The Deep End

What is ENLIGHTENMENT? Actually, it depends on who you ask. Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Political Science Major... Redhawk and Mary Ann explore the traditional definitions as well as the experience as it comes at us today. Join us and let us know what you think of Redhawk's two pronged approach to ENLIGHTENMENT. redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

What is the point of any Spiritual DISCIPLINE? Why practice meditation day in and day out when it seems to go nowhere? What about some of the other DISCIPLINES (Prayer fasting, dancing, psychedelics, etc.) and how do they work? And what is the backdrop for these DISCIPLINES? How do we talk about the fullness of spiritual well being? Let us know what you think. redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

After we do our spiritual work comes the hard part... DOING. What are we to do? Why? To what end? How is our DOING part of our spiritual work? In a world with such far reaching systemic problems how can we possibly make a difference? In the midst of these giant problems where CAN we make a difference? redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

WE THE PEOPLE... Who are we? Where did we come from? What has happened to us? These are a few of the question Mary Ann and Redhawk address. We also look at the way that the idea of "self rule" emerged and the new kinds of challenges that it presented to the human family. redhawkathedeepend@gmail.com

What is this PATH that great masters have left bread crumbs for us to follow? What is the PATH all about? Where is it leading and to what end? Mary Ann and Redhawk discuss the bread crumbs left by the spirit masters and also the bread crumbs that we are leaving for others to follow. It all comes down to LOVE and TRUTH and adds up to JUSTICE. Finding and following YOUR OWN PATH are more important t...

We received a number of questions ranging from "is unconditional love possible and what is it?" to"What really happened at the garden of eden?", as well as a number of others submitted by our listeners. We would love to hear from you and what your most compelling questions are. Write us : redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

What is LOVE? Is it the same as desire? ...compassion? Is LOVE something we are born with or is it learned? Is LOVE just some chemical reaction in our nervous system? How do all those chemicals play a part in LOVE? These and many others are addressed in this most mystical podcast about how LOVE is perhaps the most important of all forces in the human universe. Please send any questions or response...

What is JOY? What function does it play in both our evolution and our daily lives? Why do I experience such JOY when I am reconnected with someone I love or sing with a community of people or dance with the ONE I love? How does JOY have the "power to re-unite all that custom has divided", as Beethoven wrote? Let me know what you think: redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

What is FORGIVENESS? How does it work? What does it take to forgive another? How die FORGIVENESS evolve and what good is it? Why should I forgive someone when vengeance feels so good? How has FORGIVENESS worked in a cultural and global way and how have we lost our capacity for FORGIVENESS in our political and international relations? redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

What is "Hope"? How does it function in human life? Do other animals experience Hope? How is "hope" hardwired into the brain and how does it connect us to each other? Redhawk and MaryAnn discuss the latest research out of the Department of Adult Development at Harvard University and the results of the latest studies into "HOPE". There may be no tomorrow without HOPE!

"The task of a thoughtful future humanity must be to correct the "misalignment" between our scientific and our emotional brains" (G. Vaillant, MD) What is the "new humanity/ How are we working towards or against the rise of this new sense of community and connection? I use George Vaillant's book,"SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION" to help us understand the necessity of hardwiring of the positive emotions into t...

What is Faith? How is it that faith is NOT about mere belief? What does it mean for a globally oriented mystic to follow the Jesus dharma today and how does all this cosmic/quantum language relate to this teaching of the prophets that came through Jesus to the world? redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

How is it that our religious institutions - and all of our institutions - become corrupt? What is the original intent of our institutions, especially our religious ones; and how can we create new institutional sensibilities that can change and transform with the times? This is a segue podcast to the next few shows on the true roll of our religious institutions and the science behind that roll.

Who were the great spiritual masters throughout history? How did they come to be What are their stories? Are they incarnations of God? Are they messengers? What is the real intent of their teachings and to what end? We discuss these and many other questions about these teachings that have organized the human family into nothing less than civilizations.

String Theorists state that reality, the universe, is but a consciousness hologram. The ancient hindus and mystics fro all religions state that this world is but an illusion. What is real? And if it's all an illusion what is the point? We discuss these points of view and show how the illusion is very real and how we get caught up in it and blind ourselves to the true deeper intent and impetus of a...

The nature of our relationships is the measure of our humanity. Given the complexity, smallness and greatness of the Universe how do we learn to recalibrate our relationships to reflect this greater understanding of who we are and where we are? what do our religions say? what does science say? what do you say?

There is nothing without relationship. All of everything is a configurations of layers upon layers of relationships and each of us is a part of this fabric of relationships that we know as the universe. What allows us to be in relationship How can our present ways of being be transformed into a new relational understanding of who we are and how we are? Redhawk shows not just how everything is inte...

The old myths no longer work and we are between a painful labor and a difficult birth... crying to give birth to a new global story that belongs to all human life... and accommodates all life, all being and beginnings. Where do we look for these new stories? How do we evoke them in our time for the sake of transforming us into more complete human beings? The POWER is in YOU!

Redhawk explores the many different definitions of MYTH and settles on MYTH as the STORY of REALITY and is how consciousness shares that story with the human family over time. Redhawk shares Joseph Campbell's view that we are between MYTHS (STORIES), that the previous mythic structure have fallen and we are in a time of a new emergent MYTH.

After exploring the nature and mystery of consciousness in episode #8 Redhawk now looks at the the question of "what is consciousness trying to do?"; what is the purpose of this possible virtual experience that is my life and consciousness? Redhawk reviews the religious traditions, science and the human experience itself. Redhawkthedepend@gmail.com

What is this presence that is"Awareness Itself"? We create a Self out of it as its prime symbol but what is the substance of that which is aware? Is consciousness merely a "product' of neural activity or is it some "presence" that is being amplified through our brain chemistry? redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

ONNESS of BEING... it is sometimes difficult to see much less BE. What is this ONENESS that Einstein, many scientists and untold ancients spoke about. "All sense of separation is optical delusion" and our journey is to WAKE UP to our truest and deepest relationships that reveal who we really are: ...and we war the UNIVERSE looking out into and through itself. Come join the WONDER! CONTACT: redhawk...

REINCARNATION is a concept that has been around since ancient times. What is it? In Buddhism there is NO SELF so what is reincarnated? In a world of quantum physics where all time exists simultaneously how can we think about these experiences and finally, WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING?

What can we empirically say about our human nature given the human family's two dominant belief systems of "Heaven & Hell" and "Reincarnation? Both are full of variations but both are also very telling about one of the most true intents of our species. Contact: redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

Who are we? What is this thing or process we call the Self? Is there a Soul is is that just a trick of consciousness? And how is it we can call ourselves a "child of God" in this time? We will explore and discuss how all these questions create a constellation of a new metaphysic for the 21st Century. Contact us at redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com