Alan Watts tells this story: Some years ago, I had just given a talk on television in Canada. When one of the announcers came up to me and said, “You know, if one can believe that this universe is in charge of an intelligent and beneficent God, don’t you think he would naturally have provided […]
In this episode of the podcast, I deal with the hindrances and obstacles to Spiritual Growth. 6. Spiritual Growth I believe part of my spiritual growth is to overcome the internal hindrances of selfish desires, attachment, aversion, laziness, agitation, and ignorance; and to overcome the external obstacles of social pressure, physiological barriers, and unseen forces
The earliest Christian Eucharist was fundamentally an evening banquet, deeply rooted in the Greco-Roman tradition of communal dinners rather than a simple ritualistic ceremony. The Greek word “Eucharist” means “to give thanks,” and this sacred meal mirrors the dapenon—a formal dinner party with structured courses, prayers, hymns, and fellowship. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians
Like many people, I once approached the Bible as a sacred monolith—divinely inspired, infallible, and beyond critique. But after decades of study, I’ve had to reassess that relationship. We need to approach it differently. Instead of assuming it’s the perfect Word of God, we should read it as a collection of human writings—fallible, complex, and
In this episode of the podcast, I deal with the Matrix of Becoming, the womb of consciousness. 4. The Matrix of Becoming I believe I am a spark of Divinity in the Matrix of Becoming. Here, our consciousness grows, guided by grace and karma through many lives, until we mature to awakening and union. Share
Here I want to address the false dilemma created by C.S. Lewis’s famous “Trilemma” argument—often summed up as: Jesus is either a Liar, a Lunatic, or the Lord. It’s a false dilemma because there are more possibilities than just those three. One obvious option Lewis overlooks is that the New Testament may be, in large
This is the second episode of the podcast dealing with the One True God. 3. The One True God I believe in, supremely love, and will only worship the One True God—not as a being or person, but as the perfect, infinite, and eternal Ground of Being, whose Essence transcends time and space, and whose
