Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #118 - 18MAY13

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream
This week's podcast features:
  • A conversation with Rick Lewis, self-proclaimed Professional Misbehaver - an entertainer, speaker, author, and the founder of Break a Rule Presentations and Trainings. Thirty-five years of interacting with thousands of people from diverse backgrounds and industries led Rick to discover the hidden cultural threads that define the way people pursue fulfillment and success in their lives. Rick shares these ideas through a presentation titled 7 Rules You Were Born to Break, which uses comedy and theater to playfully expose where organizations and individuals get stuck when pursuing a vision. His performances and his book by the same name skillfully reveal the unspoken cultural rules that block personal and professional growth and demonstrate a joyful and profitable alternative.

    We originally interviewed Rick on The Mystical Positivist on March 19, 2011, so it is our great pleasure to welcome him back to the show!
More information about Rick Lewis' work and interests can be found at:

Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #117 - 11MAY13

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • Host Dr. Robert Schmidt interviews Stuart Goodnick, the Mystical Positivist. Stuart has been a practitioner of Tayu Meditation since 1985 and a Tayu Meditation instructor since 1993. He holds degrees in Physics from Caltech and UCSC, and has been an engineering manager in the electronics and software security industries since 1989. Stuart has also been a student of the shakuhachi (Japanese Bamboo flute) under Master Masayuki Koga since 1996. In recent years Stuart has been applying the principles of spiritual practice and transformation in daily life as a senior executive in both Silicon Valley start-ups and global industrial manufacturers. He co-founded Many Rivers Books & Tea with Robert Schmidt and Jim Wilson in Sebastopol in 2002. A frequent writer and speaker on spiritual topics, Stuart maintains that rationality is no way the antithesis of deep mystical experience, but is in fact a necessary ally. He is currently working on a compilation of some of his essays and transcriptions of talks to be released early in 2014.
More information about Tayu Meditation Center can be found at:

Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #116 - 04MAY13

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • Hosts Stuart Goodnick and Dr. Robert Schmidt look back at, and reflect upon recent Mystical Positivist shows. Their discussion is an opportunity to compare and contrast themes and ideas that have arisen during interviews conducted over the last seven months and more. In the shear breadth of the rich discussions that they had with a variety of guests from many differing spiritual backgrounds, Stuart and Rob have been exposed to new ideas, novel practices, and unfamiliar ways of thinking about spiritual practices, and the place of spiritual practice in human life. In one sense, this discussion is an opportunity to reflect upon the broad state of spiritual practice in 21st century America.

    Stuart Goodnick and Rob Schmidt helped found and run Many Rivers Books & Tea in Sebastopol, CA. The store is a project of Tayu Meditation Center, where both Stuart and Rob were trained in the fiery alchemy of transformation over decades by Tayu founder Robert Daniel Ennis.
More information about Tayu Meditation Center can be found at: