Cutting Edge Consciousness

Our perception of what is best for our lives is not always accurate. Faith is a trust in the unfolding of our lives. But there is also a "knowing" that we can tap in to that can help guide our decisions. Dr. Fabrizio Mancini refers to this inner knowing as "trust"-a developed capacity to rely on one's own, internal, knowing. As we learn to trust ourselves, we can also learn to tap in to the same internal wisdom to perceive whether others are trustworthy. Together, a combination of faith and trust can be relied on to guide our lives in the best possible way. For more about Dr. Fab's work, please visit www.drfabmancini.com.

The former president of Trader Joe's, and current CEO of the nonprofit organization Conscious Capitalism, joins Barnet and Freeman for a tremendous conversation about a new way of doing business. The new way of doing business is both a returning to the fundamentals of business, having to do with operating with clear and expressed values, for the purpose of creating value, against the backdrop of a new level of transparency spawned by social media. This conversation is a bit subtle as to just how powerful it is-the relevance of this topic and this particular dialogue is truly significant. For more about Doug Rauch's work, please visit www.consciouscapitalism.org.

Arielle Ford joins Barnet and Freeman for an important conversation. We are programmed by a society that projects images of perfection NO ONE can live up to. Arielle makes the point that in learning to love our imperfections and the beautiful imperfections of our partner, our soul grows. We become more human in the most gracious sense-a reflection of the divine-AND life just becomes a lot more fulfilling. For more information about Arielle's work, please visit www.soulmatesecret.com. And to receive the special gift that Arielle mentions on the show, please visit www.soulmatesecret.com/wabisabilove/gifts.

Following our heart, and leading with a heartfelt intention, will generate profound experiences. This heart-led operating imperative can be trusted. What the results will look like is impossible to anticipate. There is more and more mystery, the more we let our hearts truly lead us. Terry Tillman joins Barnet and Freeman for an incredible conversation. For more information about Terry's amazing work, please visit www.227company.com/home/index.html.

The exchange of energy is the only thing that is real. The material world is an illusion. Love is the most precious commodity-it is the energy with the highest value. But it is not something to be hoarding; it is something to be given away as often and as much as possible. To the degree we give it away, it grows. Preston Smiles, from The Love Mob, joins Barnet and Freeman for an inspiring look at exchanging love to build a reliable community with an evolved system of exchange. For more information about Preston's work, please visit www.prestonsmiles.com.

Sister Jenna, of the Brahma Kumaris spiritual tradition, joins Barnet and Freeman for a great conversation about spiritual evolution. Purity, peace, and happiness are our natural state-but we must learn to peel away layers of attachment to find the seed of God that transforms our lives. Then discipline and practice become gifts rather than burdens-they help to lighten our load rather than inhibit us. For more information about Sister Jenna, please visit: http://www.meditationmuseum.org/.

Greed is an illness. Lusting for money and power represents an addiction based on a distorted belief structure. For many years, Sam Polk had his priorities organized around winning in a very small game that centered on self-aggrandizement. His great awakening set a new course and established a new set of priorities for his life, which have led to far greater fulfillment. The journey is ongoing-but Barnet and Freeman love the direction he's heading in. This is a powerful testimonial to waking up from the collective trance and finding more substantial pursuits, which will invariably lead to greater fulfillment. For more information about Sam's work, please visit www.samuelpolk.com.

Thomas John, medium, joins Barnet and Freeman for a wonderful show about psychic phenomenon-and the power to see into the future. Thomas is very clear that his ability to prognosticate, and see things that others cannot perceive, is only intended to serve. Barnet, specifically, is served by Thomas' remarkable ability in this episode of Cutting Edge Consciousness.

The soul's journey is one of transformation. Transformation involves turmoil. Transformation is a natural process of undoing, where the self we have come to identify with, the self we constructed to keep us safe, comes apart. Through this process we are dragged into the deep water of our emotions, where we can be changed in the most meaningful and important ways. If we can trust the waves of feelings and allow them to take us on a ride, we often find we are quite gracefully carried back to shore. Daphne Kingma joins Barnet and Freeman for a delicious conversation about the throws of turmoil that transform us. For more information about Daphne's amazing work, please visit www.daphnekingma.com.

A life lived simply trying to please primal desires cannot be ultimately filling. The hamster wheel of desire never ends-it is perpetual and distracting. Consciousness is the ability to direct our desires toward something greater than simple worldly achievement. When we identify with something bigger than desire, we become purposeful and empowered. When we become attuned to "the something" that wants to unfold through us, our wants become less constricted to worldly outcomes and less addictive in the way they consume our attention. Our choices and behavior take on an integrity. Our base desires are held in a greater context-they're just wants on the way to an emergent possibility. We surrender our survival impulse to a creative and evolutionary impulse that naturally emerges out of who we really are. This is a short synopsis of our compelling conversation with GP Walsh on this episode of Cutting Edge Consciousness.

Psychic medium, best-selling author, television producer, and media personality James Van Praagh joins Barnet and Freeman for a conversation about criticism. It seems that being true to ourselves, and offering our gift in the world, evokes some amount of resistance from "our universe." James Van Praagh is no stranger to skepticism and ridicule-but his clarity of intention has consistently won out over the small-minded criticism that he has faced in the public media. James is a joy-filled gift who shares his wisdom, along with a few laughs, on this episode of Cutting Edge Consciousness. For more about James' work, please visit www.vanpraagh.com.

Dr. Joe Dispenza is back on Cutting Edge Consciousness for another engaging conversation with Barnet and Freeman. This round is especially interesting as the guest and hosts explore the creative space wherein something truly new can immerge. While Dr. Joe has a brand-new book, You Are the Placebo, which serves to enrich this dialogue, the conversation is very much an extension of the two previous conversations with Dr. Joe on CEC. The ability to direct our experience hits a roadblock when it bumps up against our conditioned imagination-only by intentionally following a feeling can we generate something that is truly "new." For more on Dr. Joe Dispenza, please visit www.drjoedispenza.com.

Consumer consciousness is a by-product of the grand strategy that won the Cold War. By winning the world over to capitalism, we have pushed our planet to the brink-the current operating system is not sustainable; it's time for new grand strategy. Patrick Doherty joins Barnet and Freeman for intriguing conversation about policy at the highest level. This is an important conversation on Cutting Edge Consciousness.

Creating our experience via our conscious perception, directed attention, and thoughtful interpretation can be enhanced by technology. Bill Harris, who is known by many to be one of the featured teachers on the film The Secret, joins Barnet and Freeman for a significant conversation about awareness. Bill has developed an important technology to enhance and aid people in achieving a contemplative state of consciousness. This awareness, from Bill's perspective, is the only way to truly choose the course of our lives.

Control is a recipe for struggle. Life will not deliver on the promises of our narrow definition of success. We can pursue the collectively agreed upon formula, only to find that it is an empty promise. On this episode of Cutting Edge Consciousness, Panache Desai joins Barnet and Freeman for a deep conversation about living a rich and rewarding life by following our Soul Signature. For more about Panache Desai and his amazing work, please visit http://www.panachedesai.com/.