The Spiritual Involution

Rev. David Bruner and KT discuss how to remain flexible and open to possibilities.  Stay curious! 

What is our role in the news? Should we watch and or listen to it? How do we maintain a spiritual perspective even amongst fear based agendas? 

Forgiveness was the topic that came up this week.  Reverend David Bruner and KT discuss what forgiveness is and what it means to truly forgive.  Not just others but yourself as well. 

I am only half way through the book, "The Body Keeps the Score," but it has already brought up so many questions in me.  I ask Reverend David what he thinks about these questions revolving around trauma, childhood, motherhood, self discovery, and a dream I had about giving birth to a Chihuahua. 

Reverend David Bruner and Katie discuss this question, "What question do you need to ask yourself most?"  

We explore all its many directions this question may lead you.  Happy 2020!

"So you think you are enlightened, go spend time with your family," -  Ram Dass

David and I chat about how to maintain your spiritual north in one of the most difficult settings around...a family gathering. 

Since Dr. David could not do the podcast and I already had a babysitter, I decided to interview the babysitter.  What do we have to learn from a 16 year old??? Well, a lot from this one.  

What questions do a 3 year old and a 6 year old come up with to ask a preacher about God? Listen to find out :)

David and KT meandered through so many topics: our experience at a silent retreat, rest, the collective consciousness in a state of fear, 

reverse paranoia, slowing down, Saber Tooth Tigers, and Spaghetti O's.  

What role does silence and stillness play in spirituality?  How do we carve out more time to be still, can you be still in noise, and is eating beans at a silent retreat a good thing?  All this and more Dr. David Bruner and KT discuss on this weeks podcast!

Katie and David discuss meaning of our "Statement of Being"  at The Center for Spiritual Living.  We looked at every sentence of this statement and really took time to understand the words we say every Sunday.  

"We believe that life is good, that God is all there is, and that love is the only power. We are a welcoming and inclusive community of inspired individuals caring for and about each other and the entire planetary family, bringing the gifts of active compassion and kindness to the world. Our purpose is to transform lives, build dreams, and reveal God through education, music, prayer, service, generosity, and play."

My good friend Keven Hemple s always up to something.  His intention is to live life fully with no regrets.  Keven lives boldly and  unabashed, traits I find admirable in a human.   His latest feat is to challenge his body, mind, and soul by completing 100 miles on foot this October 26th.  He is doing this to raise money for a beautiful organization called, Rooms of Hope. This organization creates dream rooms for children who are sick.  From their website:

"We create rooms that matter for children with a serious illness during a time when life is anything but predictable."

Keven and I discuss the many facets of spirituality that brought him to deciding to run 100 miles.  We explored the why, how, and what of limitations, sobriety, mediocracy and pushing beyond suffering. 

Hopefully you will be inspired to push beyond a limitation you are holding.  Running 100 miles might not be what calls you but something does and we want you to go DO IT.  

Much love- Katie and Keven  

Fear, uncertainty, worry, and complacency can get in the way of putting that foot in front of the other foot and moving forward.  How do we use our spirituality to move forward in the face of fear? 

Is giving our nature?  With a few off topic tangents we discuss giving, reciprocity, and its place in spirituality. 

David and KT discuss what a spiritual practice means and why it might be important to be diligent with your practice? 

Rev. David Bruner, his partner Mauricio Lopez, and Katie Burke all have a discussion about loneliness.  We discuss the effect being lonely can have on your mental state and how one may use their spirituality to get out of the "loneliness trap". 

Gina Tang and KT discuss the perils of modern western motherhood. Looking at the role isolation has in both depression and becoming separated from our divine connection.

Rev. Susan Overland and KT discuss beauty standards and aging in our society as a woman. 

Reverend David Bruner preaches at the Center for Spiritual Living in San Jose, which practices what is known as, Science of Mind.  I wanted to discuss the basic principals of this relatively new spiritual domination.  Here is our conversation.  Please follow us on Facebook and or Instagram and leave us your thoughts! 

David and Katie watched a beautiful piece on You Tube entitled, "I'm Gay" by Eugene Lee Yang. We then discussed our thoughts about homosexuality in the context of spirituality.  We talked about hate crimes and how we should, or should not be, in the face of hatred.  Thank you for listening. Please find us on Facebook and or Instagram and let us know your thoughts.  Much love! 

David and Katie are back from their trips and catching up.  We chatted about a 21 day challenge to help create a complaint free world, how to really BE fully immersed in your spirituality, and some other randomness.  Peace and Love. 

Today Reverend David Bruner and Katie Burke talked about the role of “complaining” in our life.  Should we complain, should we not complain? What exactly is complaining? Is there a difference between gossip and complaining? All this and more was discussed today on, The Spiritual Involution, podcast. Chime in on your thoughts, we'd really love to hear them! (find us on facebook and or instagram)

What is your purpose? Do we have a divine purpose? How do we find our purpose?  Join David and Katie as they explore this question by answering three questions put forth by Martin Rutte who wrote, Project Heaven on Earth. 

1.) Recall a time you felt heaven on earth? 

2.)If I gave you a magic wand, and you could create heaven on earth, what would it look like to you?

3.) What easy, concise steps can you take in the next 24 hours to help bring this idea you just spoke about into the world?  

You have now entered the game of actively  " being"  your purpose. 

Dr. David Bruner and KT discuss the power of saying NO.  The line between YES and NO is sometimes blurry. In this podcast we discuss how to know when to use these two words to direct your life in the direction you want it to go. 

This is a very special podcast.  David, our friend Kat, and I drove up to see our friend Jay yesterday.  He invited us to his house so we could experience the life and art of his wife and most beloved soul Rita who left our physical world just over a year ago.  He speaks openly about love, and about grief.  I hope you are as moved I was.  

This is the first time that David and I attempted a podcast over the phone.  Actually it worked better than I thought since my phone was having some issues on my end.  We discussed Intention.  What is an intention and how it has the power to create a new reality. 

This episode we deep dive on how one might look at and or end their suffering.  I give you my experience through a tough pregnancy as an example of how I found a way through letting go and LOVE.   We also took another look at grown up bullies and how one might move through that experience.  Thank you for your ears, and let us know what you think. 

My word was to do a podcast once a week with Dr. David and we did one yesterday...but I want a re-do.  So here is this weeks podcast, it is only 4 minutes but it explain why.

Thank you for your understanding everyone.  Much love. 

Rev David and Katie talk about how words have power, women's history month and the divine feminine,  god's calling, and having a partner that is not spiritual? Come join the conversation on Facebook or Instagram at The Spiritual Involution. 

Is Life Hard or is that a bunch of BS (BElIEF SYSTEM)?  Reverend David Bruner and KT discuss two seemingly opposing views about how to view life, one being a life struggle and the other a flow? I think we decided it might be both? What do you think? 

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