Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue

What follows is a Samhain/Halloween devotional love poem of sorts for Ancestor; being each one of those who brought me to be here as I am, by their devotion, love and will.

The biggest crimes by far have always been by governments. Throughout history everywhere and still now in the present moment of our time on Earth, the terrible crimes of dark and unhinged individuals pale in comparison with the atrocities committed by governments equally against their own people as well as against those of other countries. Yet governments find it extremely advantageous to confuse...

While we can and must agree on certain standards for human behaviour, I feel it is often overlooked how one's context affects the question of virtue and moral excellence. If you are born into the mafia but do your best to err on the side of kindness within your world, then you seem to be showing greater moral effort than one who is born into a family who value and practise humanitarian, socially c...

My little baby daughter turns half today! So in honour of her and the beauty she has brought into our lives, I check in with my own father for a debrief on how it's all been. Parenthood has many challenges, but far more blessings, and the gift keeps on growing.

The imagination is there to be used and this episode invites us to conjure up a host of cool characters of our own choice and design who might inspire and influence us to be better livers of life. Whether it's imagining Leonard Cohen or the Buddha or Grace O'Malley giving off their vibes or even the words we imagine they would offer, or be it abstract principles personified – courage, kindness, en...

Javier Milei is predicted to win Argentina's presidential election on October 22nd, and after checking him out I am very impressed with his presence and his principles. His recipe to reverse the staggering economic decline of his nation is to shrink the state and restore its resourcres and power to the people. For liberty is the core and foundation of not only our happiness but also peace and pros...

Life and you and me and even perfection aren't perfect – but that's perfect! It's all perfectly imperfect, the best it can be given that it is what it is. But apart from the mystical heights where all is seen as as it should be (which consciousness propels what is to loftier levels), imperfection also helps us learn and helps us experience the ups and downs of the world. Perfectionism is where we...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the most impressive politician I have seen in a long time. And he comes in our hour of urgent need, running for the White House in 2024. Therefore, today I am doing my part to help a man possessed of integrity and wise leadership to win the most powerful office in the world, and so usher in a new era of peace, prosperity, justice and freedom for a troubled world. Even if y...

This episode invites us to consider radical possibilities about what might actually be true. It presents several important yet controversial (and to some, far-fetched) ideas about the world which I invite you to reflect on and investigate with a sceptical but open mind. Some I know to be true, others I think are probably true, and still others might possibly be true. I also preamble this with a br...

You know the feeling. (Or I guess so.) You don't know where to go in life; be it the day or the year or from here to the grave. Maybe you don't even know why or if you really want to do anything at all; can't find the will to care enough to be logical and proactive. Never fear! Episode 70 is coming to the rescue – or I should say your own curiosity is coming to the rescue of your own apathy, inert...

Sex is essential, blissful, exciting, terrifying, dangerous, healing, downdragging or uplifting depending on the way one approaches it and embodies their sexuality, their sexual being. Much more than mere pleasure, or radical freedom of expression, sexuality touches upon deep issues of social cohesion and even civilisational survival, and so must be carefully balanced in the individual and the col...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a man of virtue and integrity who I hope to be the next president of the United States of America. Compassionate, intelligent, knowledgeable, diplomatic, humble, empathetic, strong, independent, brave, lighthearted, serious, powerful, open; these words describe him well, yet the corporate press (whose owners stand to lose vast sums of money and societal influence/control...

Beauty is far deeper than the way a person, object or natural scene meets the eye; at its most heartfelt and profound, it is something like the soul of God, the feeling that takes your breath away when a film takes a perfectly unexpectedly inevitable bend of joy, when the balance and harmony of existence is revealed as reassuringly, undeniably meaningful. Join me as I try to get my head around per...

Ah the Devil. Always messin' out there on the fringes of the mind, of society, of belief. Let's discuss the meaning of 'the Devil' or Lucifer or Satan, from the figurative and mythological to the religious. We will also analyse the claim made by some self-described Satanists that theirs is just another religion, equally worthy to those propounding love. While we're at it, let's get some context on...

Some things are easier to do than others; but all things are easier when seen as easy. So long as one is actually doing one's best to prepare for and perform one's work in this life, our chances of getting good results are only improved by telling ourselves that, yes, we can do whatever needs to be done. By avoiding unnecessary anxiety, doubt and hesitation, the mind is focused upon the task at ha...

Brother Mark and I get dreamy on dreams: what in God's good garden are they all about? Are dreams real? What can they tell us about ourselves, life and wakefulness? We talk about the metaphysics of dreams, share some entertaining dream journal entries from our back catalogue, and suggest some ways for how to recall dreams and experience lucidity.

This time we look at why (and how) to live with plants! There are many reasons to, from air purification to spiritual vibration to boosting the mood to developing self-discipline. Keeping some planty pals in your home will make your dreams a little easier to grow.

Failure is intricately connected to success and ultimately not to be feared or resisted; but simultaneously and paradoxically we do need to work hard to avoid failure in the search for success and human flourishing for ourselves and for all our fellow beings. Tune in to hear about how we might balance these things in order to find restful productivity and so be our best.

Ever wondered if there's a better way to sort out just what you should do? Ever have trouble making choices? Join the club! I provide five tools I find helpful for coming to a decision when things are murky and complicated. 1) Let it out 2) Think both ways 3) Bring in the space 4) Shift up the angles 5) Surround the doubt To find out exactly what the hell these mean, tune in for a half-hour chat!

Today we look in-depth at why we should use cash as much as possible and not consent to the increasingly bold (if subtle and plausible-deniability camouflaged) suggestions by governments and big business to remove cash freedom from the people. In short, the benefits of removing cash are minor and yet the harms of doing so are enormous, and potentially even lethal to the preservation of human right...

I explore the nature of legacy: what can and what should we leave behind us when we leave this world? And what is the balance between thinking of others and the future, versus thinking of ourselves and our enjoyment of our fleeting existence on Earth?

I dive VERY deep into the nature of what a conversation (with self or other) really is, and from here make the case for why we will never be able to exhaust (not even close!) the supply of interesting, rewarding, fascinating discussions about the nature of our world.

All beings deserve to be treated with love, but above all this means not lying to each other; instead we must tell the truth as we see it, so that our fellow soul can thrive free from illusion. Sometimes we may disagree, but so long as one is not directly hurting another, one must be free to express and experience their life as they wish. True diversity means embracing each other's right to hold o...

These days it's all too often said that the individual citizen must defer to 'the experts'; even on matters very intimate and pressing for oneself but for which one lacks 'formal' training. Yet nothing in life can be understood separate from its context  (sorry, Reductionism!) and frequently the right answer to a question demands multiple lenses of analysis be applied. So a technocrat might have h...

No one wants to be smeared and vilified as a 'conspiracy theorist' but is it more dangerous to assume that everything is fine on Planet Earth when red flags wave like innocent blood? I argue we DO NOT KNOW if a global coup is taking place at the hands of billionaires and the many power pyramids they control, but we DO KNOW this is a plausible possibility, based on recent events mysteriously overlo...