460. James O’Dea

James O’Dea is the award-winning author of The Conscious Activist, Cultivating Peace, Soul Awakening Practice, and other works. James is a former President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Washington office director of Amnesty International, and CEO of the Seva Foundation. He has taught peacebuilding to over a thousand students in 30 countries. He has also conducted frontline social healing dialogues around the world. He is a founding member of The Evolutionary Leaders group and on the Advisory Board of The Peace Alliance,  Kosmos Journal, and the Laszlo New Paradigm Institute. Website: jamesodea.com Books: The Conscious Activist: Where Activism Meets Mysticism Soul Awakening Practice: Prayer, Contemplation and Action Cultivating Peace: Becoming a 21st-Century Peace Ambassador Creative Stress: A Path for Evolving Souls Living Through Personal and Planetary Upheaval 'James O'Dea is a modern-day prophet who has journeyed further than anyone I know in the ways of peace' -- Lynne Twist  www.pachamama.org 'James O'Dea is indubitably one of the most evolved souls on the planet' -- Ervin Laszlo author of over 40 books on cosmology, consciousness, and new science. Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this interview Interview recorded June 30, 2018 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Invocation 00:04:03 - This Consecrated Hour 00:10:19 - The Music beneath the Melodrama 00:15:24 - The Purpose of Creation 00:22:06 - The Heart's Response to Tests and Bitterness 00:28:15 - The Bittersweet Beginning 00:34:38 - Beginning of Activism and Loss of Spiritual Connection 00:40:46 - Learning from Losses and Mystical Experiences 00:46:33 - The Evolutionary Process of Evil 00:52:29 - The Subtle Domain: A Story of Refinement 00:58:42 - The Teaching of Quality and the Rainbow Umbrella 01:03:02 - The Power of Forgiveness 01:08:50 - Restorative Justice and Forgiveness in Conflict Zones 01:14:35 - The Indestructible Spirit within the Palestinian Camp 01:20:46 - A Transformation in Front of Me 01:26:49 - The Hunter of the Fire 01:31:58 - The Blossoming of Celestial Perception 01:36:12 - The Subtle Plane in Mozart's Music 01:40:33 - The Power of Subtlety and Refinement 01:44:00 - The Power of Communion and Fields 01:47:27 - Neutralizing Tension in the Field 01:50:50 - The Power of Field Connectivity 01:54:44 - A Pivotal Day in My Life 01:58:19 - Fields Within Fields: Exploring Spirituality and Human Rights 02:01:25 - Subtle Realms and Interconnectedness 02:05:27 - The Toll of Dealing with Mayhem and Torture 02:09:06 - The Complexity of Knowledge and the Simplest Form of Awareness 02:11:50 - The Marrying of Consciousness and Compassionate Action 02:15:07 - The Complexity of Existential Crises 02:19:02 - The Infinite Rhythms of Consciousness 02:22:55 - The Luminous Essence of Your True Self