Deep Transformation

Ep. 169 (Part 2 of 2) | Integral psychologist  Keith Witt  can’t get enough of the magic and beauty that happens in relationships as people begin to develop what he calls “a post-issue consciousness.” He explains that when our executive self, our wise self or witness, kicks in and forges a caring connection with the places where we hold our hurt and our traumas, then integration and heal...

Ep. 168 (Part 1 of 2) | Integral psychologist  Keith Witt  can’t get enough of the magic and beauty that happens in relationships as people begin to develop what he calls “a post-issue consciousness.” He explains that when our executive self, our wise self or witness, kicks in and forges a caring connection with the places where we hold our hurt and our traumas, then integration and heal...

Ep. 167 (Part 2 of 2) | In the 7th dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series ,  Hameed Ali  enlightens us as to the nature of presence. Our path begins with the recognition that spirit is presence, he explains, an insight which all spiritual traditions share; this is where most of their focus lies. But this is not the end of the story, Hameed tells us—discovering spirit is only ha...

Ep. 166 (Part 1 of 2) | In the 7th dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series ,  Hameed Ali  enlightens us as to the nature of presence. Our path begins with the recognition that spirit is presence, he explains, an insight which all spiritual traditions share; this is where most of their focus lies. But this is not the end of the story, Hameed tells us—discovering spirit is only ha...

Ep. 165 (Part 2 of 2) | Tami Simon , founder of the highly regarded multimedia publishing company Sounds True, covers a lot of inspiring ground in this heartening, lively, candid conversation. She tells the extraordinary story of how she came to devote herself to disseminating spiritual wisdom; about finding the edges and growing into them on her own path of awakening; the spiritual teachers she h...

Ep. 164 (Part 1 of 2) | Tami Simon , founder of the highly regarded multimedia publishing company Sounds True, covers a lot of inspiring ground in this heartening, lively, candid conversation. She tells the extraordinary story of how she came to devote herself to disseminating spiritual wisdom; about finding the edges and growing into them on her own path of awakening; the spiritual teachers she h...

Ep. 163 (Part 2 of 2) | In the sixth dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series ,  Hameed Ali  tells us that whereas pure consciousness is already perfect and does not change or grow, individual consciousness is an impressionable organism—alive, changing, moving, developing. Hameed explains that because the soul is impressionable, the impacts of experience are imprinted upon it, sh...

Ep. 162 (Part 1 of 2) | In the sixth dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series ,  Hameed Ali  tells us that whereas pure consciousness is already perfect and does not change or grow, individual consciousness is an impressionable organism—alive, changing, moving, developing. Hameed explains that because the soul is impressionable, the impacts of experience are imprinted upon it, sh...

Ep. 161 (Part 2 of 2) | In this profoundly moving and inspiring conversation,  GRIP Training Institute  CEO,  Kim Moore , and facilitator/trainer  Fateen Jackson, Sr ., also a GRIP graduate, educate us as to the power and magic of the GRIP prison movement, based on Jacques Verduin’s model: Leaving Prison Before You Get Out. This yearlong trauma healing and accountability progra...

Ep. 160 (Part 1 of 2) | In this profoundly moving and inspiring conversation,  GRIP Training Institute  CEO,  Kim Moore , and facilitator/trainer  Fateen Jackson, Sr ., also a GRIP graduate, educate us as to the power and magic of the GRIP prison movement, based on Jacques Verduin’s model: Leaving Prison Before You Get Out. This yearlong trauma healing and accountability progra...

Ep. 159 (Part 2 of 2) | In the 5th dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series , spiritual teacher and author  Hameed Ali  discusses the dynamic, ever changing, infinitely creative nature of the universe, and explains that our individual souls are in some sense a microcosm of this energy, with endless potentials and possibilities. We can experience creative dynamism, Hameed says, as...

Ep. 158 (Part 1 of 2) | In the 5th dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series , spiritual teacher and author  Hameed Ali  discusses the dynamic, ever changing, infinitely creative nature of the universe, and explains that our individual souls are in some sense a microcosm of this energy, with endless potentials and possibilities. We can experience creative dynamism, Hameed says, as...

Ep. 157 (Part 3 of 3) | Integral polymath  Sean Esbjörn-Hargens  is the first comparative scholar to undertake differentiating the myriad varieties of nonduality. A longtime spiritual practitioner within several nondual traditions, Sean wanted to find out how we can understand the relationship between reality, consciousness, and practice. He decided to delve into a comprehensive study of...

Ep. 156 (Part 2 of 3) | Integral polymath  Sean Esbjörn-Hargens  is the first comparative scholar to undertake differentiating the myriad varieties of nonduality. A longtime spiritual practitioner within several nondual traditions, Sean wanted to find out how we can understand the relationship between reality, consciousness, and practice. He decided to delve into a comprehensive study of...

Ep. 155 (Part 1 of 3) | Integral polymath  Sean Esbjörn-Hargens  is the first comparative scholar to undertake differentiating the myriad varieties of nonduality. A longtime spiritual practitioner within several nondual traditions, Sean wanted to find out how we can understand the relationship between reality, consciousness, and practice. He decided to delve into a comprehensive study of...

Ep. 154 (Part 2 of 2) | In this 4th dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series , spiritual teacher Hameed Ali explains that much of the beginning of the spiritual path is spent clarifying our individual consciousness from the conditioning of the past in order to wake up and discover our true nature. In the Diamond Approach, this is accomplished using the practice of inquiry, and as we inquir...

Ep. 153 (Part 1 of 2) | In this 4th dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series , spiritual teacher Hameed Ali explains that much of the beginning of the spiritual path is spent clarifying our individual consciousness from the conditioning of the past in order to wake up and discover our true nature. In the Diamond Approach, this is accomplished using the practice of inquiry, and as we inquir...

Ep. 152 (Part 2 of 2) | Life coach, recovery coach, and plant medicine ceremonialist  Ron Interpreter  has created a multidimensional, whole person healing modality that integrates Navajo spiritual teachings and traditions with Ken Wilber’s Integral Model and Integral spirituality. Humanity is shifting, Ron explains, and is now looking to the teachings of the ancestors and Indigenous pra...

Ep. 151 (Part 1 of 2) | Life coach, recovery coach, and plant medicine ceremonialist  Ron Interpreter  has created a multidimensional, whole person healing modality that integrates Navajo spiritual teachings and traditions with Ken Wilber’s Integral Model and Integral spirituality. Humanity is shifting, Ron explains, and is now looking to the teachings of the ancestors and Indigenous pra...

Ep. 150 (Part 2 of 2) | In the third dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series ,  Hameed Ali  brings us to a deeper understanding of individual consciousness, our true nature, in relation to pure consciousness. Once we come to know what consciousness is, he says, our spiritual experience truly begins. The conversation flows through many illuminating teachings: how true nature mani...

Ep. 149 (Part 1 of 2) | In the third dialogue of the  A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series ,  Hameed Ali  brings us to a deeper understanding of individual consciousness, our true nature, in relation to pure consciousness. Once we come to know what consciousness is, he says, our spiritual experience truly begins. The conversation flows through many illuminating teachings: how true nature mani...

Cindy Wigglesworth , trailblazer in the field of spiritual intelligence, has created an assessment tool that identifies our spiritual strengths and weaknesses—qualities that fall outside the traditional IQ or emotional intelligence (EQ) parameters—in order to provide a guide for determining which skills we as individuals need to develop in order to show up in the world as  love in action . Ea...

Ep. 147 (Part 3 of 3) | Award-winning author, Zen priest and teacher, Kung Fu master, and professional advisor and trainer,  Keith Martin-Smith , took a good look at the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement when he began to notice the damage it was causing people he knew under the guise of progress, or equity. Putting his keen mind to the task, Keith identified seven key areas where the...

Ep. 146 (Part 2 of 3) | Award-winning author, Zen priest and teacher, Kung Fu master, and professional advisor and trainer,  Keith Martin-Smith , took a good look at the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement when he began to notice the damage it was causing people he knew under the guise of progress, or equity. Putting his keen mind to the task, Keith identified seven key areas where the...

Ep. 145 (Part 1 of 3) | Award-winning author, Zen priest and teacher, Kung Fu master, and professional advisor and trainer,  Keith Martin-Smith , took a good look at the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement when he began to notice the damage it was causing people he knew under the guise of progress, or equity. Putting his keen mind to the task, Keith identified seven key areas where the...