we seek peace rather than truth.

The “Call of Wisdom” made in the Book of Proverbs in the Bible, shows us that human nature has not changed for thousands of years. Perhaps it’s time we started to listen.

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Books

100. Ascent to Truth – Thomas Merton

103. Holy Bible – Book of Job, Proverbs and 2 Timothy

Other Videos & Articles

285. Biblical Series XIV: Jacob: Wrestling with God – Jordan Peterson Lecture

330. What really exists | under the surface – Jim Carrey

355. Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature – Prof. Christine Hayes

428. CDC Updates COVID Stats, 6% Died Of COVID Alone, 94% Had Comorbidity: Twitter Censors

439. Through Repentance to Faith – Derek Prince

449. We Have Been In An Information Civil War Since Trump Was Elected

450. Jordan Peterson’s Return Home

451. WHO Covid expert: Lockdowns can only delay virus infections

452. Office of National Statistics – Download Report of Flu Deaths in England in 2017 **(see notes below)

453. Coronavirus pandemic ‘will casue famine of biblical proportions Guardian Article April 2020

** Coronavirus deaths in the whole of the UK at the date of publishing this  – 53K+ ** Flu deaths in England alone in 2017  – 90K+ ** Both figures use the “mentioned on the death certificate” number not the “underlying cause” number.

In this week’s podcast, I talk about the difference between New Age spiritualism and being led by the Holy Spirit. I explain how reading the Bible on three different levels: literal, metaphorical and metaphysical, can lead to a deeper and more fulfilling understanding of the scriptures and whether we need a transcendent moral reality to keep us from doing wrong.

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Books

91. The Devil’s Delusion – Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions – David Berlinski (Science/Religion)

92. Jesus Among Other Gods – Ravi Zacharias (Comparative Religion) 94. God’s Undertaker – Has Science Buried God – John C. Lennox

102. Knowing God – J.I.Packer (Christianity)

Additional Videos

299. Surrendering Your Intellect, Will & Imagination to God – Ravi Zacharias

300. Ravi Zacharias: Postmodernism and Philosophy

303. Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | The God Delusion Debate

318. The Hebrew Bible in Its Ancient Near Eastern Setting: Genesis 1-4 in Context – Christine Hayes

355. Responses to Suffering and Evil: Lamentations and Wisdom Literature – Prof. Christine Hayes

408. “I’m a Christian and a Marxist” | Why you can’t be both (New Age)  – Jordan B Peterson

426. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit; How the Holy Spirit Leads You – Derek Prince

429. Ravi Zacharias on Dalai Lama & Inconsistent Logic of Buddhist Teachings of Karma & Desire

433. 8 Effects God’s Word Can have in Your Life – Derek Prince

434. A Marxist Revolution Would Destroy America – Dennis Prager

In this week’s podcast I talk about the nature of and reason for suffering in the world. Many people believe that the presence of suffering in the world proves that God doesn’t exist, but this argument doesn’t tackle the reason why there is suffering in the first place.

Original Sin and the inherent corruption of human beings is the reason given by some religions, but this can make us feel perpetually guilty for being alive.

Is there an answer to this age old question that can help give meaning to our lives? Can spiritual teachings and stories sustain us through our pain?

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Books

1. The Road Less Travelled – M.Scott Peck (Psychological Growth)

76. Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl (History & Psychology)

96. The Bible

Additional Videos

346. Bishop And A Rabbi Discuss Religion & Ethics | Rabbi Wolpe & Bishop Barron – Rubin Report

348. The Benevolent Shadow and the Possibility of Evil: Jordan Peterson

“If you are able to keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…” Rudyard Kipling

This year is about building foundations and stability for ourselves so we can see through the subtifuge and seek out the pretenders. Clarity is the name of the game and with clarity comes epiphany.

Some call epiphanies, God breaking through. They are the a-ha moments that put us on a different track and bring new information to light. These moments of higher consciousness can be cultivated through meditation, but more importantly through study.

In order to increase our understanding we need to increase our knowledge and exercise our brains. Higher consciousness is accessed through our minds and is linked to our intuition, not our emotions. As our feelings are continually triggered, we need to learn how to calm our emotions so the truth can shine through.

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Books

94. God’s Undertaker – Has Science Buried God – John C. Lennox

95. Mind & Cosmos  – Thomas Nagal

Additional Videos

317. Dave Chappelle on the Jussie Smollett Incident – Sticks & Stones Comedy Special

320. Sam Harris on the Illusion of Free Will

321. Jordan Peterson & Ben Shapiro Discuss Free Will & Religion

322. “Get behind yourself and push.” How to Control Negative Thinking – Sam Harris

323. Victor Davis Hanson: Spygate, Impeachment & the Assault on Trump

324. Chris Wallace Destroys Jim Comey’s Lies About FBI – Jimmy Dore Podcast

325. Neurosurgeon Professor Michael Egnor on the Evidence Against Materialism

326. Libet’s Free Will Experiments Prove we Have Free Won’t Capability

330. What really exists | under the surface – Jim Carrey

333. The 2010s: When the Media Lost Their Gatekeepers

335. The War That Wasn’t | The Ben Shapiro Show Ep. 927

336. Trump Kills #1 Enemy Of Isis In Iran, WTF?: Jimmy Dore Podcast

338. Maajid Nawaz’s incredibly powerful speech on US Iran tensions

339. Why Trump’s Iran Conflict Cannot Be Stopped Or Unwound: Jimmy Dore Podcast

340. Ex CIA: How The CIA Manipulates You With Media (Pt.

In this week’s podcast I talk about the personal myths we create to comfort us and why these stories need to be examined when new information becomes available.

I discuss some of our foundational beliefs that are coming under scrutiny including Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, which was one of the theories that led us to do away with a need for God as an explantion of our origin. But did we throw the baby out with the bath water? Do we still need an intelligent designer in order to put the evolutionary process in motion? Can we be our own moral arbiter, or do we need an external moral being to pass judgement on us?

By looking through the lens of both Christian and Buddhist teachings, I ask if subjective truth and morality is enough to keep us stable during times of need? Or do we need objective truths to stand on in order to make sense of the world and our place in it?

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Books  

91. The Devil’s Delusion – Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions – David Berlinski (Science/Religion)

92. Jesus Among Other Gods – Ravi Zacharias (Comparative Religion)

93. Darwin’s Doubt – The Explosive Origins of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design – Stephen C. Meyer

94. The Christian Bible

Additional Videos

292. The Paris Climate Fraud. A Commitment to Do Nothing at All

294. “11,000 ‘scientists’ warn about climate change” Media Publishes Fake News

298. Best of Power Hour: Judith Curry on the State of Climate Science

301. Postmodernism and Cultural Marxism | Jordan B Peterson

302. Who Created God? John Lennox at Veritas Forum at UCLA

303. Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | The God Delusion Debate  

306. Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens – Full Debate

310. Mathematical Challenges to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution – Stephen Meyer

311. Stephen Meyer: God and the Origins of the Universe

312. David Berlinkski on Evolutionary Theory, Religion and Human Nature

313. No Climate Emergency say 500 Scientists to UN    

314. Tom Holland & AC Grayling • History: Did Christianity give us our human values?

316. Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix? | Dr. John Lennox

Correction: The Physicist I spoke about in the podcast is ...

In this week’s podcast I talk about the spiritual discipline of forgiveness and how we can practice this in our lives. Often, we find it difficult to forgive others because they haven’t confessed, apologised and atoned for what they have done. The act of confession relieves us of our burdens and cleanses our soul. It helps us to steer clear of the corruption that leads to much of our misfortune.

Sometimes human forgiveness is not enough, and we need to hand over the situation to a Higher Power. This idea permeates many religions and movements such as Alcoholics Anonymous, yet many of us are not comfortable with developing a relationship with a personal God. We prefer an impersonal idea of the ultimate divine force, perhaps because we are afraid of being judged.

The question is, are we able to be transformed by “the Universe” or ‘the Source” or do we need to wrestle with a personal God in order for our soul to be cleansed?

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Books

14. Celebration of Discipline – Richard Foster (Spiritual Growth)  

88. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change – Marc Morano (Climate Science)

89. The Myth of Mental Illness – Thomas Szasz M.D. (Psychology)

Higher Octave – True Tales of Enlightenment Episode

Additional Videos

235. The Truth About CO2: Ecologist Dr Patrick Moore PhD

254. Challenging the Narrative on Coal and Climate Change

278. Professor Peter Ridd Sacked for Speaking Truth About Health of Great Barrier Reef  

282. Jordan Peterson – Biblical Series XV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colours

283. Benny Peiser: ‘What I told Cambridge University’s spoiled green students’

284. Netflix, Attenborough and Cliff-Falling Walruses: The Making of a False Climate Icon

285. Biblical Series XIV: Jacob: Wrestling with God – Jordan Peterson Lecture  

“For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14

Abraham Maslow coined the term “Jonah Complex” to describe a fear of our own greatness. It refers to the biblical story of Jonah who runs from the purpose that God has laid out for him and ends up in the belly of a whale, contemplating his fate and asking for assistance.

Maslow was interested in how we motivate ourselves and what drives us to create. Our creative power can lead us to feel, in turn god-like and unworthy of our own potential. We are then paralysed and unable to take action to achieve our goals.

How many times have you felt as if you were in the belly of the whale? Do you fear your own potential? What can we do to stop ourselves sabotaging our transcendent purpose? After all, is it not us who chooses whether we succeed or fail?

Many of us are called and feel the pull towards a life that requires us to move out of our comfort zone and radically change ourselves. This can be overwhelming until we learn to balance our god-like arrogance with humility and sustained action.

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Books

90. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature – Abraham H. Maslow (Psychology)

Additional Videos

278. Professor Peter Ridd Sacked for Speaking Truth About Health of Great Barrier Reef

281. The Jonah Complex or Fear of Greatness

282. Jordan Peterson – Biblical Series XV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colours

In this week’s podcast I ask why self-help is the number one selling genre in literature and why we are so clueless about being human. Our ability to self-sustain dwindles with every piece of advice sought from another. So how can we learn to sustain ourselves in times of need?

It has always stuck me as odd that we are not born with more understaning of ourselves. It would be nice to have an instruction manual saved in “the cloud” for those times when we feel lost and confused, but instead we find ourselves relying on others to show us the way.

The downside of this advice seeking is we fail to develop our personal life-sustaining practices that will help us in our times of need. Many believe that self-love is the key ingredient of nurturing and inner strength, but the kind of self-love encouraged by modern spirituality consists of treating ourselves rather than forging a strong spiritual connection through solitude, meditation and prayer.

This is how we refill our cup so that we can give to others without restriction or depletion.

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In this week’s podcast I ask how many of our beliefs are based on conspiracy theories? With the death of, ‘sex trafficker for the elites’, Jeffrey Epstein people have been drawn into a conspiratorial way of thinking. In one person’s words, “We’ve all become Alex Jones.”

But in many ways we have been conspiracy theorists all along. After all, the mainstream media has pushed a false narrative for three years that Trump colluded with Russia to win the election and a large swathe of people believed the story because it came from “trusted” news sources.

It’s time we looked more deeply into how the mainstream narratives we believe to be true were initiated and whether conspiracy theories provide the underpinning of many of our most accepted beliefs.

I take a look at the Epstein case, Zionist conspiracies and the ever-controversial Qanon movement to see whether we will ever know the truth, or if we are destined to be kept in the dark forever.

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Additional Videos

247. All About the Israel Palestine Conflict: Apostate Prophet

255. Is the UN Fair to Israel – Anne Bayefsky Touro Institute on Human Rights

269. The Rabbis and Donald Trump – Prophecy Watchers

270. Trump, The Vatican and the Secret Third Temple Agenda

271. Dalai Lama Interview with the BBC

272. “Son of Hamas” Speaks at the UN – Mosab Hassan Yusef

273. Qanon for Beginners – Praying Medic 2008

274. Jimmy Dore “Dalai Lama Sounds Like Trump on Women and Immigrants”

275. Donald Trump Pre-Election Speech “Draining the Swamp”

277. Corey Lynn – Epstein’s Ranch And His Network – Part 2

Other Websites

34. www.qmap.pub (Aggregated Qanon Posts)