The Gathering With Roger B.

Send us Fan Mail So we have the Holidays on the horizon. I did this a couple of years ago. If you are someone who has a lot of stress during this time of year. This may offer you some options. Its an open mic session, people sharing what and how they get through the challenges of the holidays. I hope if you struggle this will be helpful for you.  Support the show More cd's, flashdrives and do...

Send us Fan Mail We all have that voice inside us...the Inner Critic, the Narrator, the Boss, the Director...mine is the Beast. The voice that has been in control of me since I was a little boy. But it didn't tell me it was the Beast, it told me it was "The Answer"  answer to my fear, frustration, inferiority, hopelessness and futility. The beast uses Fear (future) and Resentment (t...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1  If you are living with or have been effected by someones addiction. You are, and have been, effected. Why do they act the way they do? Don't they care? What about our marriage and the children? What is going on? This is what William D Silkworth, the treating physician for Bill W. (one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) suggests is the problem. We have a 3 fold i...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2  If you are living with or have been effected by someones addiction. You are, and have been, effected. Why do they act the way they do? Don't they care? What about our marriage and the children? What is going on? This is what William D Silkworth, the treating physician for Bill W. (one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) suggests is the problem. We have a 3 fold i...

Send us Fan Mail As a boy I came to the conclusion there was something wrong with me. No matter what I did or achieved it never felt like enough, it didnt complete me. So I became more convinced that I had to show you, i would prove I was someone. What was behind, or underneath it all, was shame and fear. So I became a victim a blamer and a martyr. I had it backwards I was always fighting with who...

Send us Fan Mail We are at a place where the world, and our circumstances are crushing us. Arrived at this point there is nothing (in mans world) that is giving any relief or pleasure. When you give up or let go you need something to grab onto. Starts with admitting my way and my will are insufficient. The failure of my self reliance and the beginning of the search . Acceptance , surrender then th...

Send us Fan Mail What is the block to all progress? FEAR! The beast will use fear and shame to keep you in the past and Future, never here;now! I have a thought, the thought informs the action and the action generates the consequence. Its not a mystery Like Begets Like - You reap what you Sow, its the law of the universe. Also has a great group discussion. Support the show More cd's, flashdri...

Send us Fan Mail   This part 2 of a series of 3 We are now in the phase of uncovering the Truth. What's in the way of me not being able to be the man or woman I want to be? This is a revelation and revolution,  it is the examination of our interior, what ideas,concepts,beliefs and messages have we absorbed and turned into the principles that direct our lives from the sub-conscious uncover - d...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show More cd's, flashdrives and downloads are available at www.gstl.ecwid.com  501c3 non profit. We are a community in our 21st year. If you are inclined to help please click the link to help support our outreach. We are over 11,000 DOWNLOADS,in 917 cities and 58 countries. PLEASE COME JOIN US! YOUR SUPPORT IS VITAL TO THIS MISSION, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT S...

Send us Fan Mail This part 1 of a series of 3 Everyone has a design for living or plan if you will. So there is a fundamental question as I struggle with life and my circumstances, what is my response? Try harder, double down. Or consider my plan has failed me. How do I assess that and where do I go from here? The collapse of my self-reliance turns out to be  a break through to a new Life! Uncover...

Send us Fan Mail How do we learn? There are basically two disciplinarians Pain & Love. I need to learn to read the spiritual context of my life, to learn the lessons that are being presented. Includes group discussion!~ Support the show More cd's, flashdrives and downloads are available at www.gstl.ecwid.com  501c3 non profit. We are a community in our 21st year. If you are inclined to he...

Send us Fan Mail We all have a story, story is how we identify - through the challenges, the successes. Our failures are our biggest, richest teachers. How did you do it? How did you get through it? How did you survive that? Where did it take you? There is a great group discussion with this as well. You are not alone... The Gathering is now in 49 countries and 697 cities, thank you for your suppor...

Send us Fan Mail Every discipline says this in one way or another. Let Go Let God, Uncover, Discover, Discard, Turn it Over, Trust God, Clean House, Help Others.  Wonderful, but how? This a discussion of the how, my experience and then the attendees sharing theirs, We hope you can find an answer - or even a thread that helps you. Support the show More cd's, flashdrives and downloads are avail...

Send us Fan Mail Weather in a Religion, 12 step recovery or A contemplative discipline. We all have the same challenge, establish a connection with what we profess to believe in! Set aside what we have been programmed to believe and launch out on a discovery process that will last a lifetime. Through the easy times, through the hard times, through all the times! This includes a rich discussion wit...

Send us Fan Mail So what is this inner critic? That voice that's not me but it's always running in the background. Judging , condemning, people, things, circumstances. Why do I get so irritated? Because that inner critic is always trying to decide who's better,  what's right, who's right. It can't be me, and it turns out it's ALL me... this also contains great gr...

Send us Fan Mail To judge or discern, whats the difference? Most of this is coming out of my conditioning, past experiences - my brain sorts the input information and I react instead of respond. Why do I do that? Where does that come from? This is why I blame and become a victim, the beasts does not want me to be responsible for the reaction, it does not want me to know there's another altern...

Send us Fan Mail  The challenge is fear, how to recognize , how to turn away and how to transform it.  We have an imaging faculty,we call it imagination. The dark side of that imagination is fear. When you realize fear is future tense, so by definition it hasn't happened. As long as fear keeps in the future I am stuck in tomorrow. When im in the future its only me and my imaginary nightmare....

Send us Fan Mail Why can't I create the life I want, why so many failed relationships? Perhaps what I chose as the "engine of transformation" Higher Power was misguided or insufficient. There has always been that ache inside for completion, that sense something was missing, I looked in the wrong places, even when I succeeded the victory was hollow and short lived. Lets examine the s...

Send us Fan Mail This is the 4th in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. People - how do I relate to them - their roles, looks, gifts? Can I learn to see thee whole person? The story behin...

Send us Fan Mail This is the third in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. Time, what is my relationship to it, what do I tell myself about it? Chronos or Kairos. This contains a rich grou...

Send us Fan Mail This is the second in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. Nature is transformative when I open my heart and senses to what it's trying to teach and show me. This con...

Send us Fan Mail  This is the first in a 4 part series. Out of the darkness into the light. To grow in spirit we MUST open our hearts for the light to come in. That light is the light that transforms and transcends mans world, the appearance of things. New eyes to see, new ears to hear. This contains a rich group sharing on this topic. It serves your recovery, your faith or your lack there of...ha...

Send us Fan Mail   The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being. This what informs our twisted relations with family, friends, money sex, possessions and society in general. Listen to the Gathering community discuss what they have leaned and the way to rise above it all Sponsored by GOPHER STATE TAPE LIBRARY. get CD's, D...

Send us Fan Mail   When I am criticized I often see it as an assault. My critic is sharing a point of view, not necessarily the Truth. What tools do I have at my disposal? P.A.U.S.E (practice awareness until Spirit emerges) or fro Cathy W.A.I.T ( why am I talking?) There is a great discussion here to stimulate reflection and thinking.  Sponsored by GOPHER STATE TAPE LIBRARY. get CD's, Downloa...

Send us Fan Mail  The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being. Whats your program for happiness, how's it working? This is a discussion on what, why and how do we learn and do better. Includes group discussion.  Sponsored by GOPHER STATE TAPE LIBRARY. get CD's, Downloads and flashdrives (over 5000 items) WWW.GETGST...