Podcasts by The Tao of Christ
The Tao of Christ is a podcast which explores the mystical roots of Christianity, which Jesus called the Kingdom of God, which church historian Evelyn Underhill called the Unitive Life, which Richard Rohr calls the Universal Christ, and which I refer to as Christian nonduality, unitive awareness, or union with God. This is the Tao of Christ.
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The self as Humpty Dumpty from 2022-02-26T07:00
The children’s nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty is a good metaphor for how the illusion of the self is shattered and one wakes up to nondual awareness. One might call it the parable of Humpty D...
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Nondual Resurrection from 2022-02-19T07:00
In the previous episode I interpreted the Cross as an expression of nonduality. I argued that the meaning of the Cross is the death of the physical and psychological self, not the theories of sa...
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The Nondual Cross from 2022-02-12T07:00
In this episode I interpret the Cross and the crucifixion of Jesus as an expression of nonduality. Next time I will deal with the empty tomb and resurrection appearances as expressions of nondua...
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Spiritual Bypassing from 2022-02-02T07:00
This episode is in response to an email I received a few weeks ago from a listener in Western Australia asking if I would address the topic of spiritual bypassing. I responded that I had never h...
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Do We Have Free Will? from 2022-01-22T07:00
In this episode I explore the topic of free will. I look at the traditional Christian theistic perspective, the scientific evidence, and then view free will as an expression of nonduality. I loo...
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Is Anyone Home? from 2022-01-12T07:00
In this episode I explore what we are if we are not the physical body or the individual self. I use Jesus’ parable of the empty house and the Zen koan of the burglar entering an empty house as a...
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Can We Be Free from All Suffering? from 2021-12-29T07:00
This episode is a response to questions I receive every once in a while about pain and suffering and how they are addressed in Christian nonduality.
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Santa as Spiritual Teacher from 2021-12-18T07:00
In this episode I explore how the figure of Santa Claus can teach us about the illusory nature of the self and point us to nondual reality. It was inspired by an article by Paul Jordaans, entitl...
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Realizing No-Self from 2021-12-07T07:00
The title for this episode may at first sound like a self-help guide ... or in a nondual context a no-self help guide. I assure you that is not what this is. This is not a step-by-step guide to ...
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Jesus as Nondual Teacher from 2021-11-20T07:00
The topic of this episode comes from a Zoom talk that I did recently. The leader of a nondual group in a nearby town here in New Hampshire asked me to do a 90 minute satsang with his folks and o...
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A Spiritual Copernican Revolution from 2021-11-13T07:00
There is a spiritual revolution underway similar to the Copernican Revolution in astronomy. Just as Copernicus and Galileo moved science beyond the geocentric view to the heliocentric view, so n...
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Spiritual Amnesia from 2021-11-03T07:00
I just finished watching a Netflix show in which the main character wakes up to discover that she cannot remember the last few months of her life. She has amnesia. Amnesia is a very rare conditi...
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What is Eternal Life? from 2021-10-23T07:00
What is the Eternal and how does one come to experience it? Eternal life is a matter of what you identify with.
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Dream Within a Dream from 2021-10-13T07:00
In this episode I explore the idea that our cosmos is a dream that we can wake up from. I look at this concept from both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions.
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I am Not Going to Die from 2021-10-05T07:00
In this episode I answer a question that a listener asked me a few weeks ago. I had a Zoom conservation with a young man who is a Christian who has had a spiritual awakening, and he asked me wha...
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Experiencing Nothingness from 2021-08-28T06:00
In 1970 when I was twenty years old and in college, I read a newly published book entitled “The Experience of Nothingness.” The author, philosopher Michael Novak, was visiting our campus, and I ...
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Was Jesus Mentally Ill? from 2021-08-14T06:00
I am presently in the process of writing a book, which I am calling “The Gospel According to Jesus.” It is the gospel story told from the perspective of Jesus, as a teacher of nonduality. In inv...
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The Nondual Gospel of the Jesus from 2021-08-07T06:00
What if we had a gospel written by Jesus himself? Unfortunately there is no evidence that Jesus wrote anything. If we can’t have a gospel written by Jesus, wouldn’t it be wonderful to at least h...
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Nonduality and Money from 2021-07-31T06:00
Money messes up everything, especially religion. That includes the type of spirituality that goes under the name of nonduality these days. As soon as a spiritual teacher starts to accept money f...
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Nondual Shalom from 2021-07-24T06:00
In the Sermon on the Mount we have the most complete biblical exposition of Christian nonduality. It is not the type of description of nonduality that one would hear today. It does not talk abou...
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Knowing Who You Are from 2021-07-17T06:00
In this episode I start with Alan Watts, “The Book on the Taboo against Knowing Who You Are,” and go from there exploring how we can see and know who we truly are.
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Nondual Nonresistance from 2021-07-10T06:00
In this episode I share my personal journey to pacifism and from pacifism. I explore the teaching of nonviolent resistance and how it differs from nonresistance. I look specifically at Jesus’ te...
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What Happens after Death – A Nondual Explanation from 2021-07-07T06:00
Today’s topic comes from a listener in Alabama. He happens to be a retired United Methodist minister with a doctoral degree, so you know these questions are well thought out. He emai...
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Spiritual Transparency from 2021-07-03T06:00
Nonduality is transparency. The physical world is seen as transparent to the Unitive Reality that lays beneath, like looking through a clear lake’s water to the lake’s bottom. Furthermore we see...
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Expressing Nonduality Directly from 2021-06-26T06:00
I woke up early recently and lay in bed for a while resting in, knowing and enjoying this Reality that we call nondual awareness or unitive awareness. I was wishing there was some way to communi...
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Making the Inner like the Outer: Living a Nondual Life from 2021-06-19T06:00
The Sermon on the Mount is about how to live the nondual life. In this episode I explore Jesus' teaching found in the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Matthew about spiritual transparency...
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Living in the Mind of God from 2021-06-12T06:00
We are living in the Mind of God. We are ideas in the Divine Mind. You might say that the universe is a dream or a day dream that God is having, or a brainstorm that God is having. Indian philos...
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Is Nonduality Unchristian? from 2021-06-05T06:00
Listeners who come from Christian backgrounds sometimes have a difficult time with nonduality because it feels like it is an abandonment of Christianity. One man on a Zoom meeting I was having w...
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The Meaning of Life, Nondual Style from 2021-05-29T06:00
A while back I received an email from a listener asking about the meaning of life according to nonduality. He reasoned that if we are not individual selves – if personal existence is an illusion...
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Jesus on our True Identity from 2021-05-22T06:00
Last time I did an episode on the Beatitudes, not knowing if I would continue talking about the Sermon on the Mount or not. I am going to do at least this additional one. Jesus follows up his ei...
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Colin Chapman Interviews Marshall Davis on the Red Church Door Podcast from 2021-05-15T06:00
This episode is an interview that I did with Colin Chapman for his podcast called Red Church Door. The interview was recorded on May 10, 2021 and was scheduled to be broadcast about three weeks ...
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The Eightfold Path of Jesus from 2021-05-08T06:00
I was reminded by a listener recently that Thich Nhat Hanh called Jesus the Buddha of the West. Buddha famously preached his first sermon in Deer Park which included his Four Noble Truths and th...
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Body, Soul&Spirit from 2021-04-24T06:00
In this episode I explore the Biblical understanding of humans as composed of three parts: body, soul and spirit. I explain the function of each part and show how the three faculties of the spir...
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Describing Unitive Awareness from 2021-04-17T06:00
In this episode I describe unitive awareness by using analogies from everyday experience and awareness.
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The First Easter from 2021-04-11T13:00
I have been asked if I preach about Christian Nonduality from the pulpit in church as part of a traditional worship service. The short answer is “yes” but it is somewhat different than I speak o...
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All and in All from 2021-04-07T06:00
In this episode I am going to talk about unitive awareness in the sense of seeing that we are all and in all. When the separate self is seen as illusory, when the ego pops like a soap bubble and...
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Waking Up From the Political Dream from 2021-04-03T06:00
The initial awakening to the Kingdom of God – also called Unitive Awareness or Nondual Reality - can happen suddenly, but it can take years to reveal all its dimensions. It feels like layers of ...
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Hell as Theological Terrorism from 2021-03-27T06:00
Recently I have received emails from people asking me about hell. So I thought I would speak about it in an episode. Hell is a problem for Christians. It scares Christians, and it scares other p...
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We Are One from 2021-03-20T06:00
Last week I had three Zoom meetings during which I spoke about Christian nonduality. Two were with individuals and one with a church group. As I was speaking one insight kept appearing. It was t...
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Marshall Davis at Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, NY from 2021-03-16T06:00
This episode is a Zoom Talk that I had with a men's group at Asbury First United Methodist Church in Rochester, NY, on March 10, 2021. It was joined by some members of the church who had be...
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The Myth of Spiritual Growth from 2021-03-13T06:00
A few weeks ago I was conversing with someone on Zoom, and he asked me whether I felt like I had grown spiritually. I responded that things certainly change, but I hesitated to use the term grow...
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Via Positiva, Via Negativa from 2021-03-06T06:00
Today’s topic is a response to an email that I received from a listener in Indiana. He writes in part:
“So here is the reason I am writing to you… I would like you to talk about what non-d...
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Free Will and Nonduality from 2021-02-27T06:00
The topic for today was suggested by a seminary professor who emailed me. He wrote:
“Here’s a question I wonder if you tackle in your works or are interested in addressing: what does seein...
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Nondual Lent from 2021-02-21T18:00
In this episode today I reflect on Lent as an expression of Nonduality. I explore how the symbol of the Cross expresses the same reality as the Yin Yang symbol.
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The Courage to Be from 2021-02-14T06:00
A listener emailed me and said that he was reading my newest book The Gospel of Nonduality, and he had a question. He wrote: “The question that keeps popping up as I read is how does on...
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The Nondual Christ from 2021-02-06T06:00
This episode began as a suggestion from a listener in North Carolina. He asked me to explain the use of the term Christ. I look at various religious and theological uses of the title “Christ.” T...
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Conspiracy Theories, Religion, and Nonduality from 2021-01-30T06:00
The political climate in America is getting crazy. A survey released this week by LifeWay Research reported that half of all pastors report having heard people in their congregations repeat cons...
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Emotional Suffering and Nonduality from 2021-01-24T06:00
Life is suffering. That is the first noble truth of the Buddha and the first sentence of psychiatrist Scott Peck’s classic book The Road Less Traveled. He phrased it as “Life is difficu...
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Trump, Insurrection and Nonduality from 2021-01-18T03:00
Like everyone else in our nation, I have been captivated by the news since January sixth when an angry mob waving Trump banners and Confederate flags stormed the Capitol building, resulting in t...
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Who You Were Before You Were Born from 2021-01-14T06:00
In this episode I point to our true nature and the nature of Reality. This cannot be done directly so I will use a metaphor. One of the best is the traditional Zen koan about seeing our original...
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Love, Death and Nonduality from 2021-01-08T06:00
In this episode we come to the final chapter of the Gospel of John, which I have been interpreting as a proclamation of the gospel of nonduality. In this chapter we explore how the gospel of non...
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Easter Nonduality from 2021-01-05T06:00
Easter is a proclamation of Christian nonduality. This is seen in two of the most famous Easter stories, which are found in the 20th chapter of the Gospel of John. One is the familiar story of M...
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The Cross and Nonduality from 2021-01-02T06:00
The symbol of the Christianity is the cross. It is also a powerful symbol of nonduality.
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Nonduality on Trial from 2020-12-30T06:00
The arrest and trial of Jesus in the Gospel of John is interpreted as the proclamation of the nondual identity of Jesus and his message.
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A Prayer of Nonduality from 2020-12-27T06:00
In the 17th chapter of the Gospel of John we have one of the best descriptions of nonduality in the Bible. It comes in a prayer Jesus offered on the night he was arrested.
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The Spiritual Nomad Interview from 2020-12-24T06:00
This episode is an interview that former evangelical pastor and current church planter Luke Bricker did with me for his podcast entitled The Spiritual Nomad. His podcast can be found at TheSpiri...
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Abiding in Unitive Awareness from 2020-12-21T06:00
The further we get into the Gospel of John, the closer we come to the core of the John’s gospel of nonduality. The structure of the gospel up to this point has been seven I AM sayings of Jesus, ...
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Is Jesus the Only Way? from 2020-12-18T06:00
In this episode I deal with one of the biggest issues that Christians face when it comes to other faith traditions in the world. Especially when they start to get to know people of other faiths ...
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Holy Infant So Tender and Mild from 2020-12-15T06:00
Silent Night is one of the most beloved carols of the Christmas season.
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin Mother and Child
Holy infant so...
The Sacrament of Nonduality from 2020-12-12T06:00
In this episode I explore the symbolic proclamation of nonduality presented in the powerful story of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper, found in the thirteenth chapter o...
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Jesus is My Guru from 2020-12-09T06:00
In this episode I share the many spiritual influences on my life – Christian and non-Christian - and why I see Jesus as my spiritual teacher. All true spiritual teachers throughout the ages in a...
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How to Not Die from 2020-12-06T06:00
In this episode I explore death in the context of the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. This is a symbolic story that looks at how three people – Mary, Martha, and Jesus respond to d...
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Life Abundant and Eternal from 2020-12-03T06:00
In the Gospel of John we have a parable spoken by Jesus about Nondual Reality. He tells us how to enter into union with God, which he calls Life Abundant and Eternal Life. It is the Parable of t...
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A Nondual Christmas from 2020-11-30T06:00
In this episode I interpret Christmas as a proclamation of nonduality. There is a lot in the Christmas story that speaks of nonduality. I deal briefly with three aspects of the story: the Virgin...
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Spiritual Sight from 2020-11-27T06:00
Before they were called prophets or Christ (anointed one) or buddha (awakened one) or jnani (knowing one), or arhat (worthy one) they were called seers. The Hebrew Scriptures say that was the te...
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Holy Communion and Nonduality from 2020-11-21T07:00
The Lord’s Supper is a symbol of what I call unitive awareness, which Jesus called the Kingdom of God. Also called Holy Communion or the Eucharist, this Christian ritual is a symbolic proclamati...
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Already Whole from 2020-11-18T07:00
In chapter five of John’s Gospel, we find a story that teaches us an important truth about nonduality. It is the story of Jesus healing a man at the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. It is much mor...
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Drinking from the Well of Nonduality from 2020-11-15T07:00
Every chapter of the Gospel of John proclaims nondual reality. Today I am going to deal with one of the greatest chapters in the gospel, but one that does not get the attention it deserves. Chap...
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What John 3:16 Really Means from 2020-11-12T07:00
In this episode I look at the most famous verse in the Bible. I interpret John 3:16 as a description of unitive awareness or nondual Reality. The verse is not a call to evangelical Christian con...
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Jesus was Spiritual but Not Religious from 2020-11-09T07:00
Nonduality has more to do with spirituality than religion. Nonduality is represented in the mystical branch of every religious tradition, but it tends to be relegated to the periphery of the rel...
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How to Turn Water into Wine from 2020-11-06T07:00
In this episode I look at the famous story of Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee and interpret it as an expression of nonduality. It is symbolic of the transformatio...
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Come and See: The Path of Direct Inquiry from 2020-11-02T07:00
One day John the Baptist was with two of his disciples, and he saw Jesus walk by. He exclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God!” I can imagine Jesus saying under his breath, “Give me a break, John. Wil...
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The Man Who Did Not Wake Up from 2020-10-29T07:00
In this episode I look at a person who is mentioned repeatedly in the first chapter of the Gospel of John: John the Baptist, not to be confused with John the apostle. I call him “the man who did...
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Enlightenment Christian Style from 2020-10-25T07:00
In these episodes I am interpreting the Gospel of John as a gospel of nonduality. In this episode we look at John 1:9-14 :
The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the w...
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Nonduality and the Gospel of John from 2020-10-20T07:00
In this episode I begin a study of the Gospel of John, interpreting it as a proclamation of the message of nonduality. Last time I gave you some background information on the gospel, and today w...
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The Gospel of Nonduality from 2020-10-15T07:00
I have been thinking about going through one of the gospels in the New Testament and showing how it presents Jesus’ message of nonduality. People have been contacting me and asking me to do the...
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A Story of Heaven and Hell from 2020-10-10T07:00
A Christian, a Jew, a Muslim and a Hindu wake up in the afterlife.
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The Threefold Path of Jesus from 2020-10-05T07:00
I have had listeners contact me when they are at an impasse in the spiritual life, and they ask the question: What can I do? What can I do to experience unitive awareness, to know nondual awaren...
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Is This World an Illusion? from 2020-09-30T07:00
In this episode I explore the oft repeated claim that this world is illusory. That it does not really exist. How does the Indian concept of maya jibe with the Christian belief in the reality and...
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The Spiritual Nature of Consciousness from 2020-09-25T07:00
In this episode I explore the idea that is advanced by many nondual teachers that the brain does not produce consciousness. They say that consciousness exists separate from the brain. One person...
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Depression and Nondual Awareness from 2020-09-20T07:00
In this episode I explore the effect that nondual awareness has on depression and other emotional and psychological problems.
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How to Enter Through the Narrow Gate from 2020-09-17T07:00
Jesus tells us how to enter into Unitive Awareness, which he called the Kingdom of God. He was a teacher of Nondual Reality and taught how to enter into what other spiritual traditions call Enli...
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Seek Peace and Pursue it from 2020-09-14T07:00
This episode explore how to sustain the sense of inner peace in nondual awareness, and how to express that inner peace in peacemaking in the world.
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Deep Calls to Deep from 2020-09-11T07:00
In recording these episodes I try to communicate Unitive Awareness. It is not easy. Not only does language seem inadequate to the task of communicating this indescribable reality, but even the p...
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God and Consciousness from 2020-09-08T07:00
In this episode I explore the relationship between Nondual God and Consciousness.
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Unfriend Your Self from 2020-09-06T07:00
In this episode I explore the two selves – the True Self and the false self. I talk about a strategy to draw attention away from the little self and thereby live out of the Big Self, using the i...
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Trinity and Nonduality from 2020-09-04T07:00
In this episode I explore how the Christian doctrine of the Trinity points to nondual Reality and can usher us into unitive awareness.
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Liberation by Grace through Faith from 2020-09-02T07:00
The doctrine of salvation by grace through faith is well known in Christian circles. But the principle’s real power is found when it is applied, not to doctrines but to Unitive awareness or Nond...
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You Are Not Who You Think You Are from 2020-08-31T07:00
You are not who you think you are. You are not WHAT you think you are. French Christian philosopher and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin famously said, “We are not human beings having a...
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The Book of Job, the Problem of Suffering, and Spiritual Awakening from 2020-08-29T08:00
Many Christians do not investigate – or even know about - the possibility of spiritual awakening because they do not hear about it from the pulpit or see examples of it in the Christian Bible. S...
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The Hunting of the Snark from 2020-08-26T08:00
In this episode I interpret Lewis Carroll’s enigmatic 1876 poem “The Hunting of the Snark” as an allegory of the spiritual life. In particular I see it as portraying the spiritual practice known...
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Seeing God in Your Backyard from 2020-08-22T08:00
This is an experiential episode where I take the listener through the process of seeing God – experiencing the true nondual of ourselves and the universe – as seen in our own backyards.
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Aging and Enlightenment from 2020-08-19T08:00
This episode explores how aging is related to the spiritual life. In fact aging helps us in spirituality. It is an aid to what we call spiritual awakening or enlightenment, what Christians call ...
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Revelation and Nonduality from 2020-08-15T08:00
Today I am going to talk about Revelation and its relation to Nonduality. By the word Revelation, I mean the Book of Revelation, the last book of the Christian bible. But it is also related to t...
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Donald Trump as Zen Master from 2020-08-12T08:00
The title Zen Master is probably not the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of Donald Trump. He is not a religious or spiritual man. Trump is a nominal Christian at best. Zen Bu...
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Nondual Christian Awareness from 2020-08-08T08:00
Recently I received two comments from listeners about my episode on Nondual Meditation. One was from a listener from Canada by email. The other was in an online interview with Corey Farr who has...
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The Gospel of Thomas from 2020-08-05T08:00
Many Christians are attracted to the truth of nonduality. It resonates as true at a deep spiritual level. Deep speaks to deep, as the psalmist says. But they are wary because it does not seem to...
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Interview With Corey Farr about The Tao of Christ: A Christian Version of the Tao Te Ching from 2020-08-03T11:00
In this episode podcaster Corey Farr interviews Marshall Davis on his podcast “A Christian Reads the Tao Te Ching.” Corey interviews me about my book The Tao of Christ: A Christian Version of th...
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Nature as a Doorway to Spiritual Awakening from 2020-08-01T08:00
In this episode I explore an alternative to the typical self-inquiry that is standard fare in nondualism. Meditation upon Nature - the natural envoronment and our connection to it - can be a mor...
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The Bible and Nonduality from 2020-07-29T08:00
When it comes to Christian nonduality, one of the issues that is often raised by both inquirers and critics is its approach to the Bible. The nondual attitude toward Scripture is different than ...
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Is God Personal or Impersonal? from 2020-07-25T08:00
It would be tempting to answer this question using concepts, but of course nonduality is not about concepts or ideas. It is about direct experience. So I will refer the question back to you my l...
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Politics and Nonduality from 2020-07-22T08:00
In this episode I explore how we can engage in political and social activism as an expression of nonduality.
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Cosmic Consciousness from 2020-07-18T08:00
In this episode I explore the awareness of our unity – in fact our identity – with all life and all existence. This is manifested in most people as an affinity or love for Nature. Many people fe...
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That Thou Art from 2020-07-15T08:00
In this episode I explore the teaching of Jesus and the psalms, also found in the Upanishads, that the spiritual essence of humans is identical to the spiritual essence of the Universe. There is...
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The Spiritual Awakening of Jacob from 2020-07-11T08:00
There are examples of nondual spiritual awakening throughout the Bible. It is just that they are not usually identified as such or taught as such. One such example is the story commonly referred...
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Nondual Meditation from 2020-07-08T08:00
In ths episode I explore the difference between traditional meditation, Christian meditation, and nondual meditation.
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Christianity and Nonduality from 2020-07-04T08:00
In this episode I explain how the nondual message of Jesus became the institutional religion that we know today as Christianity, and how the original message of Jesus can be recovered in our liv...
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The Liberation of Moses from 2020-07-01T08:00
One reason why Christians do not pursue the spiritual goal of what is called enlightenment, spiritual awakening or liberation is the lack of role models in the Bible. Buddhists pursue Enlightenm...
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Seeing What You Really Are from 2020-06-28T08:00
This episode is going to be very practical. I am going to point directly to what you really are. There are three steps I am going to take you through. In reality there is only one step – just se...
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The Christ Within from 2020-06-24T08:00
Christ is within you. Christ is not sitting on a golden throne next to his Heavenly Father in some distant heaven where he rules over the world. This traditional language of Christian theology i...
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Hypocrisy and Nonduality from 2020-06-20T08:00
Jesus could not stomach religious people who self-righteously judged others. He called them hypocrites. The word used in the Gospels is the Greek word hypokrites, which is transliterated directl...
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Sin, Forgiveness and Nonduality from 2020-06-17T08:00
Sin is duality. Nonduality is salvation. Forgiveness is nondual awareness. That in ten words is what I talk about in this episode. The only sin is not looking at who we really are – and who God ...
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The Origin of Duality from 2020-06-14T08:00
Nonduality is Reality. That was the insight of Jesus and the earliest Christian message of the Kingdom of God. Nonduality is the truth at the core of all great spiritual traditions of the world....
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Christ Consciousness from 2020-06-11T08:00
The oldest Christian message is Christ Consciousness. One of the oldest sayings in the New Testament is found in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, but Paul did not write it. It is much older. It...
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The Gospel of Jesus&the Gospel about Jesus from 2020-06-09T08:00
The original gospel was the one that Jesus proclaimed, which was the Kingdom of God. Today it is alternatively called Christ Consciousness, Kingdom Consciousness, Unitive Awareness, or Nondual A...
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Satan’s True Identity from 2020-06-07T08:00
In this episode I explore the historical development, mythology and meaning of Satan from a nondual perspective. For traditional Christians the devil is real – a fallen angel. He is epitome of e...
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A River Runs Through Me from 2020-06-04T08:00
In this episode I explore the symbol of the river as a description of nondual awareness as seen from a human perspective. Jesus used this metaphor to point to what he called the Kingdom of God o...
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Love and Nonduality from 2020-06-01T13:00
About a month ago I got an email from a listener in British Columbia, Canada. He gave me permission to quote it, so I will and then address the issue he raises. He writes in part:
I hav...
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Losing Your Soul from 2020-05-30T08:00
In this episode I explore one of the most famous sayings of Jesus, and one of his clearest teachings on the self and nonduality. It is found in all four gospels, which is an extremely rare occur...
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The Nondual Teachings of Jesus: Hidden Treasure from 2020-05-28T08:00
The Kingdom of God, also called unitive awareness or nondual awareness, is like a treasure that is discovered. That is the way that Jesus described it in two stories, known as the parable of the...
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Demons, Evil Spirits, and Awakening from 2020-05-25T08:00
According to the earliest account of Jesus’ ministry, he engaged in two major activities. One was the preaching of the Kingdom of God. The other activity that dominates Jesus’ ministry in the Go...
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The Nondual Teachings of Jesus – Homecoming from 2020-05-21T10:00
One of the most famous stories that Jesus told was the parable of the prodigal son. It is also the most misinterpreted. In this episode today I show how through this story Jesus was talking abou...
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The Nondual Teachings of Jesus - Lost&Found from 2020-05-19T10:00
Jesus was a teacher of the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven. I call it the Presence of God, Unitive Awareness or Christian nonduality. The primary way he communicated this reality was in...
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Beyond the Idea of God from 2020-05-15T17:00
The greatest obstacle to experiencing God is the idea of God. There is a difference between God and an idea about God. That ought to be obvious, but we rarely pay attention to the difference. Co...
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Salvation or Awakening? from 2020-05-12T09:00
Did Jesus preach salvation or spiritual awakening? Was his message about how to be forgiven by a Divine Judge for one’s sins through a human sacrifice offered to a holy God? Or did he speak of a...
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The Enlightenment of Jesus Christ from 2020-05-08T15:00
Jesus of Nazareth was enlightened, in the same sense that the word is used in spiritual circles today. Jesus was awake to the truth of his own nature and the nature of the universe, and he lived...
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Nonduality&the Bible from 2020-05-06T14:00
One of the most difficult things for a Christian to overcome when experiencing and communicating the reality of nondual awareness is the vocabulary. It is a stumbling block to use the biblical t...
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Reincarnation, Resurrection&Heaven from 2020-05-03T13:00
In this episode I explore the topics of reincarnation, resurrection and heaven from the perspective of unitive awareness. I thought about calling this “A Nondual Guide to the Afterlife.”
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The Wisdom of Fear from 2020-04-28T11:00
There is a lot of fear in religion. There is unhealthy fear – like fear of hell and punishment. There is also healthy fear, which the proverb says, “is the beginning of wisdom.” This episode is ...
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Eternity in our Hearts – The Christian Experience of Enlightenment from 2020-04-26T14:00
The term Enlightenment, when used in a spiritual or religious context, normally refers to the awakening experience of the Buddha and other religious sages of India and the East. It is a common t...
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Resurrection as Spiritual Awakening from 2020-04-12T19:00
In my Pandemic Devotion for today I explore the resurrection of Christ. It is not intended to be a doctrine to be believed but an awareness to be realized. The resurrection appearances of Jesus ...
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The Christian Cross as Zen Koan from 2020-04-09T12:00
In this Pandemic Devotion I present a different perspective on the Cross of Jesus Christ. Jesus intended this death in Jerusalem to be a dramatic event designed to snap his disciples out of thei...
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Don’t Worry, You’re Going to Die from 2020-04-06T10:00
The Surgeon General has said, “This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives.” President Trump said, “We’re going to go through a very rough two weeks.” This...
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Slouching Towards Armageddon from 2020-04-02T13:00
In this episode of Devotions for a Pandemic, I look at the fear that is gripping our country in anticipation of a surge of cases in the coming weeks. I compare this to the apocalyptic spirit tha...
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Shelter from the Storm from 2020-03-30T11:00
In this episode of Devotions for a Pandemic, I explore one of the most popular passages of scripture being used by preachers at this time: Psalm 91. It includes verses like:
Surely He s...
The Biblical Way to Stop a Pandemic from 2020-03-29T14:00
In this episode of my series “Devotions for a Pandemic” I look at a biblical story from the Old Testament found in Numbers 16. In this story God causes a plague to sweep through the Hebrew peopl...
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Spiritual Distancing from 2020-03-28T14:00
In this fourth episode of my Devotions for a Pandemic series, I look at the phenomenon of Social Distancing and its paralells with the spiritual discipline called Detachment, which I call Spirit...
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Meeting God in the Pandemic from 2020-03-27T13:00
In this third episode of Devotions for a Pandemic, I expore the questions "Who or What is God?" and "How can we we aware of God?" What is that mysterious dimension of reality...
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Where is God in This Pandemic? from 2020-03-25T13:00
This video is part of the "Devotions for a Pandemic" series. In this episode I explore the opinion, proclaimed by some preachers, that natural disasters like this coronavirus pandemic ...
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Devotion for a Pandemic from 2020-03-24T11:00
The current coronavirus pandemic is a time when we are separated from the spiritual communities that enrich our lives. This is the first of some devotions to help fill that gap. This particular ...
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Rethinking Salvation from 2019-11-06T13:00
This episode explores the common misunderstanding in Christianity that individuals are saved. No person is saved. People can’t be saved. In fact the person – that is the persona, the ego, or the...
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The Nondual Kingdom of Jesus from 2019-09-20T08:00
A while ago a clergy friend read my book on Christian Nonduality, and then asked me, “Do you really preach this stuff?’ I replied, “Yes, I do. But I do so very carefully.” By that I mean that I ...
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Prayer and Nonduality from 2019-09-14T08:00
The Tao of Christ is a podcast which explores the mystical, intuitive, and contemplative side of Christianity. In particular it explores what has been historically called the unitive life and un...
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Earth Spirituality from 2019-09-08T08:00
This episode explores our spiritual connection to the earth as described in the creation stories of Genesis. I look at the creation stories of Genesis 1 and 2 and how they speak of the spiritual...
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Christian Theology and Nonduality from 2019-09-02T08:00
The Tao of Christ is a podcast which explores the mystical, intuitive, and contemplative side of Christianity. In particular it explores what has been historically called the unitive life and un...
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The Tao of Christ: A Christian Version of the Tao Te Ching - Part 1 from 2019-04-27T13:00
This is the Tao of Christ, and I am Marshall Davis. This is a place for Christians who suspect that spiritual truth is bigger than the forms of Christianity that dominate the American religious ...
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