Global Spirit

Mar 15, 2018 · 57m

The world-class guitar player and Latin Rock legend Carlos Santana says that he continues to play music, not for the money or the fame or the gold records, but because music is the best way he knows to spread light and love.

Mar 22, 2018 · 57m

How are spiritual communities changing in the 21st century? What are some of the benefits and challenges of living in such a community? How do spiritually-based communities ignite or support positive societal change?

Mar 29, 2018 · 57m

How can we achieve a less fearful and more conscious death? How important are the qualities of love and forgiveness as the moment of death approaches? How can we live our daily lives in such a way to better prepare us for death?

Apr 5, 2018 · 57m

What can the ritual of Pilgrimage tell us about deepening the sacred dimension of life? What spiritual state or benefit are pilgrims ultimately looking for? How do they know and express it, if and when they find it?

Apr 12, 2018 · 57m

How does Islam embrace the concept of “love”? How did Rumi, a 13th century sufi mystic from Central Asia, become the most widely read poet in the United States? Why did UNESCO declare 2007 as “the year of Rumi?”

Apr 19, 2018 · 57m

What do we mean when we use the word “God?” If God is the ultimate reality, can we ever really “know”? If God is all-inclusive, then who is asking the question?

Apr 26, 2018 · 57m

What makes a text sacred? Have there been biases in the translations of sacred texts? Why are the newly-discovered gospels of Thomas, Philip, Judas and Mary Magdalene so important?

May 3, 2018 · 57m

How do we humans fit into the larger scheme of life on earth? How can we balance the needs of other creatures, with our needs as humans? Is our notion of “self” merely a metaphor around which we construct our defenses?

May 10, 2018 · 57m

How can stories heal? How do stories tell us who we are? Why are some stories “stories to remember?”

May 17, 2018 · 57m

“Where is the wisdom we’ve lost in knowledge, where is the knowledge we’ve lost in information?” –T.S. Eliot Why in so many societies has wisdom traditionally been associated with the female? Are we standing at the crossroads of wisdom or catastrophe?

May 24, 2018 · 57m

Does music have a special transcendent power ? What is “the hearing of the hear?” Experience the healing power of music from the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.

May 31, 2018 · 57m

Can indigenous people save the world? Are we ready to listen to their “earth wisdom” and envision a world in balance with nature?