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Examining Evil: Episcopal Priest Calls Trump the Anti-ChristIn this thought-provoking episode of the Lean to the Left podcast, host Bob Gatty speaks with Dr. Matthew Fox, an Episcopal priest and author of 42 books, about his latest work, 'Trump and the MAGA Movement as Antichrist.' Here's a direct link to that book: https://amzn.to/3Ue7DVB.They explore the controversial connections between Donald Trump, the MAGA movement, and the archetype of the Antichrist, inspired by a fresco in Italy's Orvieto Cathedral. Dr. Fox addresses the importance of truth in the face of lies perpetuated by Trump and other political figures and shares personal insights, including his forced departure from the Dominicans to the Episcopalians due to his progressive beliefs. They discuss reinventing worship to resonate with younger generations and the launch of Fox's children's book, 'The Return of Father Sky.' Here's a direct link for that book: https://amzn.to/3Yz4gey.The episode also delves into Hildegard of Bingen's art and its symbolism against modern societal issues like patriarchy and fascism, urging listeners to channel moral outrage into constructive action inspired by historical figures. Thoughtful reflections on spirituality, culture, and political dynamics make this an essential listen ahead of the 2024 election The episode delves into Dr. Fox' work, focused on examining evil using Trump the Anti-Christ as his example.Meanwhile, if you enjoyed this episode, please like and subscribe! We have many more thought-provoking discussions lined up that you won't want to miss.CHAPTERS:00:00 Introduction to Dr. Matthew Fox and His New Book01:35 The Inspiration Behind the Book02:47 The Antichrist Archetype and Its Relevance05:09 The MAGA Movement and Its Implications10:50 Dr. Fox's Expulsion from the Dominican Order13:48 The Importance of Creation and Environmental Stewardship16:42 The Reptilian Brain vs. The Mammal Brain17:07 A New Way of Worship: From Dominicans to Episcopalians19:29 Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox21:12 The Antichrist and the Cosmic Mass24:54 Hildegard of Bingen's Vision29:37 Concluding Thoughts and FarewellAbout Bob GattyA former journalist and communications consultant, Bob Gatty is the founder and editor of the Lean to the Left blog and host of this podcast, which focuses on progressive politics and the important social issues of our time. Bob's new book, Hijacked Nation: Donald Trump's Attack on America's Greatness, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com and is due out Oct 25 on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other outlets. Here's a direct link: https://amzn.to/4eK8ghZ______________________

In this powerful meditation by Kyle Gray, you'll be guided to connect deeply with your breath and tune into your instincts. As you visualize a golden light spreading throughout your body, grounding you into Mother Earth and reaching up to Father Sky, you'll call on spiritual guides and the elements—air, fire, water, and earth—to support your journey. This sacred practice helps you unlock your inner wisdom, set intentions for healing, and embrace a deep sense of connection, all while invoking the energy of angels and the universal creative force. If you enjoy this meditation, we think you'll love Kyle's brand-new Angelic Activations Oracle—a 44-card oracle deck that acts as a bridge between Earth and the Celestial realms so that you can receive direct insight from the angels guiding your way. Visit hayhouse.com/angelic to get your own card deck today!  

Shaman & Medical Anthropologist, Dr Alberto Villoldo joins the podcast to reveal the great Inka Prophecy: Pachakuti, the emergence of new humans, and the global transformation taking place this year. The Indigenous seers foretold a potential mass extinction for humanity unless we make radical changes. By his mid-20s Alberto Villoldo was the youngest clinical professor at San Francisco State University. He was directing his own laboratory, the Biological Self-Regulation Lab, investigating how energy medicine and visualization could change the chemistry of the brain. Anthropological stories hinted that there were people around the globe who claimed to know such things, including the Inka in Peru, the few remaining "shamans" in today's modern civilization. Over two decades with the shamans in the jungles and high mountains of the Andes, Alberto Villoldo would discover that we are more than flesh and bone, that we are absolutely fashioned of Spirit and light. He is the founder of The Four Winds Society, which bridges ancient wisdom teaching with cutting-edge neuroscience to teach us how to bring about the life and health we have dreamed of. Alberto Villoldo's wealth of knowledge has germinated 22 books, including Shaman, Healer, Sage, and the Top-Ten Wall Street Journal bestseller, One Spirit Medicine. His book, The Heart of the Shaman: Stories & Practices of the Luminous Warrior, teaches us how to tap into the creative power of the Universe to dream a new world into being. His newest book, Grow a New Body, and the Grow a New Body Cookbook, teach the reader how they can take their health for the rest of their life! ___________________ PODCAST CHAPTERS 00:00 - Dr Alberto Villoldo Trailer 02:17 - New Humans & Global Transformation 05:58 - The Pachakuti and the Great Upheaval 08:51 - Shamanic Perspective on Time-Space 17:13 - Creation Stories and Beings/ETs from the Stars 20:57 - The Healing Power of Ice 24:17 - Understanding Death and Its Purpose 27:05 - Upgrading to Homo Luminous 35:48 - Higher Functioning Heart and Breathwork 41:50 - Breathing Techniques for Resetting the Body 45:47 - The Breath as the Essence of Who We Are 46:39 - The Shamanic Perspective on Death and the Spirit 48:38 - The Journey to the Lower World and Healing Trauma 51:07 - Operating in the Visible and Invisible Worlds 51:48 - The Mastery of Reincarnation and Choosing Destinies 53:17 - The Three Worlds and the Lower World 54:16 - Healing Relationships with Mother Earth and Father Sky 58:56 - Rites of Passage & Healing Mother / Father Wounds 01:01:51 - Embarking on the Hero's Journey & Fire Ceremony 01:18:34 - The Final Trio ___________________ Guests: Alberto Villoldo, Shaman & Founder of The Four Winds Society Website | https://thefourwinds.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/albertovilloldo_thefourwinds YouTube |  @TheFourWindsSociety  Luminous Warrior: Documentary | https://products.thefourwinds.com/luminous-warrior-documentary-optin-SoMe Online Courses | https://thefourwinds.com/online-courses/ Host: Emilio Ortiz Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/iamemilioortiz/ Subscribe to YouTube Channel |  @EmilioOrtiz  Watch Emilio's latest series on 4biddenknowledge TV l https://bit.ly/AwakenThe6thSense Shop Our Clothing Collection l https://www.unlockedmovement.com/collections/justtapin ___________________ Special Offerings to Support the Show: ✦ Make a One-Time or Recurring Donation on PayPal

Mother Sea, Father Sky ep.717 How far would you go to be forgiven? John E. DeLaughter is a retired planetologist living on a sailboat with Little Sheila the cat. His work has taken him to all seven continents where he has always met the nicest people. This story was directly inspired by his trips in the Gulf of Mexico where he failed to meet any ghosts, much to Little Sheila's disappointment.   Other TTTV Stories by John E. DeLaughter https://talltaletv.com/tag/john-e-delaughter/   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www.TallTaleTV.com   ---- Story Submission ---- Got a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at http://www.TallTaleTV.com   ---- About Tall Tale TV ---- Hi there! My name is Chris Herron and I'm an audiobook narrator. In 2015, I suffered from poor Type 1 diabetes control which lead me to become legally blind for almost a year. The doctors didn't give me much hope, predicting an 80% chance that I would never see again. But I refused to give up and changed my lifestyle drastically. Through sheer willpower (and an amazing eye surgeon) I beat the odds and regained my vision. During that difficult time, I couldn't read or write, which was devastating as they had always been a source of comfort for me since childhood. However, my wife took me to the local library where she read out the titles of audiobooks to me. I selected some of my favorite books, such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter, and more, and the audiobooks brought these stories to life in a way I had never experienced before. They helped me through the darkest period of my life and I fell in love with audiobooks. Once I regained my vision, I decided to pursue a career as an audiobook narrator instead of a writer. That's why I created Tall Tale TV, to support aspiring authors in the writing communities that I had grown to love before my ordeal. My goal was to help them promote their work by providing a promotional audio short story that showcases their writing skills to readers. They say the strongest form of advertising is word of mouth, so I offer a platform for readers to share these videos and help spread the word about these talented writers. Please consider sharing these stories with your friends and family to support these amazing authors. Thank you!   ---- legal ---- All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the author. All images used on Tall Tale TV are either original or Royalty and Attribution free. Most stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com , https://www.canstockphoto.com/ or created using AI. Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwords

My partner asked me the other day, “Do you ever envy other people?” and I had to think about it for a second.  His health has been a significant challenge recently and our relationship is strong but new - so I've been in a place of “well fuck, universe, thanks for sending me the love of my life and threatening to take him away just as quickly.”  It's been a real practice in gratitude to stay in ACTUAL gratitude for the time I have with him - because I am here watching him suffer from severe pain & distress as his organs rebel for some unknown reason and his body fills with fluid.  So, in some ways the answer to his question is yes.  In fact, hell yeah! I currently envy all those people who take their health and their partnerships for granted.  I envy his ex's who used, abused, and didn't covet every minute they had with him while he was healthy but instead threw the time away. As here I am picking up the pieces of their heartbreak mess as I stand beside one of the strongest, bravest men I've ever met. But at the same time - even though I am jealous of his ghosts, I'm not envious of them. I'd never want to be in those past women's shoes (i.e. not self aware, actually taking for granted such a gem of a man in their life). I know that it would be nice to have been in their time and place - adventuring, dancing, living an active life - but would I have been ready then? Would he have been ready for me then? Would we have been ready then? It's best we are here right now, the people we are right now, facing this now with the strengths we both have together. In this now. I know many people who are doing really well and I'm honestly happy for them.  I hold no envy or yearning to be in a different place than I am, with a different person, with a different life.  I hold gratitude that I finally met this man that I can share space & time with, and just be me with, and feel safe with and give my loyalty to. Someone I can create even more love in this world with. Someone I can be a better person with, and dedicate myself to doing just that.  We both share this desire to help others, making the world a better place because we were here. And I just want to enjoy our life together no matter how much time we have left. So no - I don't envy anyone else.  I do not want to be anyone else. I am very satisfied and happy in my life and I am extremely capable of experiencing and generating more joy even in the face of knowing the one who I am most attached to could leave me alone in this physical life sooner than later. Every single day is precious. We just do not have the luxury of taking it for granted anymore.  There is a poem I read when teaching to empower thyself that I shall paraphrase right now - essentially it says that God is not “I was” because you cannot find any joy living in the past.  And God is not “I will” because you cannot find any joy worrying about the future.  God is only “I AM” because you can find all possibilities in the present.  All ability to create, live, love and enjoy is here right now.  So that is where you will find joy.  (Sing) “I close my eyes only for a moment and the moments are gone. All my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity. Dust in the wind. All they are is dust in the wind. Don't hang on,nothing forever but the earth and sky. It slips away and all your dollars  won't buy another minute. Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind…” (read) “Where for I perceive there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be better after him?” Ecclesiastes 3-22. I'm writing this podcast on May 1st, Beltane, May Day, the 1st day of summer in the ancient Celtic and pre-Celt calendars. Beltane is a day of celebration for creation, passion, fertility because here in Spring - is the TIME to start the creation process because the divine masculine and divine feminine energies are at their peak.  Father Sky and the sun are perfect to send their rays and mature our plants & endeavors and mover earth's womb is ready to grow them. She as divine feminine will gestate the seed in her fertile womb so that in a few months a harvest shall come.  Two things are going on here. The earth is ripe & ready and the sun's rays are about to peak into crescendo.  And the hermetic principle of gender - the universal rule that masculine and feminine energy is needed in a relationship to create (otherwise known as divine union). The holy marriage of opposites results in the perfect harmony necessary to spark and nurture creation. And now is the time for this creation. We are made in God's image - The Elohim. Elo & Eloha - divine masculine & feminine in divine union creator gods.  And this is why when we are in balance both within and without we are more effective in creation.  Also, now in the wheel of the year we have this peak moment to invest our energy in creation of things. In agrarian times it was dictated by necessity because if you didn't plant those seeds now you'd have nothing to harvest in the Fall and your family would starve. But today when we've delegated our survival to others (i.e. grocery stores, electric companies etc) we can still use the wheel of the year and those energies to our advantage.  “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven; a time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to pluck that which is planted, time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up, a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, a time to dance…, a time to keep, and a time to cast away, a time to rend, and a time to sew, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace.”  Ecclesiastes 3: 1-9 So real talk, I'm quoting the Byrds Turn, Turn, Turn more than the bible passage here because I've heard the song more than I've ever read the bible passage. But when the tune popped into my head in relation to both now as in May and Beltane, and the NOW in my life & relationship & impending mortality of significant others I decided to dive into a little bible study sesh. And then I quickly moved on to reading about the origins of Kansas's song Dust in the Wind (as it shares a similar origin to Turn, Turn, Turn) and then I digressed.  And truth is I've always been a sucker for a depressing sad song in a minor key.  But what is most important is to recognize that on this earth and in our physical life as a human there are cycles. And we can use these to our advantage OR we can fight the current to our discontent. Now there is no dogma here, I am just suggesting that we go with the template given to us by nature as we are a part of that. And. Being in the present and having ideal situational opportunities to support our creation is a good thing.  So this is why I was super vulnerable as I sat in the hospital chapel on Beltane morning. I posted my personal prayer on Instagram for all to see.  I vowed to myself that no matter what, myself and my love are going to create a joyful life together.  I hold no attachment to the length (I hope that it's a long time though) I just hold gratitude that we were given the opportunity to fulfill that wish for each other, of being each other's person, for the rest of our lives at least.  So let's go back to divine union and the principle of masculine and feminine for creation I dropped on you a moment ago.  As this could be quite controversial in today's world.  But I want to be clear about what I'm talking about energetically.  First let's look at biology - flowers and thus fruits & seeds - they have masculine and feminine pieces that are stimulated by birds and bees (yes I know I'm literally talking about the birds and the bees here) and then after the flower blooms fruit grows and seeds are created which eventually become a new plant.  So we have passive - flower, active - pollinator.  Passive - feminine, active - masculine.  Ok, so in mammals we have the seed/ovum - passive and female.  And then the sperm - active and male.  The two join and you get a baby mammal after some time. Father sky, mother earth - sunlight and raine nourish seeds in the womb of earth. Active & passive masculine and feminine again.  The hermetic principle of gender plays out again and again in the universe - likely even in the mineral kingdom and in the realm of physics (perhaps opposites attract?) but I'm just not versed enough in those subjects to make a good analogy there for you.  So what's my point? Honest, the most important takeaway for you this month other than being forced to listen to my singing is gratitude. Do not envy others.  Do not yearn. Look at what you have and love it. Be grateful for the people you have, for the moments you have created. For the love you have and are creating in that moment.  Be present in your life and love it. Yes, I'm repeating myself. Love your life. Even if it is hard right now. But right now is all we have - and here and now is where we create that which we desire. But we can't know what we desire unless we are present and acknowledge what we already have.  So gratitude, gratitude, gratitude.  It is all temporary anyway.  At least in this physical life.  Love is eternal because it is a force of the universe. Divine union is eternal because it is also part of the universe. Hermetic principles are eternal because it is how the universe works and the universe is eternal.  Spirit is eternal. But all we are in this physical life is dust in the wind.  So now is all we have.  Enjoy it. No matter what. And for everything there is a season,and a time for every purpose under heaven.  Your homework this month is to do an envy index. What are you coveting of others? What are you yearning for? What do you wish you had that you see another with? Then check yourself. Are you happy for that person? Or are you in a dark place of jealousy or anger even? And tell yourself the truth. Don't beat yourself up - just be honest with yourself.  Then ask yourself why you are not taking a good look at your life and having gratitude for it.  Why haven't you gone and got that thing you yearn after? Why are you stopping yourself?  It is not going to land on your doorstep unless you take action.  But sometimes we just have to take stock of what we have in our own life and cherish that before we can grow more good.  And if you desire something - use this time to plant and grow that seed. (listen to my April podcast on the power of intention) My partner and I are going to buy a house - it's a win-win as we can create a life together in a beautiful space free of any baggage of either of our pasts.  I can stop being jealous of his ghosts and we can combine our energies to co-create & hopefully turn his health around in the process.  And even if we don't we've wasted nothing because we wove our energy together to manifest something both of us have always desired which is divine union and the sharing of a life on a team together.  Alright as always if you need a little assistance in your process I can help with that! Reach out, let's get you creating the life you want to live.   

One of the most feared situations as a parent is that you will be in a position where you can't protect your child and for the parents of Jeffrey Epstein's survivors, those nightmares became a reality. In this episode, we hear from Virginia Roberts father, Sky Roberts as he breaks down those early days when Virginia first met Epstein and Maxwell and when her abuse began at the hands of the demonic duo. (commercial at 14:49)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:'I shook Epstein's hand and asked him what my daughter would be doing': Virginia Roberts's father describes dropping her off at paedophile's mansion, meeting 'despicable' Ghislaine... and blasts Prince Andrew for showing 'no remorse' | Daily Mail Online

One of the most feared situations as a parent is that you will be in a position where you can't protect your child and for the parents of Jeffrey Epstein's survivors, those nightmares became a reality. In this episode, we hear from Virginia Roberts father, Sky Roberts as he breaks down those early days when Virginia first met Epstein and Maxwell and when her abuse began at the hands of the demonic duo. (commercial at 14:49)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:'I shook Epstein's hand and asked him what my daughter would be doing': Virginia Roberts's father describes dropping her off at paedophile's mansion, meeting 'despicable' Ghislaine... and blasts Prince Andrew for showing 'no remorse' | Daily Mail Onlineif you'd like to help support the podcast:Fundraiser by Bobby Capucci : The Epstein Chronicles (gofundme.com)

In this episode we look back on favourite sketches of 2023, as chosen Tee Tease. You are about to have the most fun you've ever had. By the end of this episode you will realise you've only been imitating fun your whole life. If I were you, I would take off my pants. You're about to shit yourself. There are sketches from Highway to Hell, the tale of ACDC's first taste of global success. In Cross Road Blues, the story behind the Ralph Macchio vehicle of the same name and some Robert Johnson guy, we did a sketch featuring cultural icon Bob Dylan. Judas Iscariot: True Hero of Easter, featured some classic white guy rapping. We call that wrapping. And ‘The Duke' John Wayne makes an appearance.We gave Charles Manson a starring role in Helter Skelter and let spoon bending grifter Uri Gellar in Pokémon.Our episode about Motley Crue's Shout at the Devil came with monkey poo.We almost let Benny sing in Benny Hinn: He Touched Me.We had Sympathy For The Devil AND Artificial Intelligence but we left behind Kirk Cameron and Kevin Sorbo.Welcome to Hell featured all the best names, Judas Priest, Venom, Jesus Chri$t, Mantas, Titans, Gaia, Father Sky, Cronos, Abbadon and Alan Winston.Michael Aquino and Anton LaVey found themselves in an H.P. Lovecraft nightmare.In Black Sabbath, Toni Iommi and Geezer Butler discussed the song writing process.The Book of Revelation had a water skiing joke.The Witches of Shakespeare got Elizabeth I swearing like Witchfinder General Mathew Hopkins.We learn the very best evidence is forced confession in The Salem Witch Trials and Cotton Mather.Lexi's performance as a drunk Ursula from The Little Mermaid in Disney Witches is hilarious.In Jesus Christ Superstar we learn what helps the poo go down. Information we could have used back in the Shout at the Devil episode.Genshin Impact featured therapy.We have some white woman rapping. We call that wrapping also because cultural appropriation does not recognize gender boundaries.And it couldn't be considered a best of anything without Marjorie Taylor Greene so we let her on to swear at us. #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science History #Atheism #ConspiracyTheory #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Skeptic #Debunk 

You might think that nature, art, and SEL are separate things but they aren't... It's actually a family affair! Chatting with writer, pianist, and environmental justice educator, Sylvia Hadnot (she/they), we learn why and how when we connect children to Mother Earth and Father Sky we are actually connecting them to the entire universe. Using storytelling to drop knowledge on how we can build relationships, advance social justice, and tear down systems with young children, we'll spend this hour watering our roots and fertilizing our souls to continue nurturing our relationship with Gaia. Check out Sylvia's website and book at haseverything.co Since meeting over 5 years ago at Hilltop Children's Center and Educator Institute in Seattle, WA (Coast Salish Territory), Nick Terrones (he/him) and Mike Browne (he/him) have been working towards a critical reimagination of ECE spaces for BIPOC educators and youth. In 2020, they teamed up to deliver a podcast titled Napcast, where they explore the intersection of early childhood education with race, identity, and culture. Now in new roles, Nick as the Program Director of Daybreak Star Preschool at United Indians of All Tribes, and Mike, Sr. Director of Community Engagement at Cultivate Learning, they combine their experience from their time in the classroom with their insights as ECE leaders in order to challenge your perspective on the ways we teach, play, and love society's youngest citizens. Please share your questions, comments, and thoughts at our new email address - Napcast206@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/napcast206/support

The Tower of Babel story is a strange one. It's strange enough that I'm going to spend a lot of time on it, to the point that you will surely switch over to YouTube in about ten minutes. My hope is that this blog/podcast does not drive you back into the arms of the politics, porn, and video games, so I'll do my best to keep it moving. I may have already lost most of you just at the mention of those candies. On the surface level, the Tower of Babel reads like a tale of where languages came from, in the same spirit of fables, such as, “How the Tiger Got its Stripes.” You may pass over the text and think, “Isn't that cute. A story of where the many human languages came from.” Like the Garden of Eden story you can read this one literally, yawn, close the book, then return to your sportsball and Door Dash. And doing so you will miss the entire point of the story of the Tower of Babel. There is another layer, much deeper than the literal, and you can scratch the surface using your fingernail and realize that there are multiple layers of paint. This is why it is a timeless story. First, understanding that “Babel” means “Gate to God” or “Gateway to God” should tell you there is more happening than a simple tower construction project. You could even call it a “Stairway to Heaven” but I am not here to talk about Led Zeppelin. Still, that song title is a phrase that is relevant, or even possibly a reference to the Tower of Babel. If you ask five people the meaning of the lyrics, you will get five answers (my money is on the Lord of the Rings interpretation being closest to the mark, since Led Zeppelin band members were Tolkien nerds). However, even if “Stairway to Heaven” is about Arwen and Aragorn, the Lord of the Rings is the most Catholic novel ever written, so in a wide circling way, from classic rock back to Genesis all the way to the rock of the Church, we have to drive by the Tower of Babel story anyway. The same variety of interpretations that happen with “Stairway to Heaven” can come from readers of the Tower of Babel story, and I think if we called it the “Gate to God” story we would probably be at a better starting point. The Gate being built is a Ziggurat, which is a pagan temple. The location may have been Eridu, in modern day Iraq. Or it may have been elsewhere. It's not particularly important where it was built, because lots of these Ziggurats existed in ancient times, and they are remarkably similar in shape and purpose, even across cultures that had no contact. Now, if you have the idea of some giant tower that touches the sky, you need to first stop and understand that ancient people were not stupid. They knew that a tower could not be built to the sky, probably better than we do, since they didn't have steel and even one hundred feet in height would have been an engineering marvel. So if you want to get anything out of the story, you have to put aside your presentism and unconscious bias. Presentism is the modern bias and assumption that people that didn't have smart phones were only slightly higher than baboons in terms of mental and intellectual acumen.What is a Ziggurat? It is a temple built as a home base for rituals and sacrifices to gods of the lower-case mythological variety. Archaeologists have found these structures with staircases to a central altar, where worship and sacrifice was made to gods. The most famous god of the ancient world was the storm god, or sky god, like Baal, or Marduk, or Zeus, or Jupiter (who are actually all the same god just shifted from one culture to another and that, too, is important to keep in mind as we go along.) At the core of the story is God observing the construction of this Gate to God, and the people in charge are intending to build it “to reach the sky.” Why the sky? Because that's where the sky god lives. Sometimes he lives in a mountain, but the sky god throws the lightning bolts. Along with the sky god, there is a whole list of other gods, like the moon god, the sun god, etc. There is even “Father Sky,” who was a more primordial god in these same cultures, but this elder god was knocked out by the storm god in a battle on the spiritual realm. This too is important to keep in mind, as the tale of Zeus defeating his father Uranus plays into the story of the Tower of Babel very much. The interesting thing about mythology is how celestial objects, like the moon, and natural phenomena, like storms, get translated into spirits. This is mythology in a nutshell, and we assume the ancient people were just trying their best to explain away what could not be explained by science, since there was no such thing as science. There were no telescopes, so in our Present Bias we look at these tales as explanations in a pre-scientific age. These are cute tales from primitive people, who, if they were around today, we would pat on the head and send away with a dum-dum sucker. What non-believers and soul-deniers today have use today as a shield against all things supernatural is a saying known as the “God of the gaps.” The idea is that we only assume God exists for things that we cannot explain yet. This is full blown presentism. If you are not an anti-presentist, you are a presentist. For example, the reason the Irish no longer believe that fairies bring illness is because we know what germs are. We can see germs under microscopes. Until we knew about germs, we blamed fairies. In other words, since we couldn't explain illness, we pawned it off on fairies and God. However, right now, in 2022, science is still claiming to look for a mythical “bat of the gaps” in the Covid story, while we all know that there was no bat, but there most certainly was a very large virology lab. The great irony is that a bat that doesn't exist has been invented and mythologized now by the very same people who mock any idea of fairies or spirits. We could get lost here in talking about scapegoating and human nature, but let's stay on track. The “God of the gaps” idea is a modern argument to reduce all religion to superstitious nonsense. It's an idea that modern writers like Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins have campaigned hard to sell. There's just one problem with both the fairy stories and Carl Sagan. Neither of them match the concept of the God of Christianity. A quote from Carl Sagan illustrates the problem perfectly, and he was very close to understanding the God of Christianity, but he was bothered by fairy believers who kept moving God into the gaps. This illustrates the problem with how bad conceptions of what the Christian God is brings so much confusion:“In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe. How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, ‘This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, "No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'“In other words, Carl had clearly never read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Carl is actually very close to understanding the awe of God in the way that Catholics understand God. Whoever he is talking about in that quote has no understanding of God as he is understood in the Catholic Church. The God of Israel, is unique, in both conception and power, as Yahweh does not live in the universe like the pagan gods. The God of Christianity, the Trinity, is complete, a whole, that encompasses both the universe and our hearts. God is far simpler to understand than Zeus, in that he is One God, existing forever, outside of space and time. At the same time, he is infinitely more complex in that we can never understand him at all. We can understand God, and we can never understand him. There is another jarring quote where Carl Sagan showed that he was talking about believers that did not understand the Christian God. He said, “Your God is too small for my universe.”To which anyone who spends time in the Catechism can tell you, “No kidding, Carl.” That's been a known fact for 4,000 years. Cave people knew that, and they didn't have telescopes. What amazes me most today is how science assumes that all religious people are merely superstitious buffoons, but when they begin to talk about God, they are describing a pagan concept of lower-case gods, not the understanding of the God of Israel and certainly not the Trinity. This is where bad instruction of the faithful leads to a mess, and as far as bad training and catechesis goes, Catholics have a lot of explaining to do. We have dropped the ball horribly for about three generations now in teaching something as basic as, “How can we speak about God?”God is bigger than Carl's universe. The universe alone can't explain Carl Sagan. As Peter Lawler said, “Physics can't explain the physicist…Physics, by itself, simply explains away the physicist—and much else.” Far bigger than our conception or intellect can handle, God transcends our minds. He is not in the gaps, he created all the gaps, and no matter how many gaps we figure out, there will be more gaps. Like Sagan, who seemed to think that we have overtaken God in terms of knowledge about the universe, the brightest minds of the middle ages thought God kept the planets afloat with crystals. Sagan and company are no different than the confused thinkers of the “Dark Ages” who thought they had figured everything out. But here's something important to realize: the incorrect concepts of the universe was never doctrine. The idea that the earth was at the center of the universe was never part of Christianity. That's only what the intellectuals of the middle ages believed. This is why the Church moves and decides slowly, like the Ents, the trees in Lord of the Rings, who take a long time to decide anything. This is also why the Church doesn't leap in when economic and tech fads offer utopia. The wisdom of the Church plays out in a couple of ways, one in its patience, and second by recognizing heresies and bad ideas long before they are proven to be bad ideas, such as the theories of Marx or calling out Transhumanism (before it gets started). The truth comes out over time, and science is a small part of revealing God's world to us. It's one kind of knowledge, but it's not wisdom. It's worth noting that in a hundred years we may realize that much of modern science is wrong. This happens repeatedly in our history. What is a solid “known” today could be laughable later. Phrenology had its day as a serious science, when people interpreted bumps on our heads. Now it is a joke. (Sociologists beware!) But God does not change, nor does the proper concept of God. To assume otherwise is to be exactly like the intellectuals of the middle ages, who were surely certain of their ideas, too. To assume all is known today is the classic mistake of the falls in Genesis, too. What often seems to be the case is that non-believers have a bad concept of God, stemming from various causes. I think the main problem is that they just don't understand the Trinitarian God properly. I certainly didn't. The reason we don't is because the loudest voices proclaiming God today confuse the right meaning of the word. In fact, I don't think most Christians know the meaning of the word God, because he just seems to be a vending machine to so many. (Here is where I resist ranting about the message preached in the “Prosperity Gospel”. )If you think Zeus and the God of Israel are the same thing, you cannot read the Tower of Babel story. Don't do it. Don't even try. Why waste your time? You cannot understand it if you don't even understand what the writer was talking about. If you don't have the proper idea of God in place, you will fail before you start. It's like beginning a calculus problem when you only made it through Algebra II. It's like interpreting a modern biology book using the theory of the four bodily humors from Galen, the ancient Greek physician. It doesn't work. You will be lost on reading the first sentence. To understand the God of Israel, you have to backtrack and realize a few things. First, you have to rip out your modern assumptions and biases and reset, because all of the noise around God in our media has created a windstorm in your head. Everyone is trying to put their spin on what God is, and until you find the right language, the crazy interpretations will continue to spin. In my own surfacing into the light, I slowly realized that I had cut myself off with a little of help from my friends and much help from the media around me, not to mention a giant pool of Captain Morgan. I had sliced myself off, walled myself in, because of various reasons. In trying to “find myself,” I got lost, and the reasons I lost God was because of exactly the list of reasons listed in the intro of the Catechism. I had forgotten the right concept of God, overlooked what I knew was true, and rejected the entire idea of God. …this "intimate and vital bond of man to God" can be forgotten, overlooked, or even explicitly rejected by man. Such attitudes can have different causes: revolt against evil in the world; religious ignorance or indifference; the cares and riches of this world; the scandal of bad example on the part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally, that attitude of sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call. (CCC 27-30)Yes, all of those things. The pain and suffering of this world confused me, I was ignorant of what the word God really meant in the Bible, I was drawn to pleasures like drinking, I saw many bad examples of believers that made me question faith entirely, and my education, along with movies and books I read, was purposefully leading me by the nose to a path of belittling and laughing at those with faith. I remember trying to read Genesis and thinking, “This is ridiculous,” and only fifteen years later did I realize that my understanding of God was all wrong. I had to reset completely. Life has a funny way of beating you into a state of reasonableness so that you can try again. To reset, I started with this: God transcends all creatures. We must therefore continually purify our language of everything in it that is limited, image-bound or imperfect, if we are not to confuse our image of God--"the inexpressible, the incomprehensible, the invisible, the ungraspable"--with our human representations.16 Our human words always fall short of the mystery of God. Admittedly, in speaking about God like this, our language is using human modes of expression; nevertheless it really does attain to God himself, though unable to express him in his infinite simplicity. Likewise, we must recall that "between Creator and creature no similitude can be expressed without implying an even greater dissimilitude"; and that "concerning God, we cannot grasp what he is, but only what he is not, and how other beings stand in relation to him." (CCC 39-43)He transcends all creatures, including myths like Zeus. He created everything, including our ability to invent myths like Zeus. We are continually learning more about creation. We are not done learning or discovering wonders here, because we are not God. This should be a cause for awe - Carl Sagan is correct. If he met people who understood God in this sense, instead of reducing all Christians to knuckle-dragging fundamentalists, he could have had terrific conversations about that very fact. God is nothing like the pathetic Zeus. He's way beyond us, transcending our world, while at the same time reaching down to us and saying “Boo!” from time to time. He alerts us that he's present. Most importantly, we cannot control God. This is critical to reading the Tower of Babel story. The pagan gods are far more mundane and limited than the God of the Trinity. The pagan gods live in mountains or in the forest. They are the moon. They are the stars. They are within the universe. The classic blunder of so many non-believers is that they assume God is an object in the universe, like how we think of Zeus. Whenever you hear, “All gods are the same,” you know immediately the speaker does not understand the Christian concept of God. Sagan's “small God” comment and Bertrand Russell's famous “teapot god” betray their fundamental misunderstanding of what the word God means to Catholics. The architect of the universe is not standing in the solar system like a tour guide; he transcends all creation. He transcends all tings, but is still a living God that can reach us on a very personal level. So when you read the Tower of Babel story, the important things to keep in mind are: * The Tower is a Ziggurat built to “reach the sky.” Babel means “Gate to God.” The ancient cultures believed that these pyramid temples made a connecting point between heaven and earth. They often have a stairway to an altar on the top. These exist across the world, even in Aztec and Mayan cultures that never had any apparent contact with Mesopotamian cultures. (This should start raising hairs on your neck but resist the urge to blame aliens here.) * Ziggurats were built to worship gods of mythology, most commonly the “sky god,” a.k.a. storm god, a.k.a. thunder god, a.k.a. fertility god, a.k.a. the rainmaker. This god goes by various names in history: Baal, Marduk, Zeus, Jupiter, Thor, and more (Perkūnas, Perun, Indra, Dyaus, and Zojz). This god was usually depicted with bull horns and/or holding lightning bolts. In mythology, the sky god “defeated” the primordial god (or gods). This tale is called the succession myth and it gets repeated in Babylon, Greece, Rome, and many other places. This god is a shape-shifting rapist who can appear as a bull, a serpent, a swan, an eagle, or even a shepherd. As Éomer says in The Two Towers, “The white wizard is cunning,” so is the fertility god. * Satan is the storm god. Yes, the “S” word. This came as a shock, since I enjoy reading Greek and Roman mythology. But really, how did I miss it for so long? The horns often depicted on Satan are exactly like the bull horns of Baal. And Baal = Marduk = Zeus = Jupiter = Thor = Satan. Baal is Zeus. Baal is also Satan. They are all the same character. Jesus even calls Satan ‘Beelzebul,' which is a version of Baal-Zebub, the Philistine deity of Baal/Zeus equivalent. Better yet, Beelzebul is actually a mocking name that riffs on Beelzebub. “Prince Baal” or “Lord Baal” is modified by Jesus to mock “Baal of flies” or “Lord of dung.” This mockery also took me aback, because if Jesus mocks the sky gods, it proves that God does indeed have a sense of humor. There is word play going on. Jesus again mocks the sky god a second time when he gives the nickname “Sons of Thunder” to James and John (Mk 3:17), which means sons of the sky god, a.k.a. Zeus. Like most nicknames, it is not a compliment. When they call for revenge on those who oppose Jesus, James and John are acting like Baal or Zeus or Satan. James and John ask, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” Jesus turned and rebuked them. (Lk 9:54) Jesus is the polar opposite of the cruel and vengeful sky god. In other words, Jesus is God, and God is love. This is the opposite of the fallen angel named Satan, who shape-shifts and goes by many other names. (Yet for some reason God allows Satan to divide, distract, and deceive us in this world, which is the great head-scratcher for us all and takes a lifetime to understand.) * Keep in mind that all myths are victory tales and founding narratives. They are written and told to justify for the current state of affairs in the world. When you read any myth, you have to read it from the perspective of the myth-makers. Babel is part of Israel's story, but if the other side told the story of Babel, it would be a very different tale, where the temple at Babel would be seen like St. Peter in Rome or Notre Dame in Paris. * The intention and goal of building the Tower of Babel versus the intention building St. Peter or Notre Dame is starkly different. The “Gate to God” is being built up to “the sky.” The Tower is meant to bring god down to earth (just like in Ghostbusters - more on that later) and make a name for the people. St. Peter and Notre Dame are built to give glory to God, not to people. This fundamental misunderstanding of God makes all the difference, both in our individual lives and in the pursuits of nations. * The God of Israel cannot be controlled. He does not need us. We need him. If you read the Tower of Babel at only the surface level, at the “How the Tiger got its stripes” level, where it's only about how the various languages came to be, you will get something out of it. That is a valid, literal reading, but you will miss the greater significance of the story. Know before you start: God doesn't make transactions with his creatures. Praying for what you want can work out in strange ways, but it always works out in how God wills it. He gets the last laugh, you might say. Even the great destroyers of faith, Marx, Voltaire, Hume, Russell, Dawkins, et al. are part of God's plan somehow. He allows doubt and struggle for reasons we cannot understand, but like Joseph in Egypt, when we realized that all his struggles had a purpose: “Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good.” (Gen 50:20) Without this understanding of God, we are trying to manipulate him and make him dance. But he is the one who makes us dance, and it's much easier to dance with him than to try to lead. He is Tolkien and we are Frodo. We are his characters. We cannot reach up and grab the author, and that is exactly what the builders at Babel are trying to do. 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It's time we talked about Uranus. It's not easy to bring up Uranus, but Uranus is an important topic, more than you realize. No, no, not the planet. I mean Uranus. I'm referring to the god of Greek mythology, also known as Father Sky, born out of Chaos by Gaia, Mother Earth. He's one of the top gods of the lower-case ”g” variety. The greatest coincidence in word history for any eight year old boy is the collision of modern English with the name of this Greek god, Uranus. By sheer passage of time and happenstance of language, a child can mock and blaspheme a word that the ancient Greeks thought held power. Uranus wasn't always a funny word. There was a time when the word was spoken with seriousness, as Uranus and his offspring provided meaning in the ancient world. That's where we're going in this multi-part episode.I'm not sure how many people know the story of Uranus. He is also called Ouranos, which is not nearly as funny, but I'm going to switch to using that version now, so I can shove off from the dock of toilet humor before this turns into Captain Underpants fan fiction. An interesting thing about mythological systems is the order of how creation happened, or what came first. In Greek mythology, as written by Hesiod, the order of creation goes like this: Chaos was the first thing to exist. Followed by Earth (Gaia), then Tartarus (Underworld/Hell), then Love (Eros), and only after all that do we get to Heaven with Father Sky (Ouranos). So the God of heaven, Ouranos, is the fifth thing to come into existence. Notice that this mythology does not have a pre-existing God. Ouranos is fifth so he didn't even medal in this contest, or get to stand on the podium. Chaos and the Earth were first and they somehow begat the Heavens. This order of “begetting” is important. I know what you're thinking. This probably seems rather unimportant. It certainly did to me. After all there are many world mythology systems. Osiris in Egypt arrives in a similar path. Often the primordial first gods of other mythological systems arrive in a similar pattern. When I read this years ago, I marveled mostly at how similar concepts seemed to crossover with the creation story of Genesis. In particular, the idea of chaos stood out. As I read more myths, the origin stories use of this idea “chaos” continued to appear and it fascinated me, but led me down a classic path of doubt where I began to see all religions as being the same thing with different names, different recipes of formless chaos mixed with different characters. There is always a flood story, too, in many cultures' mythology. So like many people exploring our past and origin stories, I came to believe that various cultures arrived at a similar, solid story that satisfied our searching hearts and minds. This pulled me toward classrooms instead of churches, as the project became comparing religions, looking for parallels to explain away the truth claims, rather than looking closely at what the truth claims are saying. After enough nights of looking up at the stars and wondering, I imagined the ancient peoples found their way to an origin story that helped them sleep at night. I recall doing this myself, leaning on the hood of a car and smoking cigarettes with friends, staring into the Milky Way on humid summer nights. Between drags, we would ponder the depths of the sky, just like any ancient person might. Underneath the billions of distant fiery stars, the cherry red end of the Marlboro would burn brighter than them all, and sooner or later someone would bring up the fact that staring into space makes us seem small, or better yet, “You ever wonder what's out there?” or worse, “You ever wonder what the purpose of all this is?” That to me seems like the perfect leading question into the beginning of myth. Rather than dig too deep though, we'd move on to talk about something else, usually girls we liked, which was at least a topic closer to earth. Once I started reading the old stories, perhaps made up by ancient smokers laying on the hood of their chariots, I started to see a remarkable similarity in the stories around the world. So I thought it was all quite simple. We just needed a story to make sense of the unknown. But as I returned later in life to those stories, some things began to stand out that seemed insignificant as a teenager. Having decided that the stories were nothing more than entertaining fairy tales from ignorant bushwhacking cavemen, I ignored the fact that these stories were told over and over again for thousands of years and these stories did not provide mere entertainment, but actually formed the rock of meaning in their lives. These stories attempted to give people something to stand on and make sense of their thoughts when they peered out onto the vast ocean, or looked into a gaping night sky, or survived a howling storm, or mourned the death of a child. These stories had more depth and meaning to them than we tend to understand, because we consider our ancestors to be simpletons, at least until the Enlightenment. Many of us, including me, think that our current generation is the only one that is finally onto the truth. We still have origin stories, like the Big Bang Theory, which seems to be the most solid model that science has found. Science is always trying to chase down new origin stories, like the multiverse, or the idea that we live in a computer simulation like The Matrix. In essence, we are still staring into the sky and wondering the same questions, making us not all that different than the ancient storytellers. The story of Ouranos being born out of Chaos, however, stopped me in my tracks one day, because I realized how different Hesiod's Greek creation story actually is from the book of Genesis. As usual, I'm late to the game. I don't think I've kicked over any new rocks and found treasure but this struck me as significant. The key difference between the Greek story of creation and the Genesis story of creation is what came first. In the Greek story, it's Chaos. In Genesis, it's God. I passed over this various times without thinking it mattered, but it does, because the root of the origin that the universe grows out of results in a different path. The order matters a great deal. If God was made, there is always the question of something before God. If God was first and made everything, including the chaos, then God is the final stop for all questions of existence, meaning, understanding, and purpose in this world. If God is first, then he is the answer to all questions. The buck stops with God, so to speak.The order of which came first is critical, but so is the life of Ouranos. Ouranos did not have omnipotent power. Nor did Gaia. Nor did Chaos, or Eros, or Tartarus. None of these gods were omnipotent. Ouranos is treated as the top dog, but he suffers defeat by his own children. He could not withstand a rebellion and is toppled by sub-gods. Ouranos is sat on the bench. A new god, in this case his son Cronus (or Saturn), takes over. The idea of an infallible, omnipotent god fades, because if Father Sky can be beaten, then so can the new god. Again, you may just hear these stories and think this is minor, that it's not a big deal, that it has no impact on our lives today, and you will move on. You may think these are just stories like “How the Tiger Got Its Stripes” but they are not. These are much bigger stories because they are foundational for the meaning of life. How the tiger got its stripes doesn't affect how you feel when you lay back and look at the stars. But if you live in a world where chaos spawned the gods, instead of an omnipotent God creating order out of chaos, the foundation you build your life upon will lead to different patterns of living. I think we naturally want to respond to these ancient myths like silly fables, like those of Rudyard Kipling or the Brothers Grimm. These old stories seem so distant from us, and even childish, but I think we are fooled about our level of sophistication by our indoor plumbing and iPhones. We are not unlike the ancient storytellers nearly as much as we think, and even the simple fables by Kipling and Grimm and Aesop have far more depth than we'd like to think. The story of the Bible is different from that of mythology, and it's also unlike any fable. Why? Because of the origin story. God exists first, and nothing defeats God. It's actually quite boring in terms of drama, which is why studying mythology is fun. There are more characters, more variety, there's love, there's violence, treachery…it's like the Sopranos or Game of Thones or Lord of the Rings. Since the one God of the Bible never suffers defeat, there is never a power struggle at the top. There is a rebellion, but it is squashed and we hear about it only briefly. The books of Ezekial and Isaiah and Revelation discuss this rebellion a bit, but God is never defeated, and seems to never have been in any real danger of defeat. Why? Because he is the omnipotent creator God who created everything out of nothing. He brought all order to the chaos, doing so by his voice alone, and of course if he wanted to he could speak and destroy as well. God created the earth and everything else, and this is unlike the Sumerian, Greek, or Egyptian myths. The famous opening line of the Bible says it best:“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth — and the earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters...” (Gen 1)God is first, not created from something prior to him. God creates the heavens and earth out of nothing (also called ex nihilo, to sound fancy). The Greeks have it the opposite way. So do the Egyptians and Babylonians, as the gods are born out of chaos. The God of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity is not born. He just is. He is existence itself. This is why when Moses asks for God's name, the answer is, “I AM.” There is no name, because he is being itself. The funny thing about this is that I felt drawn into the Greek and Egyptian and Norse mythologies because of the characters and the conflicts. For a long time I thought the book of Genesis was boring because it lacked an exciting storyline like other mythological hierarchies, but there is a reason the book of Genesis doesn't read like the Game of Thrones mythologies of the Greeks. The reason is that the rebellion is smashed. In the Bible, there's no underdog upset. You might say that Cronus doesn't win. Why? Well, the sub-gods don't win, because they were never born. They don't exist. Whatever rebellion happened, it's over. God has no problem defeating it. We move on as if God had swatted a mosquito. The rebellion seems more like a nuisance event among God's created beings, the angels, than something he is ever concerned about. The great image of this is that God is like an artist, and the characters in the painting or book may attack one another, but they cannot attack the creator, because the creator is not in the painting or book. He's outside of it, he's bigger than the work of art. The example I've heard told is that you don't see Shakespeare show up in one of his plays. Macbeth can't kill Shakespeare, because Macbeth is a creation, not the creator. Macbeth cannot even fathom Shakespeare, let alone attack him. That's like us with the one God. Fortunately, we are more than words on paper, so we can see hints and breadcrumbs that God has laid down for us, which is more than Macbeth could ever do. We also get to make choices, and Macbeth is stuck. Rather than disturb God, the angels squash the rebellion. They remove the disgruntled leader, the shiny one, along with his other rebellious snaky friends. The rebels are heaved off the deck of heaven while God relaxes on the patio with some iced tea.And this, finally, is what I want to discuss in this episode. Cultures all have a creation story, and ancient mythologies also have a rebellion story among the gods. However, the order of creation is not the same, nor is the result of the rebellion, and these two things make a difference in how you see and interact with the world and other people. These foundational things can change how you find meaning in the world and how you explain events that happen in the world. There is line from Jesus that is jarring in Luke 12, because only an actual divine being could even say these words: “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.” So there is a rebellion, but it's over. Nothing happened to God when the rebellion occurred. He is still the Most High God, the only God with any power. Now consider what happens to Ouranos in Greek mythology:Uranus (Ouranos) was Father Sky, the Ancient Greek personification of the heavens and, for a while, the ruler of the known universe. Fatherless, he was conceived by Gaea alone, with whom he formed the primordial couple, thus becoming an ancestor of almost all Greek gods. However, he was a cruel husband, and he didn't allow any of his children to leave the womb of their mother, which eventually led to a rebellion and his demise at the hands of his son, Cronus. What is interesting is that Ouranos is mentioned as the ruler of the universe, before we was replaced by sub-deities. His own children replace him. This is common plot in myths. In most mythologies, an initial god, seemingly all-powerful, has his throne usurped by a more youthful and virile god, proving that he never was all-powerful. This is exactly what does not happen in the Old Testament. Let's just walk this path quick so we can jump ahead to Zeus and the time of Caesar, when Jesus walked the earth. The pagan stories of a higher god being replaced by the other gods is a common one. Ouranos is overthrown by Cronus (a.k.a Saturn). In turn, Cronus is eventually overtaken by one of his sons, Zeus. We all know Zeus as the god who threw lightning bolts and acted like the Harvey Weinstein of Mount Olympus. When the Greek epics are written in the heroic age, Zeus is the ruler, and his children rule the cities of mankind (Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Athena, etc). In other words, full-blast polytheism is in place, and the old primordial gods are all on the bench. Ouranos is dead or impotent or just missing in action. A similar story happens in the Sumerian stories with Anu and in the Egyptian stories with Osiris. They get toppled in a coup. Why am I telling you this? Why on earth do I spend any time thinking of this? In the story of Greek mythology, the portrayal of the overthrow of the elder gods by Zeus reads as a kind of progress. Zeus's victory reads like a good thing. The successful rebellion of Zeus reads like a freedom-fighter story, like a Braveheart of the heavens, where William Wallace overthrows the the evil Edward the Longshanks. There's a sense of propaganda in the stories, and obviously you can argue that for the Bible as well, as it's advocating for the one God, and we'll go into this shortly. The gods of myth are seen as heroic. Some, like Hercules, are even called heroes, so of course the rebellion that brought the heroes must have been a righteous act. Heroes are to be worshiped because they are righteous. But there is a story in here about the gods and heroes that is easily missed amid the victory champagne and backslapping hoopla. The ancient people, somewhere along the way, seem to have changed from worshiping one God to worshiping many gods. This is the opposite of the story of Abraham and his descendants, because they are going from many gods back to the one God.This results in a major issue and fundamental discrepancy between cultures. To this day it impacts individual and national interactions. The difference is staring us in the face through the stories of the cultures themselves. The defeat of the rebellion makes the original God all-powerful for Jews and Christians. Conversely, the success of the rebellion in other mythologies makes the original God or gods weak. In the case of Jews and Christians, this belief in one undefeated true God results in a different morality and expectations for life and the afterlife than that of the defeatable Ouranos. Once I realized this, much of the Christian story started to fall into place and make sense, even the difficult parts. The rebellion of the gods is actually a rebellion of the people, because the moment the people kill off the creator God in their stories, then you have a vacuum of meaning that must be filled with a sub-story. The lower gods are inventions, stories to explain away the uncertainties and unknowns of life. The reason we shrug off myth today is because its so apparent that these gods are invented. A child who laughs at the word “Uranus” doesn't concern us, because we know that the myth was just a powerless invention of the past, like Zeus or any other deity. Uranus is a joke today, just like Zeus, because they never had any power to begin with.When we kill the idea of “one God,” humans get creative. We pull the idea of god close to us, just like the people were attempting to do in the Tower of Babel. They wanted to reach god, but what they really wanted, the real goal, was to become gods. They wanted to make the one true God serve man, and if that was not possible, then they would make new gods. And that is what happened. It's what happens today, in more subtle ways, less obvious ways. When those building the Tower of Babel could not bring the Most High God down to the people, God “scattered” the people. Another way of saying this is that when they failed to control the one God, they withdrew from God and invented their own gods. The reason why the Tower of Babel failed is not because of engineering limitations. The whole “tower” idea of a metaphor, but the meaning of the story is an explanation of how humans rejected the idea of a single God to rule them all. The problem for people was that God doesn't bow to human will. He carries out his will. Being human, that's not a satisfactory answer to us. Thus, learning that we could not become God or make him do our will, we created new gods, ones that serve us. These gods don't care what is in our heart. No, these gods only want sacrifice and we want control. The problem with one God, with only one, is that not everyone can get what they want. If the one God made everyone happy, he would be a constant contradiction. Consider it this way: if two children are arguing over the same cookie, only one can eat it. Both cannot eat the cookie. They could split the cookie, but let's just say it's a small cookie, or if you want, change it to a paper dollar bill, which is something that cannot be split apart. One will leave happy and the other will leave pouting. To take this into religious terms, one will win and presume God loves him. The other will lose and assume that God loathes him or has cursed him. One will feel righteous. One will feel victimized and abandoned. And both are wrong. The history of the Yankees and Red Sox franchises illustrate this, as Boston fans assumed for 86 years that the team was under the “curse of the Bambino,” as it was believed that the baseball gods had smiled on New York and abandoned Boston after the trade of Babe Ruth in 1920. The Yankees received the cookie; Boston received a “curse.” While this was mostly considered a joke, people believed it and even asked modern witches to reverse the curse, and I would guess millions of prayers went up to God from Boston in those years. If any franchise appears to have been chosen, it is the New York Yankees, which is why many fans across America loathe the Yankees, because the Yankees have won the cookie (known as the World Series) twenty-seven times, with the next closest team, the St. Louis Cardinals, being at a mere eleven cookies. We spend a great deal of time praying for sports teams to win, not unlike the ancient prayers and sacrifices in cities where they worshiped gods and goddesses. Interestingly enough, the ancient gods often had a mascot or animal representation like our sports teams do. Since sports is a way of life in America, when my team wins, I feel satisfied, as if the world is somehow right and just, as if God had directed things correctly. But that is not how I am supposed to understand the world if I believe in one God. In fact, it's the exact opposite. This is how pagan gods worked, where they received prayers and answered them.God's will is not like this. His will is done regardless of which team wins, and it has nothing to do with my feelings on the matter. Whether I get the cookie or someone else gets the cookie, God's will is done. That's the way to understand the world and universe that has only one God. The correct response is to give thanks whether you receive the cookie or not, which can be difficult to do but is critical in understanding how the one God differs from the many gods. To praise God for getting what I want is to slip into a worship of the slot-machine God, which is as false as Zeus. On the other hand, if I blame God for not getting what I want, then I've moved into rejection mode. I can slip into a passive-aggressive mode in order to fix or justify hurt feelings. When I perceive suffering, or perceive abandonment of God, I might reject God, wanting to hurt him by turning away from him, but it only ends in self-harm to me. Or I may go in search of a new or a different god that will support my desires. One way or another, I want satisfaction, which is not the same as praying for the one true God's will to be done.This split happens in Lord of the Flies, as the boy Ralph keeps order on the island initially with the symbol of the shell, the conch, holding it up as a representation of authority. The conch, beautiful in itself, represents the old world that the boys came from before their plane crashed on the island. This old world seems to be a kind of heaven in their minds, where adult authority held a stabilizing, centralized force in their lives. They have this past civilized world represented in the conch. The conch is like a sacred object, but it is only an object. Yet it seems to have power as when it's produced, order is brought to the meetings. However, as soon as division begins, Jack and his pack of choir-boy hunters decide that they want to live by a different set of rules. They want new rules, but really, they just want to rule, to win, to be in charge. They don't want Ralph and his appeal to an empty authority that no longer exists or has any teeth. The weakness of Ralph is exposed, as his authority has no actual power to discipline or enforce rules. In other words, the conch is exposed as a mere symbol, or idol, with no real power, and soon it's tossed onto rocks where it shatters into pieces. Jack and his hunters move away to the other side of the island and create a new god, a god that encourages competition and hunting, mainly because Jack likes hunting. Whatever Jack likes becomes what the god likes. He has created a new god out of thin air, without having so much as a online bachelor's degree in theology. By the mere speech of Jack, the power of Ralph's side of the island is declared dead. If Jack cannot break the rules, then he will make the rules. His power is ensured by making sacrifices to the new god. Of course, Jack's god also has no power, because as soon as someone else wants to break the rules, they can go and create their own god. This is how gods come to be. They are power moves. They take power by force. What Jack offers the young boys is safety and strength, through the willingness to commit violence to retain power. This calms the fears. His idol is a dead pig's head placed on a stick that has been “sharpened at both ends” which is emblematic of what Jack will do to anyone that crosses him. This is how gods of myth come into existence. This is also how organized crime comes into existence. Weakness and fear and rejection of existing authority leads to an overthrow. The old authority must be replaced, so human or divine gods are invented, conjured naturally by our desires and fears, in order to explain the universe and the world we live in. Most of all, we want something to restore a sense of order to calm our nerves about the unknown. This is why chaos is at the beginning of all creation stories. Chaos scares the hell out of us. These gods have no power, except in our minds, because they only exist in our minds, with perhaps an object that we venerate as the embodiment or personification of the idea, like a golden calf or bull that we read about in the Bible. But like the golden calf or bull, the conch shell and the pig's head are objects that have no actual power. They work for a while, until the next disgruntled group or tribe or nation takes over by force. The void cannot be stared into for long without a guardrail, or you will fall into the chaos and die. We need a story, a reason, a meaning, a vision, a protector. You can choose the one God, or you can choose invented gods. People will choose that which serves their desires and assuages their fears. These guardrails, these minor gods, are still with us today, perhaps even more so than they were in ancient times. We just don't use golden statues or bloody sacrifices. (Well, we do actually, but that's for another day).In the end of the book, Ralph is the only boy who has not converted to the new idol on Jack's side of the island. Ralph is the only believer in the old system who is willing to stand up for the world symbolized by the conch, the rightly ordered world, as he sees it. He ends up being hated and hunted because he will not join Jack's side. Most interesting in the end is that he is saved by a Navy ship, an officer, and while this seems to vindicate his appeal to the authority of the old world, the author makes this closing scene a masterful conclusion, because the larger world is in a nuclear war, a world war. The same battle that is happening in microcosm on the island is playing out in the larger world. The conclusion shows us that the island is no different from the adult world, because the Navy ship is on its way to destroy other people, other nations, when it stops to save the boys on the island. The naval officer seems to bring back civilization, but in reality he is doing exactly what Jack was doing to Ralph, which is hunting other men, just in a more polished and “civilized” way. Power justifies itself through whatever means necessary. Of course, everyone who ever read this book in middle school or high school is told that the weak boy, Simon, is the Christ character, and before Simon is killed, Jack tells him, “You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island.” That's exactly what rejection of God sounds like, from the Garden of Eden to the death of Christ in the Gospels. Adam and Eve reject God because it's more fun to eat the fruit. The Pharisees and the Romans reject God because it's more fun to be in power than to surrender. The cold reality is that to have “fun” and to eat all the fruit, the one true God must be rejected or killed off, even though in reality God can never be killed off. God doesn't go away or diminish because we pretend he's not there. To believe in the one true God leads to a different set of rules, ones that are not as fun, which is exactly why it irritates us so much. It chafes us to know that there is only one answer, one truth, because then we can't always get what we want. The rules of the one God disallow the “fun” things, calling them “sins,” but the rules are all there for good reason and not arbitrarily. This is the root difference between worshiping one God versus many. The one God has specific rules, while the invented gods can have whatever rules the inventors choose, and even then the rules are malleable. The invented gods can spin off into many new versions, like spinoffs that get worse and worse. We have all seen how spinoffs devolve into madness. Anyone that watches TV knows this. Think of the shows that flung out like radioactive isotopes from Law and Order and All in the Family and Happy Days. They become progressively worse, further from the inspired original, with only a profit motive as the muse for the writers. This is what it feels like when you read some of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Don't get me wrong, I love the stories, but you can't take it seriously as coming from the heavens. By the time you get to Arachne, the spider, goddess of weaving and sewing, you have then entered into the same realm as Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill or Goldilocks or Little Red Riding Hood. I'm not making fun of the story of Arachne, I'm just saying that the mythology is so obviously invented that the whole tree is poisoned if you are trying to sell it as divinely inspired. This is what makes the Gospels so different, because there is no sense of fairy tale or fable about it. The Gospels are not written like tales, they do not read like fables, and in the overarching story of the whole Bible, the more you read it, the more strange and more connected it becomes. This has an enormous impact on how you interpret what is truth. The response from Pontius Pilate to Jesus is the great example of this difference in cultures and worldviews. After Jesus states that he has come to testify the truth, Pilate's response is the perfect summary of someone living under the pantheon of Rome. Pilate says to Jesus, “What is truth?” (Jn 18:29-38) This line could be the thesis statement of a culture that worships many gods. A better line could not more fully describe the Roman worldview of Pilate's era. Really, most Americans today might give the same response. Pilate speaks “his truth” in that the truth is kind of gray, kind of movable, kind of like a Protean and shape-shifting god of ancient mythology. For Pilate, there is no truth but what power declares it to be. Truth is the first casualty as soon as we rule against the one God in favor of many gods. There is no truth except what we decide, and who decides? He who holds power. But, for those that believe, there is truth. There is one undeniable truth. And Pilate is looking at that truth when he tosses off this line. It's so rich in meaning. Pilate is staring at the truth. He's telling the truth that truth doesn't exist. There is a sense of comedy and tragedy all at once here. Pilate is lost, but he's so close to the answer. For Christians who believe in the one true God, Jesus is the truth. He is the way, the truth, and the life. He is the complete and total truth. But Pilate cannot see it, because he is spiritually blind. He is blind not only because he dwells in the indoctrination of a Roman world with many gods, but more likely because he is blinded by his own ambition and earthly power. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.whydidpetersink.com

This is a mediation that I use frequently and I can't believe I've not given it to you before. For me it is a fundamental and beautiful meditation that connects you with Mother Earth and Father Sky and uses the beautiful, balancing energies of the Crown Chakra and the Root Chakra to cleanse our energy.The technique of creating an "energy bubble" around you is one that was introduced to me by Robyn Fergus - who I talked to in a previous Chakra Chat - and is the ritual of creating a scared personal space or Wirachoca (pronounced more like worracatcha!).  It is wonderfully protective and a special place to hang out in meditation!I hope you enjoy this meditation - do let me know by getting in touch!Much loveRosanneSupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For June's meditation in the Month of the Father, Trauma Informed Health and Wellness Coach Teya Valentina leads us in meditation to honor Father Sky and welcome in the divine sacred masculine. With Teya as your guide, you will be able to connect to the cosmic realm and expansiveness of life. Listen to this meditation for connection, support, and balance.    Resources: Find Teya and her work here www.teyavalentinacoaching.com   Enjoying the podcast? Support our production costs by donating here Music by Daniel Plane: www.reelcello.com Podcast production by Caitlin Epstein

Tom brought me something I have no experience with, Scalar Energy, that said, I believe I do know more than I thought. I've been exploring Devine Energy since my inception to 12 Step Recovery. Kind of like how we encourage folks to engage with a God of their understanding, Devine Energy, Spirit of the Universe, Father Sky, Creative Intelligence, Supreme Being... Call it what you will, and I truly don't think this Force cares what we call it - It only cares if we do, it wants us too. So... Scalar Energy - Scalar Light emitted continuously from the Sun of our Solar System, and all the Stars in the Universe. The Architect of Life - Scalar Light is the animating life force of all spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical activity in the Universe. The Divine Intelligence - Scalar Light is omnipresent and serves as the carrier wave of all intelligence and information in the Universe. Tom is offering a 15 day free trial - all you got to is go to https://www.scalarlight.com , and follow the instructions. Tom Paladino is a researcher and humanitarian seeking to make a difference in the world by providing people with the education and tools to restore optimal health, and by helping enhance their quality of life. Thank you for allowing me to participate in my recover in this manner today! Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dan-reeves8/support

Day 13 of 21 Day Journey "Great Gaia Grandmothers reveal to me, the true beauty of my soul and the power to be free! Through perfect peace, I now increase your wisdom, prosperity and mighty love with all blessings from Father Sky above…" Recently during my morning mantra and meditation practise I was contemplating the power of prayer and received beautiful inspiration from my higher self that I should shift the word ‘prayer’ to ‘Decree’ and think of prayer and powerful I AM statements as ‘Decrees of Divine Consciousness’, where we are held in co-creation with the Universal Laws of Manifestation. A decree is a request that holds the force of Law (Universal Law). It is a renewal of a fresh intention using the power of the spoken word to be made manifest in your spiritual and physical reality. Download a printable version of the Day 13 Decree here - https://bit.ly/3zA6XQWSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What an absolute blessing this interview was! You will love Estelle's definition of sacred feminine power as the ultimate, multi- and inter-dimensional medicine wheel; the intelligent, healing light that travels across all time and space; and the portal at the centre of the medicine wheel that enables all of us to connect to multidimensional space and abundance. Estelle also talks about her own awakening journey that involved a powerful kundalini experience and visits to sacred sites, and that eventually led her to become a student of an extraordinarily gifted chi qong teacher who, nevertheless, was still wrapped up in the patriarchal matrix, and ended up betraying her trust very deeply. She goes on to share about her healing work supporting people to clear knots, trauma, karmic patterns and more, explains about the importance of dropping into our heart wombs and the womb of Mother Earth, connecting with Father Sky and opening up to the love that is pouring onto our planet from the light realms at all time.  You also get treated to a delightful few minutes of light language :) Estelle's gift: Invocation of the Ultra Natural Light of the Angels of LemuriaIf you'd like to hang out with the speakers, Emmi and like-minded listeners, join us at Sacred Feminine Power FB community If you're getting insights, goosebumps and little awakenings from the podcast, you can support me by buying me a coffee

"Transmissions from the Underground Show" Live from Melbourne Australia with Topher Denman & Christine Ries Thursdays at 4:00 AM USA EST - 8:00 PM AEDT Best artist around the world playing #heavyblues #stonerrock & #psychedelicrock #TransmissionsfromtheUnderground AND it's ONLY on Cowboy's Juke Joint Radio #cowboysjukejoint www.cowboysjukejoint.comSomali Yacht Club - Silver - The Space (2022)The Lancasters - Howitzer - Light (2019)Matt Pike - Abusive - Pike vs. the Automation (2022)King Cig - The Great Leveller - Cult 45 (2019)Giant Dwarf - The Deluge - Giant Dwarf (2019)Charley No Face - Sleep - Eleven Thousand Volts (2019)Dirty Honey - Letʼs Go Crazy - Letʼs Go Crazy (2021)Full Tone Generator - Preacher Man - Valley of the Universe (2018)King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard - Inner Cell - Polygondwanaland (2017) Hypergiant - Island 3 - Father Sky (2017)Green Ripper - Green Ripper - Dark Sessions EP (2022)Stormsinker - Quivering Hourglass - Quivering Hourglass (2021) Mark Lanegan Band - Hit The City - Bubblegum (2004)

In this episode, Clayton expands on the ideas of the 4 Directions and why its important to Diné culture, talking about different aspects of our lives that can help guide us into living more along Hózhó. He talks about how he envisions each of the directions (East, South, West, North) is symbolized with key aspects of our lives, Ntsá Hákees (Thinking), Nahat'á (Planning), Iiná (Life) and Sih Hasin (Reflection). He discusses about the concept of K'é (Relationship) with ourselves, our families, and even our Mother Earth and Father Sky.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/hozhospeaks)

Hello to you listening in Eggenfelden, Bavaria, Germany!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday.Many years ago I took part in a sweat lodge purification ceremony facilitated by a Lakota shaman who taught this prayer:  "Good morning guides, guardians and Grace, Mother Earth, Father Sky, Creator of all, above and below, within and without, furred and feathered, creeping, crawling, 2-legged, 4-legged, rooted and flying ones, those that swim and me. Thank you for rest and leading me out of Dreamtime to live another day - with a grateful heart - come what may." This last part is the most important because as your day rolls along there will be annoyances, aggravations, and  inconveniences. When they occur - as they most definitely will - pause and repeat this, “with a grateful heart come what may.” It'll save you a lot of unnecessary grief. Guaranteed!Question: How do you save yourself unnecessary grief? 60 Seconds is your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that. This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, including Android, and join us next time! You're invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsStories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts 

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The new doctrine of the Golden Age, called the Cosmic Teachings of Love - Gift of Father Sky and Mother Earth's great humanity, encompassing Prospects and opportunities of moral and Ascension for every person, regardless of ethnic, racial, sexual, cultural, religious, social and other affiliation. - http://www.star-transform.org Now you listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

A One Heart Meditation recording live streamed on August 10th 2021. Let's drop into the morphic fields of our heart, Mother Earth's heart and Father Sky's heart and feel the union of our hearts. Enjoy If this material resonates with you, please feel free to join me live on the next One Heart Mediation every Tuesday. The meditation format is a brief check-in with everyone and a meditation, followed by a brief Q/A (check-in and Q/A sections are not recorded. Find out how to join a live podcast on this webpage - http://www.thecalltoshine.com/one-heart-meditation/ Connect with me on FaceBook Connect with me on MeWe Subscribe to my YouTube channel

One Heart Meditation recorded on August 3rd 2021. Feel the unconditional love in oneness with Mother Earth and Father Sky. Enjoy If this material resonates with you, please feel free to join me live on the next One Heart Mediation every Tuesday. The meditation format is a brief check-in with everyone and a meditation, followed by a brief Q/A (check-in and Q/A sections are not recorded. Find out how to join a live podcast on this webpage - http://www.thecalltoshine.com/one-heart-meditation/ Connect with me on FaceBook Connect with me on MeWe Subscribe to my YouTube channel

Dear Friends, in this episode of A New Human Experience Podcast our topic is Fields of Energy. I love energy. I fell in love with energy way back when I first got sensitized to feeling energy. I'm interested in figuring out how energy affects our embodied experiences. Let's explore what Morphic fields are and how to make use of them in our lives. The guided meditation will lead you to experiment with stacking the morphic fields of Mother Earth, Father SKy(the Sun), Archangel Metatron and Kryon of Magnetic Service. Enjoy. If this material resonates with you, please feel free to join me live on A New Human Experience podcast every week. The podcast format is a main talk on a consciousness expanding topic, followed by a brief Q/A or check-in with everyone on the call (this section is not recorded), than comes a meditation and a final check-in (not recorded). Find out how to join a live podcast on this webpage - http://www.thecalltoshine.com/podcast-call-details/ Connect with me on FaceBook Connect with me on MeWe Subscribe to my YouTube channel

The new doctrine of the Golden Age, called the Cosmic Teachings of Love - Gift of Father Sky and Mother Earth's great humanity, encompassing Prospects and opportunities of moral and Ascension for every person, regardless of ethnic, racial, sexual, cultural, religious, social and other affiliation. - http://www.star-transform.orgFor Your Listening Pleasure for these Lockdown / Stay-At-Home COVID and Variants Times - For all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

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The Red Road or the Red Path is the Native spiritual path. Walking the Red Road means living in the moment connected to all that surrounds us, respecting all of our relations and Mother Earth and Father Sky. It means finding a balance between and attending to our four sides: spiritual, physical, mental and emotional. It means taking care and respecting ourselves and the Creator. It means being thankful for what we have, to only take what we need and to give back. To give back to those around us and to the spiritual world. And to remember where we have been, to remember and honor our ancestors. It is walking in the right path of life, where we do the right thing even in hard times.The shamanic worldview and the western mindset- shamanism: everything is conscious, connected and alive therefore everything is sacred, there are many unseen realms (spirit world), awareness of natural cycles and rhythms, importance of balance, harmony, peace (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual), integrated, spiritually focused- western worldview: focuses on the material aspect of life, achievement oriented, competitive, mind/ego centered, technical, theoretical, scientific approach based on logic and reason, disconnected from nature and real community, lack of spirituality in many cases, feeling lost.

I sat down w singer-songwriter Anthony Deutsch and drummer Avi Gelfman, who have played together frequently. Anthony is known as Father Sky, under which his latest tunes "See Me" and "Christmas" came out this year. We discussed Anthony's love for writing songs from a young age, Avi's gigging career, being specialized in a few things vs knowing a little about many things, Avi's pickling business, and the new direction Anthony is taking Father Sky. This was THE hardest I've ever laughed on a podcast. Anthony clips his toenails at one point. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ben-slowey/support

Una nota: para ver las notas del episodio en español, visite mi sitio web a: https://www.universewithinpodcast.com/podcast/wilma-pinedoHey everybody! Episode 26 of the show is out. In this show, I spoke with my friend Doña Wilma Pinedo. Doña Wilma was introduced to me through mutual friends. She comes from the Q'ero people of the Peruvian Andes. She comes from a lineage of healers and works with plants as well as nature in her practice. She has real wisdom and presence and it was a pleasure to sit down and speak with her. I think you all will get a lot out of this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy! “Doña Wilma Pinedo is a fourth-generation Healer, Shaman, and Medicine Woman from the Andean Sacred Valley In Peru. She comes from a long lineage of well-respected healers and teachers, and was Initiated from before birth, by Father Sky - while pregnant with Wilma, her mother was struck by lightning. Wilma began apprenticing with her elders at the age of 2, and by age 12 she was formally initiated as a healer in the Andean tradition, reading coca leaves and using her intuition to tell people how to heal themselves, often with amazing results.Wilma's family includes a long list of well-known and deeply revered Masters, including her father Martín Pinedo, mother María Sánchez, and great-uncle Don Benito Qoriwaman - who taught teachers Juan Nuñez del Prado, América Yabar and Oscar Miro-Quesada, and introduced Alberto Villoldo to the Q'eros nation. Her great-grandfather and a master from the Waskar Lineage, Don Melchor Desa, also taught Juan Nuñez del Prado. Wilma learned English (a rarity in the Andes) and was one of the people asked to accompany the Dalai Lama to Machu Picchu. She uses her gift as a tool for healing, peace, and unity.”For more information on Doña Wilma and her work, message her on Facebook at: https://m.facebook.com/vilmaangelica.pinedoThis episode is sponsored by the Temple of the Way of Light:https://templeofthewayoflight.org/Share the show, Subscribe or Follow, leave comments, and if you can go on Apple Podcasts and leave a starred-rating and a short review. That would be super helpful with the algorithms and getting this show out to more people. Thank you!If you would like more information on plant medicine and the work I do, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.org Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithin Donate directly with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanik Music courtesy of Nuno Moreno. See his work at: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcast https://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

The sixth celestial sphere, the one the Romans called Jove or Jupiter, represents the opening of our sixth chakra or third eye. We discover a sort of partnership or union with our higher selves. It is at this level that we become a complete human being, our fully realized spiritual self. In this talk we explore what this level of consciousness is like using stories from Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Attar and Rumi. We discuss Buddha's Four Noble Truths, Jesus' parable of the Great Feast, Rumi's story of knocking on the Friend's door, Attar's Valley of Bewilderment & Awe, St. John of the Cross' Dark Night of the Soul and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today’s guided meditation allows us to relax into ourselves and honor all that is around us…the universe, earth & spirit.

The new doctrine of the Golden Age, called the Cosmic Teachings of Love - Gift of Father Sky and Mother Earth's great humanity, encompassing Prospects and opportunities of moral and Ascension for every person, regardless of ethnic, racial, sexual, cultural, religious, social and other affiliation. - http://www.star-transform.org

What is next?? Is a question I hope you are asking! What happens after the people wake up to the racial injustices and disparities? In this episode we discuss beyond anti-racism... what is now energetically and spiritually and what can be next. You will definitely want to take notes as Danielle Ashe and I dive deeply into these constructs. About Danielle Ashe: Danielle Ashé is a multidimensional, mystic medicine woman, author, aspiring musician and shamanic sound healer, here to awaken humanity through the frequencies of peace, love, harmony and unity. She’s a devoted daughter of Mother Nature, Father Sky and the Most High Creator. She’s here from the ancient future, carrying with her the wisdom of the ancestors. She’s a universal traveler who currently calls a the jungles of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica home.

// Introduction:Today it's all about YOU. Your higher self, your intuition and how you can learn to tap in and turn on anytime anywhere. We are always being guided to live in our life's alignment, many of us just don't know when or how to listen to the signs from our intuition, angels, or spirit guides. Everyone's had that gut reaction, and through this podcast, you can learn how to listen to it, instead of ignoring those butterflies or inkling to avoid that person or business deal. It's your birthright to live a fulfilling and abundant life. You're listening to these words, in this moment, right here and right now for a reason. Learn how to trust and celebrate the little moments of your guided life by tuning in and tapping into Source. You'll discover your cosmic self, and never feel alone again. If you turn inwards, you'll discover, if you haven't already, that you possess a powerful guidance system that has been within you all along. We are all blessed with an intuitive guidance system and the more we learn to listen to it and use it, the more confident and tactful we will become at reassuring ourselves throughout the journey of this life.We are always being guided, but the more friends, clients and family members I talk to, the more I realize that people don't always know how to listen to that intuition. According to Deepak Chopra, “Intuition is an intelligence beyond your rational mind.”And your rational mind, or conscious mind, is often led by the ego. So It's important to separate yourself from your ego in order to listen to the signs. So in short, Intuition is the way the subconscious mind communicates with the conscious mind. The information that informs ‘that feeling' is real. It's like any other decision but the workings of it – the collection, the storage, the putting together – happen outside of our conscious mind.I personally receive signs from many places, and you likely do too, you just aren't looking for them. I resonate with signs from the universe (sometimes I call this source, or even god, and you can call it Jesus, or Buddha or whatever resonates with you as your higher power, the denomination does not matter). I also get info and downloads from my spirit guides, guardian angels, and archangels (which you all also have, too), and last but not least, I also lean on my personal intuition for info and intel on what to do and how to do it, which is what we will be talking about today. It's like having an invisible force of spiritual guiding gurus always on your side, helping and facilitating you in every aspect of your life. We'll talk more about spirit guides and angels in a future episode, but they do lend a bit of a hand in your invisible intuition, so we'll touch on it a bit today too. Certainly, you've had that intuitive gut reaction, or heard the little voice in your head telling you to do or not to do something. But ask yourself this: How often do you lean in and listen to that intuitive feeling?// Method to Manifesting 101:Thankfully, we all come equipped with an intuition. Many of us may already have a strong connection with it, while many of us are unaware that we have within us an inner wisdom that is always on our side.Jiddu Krishnamurti says, “Intuition is the whisper of the soul.” which I love. Often times, the messages you receive will be a whisper. It will be quiet but omnipresent. It will be meaningful, and full of intel. Sometimes, though, it may not be a whisper… it may be a yell, or a cry, or a repetitive sign you keep seeing. It's important to recognize the different ways your messages come in. Everyone receives and understands signs differently, so unlocking your intuitive “code” can be a super fun process!Taking the steps and efforts to cultivate a more intimate relationship with our inner guidance and wisdom is a journey of self-exploration and empowerment.Honing into and honoring the signs from your emotional body. Investigating potential underlying stories and triggers of physical ailments. Marveling at the magical coincidences of your life. Making time to clear mental chatter to deeply listen to your inner desires. Bringing healing love to unprocessed wounds. Honoring the process of deepening our relationship with our intuition is a journey towards living a more rich, meaningful and connected life.Alyse Parker, founder of Alignment Accelerator, has some wonderful step by step guidance I'd love to share with you today in this method to manifesting segment. In it, I'll outline 6 ways to listen to your intuition, plus a few action items I recommend you start to incorporate into your daily routines... and once you do, your magic and potential will expand beyond your wildest dreams.1. Trust Your GutWe all know the sensation of when something doesn't feel right. When our circumstances are just wrong, it's common to feel a strong urge or twisting of our gut. This is often the most obvious if not first telltale sign that our intuition is tugging at the sleeve of our attention. If something doesn't feel good, right or just simply off, perhaps your gut is telling you it's time for a change. It's so important to always pay attention to your gut. When the neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) in your gut fire up, you may be feeling either “butterflies” or queasy sensations. Pay attention to those. It's no accident we use the term intuition and gut feeling interchangeably because science has now shown us that our gut has a brain of its own, a second brain so to speak. In fact, our gut has an entire network of neurotransmitters called the enteric nervous system. Be honest with yourself and acknowledge those unsettled feelings; they are there to guide and support you. Listen to them. Follow the hunches until your situation feels right again. Trust your emotional compass. How you feel is your greatest indicator of whether your choices are in alignment with your intuitive wisdom or not.MINDFUL ACTION: Try this with little things at first, see if making a left or a right turn has a different feeling in your stomach. If you immediately are pulled to “turn right instead of left” on the drive home, listen. The more you prime your mind to listening to your initial “gut” reactions, the easier it will be to listen on bigger decisions.2. Follow Energy ShiftsOne way to measure whether you've acted in accordance to your intrinsic knowledge or not is to tune into your energy levels. Chances are you've experienced the feeling of having a weight lifted from your shoulders immediately after making a long-awaited decision. Maybe you sensed a return of joy or energy, charisma and physical stamina that you had felt severed from for some time. How do you feel around a co-worker or potential customer? Drained or energized? Using your intuition to read people can make you a more effective leader or negotiator in your business dealings. If these shifts are present, rejoice in the knowing that you have acted from a place of alignment with your higher, true self.MINDFUL ACTION: Next time you're faced with a decision, see if the weight of it feels heavy or light on your shoulders. That's a quick indicator of an energy read in a room or a situation.3. Tune To Your BodyIs a recurring situation in your life triggering a tight feeling in your chest? Or maybe there's a circumstance that sparks that sinking, chronic stomach aches? If your reality isn't paralleled to your innermost longings, your intuition will use your physical body as a medium to bring your attention to what desperately wants to be seen. As many of us have a tendency to ignore our internal guidance system, the repressed messages will develop into more severe symptoms… anything from anxiety and depression, fatigue, migraines, nausea and other physical ailments and dis-ease. What are you experiencing in your body? And what is it trying to communicate to you? What, if any, repressed messages, urges and needs are underlying the physical discomfort you may be experiencing in your life? Open yourself to positive, curious inquiry with the knowing that you intuitively hold the knowledge to be your own healer and transform your life.MINDFUL ACTION: What consistent ailments are coming up in your body? Think about why they may be affecting you, and try reading the book “Heal Your Body” by Louise Hay. In it, you'll find ailments, the connection to personal or professional lockages, and provides mantras for you to say daily to eradicate any physical symptoms you're having.4. Pay Attention to the SynchronicitiesThe Universe will frequently gift us with signs of assurance. Things like seeing 11:11 daily, or always getting lucky pennies are all signs to tap in. Even as we dream, manifest and shoot off rockets of desires through our thoughts and beliefs, the Universe supports us in turn by sending us the circumstances, people, opportunities and situations that will bring our advancement in life. Be present in your day-to-day activities so that you can see the meaningful patterns and coincidences when they occur. These signs can be messages from your higher self that you are on the right path. I also think these signs can also be messages from your guardian angels, archangels, or spirit guides nudging you on the right path, forcing you to listen to something being said, or showing you the way.MINDFUL ACTION: Next time you see a recurring sign, say out loud, “what would you like to show me” and focus on the next immediate statement that comes into your mind as an answer. Without thinking, without analyzing. Just the first thing that comes to mind.5. Get QuietIn our world of constant chatter and content bombardment there are multiple forces grabbing for our attention, and it can become challenging to tap into the voice or sensation of our intuition. When we are up against making a decision, it's important to create room for clarity. When you allow your mind to rest, the mud of many thoughts settles, and your mind becomes an open and clear channel for your thoughts and emotions to flow through.Step away from your current situation and bring yourself to a state of mind and location where you can decompress and find some quiet, even just for a few minutes. Dissolve any sense of pressure by focusing on deep, elongated breaths. In this spaciousness, we can dissolve the clutter of our fears, insecurities, doubts and uncertainty to hear the deep, confident, clear knowing of our inner wisdom.In this expansiveness, you have the lucidity necessary to listen, with all your might, to what your higher self is telling you. Even if you are not pressed to make a difficult choice in your life, making it a regular practice to quiet the mind is a great approach to deepening your connection with your intuition. Make space to get quiet. I'll meditate for a few minutes, and just see what the first things that come to mind are - they are often short messages from my intuition and guides telling me what to do. Also if that seems too hard at first, try to just free-write. Journal in a quiet room with relaxing music playing and write quick without much thought to the words, just the first things that come to mind. You'll often receive much clarity from this practice as well.MINDFUL ACTION: Try free-write, meditation journaling for 5 min per day before bed.6. Do Your Shadow Work“You will never follow your own inner voice until you clear up the doubts in your mind.”–Roy T. Bennett. In order for us to experience a clear, uninterrupted dialogue with our intuition, we must clear, touch and heal the parts of ourselves we would rather pretend did not exist. The shadow is a term coined by psychologist Carl Jung, and it refers to our deepest wounds. The wounds from our past or present that have us believing we are flawed, unlovable, undeserving people. (ps. Here's a secret, you don't need to live by those narratives, you can remove the blockages by clearing the shadows. Think of it like mental spring cleaning. Shadow work can support you in embracing all aspects of yourself. This experience of self-acceptance is essential for you to love and trust yourself more, which puts you more in touch with your intuition. By communing with the aspects of ourselves that we attempt to reject and hide, we heighten our awareness of their habitual patterns and thoughts. In regards to tapping into our intuitive powers, this awareness will allow us to skillfully decipher between limiting beliefs, judgments and criticisms from the internal guide that is edging us towards appropriate discernment and caution. As we venture down the path of healing our shadow self and past wounds, we can realize that our history may be projecting onto our present moment. By looking into your shadow work, you will heighten your ability to decipher between pained, habitual thinking and our inner wisdom illuminating our path.MINDFUL ACTION: Try allocating an hour a week to cleansing shadow work.Remember: You possess all the reassurance, encouragement and answers to all your questions. All you need to do is look inside.// Ancient Ancestors:The Medicine Wheel, or Sacred Hoop, is a Native American approach to energy and intuitive healing that can be used to resolve post-traumatic stress, anxiety, grief, and health issues. It can also be used to call upon your higher power to make decisions for healing and conflict within and outside the body mind. The Medicine Wheel way of healing reconnects you to your intuition, nature, your ancestors, and the infinite circle of life. It guides you to walk your sacred path in balance and with love in your heart.So what exactly is the Medicine Wheel?The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Native American culture thinks that everything has a spirit — a voice, a meaning, and a power. They call this Orenda and it's the basis of energy. When we use this energy properly and live a life in balance, we can cultivate a “good mind.”The Shift Network says that The Medicine Wheel is an ancient symbol of the sacred hoop of life — or the circle of life — in Native American culture. It has been used for thousands of years. Different Nations have different ways of interpreting the Medicine Wheel — the colors, specific uses, and meanings…The Lakota, Ojibwa, and Cree Nations, (just to name a few), have researched and used the Medicine Wheel in therapy for PTSD, trauma release, stress management, problem solving, conflict resolution, business consulting, and more. There are some basics of the Medicine Wheel that are the same across cultures and others that are different. How you use the Medicine Wheel can be highly personal, too.Like Chinese medicine, Native American medicine and culture look to our Mother the Earth for guidance. Observing patterns, shapes, rhythms, cycles, and all of life's natural patterns is part of how we are guided.Circles are important in Native American culture. They are how we connect to nature and all of life. When we see everything as a circle, we can appreciate that the cycle of life has no beginning and no end. Within nature and the human body, we can see many circles represented, like cells, bones, the system of circulation (blood and lymph). Even our DNA consists of circular, spiral patterns (the double helix).Medicine Wheel Image Linked HereImage Credit: Sage GoddessOk, so let's dig into The Seven Directions, and how to read, navigate, and use a medicine wheel.Seven is also a sacred number in Native American culture. Within the Medicine Wheel are the following seven directions. Although there are 7 in total, obviously the 4 main ones are north, south, east and west. Each come with various totems, focuses, elements and herbs. Different tribes have slightly different wheels, but I'm going to focus on the most commonly used wheel today.To use the medicine wheel, I would recommend you say in your head or out loud whatever you need help with or guidance on, it can be an informal or formal question, you can write it down and say a little prayer, or just riff. There's no right or wrong. I'd say something like:“I call forth and open the gates of the east, of air, of the rising sun, the spring time. I call forth your protection and guidance and intuitive support and ask for your guardianship of my journey and current questions. All hail and give thanks to the direction of the east.”Another way can be - to have a little alter or offering plate for that direction in your room. Or You can make your own circle with rocks in the backyard to meditate in, or sit in and face that direction when asking for support...Or simply sit and face the direction wherever you are while you write or sit calmly to meditate to ask for assistance. Now onto the directions themselves...EastThe East is often where we enter a circle and begin our journey. It represents the mental body, childhood, and the spring season. Think about spring as becoming aware of new creation, when ideas show up within your consciousness. It's when something seems to come from nothing or light comes from darkness. It's where we create our vision. If you feel empty, you can look to the East to bring awareness. If you are stressed, you look to the East to heal from trauma (or PTSD). This is where we seek purification, healing, and renewal.SouthThe South represents the emotional body, adolescence, and the summer season. It's where we work out our emotions and relationships with others. We experiment with people, ideas, and experiences. It is the time for taking our vision and testing it out (or going on a vision quest). We test out our values and identity to understand what works for us vs. what others teach us. As we look to the South, we can move from confusion to wisdom. It's also a place where we learn patience and commitment, moving from feeling like we have to have a result right now, to being willing to put in the time and work for those results. If you need guidance on a relationship issue with family, friends or coworkers, look to the South for support.WestThe West represents the physical body, adulthood, and the fall season. It is where our ideas are coming into physical form and we can see them in action. It's a time when we recognize that we have to show up and do the work to create the results we want in our lives. We begin to understand and honor that we are physical beings on an important journey. It is a time to right the ship, get unstuck, shake things off, and move forward in our lives. This often includes letting go of limiting beliefs and holding true to our values. We learn that it's important to honor and take care of ourselves because we now know the difference between self-care and being selfish. If we are willing to respect ourselves and others, we also bring humility to the wisdom of maturity, which is the goal. If you need guidance on finding the right course of action in life or a circumstance, you know kind of cleansing that shadow work we talked about earlier… let the West help you remove the past to outline your future (either immediate or long term).NorthThe North represents the spiritual body, the elder, and the winter season. The North is the true source of all things, Creator, Orenda, or Great Spirit energy. In this direction, we understand the process of change and recognize that we find our place in the world by seeing things through to their completion. We work on caring vs. apathy and we realize that we can't receive care and love from others until we care for and love ourselves. In this direction, we often find clarity and deep wisdom. We no longer fear not having the answers because we trust being led. If you need help with self-care or caring for others, look to the North for guidance.DownThe downward direction represents Mother Earth and our connection to her, along with our connection to the soil. We learn that our Mother, the Earth, is always there supporting us. In this direction, we realize we have the opportunity for growth and as we feel our connection to Mother Earth, we are always safe. If you are not feeling supported, heard, or helped in your journey, look down to the earth for grounding guidance.UpThis upward direction represents Father Sky and your higher self. Looking in this direction, you recognize that you are part of the circle of life, the intersection of eternity. This is where you learn to become who you are and give of yourself from this place. If you want to connect to your intuition and higher self, look up and ask for daily support to awaken and tap in.CenterThe center of the circle is you. It's where you realize that you are in the locus of control. You can shed everything others have told you. You stop looking to other people to tell you what to do and listen to your own body and inner wisdom. You focus on being who you are with authenticity. Feeling yourself in the center of the circle can be tremendously transformational because you can look to all other directions and honor all emotions without fearing the negative ones. This is where you can find meaning on your journey, even if you are in a phase of your life that is particularly difficult. Find your inner strength and trust that your wellbeing is in your hands. Similar to up, looking within, to your center will also help you connect with your intuition. Put both hands on your heart as you close your eyes and focus on your center, which will remind you of your strength if you are feeling weak.The Medicine Wheel is represented in a circle to remind us of this continuous cycle. We are taught that this is the circle our ancestors walked. In this circle, we carry our ancestors and their strength within us. We carry their lessons and their dreams. This reminds us that we are never alone. It reminds us that we can call on our ancestors for guidance because they've walked the circle for thousands of years before us. This deep history is very grounding and can provide support and guidance through trauma, stress, or grief.I'll be sure to link a photo of the wheel in the episode notes, and I'll be sharing info on instagram for guidance and coursework on this too!// Mindful & Metaphysical:Interestingly enough, science shows there is retinol tissue in the location of your “third eye” that has neurotransmitters, the same connective receptors that speak to your brain (yes, the same way your eyes do to show visual cues). So we literally have a third eye, it's not just a woo-woo expression save for yogis and meditation gurus. By accessing your pineal gland, and working with your third eye, you can unlock your inner consciousness and intuition. You'll be shown ways to let life in, and feel supported in every aspect of your life, while having your deepest desires manifested.Researchers at Leeds University analyzed a hefty pile of research papers on intuition. They concluded that intuition is a very real psychological process where the brain uses past experiences and cues from the self and the environment to make a decision. The decision happens so quickly that it doesn't register on a conscious level. Intuition exists in all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, and the more we can learn about it, the more we can use it to shape our lives for the better.Basically, the human brain has two ‘operating systems'. The first is quick, instinctual and effortless. This is where our intuition lies. Intuition works by drawing on patterns collected by our experience and when we have to make a quick decision about whether something is real, fake, feels good, feels bad, right or wrong, we draw on these patterns. It all happens ‘offline', outside our conscious awareness. The second operating system is slower to respond. It's more analytical and deliberate and it's conscious.Science has found real evidence to support the existence of intuition. There was aw wonderful study performed called, “Deciding advantageously before knowing the advantageous strategy” which showed how the intuitive part of our brain knows the right answer long before the more analytical part.In this study, participants played a card game which, unknown to the participants, was rigged from the beginning. Participants had to choose from one of two decks of cards. One was rigged to provide big wins, then big losses. The other – small gains but hardly any losses.The participants reported that after 50 cards, they had a hunch about which deck was safer. After 80 they were able to explain the difference between the two decks.But here's where it gets interesting – after only 10 cards, the sweat glands on the palms of their hands opened whenever they took from the dangerous deck. It was then that participants started to prefer the safer deck but there was no conscious awareness that this was happening. So, before the analytical part of their brain knew what was going on, the subjects' intuition guided them towards a better decision. Pretty cool, right?I also want to share insight from a great Forbes article, where Dr. Judith Orloff MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and author of Guide To Intuitive Health and The Empath's Survival Guide has a private practice where she works with women executives who come to her to develop their intuition. They see it as a ‘superpower' to use in all decisions at work as well as a guide for how to be good leaders and organizers.According to Dr. Orloff, scientists believe intuition operates through the entire right side of our brain, the brain's hippocampus and through our gut (the digestive system has neurons as well). And this is where it gets interesting for us ladies. Women's corpus callosum, the connective white matter that connects our left and right brain hemispheres together, is thicker than men's. This more substantial brain super highway gives us women better and faster abilities to access each hemisphere, further integrating our emotion and gut feelings with the more logical left hemisphere into our decision making process. Basically women's brains have superpowers and are actually optimized for rapid intuitive decision making. No offense to the boys, certainly they have intuitions, and strong ones at that, they may just have to work on thickening their corpus callosum to connect their hemispheres and bring on more intuitive guidance!- - - - - - - - - - -As always, thank you for reading along, listening to, sharing, and subscribing, and don't forget to stay Mindful & Divine.x.shanaMindful Divine WebsitePodcast • YouTube • Book • InstagramQuestions? Want to Work Together or Discuss a Future Project? Email shana@mindfuldivine.com- - - - - - - - - - -

Mother Earth and Father Sky join in an epic battle between their children--the Titans, the Cyclopses, and other horrible monsters--to determine who will rule the new world--at least until ZEUS comes along.

  An exploration of the times and why we must explore the blindspots in our own inner landscape while attempting to change the outside world.   Danielle Ashé is a rEVOLutionary cosmologist, multidimensional medicine woman, alchemical activator, code carrying catalyst, sacred activist and future frequency holder.She’s here to help others to remember who and what they really are at the very core essence of their being, to break free from the illusion of separation and reclaim their sovereign divinity.She’s here to awaken humanity through the frequencies of peace, love, harmony and unity.She’s a devoted daughter of Mother Nature, Father Sky and the Most High Creator.She’s here from the ancient future, carrying with her the wisdom of the ancestors.She’s a universal traveler who currently calls the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica home. Contact Danielle Ashé: daniellecheatom@gmail.com

. There's a great deal to learn from the deep connections between regenerative agriculture and the farming traditions of First Nations people. My guest today is James Skeet, a member of the Navajo Nation and the founder of Spirit Farm in New Mexico, a demonstration farm that draws both Native Americans and others to learn more about issues like composting and regenerative farming techniques. So James, welcome. I'm really happy to have you with us today. I'm very happy to be here with you. How would you say that farming and conservation and preservation are a part of your cultural heritage? As I look back historically and through our traditional perspectives, who we are as a people, indigenous worldview is something that is very important to the earth and to the relationship to the environment, especially here in the Southwest. The climate, it can be harsh as well as very sustainable. A very delicate process. It's not something that can be done quickly. You have to look at seasons rather than what you're producing. James, as people think about the term regenerative agriculture, one might conclude that it's new on the scene? But you're making the point that it's not new on the scene at all, that there are hundreds of generations of people who have been working on doing just this. Indigenous people have always had this organic mindset that all things are sacred. Nature is to be respected and copied. Time is not linear but secular. There's always been sort of a bartering regenerative economy there, dealing with our relationship with different tribes. And then, food is considered as medicine. Because the plants were here first, they're our grandfathers and grandmothers. So they're teaching us things about that relationship with the environment. And it goes into some deep religious activities, ceremonies to have that relationship. It's really biology based. We were looking at minimal disturbance, especially when the Navajos went into a sheep economy, which was after the introduction of Churro sheep from the Spaniards. We had some of the tallest grasses in the so-called New World because they were using herding techniques that went from summer camps to winter camps. That relationship with the sheep and the biology and the soil, the grasses, to maximize productivity in the grasses. My guess is that many people would look at the landscape where you do your farming and think that it just wouldn't be possible to grow enough food to survive there. How would you respond to that? I would totally agree with that. The way we've understood farming has been based on annual crops, monocropping, productivity. But indigenous people have looked outside of that box to where hunters and gatherers were a type of farming that was taking place with the relationship with their herding animals, as well picking plants as they go along. And what we're trying to do is really a subtle edge, and that's where the complexity of our religions come from. Delicate relationships with Mother Earth and Father Sky. A lot of these ruins dictate to us, now looking back, their dependency on annual crops, corn, beans, squash. A lot of indigenous people all understood the relationship between plants that were outside of that category, the annual crops. They would focus on what we call weeds today. If you study the nutrient density of those plants, their medicinal nutrient values are very high. My mom was an herbalist. That understanding of our environment has really been misunderstood or overlooked. I really feel like what would we call food deserts aren't really food deserts. It's in our minds that we think that it's a desert, but in reality what nature, like I said before, grandfathers and grandmothers, are reaching out today and saying, I can heal you if you reestablish that relationship. And that cosmology is really another way of interpreting the goodness of Mother Nature. The idea of sustainability. Could you tell us a bit more about Spirit Farm, and what inspired you to do this work? And, how do you do things differently than what conventional farmers might do? Yeah, it really has to do with epistemology, how we view the world, view nature. Do we look at reductionists rather than systems? My wife and I, we were working for a managed care organization for a number of years. But in the back of our minds we felt like, why are indigenous people getting sicker? Why are they unhealthy? And the more we looked into that, we realized that it was the relationship they had with the kinds of foods. They had plenty of food, but it wasn't the right kind of nutrient dense foods. So, we had to really look at what can we do instead of complaining about the colonization, how we've been overtaken by the European Western world view, what can we do? We decided to just farm, to get back to nature, step off this corporate machinery. And we had some land there that my folks had that my grandfather in the past had plowed the heck out of it. And now, 50, 60 years later, the soil is so bad. Most of the top soil is blown off. We have invasive species that take up a lot of the water underneath the soil. You couldn't really grow anything. Right at that time we ran across Elaine Ingham, a soil scientist. And then also up here in Gallup, Ann Malloy. They were the ones that tracked us on the biological amendment, doing the thermal compost, putting organic material back into the soil, that the soil is alive. So when I started doing that study of that relationship with, what I call [inaudible 00:06:09], the unseen bugs, we started sharing a lot of the information with our elders. I remember one grandmother said, "They finally figured us out." And I was asking her, what do you mean by that? And she said, "They finally figured out what we used to do in our planting and what those dances mean, what the clans mean, what their purpose is, what their relationship was." We found this whole perspective of re-indigenizing, meaning that there were some things that were local, ideas, knowledge, seeds, information on plants, information on relationships. We just stumbled into a whole new arena. And so what happened to our farm was we just decided to provide for ourselves, see if we can grow things for ourselves. But what we came across was conventional farming had taken root, the use of the tractor, the deep plowing, which further messed up the system. And in looking at the microbial activity, what I realized was we were talking about kinship and relationship. So what we tried to do was give sacredness to the soil and to the bugs that were in the soil that do the job for regenerative farming. And when we did that, we began to hear things, not just from people, not just from our indigenous worldview, but from other farmers and even the plants themselves were communicating things to us. We coined the term indigenous regenerative intelligence as our mission. What sort of things do you grow on the farm? We've been able to grow just about everything. We don't have a well here on our farm. Everything is captured. And that's our first principle, is looking at water as sacred. We've been able to grow, of course the three sisters, corns, beans and squash, and we found as we studied that, that relationship was symbiotic. The corn was the windbreaker. The squash was the cover crop that lowered the temperature, and the beans was the nitrogen fixer to the corn because it took a lot of nitrogen out of the soil. But there's one grandma that still grows corn down from us a couple of miles, but they do a lot of dry farming. So she went and plowed the field and grew the corn. Whereas we heavily mulch and we amended it with compost, and we put a lot of the aeration back into the soil. We did a lot of cover crops so that the roots itself can release exudates that draws the microbes in there. So I said, you take 10 seeds, I'll take 10 seeds. Put mine in, and she put hers in. And at the end of the season she came by and she said, How's your corn? Where did you plant it? What did you do?" She was asking me a lot of questions. She said her corn reached up to about three to four feet, and she was standing in front of the corn that I grew and it was eight feet tall. We've been able to grow lots of different kinds of tomatoes. Broccoli did very well. We've got a whole herb bed of perennials that come up. I don't even have to mess with that. Some of the soil is getting to the point where we really don't have to amend it. It's deep and lush and it smells really good. We've been able to grow sunn hemp for biomass. We've been able to grow 18 different species of cover crops for our sheep to come in and feed on, and do the disturbance teas, a lot of different types of berries. Saskatoon seems to do very well. So, in looking at all the [inaudible 00:09:32], the unseen bugs, through the microscope and also looking at indigenous cosmology, because to them that's sort of their microscope, we've been able to grow just about everything and anything. I love hearing your thoughts on these things and what's so impressive are the personal stories, like with the grandmother and your comparison of the corn planted on her land and yours. And then, just your discussion of how you go about the farming. The practice of the farming is really instructive. But I think what comes through so loud and clear, and you discussing this, is the spiritual meaning of all this, and how everything is there for a reason, and how it can be nurtured and cared for in a way that protects the land and protects the creatures that are in it. These things are messages that just not enough people get to hear. Now, I know you go all over and speak about these things. Are audiences receptive, do you think? I definitely think that what is happening, just to put it simply, is Mother Nature is mad. The reason why it's mad and angry is because the way we've used science and reductionist thinking, industrial conventional farming mindset. It's based on a currency based economy. Food as a commodity. The use of synthetic fertilizers rather than the biology base. It's very production heavy. Monocropping, you have to have big tractors. It's a very dense disturbance rather than looking at the minimal disturbance. So, that's spirituality. If we think about it, that's created the fragmentation. That type of thinking has created the systemic racism, ethnic disturbance in countries where people are fighting over state, nation lines without really considering tribal people groups. Science disembodies itself from the spirit and the soul. That's what's happening to this country and all around the world, is that the haves and have not, winners take all, is taking place. There's a mindset that's shifting into more the organic indigenous perspective, and those are people that are being drawn to the idea of Spirit Farm. Having concrete, very practical examples of that relationship with what we grow, the biology, the biome that's in our gut as well as the biology that's in the soil, what we feed our animals, all that is a cycle of the use of compost. It's creating a closed system. I've done a lot of work internationally and one of the things that we've looked at is transformative adaptation. Indigenous people has adapted to European style of urbanization. But now I think what's happening because of all the climate change and the pandemics, we have to look at a transformative adaptation. Transformative challenges the systems of resilience and sustainability. It looks at incremental steps away from why we've gotten to this place is that we have a marginal perspective that we're outside of that system. The reductionist mechanical mindset cannot interpret change unless it looks from outside, and because of these marginal perspectives, feminists, Native Americans, tribal people groups, people of color, have been looking at this dominant systems. That has to change. We have to look at a different model through a different lens. In indigenous people, our philosophy is rooted into a story about a coyote, our relationship with the land and the earth. It's not about just spending abstract ideas up in the air. As my wonderful professor used to say, Alphonse Ortiz, all we're saying is that at least get the pendulum moving towards this organic indigenous mindset. You have to become attached to the land. I think you've partly answered the question I'm about to ask, but so are you optimistic? Do you believe that people are listening to these messages more? Are practices beginning to change? Are you hopeful? A lot of these regenerative farmers are swimming up against the current? The mine has to shift into more a secular pattern rather than a linear pattern to realize that it's about the people. Transformative adaptation is really positive because you're not only adapting to the changes, but you're actually transforming the system. We're going to come out in a whole new world from the things that are happening in the environment, and the system is not going to be the same, and that we will have to be willing to change. And it's positive because it gives us challenges. And to tell you the truth, I'm really sick and tired of trying to sustain stuff that doesn't work. The industrial conventional mindset of farming has really caused some major scars. We plowed up the microbial activity that's under the soil. So yeah, I think it's very positive. We can change, and we've always changed. As indigenous people we've always adapted. There's an area that didn't provide a lot of buffalo, or an area that didn't quite provide a lot of fish, or the climate was changed. We moved on. What's positive is it's rooting people back to the earth. It's rooting people back to these marginal perspectives. People are really struggling and they're looking at regenerative intelligence as the way to move. I've been telling all my farmers, keep doing what you're doing. Keep growing things. Keep that relationship because that's what's going to help transition you, and you'll be able to adapt these changes. Well, thank you so much James. Boy, there's an awful lot to think about in what you've just said, and so much wisdom. And I admire the work you're doing, and I really appreciate you joining us today. So thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. And I am very positive about what's going to happen. So our guest today has been Navajo farmer, James Skeet, founder of Spirit Farm in New Mexico. And thank you for listening. If you'd like to subscribe to the Leading Voices in Food podcast series, you can do so through Apple Podcast, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. The podcasts and transcripts are also available on our website at the Duke World Food Policy Center. This is Kelly Brownell.  

An enlightening and peaceful Fathers’ Day to you, particularly as we as a society continue to slowly open our eyes to the burdens we’ve placed on the necks of all too many fathers and families for the last 400+ years. Although seemingly inconvenient, acknowledging both the light and the darkness associated with a celebratory day like today is called for if we hope to continue to grow into health in our various cultures, transforming our lives towards receiving the heavenliness that Divinity offers all peoples in all traditions in every moment. Read more here: https://swedenborgiancommunity.org/blog/skyGive to support your loving, affirming, interfaith-Swedenborgian community https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D6AH3CYY3LQWA&source=urlFind FREE EBOOKS below. Please subscribe and hit the bell! Our community's affirming Swedenborgian spirituality, inspired by an interfaith, mystical Christianity, has deeply influenced the likes of Helen Keller, Carl Jung, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), William Blake, Henry James, Robert Frost, DT Suzuki, George Inness and William Keith.

Cam and Abby share dialogue with Kayte, a special soul with inspiring life experiences to express. We get into her journey moving away from seeking god without through the Catholic Church to finding the eternal spirit within. She shares how her travels through South America expanded her awareness of what it is to be human. Also discussed is; aligning with one’s purpose in life, the darkness/difficulty faced on the spiritual path, building a new earth, communing with nature, and how the sacred science of astrology can help our inner standing during this chaotic time. Hope you enjoy this one! Please leave a rating and review for us, and thank you so much for listening!

We are made to believe that "they" will take care of us, because they always do right? We have been stripped away of so much health and humaness, we don't even realise we are naked and vulnerable, at this point in time. It is and will always be our birth right: our health. Stripping it away, doesn't mean we have to agree as a Herd Immunity to the person that is trying to strip of more health and sell of your very own energy to a "system" other than what you already are: a Child of Mother Nature and Father Sky. Never let someone mess with your health, whether they are a doc or just a di%$ (sorry but not sorry). You will need your sovereignity mixed with a bit of anger to stand up and stand out against injustice, because your peers might not see the danger of giving up our health, which is our very soul, to new unprecendated, governmental "laws" that do not listen to health as a birth right any longer, but take that ressource as a commodity for a "greater good".

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are once again joined by Quizmaster Erin Sullivan and Artist Justin Peterson to share and play trivia. Categories for the quiz include Vocabulary, Saturday Night Live, Disney, Drugs, Music, Movies, Pen Names, Movie Adaptations, Technology, First First Ladies, Clone High, and more! Round One VOCABULARY - Named by cartoonist Mort Walker, “grawlixes” are used for what purpose? SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Who holds the current record for hosting Saturday Night Live? DISNEY - What classic film does Wall-E watch when we meet him at the beginning of the movie? DRUGS - Thalidomide, which was pulled from the shelves after showing birth defects in children by pregnant women or women who were impregnated by men while taking it, was originally marketed for what? Missed Corrections/KnowNotes Lee adds some extra notes about The Phantom Tollbooth. PSYCHOLOGY - “What is aibohphobia?” - submitted by EplosiveJedi, David Holbrook Round Two MUSIC - What musician, who would later go on to win four Grammys for songs such as “Gentle On My Mind” and “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” replaced Bryan Wilson as a touring member of the Beach Boys in 1965? MOVIES - Who did Sigourney Weaver portray in the 1988 film Gorillas In The Myst? PEN NAMES - What 19th century author used the pen name Ellis Bell not to hide their identity for the public but to appear more marketable? SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - In terms of worldwide box office sales, what Sautrday Night Live film earned the most (with an estimated total of $183,000,000) and which performed the worst (with a total of $60,000). MOVIE ADAPTATIONS - Devery Freeman’s 1979 novel ‘Father Sky’ was later adapted into what film starring Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott, Tom Cruise, and Sean Penn in his feature film debut? HISTORY - Which former pharaoh was allegedly the only Egyptian mummy with a passport (which was used to send them to France in 1976)? Rate My Question COMPANIES, BRANDS & PROJECTS - What technology company was originally named after a mythological creature before dropping part of the name? - Submitted by Mike C. GEOGRAPHY - What is the largest land-locked country in the world? - Submitted by Abbey Final Questions TECHNOLOGY - What was the name of the first computer to beat a World Chess Champion on May 11, 1997? SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Which five people have been cast members for ten seasons or more? FIRST FIRST LADIES - Which First Lady of the United States was the first to ever guest DJ at WNYC? Upcoming LIVE Know Nonsense Trivia Challenges May 11th, 2020 – Know Nonsense Trivia Challenge - Live on Twitch 7pm - 9pm May 14th, 2020 - Know Nonsense Trivia Challenge - Live on Twitch 7pm - 9pm You can find out more information about that and all of our live events online at KnowNonsenseTrivia.com All of the Know Nonsense events are free to play and you can win prizes after every round. Thank you Thanks to our supporters on Patreon. Thank you, Quizdaddies – Dylan, Tommy (The Electric Mud) and Tim (Pat's Garden Service) Thank you, Team Captains – Gil, David, Rachael, Aaron, Kristen & Fletcher Thank you, Proverbial Lightkeepers – Kaitlynn, Manu, Mo, Matthew, Nicole, Luc, Hank, Justin, Cooper, Elyse, Sarah, Karly, Kristopher, Josh, Shaun, Lucas and Max Thank you, Rumplesnailtskins – Allison, Paige, We Do Stuff, Mike S. ,Kenya, Jeff, Eric, Steven, Efren, Mike J., Mike C. If you'd like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content, please visit http://theknowno.com and click "Support." Special Guests: Erin Sullivan and Justin Peterson.

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Connect with Mother Earth and Father Sky to bring in divine energy for protection. This meditation protects your energy going into any event where you share energy with people.

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What is the hardest part about getting out on a run?  For some it may be finding the time, for others it may be the thought of the pain that is sure to follow, but for most, the hardest part of running is all in your head.  Having a disdain for running is not uncommon, however, this negative mentality towards running can be changed by using several techniques. Sanjay Rawal, amateur runner, cinematographer, and director of 3,100: Run and Become, a documentary about a 3,100 mile race (yes, you read that correctly, 3,100 miles) discusses how changing our mindset can help us accomplish our running goals and find joy in running as opposed to seeing it as a punishment. Running is a Pathway to Transformation When we think about running and how it transforms us, we tend to think about weight loss and physical figure.  However, running is capable of transforming so much more than just our outer appearance.  Running has the capability to change our mind, provide us with mental clarity, and make us better people.    While many may view running as an outlet or merely a way to keep in shape, Sanjay discovered through his experience with Sean Martin, a champion Navajo ultramarathoner and participant in the 3,100 mile race, that running is more than just exercise, but a spiritual experience. Sean’s daily runs allow him the opportunity to commune with Mother Earth and breathe in Father Sky. As he breathes in Father Sky, he breathes in more than just air, but peace, love, and energy, allowing him the ability to lower his heart rate, get rid of anxiety, and focus on the moment. Running can provide us with an opportunity to cast our problems aside and focus on the run itself.  Our breathing becomes deep and meaningful, as if we were meditating.  It is a chance to allow the mind to become loose and free, which brings mental clarity at the beginning of the run, allowing for the runner to enjoy that runner’s high throughout the whole run as opposed to just the end. Running can and will transform our lives if we will let it.  It can provide a sense of self-worth and leave us striving to accomplish more. Mentality The 3,100 mile race is set in Queens, NY on a half mile track and takes place in the middle of summer.  Most of these runners are circling the track anywhere from 120 to 140 times a day for approximately 52 days.  Imagine the mental toll that would take on you, knowing that day in and day out you will be circling the same half mile loop for several hours. Our mental state enables us to push forward and accomplish goals we never thought possible.  Running doesn’t have to be painful or torturous.  It is our mindset that allows us to take that pain and convert it into joy. Our mentality is what helps us reach our running goals.  The 10-15 runners that participate in the 3,100 mile race did not just wake up one morning and decide they were going to compete in this immaculate event.  Realizing that goals are not obtained overnight, but through months and even years of hard work and dedication, will allow us to run with patience and chip away at them, allowing ourselves to scratch the surface of our full potential. Remember, our pre-run mentality can set the stage for our whole workout or race.  Approaching the run with a positive attitude and with the knowledge that it will transform you can act as a key motivator to pushing through mental barriers we place in front of ourselves. Find Joy in Exertion To often, we as runners, focus on just getting through the run and surviving it.  But what if we could find joy in our runs?  Imagine how much more powerful and self-fulfilling our workouts would become if we were able to feel happiness during them. On every run, most runners will experience at least a split second of joy as they realize they are out, allowing their feet to hit the pavement while they commune with nature.  You have the capability to turn that split second into 50% or even 95% of your run.  This can be done by finding your own personal “flow.” Flow is found in those moments of incredible calm that come through pushing yourself and experiencing new limits that you were unaware your body could reach.  When you push you are gaining access to capacities you do not normally have access to. No matter what your goal with running is, each day you make the decision to lace up your running shoes, walk out the door, and listen to the sounds of your feet hitting the pavement, you are challenging the idea of impossibility.  Whether you are training for your first 5K, seeking to reach a personal best in your 10K, wanting to break the 2:30 mark on your marathon, or complete your first ultramarathon, have faith in your training and enjoy the journey, because the happiness and excitement you will experience as you cross the finish line will be unlike anything else. Resources: Sanjay on Instagram 3100 Run and Become Sri Chimnoy Kate Grace on Instagram (book) Sport and Meditation   Thank you to Bodyhealth, Janji, and Recoup for being the wonderful sponsors of this episode of The Running For Real Podcast.   If you are struggling to recover quick enough from your training, my little secret is to use BodyHealth Perfect Amino to get you there. It contains all the essential amino acids, and is very easy for your body to use and begin the repair process. Click the link and use code TINAMUIR10 for 10% off.   JANJI is an official sponsor of the Running 4 Real podcast, I am so excited about this! They visit designers in countries all around the world to help with their upcoming clothing lines and any profit they make off of that design 5% goes right back to that country to supply for their clean water supply. The materials they use are recycled which I LOVE. Go here and use code TINAMUIR for 10% off and if you want to know my favorites click here.   Recoup is a product that I WISH I had as an Elite and a Collegiate athlete, introducing hot and cold - innovative therapy tools that are tested by professional athletes, without the professional price tag. It is the perfect product for shin splints, plantar fasciitis, IT band issues and recovery. It is a portable cryosphere massage roller that stays cold for up to 6 hours, easily cleanable, and mess free! Click here to get 15% off by using code: tinamuir   Thanks for Listening! I hope you enjoyed today's episode. To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Join the Running for Real Facebook Group and share your thoughts on the episode (or future guests you would like to hear from) Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews will really help me climb up the iTunes rankings and I promise, I read every single one. Not sure how to leave a review or subscribe, you can find out here. Thank you to Sanjay, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the show.

Welcome back to the ESS.  Thank you so much for tuning in and joining me today. As I talk about on my Energy Focus for the Week, we are in the midst of a seasonal transition with many cosmic forces going on. The fall will bring in lots of change and lots of forward motion. Tune in on Sundays on Facebook and Instagram Live at 8:00pm for the Energy Focus for the Week. As we transition into a new season here on the ESS, we open up with a new  podcast series. A series all about intuition and how intuition can help you in your life.  It helps you to know your energy better, helps you to make better decisions, helps you to trust your gut instincts. We all have this ability…but we do have to train it. I will be talking to lots of people who have had various experiences with their own intuitive abilities, experiences that have lead them to the work they are now doing.  My guest on this episode is Sarah Weiss. Sarah Weiss has been a professional medical intuitive and spiritual guide for over 30 years. She relies upon her intuition, daily, to help others on their journey towards health and wholeness. She can see what is unseen and hear what is unheard. Intuition gives her access to the beautiful and awesome mysteries of life. Sarah is naturally intuitive. She arrived in this world with awakened intuitive abilities. As a baby and young child, she had access to the unseen and creative worlds. She began shaping her intuitive abilities as healing and guidance skills at the age of 19 when she began studying with a Sufi master. She has studied with two other masters, one Taoist and one in the Inka lineage. These three masters guided and supervised her training in this world and have since passed to the beyond. Her grandfather was a medical doctor and a medical intuitive, and he passed his abilities to her through the family lineage. At age 27, he fully activated her medical intuitive abilities through a visionary experience. Every path requires daily practice. Even if you are born knowing you are intuitive or psychic, it is only through this daily practice that your skills will grow. Sarah is passionate about helping anyone and everyone connect to Mother Earth, Father Sky and the Heart that surrounds us all. This grounding connection brings us back to our true nature and depth awareness of our connection to the Oneness and Aliveness of creation. She works with people from all walks of life—Medical and Mental health professionals work collaboratively with Sarah to maximize the health and well being of their patients and clients. She teaches Meditation and Mindfulness at a local University as a full credit course and offers classes in mysticism, healing, and intuitive development. She currently focuses on helping empaths appreciate their nature as energy decoders. Her upcoming workshop at Esalen is called “Emancipating the Soul from Trauma's Grasp”. She can be reached through her website, Facebook, or Instagram Empaths are a preview of the future of humanity! Inspired to learn more about your own empathic abilities? Reach out. Find me on social media or contact me through this episode. To your Spirit, Terri PS…Download my free guide to help you set up your own Spiritual Practice. You can find it on my website TerriAnnHeiman.com. PSS…Schedule a free Empowered Spirit Discovery Session right now so that we can discover the things getting in your way that you're likely not aware of, and what simple things would be most beneficial to you right now. Schedule a time that is best for you now! Book a Reiki Session, Akashic Reading or Intuitive Tarot - in person or remote.  Click here Join Terri's Facebook Group  Follow Terri on Instagram or Facebook or LinkedIn

Here in America, we're a month away from the Fourth of July. And as you probably learned in school, it's a celebration of the United States Declaration of Independence, which happened in 1776. So why am I bringing this up? I was doing some research for today's episode, and found that the first constitution wasn't actually written in 1776. It was ratified in 1781. Why is that year significant? Well, that's the same year that a man named Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus. He thought it was a comet, it was very difficult to see, especially with the technology at that time. But a couple years later, they were able to confirm for sure that it was a new planet. And they named it after the Greek deity, Oranous or Father Sky, the corollary to Mother Earth. So the planet became known as Uranus. 1781 is very significant year for revolution and change and transformation for an entire nation and really for the whole world. And that's the year we discover this planet Uranus. So that gives us a clue of what kind of qualities Uranus brings to your chart and to your life, to the world as a whole, and when Uranus is transiting through your Vedic Astrology chart. We'll talk all about that in today's episode --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astrology/message

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Today on the podcast  I share another channelled meditation from The Spirit Sisters Retreat in Sedona.   While we were there, we explored the Medicine Wheel with our guide.   The Medicine Wheel, sometimes known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used by generations of various Native American tribes for health and healing.    It embodies the Four Directions, as well as Father Sky, Mother Earth, and Spirit Tree—all of which symbolize dimensions of health and the cycles of life.   The Medicine Wheel can take many different forms. It can be an artwork such as artifact or painting, or it can be a physical construction on the land. The medicine wheel we explored  was made on the land of rocks and stones.   Hundreds or even thousands of Medicine Wheels have been built on Native lands in North America over the last several centuries. Movement in the Medicine Wheel and in Native American ceremonies is circular, and typically in a clockwise, or “sun-wise” direction.    This helps to align with the forces of Nature, such as gravity and the rising and setting of the Sun.   Meanings of the Four Directions   Different tribes interpret the Medicine Wheel differently. Each of the Four Directions (East, South, West, and North) is typically represented by a distinctive color, such as black, red, yellow, and white, which for some stands for the human races.    The Directions can also represent: Stages of life: birth, youth, adult (or elder), death Seasons of the year: spring, summer, winter, fall Aspects of life: spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical Elements of nature: fire (or sun), air, water, and earth Animals: Eagle, Bear, Wolf, Buffalo and many others Ceremonial plants: tobacco, sweet grass, sage, cedar Let us honor this tradition now……and prepare for ritual and meditation   Stay connected with me for the next Spirit Sisters Retreat... https://www.tinaconroy.com   Thank you for listening Many Blessings~A-Ho  

This past week I went to a workshop and learned eight different meditations for going into our heart. It's not always easy for me to stay in my heart even though that's where I want to be. My ego gets in the way a fair bit and before I know it my intention is totally forgotten and I'm back into the biting commentary of my mind. Not a pleasant place to hang out for long at all, so when I get an opportunity to learn more ways of getting to and staying in my heart space I was hooked. It was a blissful two days of meditation and I connected a few dots in my mind. Of course living in my heart is more of a practical thing then a theoretical thing so tonight's podcast is mercifully short on theory and heavy on the meditation. Before going into your heart, start with connecting back to yourself. Not the physical self only but to your metaphysical self as well because you are not just your body, you are eternal soul, you are star dust. Start by connecting to Gaia, Mother Earth, and connect to Father Sky, to the consciousness of our sun and to the galactic sun. When you tune into the vibration of wholeness, moving your attention to your heart becomes easy.

In this episode, Kelle introduces a recurring episode theme that she plans to incorporate into the show - Magickal Paths. Every couple of episodes, Kelle with highlight a new magickal path getting deeper into what it is (and sometimes, what it isn’t), some of the benefits and cautions about that path, and how people can find out more information about it. This week, Kelle opens up with a path she is very familiar with: Shamanism. She takes us through some of the types of paths within Shamanism itself and the foundation that ties all of them together. Kelle also takes some time in this episode to answer some more questions from listeners about chakras and testing yourself for psychic abilities.References:-For more information about Kelle Sparta: www.kellesparta.comTo contact Kelle email: kelle@kellesparta.com-Driveabout (Spirit Sherpa Theme): Driveabout (Full Version)Written by: Kelle SpartaPerformed by: Kelle Sparta and Daniel SingerProduced by: Daniel SingerSpirit Sherpa Episodes: Ep. 013: A Discussion of Magickal Traditions and High Magick vs. Low MagickSpirit Sherpa Episodes: Ep. 002: Becoming A ShamanJohn Fire Lame Deer Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fire_Lame_DeerLame Deer, Seeker of Visions by John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard ErdoesKeywords:Kelle Sparta, The Spirit Doctor, Spirit Sherpa, Spirit, Spiritual Life, Manifestation, Magick, Realms, Shaman, Shamanism, Wicca, Paganism, Life Transformation, Personal Journey, Personal Growth, Magickal Paths, Wicca, Hermeticism, Conjure, Imbolc, Winter, Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Chakras,Tree People, Creepy Crawlies, Stone People, Spiritual Family, Ancestors, Pachamama, Father Sky, Grandmother Moon, Ancestors, Lame Deer, John Fire Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions, Telekinesis, ESP, Psychic AbilitiesCredits and Licensing:“Spirit Sherpa” is the sole property of Kelle Sparta Enterprises and is distributed under a Creative Commons: BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. For more information about this licensing, please go to www.creativecommons.org. Any requests for deviations to this licensing should be sent to kelle@kellesparta.com. To sign up for, or get more information on the programs, offerings, and services referenced in this episode, please go to www.kellesparta.com. This episode of “Spirit Sherpa” has been produced by Honu Voice Productions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of On Story, Die Hard screenwriter Jeb Stuart and Lethal Weapon screenwriter Shane Black discuss their two action classics, followed by screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen on his long-standing collaboration with filmmaker Luc Besson and their work creating the The Fifth Element, The Transporter and Taken. The 1987 blockbuster Lethal Weapon is the first writing credit in Shane Black’s filmography. He went on to act in, write or write and direct over 30 films including The Long Kiss Goodnight, Iron Man 3, and The Nice Guys. Black’s latest film, will be a remake of his 1987 sci-fi film, entitled, The Predator is slated for release August of 2018. Shane Black’s popular Lethal Weapon franchise has currently evolved into a TV show on Fox of the same name and stars Damon Wayans. Season 2 of the TV show is slated for early 2018. Jeb Stuart wrote the screenplay for the action classic, Die Hard. The film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards® and voted the Best Action Film of All Time by Entertainment Weekly in 2007. Jeb Stuart’s other credits include the screenplays for The Fugitive, nominated for 7 Academy Awards® including Best Picture and the action-comedy Another 48 Hrs. I spoke with Shane Black and Jeb Stuart in 2015 as part of the 22nd Austin Film Festival. Portions of this half of our episode were recorded at the Q&A session following a special screening of Die Hard at the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin Texas in 2015. Robert Mark Kamen’s screenwriting credits begin with the script for the 1981 film Taps which was adapted from Devery Freeman’s novel Father Sky, and which stars George C Scott, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn and Tom Cruise in his first major role in a motion picture. He went on to create The Karate Kid, starring Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio, and collaborated with filmmaker Luc Besson on The Fifth Element, as well as the Transporter and Taken franchises. I spoke with Robert Mark Kamen on July 12th 2015 at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin Texas.    

Again this is one of those late episodes. It's all about Father's Day. And I don't like repeating myself, but because of recent tragic events, I have to repeat my stance on Immigration. Even one of my co-workers mentioned that Migrant, Immigrant and those who are refugees who are now working in fast food or in retail are much nicer than those of us who are born in North America and don't want to work for minimum wage. Anyway, I do mention two websites www.godchecker.com and www.godfinder.org. The spirit guide this week is Poseidon and the dream symbol is bed in dreams. If you do want to make a suggestion for future shows, tweet me @goddessvault or on facebook: www.facebook.com/goddessvault/?ref=bookmarks. I forgot to mention that I am also on Instagram under goddessvault. Here are the songs featured: 1. Mother Earth, Father Sky by Todd Alan 2. The Writing On My Father's Hand by Dead Can Dance 3. Gyimesi Zene (Hungarian) by Libana 4. Descend to the Ocean by Wendy Rule 5. Prolog: Sleeping with the Gods of Love by Dagda 6. Psychic Protection Visualization by Brad Austen 7. Protection Chain by Lisa Thiel 8. God and Goddess in Blue #7 by Parnassus

Theresa j Morris has begun a ministry as a Universal Life Metaphysical Non-Denominational Path as a Spiritual JOURNEY WITH OTHERS. Lightworkers, and Truthseekers are a part of the Ascension Center Oracles and Ascension Avatar Masters. For now we have incorporated our articles and by-laws on the ACOAssociation.com website. One person who has supported Theresa as TJ Morris ET Radio is Thomas A Sinisi who goes by Tommy Hawksblood. The truth will set us free. Secrets are a hard thing to let go of sometimes as part of the Dark Night of the Soul. We choose to support each other in our own life stories. We are all the authors of our own life story. Also, #2 is Janet Kira Lessin who supported TJ with the http://ascensioncenter.net website. TJ now has http://theresajmorrisministries.org, and http://ascensionpsychic.com, http://theresajmorris.com, and many others to include the ACONetworkMediaPartners.com. We share the TJ Morris Radio.com and TJMorrisETRadio.com, TJ MorrisMedia.com, and TJMorrisAgency.com with Theresa J Thurmond Morris. We favor spirituality.We claim that we have been knowing about our past lives and our soul purpose to spreak ascension awareness. We combine our knowing and how we express LOVE AND LIGHT. We do this in a way that is not anything but an expression of our experiences and how we deal with daily life. We believe in a divine love and a divine spirit that allows for Nature's God. We share that God has no religion. We share Mother Earth and Father Sky as a way of Yin and Yang and balance in nature.Modern spirituality is centered on the "deepest values and meanings by which people live." It embraces the idea of an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality. It envisions an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being. We will co-create a world for envisioning us in a multi-dimensional layer with the 3D world as our stage for meeting others like ourselves. 

414 Live is presented by: Milwaukee Bucks with support from: Hi Hat Lounge & Garage, The Prairie School and Dave’s Guitar Shop.

414 Live is presented by: Milwaukee Bucks with support from: Hi Hat Lounge & Garage, The Prairie School and Dave’s Guitar Shop.

Today we spun the wheel and reviewed music by Father Sky | Off Island Ghost | Manish Boys. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/music-review-roulette/support

Today we spun the wheel and reviewed music by Father Sky | Off Island Ghost | Manish Boys.

"BLAST FROM THE PAST" REMASTERED SPECIAL EDITION: Special Guest Steve Spooner.Original Broadcast Date: 6/23/2014.Join Joel Ayala Ayapana, Host of Quantum Mindfulness Radio, for another intriguing and fun-filled ride as he guides you in exploration to the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon, which will be the topic of main focus for this episode. The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon refers to a sudden spontaneous and mysterious leap of consciousness, achieved when "critical mass" is reached..The idea of the Hundredth Monkey or the so-called Law of Critical Mass (According to Quantum Theory) is a phenomenon which comes from the research of Dr. Lyall Watson from his 1979 book: Lifetide. His book speaks in reference to several studies done on Japanese Macaques in the 1960's by several primatologists. Watson allegedly purports that the scientists were reluctant to publish the whole story for fear of ridicule..Now... this is how the story goes (according to Watson):.In the autumn of that ground-breaking year when the realization of the Hundredth Monkey was discovered, an unspecified number of monkeys on Koshima were observed washing sweet potatoes along the shores of the sea (as a result from the excessive amounts of unappealing sand and dirt that can often collect upon the surface of these potatoes fed to the Macaques)... when something extraordinary was witnessed before the very eyes of many of these researchers. The story begins when one monkey was observed performing this act or behavior with the mere intentions of increasing the appeal and taste of this growing monkey delicacy... and then another... then another Macaque was observed portraying this same trait. They intriguingly found that when, somewhere around after the hundredth monkey or Macaque was observed washing, in parallel, these sweetened potatoes for which this population of primates were increasing in affinity to its liking, groups of other Macaques from other islands and even to the many groups found within the mainland of Japan were observed washing these sweet potatoes in tandem. And as I may emphasis even further, the islands from where these specified groups of primates predominately thrived, are several hundreds of miles apart. This learned trait seemingly could have never been communicated, in the physical form of things, between these groups..My special guest with whom I will be conversing with, concerning this subject matter for this night's show, will be Steve Spooner, a wonderful and inspiring dear friend, healer, awakener, dear Worker of the Light, Shaman, and one (from among) the many hand chosen "Sharing" coordinators of the Drunvalo Melchizidek's School of Remembering....In the School of Remembering, Steve teaches the mystery school elements of Sacred Geometry, the Flower of Life, the Merkaba and the Sacred Space of the Heart. He embraces the essence of connecting with Mother Earth, Father Sky, and all our Relationships with Humanity (but within his case... with humor... and with LOVE) in "Remembering" who we really are and what we are truly (capable) of completing within this life..I met Steve when I was personally called (by Spirit) and by the Calling Frequencies and Energies of the 1111... to travel and to travail the distance out to Sedona, Arizona... (back in 2011) for the highly anticipated 11/11/11 Gaia & Tribe Conference... where many Motivational speakers... healers... and Spiritualists from all over the globe... had come to gather (in retreat)..This night's show will also conclude with one of the most revitalizing and upcoming artists and musicians within the high-octane and entertaining world of Dubstep... with his inspirational track and single: CREATION by Agent 11.Ohio native "Agent 11" has been bringing dancefloors to their knees for years. He has formal training in classical and jazz, deep roots in rock and heavy metal, and strong influences from various Eastern styles. He brings all of these musical forms together in order to create a sound that will allow you to transcend normal consciousness..Agent 11 has opened for the likes of DJ Swamp, Lynx, Gein, Danny the Wildchild, Nigel Richards, and many other national and international artists. He also recorded with DJ Swamp for the debut Agent 11 album, "Cherry Popper", released on his own label, WorkHouse Records, which represents artists from around the world in many different genres..Learn More About Steve Spooner:www.drunvalo.net/teachers/teachers_display.php?teacher_id=123.Hosted by: Joel Ayala Ayapana Remastered by: Joel Ayala AyapanaPodcast Radio Network: Real Revolution Radio 2.0Network Link: http://www.realrevolutionradio.comArchives: http://www.realrevolutionradioarchives.com.NOTICE: By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents and design of this Podcast, are the property of Quantum Mindfulness Radio LLC and REAL REVOLUTION RADIO X.0, or used by Quantum Mindfulness Radio LLC (QMR) and REAL REVOLUTION RADIO X.0 (RRRX) with permission, and are protected under U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws. 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In this Musing we speak of the value and the joy of direct experience of Gaia, Mother Earth. This experience is most available by connecting with Her heart to heart. We will offer easy and powerful techniques for making this important connection. And we will discuss how this interaction is needed as balance to the connection with "Father Sky". We will also speak of the unique gifts she has to offer us, and of the way our life is changed by incorporating Her into our individual energy-bodies. She is the earth-mother, the source of groundedness,the provider of health, and the great nurturer of our souls. Please join us as pay tribute to Earth Day and Water Day by invoking the Spirit of the Great Mother who dwells in and on the sacred earth and is the Earth Herself.

In this Musing we speak of the value and the joy of direct experience of Gaia, Mother Earth. This experience is most available by connecting with Her heart to heart. We will offer easy and powerful techniques for making this important connection. And we will discuss how this interaction is needed as balance to the connection with "Father Sky". We will also speak of the unique gifts she has to offer us, and of the way our life is changed by incorporating Her into our individual energy-bodies. She is the earth-mother, the source of groundedness,the provider of health, and the great nurturer of our souls. Please join us as pay tribute to Earth Day and Water Day by invoking the Spirit of the Great Mother who dwells in and on the sacred earth and is the Earth Herself.

True to shamanic traditions, Rahelio summons the inspiration of the ancient native American wisdom keepers and opens the soul to the wonders of Mother Earth and Father Sky.Experience the sacred mystery of the Sedona red rock country with shamanic guide Rahelio. These tours are offered as an experiential journey into the awesome beauty of Sedona's red rock country. Come and walk on the earth in a sacred way as we attune ourselves to the spiritual wisdom of indigenous peoples. Experience the presence of the Ancient Ones in the rock formations and the healing power of sacred song and drum. Learn of the earth's crystal energy grid system; Spider Woman's web -- and of our relationship with places of power. Experience the earth's vortex energy and utilize it to recreate the beauty and joy in your life. We live in a time of great change and spiritual quickening. Understand these changes as revealed in the Harmonic Convergence and Mayan prophecy. If you're looking for more than just a tour, this is the adventure for you. In-depth shamanistic teachings, Vortex-Medicine Wheel empowerments, meditations and ceremony for people of all ages and levels of understanding. http://www.rahelio.com