Becoming Who We Are

A pyschologist's Kundalini Awakening - with Ryan Rominger

Therapist Ryan Rominger joins me to talk about his Kundalini Awakening. I reflect on my own Kundalini Awakening & how after our experiences our relationship with light and energy changed. We discuss our evolving understanding of God. We also compare the pros and difficulties that these awakenings had on our lives.

The paradox of Surrender vs. Striving - with Sorina Higgins

Sorina joins me for a pt. 2 to our first episode. We go further in talking about neutral spiritual beings, faith vs. works, is there really such a thing as Christian orthodoxy, and much more!

Is the God of the Old Testament the Creator God? - with Josiah Martin

Josiah joins me again to discuss Pastor/Researcher Paul Wallis's books about Yahweh and how he differs from the creator God that Jesus revealed. We go into Old Testament passages that reveal Yahweh as a conditional, violent, and vengeful God. We discuss New Testament verses from Paul and Jesus that rebuke this God and reveal the true unconditional loving creator God. 
 
You can find Josh on his Instagram here

Is AI Sentient? - with Adam Apollo

Adam Apollo and I discuss consciousness, science, and how that connects with AI. We cover aspects such as Free Will, intelligence, and awareness. We also talk about how AI will affect the future and how to use it well. Adam explains his website that utilizes AI for gamifying regenerative environmental tasks.
 
Find Adam on his personal website and his project website.

Cults, Art, and Spiritual Encounters - with Josiah Martin

Josiah joins me to talk about his spiritual journey from growing up in a mega church saturated in fear based end times theology, growing up and finding himself in a cult, to discovering healing and transcendence in creating sacred geometry/AI art, doing breathwork, and encountering spiritual figures on the other side. 
 
Discover Josiah's art and wise thoughts on his Instagram

Reiki and working through discomfort - With Tricia Pickren

Master Reiki Practitioner Tricia joins me to talk about her religious upbringing and journey of healing through Reiki. We talked about what it is, where it came from, its relation to prayer, and much more. We also discussed the power and importance of learning how to work through discomfort. 
 
You can find Tricia on her website here. 

Early and Eastern Christianity vs. Western Christianity - with Tanya Lee

Theology student Tanya joins me to talk about how we read the Bible. We explore a lot of the assumptions we make in Western Christianity about set doctrine that early Christianity and Eastern Christianity view differently. We discuss many different areas such as Atonement, end times, who Jesus was, Holy Spirit, God, Genesis, and more.

Ecology, Consciousness, and Wonder - with Henry Kramer

Environmental Philosopher Henry Kramer joins me to talk about humanity's relationship with nature and how wonder can help us recover the magic of the universe. We discuss different beliefs around consciousness such as animism, pantheism, panentheism, and panpsychism. We also touch on the power and important of phenomenology, symbols,  and imagination. 
 
You can find Henry on his Instagram here. 

Occult, Magic, and the Inklings - with Sorina Higgins

My former Grad school classmate Sorina joins me to talk about the esoteric, occult, and magic. Sorina has studied Charles Williams Thoroughly and has a PHD studying these topics. Sorina and I talk about the Inklings (Lewis, Tolkien, Charles Williams, etc.) and their study/beliefs in these matters. We discuss such principles such as surrender vs. creating, humanity and the divine, white vs. dark magic and much more. 
 
Find Sorina's writings on Charles Williams here & her podcast here

Reflections on Community, the Movie Inside Out,& the show Loki

On this second solo episode I give an update on my life. I talk about my coaching training as well as what thoughts and emotions have been arising in my sessions as a client. I go on to explore how the movie Inside Out has helped me understand emotions better in my own journey and its connection with my Awakening. I also talk about insights I've found in Loki and how it relates to the current Christian Deconstruction movement.