Navigating Societal Issues to Foster Self-Discovery and Personal Growth - Spiritual Perspective - Discerning News

Fostering self-discovery and growth through exploring the implications of this week’s news events from a spiritual perspective, emphasizing the importance of understanding the energy behind actions rather than just the facts. The discussion delves into personal responsibility, the lessons learned from experiences, and the philosophy of 'live and let live' as a guiding principle for navigating societal issues. In this conversation, the speakers explore themes of love, sensitivity, and the ongoing Epstein saga, reflecting on the lessons learned from societal challenges. 

They discuss the importance of self-awareness, the impact of media, and the role of obstacles in personal growth. The conversation also touches on the transformative power of music, particularly the influence of The Beatles, and emphasizes the need for authenticity and pioneering change in one's life.

Takeaways:

• The Minnesota shooting incident highlights the need for deeper understanding of the environment of news events.
• People often jump to conclusions without knowing the facts.
• Spiritual perspectives can provide insights into current events.
• Lessons from past experiences inform future decisions.
• 'Live and let live' is a crucial principle for personal growth.
• The Epstein story reflects ongoing societal issues and personal responsibility.
• Music has the power to reflect spirit's influence and new perspectives.
• Pioneering personal growth requires awareness and intention.
• Finding abundance involves discerning what we feed in our lives.
• Being a light in the world means embracing our true selves.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Week One Reflections and Current Events
• 3:40 The Minnesota Shooting ICE Incident
• 6:52 Spiritual Perspectives on Conflict
• 9:44 Lessons from Personal Experiences
• 12:36 "Live and Let Live" as a Solution
• 16:38 The Importance of Inner Loyalty and Responsibility
• 19:34 The Power of the First Person Perspective
• 27:57 The Essence of Love and Sensitivity
• 28:52 The Epstein Saga: Lessons and Reflections
• 30:49 Feeding Our Needs: The Politics of Power
• 33:03 Obstacles as Opportunities: Finding Gold in Challenges
• 40:52 Embracing Change: The Power of Self-Discovery
• 42:18 The Beatles: Music as a Transformative Force
• 45:36 Pioneering Change: Embracing New Opportunities
• 49:29 Final Thoughts: The Journey of Self-Discovery

Transcript

TNT SpiritWorks (00:01)
Okay. Week one of 2026 is done and man, there's some stuff going on. Week one, week one, week one. Okay. Yeah. guess it's a little over seven days, but we're actually in week two now. Yeah, we're in a week two. Okay. So let's get this ball rolling. So Tom, what you got this week for stories to share? Well, I'll start actually. You want to start? Sure. Okay. All right. So with, with news in the United States, ⁓ one of the things that's been dominating things of late,

is Minnesota, one of the states in the US. There's been a shooting between an ICE officer and a lady that was in a protest. And that's kind of been dominating the news of late. Boy has it. Yeah, it's been all over the place. And, you know, there's a whole take insides thing of who's right and who's wrong and the whole thing going on. So that's kind of the first thing I'd like to kind of open up with. And it's

It's an interesting story and they still have things coming out. any insights or thoughts that you all have so far? Well, it's interesting because when this came up, I had a situation this week where I recognize how a lot of people, when they hear something that's happened, they just jump on that and they don't think about what's the truth behind it. And so I sort of really want to go with this because I had...

Actually, my mom was recently was talking about a place down in Springfield, Missouri, which is it's called Springfield underground. And she kept telling me there's a city underground and people go under there. They never come out and they live there forever. And and then I ironically enough this week saw a YouTube about Springfield underground Springfield. And that's not exactly what it is. It's actually just a storage unit. It's humongous. And yes, it's underneath the ground. But it's not a city. People aren't like people aren't living there and just really

Something about that just, went, my, so many people just don't get any facts. They just jump right on what happened or a situation and without getting any facts. Yeah, I think that what differentiates this podcast from other ⁓ commentators and news reporters and news analysts is that we're going to share about the story from a spiritual perspective and discerning

the news. that I noticed that, you know, we're not going to sort of rehash the facts of the incident, but more share about the energy behind it, and insights that we have for ourselves personally of how similar things can happen. my true thing, right? It's almost like it's, it's good examples of what goes on for people, you know, spiritually. So rather than get into the

moral issues, the rights and wrongs or the system or that kind of thing or debate the facts. Our primary purpose is to help, ⁓ you know, the evolution of the soul and have maybe feel more secure as I move through the environment that we're in, you know, day to day. the the that said, so the tiki-taki of this is, is that part of the pro there's a protest thing going on.

there's a lady who got shot and killed in a car and she was at the front of the protest with the car and attempting to impede the ICE officers. And then when the ICE officers basically said, okay, that's enough of that and started to move into arrest her, she started moving out with the car. And then now the allegations are is,

she almost ran over, tried to run over one of the cops and then the cop shot the lady. So that's the basic. That's the basics of if you haven't heard about the story. ⁓ So one of the things that's really stood out to me was number one, this officer who shot the lady had been drugged by another person in a car before, just before, not too long ago and had

been hospitalized and all this kind of thing. Meaning he was like almost got killed. That's one thing that's really interesting about this. Same guy in front of a car finds himself in front of a car again. So that's like spirit going, hey, what you gonna do this time? This is very interesting. Yes, yes, very interesting there. And then the other part of it was with the lady that stood out to me was she had this kind of whole

new life, so to speak, where she got remarried to or married to this other lady. And she had kids, but she was in this protest, right? Right. And so she doing what she felt was right, obviously. But it was to me, both of them, this common denominator, it's like getting caught in the moment.

rather than being a part of the bigger picture of where their energy is moving toward, what is the things that I need to move toward? And so I'm gonna pause there and see what you all get inspired about. it just, to me, it's just very interesting without getting involved in moral issues of how here this officer or agent is, had this happened to him before, so to speak. And then he finds himself back in a similar situation.

And number two, that here's this person, lady, who obviously is passionate about what she believes in, but yet puts herself in harm's way when she has all these people in her life. Other opportunity. she has other opportunity that she's a part of. Right. So I just find those two things fascinating first. Yeah. For myself, I think it's interesting because

That's one of those things like how, you know, if you haven't learned a lesson, like it will come back around and it may, gosh, it may look the same like the guy being drug with previously and then back in front of another car. So now how do you work with that? So I found for myself that that has been a true thing. they'll come back around. I guess if we look at history too, that's happened over and over, right? Like, are we going to learn this time? Are we going to learn next time? So, being so

bold and so and putting themselves in situations that you know, because like this week, I was talking to someone about this and I said, you know, for myself, you know, I have beliefs and I have, you know, think my preferences, but I am not personally inspired to go and be involved in a protest this lifetime. It's just not my thing. For some reason, I'm just not it's not not my thing. So I will not put myself in that kind of harm's way. But who knows what other way I might have a lesson to learn.

that might be something I've already previously encountered. that's very interesting you brought that perspective up. Well, from the bigger picture perspective, you know, the patterns that I keep rewriting and I'm going to keep experiencing certain find myself in certain situations until I began to take a look at myself and what is my true heart's desire? You know, where do I really find that happiness and freedom or where am I really rallying the forces?

you know, within me to accomplish what I came to do. And so it's it's a lesson because here's in the bigger picture, no one got died. You know, there's a soul that ⁓ was left their physical body. And ⁓ they're going to go back out home into the universe eventually unless we're all thinking about that situation they're in. And then the other fellow

You know, the officer, mean, he's, ⁓ we understand the psychology behind it or there's, know, a mindset there and then he's got a job to do. So, you know, it's not a, one of the, some of the commentators have said, you know, it's a sad situation for everyone involved. It's that officer is going to have to live with this. You know, there's no glory in shooting a 37 year old woman. You know, it's not like a super bad guy that.

you know, the villain in the super movie that you just took out and saved the planet. I mean, it's a, it's one of those messy situation all the around. Just got escalated. And, know, I think it's great to communicate what's on my mind, but I have to wonder, am I being used by energy so that I find myself in a situation that doesn't really accomplish my

personal mission and that's that's kind of where with both of you said about the lesson and and that pattern right of how quickly if I don't learn that lesson early and Then I start doing it again and the same lesson but in a different way Right and here comes again pretty soon. I start creating that groove Where it becomes I become comfortable?

in what is meant to be uncomfortable. And I become uncomfortable in what is meant to be comfortable, meaning that learning, growing and adapting and moving beyond that's comfortable. That's actually the soul moving forward. Right? So hitting those bad spots where I don't move forward, where I don't ⁓ evolve and have fun and happy and all that good stuff.

That's uncomfortable, but yet I can get used to, well, this is my lot and I've got to pull through and I got to push and all this kind of stuff. And don't get me wrong. There's times I got to follow through and it's, you know, tough, but the idea of me getting caught in the same thing and not learning the lesson, there's something off about that. And I've lost sight of the big picture. And to me, that's for me, what I'm getting out of that story.

Is am I letting my immediate situation take me off of what my bigger picture is? So can I bring my bigger picture into that situation? Can I be a healing force? Do I need to be there? Right? I mean, do I need to be there? So the bottom line is maybe this was the, their time and all that good stuff. But for me, it's like, am I paying attention to where I need to be?

Because if I'm paying attention to where I need to be, then no matter what other people think, it's perfect for me. OK, so here's another place that I went when I was exploring this and heard about this event that happened is I was like, you know, I'm all about freedom and I'm all about, you know, allowing people to pay. They want to experience that then more power to them. Literally, I said to Thomas, did you know what?

Minnesota at the moment, they want all the ice people out. They want all the ice agents out. They they're okay with the way it is. So I say leave. And honestly, I say and you know, and don't let them have the experience they're going to have in a city that's already like many other cities around the country right now, kind of in chaos and kind of in you know, disarray because of the situations that are going on, then just move out and let them have it. And that might that seems like

that actually feels a little harsh as I say it, but yet that's kind of like, sometimes it's like that, like, well, you know what, there's, we're not helping this situation here. So let them see how it works. Or let's make something else a priority or something. ⁓ Dicey, that's the key word that I wanted to share in that how often have I put myself into a dicey situation where the energy could go one way or the other? ⁓ Because, yeah, you might say that

that, you know, that officer at the moment, in my opinion, could have just been, he's scared, he's possessed in a second, he's reacting and, ⁓ whatever, you know, and, ⁓ you know, I feel like I've got experience as a soul with this in other lifetimes, you know, finding ways to check out early or do the valiant thing and then get shot, you know, by an Indian or

caught in a scenario or I'm trying to save something, you know. So I guess I recognize a pattern of energy and I've recognized at times when I've gotten to hero mode, you might say, and put myself in situations I didn't need to be in. Exactly. You know, that wasn't going to accomplish what I'm here to do this lifetime. And, you know, it's there's times when I have to stand for my boundaries and and stand for my rights and enforce my personal boundaries and

and work with the systems boundaries and so forth. is it, you know, what like you're saying about her family and her situation, whether you agree with, you know, two women getting married or not, this isn't the point. The point is this woman had a life with other people involved. We probably had some other learning and growing experiences involved with that and now finds himself, ⁓ I got to start this over again. You know, so.

always reminds me of that reset movie with Tom Cruise and you know, where he keeps fighting these battles and waking up and coming back, you know, and yeah, kind of a thing. like a groundhog day. was gonna say groundhog. Yeah. So the, to carry on what you're saying, at least for to kind of tidy this up for me, that that energy of live and let live is so important. If you're tuned into listening to this and at least for at least I'd say for ourselves,

Live and let live is one of those universal laws. And the more someone dives into their personal growth and their self identity, live and let live starts becoming top of the list. Because I start realizing I can't judge people because I'm just putting that energy out. I'm creating a situation where I judge myself and I need to let people have their opportunity.

Because what how would I feel if someone kept intervening in my opportunity, even if they even if it was so quote unquote bad, right? It's my opportunity. So that live and let live covers so much ground. And I've, I've kind of said this, we've been on doing this podcast now for that year. And I remember saying several times that if certain groups want to do certain things,

That's fine. Right. So long as the whole old, old, old adage, you know, as long as your interests don't conflict with my interests, right. But that being said, it's when I start being mama and papa to that situation. So if I'm bailing people out, if I'm paying for the situation and they keep going down this negative hole or what I think may be negative.

then great, I need to pull my energy out, which is kind of where you're going. Okay, we'll let you have your experience. But that means mama and papa is not gonna be involved. We're not, there's no big, in this case, the federal government would need to say, look, if you're gonna do that, then as long as you're not breaking the overall constitution law, then go do your thing. But we're not, there's no payment. They'll call us until. Yeah. Now that's not gonna happen.

That's just never going to happen. But ultimately that live and let live letting people have their experience so they can grow. That's the thing that really is stands out to me. And then the final piece of getting down to the nitty gritty. And to me, this is like, how do I do this for myself? When I get so caught up in that situation, you brought that hero thing or I'm going to do this for the cause or and what happens is my loyal to a cause outside of myself.

Right over out of balance loyalty. I get so emotional about it. I get this high from it. And the and as we know, the emotions are all connected to the intellect. It's not a feeling thing. It's an intellect thing. Right emotions are up there. Your true feelings are in the heart. Emotions are actually born from the head. So I get in my emotions about it, which is like a roller coaster. And then I'm blind.

I get into these, in this case, the pressure situation and I make poor decisions because all of my world has now gotten trapped down into this little thing of emotions. So I don't stop the car and get out. I try to run away or I stand in front of a car instead of stepping aside. know, it's like I get so caught up.

in that situation, whatever it is. And so let's say I'm having talking to, you know, an acquaintance or something, we start having an argument. If I'm caught in my emotions, if I'm caught in some ideology, you did me wrong, or I'm going to save this situation. I, it's not what I do. It's how I do it. Yeah, my wrap up on this is, it's a good example for myself to recognize when a situation comes up like this.

Where am I at energetically and discerning? How am I feeling about what's going on? So at my work, were quite a few people talking about it, right? And some people were heated up and had their perspective and their beliefs on it. And I just listened. I didn't get involved in other people's scenarios. And also they're, like you're saying, their emotions and their, know, that angst of what's happened and how can this happen and that happen and...

I just stay relaxed. So it's really a good opportunity to recognize when these things come up with around us and around the world and in our, and not too far from us, because we're in Iowa, it's not too far from to Minnesota, is how, where's my energy and how my, relaxed am I staying as I'm, you know, hearing and experiencing what's going on? Cause of course we can feel so much. So yeah, I mean, and I, that's another part of this too for myself is when these things happen.

If I go too deep into situations and what's happening, I start feeling it. And I don't need to do that because that's not part of what I'm here to work with at this moment. that's the wrap up for myself is just being able to discern at a moment these events that happen and how my influence are affected by them. Yeah. Yeah, I think that it's a balance between a soul's learning and blowing their timing or a soul's learning and

my God, now I got to live with this, ⁓ a soul's learning, and then the balance between, ⁓ you know, the boundaries we have established in society and the system that we have to hopefully maintain fairness. And, ⁓ but if I'm finding myself at the wrong place at the wrong time and not, you know, I have to be tuned into what is my mission spiritually to know where I can move in and move out to be of service because ⁓

You know, Tiger was in the Navy, I was in the FBI, have a... was in the Air Force. You know, we're... We believed in the patriarch, in the goodness of the system that has been established. We've also experienced when things can get out of balance. And so, you know, we know it's not perfect and...

people are going to learn and grow through the whole framework that we've got. And so as a soul, as an individual, I just need to keep that in perspective. If something's starting to heat me up emotionally, I know I'm losing sight of my big picture and what I need to be concerned with and ⁓ over concerned about an injustice. I always remember that, you know, there's for me reminding myself that in some ways, if I find myself in those situations,

where it got dicey, I've attracted that I've put myself there. I stopped listening to my sensitivity or my feelings and to maintain that. Having said that, if that was your mission, okay, well done. I'm not gonna even, I'm not gonna judge. It's not my job to evaluate that. I just can evaluate where I need to be in the right place at the right time with love and respect for everybody.

and live and let live as my guiding principle. I wanted to say that we share about live and let live because it's a solution. That's right. Not because it's some grandiose idea of you know, we'll be holy if we do that. Yeah, it's more like that's the solution for me. And that's a solution for my brothers and sisters who are also here as souls experiencing life on planet Earth. You know, one thing that's popping to my mind as we're talking about this and

is speaking in the first person. This is such a big deal because oftentimes whenever other people are talking about situations, it's you and them and they, and it really is important to speak from the first person to keep it personal and to what my experience is because I know when I speak to other people and even you go into workshops and events and stuff and trying to get people to understand the importance of speaking and keeping it to the personal, to the I.

Because if you don't, it's outside of you. So I guess, I don't know, just for some reason, whenever you are mentioning and talking, it's just so important. that's one thing I love about working with the Wayshores College. That's one of my big ahas of going away from that. And I mean, there's lots of them, but speaking in the first person and not putting it outside of myself is what my experience is.

So I just want, I don't know that popped in my mind as you were talking Tom about, you know, the I and I, anything you want to say about And that is where the solutions are. I do not get insights that will change my life if I'm constantly saying we and you, but I do get the insights from my spiritual helpers, from the universe, whatever you want to call that. When I come and start making it personal to me and my life. In other words, Oh, I'm

When I experienced this, this is what happens for me. That opens a door. starts giving the opportunity that my guidance say, he's serious. He actually wants change instead of saying, which is what your point Tom is. they did this to me and I never take the time to say, well, wait a minute. How did I put myself in that situation? How did I contribute?

to that argument, to that problem, to that situation. Did I not listen to my sensitivity? Did I knew that I wasn't meant to get out of there or, know, or, I could have just been like you're saying I could have just been relaxed in that situation and listen. Right. So it's like, what is my part? What is my contribution? Because I need to be doing that. Well, that's putting it back on me.

And if I'm constantly in the we and the you and they, I'm not doing my part. I'm not saying don't be selfish and like me, me, me, me, me, me. I'm just saying that if I'm going to contribute to a situation positively to my community, I need to do it from the I part, not greedy part, but from the, what's what works for me? And let me share that. Well, you know, this is really part about

stepping more into your spiritual practices. Because I know for myself, when I have worked with other leaders that are our spiritual leaders, if they don't speak in the first person, I swear I'm like, I know where they're at. Yeah, it's a it's a whole different ballgame. When when you come back to the I and the mean, what would you say about that, Tom? So true. I, I, a man of little words.

One of the other comments that I wanted to make was that spiritually I would work with either person. If that person came to me and said, ⁓ you know, I want to take a look at this because I didn't really want to be in that situation. I didn't really want to follow through that way. That's not to me, you know, the best solution. ⁓ I didn't really want to find myself checked out. I would work with either of them and have love and respect for both of them and then help them.

work more with their guidance so that they can kind of go through that self discovery. It reminds me of something my mentor said was that when we were talking about somebody who's, you in fact, a guy that was pretty shady. And I remember him saying, you know, I'll work with anybody spiritually. And, know, that's my ethos and the whole thing. So that's your that's your comments on the eye. Yeah. Do you want to say anything about that? Because I have some experience and I can work with guidance and I can help people.

un-reawakened for themselves that wisdom within, know. Yeah, I guess what I'm trying to too, it's a different level of understanding as a soul working with the, from the eye. Well, am I sharing on ideas or am I sharing from my experiences? That's what it comes down to. Am I moving from my true feelings or am I moving from what something I read or watched on TV? Am I expressing love as I feel it?

Or am I expressing the idea of love from some fairy tale? That's the difference for me when I'm speaking in the eye or whether I'm just going to keep it always outside of me. And it's a feeling because for myself being very sensitive and I know everybody else on the planet is different levels of sensitivity, but you can feel that like I can feel it. I can feel if I don't resonate with somebody because they're not

They're speaking in a different place and I'm at a different place. So it's just an interesting, I don't know. I just wanted to bring that up. Well, what else we got? a good one. Hey, hey, got something else, Tom. Well, Theresa mentioned to me in the green room that boy, this Epstein story just keeps hanging on. And what brought it to her attention was there was talk about the Clintons being subpoenaed to testify before Congress and

As of this broadcast, we don't even know whether they're going to show up or not. And we all have heard about Epstein and his ties to the rich and famous. ⁓ so we don't want to rehash that story so much. And then the, you know, the ⁓ personal practices you might say he had in terms of his sexuality. And so we get to this point where

I could think the question is why does this keep dragging on and what, can I relate it to my own life? Well, it's interesting because what just popped into my mind as you're talking about this and our first story we started with is it's just another, it's a part of the lesson. It's another part of the, you know, this is not going away because this is a big, a big nut to crack, right? This situation, not necessarily with Epstein, cause it's happened with other people too, you know, other

people have had situations out there in the world where they've, in fact, I was just watching one on 60 minutes Australia about this French guy who was with the elite modeling industry. And he molested and raped lots of models in the eighties, nineties, and he was pretty horrific. these lessons keep coming up. so, but when you incorporate high people like the Clintons and other people that, know, Trump's been in some pictures and

the Prince from England, mean, how many people have been, Prince Andrew, how many people have been involved in this situation? But when's a lesson, the true essence of a lesson is gonna come out and people are gonna be like, okay, we've got that, move on. Yeah, I mean, for me, bringing the story is, ⁓ the phrase that comes out is, beware of what I feed. ⁓ What do I wanna be involved in?

And it's very easy to want what other people want. Like, if I have that car, then I'll be successful. When I have this much money in the bank, I'll be six, you know, then they'll accept me or then I'll be really good. Or, you know, when I have this kind of partner or this kind of how whatever the point is, is these external things that I'll feed and same with ideology, same with these things that happen.

part of the thing that why this keeps going on from my perspective, in this case, the Epstein story and all the negative stuff that's been that happened in behind the scenes there, that it's because both sides, it's turned into big politics, right? Rather than just a black and white law, legal law think situation, right? It's because both sides of the politicians have been feeding this.

When one's in power, they feed it this direction and the other ones in power, they feed it that direction. It's been going on for a long time. Right. So now you have the chickens coming home to roost with all this energy that everybody's been feeding. So it's not going to just die off anymore. And, and so I need to be really alert to what is my needs. What are my energy? Similar to the previous story. Where, where do I find myself? Is, is this

part of what I came to do is this helping me move forward with my ethos, with my spiritual values, with my spiritual thrust. If it's not doing that, I need to gently start pointing my nose in a different direction to move out. Or sometimes I need to make a, you know, exit stage left, so to speak. ⁓

But either way, I need to get myself into where I need to be. Otherwise, I'm going to find myself involved with people and things that aren't my business. Boy, this really resonates with the day to day life that we all have, you know, and just seeing and especially that part of what am I feeding? Yeah. Am I feeding? And I, you know, I recognize, I don't know, something hit me this week too about how

how important obstacles and challenges are in our lives because that's truly where, especially at the afterwards, where the gold is, where we really come up and go, my God, that gem of that horrific thing I went through or that challenge or that obstacle was so, there was so much gold there. And so recognizing that, you know, the good and the bad and the ugly and everything in between is part of what we play here while we're on this planet. But in my ⁓ evolution as for my soul,

you know, what am I feeding and how is that going to come in the next, you know, piece of the puzzle that opens up, right? Like if I'm feeding negativity and if I'm in the collective of, you know, I hate these people and I want this, this to end and la la la. I mean, all the, you know, there's so many taglines from all these different things going on in the planet, especially the last few years that, I mean, it's been on here forever, but the last few years it's just been amplified because of

the media and because of all the telephones and stuff that we have the accessibility of 24 seven. But if I'm feeding, how what am I feeding today in my world that I guess would be the question in my life for what I want to experience next. And like I said, there are times when it's like, okay, you know that negativity, I'm working with that because this is what the outcome is. So who is using this story?

to keep me, what's the decoy? And that's what I heard Tiger sharing about, both sides have utilized it. It's salacious, he, ho, ho, ho, the power and the rich people and all that good stuff. So ⁓ am I using it as an escape? Am I using it for entertainment? You know, that it keeps.

playing you know the soap opera of both stories that we're talking about we can both kick we can get caught in the soap opera of it and why are soap operas ⁓ popular because people get into the life story you know I a friend of mine was telling me his grandmother used to.

you know, yell at the people on don't do that. They'll kill you, you know, as she and we all probably know somebody like that that used to watch the soap opera. I watched him for hours. They used to give advice to the characters, you know, and it's a play act. It's not real life, you know. So, of course, this is real life. But it's keeping me what strikes me is it's keeping me from really ⁓ moving into the power of my soul because

If I'm honest with myself, what I want is to feel secure. I want to enjoy that fulfillment of achieving a goal through my self awareness, through bettering myself. And, know, I just, ⁓ pulled up into a new business opportunity that I was successful at, ⁓ winning, might say is in the competitive jargon, know, but, honestly, to be truthful about it, I had to sort of, I was moving through something spiritually.

I was learning to stay more relaxed and then I found like, wow, that makes it easier to do this job and to be of service, you know, was focusing on the spiritual part that I was, the, well as the material goals and metrics that we had to follow and it's resulted in success. So I go, wow, now, you know, I've learned something about my own power and I must admit it's a little like, Ooh, if I'd only know, you know, that's a little scary to realize I, I have that ability. So.

I feel like when things drag on, ⁓ it's usually a sign to me that someone is using this to keep me, ⁓ because in my day to day life, there's an element of it that's my business. Like I'm not suggesting that I'm not aware of what's going on with my government or my society or in the bigger picture, but I've still got to come back to what's my purpose. You know, how can I be creative in that end?

be honest in my everyday life. Well, I think one thing I want to just pop on that one is about, you know, feeling that strength we have within us. Yes. And there are so many people that are not going there and will probably never go there. Maybe this lifetime. I mean, I know quite a few of them. And so it's back to that, you know, kind of like that victim or that I'm I'm unworthy. You know, I mean, I think that that's my big thing is I want to inspire people.

to feel the enthusiasm of their life, even when all the crap's going on, right? Like, you know, you're a big soul, you've got big power, you can do anything, you put your mind to it, but you have to first believe in who you are. Right. And I was gonna go with that same feeling. That's because we're like. you're thinking. Intuitive. So what's my standards gonna be, right?

If my standards are high for myself, not so high that I beat myself up to be clear, right? Are my standards worthy? I ⁓ living my standards? Right? I have a spiritual thrust, know, rallying the forces is my spiritual thrust. My purpose is all about freeing people. So my standards reflect that. And when I'm relaxed, that's natural.

But if I get all caught up in the outside and my intellect, I'm going to put stuff in there that doesn't belong, or I'm going to twist and skew these things for myself. And the other thing you're bringing up about it was that says that quote, you know, I'm a light in the world, right?

There is not one person in my experience that isn't have that capacity to be a light in the world. That's been my experience from working with people. And what does that mean? If I'm being my light, if I'm shining, I'm being enthusiastic because I'm moving forward. All these things change the dynamics completely. Completely. When I hit

Bad news hits me. had a situation here where it's like, you know, oh my gosh, I'm gonna have to spend more money on my vehicle because it's broken down and you know, this stuff. But when I'm in my niche, when I'm in my place, it's like, okay, what do I need to do next? You know, I got all I gotta do is take the next step, right? And it doesn't mean that I'm not concerned about it. It means that I'm gonna just do my part and I'll let spirit do their part. And that's the facts. So

Imagine all these stories we've been talking about with with this terrible thing that happened in in Minneapolis and then this, you know, the whole Epstein thing keeps coming back. It's like, okay, am I really being myself? Am I being authentic? Am I really going to just do my part? And that leads me that leads me toward what I've come to do. I can't help it.

If I just start being myself and being positive and not like toxic positivity, but just like, okay, we're going to do something about that problem. I don't know what it is, but we'll figure it out. You know, let's keep going and be sincere and serious, but you know, lighthearted. Don't what's the old saying? Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. Right? So keep my heart light and keep moving forward. And all of sudden this river.

will start taking me in a positive direction. But I'm not going to get that if I keep dimming myself down, if I keep going off of low standards or other people's standards, I get involved in the muck, in the puddle, right? Rather than just being in the river, taking me down the stream like a cork. Okay, I like that analogy. ⁓ lighten the world. So now let's shift the energy a bit.

And let's go back, we'll say 60 years ago. Whoa. Take you back. 60 years ago. Get back. Now. Get back. Get back to where you once belonged. Oh no. All right. We're going to go a little further. Now, Tiger, you and I both, we were not around 60 years ago. We were in a different form. We'll that way. were not a baby. You were a form. Yeah, you were a form. You were a spirit. I'm saying I am just a baby.

Then there's Tom. Well, was. Thanks for bringing that up. Thanks for mentioning that. Yeah. Tom was around. So the good story of this week is a little over 60 years ago, the Beatles reached number one, which is good with your your song with a U.S. album chart with groundbreaking Rubber Soul album was that album. It was their seventh chart topping LP and it was on the billboard for 56 weeks.

I mean, these guys, 1964, they're on the Ed Sullivan show and had already started being somewhat big in America with their hits. But wow, that just, know, Beatlemania, you're talking two years later, 66, they had their, many, seventh chart topping? LP, seventh. LP, album, not single, album.

It was really an amazing time to live through when they were so big and they were so cool and there was nothing like them. So go on with the rest of the story. The coolest part is that they actually interviewed Elvis Costello for this and he was actually 11 years old and he remembered this and this is what they He's a little older than me I'd like to point out. Just a couple months. A few years, more than that. So what he said in this article was,

that whenever a lot of people first heard this album, they're like, he said, I don't like it. I don't I think they've lost their mind. It's crazy. But then he also goes to say that six weeks later, he couldn't live without it. It was an amazing album. And then the coolest part about this article where it said, like about music and how important music is that that's when you trust the people who make music to take you somewhere you haven't been before.

I love music so much and that's a big part of it because you know artists and we're and the influence they have and especially the Beatles my god they were they are and still are right I mean they were and still are amazing but the places I go with music is just I love it so much. Well going back to that thing I was bringing up about the river you know there's there's a hitting the timing just right you know and

because there were other groups and so forth, but they tapped something and they were in the right timing. So that's that whole energy of doing the right thing at the right time. And the inspiration besides all the amazing music that they and other people at that time were putting out ⁓ is that if I

just have the willingness to be of service and do it in a way that's positive for me and positive for people. I have this natural creativity that will start boiling over and bubbling up. it is a and this is good. All the all these things are connected, right? All these stories. They always are. I put myself in the right place at the right time because I'm just paying attention.

I'm being myself and all of a sudden I catch that rhythm. I'm in the right timing. I'm picking up those creative insights that are coming in to share with people. In this case, those song that, you know, there are songwriters putting those things together in a way that people need to hear it. And it's like, I didn't like it at first, but I just can't live without it now, you know, that being able to say things in song that we can't say in the words, you know, so to me, it's all about that same energy of

really being that light, being in my timing and when I'm off my timing, willing to get back on. ⁓ The main area that ⁓ shows up for me to share about and it's something that I see in some of my business opportunities is when things change, a real reluctance, especially as we get a bit older to want to try the new software or try the new music or, you know, there's a real comfort in what you're used to and

I do remember that when those albums came out and their earlier music of the Beatles with the first couple of albums like meet the Beatles and hard days night, they ⁓ there was a certain rock feel to it that you got used to and we all loved, which was new at the time. It was like ⁓ a different sound. It was, you know, an evolutionary type sound. When rubber soul came out, the music shifted again and

I remember thinking that about like some of their singles as they would come out, would say, ⁓ that's okay. And then like a day or two later, I was like, wow, that's really good. So as ⁓ I get used to it or with software changes on say ⁓ your phone or some of the software that we use on our computers and so forth. At first I'm like, why did they change that? You know, in both Microsoft and both, you know, the Apple types of like, why did they, I liked it fine the way it was. And then usually

a little while into it, go, well, I, at one point I started to realize, ⁓ they changed it because now you can do this. And that's actually in the longer, bigger picture, like that's a better, that's a better way. You know, it's another way. So, but again, ⁓ that's not to say that every change is done with altruistic, ⁓ clear motives. might say sometimes people change things because they want us locked into a certain style of business or

you know, a certain business model. you know, I'm aware of that, but ⁓ I'm open to the new shifts. And yeah, I agree. And ⁓ change is constant. Yeah. Okay. Wrapping this up. that's probably the that's and just be aware of like, from a spiritual point of view, when I start to look at new concepts, like some of what we share here may kind of like what

I'm so used to being involved in moral issues that I don't want to stray from the rights and wrongs. I don't think those are listening to our, well, no, there may be a little bit, but you know, that's what we're talking about in terms of spiritual growth is having, allowing my guidance to give me a little different perspective on it so that I can evolve through the situation. Otherwise we're going to keep repeating. This is really what I wanted to tie into. We're going to keep repeating the same stories that Epstein story.

that ice story. I'm old enough since you mentioned it. Your birthday is coming soon too. That there's nothing new about these stories. Sure. The names change and some of the details change, but boy, it's the same stuff that people seem to keep evolving through. And in fact, you know that the woman that got checked out, mean, she's, she could have been my daughter. You know, I would have been a

I'm very mature. I'm that old. but what my point is, like, boy, there's always a new crop, you know, there's always a new group of souls coming in for their learning experiences. Final words, Tiger. My final words have to do with the keyword pioneer. ⁓ That's kind of the theme that stands out to me, ⁓ not only for this ⁓ podcast, but for the whole year.

for the whole year. I think to myself, I get to practice. I get to practice and my guidance and the bigger spirit or the bigger energy or whatever you want to call that is backing me, supporting me to practice my pioneering energy this entire year. It's that kind of that spear of inspiration, so to speak, right? I'm been given

extra support to be a pioneer for myself, not for anybody else. If other people will benefit, but for me to pioneer past my old ideas, to pioneer past my old patterns and habits that can hold me back and reactions and reactions, right to pioneer new abundance, to pioneer new parts of my relationships. I'm being

offer that all year, but especially now, right? So I'm bringing that up as my wrap up, because I think about all these stories and other stories that we could have brought up that are related. If I'm pioneering my energy, I will find myself at the right place at the right time. I will find

I will be that light in the world. I'll know when to Olay and get the hell out of the way of a car that's coming at me. I'll know when to get involved and to set my boundaries. I know when to say, you know, I'm going to let someone else take care of that today. know, um, yeah, because I'm in the energy of what it is to be a pioneer. I don't have to go waving some flag per se.

Am I pioneering what I've come to do? And that has to be first and foremost for me. And it doesn't mean that I don't enjoy my, some of my kids have gotten into this little RC cars, these remote control cars of late. And I'm kind of like, hey, whatever, you know? But when I get into it, I'm like, man, it's kind of cool, know? But I also know that, okay,

Walt, that Walt's that's cool. And I enjoy it. And I guess there's some fulfillment there. I also know that I have a bigger picture and I can't let myself get consumed by one thing. That's not what I've come to do. So that energy of pioneering is there's so much protection in that it's like a direction is it's so much protection in that direction that it lets me be at the right place at the right time. It lets me be a healing force when I need to be.

and it lets me bow out gracefully and respectfully when I don't need to be there. Final words, are you good to go, Tom? Yeah, I'm pretty good to go. I mean, I think for me personally, it's, you know, when do I get subtly caught up in a glory trip versus what I really need to be doing? And yeah, my goal is to be the Beatles of my own life and at least balance that with what's going on around me.

So yeah, so I guess some of the thoughts might is, you know, how to find abundance in our life. Whenever there are things out there in the world that want me to feed into them and keeping things very easy, like listening to guidance and getting those backings and then also to simplify what I'm doing and what I'm involved in. So we hope this episode today, everyone out there that's listening inspires you to also work with the power of your soul, work with

How are you a light in the world for others to, a beacon for others to also have hope about what's occurring now and what's coming and the future ahead. So we hope you got a lot out of this episode. We thank you so much for listening in. Please don't forget to share and comment down below. We'd love to hear your comments and we'll be back again soon. Hasta la vista. Baby.