by Doug Hammack | Mar 28, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Our brains are evolutionarily hardwired to detect difference and to fear it. This survival strategy makes it harder to see the deeper truth of our connectedness. Given that our hardwired instincts work against relating in oneness, the spiritual journey helps us. It...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 21, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Five hundred years ago, Enlightenment scientists told us all things exist independently. All the social and cultural institutions we now live in, were built on instincts drawn from that basic understanding. Consequently, Western society — and especially the US...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 14, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Science and spirituality have converged to affirm that we are all connected. Our separateness is an illusion that keeps us from living our lives in spiritual harmony with our interconnected reality. We all suffer the afflictions of living our two-ness illusion – chief...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 7, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Since each personality has a bent, each tends toward specific fear-avoiding strategies. As we’re learning to push back against our strategies, this lesson considers a whole menu of ancient spiritual practices, to help us counter a whole spectrum of...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 28, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
A healthy dose of righteous indignation can be a powerful catalyst for action toward repairing the earth. …key words being – healthy dose. But, sometimes, our indignation is yet another strategy for avoiding fear. When it is, our effectiveness at being agents of...
