Deep Transformation

Ep. 86 (Part 2 of 2) | Hameed Ali (A. H. Almaas) , founder of the contemporary spiritual path the Diamond Approach, beloved teacher, and author of many outstanding spiritual classics, has written a trilogy on the subject of love, and in this conversation the focus is on the recently published second book,  Nondual Love . Hameed explains that most wisdom traditions target various ultimates: pu...

Ep. 85 (Part 1 of 2) | Hameed Ali (A. H. Almaas) , founder of the contemporary spiritual path the Diamond Approach, and author of many outstanding spiritual classics, is writing a trilogy on the subject of love, and in this conversation the focus is on the second book,  Nondual Love . Hameed explains that most wisdom traditions target various ultimates: pure emptiness, pure consciousness, non...

Ep. 84 (Part 2 of 2) | Lama Surya Das , beloved meditation teacher, scholar, pioneer of bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West, and author of the bestseller  Awakening the Buddha Within  among many more, shares bright gems of wisdom from his extensive experience practicing Dzogchen, his long immersion in meditation retreats, and studying in person with the great spiritual teachers of Asia...

Ep. 83 (Part 1 of 2) | Lama Surya Das , beloved meditation teacher, scholar, pioneer of bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West, and author of the bestseller  Awakening the Buddha Within  among many more, shares bright gems of wisdom from his extensive experience practicing Dzogchen, his long immersion in meditation retreats, and studying in person with the great spiritual teachers of Asia...

Ep. 82 (Part 2 of 2) | Constitutional law expert and criminal justice professor  Mark Fischler  has a thirst for justice and a gift for teaching. With cogency and passion, Mark explains that law is not the absolute that we perhaps thought, but an ever changing reflection of the values we hold as a society. Law is a developmental process, and will benefit from our own dedication to inner...

Ep. 81 (Part 1 of 2) | Constitutional law expert and criminal justice professor  Mark Fischler  has a thirst for justice and a gift for teaching. With cogency and passion, Mark explains that law is not the absolute that we perhaps thought, but an ever changing reflection of the values we hold as a society. Law is a developmental process, and will benefit from our own dedication to inner...

Ep. 80 (Part 2 of 2) | Connie Zweig, award-winning author, depth psychologist, master shadow guide, and longtime contemplative practitioner asks some good questions—and answers them too, with unusual clarity and deep insight born of long experience and a cutting-edge mind. Why is it that we meet darkness on the spiritual path? What do we banish into the shadow? How do we reclaim what we project on...

Ep. 79 (Part 1 of 2) | Connie Zweig , award-winning author, depth psychologist, master shadow guide, and longtime contemplative practitioner asks some good questions—and answers them too, with unusual clarity and deep insight born of long experience and a cutting-edge mind. Why is it that we meet darkness on the spiritual path? What do we banish into the shadow? How do we reclaim what we project o...

Ep. 78 (Part 2 of 2) | Greg Thomas , brilliant   cultural analyst, educator, musician, speaker, and co-founder of the Jazz Leadership Project, is passionate about the power of culture to transform us as individuals and collectively. Where race is concerned, Greg presents an illuminating, multiperspectival view of the many layered issues around racism in this country. Early on, Greg developed...

Ep. 77 (Part 1 of 2) | Greg Thomas,  brilliant   cultural analyst, educator, musician, speaker, and co-founder of the Jazz Leadership Project, is passionate about the power of culture to transform us as individuals and collectively. Where race is concerned, Greg presents an illuminating, multiperspectival view of the many layered issues around racism in this country. Early on, Greg devel...

Ep. 76 (Part 2 of 2) | Enneagram expert, teacher, master facilitator, and transformational coach  Leslie Hershberger  leads us into the world of the Enneagram, not typology point by point—here Leslie paints a broader, deeper picture of the Enneagram and its uses as a psycho-spiritual tool than is commonly understood. Leslie explains how the Enneagram provides the psychological foundation...

Ep. 75 (Part 1 of 2) | Enneagram expert, teacher, master facilitator, and transformational coach  Leslie Hershberger  leads us into the world of the Enneagram, not typology point by point—here Leslie paints a broader, deeper picture of the Enneagram and its uses as a psycho-spiritual tool than is commonly understood. Leslie explains how the Enneagram provides the psychological foundation...

Ep. 74 (Part 2 of 2) | Daniel Schmachtenberger , one of the most brilliant and integrative thinkers of our time, expresses here his deep love and appreciation for reality itself. Daniel’s inquiries have led him to perceive the intrinsic beauty of the wholeness of reality and to the realization that everything is interesting—just like when you love someone, everything about them becomes fascinating...

Ep. 73 (Part 1 of 2) | Daniel Schmachtenberger , one of the most brilliant and integrative thinkers of our time, expresses here his deep love and appreciation for reality itself. Daniel’s inquiries have led him to perceive the intrinsic beauty of the wholeness of reality and to the realization that everything is interesting—just like when you love someone, everything about them becomes fascinating...

Ep. 72 (Part 3 of 3) | Nicholas Hedlund & Sean Esbjörn-Hargens  are big picture philosophers with extraordinary big hearts as well as big minds, dedicated to understanding how consciousness, culture, and nature relate to each other, and to forging a path for the Earth and civilization to flourish rather than fall apart. In this dialogue, the world of metatheories comes alive with urgent,...

Ep. 71 (Part 2 of 3) | Nicholas Hedlund & Sean Esbjörn-Hargens  are big picture philosophers with extraordinary big hearts as well as big minds, dedicated to understanding how consciousness, culture, and nature relate to each other, and to forging a path for the Earth and civilization to flourish rather than fall apart. In this dialogue, the world of metatheories comes alive with urgent,...

Ep. 70 (Part 1 of 3) | Nicholas Hedlund & Sean Esbjörn-Hargens  are big picture philosophers with extraordinary big hearts as well as big minds, dedicated to understanding how consciousness, culture, and nature relate to each other, and to forging a path for the Earth and civilization to flourish rather than fall apart. In this dialogue, the world of metatheories comes alive with urgent,...

Ep. 69 (Part 3 of 3) | Corey deVos  is the heart and center of Integral Life, the organization that revolves around the work of Ken Wilber. Corey became passionate about Integral Theory at the age of 19, and in this lively conversation, he is clearly every bit as passionate about the actuality and the promise of Integral today. Here, Corey gives a terrifically lucid explanation of what the te...

Ep. 68 (Part 2 of 3) | Corey deVos  is the heart and center of Integral Life, the organization that revolves around the work of Ken Wilber. Corey became passionate about Integral Theory at the age of 19, and in this lively conversation, he is clearly every bit as passionate about the actuality and the promise of Integral today. Here, Corey gives a terrifically lucid explanation of what the te...

Ep. 67 (Part 1 of 3) | Corey deVos  is the heart and center of Integral Life, the organization that revolves around the work of Ken Wilber. Corey became passionate about Integral Theory at the age of 19, and in this lively conversation, he is clearly every bit as passionate about the actuality and the promise of Integral today. Here, Corey gives a terrifically lucid explanation of what the te...

Ep. 66 | Ukrainian psychologist Kateryna Yasko and integral leadership development expert Vytautas Bučiūnas share their first-hand experiences of the war in Kyiv now, one year after the invasion by Russia, as well as their penetrating perspectives on Russian imperialism (“Russia needs to lose this war so they can reinvent themselves”), on why there is comparably less PTSD among Ukrainian soldiers,...

Ep. 65 | Rev. Dr. Michael Clarke , principal of the Anglican seminary Codrington College in Barbados, beautifully articulates how embodied spirituality can change us and the importance of personal encounters with living Spirit to further us along our evolutionary path. He enlightens us as to the shortcomings of the Church and religion as it is largely practiced in the West in a way many of us may...

Ep. 64 (Part 2 of 2) | Lynn Fuentes , Ph. D., author of  The Koan of Chronic Illness  and teacher of a series of courses on managing chronic illness, shines a bright light of understanding on chronic illness with all of its far-reaching ramifications in this very moving and important conversation. Lynn not only illuminates what chronic illness involves physically, emotionally, and r...

Ep. 63 (Part 1 of 2) | Lynn Fuentes,  Ph. D., author of  The Koan of Chronic Illness  and teacher of a series of courses on managing chronic illness, shines a bright light of understanding on chronic illness with all of its far-reaching ramifications in this very moving and important conversation. Lynn not only illuminates what chronic illness involves physically, emotionally, and r...

Ep. 62 (Part 2 of 2) | Educator, author, philosopher, and futurist  Zak Stein  gives a startling account of the effects the digital age already has on education and where this is headed. Think AI tutors and students talking in 3D with Socrates. Zak sees education in a deeply philosophical sense as fundamental to the sustainability of our civilization, with implications for each component...