The Soul Podcast – Navigating the Human Journey

Send us Fan Mail There's a growing body of evidence on near death experience, which shows its more common than once thought. Is this unusual  phenomenon evidence of the afterlife,, and ultimately the Soul? In this five part series we look at the evidence and history of NDEs.   SHOW NOTES REFERENCES: Hieronymus Bosch called ‘Ascent of the Blessed’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascent_of_the_Bl...

Send us Fan Mail As humans move through our time  on Earth, we write down what we've learned and consider to be proven. Some of  what we've learned, we call scientific laws. The laws of science were created from our interaction with the material world. And they are at the heart of what science considers to be truth.              What if one of those laws supported the idea that there is...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk to dozens of people and ask their definition of The Soul. -SHOW NOTES- REFERENCES: New Orleans Archdiocese bankruptcy article: https://www.nola.com/news/business/archdiocese-of-new-orleans-seeks-court-approval-to-sell-off-properties-in-bankruptcy-case/article_8b5a7e72-61f6-11ed-95f0-337c41f84aad.html QUOTES: "Knowledge of the soul is the only universal...

Send us Fan Mail Hey everyone... Before you dive into season two, start here. In it, I provide the concepts we will be using as we move forward. Listening to this episode will help you get more from the second season.   Season two starts here!  In this season we'll look at many pieces of evidence for the existence of The Soul. Thanks for your patience. Buckle up! Here we go.  SHOW NOTES QUOTE...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Soul Podcast – For the past couple years I’ve been enjoying a podcast called Science and Spirituality. The show is hosted by Chris and Kevin Carton. They look at spiritual topics from a different angle. Most of what they look at, is from the scope of science.  I usually learn something new when I listen to Science and Spirituality. So, I arranged with Chris and Kevi...

Send us Fan Mail A short introduction explaining what I learned in season one and what to expect in season two.  Support the show Has the show made a difference for you? Click this link for ways you can support the show. 

Send us Fan Mail Is it possible that seeing the Earth from space can lead to a Soul Reunion? Today we look at how men’s hearts and minds have been changed through glimpsing the Earth from a distance.  Show Notes Quotes: “In spite of the overwhelming beauty of this scene, serious inequity exists on the apparent paradise we have been given. I couldn't help thinking of the nearly one billion peo...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve all heard of the “The voices in your head.”  But what’s that nagging voice we hear all day? What are the other voices, and how can we connect to them to live a better life? In this episode we’ll explore the four voices inside us… and see how some serve us and others don’t.  SHOW NOTES  Quotes... “Our mind can become a great ally or a sinister foe. You must listen to the voic...

Send us Fan Mail If you could  be a serene Soul or an anxious being, which would you choose? In this episode I offer a tool I use to add more happiness to each day. I call it The Magic Mix.  SHOW NOTES QUOTES “Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentles...

Send us Fan Mail Each of us sees the world from our own unique perspective. But how can we know if our perspective is right? How can we be sure the way we see the world isn’t flawed? At times, it may even be steering us in the wrong way. Today we look at projection. When we understand it, we can use it to become a better version of ourselves. Today I’m going to talk about projection… how it is dev...

Send us Fan Mail What’s an act of kindness worth? As it turns out, kindness has a double effect. The person receiving kindness gets a benefit, and so does the person who is kind. In this episode we’ll look at the way lives were changed by simple acts of kindness.  Listen to the end. This episode includes a free gift.  Show Notes  Quotes: "Never believe that a few caring people can't chan...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a reminder that we all have challenges from time to time. How we react to  those challenges can be the difference in our mood -and in our achievements. When we accept the reality of a situation, we can move forward, adjusting to the limitations. And sometimes we may even get surprising results.  Show Notes – Finding the Positive  Quotes: “If there be light, then th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore the power of having a purpose. Don’t have a purpose? That’s okay. I’ll show you how to find yours.  Show Notes  References: Juliane Koepcke   Wiki LANSA Flight 508 Wiki JAMA Article on Purpose  Learn how to find your Ikigai here   An Interview with Juliane from 2011   Recommended Reading: When I Fell from the Sky: The True Story of One Woman's Mirac...

Send us Fan Mail This is the final episode in the history series on The Soul. We started in episode one… 70,000 years ago, then moved forward, through the human journey. We saw how The Soul has always been a part of our history. And how -long before the development of written language- we always knew there was more to us than the body. We saw people fight to preserve the right to connect to the de...

Send us Fan Mail It was a time of massive change in Europe. In the 1700s the Renaissance was coming to a close the Age of Enlightenment was beginning. And one aspect of the age of enlightenment was open skepticism. People started to drop any sort of blind faith they may have once had, and they questioned authority more openly and with more intensity. They started looking for truth and proof, befor...

Send us Fan Mail We travel to the middle ages -a time when people are being persecuted for speaking about the sprit inside. We see how the Soul triumphs over hate and fear. Show Notes Recommended Reading : The Mirror of Simple Souls (paperback) by Marguerite Porete…  Free online copy (scanned copy of the 1924 edition)..  QUOTES: "The soul, an eternal spirit, is beyond time's hold:       ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we see the end of an old religion and the rise of a new one -and see how the belief in The Soul continues across the divide. We're see dark clouds rise on the horizon, as the Catholic Church claims ownership of The Soul. Show Notes  Recommended Reading: The Bhagavad Gita   Phaedo (aka On The Soul) - Plato   Quotes : "Socrates could not prove that the soul...

Send us Fan Mail Thousands of years before modern religions were born, people around the globe understood that when we sit quietly we can connect with the spirit inside. What can we learn from these ancient humans? Show Notes: Correction – In this episode I said the Lothagam North Pillar Site is located in West Africa. It is not. It is located in Kenya, East Africa.  Lothagam North Pillar Site   S...

Send us Fan Mail Centuries before the religions we know today, people on all continents were talking about the soul inside all of us.  What can we learn from these early people?  Show Notes: The Sumerians had a word for the Soul -  “Zi”  (which is pronounced “Shi”)  Egyptian for Soul  “Ka” 𓂓 Sanskrit for Soul  Pūruṣha  पुरुष Tamil language for Soul…   āṉmā  (ஆன்மா) or ātma (when used as a noun) Qu...

Send us Fan Mail More than 6,000 years before Stonehenge we were writing about the soul. Before Saber Tooth Tigers and Woolly Mammoth had gone extinct people were already seeing ourselves as immoral.  Show Notes: Göbeklitepe (link to more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe ) The Vulture Stone (image and article)  https://www.ancient-origins.net/editorials/vulture-stone-gob...

Send us Fan Mail Evidence that Stone Age people believed in the soul. Today we start a journey into the history of the human relationship to the soul. You may be surprised how long we've known we are more than just the body.  Support the show Has the show made a difference for you? Click this link for ways you can support the show. 

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