Authentic Living

From a purely spiritual perspective this show will discuss the meaning of those all too commonly used words "The Flow." What is the flow? How does it work? And how does one get into the flow? Is there something we should be doing to make sure we are always in the flow? And what has being in the flow to do with being present in the divine Self? Putting the word "divine" next to the word "Self" does...

The word spirituality is thrown around quite a bit, with all manner of people calling themselves spiritual. But if you ask them what this word means the definitions vary and are often vague. For many it means to pray a lot. For others it means to meditate a lot. For most it means living a moral life, doing the right thing. For most spirituality must fall under a certain religion. But what if spiri...

Since the beginning of time, it seems, we have thought that we had to fight the good fight. We had to fight for good over evil. And so many a person has spent a lifetime trying to discern the difference between the two and trying to err on the side of goodness. But what if you knew that that very battle is doing more harm than good? What if you knew that the battle between good and evil is actuall...

The words "being present" have recently become common vernacular. But what do they really mean? Most people mean, by presence, that we are attendant, that we notice; we are aware and responsive. What we don't always know and are not always present with is the fact that presence is something that heals us, that holds us, that awakens us to the deeper nature of who we are. And practicing presence, y...

How do we know that we are on the truest path? Can we discern a truer path through certain spiritual practices? Can Prayer help? Runes, iChing, Tarot, or other methods of alignment? We all want to be in the flow of universal energy. We want to know that we know what we know. We want to feel secure in our knowing. This show is going to be all about that inner knowing. Be here. You'll be glad you we...

Isn't that just like how we think? Always questioning ourselves as to which way is "right?" What if those questions about right and wrong just keep us stuck at a level of consciousness that will not take the next step? What if there is a path that rises above right and wrong, a path uses every so-called "wrong" as another note in the song, another story in the tale, another opening in the energeti...

While many spiritual leaders are teaching that we should stay uninvolved in the real dilemmas of the world, there are others who are teaching that we are responsible as spiritual advocates for our part in bringing about the essential evolutions of the collective mind. Some are teaching that we should turn off the TV and spend our time in a constant state of bliss by affirming that all of the life...

What do we do when, along the way of our journey, we encounter that deep psychic complex that reaches beyond all we know, and brings us to our knees with a loud I can't. What about those anxieties, those fears, those angers, those impulses that seem to be beyond our ability to stop them, to heal them, to overcome them? Well today we are going to be talking about that very thing. We are going to ex...

We've all heard the media reports about cult leaders causing tremendous harm to their followers. But that's not the kind of false prophecy we are going to be talking about today. Prophecy is truth telling with regard to the nature of the divine and the self. False prophecy is lying with regard to the nature of the divine and self. We all have false prophets within us. And today we are going to dif...

Why do we have a body? I mean, if we really are soul, why didn't we just come here as soul? Is it true that the body is our tempter, our evil-doer, our sickness, our death? Or is there something else going on in the body? Well, our guest for today is going to tell us all something about the wisdom of the body. With her latest book, "The Body Heals Itself" she exposes some of that profound wisdom,...

For years, those of us who serve in the mental health field were taught never to mention anything of a religious or spiritual nature. But now many are researching the elements of spirituality inherent in the therapeutic process, and many are researching the benefits of utilizing those natural spiritual elements of therapy. We are finally being encouraged by ethics boards and the core competencies...

When do we say enough is enough? In this day in which our economic crisis seems to be swallowing huge chucks of what we have previously valued, we are ramping up our schedules and our stress levels trying to get back to how it used to be. And in the process we are forgetting all about our earlier plans to pursue happiness and peace. Wayne Muller, bestselling author of Sabbath, as well as three oth...

We are so excited this week to have Dr. Clarissa Pinkoa Estés (Dr. E, as she is affectionately known) back on our show for the fifth time. Bestselling author of "Women Who Run with the Wolves," which sold over a million copies; and the multi-volume audio series "The Dangerous Old Woman," and her most recent book, "Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul," which w...

With so much information floating around out there in the spiritual world about how to manifest abundance and, in the secular world about how to attain your goals, it's difficult to consider such concepts as staying in the moment. Michael Brown, our guest today, helps us bridge the gaps. Author of two books we'll be talking about today, "The Presence Process" and "Alchemy of the Heart," as well as...

Joan Borysenko is back this week for the third time to talk with us about guilt, for guilt can be a major block to our resilience factor. Her latest book, "It's Not the End of the World: Developing Resilience in Times of Change" will be combined with one of her earlier books, "Guilt is the Teacher, Love is the Lesson" in an in-depth discussion of this devilish master craftsman of our lives. In the...

Maybe we can de-stress in these times by turning down the volume of the terrible news we are getting almost daily. But the answer to real peace runs deeper than that.  Many of us have heard that what is happening "out there" is "just an illusion." But is it?  Perhaps, since we are living here on planet earth we need to consider having at least one foot here, even as the other is walking in another...

When life events, difficult circumstances and relationships come our way, we tend to get all caught up in what is going to happen next, and what strategy we can use to make it turn out the way we want it to. To do any less than that, it seems, would be to lay down and let life roll over you. But there is a way to be fully involved, yet fully surrendered to a deeper more authentic process that is h...

We are currently living in some very difficult times. Times of darkness, times of betrayal, times of fear, times in which we cannot trust the people in power to do the compassionate and humane thing. How do we learn to thrive in the midst of those flames? Eckhart Tolle talks about the difference between pain and suffering, and what we shall see, in today's discussion, is that the difference is the...

There is a form of religion that has, over the past 10 years or so, taken over larger and larger portions of the American psyche. It is a religion made up more of fear of evil than love of and from the divine. It is a religion made up more of laws and judgement than compassion and redemption. It is a religion which allows plenty of room for hate, and recrimination of other people--and it is led by...

Generally speaking, we think of morality as a good thing. People should, we think, honor certain codes of behavior in order to prove that they are good people, and in order to maintain order in the world. But what we don't commonly know is that morality can often be a poor substitute for authenticity. We don't know it, but we are commonly doing the right thing, instead of doing the true thing. Yep...

We live in a social environment now in which hate is overt, active and visible. Not so very long ago, in fact, just prior to the election of our current President, hate was hidden, covert, and only active in a passive/aggressive fashion. But there are many people out there today who are trying to tell us that hate is a good thing. That it is an essential survival skill. That, of course, we hate, f...

We have lived for so long and so deeply entrenched in the good/evil paradigm that we truly believe that striving to be good, and fighting the so-called good fight against evil is the business of being a person. Indeed, we think it is the business of life. But what if we knew that the ONLY thing we need to do is peace. What if peace were how we survive? What if peace were how we negotiate with othe...

Demetra George, our guest for today was one of the first Astrologers to publish an astrology book that included the asteroids into the configuration of the natal chart. Demetra always loved the great myths of the Greek gods and goddess, told to her by her Greek grandparents as bedtime stories. As she started using the asteroids in people's charts, she would tell them the myths of a particular aste...

Currently many people are seeking a spiritual practice that offers real results, such as, personal transformation and life change. Today we are talking to Greg Marcus, PhD, practitioner and coach of American Mussar. His book 'The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar' will be the topic of our discussion as he leads us to understand some of the specif...

What does it mean to forgive? Does it mean that we absolve? That we allow them to "get away with it?" If you are thinking in these terms, then you are not yet ready to forgive. Forgiveness is a process. And it really has nothing to do with the person you are forgiving—unless you are forgiving yourself. In fact, we don't even start out that process aiming toward forgiveness. Typically, we start it...