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Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue

Welcome to the rendezvous! A meeting of hearts and minds where we explore the nature of nature and shower all honoured guests with the colourful light of consciousness. Join me as we journey into truth. Like a rolling philosopher"s stone . . .

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Episode 26: Kissing The Books

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/10/21

Reading, especially of narrative fiction, is perhaps the most wildly underrated thing you could do with your time alive on this earth. Not only are the joys deeper than anything available through film or video games, but also along the way the characters and plots we experience allow us to better craft ourselves into a higher expression of what we came here to do and be, fulfilling the ancestral role of wise old storyteller guiding the hapless to glory. I heartily encourage you, friend, to open a

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Episode 25: Honouring Our Elders

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/10/16

Experience isn’t everything, but it turns out to be quite a lot. Even in the space of a day we can learn so much and come to a place where future opportunities and challenges can be more skilfully navigated, for the lessening of our suffering and the blooming of our hopes. Yet it seems we today are strangely out of touch with this fact, for no longer do the eldest among us command the greatest status and respect in society; instead replaced by the cult of fame, wealth and power. Admittedly, we

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01:17:12

Episode 24: Why Suffering Is Your Friend

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2022/10/07

Is pain, loss, failure and limitation really the enemy? While I agree it’s a wonderful idea to minimise their presence in our lives, it’s also true that much of our suffering can’t and thus shouldn’t be avoided, but rather embraced as if it were what we wanted all along. To go with the flow and offer no resistance to what life gives us, because it’s already happened, inevitable. This is the secret to inner peace, transcending even the most dire suffering. But beyond this, suffering is in fact our

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Episode 23: Why Fashion Actually Matters

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/09/29

Is it vain and foolish to care about one’s fashion? And in choosing our preferred material embodiment in this life – from clothes and hair all the way down to bags, cars and houses – is it wise or even admissible to factor in the impressions we will make on others? Or is all this utter inauthenticity and a recipe for spiritual malaise? I suggest the highest expression of fashion is to use our appearance as an amulet to guide our subconscious mind toward the aspirations of the soul, while humbly

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01:26:59

Episode 22: Peace & Prejudice

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2022/09/23

All sensible people will agree that sexism, racism, classism, homophobia and all their ilk are irrational malfunctions of the mind, the unfortunate and very harmful punishing of the innocent individual for things which are out of their control and shouldn’t restrict their freedom to thrive and flourish in the world. But what should we do? This episode explores this question and suggests that cultivating one’s consciousness is the core remedy, but also we can recognise such biases within ourselves

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Episode 21: Gaeilge Galore

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/09/16

It is a curious and rarely noted fact of history that the Irish, famed for their colourful use of English, actually have their own native tongue – Gaeilge, anglicised as Irish or Gaelic – which is utterly foreign to English and was only two centuries ago still the dominant language in Ireland. Sadly, a long series of tragedies and injustices beset the Irish, bringing Gaeilge to the brink of extinction, such that today it is spoken by only a tiny fraction of the population. Despite some hopeful signs

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01:53:47

Episode 20: Let’s Go Make Some Babies

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/09/09

The idea of having children is nowadays often met with scorn or a belief that one can’t or shouldn’t bring kids into the world; but this episode suggests parenthood is an incredibly underrated opportunity for a depth of fulfilment and self-growth that most people won’t be able to find elsewhere – as well as being a powerful way to support the well-being of Mother Earth, humanity and civilisation. It’s not for everyone and that’s just the way it should be, as it takes all kinds to make a world; but

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03:29:22

Episode 19: Covid & Consciousness

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/09/02

The Covid era was and is very divisive, confusing and important to understand. But even if we don’t all agree on the crucial questions, it is beneficial for us all to at least be conscious of the various sides of the arguments. We don’t need to make conclusions; consciousness of the opposing views is in itself already a massive step forward into empathy, restoring social bonds, and getting to the bottom of just what it all means. To that end, this episode hopes to put side by side the most important

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01:36:06

Episode 18: Is Socialism Really So Fair?

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/08/26

I once believed in the notion that government should interfere in the economy in order to provide balance and protect the poorer among us from predation by the wealthy, but with time I have come to see many persuasive reasons to think socialism isn’t what it seems. This system in fact hurts the poor and middle classes, contributing to poverty, oligarchy and unsustainable indebtedness where it is allowed to grow unchecked. I provide reasons and examples for the case that, counter-intuitive though it

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01:56:14

Episode 17: Big Picture Politics

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/08/19

I discuss the fundamental questions of politics and sovereignty – from how and why we draw the borders of a state, to how much power its government should have at the expense of the freedom of the individual, how we might minimise corruption and oligarchy, and how we might encourage a shared world peace and prosperity – doing my best to provide a balanced assessment of the pros and cons of the major proposed solutions to the seemingly intractable problems of how to organise human societies given our

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Episode 16: Twintuition

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/08/12

Mark and Jamie (a.k.a. I and I) break down the mystical contours and charmingly flavourful shapes of our recent lessons and reflections on life and purpose in this big dazzling love-ganism better known as the universe. We come to you live (so to speak) from outside the walls of the Vatican, sporting sleek Italian shirts, delicious iced coffees and a will to be free.

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Episode 15: Thoughts From The Road

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/08/05

Here cometh 36 minutes of me sweating waterfalls in Athens, discussing some things I've been thinking about since I've been on the road again.

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01:42:05

Episode 14: Learning A New Language

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/07/29

Wanna know how and why to learn a foreign language? First of all, it’s enormous fun! Learning to express and experience yourself and the world through a new language connects you with others and even yourself in a whole new way. Much like getting tipsy for the first time, this is something you won’t truly understand until you try it for yourself. Acquiring a language also sharpens your mind and expands your imagination, your ability to see things; even through the lens of your own native language,

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02:04:51

Episode 13: Evil & Evolution

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/07/22

Do you believe in the existence of evil? Are some humans so fundamentally corrupt and monstrous that they are beyond hope of redemption, not worthy of forgiveness, unable to love or be loved? If you ask me, Yes and No. The paradoxical key is to understand that on the ultimate level, evil is an illusion. No conscious being acts but out of love. Evil is but a more extreme version of standard contemporary human consciousness, which is a kind of dreamstate in which the soul loses sight of its oneness

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02:54:28

Episode 12: How & Why to Write Poetry

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/07/16

Poetry is a most mysterious phenomenon. It is the heart of truth, the soul of emotion, closer to music than storytelling; the meaning of life revealed in rhythm, rhyme, sound and symbol, when words are woven with the loose gaze of the wandering mind. Logic has its rightful place and to some extent is part of every poem, but poetry comes from a unique angle, being the meaning we read between the lines, touching the depths of what we can never quite explain. Life without poetry is a desperate affair,

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01:52:44

Episode 11: Surrendering the War on Drugs

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/07/08

Do you do drugs? Don’t answer that! I’ll respect your privacy. And which drugs anyway? Alcohol? Caffeine? Sugar? These all affect the mind enough to be properly called drugs – but they are the drugs modern industrial civilisation endorses, because they amplify its values of productivity, orderliness, political centralisation, cultural conformity and materialism. Other cultures in space and time have chosen different mind-altering substances as their own chemical allies in the pursuit of

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02:57:22

Episode 10: The Ethics of Eating

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/07/01

Vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, omnivores and carnivores unite! Let us discuss honestly the controversial question of what we should be eating. I offer my views on the pros and cons of each of these diets, in terms of optimising health and ecological flourishing while minimising the suffering of sentient beings. The core theme is that there are many roads up the mountain and we can and should and must learn to engage each other respectfully, accepting our differences and focusing on the common

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01:41:12

Episode 9: The Low-hanging Fruit of Health

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/06/24

Health is the foundation upon which all else in our lives is built. All our dreams and schemes require it and blossom in direct proportion to the vitality of our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellness. This episode provides countless practical tips about what is and isn’t in our interests if we want to thrive on all levels. I am not an expert but just a curious soul with an appreciation for the gift of healthy living, so please do your own due diligence and research the topics addressed,

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02:16:29

Episode 8: The Gist of History

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/06/17

History isn’t over yet. It is not just the past but also the present and the future; the greatest story ever told – ever imaginable – as it is the sum and whole of all stories ever to be. This episode gives a brief (ahem) overview of world history, with a particular focus on Europe and the near East; vital knowledge for anyone who wants to know where they are and where they are going, wants to understand their true context in space and time. We also look at how and why things change in the world,

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02:07:22

Episode 7: Awakening

Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue ·

2022/06/10

Awakening is the single most important thing in your life. Truly! For it is to experience the mindblowing lucidity of pure awareness without thinking – which is actually who you are. It goes by many names, can be understood in many ways, and has formed the core of all major religions throughout history, but the essential point to understand is that human beings can ‘wake up’ to a wiser, more peaceful, loving, practically powerful and indeed very humorous sense of self existing hidden in all of us

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