In this episode, Jan Phillips and Tommy Gaebel discuss Chapter 23: Finding my Balance, how Jan struggled at first to develop her daily spiritual practice, and in time, was able to find herself connecting to a greater force, while giving advice to those who are trying to develop a spiritual practice of their own. She also shares a song she wrote that reflects the message she received during her first attempt to sit quietly and receive field notes from immortality.
They also discuss the story she wrote about in Chapter 25, The Great Betrayal, where Jan comes to terms with her own internalized homophobia, the pain she inflicted, the consequences she suffered from it, and the beautiful act of forgiveness she experienced in spite of it all.
Episode 5 is another informative and deeply personal discovery as we do a deep dive into her latest memoir Still On Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic.