This episode begins with the surprising story of a spiritual seeker who meditates and fasts and abstains in order to know the divine and serve something that transcends the common fate of human experience. After many austerities, the god Vishnu grants his wish and gives him a mission. Somehow, on the way the seeker forgets the divine errand he was on and becomes immersed in the dramas and delights of earthly life. It will take a shocking wake-up call to return the seeker to his conversation with the divine.
“Life is the necessary illusion from which we drink, as well as the turbulent waters in which we drown again and again. That is the truth as well as the illusion of it. We are each on an errand for god. And the great beauty of this world requires that we both forget and at times remember it.
The two worlds are close to each other. And a person can cross from one to the other in a single step. That kind of crossing over can happen at any moment, and can be precipitated by seeing beauty or waking with a compelling dream. It can come as a sudden shock or a hard knock. At times, it can also be found through spiritual devotion and practice.
Each wake-up call is an opportunity to return to our soul’s conversation with the divine. Strangely, we may be closer to an awakening and a true turning point when we reach the end of our rope and feel that all has been lost. At that point, we either fall apart or else find again the thread of destiny that pulls everything together and opens the path before us.”
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Episode 385 - Your Inner Initiate
Episode 384 - Dealing with Emotional Storms
Episode 383 - Threaded by Dreams
Episode 382 - Unlocking Destiny
Episode 381 - Coming of Age in an Age of Chaos
Episode 380 - Elders and Youth on Paths of Healing
Episode 379 - Earth Day and the Origins of Gaia
Episode 378 - Mythic Medicine
Episode 377 - Eclipses and Epiphanies
Episode 376 - A Divided World, A Hidden Unity
Episode 375 - The Return of Eros
Episode 374 - Threads of Fate and Destiny
Episode 373 - Lies that Poison, Truths that Heal
Episode 372 - Jonah and the Whale
Episode 371 - Fear is the Way Through
Episode 370 - Veiling the Truth
Episode 369 - Three Kinds of Wisdom
Episode 368 - Touching Spirit, Making Soul
Episode 367 - The Redemptive Power of Soul
Episode 366 - Facing Our Fears
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