Tami Simon speaks with Mariana Caplan, PhD, a psychotherapist, cultural anthropologist, and professor of yogic and transpersonal psychologies at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is also the author of the new Sounds True book Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path. Mariana discusses enlightenment, the teacher-student relationship, and what makes someone “spiritually mature.” (54 minutes)
Tami Simon speaks with Michael Beckwith, a humanitarian, peace activist, and founder and spiritual director of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Sounds True audio learning program Life Visioning: A Step-by-Step Process for Realizing Your Highest Potential. Here Michael Beckwith shares the story of his own spiritual awakening and the discovery of what he calls “eternal truth.” (51 minutes)
Tami Simon interviews journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, the author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, in an exploration of the various views on the meaning of 2012 and examine their validity. By doing so we dive into the broad array of different perspectives, held across the world, on the importance of this quickly approaching date. (49 minutes)
Tami Simon interviews long-time social change agent and the co-author of Spiritual Politics, Corinne McLaughlin. Corinne explains the coming changes of 2012 in terms of their economic, political, and spiritual significance. She describes the unfolding of a higher evolutionary plan, and the growth in socially responsible businesses and non-adversarial, transpartisan politics. (49 minutes)
Tami Simon and Jean Houston discuss the nature of time and change in relation to 2012, a date that Houston finds humorous, yet important. She sees this time as a critical juncture point for humanity, which she calls “jump time,” and explains that throughout human history we have dealt with many such times, but that this one may have the greatest importance of all. (32 minutes)
Leading with a recap of the key points in The Global Brain video, Tami Simon and author and revolutionary futurist, Peter Russell, discuss the current planetary crisis and the seeds of potential therein. According to Russell, our current crisis could lead to the widespread awakening of humanity . . . or to a global breakdown. Find out what we can do to shift the tide toward awakening. (42 minutes)
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