The Deep End

What is this self-awareness we call “consciousness? What is it doing?

When we learn that we are each a place, a cosmic address where the Universe woke up and looks out, into and through itself we see who we really are...

Daring the pretense we dive into how to live a holy life. Can anyONE lead a holy life or do you need to set yourself apart? Isn’t every life sacred? Is there a difference between holy/sacred? Redhawkthedeepend@gmail. Com

Why is diversity needed and what function does it serve? Why is diversity such a threat to so many? How is diversity America’s greatest strength? ...as well as life and consciousness’ strength?

The Golden Rule is in every world religious tradition. It is universal. Could this simple rule be the “Prime Directive” for the human family? Is the Golden Rule the doorway to the ONENESS of being, life and consciousness?

Where did the idea of “hell” come from? How is it that some version of “hell” is present in every culture around the world? Is hell real or is it projection of some deeper human sensibility of balance and justice? Our conversation from the deep end continues.

How can we talk about what can’t be described much less it’s growth and development? Humans crest models, metaphors and analogies to reach for what can’t be touched. We explore the ways we talk about our expanding and mind manifesting ways.

Play is integral to developmental, spiritual and physical well being. What is play? Is it the same as recreation? How is Play a spiritual happening?

What is “HUMOR”? Why is it necessary? How does it relate to “HUMILITY” and “HUBRIS”? Is laughter really medicine?

Compassion is part of our neurobiological nature. We don’t so much command compassion as compassion commands us. What is this emotion that our survival as a species demands. Can the human family hardwire itself with compassion before it is too late.

In this second half of our podcast on suffering we continue our conversation...

What is “suffering” and how is it central to all religions and spiritual sensibilities? How can we reduce suffering both personally and globally?

Our little circle of contemplatives reflects on the nature of SOLITUDE in our daily lives, in our spiritual lives.

What is this Presence that has been known as God, Holy and the Tao.

We look at Amanda Gorman’s poem, “The Hill We Climb” and use it as a metric for America’s better angels of our soul.

What is self reflection?

We explore the spiritual side of politics and reach for a deeper understanding of how politics might be better rooted in a spiritual connections that are life itself.

We look at how we define the center and embrace it spiritually.

Like a fish in the ocean looking for water we try to reach out and touch this mysterious event that is time itself. What is time... really? In quantum reality it looks like all time exhausts simultaneously... WTF! Is consciousness the transformer of the waves of future possibilities into particles called the past? What a romp!!!

Why is celebration so essential to human beings? We look at the many connections and meanings behind every celebration and how they are integral to a healthy life.

Something good is organizing itself into a new understanding, a fresh reaching for global peace. This is hopeful.

It seems as if so much unconscious material from the inside has become visible from the outside. What does this emergent material say about us. In a time where America has been trumped by our own shadow we have a unique opportunity to see some of the darker parts of us in real time.

Why do people go against their best interest and gather during a deadly pandemic?

One of the most ancient and substantial ways to ground our spirituality in the REAL, is through a deep and wide understanding of that junction where death becomes new life in the Meal. Food is sacred in all its dimensions of nourishment fro symbolic to literal.