This week, we're airing a replay of the very first episode of The New Beyond, where we explored the possibility of learning how to build a life beyond the ideas of what we used to think of as “normal”.

At that time, we were going into the third year of the pandemic and we were wondering what to call this time we were living thru in which we were somewhere between pre/mid/and post-pandemic.

I almost feel nostalgic for those early days when life suddenly became very simplified. We were somewhere in an experience where we couldn’t see the end, and we didn’t have any sign-posts to orient or guide us. So, I wondered, " what do we call this time" ?

Some referred to this time as The New Normal or The New Abnormal. But I noticed that both of these names reference the idea of “normal”, as it’s human nature to want to “normalize” things. But what if this time isn’t about normal? What if it’s about going beyond normal? That idea is what inspired the title of this podcast, The New Beyond. I’m reminded of Rumi’s famous poem, “Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”

I think that’s where we still are now. We are in the field that is beyond right/wrong, good/bad, normal/abnormal. We are in the Field of Possibility where anything is possible. Once we throw away our old conditioning and all our other limiting ideas and beliefs, new possibilities open and a whole new world appears. I call this time then, The New Beyond.

The question is what is required of us in order to live fulfilling, creative, lives in The New Beyond? Who do we need to become as humans, to navigate this brave new world? That’s what we’ll be investigating as together we explore life in The New Beyond.

Enjoy the replay of this first episode.

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