The Spiritual Forum
The Spiritual Forum
Welcome to The Spiritual Forum, a space curated by Rev Carol Saunders for extraordinary conversations that explore the realms of spiritual living. Join us weekly for heart-to-heart dialogues with captivating individuals, delving into themes like love, faith, awakening, forgiveness, healing, spiritual practices, and divine encounters. These transformative narratives aim to inspire, fostering a deep connection to the profound experiences that shape our lives. Rev Carol’s guests include authors, filmmakers, experts, and everyday individuals who authentically share their journeys toward wholeness. These discussions transcend the ordinary, offering insights into navigating the complexities of our current world with authenticity and grace.
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Feb 28, 2019 • 54min
Episode 51 - The Beatitudes: Happy Are the Spiritually Humble
The Beatitudes are the first eight statements of the famous Sermon on the Mount. They present a revolutionary set of ideals that focus on love and humility rather than force, power and status. The first one is about being spiritually humble. In this episode we reveal that spiritual humility is the fundamental basis of spiritual living. When we live in partnership with Spirit, heaven consciousness is the result.
Feb 20, 2019 • 59min
Episode 50 - The Law of Increase
The Law of Increase is a spiritual law that operates on every plane of our lives, including money. When we wisely use whatever we are given, we produce more than we originally had. This includes our innate talents/abilities, our mind, our ideas, and also our money. Many of us play small and keep our talents and resources buried. In this episode, we share about the activity of the Law of Increase in our lives and our challenges with effectively using what we have been given.
Feb 15, 2019 • 1h
Episode 49 - Money, Money, Money
Money has been with us for a looooong time. Bartering - the exchange of goods and services for mutual advantage - started tens of thousands of years ago. The first coins came onto the scene in 1000 BC and paper money showed up for the first time in 806 AD. We had a gold standard for a little over 100 years and dumped that in 1930. Now our money is primarily electronic, something we rarely even touch! Money has taken a lot of forms, but it has been, and still is an integral part of our social structure and everyday lives.
Feb 8, 2019 • 55min
Episode 48 - Don’t You Worry ’Bout a Thing
Worry seems to be part of the human condition. We worry about relationships, work, money, the future, health and more. And yet most of what we worry about never happens! When we need to make something happen, persevere, overcome, heal or create, worry blocks us. In this episode we talk about how we release worry (and striving) and what we can be assured of, no matter what.
Feb 1, 2019 • 57min
Episode 47 - The Alchemy of Spiritual Understanding
In light of the recent media buzz about the encounter between the Covington Catholic boys, the Native American drummer and the Black Hebrew Israelites on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., here we enter into dialogue on the transmuting power of Spiritual Understanding. Understanding is our ability to know the Truth that stands underneath what we see and see beyond biases and preconceived ideas. We take a look at our own lives and discover how we can move with ease and grace through triggering moments and uncomfortable situations, and bring a higher vibration to our world.
Jan 24, 2019 • 56min
Episode 46 - What Are You Thinking?
What do you say when you talk to yourself? It's important to watch because our thoughts form our world. In this episode we explore what single limiting thought are we ready to release. It's very often hard to find because we tend to stop at our feeling or a much broader thought than the core driving thought. This is an important first step in creating the lives we truly want to live.
Jan 18, 2019 • 56min
Episode 45 - Tag, You’re It!
The 2019 Cecil B. deMille award recipient at this year's Golden Globes was Jeff Bridges. His acceptance speech was epic, fascinatingly authentic and replete with joy and wisdom. He inspired everyone to be who they were created to be and reminded us that we can make a huge difference in small ways. In this episode we share our experience of the wisdom of "Tag, you're it!" and living as a trim tab.
Jan 5, 2019 • 42min
Episode 44 - Create a Meaningful Life
Whenever we enter a New Year we have the opportunity to declare who we want to be and who we don't want to be. We can also chose to bring ourselves vibrantly, fully alive to the world. In this episode we explore what enlivens us and how we can impact the world. This is where Life calls us to create a meaningful life.
Dec 23, 2018 • 55min
Episode 43 - Entering Joy
Joy is a state of well being that already exists deep inside us. It is a Divine gift - an infinite well - which we can experience independent of circumstances. It is an internal quality and a mystery, because we can actually live in Joy when things are pretty darn awful. We don't look for people, places and things to satisfy our expectations in order to experience Joy. We just need to enter into it. Joy comes from a place of deep connection to Spirit/Source/Higher Self/God. And when we live in Joy, we can share it with the world.
Dec 21, 2018 • 57min
Episode 42 - Choosing Love
We see and hear a lot about love in novels, pop music and movies. It is often wrought with angst, longing, loss of self, and attachment. This is otherwise known as romantic love, and is a distinct part of Western culture. But Real Love endures. It is unconditional and has no boundaries. Real Love frees. It is something that we do, not something that we feel or elicit. Love is the theme of the third week of Advent.
