The Deep End

How can we rekindle our dwindling empathy? What are things we can do to reconnect us to each other in a healthy way? Redhawk and his cohorts explore a number of ways we can grow more empathy in our human hearts. Stay vulnerable!

Empathy is on the run! Why is EMPATHY dwindling in our human family? What are the aspects of our society that are dulling our ability to see from another persons feelings and perspective? Redhawk offers a clear diagnosis on the "State of Empathy" in the human family. Be well... Wonder deep...

When is enough enough? How do we notice when enough is enough? How is learning about enough necessary for our spiritual journey? Are we living under a prevailing myth of "endless more"? Do you think we need more of "enough"? Blessings

Suffering is part and parcel of of the human experience. There is no way around it. What do we do with our suffering? Are we headed for a huge wave of suffering and what will we do with it? God help us!!! Be well... Blessings

What is the difference between "level" and "mode" of consciousness? The devil is in a high state of consciousness. How can we integrate these two aspects of consciousness? Why is it important for us to understand the lenses we create our reality from? Blessings...

The question "who are you" is one of the most ancient among human beings. Over time, what have we come up with and where do we go from here? What has come between "who we are" and the world out there? Who do you "think" you are?

The Earth is the true Holy Land; how is that so? How can we think about the Earth as Holy? What is "Our Story"? How is a narrative able to bring us together as a human family? Love to hear your view on our emerging story. Redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

Welcome to "the great disconnection, the defining social crises of our era; a hollowing out of the bonds that give life meaning, even as the illusion of connection multiplies." Big sigh with a desire to make something of it... blessings!

How is the defense mechanism of "projection" an invitation to wholeness? How can we learn to pay more attention to our unconscious processes by way of our projections? Our inner work is spiritual work. Separating our inner world from what is "out there" is a huge step on the path. Blessings

Redhawk's grandson, Beau, joins the team for a look at the deep end of a six year old. A true joy to be in conversation with a young ONE! Blessings

What is the Spirit of Our Time (Zeitgeist)? How can we take what is best from these conflicting times and make a future that is better? Blessings

What is an idea? Is the universe made up of ideas or matter or both? Do we have ideas or do ideas have us? Is an idea a living force? How can ideas change us and to what end? Whew... so many ideas about ideas. Be well.. wonder deep.

We look at Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book "Abundance". We look at how we choose between a story of scarcity or abundance and how a new vision of abundance is emerging from the democrats. The authors, both liberals, critique liberalism in a constructive way and enable us to join the revisionist of America. Blessings

Are we in the middle of a perfect storm for evil? What is evil and how is our recognizing it helpful? Can there ever be a positive prognosis without a proper diagnosis? Welcome to America 21st century... growing an evil fascist society for a divided future! Big SIGH! and blessings!

What is the story that America needs now? How can we even talk about a narrative that is positive and inclusive? Redhawk asks AI (Chatgtp) "what is the narrative that America needs now?" AI starts with a poem and than lays out what the elements that will be necessary in any story or necessary. What a pickle we are in.

In my journey into the deep end of America, Carmela Conroy, candidate for the 5 District of US Congress joins me to discuss what the deep end looks like to her. How can we reconnect with this deeper part of our nature as a people?

What are the deeper aspects of who we are as a people called America? How do we talk about those deeper features of America? Join us as we wrestle with our soul of America. Love to hear from you. Redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

Civilization is a marvel. It is easy to take it for granted. Yet when we look around it is everywhere from transportation to banking to buying groceries to flipping a light switch! Today we seek to celebrate civilization, with all its bumps and bruises. Take a moment and join the marvel! Blessings

Ben Stuckhart joins us at the The Deep End to help us see a protest up close and personal. Why do we protest? Does ever help? What can we do now? We are all in this together. Blessings

Where does America find its joy? We are in deep doodoo as a country and it is important for us to find those places of joy that we might re-energize and dive back into what needs tending. Where do you find joy?

Redhawk and his cohorts, Mary Anne Ruddis and Bob Hays, share the guiding lights of their spiritualities and how they play into their lives. Getting a little personal! Blessings

How can we do nothing and accomplish everything? Wu Wei means "do nothing" yet it means even more, it means "creative quietude". How does the Tao play into this and how can we live this spiritually? What a delightful romp. Blessings

Is there enough for the human family? Enough of what? We look at our basic human needs and discuss how we can facilitate the better distribution of our responses to our needs. We are a family! Blessings

Journaling was a gateway into myself. It is a method to see a soul up close. It is a way to befriend unknown parts of OneSelf. We go to the deep end of what journaling can uncover and explore how it can be a saving grace in one's life. Blessings

An Easter Message: What is The Way? According to the Gospel of John, The Way is simply "dying and rising". But, what does that mean? We are each doing this all the time, so how can we consciously participate in this continually ongoing process? Be well... wonder deep....

Duality has been around as long as day and night... and that was just the beginning. We are couched within dualities within dualities. Where do they all come from and how can our understanding of them help us find more wholeness in our personal lives and in the world? Be well... Wonder deep....

We are in the midst of multiple paradigm shifts at the same time. We are all products of previous paradigm shifts from Copernicus to the Industrial Revolution to steel. And then there is the huge resistance rising up against the paradigm shifts. How can we adapt to all these changes and exercise compassion for those who resist these changes? Blessings

The universe has gotten crazier and crazier through the 20th century. The cosmos used to look like a giant machine, like a clock... now the universe is looking more and more like a giant thought. We now live in a world of multiverses, a time where all time exists simultaneously and where we are sending messages to ourselves from the future. WHAT? Love to hear your thoughts... redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

There are many flavors of spirituality. Redhawk reveals his own flavor: Contemplative Spirituality. What is contemplation? How can we be awash in our own ocean of associations and see its utility in our lives? Blessings!

What is belief? What is belief in God? What is beyond belief? How do we allow our experience to inform and/or get rid of unhelpful beliefs? For those of us where God is not a noun but a verb the process might be cooked in to our lives. Be well... wonder deep!

What is Justice? Where did it come from? Why is it important? How can we see Justice as a heart-seed within the human soul? Is Justice the leading edge of human evolution? Justice: can't live without it. Blessings

What are the "shields" that protect us as a people? How are they fraying and cracking today? How is thinking about ourselves as keepers of the shields helpful and spiritual? Love to hear from you. Redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

We are all awash in our own projections. What is a projection? Are they good or bad? Is there any way to overcome our projection? Do we only see the world as we are and not as the world is? This is some heavy spiritual work. Whew! Blessings.

The big question in metaphysics is "Why Anything at All?". This is the deepest of questions for human beings and for the universe. Mystics, scientists and philosophers have been entertaining this question for thousands of years. We delight in the dance of unanswerable questions! Blessings

From sub atomic particles to human beings COMMUNICATION is integral to everything becoming, living and growing. What is this communication? How can we become more aware of how ubiquitous communication is from self talk to our bodies to our communities and nature herself?

Hate is all the rage these days! What is hate? Where does it come from and how do we grow it? Hate is a bitch! …and today it is spreading faster than the LA wildfires. How can we understand this hate and what can we do about it? This was a painful discussion. Blessings

Who are the “storytellers”? Why are stories so important? Where do all these stories come from? These are just a few of the questions that came up in our discussion of storytellers. Are storytellers the most powerful people as Steve Jobs suggested? Are we all storytellers? Blessings

Since 1945 the human family was expanding. We are now beginning what I'm calling The Great Contraction. How can we see the coming dark times within a spiritual or metaphysical and higher order of understanding. What is the context that allows us to make sense of this Great Contraction? Blessings.

Although Advent is a Christian journey its themes and meanings cannot be contained by any religion. The themes of Hope, Joy, Love and Peace are universal. These themes are aspects of who we are as human beings. How can we see beyond the commercialization of this season that we might reconnect with parts of ourselves that are integral to our lives? Blessings

Why is “meaning” so important to our lives? Do we discover meaning or do we create meaning? How is meaning integral to both our future and our past? What a delightful romp through the house of mirrors called meaning. The true deep end has no bottom! Be well…wonder deep.

What is “the Self”? How has our view of the Self changed over the years…. From pre-history till now? As the world is reshaped so is the self reshaped. What does the New Self look like and how is it being shaped? What a delightful romp into the deep end. Blessings

There are forces at work that we cannot see… they are unconscious. Can we find a way to recognize these forces. Where do they come from? Redhawk suggests that the source of much of these unconscious forces is “freedom” and the “burden of the self”. Listen and let me know what you think. Redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

What is Hell? Where did our understanding of hell come from? Jesus didn't believe in hell the way that our popular minds do today. Is hell a place or a state of mind… both? How is suffering connected to hell? Do we create our own hell? Whew! Blessings

Is God evolving? …or is our view of God evolving? How many gods have there been and how many are in play today? Can we understand in any way who God (gods & goddesses) is. Why do humans have a tendency to have a God or gods?

We are awash in identity politics. How did this happen? What is identity politics? What it is, is as old as America itself. We explore this concept and look for some ways that are less divisive. Blessings

How is wellbeing different from being well? What is wellbeing? Wellbeing is a complex process managing all these different forces that make up are lives. What are those forces? How is wellbeing part of our Spirituality? Love to hear from you! Blessings. Redhawkthedeepend@ gmail.com

Fear is integral to our survival; how can we learn from our fear. What can we learn from our fear. Fear is not going away; to see our fears and learning to dance with them seems to be the way we can face them and even embrace them. Halloween offers a great opportunity to look into the dark side of our own lives. Blessings…

The mistake is evolutions greatest tool. All of us make mistakes. How can we use our mistakes to help us grow into fuller human beings? Why do some have such a difficult time owning their mistakes? One of Martin Luther's favorite benedictions was, “Go, and sin boldly!” Amen

Our personal stories matter. How and why do they matter. What is going on when we share our personal stories? Mary Anne Ruddis, Bob Hays and Redhawk share some of their stories and look at how they inform our lives. Blessings

In 1875 the term”Biosphere” was coined. Since then the human family has hung a lot of science and helped many of us to understand this mysterious web of life. How has this concept of a context helped us see and experience life in some new ways? Blessings

The world is intimately interconnected by way of increased globalization. Over the last 200 years we have become more and more interdependent and we have grown both and worldwide middle class and a number of backlash movement against this globalization. How can we better understand what is happening and find ways to relieve the suffering that accompanies it? Blessings