Live Like Eden: Spiritual Awakening Unraveled

Continuing from the last episode about living a healthy life based on the Natural Hygiene perspective, let's go over a few simple things you can think about if you are looking to clean up your diet and start feeling better in your body. First, we'll talk about the SOS-free diet, which originated from the Natural Hygiene movement.  What is it all about?  What food substances should you look to mini...

The whole food plant-based diet is all the buzz today.  However, there were many pioneers from a couple hundred years ago working to educate the public on diet and lifestyle.  Today let's look at the Natural Hygiene movement and its impact on what we see now.  Dr. Herbert Shelton authored over 40 books and spent his life helping others get well.  He lectured extensively on the topic of natural hea...

Creating boundaries in your life might be necessary when you come up against a difficult situation.  It's easy to set a boundary wanting to completely disconnect from others, to never speak to them again, or feel that you can't allow yourself to be around people that are different than you are. Today let's look at the ego's idea of boundaries and spirit's perspective on boundaries. Frist, we'll de...

Continuing the discussion from last week's episode about time, whether it's real or not, let's look a little deeper into the possibilities that might exist.  This is designed to get you thinking outside of the box, to question, and use critical thinking instead of simply repeating everything we are told.  If we are truly living the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth over and over again, then how d...

Our lives are dictated by the clock.  From the moment we get up in the morning, until the second we go to bed, the clock is ticking, and we seem to be racing against time. Today let's look at this concept of time.  Going through awakening will bring you to this very fundamental aspect of our world, is time relevant?  Is it real or is it illusory?  It's important to look at this question from the e...

Along your awakening process, there might come a time when you simply don't feel the same anymore.  You no longer feel like your old self, yet you have no idea who you are now.  There can be a state of limbo for long periods of time, and you may have difficulty feeling connected to anyone, let alone your friends and family. Join me today as we touch on the following: Feeling like a loner or an out...

Join me today as we discuss the undoing process of spiritual awakening and transformation.  Removing all the hidden layers of your conditioned mind and your conditioned reality is not an easy process.  Let's go over some simple concepts about what awakening is and what it isn't to help you identify where this is happening in your own journey. The ego can so easily slip back into this process and w...

Looking back on all the episodes this past year of 2023, let's spend today looking at what this show embodies, which is the practical applications of spiritual awakening. One question to repeatedly ask yourself is, "Am I accepting or arguing with reality?"  To answer this let's determine which side of the mind is answering this question, the ego mind or the spiritual side. To breakdown this topic...

Join me today as we discuss The Grape Cure written by Johanna Brandt in 1928.  This courageous South African woman reports her miraculous recovery from a long battle with stomach cancer.  She includes other case studies from terminally ill patients as well.  Continuing from last episodes discussion on detoxifying the body naturally, this testimony supports the theory that nature heals.  As the New...

Do you feel your body getting sluggish?  Do you feel more tired than normal, bloated, inflamed, and a general sense of low energy?  Then it might be the perfect time to begin cleaning out the body.  The New Year can be a great way to get 2024 off to a fabulous start! Tune in today as we discuss how the body communicates to us with an endless number of symptoms.  Learning that these symptoms may be...

There are many groups and movements that claim what they are doing is spiritual.  But do they really have anything to do with spirituality?  Is there some truth within them, yet eventually it shifts into the ego's territory? Join me today as we go over a few interesting topics and see if there is a spiritual component.   First, let's talk about ascension or ascension symptoms and the theory that w...

The holiday season is upon us and with that comes enormous amounts of gift buying, crowded shopping environments, Christmas parties, and family gatherings that can create inevitable stress!  This exciting and festive time of year can often send many people into a mental panic.  If you are becoming aware of your mind's constant chatter, this is a wonderful time of year to practice observing just ho...

The field of consciousness is often described as a field that is simply experiencing itself.  It expresses itself through the physical world, the animal and plant kingdoms, animate and inanimate objects, thoughts, feelings, emotions, and our very personal interpretation of the world we perceive.   What you don't hear is why this is the case? Join me today to ask this very question, why does consci...

Awakening brings so many different phases and layers of revelation.  In the beginning, it's an exciting adventure you can't get enough of.  Eventually, as awareness within you grows, there will inevitably be moments of challenge.  The identity self is slowly fading which brings about unsettling periods of disorientation and uncertainty. Today we'll talk more in depth about the undoing process.   F...

Health is a debatable topic.   You don't need to spend too much time looking into it before you have a million different opinions, studies, and research that contradicts each other.  What does it mean to have health anyway?  Does this mean different things to different people?  Is there something else going on metaphysically that we really don't understand? Join me today as we discuss the main con...

Are you affected by what everyone else is doing?  Do other people's moods affect yours?  Do you find yourself getting lost in other people's energetic mess?  Join me today as we discuss the reality of getting lost in constant vibrations the world is producing all around us.   Let's dive into how we are affected on a very personal level by our own energetic field as well as what other people are em...

Have you ever been part of a community and thought it might be a cult?  Do you go to spiritual or religious seminars, workshops, or retreats and think everyone around you is in some sort of trance?  The group mentality is everywhere.  It's in all aspects of society whether we like it or not.  Religion and spirituality attract seekers from all over the world looking for a greater connection to who...

One of the most difficult things for many people to do is forgive.  Whether you are seeking forgiveness or being asked to forgive someone you believed wronged you, it is challenging for many different reasons.   We'll continue our discussion from last week and look at what A Course in Miracles says about this topic.  No matter what life experience you have had, forgiveness is a means to discoverin...

A Course in Miracles is a very popular spiritual text in today's world.  It was published in 1976 and has been spread throughout the world in different languages ever since. There are many people who use it as a self-study to true inner peace.  As most spiritual texts, people translate them differently and the original information can become highly distorted.  The true essence of the teaching can...

The shadow is a term many people come across when diving into the mind or any type of healing work.  Carl Jung brought the concept of the shadow to light and explains it as the hidden unconscious aspect of the mind that can impact our behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs without understanding why.  Repressed memories and experiences, whether they are positive or negative, can be stored away from our...

Ever feel like you are in a constant storm, or that a tornado is blowing through your life, and you have no control?  Life is funny that way.  Some days are amazing and full of excitement.  Then, in one instant, something unexpected occurs to pull you into a sea of darkness.  This is the world of duality.  The question is how do you find the calm center in the middle of the roller coaster ride? Jo...

This podcast, Live Like Eden, has a much deeper meaning than just relating to the famous Garden of Eden in the bible.  Eden is more symbolic.  It is the representative of truth and who we really are.   Many people actively involved in spirituality tend to brush off the bible and get turned off by the stories that seem far-fetched.  But what are the hidden meanings behind this ancient text?  Bill D...

When we think of health, typically we think of the body.  How is my physical health?  But there are a lot of other contributing factors that affect our overall health.  Lifestyle, environment, emotional disturbances, stress, mental stability, and disruptions of energy in our system can cause physical symptoms to occur. Today let's focus on the various health movements and why there are so many of...

The "now" moment is almost a buzz word today.  Spiritual and new age circles use it all the time.  Just stay in the now, be in the now, experience the now, you've heard plenty of it!  But what does it really mean?  What are we really talking about?  What does it offer us?  There must be something more awaiting us in the "now."Join me today as we go over the now moment and what it is exactly, from...

Ah, the meaning of life.  What is it exactly?  Does anyone really know?  Or, is it subjective?  Everyone interprets life differently.  Depending on your experiences in life, how you have been conditioned, what beliefs you have, and events that currently unfold play a role in how each person gives meaning to life.  Going through an awakening can take you through various stages of the meaning of lif...