Actualization Station

To catalyze and reunite. From this episode: "For hundreds of thousands of years, we humans have been able to skirt the precipice, and become evermore social, cooperative, and creative beings. We excel when we come together, and now we must more than ever help catalyze that process of reunification. We have at our advantage the fact that we have now become this global, interconnected species - now interacting and interrelating - a part of a global society that can, if we are courageous and persistent, become more united in common cause than we are divided by those nefarious interests who stand to gain in power and profit by turning peoples against one another. We may yet succeed. The hope is slim, but failure is truly certain if we do not try to stop this downward spiral. The countermove to the tragic downward spiral is a great leap upward together, and it begins within each one of us."  Enjoy the show! - Follow on IG at @Actuali.pocast  - and @christopher.kinley  - On facebook @ facebook.com/Actuali.podcast

Welcome back everybody! In this episode we begin our consideration of the many-layered existential crisis humanity faces, as well as the the potential of phase-shifting as a species to avert the danger of civilization level collapse. During this episode I bring up a dialogue between Ayishat Akanbi and David Fuller on Rebel Wisdom, titled 'Identity and Empathy', where Ayishat makes a great distinction between being "woke", and the process of awakening. Here's a link to that: https://youtu.be/PmKz0cmunP0 I also mention Jordan Hall's ongoing series, 'The Civium Project', which can be found here: https://youtu.be/yXBAtdyBto0 And Daniel Schmachtenberger's talk on the principle of emergence, from the Emergence Festival, is here: https://youtu.be/eh7qvXfGQho Lastly, the absolutely essential 'Awakening from the Meaning Crisis' series by John Vervaeke, which I wish every human being could have the chance to hear, can be found here: https://youtu.be/54l8_ewcOlY Enjoy the show! Follow on IG at @Actuali.pocast and @chri

Welcome back to Actuali! In this episode, we begin by addressing the current crisis facing our world, this dark night of soul in America, and this beautiful chance we have to go beyond our labels. By widening our frames of reference, to see beyond our teams and tribes, our ideas and labels, we may remember what we are first and foremost: children of the cosmos, of earth and star. For the sake of hope, though I do sense us skirting the precipice, I also speak to a sense light on the horizon, as more and more come to deep life-affirming realizizations of what we really are, sparking off new lights, radiating brighter and brighter, their every heartful action rippling out. I pray enough of us can unite in the all-agreeable common cause of Love itself. To that effect, I wrote a poem, an older version of which I read on here some months before the corona virus event begin (Ep. 17). In this episode, the poem/prayer is presented in a new light, in perhaps a somewhat more refined form, with further explication

Hey guys! Welcome back to Actuali! In this episode we begin renewed, at 3am no less. Join us as we delve into a deep late night reverie, enjoying pensive thoughts and poetry. Poems in this episode: In Song, Autumn Sings, Afternoon Songs, Ancient and Immortal, Flower Life, Serene, A New World of Freedom Thanks for tuning in! Join us on IG! @Christopher.Kinley and @Actuali. Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

Hello everybody! Welcome back to Actuali!  We continue our exploration into the deepest questions of life, to understand our relationship with the deepest, most fundamental aspects of reality, that we may come to know ourselves truly, and be our Actual I. In this episode, we are utilizing a simple technique which involves only being aware of one's breathing during meditation, noticing thought distractions, and patiently returning attention to our breathing.  This allows us to get an experiential sense and build up a bodily memory of what Now, this very present moment, feels like without our thoughts, feelings, and perceptions laden over it. In returning our awareness to the Now we build up this sense which allows us to be freed of the impact of thoughts and feelings, gradually, and evermore over time as we deepen our practice.  And breathing, is a very simple, benign (not emotionally loaded) focal point for attention that is grounded here in the present, so it is a perfect anchor point for at

Welcome back to Actuali podcast! This is Episode 28 - The Isness of Existence: Excerpt: As we get a sense of the isness of  existence, and we recognize the Truest, Deepest Sense of Self, we  realize once and for all, we are not the images we hold of ourselves,  nor is anyone else. Of course, we build impressions of everyone we  encounter, but as we come to  know that we are not our self-images, we  understand this of others as well. The drawing is not the thing, the map  is not the territory, the menu is not the food, a tree is not the word. Words  are mere low resolution place holders, icons for actual existence, and  the only way to experience actual existence, as was eluded to of Neo in  the Matrix when he awakens as the One.  This metaphor is ancient, and it  describes the moment one awakens to the underlying, actual nature of  reality, and sees beyond their programming and conditioning, beyond the  projections, the approximations, th

Welcome back to Actuali podcast! In this episode we pick up where we left off in Ep. 26 - Going Meta, Buddhist Metta, and now we continue where we left off in our inquiry, to delve ever deeper into the direct experience of this phenomena of awareness. From the episode: "Laden over this most primary sense of awareness, we all have these filters we perceive through, our different histories, and experiences, different challenges, accomplishments, and struggles, preferences and styles of interacting, but we all share the same experience of awareness that all of this occurs in, and through that, the same capacity for suffering, as well as the same capacity for overcoming, for creativity and co-creativity, for partnership, for love, and through love, the same capacity for consideration, for going beyond judgement to understanding, and forgiveness. This same sense of awareness upon which our frames of perception are laid over, this that is ultimately empty of features, is as consequence also too full of potential t

How can we see past our images of each other, to know each other as we are this moment, regardless of our different beliefs, as the always-changing ongoing miracles we truly are?  Can we be without a prebuilt image of another, while still holding a prebuilt image of ourselves? Behind descriptions of who we are according to traits, such as I am a [this profession], [this nationality], [this religion], with this name, these accomplishments, who is the I that has them?  When we say, I am this or I am that, I like this, I like that, Who is the Actual I? Welcome back to Actuali podcast! In this episode, we explore how we may drop the images, and see how we need not be attached to the ideas we hold, as they are simply tools we can use to interact with the world.  Rather than allowing the ideas that appear in our minds to be our masters, we make peace with this figment of self we've come to mistake for the most fundamental Truth of our being. It's time to get back in the driver seat. Let us embrace th

Thanksgiving has passed and we have officially kicked off the Season of Giving. This is the first part of Tis the Season, a multi-part special series where we celebrate this magically, sparkly time of year, sharing new insights, inquiry, and wonder. We're kicking it off and getting holly and jolly up in here!  So grab your elf ears and mistletoe and let's rile up some good vibes for this special time of year. Today, we talk Thanksgiving, mac n cheese, and gratitude. Keeping it light with this episode. May you listen and be joyful! Thanks for tuning in! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

Welcome back to Actuali podcast! In this episode, we share the deep relaxation and opening of awareness that meditation allows. We delve into the sense of spaciousness around the breath to attune and resonate consciousness with the presence of this very moment. Here at Actuali, we practice what is known as the Direct Path, through self-inquiry style meditation, which invites us to be most immediately, and directly aware of presence itself, to identify the True ground of our being that is before all thoughts, ideas, conceptions, self-image. We delve into the deepest, most direct experience of being itself, for from here, we may cultivate the peace we seek in life. Join us and be refreshed! Much Love. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

Welcome back to Actuali for Poetry Night Vol. 3 In this episode I read a selection of poems by Hafiz translated by Daniel Ladinsky: And Applaud Cast All Your Votes for Dancing Saints Bowing in the Mountains Awake Awhile Laughter At this Party No Other Kind of Light Not With Wings And after these, I read a few of my own: Flight Serene Untitled and 3 from my Autumn Sings series. Enjoy the show! Join us on Instagram! @Actuali.podcast and @Christopher.Kinley --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

Welcome back to Actuali podcast! In this episode, I respond to the idea that humans are a disease, which Jason Mamoa, Aquaman, recently helped popularize at the recent UN Climate Conference. We further address the alarming rate of increase of anxiety, depression, and suicide, particularly among young people, and consider some of the more potentially detrimental language being thrown around today as response to environmental crisis. Specifically, we consider an alternative point of view to this suggestion that humanity is a mistake, a virus, or cancer to this world. And we consider instead, how we may be a light amidst the darkness. We also continue our inquiry into how integral a sense of the Sacred, a sense of wonder and awe is to our individual lives, as well as to the wider world. The hope may be small, but our highest goal remains: that we may be that change we wish to see in the world, and change this world from the inside-out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Suppo

Welcome to Ep. 21 of Actuali podcast.  In this episode, we take a deep dive to discover and realign with a sense of the sacred, the ineffable, the wondrous mystery that is life.  We discuss that innate sense of wonder that we are all born with, and how this may be the most integral aspect of our humanity that allows us to overcome even the greatest challenges we face as a species. Excerpt: If there is not a sense of reverence, of that innate wonder for life that we are born with, we all too soon become lost to a maze of searching, and searching, and only fleetingly finding. We search for artificial fillers and distractions to fill a sense of meaningless in life, to decompress from the drudgery that is life. But it is here, always available, that sense of wonder. That sense of natural amazement, the great inhalation/exhalation that occurs when there is awe, when we experience such profound awesomeness, that we can but smile and revel in exhilaration. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor

Ep. 20 of Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station) - We may have an idea of what we can do to improve ourselves; but until we fully commit to doing so, we cannot know what it takes to make a lasting, positive change within ourselves, and in the wider world. Take back the reigns. If you blame the world outside, you are making excuses that obscure the reasons why you can still succeed. And maybe you will fail; maybe random circumstances will prevail, but how will you know what's possible until you try? Many people have risen out of worse circumstances than we can imagine. They did not blame their lot on outside forces and make excuses for giving up. They took note of the challenges they faced, and focused on solutions and ways around the hurdles life presents us. They persevered, and accepted no excuses from themselves. They committed despite their fears despite all anxieties and depression. They committed despite all outside circumstances. They made a change within themselves, and did not stop until th

In this episode Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station), we go within to explore the very sense of Self, and get a feel for this style of meditation, Self-Inquiry, also known as The Direct Path. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

Hey everybody! In this episode of Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station), we inquire into the Art of Stillness, as well as cover a few poems I wrote which go with posts you can find on our respective Instagram and Facebook pages. And!  I introduce a new name for the podcast: Actuali !!!  What does this mean? And how will the podcast change?  Rest assured, I will maintain the aim and direction of this podcast, which in short, is to invite you to share in this process of ongoing Self-Realization, that we may  be that change we wish to see in the world. Together, we go within to discover our inherent nature, an ever deepening sense of peace, well-being, and with this freedom, we actualize our highest potential, for the sake of all that is good in this world! As I go into in this podcast, the term I am coining: Actuali, represents the deepest nature of ourselves.  Who is the Actual I?  What is this inherent awareness behind all thoughts, feelings, and sensations?  Th

Welcome to Actuali Podcast (formerly Actualization Station) - A Prayer in Poem: Next Lvl: The path is getting narrow as we come nearer to this peak, this apex/locus of potentials, both majestic and bleak. Will we continue on, after we make this summit, will we take our voices and our hearts with us as we ascend, and rather than fall to one or the other side, could we rise together, transcend that pattern that has pit us against each other, and ourselves for so long? I wonder, and I am full of hope, but I’m not sure that I am hopeful, only that I don’t feel so alone anymore. Yet, the mission remains: to reintegrate, inspire, uplift, empower, and sustain only that which so obviously smacks of wisdom it transforms you, and you are changed. There are times that face us, when a great leap is called for: and we are almost beckoned to by some miracle, arise anew, reborn, reintegrated, and able to earn a way to ascend the next peak, and today we are more connected than ever. If ever there was a time, if ever there

Welcome to Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station). We're all artists, creative in myriad ways. We can find home in those most elative moments when we are "lost in the music", the art, the moment, as it pertains to art we create purselves, or find appreciation in. But what if we give no bounds to this experience, none at all, and let our love of giving what is most essential and true from each One of us not be limited to any edge, to any bounds, to stretch out beyond known limits? In this episode we explore this, and inquire into relating points of interest to further elucidate this insight. #potential #limitless #art #actualization #meaning #transcendence --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

Welcome to Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station).  In this episode, we take a look at a side of being in the world described as "relevance realization", a posture of acceptance to how relevant everything we do really is that I picked up from "Rebel Wisdom" (not Rebel Media! Whoops! Sry guys!) that I find complimentary to the zen term "shoji" points to the finite nature of life, and also expresses the immediate relevance of our individual lives and wider world context we share as a social species. From this persoecive we may see that the most effective way forward must be to be the very change we seek, and to Change this World from the Inside-Out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

In this episode I share a conversation with Artist and Professor Gary Bergel. We discuss art as a path to reintegration with the world, the underlying interrelationship of everything, and inquire into how to see this in the midst of life and "take the beauty forward". Enjoy the show!