Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #38 - 24SEP11

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • Robert Schmidt and Stuart Goodnick discuss the distinction between religion and spirituality.

More information about Tayu Meditation Center can be found at:

Saturday, September 17, 2011

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #37 - 17SEP11

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • Stuart Goodnick reads his 1998 article, The Death of Robert Daniel Ennis. Robert Ennis was the founder of Tayu Meditation Center and the treatment of his death was inspired by the work of today's guest.
  • A discussion with Jerrigrace Lyons. Jerrigrace Lyons is the Director of Final Passages, a model project offering education for personal and legal rights concerning home or family-directed funerals and final disposition (burial and cremation). She has a long history in alternative health care. Jerrigrace Lyons, a Reiki Master, Certified Trager Practioner, and founder of the project, is a Minister who also directs Home Funeral Ministry. She has been interviewed and reviewed in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Mother Earth News, SF Magazine, KRON 4, CNN Headline News to name a few and now featured in a new PBS documentary “A family Undertaking” aired nationally in 2004.

More information about Jerrigrace Lyon's work can be found at:

Saturday, September 10, 2011

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #36 - 10SEP11

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • Stuart Goodnick reads/discusses his essay "The Practice of Patriotism" originally written after 9/11/2001.
  • Robert Schmidt reads/discusses an interview of Ram Dass by Mariana Caplan from her book, The Guru Question, in which they discuss the relationship with the guru.
  • Robert Schmidt reads/discusses Chapters 1 and 2 of E.J. Gold's The Hidden Work.

More information about Tayu Meditation Center can be found at:

Saturday, September 3, 2011

The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #35 - 03SEP11

The Mystical Positivist is now a weekly radio show on KOWS-LP 107.3 FM, Occidental, CA. Listen live on Saturday evenings from 4:00 - 6:00pm, PST, via the web at KOWS Live Stream.

This week's podcast features:
  • A discussion with Kevin Griffin. Kevin Griffin is the author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps and A Burning Desire: Dharma God and the Path of Recovery. A longtime Buddhist practitioner and 12 Step participant, he is a leader in the mindful recovery movement and one of the founders of the Buddhist Recovery Network. Kevin teaches internationally in Buddhist centers, treatment centers, professional conferences, and academic settings.

More information about Kevin Griffin's work can be found at: