David Christopher, author of the Holy Universe, soon to be the Seeker and the Sage, and Linda Lombardo, author of In the Souls Waiting Room, and host of Voice of Evolution Radio, talk about everything BUT their books; all the particles in the Universe: time, money, separateness, our longings for our lives and our world. 

Linda and David will be podcasting from time to time, as our time permits. We always have so much to talk about and we seem to awaken, inspire and activate each other when it comes to being Human and the Universe.

If 2018 was for SOULand about entering the tempering realm of Mass Extinction, Systemic Collapse and Grief Composting, 2019 is about Praising Anima Mundi, Making & Offering the World of our Longing and Welcoming the places of Deep Belonging.

So began my conversation with Azul Valerie Thome. I've been deeply curious about Azul's work, her passionate purpose for years. In this conversation, we express our thoughts, hearts and souls as they share what each awakens, inspires and activates in each other. 

Producer and host: Linda Lombardo

Linda Lombardo of Voice of Evolution Radio is a renaissance soul. She brings her diverse background, including acting, producing radio dramas, blogging, being a forest therapy guide and a purpose coach together in her new book, "In The Souls Waiting Room: A spiritual awakening through radio drama", available on Amazon. Listeners of Edgetalkers will recognize her as a frequent co-host, and she also has a podcast of her own, also named "In The Soul's Waiting Room", on which the book is based.

In this this interview, Linda discusses some key concepts of her podcast and book, including the "3 lenses" of the Human/Soul connection, the environment and evolution, and how they interact with each other to create the ever-evolving list for the "Keeper of Souls Purpose".

Published here with full permission from Todd Lejnieks and Edgetalkers. You can find more podcasts by Todd and Edgetalkers here: https://soundcloud.com/user-492322903

The Keeper is back! In season 2 of In The Souls Waiting Room, Jeff, our host, has moved on to new and exciting projects. Linda, the producer of Voice of Evolution Radio, is in the studio as host because she's received a message that someone ... or something ... is wanting to come through. 

This speculative fiction, staged as a live radio program, continues to explore our world's challenges and potential. Season 1 was highly informative, setting the groundwork for what the Keeper calls 'productive dialogue' in season 2. 

John Breeze is the Keeper's voice. Linda Lombardo is the host. 

Get ready! It's going to be a wild ride!

In The Souls Waiting Room is a series of radio dramas, written as a perspective and told in the voice of an imaginery character called, "The Keeper of Souls Purpose." The Keeper's purpose is to see that every Soul coming to the Human Realm has its purpose. Why the Keeper has chosen to speak with Jeff, one of Voice of Evolution Radio's hosts, is a mystery that we hope to unravel. 

We wanted to talk about the Divine Feminine months ago and the Keeper said, "No, wait." So we waited and waited. Suddenly, there were the upcoming Women's Marches and the Me, Too movement, and the Keeper said, "Now." This is why we're calling episode 10 the lost episode. Episode 11, Ashes to Ashes; Stardust to Stardust was aired in 2017. 

Starring Jeff Hendler, as the Interviewer, John Breeze as The Keeper, and Amina Dickerson as ... well, you'll see. 

In The Souls Waiting Room is written and produced by Linda Lombardo.

KEEPER: (PAUSE … gently.) I really thought you understood, Jeff. You’ve just had an awakening. Your story just changed. That’s a disorienting event. You’re asking what’s the hope of trying if in the end it’s all going to be destroyed? Is that right?

INTERVIEWER: (PAUSE) I think what I’m asking is why some of us are trying so hard if the outcome is already written. That’s what I’m asking. This feels like a betrayal, Keeper; that device we keep talking about.

KEEPER: Oh no. Not a betrayal. In fact, all life as you know has been entrusted to you.

This is the final season one episode of In The Souls Waiting Room.

KEEPER: Remember when we talked about judging the Human and the Human always coming up wanting?

INTERVIEWER: Yes, I do. 

KEEPER: There is a Soul’s wanting in a Human life of hoarding, Jeff. It actually comes from the first lens, although it’s dependent on the second lens, as things often are.  Before we get too deeply involved in that conversation let me just say that this applies to the literal and figurative meaning of the word “hoarder.”

In the figurative sense, what happens when someone decides he or she should own the water even though people are dying of thirst?

INTERVIEWER: Or because people are dying of thirst.

KEEPER: Now, you see it. What happens when the world is starving and only a few people own the seeds or have genetically modified the seeds? 

Episode 9 of In The Souls Waiting Room is about the homeless and the hoarders, both in the literal and the spiritual sense. Join us as season one of In The Souls Waiting Room starts its wind down. There's only one more episode left after this one. 

John Breeze is the Keeper. Jeff Hendler is the interviewer. Linda Lombardo is the producer of Voice of Evolution Radio.

In the Souls Waiting Room radio drama series. Jeff, a Voice of Evolution Radio host, and an imaginary character, the Keeper of Souls Purpose, explore the current state of the world, Humanity and its stories. The topic this month- the natural order of things: birth, death and dying.

An excerpt: 

INTERVIEWER: Let me ask you this - These Souls, the ones that don’t complete the journey to the Human Realm, do they ever come back?

KEEPER: It depends. Souls incarnate hundreds, even thousands of times. The Soul chooses its purpose so if it chooses not to return to the same Human, then it doesn’t. It’s not about punishment, if that’s what you’re asking. The Soul already accepted the outcome. Jeff, I must tell you, that as we’re speaking - there’s a great leaning in of energy from the Souls Realm. This is the second time that’s happened here. (INTERVIEWER: I believe the first time was when we talked about Messengers and the LGBTQ community, right?) This is sacred space we’re creating here, Jeff. I just want you and the listeners to know that we are not alone in this conversation.

INTERVIEWER: I’m struck by the freedom of it all and the forgiveness that’s available to us as Humans through this first lens perspective.  

KEEPER: So much Human struggle and need for forgiveness is self-inflicted.

INTERVIEWER: That’s true. I’m hoping your message conveys that and provides some comfort to those listening. 

KEEPER: I understand and at the same time, I don’t know that my goal here is to be comforting.  

Jeff Hendler is the voice of the "Interviewer". John Breeze is the voice of "The Keeper." Linda Lombardo is the writer and producer of this series.

KEEPER: There is nothing new in the history of the world, Jeff; all that changes is how and by whom. At any rate, before the second mass extinction, there were giant mushrooms called Prototaxites.

INTERVIEWER: Proto…?

KEEPER: Pro-to-tax-ites.  They were around 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide, which doesn’t sound incredibly huge when you compare them to present day trees. However, they were the tallest life Earth had ever supported back then and they were all over the planet.

INTERVIEWER: That would have been something to see.

KEEPER: Yes, indeed it was.

In episode 7, Giant Mushrooms, Trees and Fungi, the Keeper shares some insight into a world before Humans; how we are often prepared to take an Evolutionary leap, even before we know what that leap will be. The Keeper talks about climate: warming and cooling and the reasons for the many mass extinctions in Earth's history, all from the 3 Lenses: the Human/Soul connection, the Environment and Evolution.

In The Souls Waiting Room is a radio drama series because the world could use a perspective that ties together all the particles of our lives: our spirituality, our day-to-day experience and what we see happening in the world around us. Giving this context and new perspective, we hope to change what may feel like chaos into the beauty and mystery of All That Exists Without Explanation and of course, Evolution.

This series is written and produced by Linda Lombardo. The Interviewer is played by Jeff Hendler. The Keeper is played by John Breeze. Learn more about this series at http://www.thevoiceofevolution.com

Here's a question for the Keeper from one of our listeners:  “I’m part of the LGBTQ community and saddened by the violence against us; and not only from strangers. There are a lot of LGBTQ kids on the street because their families reject them. The world is such a (and there are a few expletives omitted here) homophobic place. I’m wondering if there will ever be an understanding that we are all people who just want to live our lives.”  

In part 6 of In The Souls Waiting Room(TM), the Keeper shares a perspective about messengers . These conversations are always shared through 3 lenses: the Human/Soul connection, the Environment and Evolution; the perspective clearly reveals that everything is connected and in balance; that when things get out of balance or that connection is forgotten, we find ourselves overwhelmed with the world and what's going on around us. Often, we mistake the Evolutionary process for chaos. Just think of the metamorphosis of a caterpillar. Nothing looks hopeful from the goo of metamorphosis! 

The interviewer has concerns because our identities are just that. No one really wants to hear that he or she may be an evolutionary 'device' he says to the Keeper. And the Keeper's reply? The Keeper says, "Let’s get down to it, shall we, because ultimately it’s not about what you believe. It’s about what is."  

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