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Spirituality for the Politically Incorrect

Spirituality for the Politically Incorrect

Di: Nancy Showalter
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Hi, I'm Nancy Showalter. And this podcast is for you if you instinctively know that there is more to life than what you have been taught and you're not afraid to explore beyond conventional belief systems. Remember how everyone thought the world was flat and if you challenged that you were crazy? Or how people said if we were meant to fly God would give us wings? What about, "civilization is only four thousand years old," but science tells us differently? Very few of us are living to our fullest potential. I believe that is because most of us do not access the divinity within--the part that is one with our Creator. And how do we do that? That, and more, is what this podcast is all about.

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  • What Humanity Forgot About Its Divine Nature

    What Humanity Forgot About Its Divine Nature
    Oct 15 2026
    Hello everyone, and welcome back to Awakening the Divine Within.Today we’re going to explore an idea that really lies at the heart of this entire series.Our first episode was about the emptiness so many people feel inside. In our second episode, we looked at the spiritual crisis behind many of the problems we see in the world.But that raises another question. How did we get here? How did humanity become so disconnected from its spiritual source?I believe part of the answer is surprisingly simple: We forgot who we are.And that is why I call this first section of our series The Great Forgetting. Humanity has forgotten its divine nature. Now, when I say that we have a divine nature, I’m not saying that everything we do is divine. Obviously, it isn’t.We make mistakes. We become angry. We hurt one another. We make selfish choices. Sometimes we know better and do the wrong thing anyway. But our mistakes are not the whole story of who we are.Behind the personality, behind the fears, behind the mistakes and all the experiences that have shaped us, there is something greater.There is a divine spark within us. There is a part of us that came from God and remembers God, even when our outer mind has forgotten.This perspective completely changes the way we look at ourselves.Most of us have been taught to identify ourselves almost entirely by our human experience. We say: This is my personality. This is my family. This is what happened to me. These are my strengths. These are my weaknesses. These are my successes. These are my failures. And eventually we construct an identity out of all of these things.But what if none of those things represents the deepest truth of who you are? What if you existed spiritually before all of those experiences shaped your outer personality? What if there is an original divine pattern for you?Well, there is. And this is where the life and teachings of Jesus become so important.I believe one of the great misunderstandings about Jesus is that we have made him so different from ourselves that we sometimes miss the very thing he came to demonstrate.Jesus showed us what happens when a human being becomes completely aligned with the divine. He embodied the Christ. And when I use the word Christ, I’m not using it simply as another name for Jesus.Christ is a universal spiritual reality. It is the divine consciousness that connects the human soul with God. This Christ Self is our true identity that is meant to exist in the world, just as it did with Jesus. Jesus embodied that Christ consciousness so completely that we call him Jesus Christ.But he also called us to follow him. Think about that. To follow someone means that there is a path we can walk. Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also.”That is an extraordinary statement. He was pointing toward something within us that we have largely forgotten, ignored or even, in some cases, denied.Your Christ Self is sometimes referred to as the Higher Mental Body. You might think of your Christ Self as the higher spiritual part of you that already knows who you are in God. It knows your divine potential. It knows what you are capable of becoming. And it continually calls you upward.We may not always hear that voice clearly because there are so many other voices competing for our attention. Fear has a voice. Anger has a voice. Our past has a voice. Other people’s opinions have voices. The culture around us certainly has a voice.And sometimes all of those voices become so loud that we can no longer hear the quiet direction of our own higher self. But it is still there.This is why spiritual awakening is really a process of remembering. It is remembering: I am more than my past. I am more than my mistakes. I am more than my fears. I am more than what other people have told me I am. There is something divine within me that I am here to discover and express.And I think this is especially important because religion has sometimes emphasized human imperfection so strongly that people have developed an identity based almost entirely upon being sinners.Certainly, we make mistakes. We misuse God’s energy. We create karma. We need forgiveness and transformation. But Jesus did not come simply to tell us how terrible we are. He came to show us the way back. Remember what he said to the woman who had been accused? “Go, and sin no more.” In other words: Change. Rise. Become something greater. He did not define her forever by what she had done. And neither should we define ourselves forever by what we have done. There is a profound difference between recognizing our mistakes and making those mistakes our identity. The spiritual path asks us to take responsibility for what needs to change while remembering the divine potential that makes transformation possible. And that changes everything.Instead of saying, “This is just the way I am,” we begin asking: “What am I capable of becoming?” Instead of saying, “I ...
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    10 min
  • Why People Search Everywhere Except Within

    Why People Search Everywhere Except Within
    Oct 15 2026
    Hello everyone, and welcome back to Awakening the Divine Within. In our last episode, we talked about The Great Forgetting—how humanity has forgotten its divine nature. Today I want to look at one of the consequences of that forgetting.When we lose awareness of the divine presence within ourselves, we begin searching everywhere else for what we think will make us whole. And that brings us to today’s topic: Why People Search Everywhere Except Within.Think about how much of our lives are spent searching. We search for happiness. We search for love. We search for success. We search for security. We search for recognition. We search for someone who will finally understand us.And increasingly, we search for answers. We search the Internet. We search social media. We listen to podcasts. We watch videos. We read books. And there is certainly nothing wrong with learning from other people. In fact, good teaching can change our lives.But there comes a point on the spiritual path when we have to stop asking everyone else who we are and begin discovering the answer within ourselves. Because there is one place modern society rarely teaches us to look: within.From the time we’re very young, we’re trained to pay attention to the outer world. How am I doing? What do other people think of me? Am I successful? Am I attractive? Do I have enough money? Do people approve of me? Am I keeping up with everyone else?And today social media has magnified this tremendously. We can compare our lives with hundreds or even thousands of other people every day. And the problem is that we are often comparing our private struggles with someone else’s public image.Then we wonder why we don’t feel good enough. But there is an even deeper spiritual problem. When our attention is constantly directed outward, we lose contact with the quiet voice within.God is not merely a distant being somewhere outside of you. There is a divine presence within you. Jesus said it very simply: “The kingdom of God is within you.”Think about what that means. The kingdom is not merely something we hope to enter after we die. Jesus was pointing to a spiritual reality that can be discovered within consciousness. And yet how often do we actually go there?Many people are uncomfortable with silence. The moment things become quiet, we reach for the phone. We turn on the television. We play music. We check messages. We find something to do. We fill every empty space with noise.And sometimes I wonder whether we are afraid of what we might discover if everything became quiet. Because in silence, we begin meeting ourselves. We encounter thoughts we’ve been avoiding. Feelings we’ve pushed aside. Questions we’ve been too busy to ask.And sometimes, underneath all of that, we begin to sense something else. A presence. An inner knowing. A quiet sense that there is something greater within us.The spiritual path requires us to develop a relationship with that inner reality. Prayer is part of that. Meditation is part of that. Contemplation is part of that. But even simply becoming quiet for a few minutes can begin changing our relationship with ourselves.And I want to make an important distinction here. Going within does not mean that every thought or feeling that comes into our mind is automatically divine guidance.We all have fears. We all have desires. We all have emotional reactions. That is why spiritual discernment is so important. We learn gradually to recognize the difference between the voice of fear and the voice of wisdom.Fear usually feels urgent. The ego often demands. Anger reacts. But the higher self has a different quality. It may correct us, sometimes very firmly, but there is clarity in it.There is wisdom. There is a sense of inner knowing. And learning to recognize that guidance takes practice. I sometimes think of it like tuning a radio. If there is too much static, you can’t hear the station clearly. And many of us have tremendous static in our consciousness. Worry. Busyness. Resentment. Fear. Constant information. Other people’s opinions. All of that creates noise. Spiritual practice helps us reduce the noise so that we can hear something higher.This is why prayer, quiet meditation, decrees and understanding the power of the spoken word is so important. We call it the science of the spoken word and it has been practiced for centuries in various traditions by those on the spiritual path. And there is much modern scientific experiments that demonstrate this. These practices help us turn our attention away from the constant pull of the outer world and reconnect with the divine.But here’s something else I think is important. Going within does not mean withdrawing from life. It doesn’t mean ignoring responsibilities. It doesn’t mean becoming passive. In fact, the opposite should happen.When we become more connected with our higher self, we should become more effective in the world. More loving. More discerning. More purposeful. ...
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    11 min
  • The Spiritual Crisis Behind Modern Society

    The Spiritual Crisis Behind Modern Society
    Sep 25 2026
    Hello everyone, and welcome back to Awakening the Divine Within.In this series we’re exploring the deeper spiritual realities behind many of the struggles people are facing today—both personally and collectively.In our last episode, we talked about why so many people feel empty inside and how that emptiness may actually be the soul longing to reconnect with its spiritual source.Today, I want to take that conversation a step further by looking at the bigger picture.This episode is called: “The Spiritual Crisis Behind Modern Society.”Because if we’re honest, it feels like something is deeply off in the world right now.People are more connected technologically than ever before, yet loneliness is increasing. We have more information than any generation in history, yet confusion seems everywhere.We see rising anxiety, emotional instability, anger, division, corruption, violence, addiction, and a growing sense of hopelessness in many people.And a lot of people look at all of this and ask—and maybe you too,“What is happening to humanity?”Now, most explanations focus only on external causes:politics,economics,technology,social systems,education,or cultural change.And while all of those things matter, I believe the deeper issue is spiritual.Outer conditions are often reflections of inner consciousness.In other words, when humanity becomes spiritually disconnected, that disconnection eventually begins showing up everywhere in society.It appears in:how people treat one another,how leaders govern,how truth is distorted,how fear spreads,how greed grows,and how people lose touch with compassion, wisdom, and inner balance.A society can advance technologically while declining spiritually.And I think that’s exactly what we’re witnessing in many ways today.We’ve developed incredible external power…but we have not developed equal spiritual maturity.Humanity has learned how to manipulate matter and technology, but many people still struggle to master:their emotions,their thoughts,their impulses,their anger,their fears,and their ego.And when inner consciousness is unstable, outer systems eventually become unstable too.To me, it appears humanity has gradually lost awareness of its sacred nature. People have forgotten that life itself is spiritual.Not just religion. Not just prayer. Not just churches or temples.Life itself.How we think.How we speak.How we treat people.How we use energy.How we handle power.How we respond to conflict.How we raise children.How we care for our bodies and minds.All of it is spiritual.But modern culture often separates spirituality from daily living.People may think of spirituality as something abstract or optional rather than something deeply connected to consciousness itself.And when people lose that inner connection, they begin looking outside themselves for stability and meaning.That’s one reason we see such emotional polarization today.People become reactive very easily.Fear spreads quickly.Anger escalates rapidly.And many people feel emotionally exhausted.Why?Because inner peace cannot exist for long without spiritual grounding.Now, this doesn’t mean we should judge humanity harshly.In many ways, people are struggling because they were never taught how to develop inner mastery.They were taught how to compete.How to consume.How to chase external success.But they were rarely taught:how to quiet the mind,how to manage emotions,how to strengthen compassion,how to develop wisdom,or how to connect with the divine presence within themselves.And without that inner foundation, people become vulnerable to fear, manipulation, confusion, and emotional instability.C onsciousness matters far more than most people realize.Every thought matters.Every emotion matters.Every word matters.Every choice matters.Because collectively, human consciousness helps shape the world we live in.That means society changes when consciousness changes.And I know that can sound overwhelming at first because we look at the problems in the world and think:“How could one person possibly make a difference?”But spiritual transformation has always begun one person at a time.One awakened person influences others.One compassionate person changes environments.One person choosing wisdom over hatred shifts energy.One person living consciously becomes a stabilizing force in the world.And honestly, I think that’s part of why you’re listening to this series right now.Something within you may already sense that external solutions alone are not enough.Humanity needs spiritual awakening.Not necessarily more dogma.Not more fear-based religion.Not more division.But greater consciousness.Greater wisdom.Greater compassion.Greater awareness of the sacredness of life.The good news is that periods of great confusion can also become periods of awakening. Sometimes humanity only begins seriously searching for truth when old systems begin failing. Sometimes people only begin asking deeper questions when external life ...
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    10 min
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