{"podcast":{"title":"The Gary Zukav Deepcast","slug":"the-gary-zukav-deepcast-7038217","podcast_index_feed_id":7038217,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/IIOTE9468089069","website_url":"https://seatofthesoul.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4acd35ec-8199-11ef-8a2f-fbb4d9cdad4f/image/facc73d3545b2972c58ab7319816b818.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Gary Zukav","episode_count":179,"summary":"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 Deepcast 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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T18:18:47.009615+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gary-zukav-deepcast-7038217"},"episode":{"title":"Stop Fighting for Control: How to Trade External Power for Authentic Power","slug":"stop-fighting-for-control-how-to-trade-external-power-for-authentic-power","published_at":"2026-05-08T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gary-zukav-deepcast-7038217/stop-fighting-for-control-how-to-trade-external-power-for-authentic-power","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gary-zukav-deepcast-7038217","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IIOTE2182664906.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/IIOTE2182664906.mp3","summary":"Your emotions are messages from your soul. Learn How to Tune In and Listen HERE: www.seatofthesoul.com/emotionalawarenesscourse A new multisensory consciousness is transforming humanity, and with it comes a pressing question: what kind of power are you really reaching for? In this episode, Gary Zukav explores the internal dynamics of power struggles - what they are, where they originate, and why the impulse to control others is as present in our most intimate relationships as it is in conflicts between nations. Every power struggle, Gary explains, is rooted in the pursuit of external power - the drive to change, manage, or dominate what exists outside of us. Whether we are clashing with a partner or a roommate, or reaching for a fresh start in a new city, the horizontal path keeps us moving sideways. In the Earth School, we often find that nothing truly changes because we haven't changed the frightened parts of our personality that are driving the conflict. The vertical path is different. It is the path of spiritual evolution. It invites us to turn inward - to practice Emotional Awareness - and in doing so, to begin aligning our personality with our Soul. This alignment allows us to access the kind of Authentic Power that Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. brought to bear on the world - a power rooted in love, not in the control of others. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:43) — The Internal Dynamics of a Power Struggle: Gary defines the core of every power struggle - the pursuit of external power through the impulse to control - and reveals how it operates at every scale, from intimate partnerships to international conflict. (01:26) — The Horizontal Path and its Limitations: Attempting to find relief by changing partners, circumstances, or cities defines the ho…","meta_description":"Your emotions are messages from your soul. Learn How to Tune In and Listen HERE: www.seatofthesoul.com/emotionalawarenesscourse A new multisensory conscio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":266,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gary-zukav-deepcast-7038217/episodes/stop-fighting-for-control-how-to-trade-external-power-for-authentic-power/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gary-zukav-deepcast-7038217/stop-fighting-for-control-how-to-trade-external-power-for-authentic-power.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}