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The Godspeed Institute - 2/26/12
February 27, 2012 An hour with Steve McSwain and Stewart Bitkoff
Struggling with organized religion? Still searching to feed your soul? As millions turn away from the churches, what spirituality is emerging, and what tools can help you?
Dr. Steve McSwain is the author of The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God. He was a Christian minister for over 20 years, but, as he says, didn't receive his spiritual awakening until he quit going to church.
Dr. Stewart Bitkoff grew up in New York City. An avid student of Sufi Mysticism and the Perennial Philosophy, he wrote A Commuter's Guide to Enlightenment and the new book 'Sufism for the Western Seeker.'
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February 19, 2012 Anne Scott is founding director of DreamWeather Foundation, which focuses on bringing the feminine principle back into everyday life by cultivating and respecting the relationship women have to themselves and to each other, so that women trust and follow the innate wisdom they have for healing, leading, and social transformation.
She has been developing and leading workshops and retreats for women for over 20 years in the United States and other countries. From her experience she has come to understand that women and the feminine way are critical for the health and well-being of all life – families, communities, societies and the earth.
Topics in this hour include: ‘who we are’ compared to ‘what we do’ – or, tasks; how culturally this has it affected women; DreamWeather Foundation, and how it began with a dream; a formative spiritual experience including a Buddhist chef; how she came to know Sufism; the Divine Feminine and women’s spiritual connection; how knowledge of the feminine became buried deep within us; dreams – what they are, and how they work; dream work; keeping a dream journal; Caer's Tip for your Spiritual Toolbelt; and much more.
The Godspeed Institute - 2/12/12
February 12, 2012
Struggling with organized religion? Searching for an alternative to feed
your soul?
Caer explores a new spirituality with Dr. Steve McSwain, author of The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God, and Dr. Stewart Bitkoff, author of A Commuter's Guide to Enlightenment and the new book Sufism for the Western Seeker.
Topics in this engaging hour include: What drew Steve McSwain to be a Baptist minister for 20 years, and the events that made him leave the church; feelings of anger and life unraveling; Stewart Bitkoff's feeling of emptiness in his family's tradition of Judaism; how they found their spiritual awakening; making life a prayer; moving beyond the trappings of religion; the figure of Enoch; his presence in Jewish, Christian Islamic texts; how churches have come to mimic material culture, rather than model spiritual values; fear and reward; the difference between religion and spirituality; the form spiritual living will take; the effect of mysticism on religious tolerance; Caer's Commentary on Viktor Frankl; and more.
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The Godspeed Institute - 2/5/12
February 6, 2012 Essential Oneness with Alex Warden
Alex Warden is a Sufi mystic who was born in Argentina and now oversees the Essential Oneness project in Northern California. Its mission is 'to foster a consciousness of the fundamental unity of everything.' Sounds like a daunting task in this seemingly fragmented world - but a spiritual solution is exactly what's needed in our time.
Since 1985 Alex has been sharing with groups and individuals the knowing of the infinite unity and relatedness of life through her work in the fields of spirituality, education, dream study, women's wisdom, and energy dynamics. An educator and spiritual counselor, she has recently written about the Occupy movement from the spiritual point of view.
Topics in this engaging hour include: a favorite Sufi story; her early life in Argentina; two intense spiritual periods in her life that helped form her; her childhood as a Roman Catholic and discovery and experience of Sufism; her experience of Sufism as a woman; education and children's minds; the ‘New Era’; the Occupy movement; awakening the citizenry, at home and abroad; how Oneness works through these issues; Caer's Tip for your Spiritual Toolbelt; and more.
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The Godspeed Institute - 01/22/12
January 22, 2012 Join Caer Hallundbaek in an engaging hour with Lisa V. Blake, Executive
Director of the Siddhartha School Project - an educational wonder in
Ladakh, India founded by Tibetan Monk and educator, Khen Rinpoche Lobzang
Tsetan.
Find out why the school was founded, learn about Buddhist principles and
Khen Rinpoche's journey, and see how our efforts are interconnected, even
as we are on opposite sides of the world.
What started in a one-room shed is now an exemplary school with over 300
students in grades K through 10. The Siddhartha School gives the children
of Ladakh access to the highest-quality, thoroughly modern education in
the region, while also honoring their life-ways and traditions in the
curriculum and school activities. From her offices in Freeport, Maine,
Lisa organizes efforts to support the Siddhartha School in India.
Topics in this hour include: Lisa's experience as a Catholic woman drawn
to Buddhism; the journey of Khen Rinpoche; why he founded the school; the
education the school provides; how it supports the Dalai Lama's interest
in modern science and technology, while still retaining the traditional
and sustainable wisdom; building bridges across cultures; Buddhist
philosophy and practice; meditation; karma - individual and collective;
compassion; Caer's Tip for your Spiritual Toolbelt; and more.
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The Godspeed Institute - 01/15/12
January 15, 2012 THOR’S HAMMER: THE BELIEFS OF THE OLD NORSE
Topics in this engaging hour include: Gunnell’s favorite Old Norse deity; the Old Nordic worldview; their relationship with people, the earth, nature, the elements; the peoples who make up the Nordic or Scandinavian cultures; Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and other gods; how women were much more central in the older traditions as the majority of priests; a spirituality based in the present; the landscape; the film The 13th Warrior; the role of human beings in Norse mythology; Icelandic developments and the impact of Irish slaves; the Vikings; dreams, omens and the dead; JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit, and Nazi Germany; the popular presence of fantasy including Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Narnia Chronicles; our yearning for mythology; and much more.
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The Godspeed Institute - 01/08/12
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November 27, 2011 INTERVIEW WITH JEAN BELIVEAU, RETURNING FROM HIS 10-YEAR WALK FOR PEACE
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November 11, 2011 HYPNOSIS AND SPIRITUAL HEALING, WITH REV. JANET I. DECKER
Rev. Janet I. Decker is an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church in Modesto, CA, and is a dean of metaphysics at The International Metaphysical University. She is also a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a certified Hypnoanesthesia therapist.
A graduate of The Institute of Ethical and Clinical Hypnosis in Washington, D.C., she is creator and publisher of 10 hypnosis self-help and spiritual development resources. A qualified forensic hypnotist, Rev. Decker has worked with various law enforcement agencies, as well as persons in the private sector, to help witnesses and victims of crime or accidents to recover repressed or forgotten information. She is a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists, the American Association of Behavioral Therapists, and the United Metaphysical Churches.
Topics in this hour include: The International Metaphysical University, and its development; the role world religions play in the curriculum at IMU; the mystical component of religious traditions; consciousness; how we are part of a greater consciousness, but often do not realize it; consciousness in relation to healing; Decker’s discovery of her interest in hypnosis; how she found it more helpful than psychology; how it affects consciousness; how hypnosis allows her to help heal clients; the spirituality of this work; her role as a minister; psychic and intuitive development; how any one can develop these faculties; Carole’s weekly tip for your spiritual toolbelt; and more.
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November 6, 2011
Carole Hallundbaek speaks with Reverend Dr. Leland Witting, Pastor of the
Union Street Brick Church in Bangor, Maine and Staff Chaplain at Eastern
Maine Medical Center. He holds a doctorate in Near Death Studies from
Bangor Theological Seminary and is a board member of the International
Association for Near-Death Studies. Founded in 1978, it was the first
organization in the world devoted to the study of near-death and similar
experiences and their relationship to human consciousness.
Topics in this hour include: what a near death experience (NDE) is;
Witting's own experience of an NDE at age 8; who coined the term near
death experience in the 1970s and its prevalence in culture and films; the
4 phases of NDE - disassociation, naturalistic/supernatural perception,
life review, return; distressing NDEs; some aftereffects of NDE; how his
affects his service as a hospital chaplain; stories of NDEs – accounts
that he has found particularly striking; why is it important to study
NDEs; its unifying impact on religious communities; the material and the
spiritual; how today's crises, including the Occupy Wall Street movement,
is a result of a deep-seated desire for a change in values that are
spiritual at their core; and more.
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Godspeed - 10/30/11
October 28, 2011 “…mindfulness is very much like the Holy Spirit. Both of them help us touch the ultimate dimension of reality. Mindfulness helps us to touch nirvana, and the Holy Spirit offers us a door to the Trinity.”
-from Living Buddha, Living Christ, by Thich Nhat Hanh
In this program Carole Hallundbaek speaks with Dr. Leo D. Lefebure, Matteo Ricci, S.J. Professor of Theology at Georgetown University. A prolific writer and traveler of where religious paths cross, merge and support each other, he is the author of The Buddha and the Christ: Explorations in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue; Life Transformed: Meditations on the Christian Scriptures in Light of Buddhist Perspectives; The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada; and Revelation, the Religions, and Violence, recipient of the Pax Christi U.S.A. 2001 Book Award.
He has also served on the board of directors of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies; was a participant in the New York Buddhist-Catholic dialogue; an adviser to the Board of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue; and is currently on the Board of Trustees of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
Topics in this hour include: Lefebure’s own background as a Roman Catholic with diverse Christians in his family; how interfaith studies and dialogue become a central focus of his life’s work; his book Life Transformed: Meditations on the Christian Scriptures in Light of Buddhist Perspectives; a meditation from the book; why it is important to explore and make connections between Buddhism and Christianity (or other faiths); the relationships between Buddhism and Christianity; how we get through our adolescence around God and religion that tends to lead to arguments and fighting, including in-fighting; his book Revelation, the Religions, and Violence; the “scapegoat mechanism”; loving thy neighbor, listening and lunch; the violence around differing religious beliefs; his experiences in interreligious dialogue and memorable moments; bringing discussions on religious tolerance into the community; the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions; Tip for your Spiritual Toolbelt; and more.
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PAUL HARRISON, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD PANTHEIST MOVEMENT
Have you felt awed by the power of the ocean, found yourself gazing at the stars in wonder, or felt a sure sense of belonging while in nature? Do you find it difficult to imagine a divinity or spirituality somehow set apart from the power of nature and the universe? Then you may be a Pantheist. Dr. Paul Harrison is the founder and president of the World Pantheist Movement and the award-winning writer of six books on the environment, population, development and agriculture. He is the author of ‘The Elements of Pantheism,’ which we will discuss at length today, described by critics as “one of the most extraordinary books written in recent years about the subject of religion." Topics in this hour include: Harrison's journey toward Pantheism as a teen in England; what Pantheism is; the heart of Pantheism; the belief that God is the universe; love for the beauty of nature; theism and atheism; Christianity; sacred nature and reverence for the universe; mystery; acceptance of science; respect for human and animal rights; asceticism; unity; Pantheist ethics; controversies; beliefs around natural death, natural funerals, and the afterlife; the week's tip for your spiritual tool belt - St. Francis of Assisi and Steve Jobs; more. For more information, visit www.godspeedinstitute.com
