The Modern Spirituality Show

Updated: 24 Aug 2023 • 53 episodes
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A spiritual awakening is taking place around the globe - and you can be a part of it. Discover a new expression of faith at the crossroads of world traditions. Hosted by world-renowned meditation teacher and best selling author, Ben Decker, Modern Spirituality explores the spiritual practices and perspectives of some of today's leading spiritual savants, avant-garde artists, and thought leaders. Hear about the religious and spiritual climate of their childhood, the spiritual awakenings that expanded their minds and opened their hearts, and the vision they see for the world.

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Did any of you ever want to be a superhero when you were a kid and protect your city, neighborhood or community? Like Batman, our guest this week, epidemiologist Dr. Flojaune Cofer, PhD, MPH, is committed to stopping forces that hurt our neighbors through community trust and partnerships. Together we can compassionatel

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How did you love, before you knew heartbreak? How did you inhabit your body, before you knew shame? Who were you before the world taught you who to be?  Join Theosophist Benjamin W. Decker and Somatics Coach/Somatics Healing Institute Founder Angelika Drake to uncover why asking these questions is so important in creat

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What changes when you see yourself and others through a Loving gaze and learn more of who you truly are?  Everything changes.   In this episode you will learn to use the intelligence of your heart to create the right conditions for healing not only ourselves, but the failing systems we are a part of. What would a lovin

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Everywhere you look, people in all walks of life are “going minimalist” and getting rid of their possessions. Yet as exciting as it can be to throw out half of your belongings, does it really bring happiness? As Light Watkins says: “If you’re unhappy now, becoming a minimalist isn’t likely to change that… unless you do

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"The power of acting is really sacred. Acting is a way to reveal back to human beings, the human condition. It"s the heart of empathy. This is why I always say I"m going to go to Congress and teach everybody how to act. Can you imagine these congressmen and women?  They would have to look opposite their enemy, and real

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"In acting, when you play villains, rule number one, if you judge your character, if you call a "villain" a villain, you have just lost yourself that role. The second that you judge what you are choosing for that character, you ruin the truth and the authenticity of what an individual who expresses like that, feels." "

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