U Can Do It

There are many traditions associated with spiritual growth. Are they fact or fiction? This session's conversation focuses on sound and the impact that music, chants and sounds can have on us and how it can help with our spiritual evolution.

This podcast is not about finding ways to discuss our religious or spiritual beliefs in the workplace, but instead how to live those beliefs that promote harmony, care, compassion, empathy, cooperation, self-esteem, and happiness. Not only are these promoting positive characteristics towards others creating a more enjoyable workplace, but they are also the basis for higher levels of performance. The following is a collection of observations and stories that demonstrate the power of living and demonstrating our core values and beliefs in our actions and words.

Spirituality is often defined as a set of beliefs, laws, behaviors, judgements, etc. This conversation explores spirituality as the sum of our experiences and the conclusions we have made from these experiences, which continues to evolve over time. Listen to The Band as we explore this and share some of our own experiences.

This is the power of being in the moment and realizing all the miracles that are happening every second to allow this precious thing called life to exist. Quiet your mind and listen with your heart. You will quickly find yourself in another dimension. We are in the most magical place in existence. It is heaven when we experience it like this, and hell when ignore this. And this is the choice we are allowed to make with our lives.

A group of 3 of us met, who have each encountered death in their lives, to talk about our thoughts, feelings, fears, beliefs and experiences with death. From a person whose wife was killed in a car accident to another who was really close with his parents during their dying process, and myself who provided the up close and personal related to my own experiences in hospice care, on ambulance, with children, and with my own Mom at a young age. These are the types of conversations that can help us begin talking about death so that we are better able to be there for our own loved ones when it is their time, and ultimately our own time. It is over an hour, but the conversation is very engaging on this topic. A lot to digest, learn and reflect upon.

Here is the perfect example of Conversations about Death and Dying. Here is a video by a 97 year old man who is in his last chapter. Life a day in his life and hear his perspectives. And then take time to review the 23,000 comments which he inspired by having this conversation. This post is my own highlights and learnings from this conversation.

In my last post in this series I discussed the value of coming to grips with whether there was meaning to life as a precursor to understanding the meaning of death. After all if there is meaning to life, it made sense that there was meaning to death. The experiences with death, shared in Part 2, served as data points that I stored in my Death folder while my focus was on understanding the meaning of life. Rather than recount these experiences, let me share the conclusions I made about death.

To understand death should begin with first addressing why are we here, specific to our life experience here on Earth. This is the subject of this podcast.

In my first post on this series, "We Are All Going to Die, So Let's Learn About It" I shared some of my early experiences with death, the fear I developed of death, along with the journey I started later in my life to learn more about death. In Part 2, I elaborated on these experiences and how they reshaped my understanding and view of death. Part 3 shared highlights of my time with Tom Sawyer, a near-death experiencer, which confirmed these new beliefs that there was indeed something to death. In this segment, we will consider the advantages of coming to grips with death as a part of life in contrast to the disadvantages of not. 

Where can one go to further understand the concept of consciousness? Science would be a primary source, particularly with all the advances in brain research (e.g. neuroscience). It would make sense that we begin a study here, since it would seem that consciousness would be a function of the brain. But is it? Let's examine what some on the fringe or discovering.