The Mystical Positivist: December 2012

Saturday, December 29, 2012

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #100 - 29DEC12

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:

This is our one hundredth episode of The Mystical Positivist and for this show we play excerpts from two of the most frequently downloaded podcasts from our two year run. In the first hour we play an excerpt from an interview with did with Dr. Peter Russell, author of From Science to God: A Physicist’s Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness, which was first aired on May 12, 2012. In our second hour, we play an excerpt from an interview with did with Dr. Dean Radin, author of Entangled Minds, which first aired on March 28, 2011.

The full interviews with Peter Russell and Dean Radin,as well as details on their work, can be found at:

Peter Russell MP Interview: The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #70 - 12MAY12
Dean Radin MP Interview: The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #15 - 26MAR11

Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #99 - 22DEC12

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 Ruah Bull, Director of Contemplative Programs at the Journey Center. Ruah Bull, Ph.D. is a spiritual director who specializes in working with helping professionals, people on non-traditional spiritual paths, and those who are entering the contemplative journey. She has a private practice in Petaluma, CA, and works in a variety of medical settings. Ruah's passion is to bring people from different traditions and practices together to share and explore God's call to community, conversation and contemplation. Ruah is the co-author of two books on Subtle Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy & Subtle Energy Techniques: Compassionate Healing With Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Anointing Oils: Spiritual Blessings, Ceremonies, and Affirmations. The Journey Center is a safe, welcoming and helpful place for all who are spiritually thirsty, no matter what path they have chosen at this point in their journey. It offers resources (online and local), events, gatherings and opportunities that are both Christ-centered and respectful of all spiritual paths.

Topics in this lively conversation include discernment in encounters with spiritual beings, the transcendent energy of Jesus, spiritual discipline, modes of spiritual teaching, and poetry as spiritual practice.

More information about Ruah Bull's work can be found at:

The Journey Center Website: www.journeycenter.org

Saturday, December 15, 2012

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #98- 15DEC12

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:

Hour 1: A conversation with David Richo, Ph.D., M.F.T. David Richo (davericho.com) is a psychotherapist, teacher, workshop leader, and writer, who works in Santa Barbara and San Francisco California. He combines Jungian, poetic, and mythic perspectives in his work with the intention of integrating the psychological and the spiritual. His books and workshops include attention to Buddhist practices. He is the best-selling author of more than a dozen volumes, including How to Be an Adult, How to Be an Adult in Relationships, How to Be an Adult in Faith and Spirituality, and The Five Things You Cannot Change and the Happiness We Find By Embracing Them.

Hour 2: A conversation with hosts Stuart Goodnick and Robert Schmidt. Stuart and Rob continue the conversation on the themes of the child and the adult in spiritual practice, the source of Mystery in spiritual practice, and the distinctions and similarities between spiritual practice and psychological work.

More information about David Richo's work can be found at:

Dave Richo's website: davericho.com
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: Coming Home to Who You Are
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: How to be an Adult in Faith and Spirituality
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: Being True to Life: Poetic Paths to Personal Growth
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: Making Love Last
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: When the Past is Present: Healing the Emotional Wounds that Sabotage Our Relationships
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: Everyday Commitments
Dave Richo at Many Rivers Books & Tea: The Power of Coincidence

Saturday, December 8, 2012

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #97 - 08DEC12

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 Kenneth S. Cohen. Ken Cohen (Gao Han) is the Executive Director and founder of The Qigong Research & Practice Center. He is a world renowned health educator, China scholar, and Qigong Master with more than forty years experience. A former collaborator with Alan Watts, he is the author of the internationally acclaimed book The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing (Ballantine), best-selling self-healing audio and video courses from publisher Sounds True, and more than 200 journal articles. In 2003 Ken Cohen won the leading international award in energy medicine, The Alyce and Elmer Green Award for Innovation and Lifetime Achievement. In addition to his work with Chinese medicine, Ken has also written an award-winning book on Native American healing practices titled Honoring the Medicine.

More information about Ken Cohen's work can be found at:

Ken Cohen's website: www.kennethcohen.com
The Qigong Research & Practice Center website: www.qigonghealing.com
Honoring the Medicine website: www.sacredearthcircle.com

Saturday, December 1, 2012

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #96 - 01DEC12

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 Daniel Terragno, Roshi. Daniel Terragno founded and runs Rocks and Clouds Zendo in downtown Sebastopol. A native of Chile, Daniel Terragno is a teacher in the koan tradition of the Diamond Sangha, which was founded by Robert Aitken Roshi. Daniel is the dharma heir of John Tarrant Roshi of The Pacific Zen Institute. Daniel started his spiritual practice in 1967 studying the Gurdjieff Work with W.A. Nyland before taking up Zen. He received authorization to teach Zen in 1995, and in 2001 received dharma transmission from Tarrant Roshi. In addition to running Rocks and Clouds Zendo in Sebastopol, Daniel also teaches and leads sesshin in Ohio with Yellow Springs Dharma Center and Zen on High in Columbus, Ohio, and with Grupo Zen Viento del Sur (Southern Wind) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and also in Santiago, Chile. We are joined by guest host Nick Egan for this discussion.

More information about Daniel Terrangno Roshi's work and interests can be found at:

Rocks and Clouds Zendo: http://www.rocksandclouds.org/

More information about Nick Egan's work can be found at:

Nick Egan's website: advayabuddhism.org

"The Mystical Positivist" Radio Show

The Mystical Positivist is a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP FM 107.3 Occidental, CA, and on the web at KOWS-LP Live Feed, Saturdays from 4 - 6pm PST. Coming up on The Mystical Positivist:

April 20: A pre-recorded conversation with Ken McLeod, Buddhist teacher and author of the newly released book, The Magic of Vajrayana. In this conversation, we plan to explore a compelling quote from Ian McGilchrist's The Matter with Things: If you had set out to destroy the happiness and stability of a people, it would have been hard to improve on our current formula: remove yourself as far as possible from the natural world; repudiate the continuity of your culture; believe you are wise enough to do whatever you happen to want and not only get away with it, but have a right to it—and a right to silence those who disagree; minimise the role played by a common body of belief; actively attack and dismantle every social structure as a potential source of oppression; reject the idea of a transcendent set of values.

One of the more innovative Buddhist teachers today, Ken McLeod is known for his clear explanations, poetic translations, and pragmatic approach to practice. He is one of the first generation of Western teachers in the Tibetan tradition and one of the few to be authorized to transmit the full scope of these teachings to students. In particular, his approach resonates strongly with those whose path lies outside established institutions.

After graduating with a degree in mathematics, Ken cycled across Europe to Istanbul and then continued his journey overland to India. In 1970 he met his principal teacher Kalu Rinpoche at his monastery near Darjeeling. There Ken began a study and practice in Tibetan Buddhism that lasted more than twenty years. He completed the traditional three-year retreat program two times, translated for many teachers, and helped set up Buddhist centers in Canada and the United States. After his teacher's passing, Ken moved away from the hierarchical structures of Asian Buddhism to explore new approaches.

In 1990, he founded Unfettered Mind in Los Angeles. His approach of one-on-one consultations roiled the Buddhist world in the early '90s, but was quickly recognized as a viable way to teach and guide students in the West. He made individual interviews a central feature of the many retreats he taught in California, New Mexico, and British Columbia. Through numerous small groups in Southern California, he developed the materials that became the encyclopedic meditation manual, Wake Up to Your Life.

Now retired from formal teaching, he lives in Northern California where he hikes and writes. His writings and translations include The Great Path of Awakening (1987), Wake Up to Your Life (2001), An Arrow to the Heart (2007), Reflections on Silver River (2014), A Trackless Path (2017), and The Magic of Vajrayana (2022), as well as a corpus of articles and translations in Tricycle and other Buddhist magazines.