Drawing on personal experiences and the guests’ extensive knowledge of various religious traditions, this fascinating conversation illuminates the individual and universal dimensions of the spiritual quest.
This episode of Global Spirit explores forgiveness and healing on a personal and societal level, illuminating how spiritual practice and compassion can aid us on this most critical of journeys.
This episode explores the transcendent qualities of spiritual and sacred music with guests Rev. Alan Jones and Joanne Shenandoah as well as musical performances from a range of spiritual traditions.
This episode of Global Spirit seeks answers to these questions by looking at various sacred art forms, and by engaging with artists keenly aware of the spiritual aspect of the creative process.
This program explores the concept of Oneness, and traces its evolution and expression through seemingly different religious and spiritual traditions.
In this program, two indigenous guests share their ancient wisdom and knowledge about man’s relationship to nature, as well as the profoundly sacred nature of all life — including sacred healing practices from the world of spirits, animals and plants
This program joins Brother David Steindl-Rast, Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man and Maata Lynn Barron to shed light on some of the common attributes of those who yearn for and reach, however momentarily, what they describe as a direct experience of God or the Divine.
This program brings together both spiritual and the scientific traditions of east and west, and creates a unique conversation, shedding considerable light on the great, ongoing human quest for understanding “Consciousness”.
In this program, Deepak Chopra shares his philosophical insights on Oneness as the fundamental basis of all reality while Riane Eisler sees Oneness as a human goal — a call to put love and empathy into action to remedy inequalities that have prevented the full expression of unity consciousness.
In this program different interpretations and domains of dreaming are explored — blending recent scientific discoveries from an American dream specialist with rare insights on the native wisdom of “The Dreamtime” by an Australian Aboriginal elder.
This program illustrates a new era of spiritual consciousness and a new level of communication and exchange among many of the world’s spiritual and contemplative traditions.
In this episode of Global Spirit, host Phil Cousineau explores the ecstatic state — a global phenomenon found in all kinds of spiritual, religious, and wisdom traditions with guests Sobonfu Somé and Andrew Harvey.
The world-class guitar player and Latin Rock legend Carlos Santana says that he continues to play music, not for the money or the fame or the gold records, but because music is the best way he knows to spread light and love.
How are spiritual communities changing in the 21st century? What are some of the benefits and challenges of living in such a community? How do spiritually-based communities ignite or support positive societal change?
How can we achieve a less fearful and more conscious death? How important are the qualities of love and forgiveness as the moment of death approaches? How can we live our daily lives in such a way to better prepare us for death?
What can the ritual of Pilgrimage tell us about deepening the sacred dimension of life? What spiritual state or benefit are pilgrims ultimately looking for? How do they know and express it, if and when they find it?
How does Islam embrace the concept of “love”? How did Rumi, a 13th century sufi mystic from Central Asia, become the most widely read poet in the United States? Why did UNESCO declare 2007 as “the year of Rumi?”
What do we mean when we use the word “God?” If God is the ultimate reality, can we ever really “know”? If God is all-inclusive, then who is asking the question?
What makes a text sacred? Have there been biases in the translations of sacred texts? Why are the newly-discovered gospels of Thomas, Philip, Judas and Mary Magdalene so important?
How do we humans fit into the larger scheme of life on earth? How can we balance the needs of other creatures, with our needs as humans? Is our notion of “self” merely a metaphor around which we construct our defenses?
How can stories heal? How do stories tell us who we are? Why are some stories “stories to remember?”
“Where is the wisdom we’ve lost in knowledge, where is the knowledge we’ve lost in information?” –T.S. Eliot Why in so many societies has wisdom traditionally been associated with the female? Are we standing at the crossroads of wisdom or catastrophe?
Does music have a special transcendent power ? What is “the hearing of the hear?” Experience the healing power of music from the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.
Can indigenous people save the world? Are we ready to listen to their “earth wisdom” and envision a world in balance with nature?