This episode with Dr. Miller has earned my subscription. I'm getting her book about the spiritual child, already ordered it , stopped the video to place the order. I'm 75, never too late to learn and to support the Truth
Great - wishing the best! Once you look for it / you see it in almost everything around :) count your blessings and gratitude and so on! Core of so called “religions” is the same .. the people who want to harvest power or use power have narrowed it down! Else Sunday church or Sunday temple or whatever is always useful!
As a young adult (23) in todays world, the feelings of unsafeness, lonesomeness, and despair resonate with me. I am SO grateful I discovered meditation around age 19, which later opened the path for my spiritual journey. Cultivating my spirituality has no doubt been my savior!
It's time FINALLY to publically confirm unity of all living beings. The culture has chosen to consciously hide truth. America 🇺🇸 my geographical home on this planet was founded on the First Principles of spiritual truth. Read the preamble to the Declaration of Independence the foundation of America and our government.
As a 12 year old kid in Quebec, i once got lost in the bush. I wandered for about 3 hrs and was becoming really scared, when I looked up and saw this dead stand with 1 branch still attached to it, pointing in a direction. In my mind a voice said follow that direction. Thirty min later, I came out of the bush in the exact same place I entered. Now I live in the bush full time with no guns. I have lots of friends now, but I need to focus more on developing friends that walk on two.
I have experienced something simular. Got lost in the woods at 13. This was an afternoon in november, in Sweden, and it got dark quick. I found a house by following a voice and got help from a blind lady who lived there with her blind dog! Got to use her phone so I could call home. It turned out I was almost at the home of a friend of my fathers without knowing it. (And that is a picture of my cat 😂)
The exercise where you imagine yourself surrounded by love, guidance, and community is incredibly emotionally powerful. I felt an immediate sense of relief-that my problems were shrinking and that I knew exactly what I needed to do to be happy and fulfilled. Also, the idea that the heart should make big life decisions, while the head should figure out how to get there is such a beautiful and clarifying idea. That is, when we know what our higher self needs to be truly fulfilled and how we can make the biggest positive impact on other conscious beings, then we can devise clear, stepwise, logical plans of how to get there. I loved this episode and immediately bought Dr. Miller’s book. Thank you.
This is why birth charts can be helpful, they are a nice framework for how you might experience your life, and a helpful guide to activities you may find enjoyable. In an ideal world every child would be given a birth chart on their first day of school and then observed to see if their characteristics match with their descriptors. It would also be nice to give children a much wider breadth if activities and hobbies to try for free/in school so that their creativity might be allowed to flourish
You cannot be thanked enough, Rich, for bringing these extraordinary people and ideas to us. Your conversations are so wonderfully uplifting, enjoyable, and enlightening.
rich roll pods are truly the best way to start your week. something about the warmth and positivity to propel you into another cycle of work. cheers to you all and everyone reading this. be blessed
I've never left a comment here before but was totally compelled to before the episode was even finished, and saw a number of others all saying the same thing; that this talk is one of the best I've heard in a long time, & Lisa Miller's work is super important.. especially as someone who's clearly sought awakened awareness at that young adult stage, & dealt with multiple periods of suicidal despair. I'm looking forward to engaging further with her work once I do finish the episode :) Thank you Rich & Lisa!
Same! I’m not even sure how I came across this episode while driving on a road trip but I’m so happy I did. This was so powerful! That exercise she did with your higher self and those present or not, made me cry. But it made me realize how we can tap into all of our relations, ourselves, higher selves and higher power at any given moment. I needed this, and i will continue to look out for her work along with these episodes. Life changing! 🙌🏼
We are programmed meat robots inside a Matrix , If you look at the function of all the organs of the body, including the brain, you will find that all the organs of the body have an automatic function, including heart rate, gastrointestinal tract and blood flow, and brain function! Now, if we assume that there is free will and that we are the product of this process, we must be able to explain how, as consciousness, 100 billion neurons interact with each other to produce a thought, in fact no human knows what is going on inside their brain When a thought is produced, the only thing we understand from the thought and what is produced inside our brain is the image and sound that the brain produces, the brain automatically adds our thoughts to our vision! Thinking is like a transparent curtain that adds an extra layer of information to our vision, we see our thoughts but they do not exist in front of us! It is the human ability to see things that do not exist outside of the human body in the Matrix ! The body-mind problem (Illusion of freewill) occurs in the humans when the nervous system get contracted, when this happens the thought process automatically begins to think! And since most people have more or less nervous system contractions, they have this extra thought in mind. ! And in the long run, these thoughts almost become an additional operating system, and it decides for itself and gets the person in trouble! This extra operating system is the same 'I' that everyone has but does not have an external existence. If the nervous system calms down, this extra thought process automatically stops when this 'I' or visual curtain is removed, awareness and Understanding is not of the body, consciousness in the human form it sees itself as somebody and it is separate from the function of the body! The human body is essentially part of nature or simulation, and we experience the world as consciousness through a mediator who is our body! In this simulation, everything is pre-planned, because all human beings are part of the simulation, and in fact, in this simulation, there is really no one, except a consciousness and a running simulation! All thoughts are extra thoughts, because life is a predetermined simulation! People get lost is their own story and this makes different level of consciousness in the societies, and somehow people at some level get stuck or programmed and they live with it, that’s why a small group of people are controlling the most of humans! It’s because of the consciousness level exist between humans ! It’s physical and mental together! The physical part is related to the normal circulation of the a liquid called CSF in the human spine, and it’s mental affect on the human mind and how brain is working! CSF is one Molecule away from sea water, one of its function is to wash the brain and regulate the brain activity! We are living in a time that most people are dealing with some type of muscle or body spasms, and this unbalance the spine, and if this unbalance become so high, the normal circulation of the CSF will decrease, until it could get completely blocked! If this happens somehow human consciousness get disconnected from its source, and start living as a mind story, or locally! This could make lots of mental and physical issues for some people+Repetitive thoughts, or self talking all the time! Bringing back the normal balance of the spine will circulate the CSF normally and thing get changed! For some people this release could be a nerve on their hand, some other body area! Human nervous system is like a tree, and this Stuckness could be at any body part! This complete My Big Toe Theory by Thomas Campbell, and Donald D. Hoffman theories ( consciousness is fundamental)!CSF is the medium for Consciousness to enter the human body and if the normal circulation of CSF get blocked, the brain start working locally and consciousness experience the life as a mind story or a separate I !
I take my hat off to this lady, who is actually attempting quite the difficult feat and seems to be succeeding at it too... What a wonderful and touching conversation, that makes a glimmer of hope rise up inside of me. Thanks Rich for bringing her on, cause this is maybe the major issue we face in our time. If we don't deal with the spiritual barrenness we find ourselves in, the end of the line is death and suffering for many, many more humans and other living beings....
This is brilliant! We're born awake as a baby, pure love, but we get so lost along the journey. It starts in the home, from family, we're all teachers/ students of life 💗
I just wanted to say thank you for this. As a 32 year old who is making a significant career change (vegan baker to software engineer) and beginning my journey to motherhood, I have been delving deep into what it truly meant and currently means to walk my path. I have a strong urge, like many, to reverse the generational trauma that has persisted for decades amongst both sides of my family and within myself. This has also come with pushing myself physically (bodybuilding) and expanding my spiritual life (left the Catholic Church when I was young). I’m so grateful for you all for putting this work out there. My day has already started to become a peaceful one because of this episode. Thank you.
I am an experienced psychiatric nurse and what Dr Miller shares deeply resonates. It renews my hope that more people are awakening to these concepts. Thank you!
This is one of the best podcasts I’ve heard in a long time. Incredibly inspiring in so many ways. As someone who wanted to be a scientist as a child but became disillusioned by science not recognizing those deeper feelings and knowings. This new era of understanding is synchronistically kindling my ambitions for both. Thank you so much for what you are doing.
I'm not religious and I don't think I'm spiritual but even though I'm always alone, I rarely feel alone/lonely. I hope I'm in touch with the greater world, I plan to pay closer attention. Thanks for another thought provoking guest!
I know what you mean. As I’ve gotten older, my circle of friends has shrunk, but I don’t feel any lonelier. I think mindfulness has been so important for me in that regard.
Rich, I think you nailed it when you mentioned spiritual trauma being problematic for many people within the context of 12 steps. I grew up with 10 others kids in a religious cult where we were all severely abused. Because all the forms of often very violent abuse were constantly and thoroughly justified through spiritual and religious dogma, it shouldn’t be surprising that the underlying premises of powerlessness and the unmanageability of our own lives in 12 steps could feel super disempowering and confusing for us. When I tried 12 steps as a last resort for my own struggle with addiction, the need for the admission of powerlessness to be the precursor to further healing felt a lot like another attempt to convince me that my suffering is not only my responsibility, but also my fault. I immediately knew that neither that premise nor identifying as an addict without also identifying fully as a child of God, was not helpful for me. That said, I feel extremely grateful to have also quickly recognized that the sense of connectedness to a loving community and the principles of total honesty and service embedded in 12 steps would be crucial takeaways for my own journey toward spiritual wholeness and sobriety. I’m not sure that everyone who develops addiction does so because of trauma. However, because SO many people who struggle with addiction and severe mental illness in their adult lives have developed them as a means to survive the psychological and spiritual devastation of abuse in childhood, it isn’t helpful to discount the unique problems that 12-steps’ modern methodology still presents for them-especially if they can benefit so much from many other spiritual principles of the program. Perhaps both for addicts with and without serious childhood trauma, it would be more accurate and helpful for 12 steps to help us all identify addiction more precisely as a strategy we have used to remain spiritually disconnected-not as evidence of our innate powerlessness because we are diseased addicts. I don’t think you or Dr Miller would disagree with that, but I can tell from this conversation that these serious issues within 12 steps’ current language are probably not as clear to either of you, perhaps because you haven’t personally endured childhood abuse. With all that said, this episode was incredibly cathartic and inspiring for me. I have never been more motivated to continue the difficult work of healing from spiritual trauma and the spiritual disconnection I maintained for many years through addiction. Thank you both more than I can say for sharing this.
I could not place where I knew Dr. Miller from until she went into the 90 second exercise and it hit me that years ago I took a workshop led by her at Yale. It was over a few days and at times very intense, but overall a truly transformational experience, particularly for providers.
Thank you both for sharing this beautiful and loving conversation. I whole heartedly agree with everything Dr. Miller expresses here, and I am in the process of writing a children's book to remind our little ones of their unique and inner guidance. It took me well into my 50's to truly love myself, which happened once I became a student of quantum physics, law of attraction, epigenetics, and wanting to understand my spiritual connection. Now I see the world through the lens of love and compassion, and I no longer need another to behave a certain way...I love unconditionally and embrace everyone's differences...and life has never been better. I long to share what I have learned, and am passionate in helping others connect to their innate inner guidance. Perhaps some of my videos can help others as they reawaken their inner voice. Thank you for spreading the love and opening up the world to the power of our heart, for the heart is how we express our true being.
This is a masterpiece, Lisa Miller has captured the essence of our dilemma succinctly and now her message is ready to be delivered to the whole planet. If we as a species take on board what is being shared by Lisa Miller and Rich Roll to the world, then we will rise up and seize the day - everyday. This understanding can be a spark to reignite our hearts❤️🔥 and be a light for all of life. I was riveted by this wonderful exchange of ideas between these two radiant human beings…..Alhamdulillah 🙏🌏🌍
Spirituality is a useful tool for explaining things we can't yet explain with science. It's also a useful tool for distracting ourselves from reality long enough to regain a sense of control over the uncontrollable.
This is so true. All children need to be encouraged to explore spirituality, unity, and our own inherent ability to connect to a higher intuition and consciousness.
Seing & heeding 'the guiding nature of life' literally saved my life. Searching wisdom & journaling made it's reality louder than the one i existed in on a day-to-day, Without psychadelics, just the hard work He is the rewarder of those who seek Him diligently
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. THANK-YOU LISA MILLER and RICH ROLL. This is spot on, clear, comprehensive, inclusive, inspiring, and ABSOLUTELY necessary. Love can be taught. Everyone gets it/has it/is IT. I KNOW. I had the opportunity to prove it in a giant human lab for over a decade (Wise Practice: Affective Education in the Inner City). Discipline referrals dropped. Test scores rose. One Friday afternoon a guest observed my class. He was a policeman who had spent weeks traveling the country looking for solutions in regards to the ‘over representation of the young African Male Population in our prison system. He observed at when my class ended, he said to me, “I was really upset when the took God out of schools but when I walked in hear today, I felt God.” People love love, especially our young. And when they are taught simple skills of mutual support, respect, and connection, they flourish… they KNOW and they grow strong and happy. Our culture squelches spirit out of us. ‘Ugly’ behavior has become normalized to the point of common acceptance. It broke my heart so I chose to live in another country and culture that supports and aligns with my belief….where LOVE guides the day and a way of life. And I have had a front row seat of suffering to the ravages of addiction, depression, and anxiety. Pervasive. Pandemic levels. It’s time for folks to step up, wake up, and BE NICE.
Oh my goodness! when she tells the story of the person suffering from schizophrenia, I also asked a direct question of a dear one who was similarly diagnosed, at the age of 17, and he spoke directly and lucidly to me that yes, he does choose that other world we label schizophrenia because it made more sense than our shared world as it is. He was sober, clear, and answered me directly - this is the FIRST story I have heard from a doctor since that moment in 1997 that has validated that experience. Powerful opportunity to choose awakening from our trauma.
I lived with someone with schizophrenia who smoked crack and heroin, he was lucid 90% of the time but would become extremely paranoid if too many people were in his house, which I understood and tried to comfort him. The most beautiful moment I had with him was sitting crying and hugging with him as I played nostalgic songs from mine and his youth, despite being 40 years apart, and the raw love and awakening he felt in that moment and the bomb of mindfulness dropping on him
I really appreciate the last 15 minutes diving into uncharted territory for Rich. Remarkable seeing him really work to articulate a question that's being discovered as the conversation moves at 1:47:00. Just a great natural organic ending to an invigorating conversation.
This was a great episode that I will listen to multiple times. That brief exercise felt very empowering in what feels like will be a long-lasting kind of way. It builds upon other recent influences and practices and suddenly I felt like I had broken through the surface of the water after being held under for a long time. I had been blaming this on anything other than myself but it turned out that it was my own beliefs that were holding my head underwater. It feels like a weight has been lifted.
This. Is. Gold. One of the best podcasts I've heard in a long time. Many indigenous cultures have held this knowledge for generations. Grateful for those who are moving our scientific needle in this way. 🙏
Maria Montessori was working on this before the word "cognition" was a thing. She was chronologically ahead of Piaget and Vygotsky. I wish more people would read her work The Absorbent Mind, which is precisely about the "spiritual child", and take her pedagogy seriously. But this is an amazing synthesis of a broad range of ideas about conscious awareness. Thank you Dr. Good luck with your work!
2 minutes in I was skeptical if I should continue listening. 2 hours later I am very glad I stayed. While I might not agree with everything there is so much truth and help to be found here. Thank you so much Rich and Lisa for the Interview!!!
Yes! Seemed extremely skeptical but I'm a very open person so I was intrigued more than anything, I loved it, was highly moved by the visualization of loved one, will definitely practice more on that
I totally agree I wrote a spiritual book called " Remember Who You Truly Are ..love unlimited " from 40 years of observation on many levels . I was a teacher .I spent 20 years teaching tens of thousands of children to meditate I was blown away with what I saw Children who were adhd etc com0letely calm.again The smiles and just the energy in the room would calm down instantly, other teachers in the room who may have llaughed joined in Children l as young as 7 saing I taught this to my mother and brothers etc ..I did so much circle time with children ..Yes inner awareness is profound We have lost the connection lost the heart centre in society I used to see everyone hugging where I live connecting the heart energy, we need that back again..When we have children we nurture the heart of our chld instinctively.Depression is often the liver energy push down movement dancing singing ..etc are needed back..We thrive through heart connection.Wonderful interview I hope we listen to her and to ourselves we know what we need Be the light in a world full of madness and chaos and ripple it to your neighbour I have coached thousands of adults by connecting to the heart and my intuitive mind Wecare so much more when we realise we are not just data driven humans.We cannot switch off our living hearts Intuition is the highest form of intelligence love is the highest power unconditional love. Deep connection is the way we survived ancestrally.Not everything is modelling animals and nature do not thrive through logic they just know. Great podcast !!
What a beautifully life affirming, articulate, accessible, and real conversation this is. I'm watching in small segments and will watch again, just to fully absorb the wisdom shared here. Dr. Miller, you are a wonder and a gift to the world, and Rich Roll, your voice as the interviewer is perfect in tone, question, and response. Thank you both for your work.
“Trauma is a catalyst for growth!” Indeed, as suffering often is for future opportunity and personal strength. Unfortunately it’s exaCtly what you say,…unless you were so very fortunate to have been shown/taught by example and communication in your family home or per unusual circumstances, you might feel very alone. This ephemeral truth of connection is within all of us when we ‘arrive’, it’s the true nature of our Being. Looking back on our lifetimes and others, we see over and over again, how challenges and suffering will guide you back to that if you listen and surrender to what you innately know to be true. Our minds can be an endless chatterbox of our fears and past failures, so loud that we miss the perfection of our daily breath, warmth of the sun, that we have a glass of water. I’m new to RR’s podcast, but the 3 I’ve listened to have been enlightening, and have passed along to family and friends. It used to be word of mouth, a letter or phonecall,…to share something special, but how generously wonderful to press ‘Forward’ and Send such news as this. It’s a stirring, awakening time. Feels like we’re on such a precipice of change, after a long hike uphill. I sense many people embracing compassion and unity. As a grandmother, I am grateful to be patient in learning this new tool of technology, attaining the ability to access the hearts and minds of those that care, and taking the time to help others. 🙏
Sad to hear about the young adults being in a state of despair,,, kudos to Dr Miller for not going with the crowd that walked out,,, the world needs more brave people like your self,,, Yours is true science
You are grace Dr. Miller. Thank you for being here. We have so much potential which entails community, grassroots, compassion and listen to our elders. Wisdom is !
Thank you Lisa Miller, I was floundering around looking for what graduate study I wanted to do, neuroscience or psychology but the studies there didn't really pull at. This subject just gave me the bust of excitement I was looking for. Thanks for being my yellow door.
1:24 Rich, I love how you explain that the Universe will keep knocking until what it wants you to see becomes a ‘problem,’ but if you are able to hear the knock sooner it would save us toil. Listen 👂
My goodness Rich! This was phenomenal! I haven’t even finished the episode yet and had to let you both know how grateful I am for this message. Thank you! 🙌 Rich you inspired me to go plant based in 2017. Thank you it has changed my life! 🤗
Deep bows Rich + Dr. Miler. This speaks the language of life (and of the heart) I understand. Been sober for 9 years and in a doctorate program in clincial psychology. My dissertation topic is : Death of Ego, Rebirth of Spirit : A Phenomenological Analysis of Psychic Pain giving Birth to a Spiritual Awakening
The RRP has enriched my life profoundly. It has become an integral part of my week during my daily runs. A time in the day that I cherish. Movement integrated with endless wisdom. Thanks brother! Appreciate what you’ve brought to the world. This episode was fantastic.
I completely agree with Dr Miller and the spiritual position she is pushing forward! Many people believe her and don't have the credibility to influence the numbers of folks that she can. I do the work she advocates within my family and friends, drop by drop, every little bit helps I believe.
Thank you. Both of you. The roles are clear my wonderful friends. The message comes in all ways, the people that need you find you! Infinite blessings🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤☮️☮️☮️
My favorite mornings are those that Rich Roll podcast are uploaded. I am especially excited for this one as my mind has gone through quite a few belief systems in life and I would love to understand more about this from a spiritual perspective.
I can teach a lot about spirituality in simple elementary language for everyone to understand. I’ve been reaching out for 5 years but no one will listen because I don’t have a degree or anything. All it would take is 5 minutes. Not a message.. not a video. An actual conversation. I’m saying this from the heart and with nothing but Love. I have a real message for humanity and find nobody that takes it seriously.
I had been wandering alone in the assumption that Spiritualty, or my EXPERIENCE as it relates to it, was delusional. This idea almost always met with dismissive and maladaptive diagnostic feedback (prescriptions, DSM marked psychological defects, alienation,gossip, on so the list goes); and was invalidating and lonely. What I couldn't articulate verbally, my deepest sense of wholistic survival knew. Science, the method and Spirituality, the 6th sense I guess you could maybe call it are not infinitely separate, but linear, rather they overlap and intertwine. Is real! My life's highest belief isn't worthless nor is it delusional!💫 This podcast probably did, rephrase that; DID save my life. Suicide or some terminal end was at most 6 months away (to my core I could sense it coming). What indescribable prophets you BOTH are to all living beings! I celebrate you, your passions and your time on earth. A legacy of deep understanding of oneself in relation to all things living has been interrupted by human ego. It's been tragic and far too lengthy. THIS is a MOVEMENT and I think millions, if not billions of people feel in tune with it. Thank you endlessly! 🩵🪻🫧🪶🪳⏳🗝️♾️
Wow! This is so optimistic and validating. I remember thinking when I was younger that we definitely needed some sort of ritual or ceremony to acknowledge the transition from childhood to adulthood. You are 100% accurate with this searching for truth and connection that we begin at this age.
I've re-listened to the week's previous coaches' corner and coming straight to this INCREDIBLE discussion from a PR Swim this morning after being back for only two weeks from a seven year swim break.... Rich you are changing my life sir. I appreciate you and your team so much for bringing guidance, vulnerability, and curiosity to your podcast that expands my own mind in your own growth with incredible people that challenge and fuel my own growth, again!! I am thanking life for answering my prayers of a solid bad-ass, male role model for this lad spearheading his path. Thank you Rich. Truly (of course this includes the team
During the exercise, Lisa asks to invite 5 people, living or otherwise, who are there for your greatest good. I can't find 5, maybe 3 and they've all left this physical plain. I never really thought about that before. I feel blessed, but come short of my true potential. Peace and Blessings! ♥️♥️🙏🙏♥️♥️
I also have not found five but I was happy with 2 and 1 that doesnt know me but is an inspiration and I think he'd like me if he knew me. A powerful exercise nevertheless judging by the fact that I cried which I havent in a long while. As long as one is alive, there's still a lot of potential.
Donald, I could be mistaken, but I think she said to clear inner space with 5 breaths, then set a table before you-your table, and invite anyone, living or deceased who truly has or had your best interest in mind to the table. I didn’t hear her say to invite 5 people. I invited 3, and that worked beautifully. I think even one or two would have. As time goes on and life changes, you/I may well choose to invite different people to our table...
Hi, This question is for both of you... -What do you say about high profile scientists, who say there is no God, and teach this, like Steven Hawking, and others? Thank you. 🖖⚘
@@J.Mulleno I don’t have an answer for that. Other than in the 34 years I’ve been on this earth, I’ve seen that you can basically formulate an argument for or against practically anything. So I suppose it comes down to deciding which things you’re going to choose to accept or reject. I’ve found that life is too depressing for me to live without some sort of spirituality or hope 🤗
I am also convinced a supportive community that has an unconditional acceptance and compassion is the key with or without a spiritual component, and that is missing.
Another fantastic episode! Educator here pondering my next steps in life and this was just what I needed! How is it that they always are. You are our trail angel, Rich!!
i really loved this episode. thank you rich. i've had instances in my life where i didn't know how to put it other than my own cells were directing me. i realize that some of it may be intuition and some of it may just be my ancestors. i just bought her book. thank you!
Wow. I am watching this now for the 3rd time, have sent it to a dozen friends and people I have met on the journey, and feel like this whole podcast and these 2 people are "trail guides" for us all...maybe not now for all of us as it is for me but everyone should tuck this away for those times when you need it most. I needed it most now and it has helped me in this transition phase (and thanks also Rich for your conversation with Chip Conley! Transitions!) more than I can describe. Amazing and thank you for this! Wow again.
Tremendously useful, dare I say a synchronous gift. My next book is the Awakened Brain and my own quest is to become a useful "trail angel" and to be alert to the voice and knowing of my heart as I progress along the way. I hope to meet you both in person at class down or upstream as the metaphor unfolds! Thank you both - well delivered!
A strong, compelling emphasis on "we" not just "me." Thank you so very much for this interview. If not for you, I would not have known about Lisa Miller, Ph.D.
This is not a challenge but a sincere question . How did the term “ wokeness” become a negative thing. Her talk is even about the Awakened Brain. It seems to have ones eyes open , to be awake is a what we need today. We have been lulled into sleep, numbed by drugs, alcohol, materialism etc. I celebrate people waking up. Waking up is not political. It’s spiritual. 🙏🙏
@@northcountry9095 - the answer is trans-humanism. That’s why it is a negative term. People of this generation are divorced from ontology. They don’t know who or what brings all that surrounds them into being. They just want to transfer out of their discomfort and don’t want to examine anything. They lack the awareness that the discomfort is part of the growth pattern that leads to proper being. So they say “I’m uncomfortable being a male, I want to be female” Then a length of time after their transition, they find the discomfort returns, only to realize they made a mistake. They should have leaned into that discomfort instead and they would have discovered nature was already doing the work of their transformation. We are not awakening. We are falling asleep. The “Meta-verse” is building the fantasy matrix not leading us out of it. Pay attention! People are forcing their delusions onto others now and canceling them if they don’t comply. We are FAR from awake!!!
Awakening =/= "Awokening" . I just realised that psychopaths ruling the world are giving the "wokeness" movement as a means to fill the spiritual void that comes with puberty that Lisa spoke about. They have first brainwashed the massess, the parents so that they're not capable of guiding their children after they start the individuation process (problem), now they have created a reaction to this (world is getting mad) and preseting a solution that is purely evil since it sells communist/nihilist/authoritarian/narcissistic way of thinking as solution to emptiness of people. They're literally taking over the souls of people and twisting them into "woke" propaganda vehicles. And this lady is kinda unwillingly helping them I guess.
Rich, thanks a lot for this interview. I am sure anyone who is currently suffering because some issues in their life will definitely appreciate this interview.
While I enjoyed this podcast, I found it counterintuitive to speak about the pentagon and US military, knowing what these institutions are inherently responsible for, while speaking of deep connection, human love, and bonding...that is the "glue in the army family" (49:50). Well what about the other side then? If these qualities were indeed embodied, is there a need to have a military stuck in a cycle of endless war and perpetual "othering" in the first place? 🤔
You do a great service in the world Rich Roll. I hope you know that. I hope you know how deeply deeply you affect people, me, for the better. Thank you for what you do.
One of my favourite pass times, love that Alexi mentioned Ritual sounds like Rich Roll in the previous coaches corner, I thought that too, made me smile, love this man. Captain of the ship, Rich Roll.
Why have I not heard this type of conversation when I was a young adult? For those young people whom are living in this unprecedented time, please listen well and have better; transcended life; better than your parents times.
The literature of 12 step programs have taught all of this for eighty years. Unfortunately the stigma of addiction and the intellectualization of spirituality has distorted the beauty of this life saving program. Recovering from addiction is acknowledging the trauma and pain of life, its causes and conditions, and building a daily practice, with a support system, that empowers the individual. I loved that 'the opposite of suppression is expression.' These simple jewels are the treasures. I hope no-one is offended if I say, from my heart, may the God of your understanding bless you all and bring you to your inner peace.
I was not loved and nutured as a child, so far from love I cannot even find the words. But I always knew there was something much deeper..... thank you, through struggle I have found resilience and deep spiritual love....thank you ❤🙏
I like the theme but it seems incongruent if US army is increasing spirituality in itself should the army not find ways to a more peaceful world that is less conflictual in its policies ???
Yes. That part is very strange. I can understand that many people stuck in a limited awareness see themselves as contributing to "protecting our country" because that's how far they have evolved ..I can have compassion for them but I would imagine that this woman has a deeper spiritual awareness and can comprehend that killing another person (whatever justification they can come up with) is not the height of spirituality 🤔
This is wonderful!!!! Thank u!!!! Am I the only one who didn’t really have anyone at my table? Still a profound experience to realize that… I hope to add more.
This was great. I was introduced to the teaching of psycho synthesis over 30 yrs ago, has informed my personal life and professional life as therapist. Jung and Assignoli both ahead of their time. Thanks
Truly fascinating conversation!! I love Rich's example of constantly doing the work to show up in a mindful healthy way in his life. So darn inspiring to me!! I love his engagement with his guests, the questions he asks and the rappor he has with all of them. Thank you ; )
Thanks, Rich. Awesome episode. I believe we can all benefit from plant medicine. I would love for you to do a journey and talk about your experience with it. We need more people talking about integration.
I can't help but have a problem with calling it "spirituality." There are plenty of avenues for connection or feelings of connection worth exploring the prevalence of in academic contexts. Resorting to an umbrella term "spirituality" just feels like such a cop out to me.
This episode with Dr. Miller has earned my subscription. I'm getting her book about the spiritual child, already ordered it , stopped the video to place the order. I'm 75, never too late to learn and to support the Truth
If you wanna wake up, check out the Simply Always Awake channel or look up Angelo Dillulo on YT and his interview with Dr. Z
your starting to understand, welcome to today
Good for you!😃👍💞
Best episode
Great - wishing the best! Once you look for it / you see it in almost everything around :) count your blessings and gratitude and so on! Core of so called “religions” is the same .. the people who want to harvest power or use power have narrowed it down! Else Sunday church or Sunday temple or whatever is always useful!
As a young adult (23) in todays world, the feelings of unsafeness, lonesomeness, and despair resonate with me. I am SO grateful I discovered meditation around age 19, which later opened the path for my spiritual journey. Cultivating my spirituality has no doubt been my savior!
Thank you for this VERY timely podcast.
What a great comment. Good luck on your journey young fellow being.
It's time FINALLY to publically confirm unity of all living beings. The culture has chosen to consciously hide truth. America 🇺🇸 my geographical home on this planet was founded on the First Principles of spiritual truth. Read the preamble to the Declaration of Independence the foundation of America and our government.
Check out the Simply Always Awake YT channel. You can free yourself of suffering for sure
I care how you. Feel. You are beautifull.you don't have to proof anything
As a 12 year old kid in Quebec, i once got lost in the bush. I wandered for about 3 hrs and was becoming really scared, when I looked up and saw this dead stand with 1 branch still attached to it, pointing in a direction. In my mind a voice said follow that direction. Thirty min later, I came out of the bush in the exact same place I entered. Now I live in the bush full time with no guns. I have lots of friends now, but I need to focus more on developing friends that walk on two.
I have experienced something simular. Got lost in the woods at 13. This was an afternoon in november, in Sweden, and it got dark quick. I found a house by following a voice and got help from a blind lady who lived there with her blind dog! Got to use her phone so I could call home. It turned out I was almost at the home of a friend of my fathers without knowing it. (And that is a picture of my cat 😂)
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that is so beautiful. thank you for sharimg
The exercise where you imagine yourself surrounded by love, guidance, and community is incredibly emotionally powerful. I felt an immediate sense of relief-that my problems were shrinking and that I knew exactly what I needed to do to be happy and fulfilled.
Also, the idea that the heart should make big life decisions, while the head should figure out how to get there is such a beautiful and clarifying idea. That is, when we know what our higher self needs to be truly fulfilled and how we can make the biggest positive impact on other conscious beings, then we can devise clear, stepwise, logical plans of how to get there.
I loved this episode and immediately bought Dr. Miller’s book. Thank you.
This is why birth charts can be helpful, they are a nice framework for how you might experience your life, and a helpful guide to activities you may find enjoyable. In an ideal world every child would be given a birth chart on their first day of school and then observed to see if their characteristics match with their descriptors. It would also be nice to give children a much wider breadth if activities and hobbies to try for free/in school so that their creativity might be allowed to flourish
Life changing for me
The best! Shared with my 21 year old daughter immediately and she was immersed!
You cannot be thanked enough, Rich, for bringing these extraordinary people and ideas to us. Your conversations are so wonderfully uplifting, enjoyable, and enlightening.
Was literally just about to comment this but you beat me to it 😜 So I will just second this comment. Thanks Rich!!
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rich roll pods are truly the best way to start your week. something about the warmth and positivity to propel you into another cycle of work. cheers to you all and everyone reading this. be blessed
I just discovered it, but I already agree with you!
Totally agree!
I've never left a comment here before but was totally compelled to before the episode was even finished, and saw a number of others all saying the same thing; that this talk is one of the best I've heard in a long time, & Lisa Miller's work is super important.. especially as someone who's clearly sought awakened awareness at that young adult stage, & dealt with multiple periods of suicidal despair.
I'm looking forward to engaging further with her work once I do finish the episode :)
Thank you Rich & Lisa!
Same! I’m not even sure how I came across this episode while driving on a road trip but I’m so happy I did. This was so powerful! That exercise she did with your higher self and those present or not, made me cry. But it made me realize how we can tap into all of our relations, ourselves, higher selves and higher power at any given moment. I needed this, and i will continue to look out for her work along with these episodes. Life changing! 🙌🏼
I feel exactly the same!
Love her She is Very blessed God Bless All
We are programmed meat robots inside a Matrix , If you look at the function of all the organs of the body, including the brain, you will find that all the organs of the body have an automatic function, including heart rate, gastrointestinal tract and blood flow, and brain function! Now, if we assume that there is free will and that we are the product of this process, we must be able to explain how, as consciousness, 100 billion neurons interact with each other to produce a thought, in fact no human knows what is going on inside their brain When a thought is produced, the only thing we understand from the thought and what is produced inside our brain is the image and sound that the brain produces, the brain automatically adds our thoughts to our vision! Thinking is like a transparent curtain that adds an extra layer of information to our vision, we see our thoughts but they do not exist in front of us! It is the human ability to see things that do not exist outside of the human body in the Matrix ! The body-mind problem (Illusion of freewill) occurs in the humans when the nervous system get contracted, when this happens the thought process automatically begins to think! And since most people have more or less nervous system contractions, they have this extra thought in mind. ! And in the long run, these thoughts almost become an additional operating system, and it decides for itself and gets the person in trouble! This extra operating system is the same 'I' that everyone has but does not have an external existence. If the nervous system calms down, this extra thought process automatically stops when this 'I' or visual curtain is removed, awareness and Understanding is not of the body, consciousness in the human form it sees itself as somebody and it is separate from the function of the body! The human body is essentially part of nature or simulation, and we experience the world as consciousness through a mediator who is our body! In this simulation, everything is pre-planned, because all human beings are part of the simulation, and in fact, in this simulation, there is really no one, except a consciousness and a running simulation!
All thoughts are extra thoughts, because life is a predetermined simulation! People get lost is their own story and this makes different level of consciousness in the societies, and somehow people at some level get stuck or programmed and they live with it, that’s why a small group of people are controlling the most of humans! It’s because of the consciousness level exist between humans ! It’s physical and mental together! The physical part is related to the normal circulation of the a liquid called CSF in the human spine, and it’s mental affect on the human mind and how brain is working! CSF is one Molecule away from sea water, one of its function is to wash the brain and regulate the brain activity! We are living in a time that most people are dealing with some type of muscle or body spasms, and this unbalance the spine, and if this unbalance become so high, the normal circulation of the CSF will decrease, until it could get completely blocked! If this happens somehow human consciousness get disconnected from its source, and start living as a mind story, or locally! This could make lots of mental and physical issues for some people+Repetitive thoughts, or self talking all the time! Bringing back the normal balance of the spine will circulate the CSF normally and thing get changed! For some people this release could be a nerve on their hand, some other body area! Human nervous system is like a tree, and this Stuckness could be at any body part!
This complete My Big Toe
Theory by Thomas Campbell, and Donald D. Hoffman theories ( consciousness is fundamental)!CSF is the medium for Consciousness to enter the human body and if the normal circulation of CSF get blocked, the brain start working locally and consciousness experience the life as a mind story or a separate I !
I think you'll like the Simply Always Awake YT channel. Also check the interview with Angelo Dillulo and Dr. Z . Awakening is really possible
I take my hat off to this lady, who is actually attempting quite the difficult feat and seems to be succeeding at it too...
What a wonderful and touching conversation, that makes a glimmer of hope rise up inside of me.
Thanks Rich for bringing her on, cause this is maybe the major issue we face in our time.
If we don't deal with the spiritual barrenness we find ourselves in, the end of the line is death and suffering for many, many more humans and other living beings....
I think you would like the Simply Always Awake YT channel as well. The end of suffering is possible
This is brilliant! We're born awake as a baby, pure love, but we get so lost along the journey. It starts in the home, from family, we're all teachers/ students of life 💗
So true
I just wanted to say thank you for this. As a 32 year old who is making a significant career change (vegan baker to software engineer) and beginning my journey to motherhood, I have been delving deep into what it truly meant and currently means to walk my path. I have a strong urge, like many, to reverse the generational trauma that has persisted for decades amongst both sides of my family and within myself. This has also come with pushing myself physically (bodybuilding) and expanding my spiritual life (left the Catholic Church when I was young). I’m so grateful for you all for putting this work out there. My day has already started to become a peaceful one because of this episode. Thank you.
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I think you'd like the Simply Always Awake YT channel or the interview with Angelo Dillulo and Dr. Z
28 here. Pizza owner to software engineering as well. Wishing you the best 💪
I am an experienced psychiatric nurse and what Dr Miller shares deeply resonates. It renews my hope that more people are awakening to these concepts. Thank you!
I think you'd like the Simply Always Awake YT channel or the interview with Angelo Dillulo and Dr. Z
This is one of the best podcasts I’ve heard in a long time. Incredibly inspiring in so many ways. As someone who wanted to be a scientist as a child but became disillusioned by science not recognizing those deeper feelings and knowings. This new era of understanding is synchronistically kindling my ambitions for both. Thank you so much for what you are doing.
Nice, same here!
I'm not religious and I don't think I'm spiritual but even though I'm always alone, I rarely feel alone/lonely. I hope I'm in touch with the greater world, I plan to pay closer attention. Thanks for another thought provoking guest!
I know what you mean. As I’ve gotten older, my circle of friends has shrunk, but I don’t feel any lonelier. I think mindfulness has been so important for me in that regard.
Rich, I think you nailed it when you mentioned spiritual trauma being problematic for many people within the context of 12 steps. I grew up with 10 others kids in a religious cult where we were all severely abused. Because all the forms of often very violent abuse were constantly and thoroughly justified through spiritual and religious dogma, it shouldn’t be surprising that the underlying premises of powerlessness and the unmanageability of our own lives in 12 steps could feel super disempowering and confusing for us.
When I tried 12 steps as a last resort for my own struggle with addiction, the need for the admission of powerlessness to be the precursor to further healing felt a lot like another attempt to convince me that my suffering is not only my responsibility, but also my fault. I immediately knew that neither that premise nor identifying as an addict without also identifying fully as a child of God, was not helpful for me. That said, I feel extremely grateful to have also quickly recognized that the sense of connectedness to a loving community and the principles of total honesty and service embedded in 12 steps would be crucial takeaways for my own journey toward spiritual wholeness and sobriety.
I’m not sure that everyone who develops addiction does so because of trauma. However, because SO many people who struggle with addiction and severe mental illness in their adult lives have developed them as a means to survive the psychological and spiritual devastation of abuse in childhood, it isn’t helpful to discount the unique problems that 12-steps’ modern methodology still presents for them-especially if they can benefit so much from many other spiritual principles of the program.
Perhaps both for addicts with and without serious childhood trauma, it would be more accurate and helpful for 12 steps to help us all identify addiction more precisely as a strategy we have used to remain spiritually disconnected-not as evidence of our innate powerlessness because we are diseased addicts. I don’t think you or Dr Miller would disagree with that, but I can tell from this conversation that these serious issues within 12 steps’ current language are probably not as clear to either of you, perhaps because you haven’t personally endured childhood abuse.
With all that said, this episode was incredibly cathartic and inspiring for me. I have never been more motivated to continue the difficult work of healing from spiritual trauma and the spiritual disconnection I maintained for many years through addiction. Thank you both more than I can say for sharing this.
i found help with ACA. (Adult children of alcoholics)
Thank you for writing this. Addiction is a way to numb the pain we carry inside
I could not place where I knew Dr. Miller from until she went into the 90 second exercise and it hit me that years ago I took a workshop led by her at Yale. It was over a few days and at times very intense, but overall a truly transformational experience, particularly for providers.
Thank you both for sharing this beautiful and loving conversation. I whole heartedly agree with everything Dr. Miller expresses here, and I am in the process of writing a children's book to remind our little ones of their unique and inner guidance. It took me well into my 50's to truly love myself, which happened once I became a student of quantum physics, law of attraction, epigenetics, and wanting to understand my spiritual connection. Now I see the world through the lens of love and compassion, and I no longer need another to behave a certain way...I love unconditionally and embrace everyone's differences...and life has never been better. I long to share what I have learned, and am passionate in helping others connect to their innate inner guidance. Perhaps some of my videos can help others as they reawaken their inner voice. Thank you for spreading the love and opening up the world to the power of our heart, for the heart is how we express our true being.
I study religion and health as a Yale doctoral student and this podcast just gave me further direction for my dissertation! Thank you!!
This is a masterpiece, Lisa Miller has captured the essence of our dilemma succinctly and now her message is ready to be delivered to the whole planet. If we as a species take on board what is being shared by Lisa Miller and Rich Roll to the world, then we will rise up and seize the day - everyday. This understanding can be a spark to reignite our hearts❤️🔥 and be a light for all of life. I was riveted by this wonderful exchange of ideas between these two radiant human beings…..Alhamdulillah 🙏🌏🌍
Spirituality is a useful tool for explaining things we can't yet explain with science. It's also a useful tool for distracting ourselves from reality long enough to regain a sense of control over the uncontrollable.
This is so true. All children need to be encouraged to explore spirituality, unity, and our own inherent ability to connect to a higher intuition and consciousness.
Seing & heeding 'the guiding nature of life' literally saved my life. Searching wisdom & journaling made it's reality louder than the one i existed in on a day-to-day, Without psychadelics, just the hard work
He is the rewarder of those who seek Him diligently
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS. THANK-YOU LISA MILLER and RICH ROLL. This is spot on, clear, comprehensive, inclusive, inspiring, and ABSOLUTELY necessary. Love can be taught. Everyone gets it/has it/is IT. I KNOW. I had the opportunity to prove it in a giant human lab for over a decade (Wise Practice: Affective Education in the Inner City). Discipline referrals dropped. Test scores rose. One Friday afternoon a guest observed my class. He was a policeman who had spent weeks traveling the country looking for solutions in regards to the ‘over representation of the young African Male Population in our prison system. He observed at when my class ended, he said to me, “I was really upset when the took God out of schools but when I walked in hear today, I felt God.” People love love, especially our young. And when they are taught simple skills of mutual support, respect, and connection, they flourish… they KNOW and they grow strong and happy. Our culture squelches spirit out of us. ‘Ugly’ behavior has become normalized to the point of common acceptance. It broke my heart so I chose to live in another country and culture that supports and aligns with my belief….where LOVE guides the day and a way of life. And I have had a front row seat of suffering to the ravages of addiction, depression, and anxiety. Pervasive. Pandemic levels. It’s time for folks to step up, wake up, and BE NICE.
Oh my goodness! when she tells the story of the person suffering from schizophrenia, I also asked a direct question of a dear one who was similarly diagnosed, at the age of 17, and he spoke directly and lucidly to me that yes, he does choose that other world we label schizophrenia because it made more sense than our shared world as it is. He was sober, clear, and answered me directly - this is the FIRST story I have heard from a doctor since that moment in 1997 that has validated that experience. Powerful opportunity to choose awakening from our trauma.
I lived with someone with schizophrenia who smoked crack and heroin, he was lucid 90% of the time but would become extremely paranoid if too many people were in his house, which I understood and tried to comfort him. The most beautiful moment I had with him was sitting crying and hugging with him as I played nostalgic songs from mine and his youth, despite being 40 years apart, and the raw love and awakening he felt in that moment and the bomb of mindfulness dropping on him
I think you'd like the Simply Always Awake YT channel or the interview with Angelo Dillulo and Dr. Z
I AM A PURE RESEARCH SCIENTIST! I I AM A HUMANIST. I am very aware, conscious, loved and share those things with others. NO spirituality needed.
I really appreciate the last 15 minutes diving into uncharted territory for Rich. Remarkable seeing him really work to articulate a question that's being discovered as the conversation moves at 1:47:00. Just a great natural organic ending to an invigorating conversation.
This was a great episode that I will listen to multiple times. That brief exercise felt very empowering in what feels like will be a long-lasting kind of way. It builds upon other recent influences and practices and suddenly I felt like I had broken through the surface of the water after being held under for a long time. I had been blaming this on anything other than myself but it turned out that it was my own beliefs that were holding my head underwater. It feels like a weight has been lifted.
If you want to help lighten the weight all the way to the end of suffering check out the Simply Always Awake YT channel
This. Is. Gold. One of the best podcasts I've heard in a long time. Many indigenous cultures have held this knowledge for generations. Grateful for those who are moving our scientific needle in this way. 🙏
Maria Montessori was working on this before the word "cognition" was a thing. She was chronologically ahead of Piaget and Vygotsky. I wish more people would read her work The Absorbent Mind, which is precisely about the "spiritual child", and take her pedagogy seriously. But this is an amazing synthesis of a broad range of ideas about conscious awareness. Thank you Dr. Good luck with your work!
2 minutes in I was skeptical if I should continue listening. 2 hours later I am very glad I stayed. While I might not agree with everything there is so much truth and help to be found here. Thank you so much Rich and Lisa for the Interview!!!
I felt the same. At first I was skeptical because it sounded a little too woo-woo for my taste. I was so wrong! What a powerful episode.
I get paid to smoke weed on my TH-cam channel lmao😅 The pandemicc showed alot of people you can’t rely on a 9-5 solely on its own☝️
Yes! Seemed extremely skeptical but I'm a very open person so I was intrigued more than anything, I loved it, was highly moved by the visualization of loved one, will definitely practice more on that
That's great! If only we all weren't so rigid in our cognitive bias we could really make this world a much better place to live.
I totally agree I wrote a spiritual book called " Remember Who You Truly Are ..love unlimited " from 40 years of observation on many levels . I was a teacher .I spent 20 years teaching tens of thousands of children to meditate I was blown away with what I saw Children who were adhd etc com0letely calm.again The smiles and just the energy in the room would calm down instantly, other teachers in the room who may have llaughed joined in Children l as young as 7 saing I taught this to my mother and brothers etc ..I did so much circle time with children ..Yes inner awareness is profound We have lost the connection lost the heart centre in society I used to see everyone hugging where I live connecting the heart energy, we need that back again..When we have children we nurture the heart of our chld instinctively.Depression is often the liver energy push down movement dancing singing ..etc are needed back..We thrive through heart connection.Wonderful interview I hope we listen to her and to ourselves we know what we need Be the light in a world full of madness and chaos and ripple it to your neighbour I have coached thousands of adults by connecting to the heart and my intuitive mind Wecare so much more when we realise we are not just data driven humans.We cannot switch off our living hearts Intuition is the highest form of intelligence love is the highest power unconditional love. Deep connection is the way we survived ancestrally.Not everything is modelling animals and nature do not thrive through logic they just know. Great podcast !!
What a beautifully life affirming, articulate, accessible, and real conversation this is. I'm watching in small segments and will watch again, just to fully absorb the wisdom shared here. Dr. Miller, you are a wonder and a gift to the world, and Rich Roll, your voice as the interviewer is perfect in tone, question, and response. Thank you both for your work.
“Trauma is a catalyst for growth!” Indeed, as suffering often is for future opportunity and personal strength. Unfortunately it’s exaCtly what you say,…unless you were so very fortunate to have been shown/taught by example and communication in your family home or per unusual circumstances, you might feel very alone. This ephemeral truth of connection is within all of us when we ‘arrive’, it’s the true nature of our Being. Looking back on our lifetimes and others, we see over and over again, how challenges and suffering will guide you back to that if you listen and surrender to what you innately know to be true.
Our minds can be an endless chatterbox of our fears and past failures, so loud that we miss the perfection of our daily breath, warmth of the sun, that we have a glass of water. I’m new to RR’s podcast, but the 3 I’ve
listened to have been enlightening, and have passed along to family and friends. It used to be word of mouth, a letter or phonecall,…to share something special, but how generously wonderful to press ‘Forward’ and Send such news as this. It’s a stirring, awakening time. Feels like we’re on such a precipice of change, after a long hike uphill. I sense many people embracing compassion and unity.
As a grandmother, I am grateful to be patient in learning this new tool of technology, attaining the ability to access the hearts and minds of those that care, and taking the time to help others. 🙏
Sad to hear about the young adults being in a state of despair,,, kudos to Dr Miller for not going with the crowd that walked out,,, the world needs more brave people like your self,,,
Yours is true science
You are grace Dr. Miller. Thank you for being here.
We have so much potential which entails community, grassroots, compassion and listen to our elders. Wisdom is !
Thank you Lisa Miller, I was floundering around looking for what graduate study I wanted to do, neuroscience or psychology but the studies there didn't really pull at. This subject just gave me the bust of excitement I was looking for. Thanks for being my yellow door.
My two favorite people in discussion with one another what a treat. Thank you, Rich and Lisa for all you do.
1:24 Rich, I love how you explain that the Universe will keep knocking until what it wants you to see becomes a ‘problem,’ but if you are able to hear the knock sooner it would save us toil. Listen 👂
I’m dealing with this now. Surrender is sweet
As a 23yr old discovering my spirituality, I have to give thanks to this beautiful understanding
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Incredible. “Transcendence is innate and hard wired in us.” 🦋 Absolutely love your work Lisa! Come to Sedona ✨
Love to you both and all the people who brought you together for this episode. Gifts and gems 💎 all over here. Sharing so it can spread.🙌🏻❤️🙌🏻
My goodness Rich! This was phenomenal! I haven’t even finished the episode yet and had to let you both know how grateful I am for this message. Thank you! 🙌
Rich you inspired me to go plant based in 2017. Thank you it has changed my life! 🤗
I think you'd like the Simply Always Awake YT channel or the interview with Angelo Dillulo and Dr. Z
This lady is to go to our high schools , young kids need to hear that , too many kids killing themself , thanks so much , Dr lisa Miller
Deep bows Rich + Dr. Miler. This speaks the language of life (and of the heart) I understand. Been sober for 9 years and in a doctorate program in clincial psychology. My dissertation topic is : Death of Ego, Rebirth of Spirit : A Phenomenological Analysis of Psychic Pain giving Birth to a Spiritual Awakening
The RRP has enriched my life profoundly. It has become an integral part of my week during my daily runs. A time in the day that I cherish. Movement integrated with endless wisdom. Thanks brother! Appreciate what you’ve brought to the world. This episode was fantastic.
I completely agree with Dr Miller and the spiritual position she is pushing forward! Many people believe her and don't have the credibility
to influence the numbers of folks that she can. I do the work she advocates within my family and friends, drop by drop, every little bit helps I believe.
Thank you. Both of you. The roles are clear my wonderful friends. The message comes in all ways, the people that need you find you! Infinite blessings🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤☮️☮️☮️
My favorite mornings are those that Rich Roll podcast are uploaded. I am especially excited for this one as my mind has gone through quite a few belief systems in life and I would love to understand more about this from a spiritual perspective.
I can teach a lot about spirituality in simple elementary language for everyone to understand. I’ve been reaching out for 5 years but no one will listen because I don’t have a degree or anything. All it would take is 5 minutes. Not a message.. not a video. An actual conversation. I’m saying this from the heart and with nothing but Love. I have a real message for humanity and find nobody that takes it seriously.
"We are the ones who have gouged out our eyes." So true!
I had been wandering alone in the assumption that Spiritualty, or my EXPERIENCE as it relates to it, was delusional. This idea almost always met with dismissive and maladaptive diagnostic feedback (prescriptions, DSM marked psychological defects, alienation,gossip, on so the list goes); and was invalidating and lonely.
What I couldn't articulate verbally, my deepest sense of wholistic survival knew. Science, the method and Spirituality, the 6th sense I guess you could maybe call it are not infinitely separate, but linear, rather they overlap and intertwine. Is real! My life's highest belief isn't worthless nor is it delusional!💫
This podcast probably did, rephrase that; DID save my life. Suicide or some terminal end was at most 6 months away (to my core I could sense it coming).
What indescribable prophets you BOTH are to all living beings! I celebrate you, your passions and your time on earth. A legacy of deep understanding of oneself in relation to all things living has been interrupted by human ego. It's been tragic and far too lengthy. THIS is a MOVEMENT and I think millions, if not billions of people feel in tune with it. Thank you endlessly! 🩵🪻🫧🪶🪳⏳🗝️♾️
I love this and needed to hear it I have 6 years and 4 months sober and clean and it's because of God AA and my Spirituality🙏💯
It's because you make a choice to live every day. Take the credit that u r due!
Wow! This is so optimistic and validating. I remember thinking when I was younger that we definitely needed some sort of ritual or ceremony to acknowledge the transition from childhood to adulthood. You are 100% accurate with this searching for truth and connection that we begin at this age.
I've re-listened to the week's previous coaches' corner and coming straight to this INCREDIBLE discussion from a PR Swim this morning after being back for only two weeks from a seven year swim break.... Rich you are changing my life sir. I appreciate you and your team so much for bringing guidance, vulnerability, and curiosity to your podcast that expands my own mind in your own growth with incredible people that challenge and fuel my own growth, again!! I am thanking life for answering my prayers of a solid bad-ass, male role model for this lad spearheading his path. Thank you Rich. Truly (of course this includes the team
During the exercise, Lisa asks to invite 5 people, living or otherwise, who are there for your greatest good. I can't find 5, maybe 3 and they've all left this physical plain.
I never really thought about that before. I feel blessed, but come short of my true potential.
Peace and Blessings!
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I also have not found five but I was happy with 2 and 1 that doesnt know me but is an inspiration and I think he'd like me if he knew me.
A powerful exercise nevertheless judging by the fact that I cried which I havent in a long while.
As long as one is alive, there's still a lot of potential.
I know how you feel. For me, just one or two was enough to bring a feeling of emotional relief and clarity. Hope you have a wonderful week!
Donald, I could be mistaken, but I think she said to clear inner space with 5 breaths, then set a table before you-your table, and invite anyone, living or deceased who truly has or had your best interest in mind to the table. I didn’t hear her say to invite 5 people. I invited 3, and that worked beautifully. I think even one or two would have. As time goes on and life changes, you/I may well choose to invite different people to our table...
I’ve just recently been struggling and wanting to cultivate my faith and spirituality. Impeccable timing ❤️
Hi,
This question is for both of you...
-What do you say about high profile scientists, who say there is no God, and teach this, like Steven Hawking, and others?
Thank you.
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@@J.Mulleno I don’t have an answer for that. Other than in the 34 years I’ve been on this earth, I’ve seen that you can basically formulate an argument for or against practically anything. So I suppose it comes down to deciding which things you’re going to choose to accept or reject. I’ve found that life is too depressing for me to live without some sort of spirituality or hope 🤗
I am also convinced a supportive community that has an unconditional acceptance and compassion is the key with or without a spiritual component, and that is missing.
The comments section of this channel is equally as inspiring as the content of Rich’s videos
Yes, we are built to come together in large groups and experience failure .
This is how we learn .
One of the greatest conversations I've heard! FULL OF SENSE. Clear and useful
That visualization immediately made me cry. That’s so beautiful.
This has always been the Indigenous ways. Welcome and lovely to introduce to the classrooms of "higher education". Smiles.
Loved loved loved this conversation. Especially having a teenager. Listening to it a second time, now.
Another fantastic episode! Educator here pondering my next steps in life and this was just what I needed! How is it that they always are. You are our trail angel, Rich!!
i really loved this episode. thank you rich. i've had instances in my life where i didn't know how to put it other than my own cells were directing me. i realize that some of it may be intuition and some of it may just be my ancestors. i just bought her book. thank you!
Wow. I am watching this now for the 3rd time, have sent it to a dozen friends and people I have met on the journey, and feel like this whole podcast and these 2 people are "trail guides" for us all...maybe not now for all of us as it is for me but everyone should tuck this away for those times when you need it most. I needed it most now and it has helped me in this transition phase (and thanks also Rich for your conversation with Chip Conley! Transitions!) more than I can describe.
Amazing and thank you for this! Wow again.
Tremendously useful, dare I say a synchronous gift. My next book is the Awakened Brain and my own quest is to become a useful "trail angel" and to be alert to the voice and knowing of my heart as I progress along the way. I hope to meet you both in person at class down or upstream as the metaphor unfolds! Thank you both - well delivered!
I am so grateful to hear this conversation. I have known this since I was a child, now its being taught. Thank you Lisa Miller and Rich!
Wow! just wow! her wording is so deliberate which made understanding much more easier. totally love this! glad I came across this podcast
Both of you are my NOW Trail Angeles. I’ll pay your heart messages forward. Thank you for your encouragement. 📡🪶💗✨
Lisa's words "trail angel" really drew me in. 34:08-34:59 is powerful!
A strong, compelling emphasis on "we" not just "me." Thank you so very much for this interview. If not for you, I would not have known about Lisa Miller, Ph.D.
Rich our spiritual experience isn’t something that happened… it’s happening!!!
Love you!!!
Wow, this will be a pod cast I listen to over & over again, so much to unpack. Love RRP
She is so right on. I come from academia as a professor, and I left, due to wokeness. Which is 100% devoid of spirituality.
This is not a challenge but a sincere question . How did the term “ wokeness” become a negative thing. Her talk is even about the Awakened Brain. It seems to have ones eyes open , to be awake is a what we need today. We have been lulled into sleep, numbed by drugs, alcohol, materialism etc. I celebrate people waking up. Waking up is not political. It’s spiritual.
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@@northcountry9095 - the answer is trans-humanism. That’s why it is a negative term. People of this generation are divorced from ontology. They don’t know who or what brings all that surrounds them into being. They just want to transfer out of their discomfort and don’t want to examine anything. They lack the awareness that the discomfort is part of the growth pattern that leads to proper being.
So they say “I’m uncomfortable being a male, I want to be female” Then a length of time after their transition, they find the discomfort returns, only to realize they made a mistake. They should have leaned into that discomfort instead and they would have discovered nature was already doing the work of their transformation.
We are not awakening. We are falling asleep. The “Meta-verse” is building the fantasy matrix not leading us out of it. Pay attention! People are forcing their delusions onto others now and canceling them if they don’t comply. We are FAR from awake!!!
Awakening =/= "Awokening" . I just realised that psychopaths ruling the world are giving the "wokeness" movement as a means to fill the spiritual void that comes with puberty that Lisa spoke about. They have first brainwashed the massess, the parents so that they're not capable of guiding their children after they start the individuation process (problem), now they have created a reaction to this (world is getting mad) and preseting a solution that is purely evil since it sells communist/nihilist/authoritarian/narcissistic way of thinking as solution to emptiness of people. They're literally taking over the souls of people and twisting them into "woke" propaganda vehicles. And this lady is kinda unwillingly helping them I guess.
I'm so moved by watching this❤
Rich, thanks a lot for this interview. I am sure anyone who is currently suffering because some issues in their life will definitely appreciate this interview.
While I enjoyed this podcast, I found it counterintuitive to speak about the pentagon and US military, knowing what these institutions are inherently responsible for, while speaking of deep connection, human love, and bonding...that is the "glue in the army family" (49:50). Well what about the other side then? If these qualities were indeed embodied, is there a need to have a military stuck in a cycle of endless war and perpetual "othering" in the first place? 🤔
I think you'd like the Simply Always Awake YT channel or the interview with Angelo Dillulo and Dr. Z
She's trying to ingrain the cult of the military even deeper
Beautiful. Truly! I am deeply inspired by this angle of integrating spirituality into our troubled world leading with science.
You do a great service in the world Rich Roll. I hope you know that. I hope you know how deeply deeply you affect people, me, for the better. Thank you for what you do.
This is one of your BEST podcast. I love this and love hearing Dr. Lisa Miller. Thank you for this
One of my favourite pass times, love that Alexi mentioned Ritual sounds like Rich Roll in the previous coaches corner, I thought that too, made me smile, love this man. Captain of the ship, Rich Roll.
Sailing!!
Thanks for the Podcast Rich Roll & team. You have a great selection of guests that not many others do! 👍
Seriously!!
Thank you Rich and Lisa for doing the work and sharing it with us!!!
Why have I not heard this type of conversation when I was a young adult? For those young people whom are living in this unprecedented time, please listen well and have better; transcended life; better than your parents times.
Miller's work validates what I've devoted my life to
So interesting. The exercise around min 36 is so powerful.
This woman is a real intellectual, one of the best episodes I've heart so far. Rich I guess this was a real marathon to run :)
Love this. Lisa Miller is a breath of fresh air. Thanks, Rich.
"Right now we're not studying spirituality.
We've been educated out of our awakened awareness.
We've been educated out of our spiritual awareness."
This is so so so so good! Thank you Dr. Miller and to Rich Roll for having her on the show!!!
The literature of 12 step programs have taught all of this for eighty years. Unfortunately the stigma of addiction and the intellectualization of spirituality has distorted the beauty of this life saving program. Recovering from addiction is acknowledging the trauma and pain of life, its causes and conditions, and building a daily practice, with a support system, that empowers the individual. I loved that 'the opposite of suppression is expression.' These simple jewels are the treasures. I hope no-one is offended if I say, from my heart, may the God of your understanding bless you all and bring you to your inner peace.
The Simply Always awake channel is life changing. The end of suffering is possible
I was not loved and nutured as a child, so far from love I cannot even find the words. But I always knew there was something much deeper..... thank you, through struggle I have found resilience and deep spiritual love....thank you ❤🙏
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I like the theme but it seems incongruent if US army is increasing spirituality in itself should the army not find ways to a more peaceful world that is less conflictual in its policies ???
Yes. That part is very strange. I can understand that many people stuck in a limited awareness see themselves as contributing to "protecting our country" because that's how far they have evolved ..I can have compassion for them but I would imagine that this woman has a deeper spiritual awareness and can comprehend that killing another person (whatever justification they can come up with) is not the height of spirituality 🤔
This is wonderful!!!! Thank u!!!!
Am I the only one who didn’t really have anyone at my table? Still a profound experience to realize that… I hope to add more.
This was great. I was introduced to the teaching of psycho synthesis over 30 yrs ago, has informed my personal life and professional life as therapist. Jung and Assignoli both ahead of their time. Thanks
Truly fascinating conversation!! I love Rich's example of constantly doing the work to show up in a mindful healthy way in his life. So darn inspiring to me!! I love his engagement with his guests, the questions he asks and the rappor he has with all of them. Thank you ; )
Thanks, Rich. Awesome episode. I believe we can all benefit from plant medicine. I would love for you to do a journey and talk about your experience with it. We need more people talking about integration.
Mother Earth Church in Orlando is the place Go on their website and make a appointment I'm planning to go soon
I can't help but have a problem with calling it "spirituality." There are plenty of avenues for connection or feelings of connection worth exploring the prevalence of in academic contexts. Resorting to an umbrella term "spirituality" just feels like such a cop out to me.
So grateful for this conversation ❤ thankyou both!
Just got two copies of Lisa's book today in the mail. One for me and one for my sister who is twenty five years younger. 🤙🏽🌱😉