To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors.  Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We are sitting down today with Stephen at his home in Santa Barbara. Among other things, he is the founder of Dream Tending and the Academy of Imagination in California. He’s a depth psychologist and he has been exploring dreams for over 4 decades. He conducts dreamwork and imagination seminars and workshops throughout the world, including presentations to the UN and to legislators in the US. We dive into the language of dreams, hearing the imagery and the intelligence of the planet learned through the dreaming state. He explains the imperialistic impulse in our dreaming and the importance of asking the questions in the dreaming state. We learn about the witnessing presence, treating the dream as the very beginning: the “ongoingness of the conversation” and “the difference that makes all the difference”. And we talk about leaning forward with curiosity in facing malevolent dream characters and “allowing the creativity that is indigenous to come to life”. A trip. Ask yourself, “who is dreaming the dream?” For other episodes on dream talk, see Antonia Mills (ep88), Athena Laz (ep100), Kenneth Oppel (ep106), Fr. Nathan Castle (ep140) Stephen, Website: https://dreamtending.com/ Website: www.TheImaginationMatrix.com  IG: @dreamtending Dream Tending book: https://www.amazon.com/DreamTending-audiobook/dp/B00JLTLC44/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BQFCA1AIHPL8&keywords=stephen+aizenstat&qid=1706210379&sprefix=stephen+aizenstat%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-2 Imagination Matrix book: https://www.amazon.com/Imagination-Matrix-Greatest-Creativity-Connection/dp/B0CKTVBS9K/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BQFCA1AIHPL8&keywords=stephen+aizenstat&qid=1706210357&sprefix=stephen+aizenstat%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1

Master Shi Heng Yi, a Shaolin Master, discusses thoughts, separation, and non-rational truth. He explores elevation, compassion, and connection for personal growth. The podcast delves into the nature of thoughts, existential questions, and transcending rational thinking through movement in kung fu.

Welcome to Behind Greatness. We are joined by Mike at his residence in the Pacific Northeast. Mike is an author an illustrator and an expert in ultralight backpacking. He is also a recognized “owl guy”. Mike is one of the only people on planet earth who has been collecting, documenting, researching and archiving owl events (from around the world) in relation to ufo experiences and ufo contact. He shares with us the mystical experience that first brought his attention to owls, his recall of missing time as a boy, his contact experience with extraterrestrials and his gripping story of March 10 2013. We learn from him what he believes owls really do represent and why they are important to understanding our interconnectedness to the non-physical realm. Don’t miss his metaphor of “between the magnets”.   Gufo.   See also conversation with entrepreneur and psychologist Dr. Werner Barkhuizen (ep162 ) for more experiences re owls and orbs.   Mike, Website & Books: www.mikeclelland.com X: @clellandmike  

Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We are joined by Jeffrey Mishlove at his home in New Mexico. Jeffrey was the first and still only Parapsychologist who was conferred a PhD (in 1980) in that field of study. He grew up in a religious family – and a family unbeknownst to young Jeffrey at the time – that was also steeped in mystical tradition. We discuss his path to his calling that was kickstarted by a couple of transcendental dreams. He was a man whose interests were transformed from studying the negative forms of human deviance (criminality) to the positive forms of human deviance. We learn about the story of his mentor Arthur M. Young, the inventor of the helicopter and cosmologist and astrologer. We discuss skeptics vs scoffers, ESP, the perpetual game of hide and seek, cosmic choices after death, the artistic endeavour and the importance of investigating areas of high strangeness. The universe reaches out when you are striving to be the best person you can be. If you enjoyed this one, you may appreciate these conversations with other parapsychologists: Loyd Auerbach (ep. 167) Dianne Hennacy (ep.113), Sharon Rawlette (ep.99) Jeffrey, YT: New Thinking Allowed - https://www.youtube.com/c/NewThinkingAllowed X: @jmishlove Website: Thinking Allowed - https://thinkingallowed.com/jm.html Books: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Jeffrey-Mishlove/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJeffrey+Mishlove

Welcome back to Behind Greatness. Father John joins us from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Father John has been a Roman Catholic priest for several decades, he’s bi-ritual, he has a PhD in Psychology and he can carry the mass in Latin. He’s also practised as an Exorcist since 2011. This conversation goes in several paths. We talk about pride and ego, humility and detachment, fear and insecurity, the slavery of addiction and scientism. We hear about satanism in the Vatican, evil being personal, possession vs attack vs obsession, exorcism gone wrong, and a voodoo-practising priest. We learn about the demonic being real, showing itself in the open in our society, the commitment to the conversion process – and the pivotal wisdom of the matriarchal figure. Oh, the metaphors dance in this conversation.   If you believe, you will be shown.   Father John, Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fr-john-a-szada-jr-011b7873/ Website - https://lancasterlatinmass.com/our-priests/ The Sun, 2020 - https://www.the-sun.com/news/403785/exorcist-real-devil-possessed-pennsylvania/

Welcome back to Behind Greatness. Emmeline Villar joins us from her office in Metro Manila in the Philippines – a place that has long been the nerve center of all her ongoings. Emmeline descends from a long line of Philippine societal leaders - political, military, law enforcement and religious as well. A busy-body by nature, Emmeline has been a member of the Philippine Congress, has worked in the Department of Justice, pushed through legislation on child trafficking and inclusion education, has been a university lecturer, a graduate of London School of economics and a founder of not for profit organizations. We learn in this conversation about autism and the love for her sister, her near death experiences, her battle with lupus, her education with the Carmelite nuns and the profound experience at 13 that changed her life. We discuss the Filipino spirit, song, music, her daughter’s wisdom and the survivor DNA. An enchanting discussion across the Pacific. See also other past guests and friends of Behind Greatness – a starting line-up of attorneys who have stories to tell: Merv Allen (ep25), Robert Antenore (ep 82), Marie Henein (ep 89) and Jason Annibale (ep 107). Emmeline, IG: @emaglipayvillar FB: https://www.facebook.com/em.aglipay/

Welcome back to Behind Greatness. We are joined today by Bruce Solheim, a Professor of History at Citrus College in Southern California. Bruce is an expert in US foreign Policy, an author of various books and graphic novels, a playwright, and a musician. In 2016, he decided to face the risk of “academic suicide” and came out to his colleagues with what he has lived with all his life. Since he was a little boy Bruce has also lived a paranormal life. We learn about his childhood friends, his psychic abilities, his parents and his non-human intelligence (NHI) contact, Anzar the Progenitor. Bruce takes us through a weaving story about haunted house in northern Norway, Nazi-occupiers, jail-guard experiences, the banality of evil, attention and intention and capturing butterflies. We learn from Bruce about the importance of re-awakening natural abilities long ago driven away by “polite society”, the importance of song and the importance of humility. “Predictions can be wrong but preparations are never wrong.” Bruce: Website: https://www.bruceolavsolheim.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/bruce.solheim Books: https://www.facebook.com/SnarcComic Books: https://www.facebook.com/Timelessparanormal

To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors.  Welcome back to Behind Greatness. Today we sit down with Kevin Day at his home in Oregon. Kevin is retired from the Navy where he held numerous positions over an 18 year span, including Air Intercept Control Supervisor, Anti-Air Warfare Coordinator and Strike Group Air Defense Subject Matter Expert. Kevin brings us through his first hand emotional account of the tragic day that Iran Air Flight 955 was shot down by missiles fired from his ship, the USS Vincennes in 1988. We learn that while that episode nearly broke him, he resolved to stay in the Navy and become the best he could be in that service. We hear about his extraordinary experience in November of 2004 aboard the US Princeton as Chief Radar Operator on the US West Coast and seeing 100s of “big white candy mints” (as named by his superior) darting through the skies over a span of several days. These are the “Tic Tacs” that are widely known today by the accounts of Commander David Fravor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s45xZAevb-w) – with videos released by the Pentagon. David Fravor was engaged with the Tic Tacs on the same training mission while Kevin was manning the radar system on the ship below. We hear about impossible speeds, a tear in the sky (!), the feeling of benevolence, receiving a cerebral upgrade, the sudden capacity for artistic endeavours. Kevin describes the safety of flight issues he tried to champion, the mockery he endured, the vindication and the sober reflection of a man who knows himself if the shoe were on the other foot. We hear about writing the facts hidden within a book he published, men in black, a strange encounter in the woods, his personal mission today, anger, judgement, time travel and the 5th fundamental force of nature. We recommend two past interesting episodes with military guests, Franc Milburn (ep160) and Ryan Graves (ep141) on like topics. Kevin, YT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXN7aXvZG44 Book – Sailor’s Anthology – Library of Congress Control #: 2008903940

To give to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors.   Thanks again for joining us at Behind Greatness. We sit down with Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Dave Bassett at his studio in California. He is also the songwriter behind hundreds of songs and many global hit songs over the years, including Rachel Platten’s Fight Song, Elle King’s Ex’s & Oh’s and Vance Joy’s Riptide. We have a real talk about his life in, with and around music. A former rock band singer and writer Dave found a sweet spot eventually as a therapist of sorts. Dave began to understand the process of writing was an experience he was addicted to. We learn about listening and investing in the solitude of the present moment and tapping into the ether – and how he brings others with him. We talk about quitting the noise, shedding the ego and embracing the real mystery of music. We also hear about Dave’s experience in the music industry and its changing complexion – for better and for worse. And Dave explains to us how we need to reconnect again with the actual physical investment of the musical experience and with our curiosity of the unknown.   Patience.   Listeners might want to try a few of our other conversations with musical guests, including Kid Koala (ep 28), Troy Johnson (ep 48) and Raine Maida (ep 65).   Dave, Website: http://davebassettmusic.com/ Playlist of songs written: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1EFFNj4npSCgoa?si=3f517166bc39465d      

To DONATE to the Behind Greatness podcast, please visit here: https://behindgreatness.org. As a charity, tax receipts are issued to donors.   Welcome back to Behind Greatness. Today we are speaking with Danny who joins us from his home in California. Danny is a high profile Federal Civil Rights Attorney, Author, Public Speaker and Law School Professor. He is also the founder of the Romeo Institute (https://romeroinstitute.org/) and the New Paradigm Institute (https://newparadigmproject.org/). Danny has been a very public civil rights attorney for many decades, having worked on high profile cases whose favourable outcomes we take for granted today. And this is only a slice of the story. Danny wanted to be an astronaut – until he saw the political forces working against his hard fought battle to become one. So he studied law in the hopes that he could affect change for others. And along the way, he never lost site of his initial curiosity of the universe. We learn about his work with the Vatican and their discussion of disclosure of Non-Human Intelligence. We learn about his representation of Harvard professor and psychiatrist Dr. John Mack and former US Army counter-intelligence agent Luis Elizondo. We hear from Danny about the need for a great Revision, working against the forces of reaction and the idea behind the disassembling of the structural sources of injustice. Danny brings us his thoughts and beliefs about that extraordinary something that is going on and his efforts in being ahead of the curve and helping to establish a new paradigm shift in our World View.   We recommend Diana Pasulka (ep142), Br Guy Consulmagno (ep133) and Leslie Kean (ep112) as context material to this episode with Danny.   Danny, Website: www.danielpsheehan.com New Paradigm Project: https://newparadigmproject.org   Romero Institute: https://romeroinstitute.org/ Lakota Project: https://lakotalaw.org/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-peter-sheehan-6919355b/