Thinking with Somebody Else's Head Archives

28Jun

HTC – Ep. 2: True Medicine

In Healing Through Consciousness, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

From the psychosomatic department of the Keppe & Pacheco Colleges, this is episode 2 of the Healing Through Consciousness series on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. Our first episode was spent laying out some credentials of our College’s psychosomatic vision and pedigree. And I want to stress that our discussions here

21Jun

HTC – Ep 1: The Psychology of Health

In Healing Through Consciousness, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to our new series on the Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head podcast. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. We’re calling this series Healing Through Consciousness. An abstract title, perhaps. In our western civilization, with its over-emphasis on the material solutions for disease of pills, surgery, vaccines, righting our chemical imbalances and tweaking our diets, it’s possible we’ve

15Mar

Ep. 17 – True Religion

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to Episode 17 – our final episode – of the Modern Relevance of God Podcast Series on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. You know, as I think about it, 17 is kind of an odd number for the final episode in a series about spirituality, isn’t it? It’s not particularly

08Mar

Ep. 16 – Humanity’s Deep Need for God

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

We’ve been attempting here to make the scientific case for the relevance of a more theological consciousness in our everyday lives. I’ve been impressed with the idea Dr. Joseph Ghougassian elaborated in the preface he wrote to Keppe’s, Glorification that if we have religions in the world, this must be because of a metaphysical dimension in us.

02Mar

Ep. 15 – Resonance with Mother Mary

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

I’ve been impressed in my personal journey of discovery with the rational arguments for the existence of God throughout history, by Augustine and Anselm, and more recently, as I mentioned back in episode 11, by the logical argument for Jesus elaborated by Oxford’s C.S. Lewis. They all make provocative reading. But for me, a devout

22Feb

Ep. 14 – Resonance with Jesus

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to episode 14 of the Modern Relevance of God audio course here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. My dad used to say the problem with the human being was we were born without an owner’s manual. I used to nod in agreement, but now I’m pretty sure my father

15Feb

Ep. 13 – How We Miss Paradise

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Welcome to episode 13 of the Modern Relevance of God audio course here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. As I’ve been developing this series, I have to admit I’ve been wondering about the acceptance of its premise in the English-speaking world. Living in Brazil for the past 20 years has

08Feb

Ep. 12 – The Ceaseless Attack on Christian Values

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

This is episode 12 of the Modern Relevance of God audio course here on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. I think one of the greatest difficulties I’ve had in coming closer to spirituality has been a pretty common one: mixing up God with religion. If God was all the mess stirred

01Feb

Ep. 11 – Are We Victims of God?

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

How many times have you heard this phrase: “I don’t believe in God anymore because how could a loving God allow all this misery on Earth?” Usually it’s a Bruce Willis-like character in a war zone in some desolate African country squinting his eyes and muttering weightily, “God abandoned this place a long time ago.”

25Jan

Ep. 10 – The Problem with Atheism

In Modern Relevance of God, Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Can God and science exist together? I think that’s a fundamental question. I’ve heard some of the more vocal scientists proclaiming that a belief in God is the sign of a weak mind. Well, one thing I’ve discovered: the deeper I delve into the theological and philosophical knowledge, the more I encounter rather brilliant minds,