History of Christianity 1

What happens when an ancient faith collides with modern culture, in this episode, we trace the history of Christianity, examine the toxicity that can grow around it, and question what it really means to call oneself a Christian today. We explore the container that holds belief dash its shape, limits, and fractures. We do this, while unpacking competing theologies and the paradox of possibility that emerges when certainty dissolves. This is a conversation about faith, doubt, and the courage to look honestly at what binds us.

Daniel shares His experience from a Meditation retreat. And while it didn't necessarily give him answers it gave him questions... In this episode we share an honest look at how Stillness revealed his attachment to Identity, insight Comm and being "special". This conversation is about ego, vulnerability, and what remains when the story of the self starts to loosen.

In this episode we have on friend of the show Faydra Shantel to discuss a series of 5 personal questions and how inquiry can reveal much about us.

in this episode, we step into the tension between faith and doubt, tradition and evolution, and devotion and toxicity in religious tradition. We examine how religion changes overtime and what happens when living faith hardens into ideology.

In this episode we explore Christianity, orthodoxy, heterodoxy, the Seven Mountain mandate, and the psychology of power. We will examine how belief systems evolve into social structures, how narratives of persecution emerge within dominant groups and how literalism and acceleration is thinking shape modern religious and social movements.

Why do so many people feel emotionally flat, disconnected, or joyless even when life looks “successful” on the outside? In this episode, we explore the Chinese Medicine Fire Element, the Heart, and the growing crisis of mediated happiness, burnout, and flat depression in the modern world.The Heart in Chinese Medicine is more than an organ—it is the home of the Shen (spirit), the center of joy, meaning, connection, and emotional coherence. When the Fire Element is balanced, life feels warm, meaningful, inspired, and alive. When it is disturbed, people may feel chronically numb, restless, depressive, over-stimulated, or trapped in external validation and endless striving.We explore:• Why modern happiness often feels empty and unsatisfying• The difference between pleasure, dopamine, and true joy• How “working for infinity” burns out the Heart• Flat depression and emotional numbness through the Fire Element lens• How the Heart protects itself through withdrawal, shutdown, and over-stimulation• What a balanced Heart actually feels like• How real joy returns when Fire is regulated, not exploitedThis conversation bridges Chinese Medicine, psychology, nervous system regulation, somatic experience, modern culture, and spiritual development—offering a deeper understanding of why so many people feel emotionally exhausted in a world obsessed with stimulation and productivity.

The Metal element in Chinese MEdicine reveals why humans struggle with grief, fairness, justice, and the craving for righteousness. Yet beneath the surface these noble qualities lies a powerful shadow: structure that can turn into rigidity, discernment becoming judgement and order shifting into propaganda and the pursuit of power for control.Great episode for those looking to explore psychology, spirituality and emotional patterns.

How does your mind actually shape the reality you experience. In this episode we break down the roles of attention, awareness, perception and the hidden patterns that influence the way you think feel and interpret the world. We then discuss how we can use this knowledge to be filtered through meditation and influence you on a deeper level.

In this episode we have on friend of the show, Dr. Rory Hiltbrand to discuss Daoist Cosmology, fractals, Daoist Geometric Laws, levels of consciousness, the 4th dimension and the dilation of time.

In this episode we have on friend of the show, Dr. Rory Hiltbrand of Four Mountains Clinic once again to discuss, anger, the alchemization of its grip on us, the differences BTW learning and adapting, destruction and creation and more...