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Back to SearchEpisode 411 - The Necessity of Gratitude
Michael Meade answers questions about the sources and meanings of grace and gratitude. Gratitude used to be called the "parent of all virtues" and …
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 410 - On Hope and Despair
This episode begins with the old idea that emotions travel in pairs. Sorrow tends to travel with joy, so that if we allow sorrow to penetrate us, i…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 409 - The Law of the Fish vs. The Rule of Law
Michael Meade turns to an ancient myth from India to show how elections can have such dire consequences that the rule of law becomes replaced with t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 408 - To Not Be Lost
It is our mutual fate to live in a time of such disorientation and upheaval that the institutions we hoped would protect us cannot keep up with the …
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 407 - Antidotes to Uncertainty
This episode of Living Myth begins with excerpts from a new psychological survey that a majority of American adults are worried that the upcoming pr…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 406 - Men, the Soul and the Search for Truth
This episode addresses the issue of the "strongman" in politics and the way it exemplifies and contributes to a loss of authenticity, a lack of inte…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 405 - The Symptoms We Suffer, The Symbols We Need
This episode is about the need for living symbols that can give us a sense of unity and wholeness in a divided world. Symptom is an old Greek word …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 404 - Finding Shelter from the Storms
This episode of Living Myth begins with the idea that the old terminology of 100-year storms and 1000-year storms makes little sense, since events of…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 403 - The Divine Touch: Living Through Chaos and Fear
This episode of Living Myth focuses on the sense that we are living through a radical time when change becomes necessary and a transformation of li…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 402 - The Storm of Uncertainty and Your Authentic Self
This episode begins with the idea of the Cone of Uncertainty as the front part of a hurricane or tropical storm that can veer to the right or left …
1 year, 7 months ago