{"podcast":{"title":"Deep Transformation","slug":"deep-transformation-4657673","podcast_index_feed_id":4657673,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/deep-transformation/","website_url":"https://deeptransformation.io/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ad3376d4-5ad7-4c08-ab2a-b819ee5ed554/x6ZbkbUK9zQsLOBlXdcI285p.jpg","author":"Roger Walsh and John Dupuy","episode_count":237,"summary":"Deep Transformation offers dialogues with cutting-edge thinkers, artists, contemplatives, and activists who combine big-picture, integrative perspectives with profound, contemplative depths. With these remarkable people, we explore the great questions of our time, such as how best to live, and how best to heal, learn, create, and contribute in our era of unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Visit our website at https://deeptransformation.io/ to learn more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:20:39.706406+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-transformation-4657673"},"episode":{"title":"Exploring God, Soul & Reality: A. H. Almaas' Mystical Theology","slug":"exploring-god-soul-reality-a-h-almaas-mystical-theology","published_at":"2026-06-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-transformation-4657673/exploring-god-soul-reality-a-h-almaas-mystical-theology","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-transformation-4657673","url":"https://deeptransformation.io/episodes/a-h-almaas-wisdom-series-18-god-soul-reality-mystical-theology","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b790c002-f73c-4217-bbc7-22b18e755e2b.mp3","summary":"Ep. 235 | In the 18th dialogue of the A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series , Hameed Ali delves into the fascinating subject of how the physical world is related to the absolute. From a nondual perspective, reality includes the physical world, he explains; the world cannot be reduced to an illusion. Material reality is every bit as compelling as the spiritual perspective, he continues. How we perceive it depends on where we find our stance, what we are immersed in—in the formless or the world of form. Hameed recognizes and honors physical reality, while describing material objects as expressions, or glimmerings, of the ground of being—the physical and the ground of being inseparable, whether pure presence or pure emptiness. And how does the relationship between creator and creation relate to the individual? Hameed presents his mystical theology: a triadic reality formed by God, the individual, and the physical world, where each maintains its own truth. Because the absolute is inherently not self-aware, it needs an individual to become aware of itself, he explains. We are its “knowing instruments.” Hameed’s mystical theology, establishing the relationship between the human being, the world, and God, or true nature, is both elevating and grounding, enlightening and somehow comforting. The essential puzzle pieces of reality fitted together, creating unity. From atoms and quarks to what happens after death and how all dimensions can possibly exist in exquisite harmony when there is so much disharmony in the world, this conversation is far ranging, stimulating, and punctuated with laughter, as Hameed, Roger, and John continue to explore The Inner Journey Home . Recorded May 14, 2026. “When we experience the absolute, we see it as the truth of everything, the nature of everything—all a…","meta_description":"Ep. 235 | In the 18th dialogue of the A. H. Almaas Wisdom Series , Hameed Ali delves into the fascinating subject of how the physical world is related to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4585,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/deep-transformation-4657673/episodes/exploring-god-soul-reality-a-h-almaas-mystical-theology/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-transformation-4657673/exploring-god-soul-reality-a-h-almaas-mystical-theology.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}