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To be Called!

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 20:35


What does it mean to be called to something? We use the language of calling all the time in the human endeavor. But what are we really called to?

Basic instincts

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 21:45


In this episode, we explore why people function out of things like jealousy and envy. Why people function out of a sense of low self-worth and why we demonize others.

Attachments to expectations!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 21:19


Quite often we find ourselves living out of a sense of disappointment and a sense of victimhood. Because we have attached ourselves to the expectation that someone is going to behave a certain way, or a certain circumstance will turn out a certain way. Expectations are attachments, attachments create disappointments, disappointments become our reality.

Judging others is, judging ourselves!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 22:08


When we judge other people what we are doing is trying to solidify a false notion of self by comparing ourselves to someone else. That's why you hear the admonition in many religions to not judge.

Part 5/ultimately

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 17:07


This is the last of a five part series on words and phrases that I use in Finding Meaning. One word that I repeat often is the word ultimately. We look in this episode at why I use that phrase. Thank you.

Part four/The Matrix

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 20:05


I use the term matrix a lot. I talk about the matrix and today in this particular episode. I will explain what I mean when I say that.

Part three/Becoming Love

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 20:43


This is part three of a five part series on the terms and meanings of those terms of Finding Meaning. Today we talk about what it means to become one's true self. Which in my journey means becoming love itself.

Part 2/what is the false reality?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 24:11


This is the second part of a four or five part series on the language of Finding Meaning. Today we look at what I mean when I talk about the false reality, the matrix, the collective or individual ego.

Part one/authentic spirituality.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 21:22


Today we begin a four part series on the terms in the language of Finding Meaning. Today we look at what I mean when I say authentic spirituality.

The language of enlightenment!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 19:42


In this episode, we look at the language of enlightenment. Which is the language of inspiration. It comes in the form of art, music, sermons that contain the message of love, books, photography. That which inspires us to be more loving is the language of enlightenment.

Explaining non-duality

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 18:58


One of the hardest things I attempt to do in finding meaning is explaining non-deistic thinking. Here is my clearest attempt so far.

What is at the core?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 20:33


Today is the Christian holiday of Easter. I am taking this opportunity to talk about what lies at the core of all religions, I believe. What is the singular goal of all of us.

The resurrection of true self

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 19:12


What does the story of Easter really mean? What does the story of Buddha under the Bodie tree really mean?Here is my take. Thanks for listening!

Can't make it fit!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 21:24


In this episode, we explore the fact that we could never go back to the old paradigm. We can't go back to the old way of thinking once we begin to understand that we are love.

The singularity of love.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 20:13


We humans are busy believing ourselves to be something different than the other. When in fact, spirituality brings us to the fact that we are one thing we are singularity of love.

The river of change

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 19:40


Life is ever changing! We can fight it or we can be a part of it. To fight against the change of life that it offers is futile. Because the change is going to come. The question is, how do we approach it?

Easy not Easy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 21:25


In this episode, we look at the fact that the concept of leading spiritual life is an easy concept to understand, but a difficult thing to practice.

Well, what about?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 21:19


In this episode, we look at how the human mind convinces itself that even the wrong things we believe are right.

Every day life is the spiritual life!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 20:12


In this episode, we look at how the mundane and everyday life that we can lead is actually the spiritual life. And how we can live that life in such a way that expands our awareness of self and can give us meaning.

The kingdom of heaven is within you!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 21:18


In our western cultures, we are taught to seek the truth external to us. To have belief in God or a belief in a political party or in a relationship. We are taught to look external. While the whole time the great spiritual thinkers of human history are begging us to go within. The truth is within us, and that's where we have to look.

Unnecessary suffering

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 21:41


In our lives as human beings, we encounter suffering. We lose relationships, we lose people we get ill. We also encounter suffering that we create and this episode is about that.

Kindness, kindness, kindness!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 20:51


In this episode, we look at the vital importance of being kind. It is a transformative action in our life. Kindness is the doorway to love.

It's all connected!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 20:58


You, me, all of us are all connected. That's not a abstract theory. It's a fact proved by physics. And since there is no difference between the physical world and the spiritual world, according to Finding Meaning, all things are connected.

Speaking with bad intent

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 11:57


Yes, we have to vent, yes, we have to discern yes, even sometimes complain. But we cannot hold in our hearts, bad intent for others. It rots us from the inside.

Finding Meaning 101

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 22:21


In this episode, we look at the core understanding of what Finding Meaning is about.

Superstitions

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 20:05


In this episode, we look at why people practice, superstitions and what they can mean.

What does it mean to find meaning?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 21:30


The podcast is called Finding Meaning. What does it mean then to find meaning?

Navigating the false reality

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 20:13


We have to learn to live in the world, but not to be of it. And that means we have to deal with other people, maybe we have to deal with work. Maybe we are in a relationship or we practice a religion or we follow a politic. It is the search for truth that matters and that's how we navigate the false reality.

Was lost, now found!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 20:48


This episode of Finding Meaning is about how we are lost in self doubt, self-loathing, and a selfish world. It is also about how we find our way home, within ourselves by practicing love and generosity and kindness.

I can't or they won't?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 21:52


In this episode, we look at navigating relationships. What awareness we have of ourselves, and what awareness other people have of themselves is what we bring to a relationship. Take a listen thanks!

The collective awakening

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 18:20


In this episode, we look at my hope that there is a collective awakening happening. The more people are seeing the false reality for what it is than ever before.

Forgetting to remember

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 21:01


In this episode, we look at the challenge of practicing and remembering our spirituality.

There is a faith to be had!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 16:02


For years I was taught that faith is belief. I no longer believe that. Faith for me is something much more substantial, take a listen. Thanks.

Stepping on poop

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 12:19


In this episode, we look at how the universe keeps us humble if we allow it to.

Is there a goal?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 21:00


In this episode, we look at how the idea of achievement and achieving a goal actually interferes with being present in our moment. Which is where enlightenment is.

Why people believe what they believe!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 20:08


This episode comes from a question I received about why people believe what they believe. What's the motivation behind what they believe?

It's so personal!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 21:17


In this episode, we explore how deeply personal the spiritual journey can be.

Our insistence on categories

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 21:38


Our minds constantly have a need to create a category to make sense of reality. It is what we have learned! We have learned to categorize things in order to make sense of things. From a non- dualistic standpoint categories become much less necessary.

Creating our addictions

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 20:36


This episode, we look at how we all create addictions out of the false reality.

It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 22:02


In this episode, we look at the fact that there are literally billions of ways to find oneself. Each person having their own path. However, with love being the center of our focus we do have that in common.

Learn the lesson and move on!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 15:38


One of the great skills of spirituality and of spiritual living is to understand we are going to make mistakes. And then to see the mistake for what it is learn from it and move on.

Victim identity

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 15:35


If we are not careful my friends, the fact that we are victims quite often will define who we are. When we do that, the people who are doing the victimizing still have control over us. It's a very subtle shift, and a lot of people do not make it.

Peace sales, but who's buying?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 14:05


There have been many people throughout history who have offered ways to find peace. But we as a human race do not buy it because it does not entitle us to hold onto hatred and racism and poverty. Take a listen thanks

Dealing with the pretenders

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 13:46


In this episode, we look at the false persona of others and even ourselves. How do we deal with that?

Hello from the Golf of Mexico!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 13:40


In this podcast, I talk about how people believe that empathy is a weakness. However, I'm speaking to you from about 100 miles south of Florida.

You are not alone!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 15:26


The spiritual journey can seem like a lonesome, solitary journey. And sometimes it is! But you're not alone there are others. Take Heart and stay on the journey.

The 90%

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 14:45


I am convinced that 90% of the reality that we live in can be created through how we perceive and project. Take a listen thanks

Of the sleight-of-hand!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 22:40


We are participating and our participants in the illusion. Just like the magician uses sleight-of-hand so too we use the manipulation of attention to live in the illusion, in the matrix.

The false need to control

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 16:48


We live in a world where we are taught to be controlling people. Mainly because we are terrified of the outcome if we don't control it. This is another part of the illusion and the false reality.

The danger of othering!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 17:41


In this episode, we look at how we have learned to do, spiritual, emotional and physical violence because we see ourselves as separate from others.

Our romanticizing!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 20:15


We have these ideas, derived from society about what it means to be spiritual. In other words, we romanticize spirituality. When in fact, it is simply being who we truly are.

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