Gary Zukav is a 4 x New York Times Best Selling Author, including The Seat Of The Soul, and Spiritual Teacher who has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show 36...
In today’s minisode, Gary Zukav explores the third compassion guideline: Be present while others are speaking. While it may seem like a simple courtesy, Gary explains that this act of presence is a profound way to cultivate connection and compassion.
When we are truly present, we offer the most valuable gift of all: ourselves. This requires silencing the inner chatter, letting go of judgment, and opening both our hearts and minds to the person we’re with. Gary reminds us that failing to be present stems from frightened parts of our personality, while choosing connection is an act of authentic power that can transform our relationships.
Through thoughtful examples, including wisdom from Gary’s Sioux uncle and Carl Jung, this minisode invites you to reimagine every interaction as an opportunity to see the soul in another person and to deepen your own humanity.
What You’ll Discover in This Minisode:
(00:41): What it means to be truly present for someone.
(01:32): How presence is tied to compassion and authentic power.
(02:45): Why presence is the most valuable gift you can give.
(04:10): Insights from Carl Jung on the importance of listening.
(05:08): Viewing others as powerful, compassionate souls.
Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: Next time you’re speaking with someone, commit to being fully present. Resist the urge to prepare your response, judge their words, or drift into your to-do list, etc. Instead, open your heart and mind to truly connect with them as a fellow soul in the Earth school. Reflect on how this changes your interactions and deepens your connections.
Are you practicing judgment or discernment? Learn more as Gary explains the difference in this illuminating video.
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Why Choose Forgiveness?
In today’s episode, Gary Zukav explores the transformative power of forgiveness. Often misunderstood as something you do for others, Gary reveals that forgiveness is actually about freeing yourself from the emotional weight of resentment, anger, and judgment. It's not about condoning someone’s actions but about lightening your own load and seeing the world with clarity and love.
Gary shares practical insights on how forgiveness aligns with the new consciousness, the creation of authentic power, and the development of a more meaningful, joyful life. With thoughtful analogies - like carrying a backpack full of rocks or wearing distorted sunglasses - Gary illustrates how holding onto resentment distorts your perception and keeps you stuck.
Ultimately, forgiveness is a choice rooted in love. By embracing it, you create profound shifts in your personal growth, spiritual development, and relationships.
What You’ll Discover in This Episode:
(00:46): Forgiveness as an energy dynamic, not a moral obligation.
(02:15): How holding on to resentment distorts your view of life.
(05:31): The connection between forgiveness, authentic power, and the new consciousness.
(13:31): The role of karma and how your choices shape your experiences.
(19:31): Why choosing forgiveness lightens your load and changes your life.
Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: Reflect on moments where you’ve struggled to forgive others - or yourself. Write down these instances and consider how they’ve impacted your emotional and spiritual well-being. Ask yourself: What would change if I chose love over fear in these situations?
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Freeing Yourself of Painful Emotional Sensations
In today’s minisode, Gary Zukav addresses a powerful listener question about self-judgment and strong emotions. Are you struggling with anger, jealousy, or other intense feelings? Gary shares why emotions - both painful and joyful - are messengers from your soul and vital tools for your spiritual growth.
You can’t control the emotions that arise, but you can choose how you respond to them. By acting consciously and choosing love over fear, you create authentic power and align your personality with your soul.
This episode reminds us that the path to spiritual transformation lies in the choices we make - especially when life feels painful.
What You’ll Discover in This Episode:
(00:41): Understanding emotions as messengers from your soul.
(01:30): Why judging yourself for strong feelings holds you back.
(02:15): The power of choice: react or respond to your emotions.
(02:59): How to create authentic power through conscious action.
(04:05): A soul experiment: embracing your pain and choosing love.
Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: When a painful emotion arises, pause. Feel the physical sensations fully - whether it’s anger, jealousy, or resentment - and consciously choose not to react from fear. Instead, act from a loving part of your personality, such as patience or gratitude. This is where true growth begins.
Your emotions are messages from your soul. Learn How to Tune In and Listen Here.
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4:55
What is Love?
In today’s episode, Gary Zukav unpacks one of life’s greatest questions: What is Love? Love is often misunderstood, confused with attachment, fear, or fleeting emotions. But true Love, Gary shares, is the essence of who we are.
Through the lens of the new consciousness, Gary explains how fear distorts our vision of life and keeps us disconnected from joy, meaning, and authentic power. He explores how creating authentic power - aligning your personality with your soul - helps you move beyond fear and cultivate the loving parts of your personality.
Using practical wisdom and simple analogies like a fish in water and flowers tracking the sun, Gary reveals that Love isn’t something you chase - it’s something you are. And when you choose Love over fear, you unlock clarity, joy, and purpose.
What You’ll Discover in This Episode:
(02:10): Why Love is everywhere - like water to a fish - but so hard to describe.
(04:21): The fundamental duality of life: Love and fear, and how it shapes your choices.
(09:20): How creating authentic power helps you align with Love and move beyond fear.
(11:51): Gary’s moments of awe: when the experiencer and the experience become one.
(22:15): A soul step challenge: follow what gives you joy and meaning to track Love.
Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, take a moment to reflect on what truly gives you a sense of joy and meaning. Like a flower that naturally turns toward the sun, track those experiences in your life that bring light, fulfillment, and purpose. Write them down in your journal and notice how often fear tries to obscure your path. Each time you choose joy and meaning over fear, you move closer to the Love that you are.
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Letting Go of Anger and Resentment
In today’s minisode, Gary Zukav introduces his beloved late spiritual partner Linda Francis who shares a deeply reflective and practical guide to releasing anger and resentment. This episode explores how these powerful emotions can be understood and transformed. Letting go of anger isn’t about suppressing it, but recognizing its presence, feeling it fully, and consciously choosing not to act on it.
Linda discusses the ways in which the universe offers opportunities to challenge and disempower these painful parts of your personality. Through emotional awareness and intentional action, you can cultivate the loving parts of your personality and create a life filled with constructive and meaningful experiences.
What You’ll Discover in This Episode:
(00:41): The importance of commitment in letting go of anger and resentment.
(03:04): Why emotional pain is an opportunity for spiritual growth.
(05:26): How to consciously choose not to act on anger and resentment in the moment.
(06:15): The transformative power of feeding the loving parts of your personality.
Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: The next time anger or resentment arises within you, pause and notice where you feel it in your body. Identify the thoughts that accompany it. Instead of acting on these feelings and thoughts, use your will to observe them with compassion and simply allow them to be. Write about this experience in your soul journal and reflect on the power of your choice to not act from fear.
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Gary Zukav is a 4 x New York Times Best Selling Author, including The Seat Of The Soul, and Spiritual Teacher who has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show 36 times.
The Gary Zukav Podcast shares teachings on the new consciousness and tools to live in gratitude, patience, contentment and awe of the Universe to resolve any anger, worry, overwhelm and despair.
This podcast will help you choose joyfully and effectively as you are lead by one of the greatest American Spiritual Teachers in the transformation of Human Consciousness.
New Episodes out weekly, Monday and Friday.
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