The Deep End

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

How did the political right and left arise: populism? We are awash in a populist rhetoric. What will we do? Is there anyway out of this mess? What do you think? Redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

What is ritual? How are rituals integral and part of our lives? Why are rituals so important? Are there rituals that are not healthy? What makes a ritual healthy? Be well… wonder deep! Blessings

What is Artificial Intelligence? Is it beneficial or will it become a curse? Is AI part of our human evolution? Will AI surpass us and create a new order of self awareness? Join us in our journey through the many possibilities that AI confronts the human family with. Blessings…

WTF… from the Deep End and a chat with AI (ChatGBT). What are the deepest questions of the human race? What does ChatGPT have to say about it? What a delightful romp through this dance at the end of a rainbow! Be well..wonder deep!

What would the world be like without innovation? We live in a world woven out of innovation. On this podcast we lift up how innovation has shaped our modern world and what our role in it could be. Be well… wonder deep….

Structural changes in the way we live and order our lives has been changing for thousands of years. In my mind revolutions are steps the human family takes to move towards greater JUSTICE. These changes occur as a consequence of revolution. We are in the midst of national and global revolutions swirling around us today. How can we better understand what is going on and progress toward greater power and prosperity for more human beings? Blessings…

The family has been around since before we became human. Why is the family so integral to society? How is the family evolving today? How can we see the family a a single system? Are you part of The Deep End family?

Life is full of sadness, grief and trauma. Is there any way out? …is there any way to find closure where we come full circle and end up back at our self? We share our stories and our attempts to find closure in those aspects of our lives that weigh us down and haunt us. Love to hear from you. Redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com

Change is the essence of life. How can we facilitate the change that is part and parcel of our lives? …and what about the huge changes that are challenging us as a human family? Can we make uncertainty our friend? Blessings

Our families of origin are where we get our psychological, relational and values presets and defaults. How can we best look at and understand those pieces that make up who we are? How important to our spiritual journey is our work on our family of origin? Whew! What a journey!!

We are living in an ocean of relationships… and nothing can exist outside of relationships. Relationships are connections from the sub-atomic to the cosmic; how can we engender growing and expanding relationships? What gets in the way? We discuss the ways relationships are changing and how we can create more health and wholeness from them.

Playing is not just important but is imperative for growing, learning and becoming a healthy and whole human being. Why is playing so important? How can we find new ways to play as we become adults? We romp through a discussion on “play” and the many benefits of play. Be well… wonder deep… Blessings

JOY! Not easy to define yet most know exactly what it is. How can we grow a life that is more receptive to joy? Why is joy so important to evolution and our personal spirituality? Can we learn to make our lives a dance of joy? From William Blake to Emily Dickinson joy connects us to the full round and depth of life. Be well… wonder deep…. Blessings

How is education, learning and training essential to our lives, our health and our growth? How do we grow ourselves into lifelong learners and why is that important? We discuss and celebrate our ability to be new everyday when we keep our shields down and minds open. Blessings

Music has qualities that can heal! What are those qualities? Is music connected to spirituality? How can we begin to see the Uni-Verse as the One-Song that it is and how can we join in this One-Song in a way that is harmonious and growing? What so think?Redhawkthedeepend@gmail.com