Our Spiritual Life

This episode of Our Spiritual Life is a bit different than previous episodes in that it focuses on my guest's out of body and near death experiences. Susan Jane experienced both of those, and she is still alive on earth - so, although it is unusual (as far as I know)  for one person to experience both an OBE and a NDE, it happened to her. She is an intuitive coach, international speaker, podc...

This episode features my conversation with D. Neil Elliott who discusses his book A Higher Road: Cleanse Your Consciousness to Transcend the Ego and Ascend Spiritually . The book is based on his own life, including experience of a very dark and difficult time in which he contemplated suicide, but fortunately he found resources that led him through a process of spiritual awakening. He has totally t...

This episode was my enjoyable conversation with Melissa Mayer who is a holistic physical therapist and author of the book "Recovering My True Self". She brought a lot of good perspectives and insights from her work in physical therapy but also as a person who enjoys being spiritually alive and awakened. She talked about her "divine wake-up" and many things that led her to that...

Kelle Sparta is a transformational shaman, so this episode offers the perspective of a shaman for the first time on Our Spiritual Life. It's a much different approach to spirituality for me, but I think it is very valid since shamans have been a part of how tribal and indigenous peoples have interacted with the world for much of human history. Now, I don't think Sparta does the tribal da...

This episode is a conversation with Juan Lee, a kindred spirit who believes in the importance of love in every person's life. He's the author of the book, Love Made Simple, and we talked about love throughout this conversation. He's also founder of an organization called Clear Journey that supports teens and young adults in gaining the skills and attitudes for a successful life thro...

This episode is definitely a bit different from most in this podcast series in that it does not touch directly on "spirituality" per se. But beneath the surface, it does indeed contribute to the theme of how we can wake up (or grow up) to what's going on in the world and do something about the increasing division and polarization. My guest, John Noltner, is an award-winning photogra...

Today's episode is a conversation with Dieter Randolph, the author of the books Meaning Full Filled and Past Okay in Seven Days . He is also a minister (without a church), spiritual coach, and podcaster. We had a great discussion about what it means to be spiritual today - beginning with the importance of recognizing that there is a power in the universe greater than us and that we are called...

In this episode, my interview is with spiritual teacher and podcaster, Sandy Vo. We had a wonderful conversation, covering some wide-ranging ideas and approaches to spirituality and life. Sandy offers her primary programs - covering meditation, Ayurveda and wellness, and other subjects - through her online Prosperous School of Self-Realization. Her podcast is called The Prosperous Podcast. And she...

With this episode, I announce that the name of the podcast has officially changed to Our Spiritual Life (formerly Spirituality & Consciousness). The reason for the name change is that, having built a big base of information about spirituality and consciousness in my previous episodes, I will now feature guest interviews or conversations with the goal of lifting our spiritual life together. I a...

In this episode, I interview a spiritual teacher and poet who was born Derren Ohanian, and who has since taken the name Flowing River to honor the importance of grace and flow in his life. We had a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation about spirituality, some of his experiences, what he believes about how we can relate to the spiritual in our lives, healing as "transcending pain to embod...

The Science of Getting Rich , by Wallace Wattles, is a well-known classic book from the transcendentalism or science of mind movements. I'm bringing it to the podcast because it still helps people understand how the Universe works in terms of our ability to interact with Infinite Intelligence in creating or manifesting our desires. It is definitely all about spirituality and consciousness. In...

We continue to explore consciousness in depth based on the book What is Consciousness?   which contains three essays by distinguished thinkers on the subject of consciousness: Jean Houston, Larry Dossey, and Ervin Laszlo. In this episode, which is the third of 3 parts, I focus on Ervin Laszlo's essay entitled "Consciousness is Mind Beyond Space and Time: The New Paradigm", and I rea...

We continue to explore consciousness in some depth based on the book What is Consciousness?   which contains three essays by distinguished thinkers on the subject of consciousness: Jean Houston, Larry Dossey, and Ervin Laszlo. In this episode, which is the second of 3 parts, I focus on Larry Dossey's essay entitled "Consciousness is Eternal, Infinite, and One - A Summing Up", and I...

This time we explore consciousness in some depth, and it is based on the book What is Consciousness?   which contains three essays by distinguished thinkers on the subject of consciousness: Jean Houston, Larry Dossey, and Ervin Laszlo. In this episode, which is the first of 3 parts, I focus on Jean Houston's essay entitled "Consciousness is the Quantum Field of the Cosmos", and I re...

This episode is a change of pace in that it is about success and how we can experience greater success through becoming more conscious. The "becoming more conscious" aspect however relates directly to my overall trend that we all need to become more aware, more awake, and actively participate in the evolution of consciousness. This episode is based on a free webinar that I offer on a reg...

This episode is a continuation of content (my reading from) and discussion about the book The Law of Divine Compensation by Marianne Williamson. The book focuses "On Work, Money, and Miracles" which is its subtitle. In this episode, I read excerpts from a number of chapters - covering spiritual surrender, transcending fear, positivity, job versus calling, embracing abundance, meditation,...

This episode is based on the book The Law of Divine Compensation by Marianne Williamson. In a sense, the book is a sequel or follow-up to her book published 20 years earlier, A Return to Love , because it expands on the importance of living from love rather than fear. But The Law of Divine Compensation focuses "On Work, Money, and Miracles" which is the book's subtitle. In the episo...

This episode is a continuation of S2E11 and is based on a little-known book, The Impersonal Life , channeled by Joseph Benner who was a Lutheran minister in the early 1900s. It is about our relationship to the Impersonal Self or Real Self. In this episode, I read chapters 5 and 6 from the book, plus excerpts from the last 2 chapters of the book. In my opinion, this is a very powerful book and pote...

This episode is based on a little-known book, The Impersonal Life , channeled by Joseph Benner. It is about our relationship to the Impersonal Self or the Real Self or True Self. In this episode, I discuss how the book relates to love and meaning and to our desires to awaken and have more authentic lives. I also read three chapters (1, 2, and 4) from the book. It is becoming more well known since...

This episode continues the discussion about the importance of love as the essential path of evolving human consciousness. As Neale Donald Walsch conveyed the message in the book Conversations with God Book 4 - Awaken the Species , we humans must awaken to a higher level of consciousness if our species is to survive. We must come to know that everyone of us is part of a great oneness of life in the...

This episode continues to discuss the importance of love... being love, choosing to feel love rather fear, loving yourself, and sharing love with others. In the episode, I read excerpts from spiritual teacher Matt Kahn's book Whatever Arises Love That , and I add my own commentary. Kahn addresses the emotional aspects of spiritual growth, relationships in particular, and the physical effects...

In the two previous episodes, I read the first 3 chapters from A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson and discussed some of the key points that were covered. In this episode I read chapter 4 from the book which is about Surrender, and I discuss key points from the chapter. When we surrender to love we turn away from fear and choose the power of love instead.  Then I read from an article by Craig...

This episode continues to focus on the importance of spiritual love. Continuing from the previous episode in which I read the first 2 chapters from A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, I read chapter 3 for the benefit of my listeners. Following that I discuss some of the key points from the first three chapters of her book. As her book and A Course in Miracles both teach, love is the means by...

In this episode, I put the primary focus on the importance of love. If humans could learn to fully understand that we are part of a great Oneness, that we are all one and every person is an individuate expression of the Infinite/God, then they would finally realize the importance of love. This is not just a good idea, this is about awakening enough to see the truth of who and what we are. I had ac...

This episode addresses the question How do we change the world and overcome hatred, divisiveness, injustice, violence, and myriad other problems that we see today? And I believe very much that the answer lies in increasing numbers of people awakening to oneness, evolving in consciousness, and ultimately awakening the species. There is an urgency to this because humanity is on the cusp of either ev...