Discover a new way of seeing and experiencing the world. Start your journey to multisensory perception HERE: https://seatofthesoul.com/mutli-five-sensory/ An unprecedented transformation of human consciousness is unfolding, and every personal challenge is an invitation to explore the deeper meaning of your emotional experiences. In this powerful episode, Gary Zukav answers a heartfelt listener’s question: how to move forward after losing a husband to cancer, recovering from illness, and facing the loneliness of an empty home. He shares how sorrow doesn’t come from external events themselves, but from the fear-based parts of our personality that interpret them. Gary explains that painful emotions such as grief, loneliness, and despair are not life sentences but experiences of frightened parts of the personality. These painful dynamics, once seen clearly, can be transformed through multisensory perception - recognizing that love-based parts of our personality are also present. By shifting our awareness toward gratitude, appreciation, and awe, even the most heartbreaking circumstances can reveal spiritual gifts and opportunities for growth. This episode invites you to explore sorrow not as an unchangeable reality, but as an opening to discover authentic power. The choice lies in which parts of your personality you nurture: the fearful or the loving parts. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:22) — The Source of Emotional PainWhy sorrow doesn’t originate from external events but from a fear-based part of the personality. (01:12) — Fear vs. Love in Our PersonalityHow frightened parts create pain while loving parts create healing, patience, and gratitude. (04:39) — Finding Meaning in LossHow cancer, death, and change can be seen as gifts for spiritual development. (06:45) — Lakota Tradition of Wiping Away the TearsHow rituals of grieving and celebration reveal new ways to relate to loss. (09:31) — The Safety of DeathWhy, from a soul perspective, death is not an end but a safe passage, and how awareness of this shifts our relationship to sorrow. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge This week, pause and reflect on times when sorrow has touched your life. Instead of seeing pain only as the product of circumstances, ask yourself: Which part of my personality is experiencing this—fearful or loving? Experiment with shifting your attention toward gratitude for what was given, rather than focusing only on what was lost. Notice how this change in perspective alters not only your experience of sorrow but also the kind of energy and people you attract into your life. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Your emotions are messages from your soul. Learn How to Tune In and Listen Here: www.seatofthesoul.com/emotionalawarenesscourse In this episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary explores what it truly means to create authentic power. He explains how authentic power emerges from love - gratitude, patience, appreciation, and awe - while external power, rooted in fear, belongs to the old consciousness. Through vivid stories and reflections, Gary reveals how to recognize when fear is active and how to make the quantum leap into love. Fear and love cannot coexist. When fear controls your choices, you experience pain, judgment, and power struggles. When love guides your actions, you experience harmony, joy, and connection with your soul. Authentic power is not about domination or control - it is about aligning your personality with your soul, moment by moment. The solution is both simple and challenging: notice when fear is present in your body and mind, then choose to act from love instead. Over time, frightened parts of your personality lose control, and loving parts become your new way of being. This is the practice of authentic power - and it transforms everything. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:45) — The new consciousness: why authentic power belongs to the emerging world, and external power to the old one. (03:00) — Love vs. fear: why these two states are mutually exclusive and how they shape your relationships. (06:08) — Emotional awareness: how to recognize frightened parts of your personality through physical sensations and judgmental thoughts. (09:02) — The Michelangelo story: how authentic power is like removing fear to reveal the love already within you. (12:04) — The choice point: how to use free will to shift from fear into love in the moment. (17:48) — Becoming authentically powerful: how patience, gratitude, and awe bring your soul’s energy into the Earth School. (20:55) — The soul notebook: how to experiment with insights and discover what’s worth keeping in your life. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, take out your Soul Notebook and reflect on the moments when you noticed fear—judgment, anger, or impatience—and when you chose love—gratitude, patience, or compassion. Ask yourself: What did fear cost me? What did love give me? Write down what you discover, and choose to strengthen the loving parts of your personality by practicing them in real time. Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Learn how to connect with your intuition every day. Click here to start your journey to authentic power: https://seatofthesoul.com/daily-intuition-practice/ An unprecedented new consciousness is reshaping humanity, and with it comes a deeper understanding of karma. In this episode, Gary Zukav answers a profound question: If you act with the intention of love but accidentally cause harm, will you still create painful karma? Gary explains that karma is precise, accurate, and always aligned with the intention behind your actions. Painful karma arises not from accidents but from the fear-based energy that fuels unconscious deeds. If love is the true source of your action, then what returns to you will be constructive and beneficial, regardless of unintended consequences. The key is awareness of intention. Every word and deed carries the energy of either love or fear, and that energy shapes your experiences. When you choose love consciously, you create authentic power and a life of growth and compassion. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:22) — What Karma Really ReflectsWhy karma is less about consequences of accidents and more about the intention behind every action. (01:12) — The Role of Intention in KarmaHow the quality of consciousness—love or fear—determines what you experience. (03:09) — Everyday Examples of IntentionWhy even something as ordinary as driving reflects whether you are living with gratitude or fear. (04:00) — Karma as a Spiritual Delivery SystemHow life returns to you the same intention you send out, teaching you exactly what you need for growth. (05:34) — Becoming Conscious CreatorsWhy awareness of your intentions allows you to shape your life and create authentic power. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, pause and reflect on your daily actions. Ask yourself: What intention is fueling my words and deeds right now—love or fear? Consider moments when you may have caused unintended harm. Instead of fearing painful karma, explore the consciousness behind your choices. Notice how consciously choosing love shifts the energy you send into the world, and how it transforms what you receive in return. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
In this episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary continues his exploration of “What’s Real?” with a focus on one of life’s most fundamental questions: Are you making a conscious choice to live from love or from fear? Through stories, reflections, and practical insights, Gary reveals how learning to distinguish between the two transforms your entire perception and creates authentic power in your life. Fear often masquerades as reality through worry, jealousy, anger, or the belief that you are incomplete. Yet these are illusions - perceptions created when a frightened part of your personality is active. Love, by contrast, is the compass of the soul. It is expressed as gratitude, patience, contentment, awe, and caring. Learning to recognize whether your experiences are born of fear or love is the key to stepping into the new consciousness now unfolding on Earth. At its essence, this episode reveals that only love is real. Fear is an illusion. By choosing love over fear—moment by moment—you align your personality with your soul and begin to live from a place of authentic power. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (01:11) — The Illusion of AI and Projection: Why appearances like AI or jealousy in others aren’t “real,” but reflections of the personality. (05:36) — Love Is All That’s Real: Why the entire realm of fear is an illusion and love is the only compass that aligns you with your soul. (10:21) — Creating Authentic Power: How aligning your personality with your soul brings harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life. (15:15) — The Consequences of Choice: How choosing fear contracts and limits you, while choosing love expands your joy, meaning, and potential. (19:32) — A New You Is Emerging: Why the new consciousness reveals your true identity as soul, not just personality, and how this transforms your life. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, take out your Soul Notebook and write down the moments in your day when you notice yourself acting from fear—whether jealousy, resentment, or worry—or from love—such as gratitude, appreciation, or awe. At the end of each day, reflect: Which choices expanded you, and which contracted you? Over time, you will begin to see how choosing love consistently transforms your awareness and your life. Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Are you ready to live Beyond the Five Sense? Learn How Here: www.seatofthesoul.com/beyondthefivesensescourse An unprecedented new consciousness is transforming the human species, and even everyday experiences can open the door to greater awareness. In this episode, Gary Zukav takes a common situation - being called for jury duty - and explores the deeper spiritual question it raises: Is it my duty to judge my peers? Gary explains that it is never our responsibility to judge another person. Judgment creates painful consequences for ourselves. In jury duty, however, you are not asked to judge a person - you are asked to evaluate their actions against a specific standard: the law. The larger lesson is to separate the person from the action, responding to harmful behaviors without condemning the individual. Ultimately, the path of authentic power means experiencing life’s painful moments with courage, while choosing love over fear. This shift allows us to engage responsibly in the world without stepping into judgment or creating new painful karma. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:22) – Jury Duty and JudgmentWhy serving on a jury is about judging actions, not people. (01:42) – Separating Person from ActionHow Gandhi’s ahimsa shows the power of responding to harmful actions without condemning individuals. (02:30) – Preventing Harm Without JudgmentWhy it’s appropriate to stop abuse, but harmful to judge the abuser or the abused. (03:10) – The Bigger PerspectiveHow unseen circumstances—or even lifetimes—shape interactions, reminding us we never know the full picture. (04:10) – Choosing Love Over FearWhat it means to experience pain deeply, yet still choose love instead of fear. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge This week, reflect on times when you have judged another person instead of discerning their actions. Ask yourself: How could I separate the action from the individual? Where can I intervene with love and clarity, without condemnation? Pause, breathe, and notice how shifting from judgment to compassion changes your experience. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Are you making choices in love or fear? Take this self-assessment today to find out. call to action recording In this episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary deepens the “What’s Real?” exploration, turning toward reverence - the awareness that life in all its forms is precious, valuable, and sacred. Beyond appearances, reverence opens us to the essence of others, ourselves, and the world around us. Reverence is not simply another word for authentic power, though they are inseparable. While authentic power arises from aligning your personality with your soul, reverence allows you to experience life without cruelty, to see its inherent worth even when disempowered. It transforms how you perceive people, plants, animals, and even the most ordinary moments. At its heart, this episode reveals that love and reverence are what’s truly real. When we move beyond personality-to-personality reactions into soul-to-soul connections, we begin to live with awe, compassion, and a deeper recognition of life’s uniqueness. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:00) — A New World Emerging: Why humanity is moving beyond external power and into soul-based authentic power. (05:48) — Personality vs. Soul Connections: How to recognize the difference between surface-level attraction/repulsion and meaningful soul-to-soul connection. (09:13) — Seeing the Soul in Others: Why acknowledging both frightened and loving parts in yourself helps you honor them in others. (11:46) — Even Hitler Had a Soul: What extreme examples of human shadow teach us about complexity and hidden loving parts. (14:56) — From Judgment to Reverence: How shifting from personality-to-personality judgments to soul awareness creates reverence for life. (18:13) — Why Reverence Matters: Why life without reverence becomes destructive—and how reverence restores compassion and meaning. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, take out your Soul Notebook and jot down the insights, phrases, or ideas from this episode that resonated most deeply with you. Each day, reflect on them: Did you experience moments of reverence in your interactions - with people, animals, or even simple experiences? Where did you miss the opportunity to see the preciousness of life? At the end of the week, review your reflections to see how reverence is beginning to transform your awareness. Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Your emotions are messages from your soul. Learn How to Tune In and Listen Here:www.seatofthesoul.com/emotionalawarenesscourse What does it really mean when we talk about “evil” in the world? In this episode, Gary Zukav addresses a powerful and often-asked question: Are there truly evil people? His answer challenges conventional ideas and reveals why evil is not a “thing” but rather the absence of love, consciousness, and light. Gary explains that evil is not an independent force to be imprisoned, eradicated, or legislated away. Instead, it is only ever the absence of love - and the only remedy is love itself. When we condemn others, even those we see as hateful, we join them in the darkness. When we choose compassion, patience, and kindness instead, we step into authentic power and contribute light to the world. Ultimately, Gary shows that the path to healing begins with each of us. By choosing love, moment by moment, we not only transform our own lives but also shape a world free of darkness. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:42) – What Is Evil?Gary redefines evil as the absence of love and consciousness, not a separate force. (01:42) – Responding to HatredWhy condemning those without compassion only deepens the darkness—and how to be the remedy instead. (02:42) – Why Evil Cannot Be ControlledEvil cannot be imprisoned or legislated away; it can only be transformed through love. (03:28) – Choice by ChoiceHow every choice toward fear or love shapes who we become—and how figures like Hitler came into being through fear. (03:55) – Becoming the RemedyWhy choosing love in your own personality is the only way to contribute to a world without darkness. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge This week, notice when you are tempted to condemn or judge others. In that very moment, ask yourself: Am I contributing to darkness, or am I bringing love where it is absent? Practice reaching for a loving part of your personality—gratitude, patience, caring, or kindness—and reflect on how it shifts your experience. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Your journey to Authentic Power begins here. Download your copy of the Authentic Power Guidelines today! https://seatofthesoul.com/apg-optin/ A profound transformation in human consciousness is unfolding, inviting us to see beyond the five-sensory world and into the multisensory reality of the soul. In this episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary continues his exploration of “What’s Real?”- this time focusing on connection. What does it mean to truly connect, and why is it inseparable from authentic power and spiritual growth? Gary reveals that connection is not found in devices, games, or external validation, but in the interior world of the soul. Through our interactions with others, we learn to distinguish between fear and love, frightened and loving parts of our personality. These choices shape the consequences we create, opening the path to authentic power - the alignment of personality with soul. At its essence, this conversation illuminates a timeless truth: only love is real. Fear produces emptiness and pain, but love generates joy, meaning, and fulfillment. Authentic connection begins when we choose love over fear, cultivating harmony, cooperation, and reverence for life. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:00) — A New Consciousness: Why humanity is shifting from five-sensory to multisensory perception. (04:50) — What Real Connection Is (and Isn’t): How true connection arises from shared inner experiences, not devices or distractions. (07:21) — Love vs. Fear: Why learning to distinguish these inner states determines the quality of our consequences. (10:17) — Authentic Power: How aligning your personality with your soul creates lasting fulfillment. (13:17) — External Power vs. Authentic Power: Why manipulation and control always collapse, while authentic power cannot be lost. (16:14) — Joy as a Revelator: How joy reveals the presence of love and why fear can never bring fulfillment. (18:42) — The Tools of Love: How emotional awareness and responsible choice stabilize love as the ongoing experience of life. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, take out your Soul Notebook and write down the insights, words, or moments from this episode that resonated with you. Notice what felt meaningful and what did not. At the end of the week, reflect on your notes: How did you experience love or fear in your interactions? What did these choices create in your life? Use this practice to prepare for the next episode, where Gary will share a new dimension of connection that will transform how you experience life. Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Create the life you desire by choosing love over fear. Learn how HERE: https://seatofthesoul.com/love-fear/ Everyday choices - especially in business - can feel like a test between protecting what’s yours and staying true to your values. But how do you know if your actions come from authentic power or from fear? In this episode, Gary Zukav answers a listener’s question about dealing with someone who seems deceitful in business. His response reveals the deeper difference between acting from fear and acting from love. Gary explains that fear always separates - through blame, judgment, or superiority - while love unites and creates authentic power. Even when protecting yourself and your livelihood is necessary, the intention behind your actions determines whether you are contributing to harmony or to painful consequences. The key takeaway is that it isn’t the circumstance that matters most, but the conscious intention you bring to it. If your actions flow from appreciation, gratitude, and love, you are creating authentic power. If they arise from blame, worry, or judgment, you are creating a world of painful consequences from a place of fear. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:42) – Fear or Authentic Power?Gary responds to a listener asking if protecting their business and family comes from fear or authentic power. (01:43) – The Two Intentions: Love and FearUnderstand why only two choices exist—love or fear—and how to tell which one is guiding you. (02:43) – The Umbrella AnalogyDiscover how preparing for challenges, like bringing an umbrella for the rain, can be done from love rather than fear. (03:43) – Closing Your Heart Creates FearLearn why judging or blaming others—even those who may have deceived you—keeps you trapped in fear. (04:39) – Choosing Love in Every RelationshipGary shares how you can thank difficult people for giving you the chance to shift from fear to love. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge This week, notice when you feel the need to protect yourself - whether in business, relationships, or everyday life. Ask yourself: Am I closing my heart and acting from fear, or am I choosing love, appreciation, and authentic power? Reflect on how your intention shapes not just your actions, but the consequences you create. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Your journey to Authentic Power begins here. Download your copy of the Authentic Power Guidelines today! https://seatofthesoul.com/apg-optin/ A profound shift in human consciousness is underway. In this episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary invites listeners to explore what it truly means to live a life of meaning. While the five-sensory world measures worth in achievements, possessions, and external validation, Gary shows us that meaning comes from a deeper source - the soul. Through stories, teachings, and timeless wisdom, Gary illustrates the difference between living from fear and illusion versus aligning with love and authentic power. Meaning is not found in intellect, appearances, or artificial intelligence. Instead, we experience true meaning when we recognize and use the unique gifts we were born to give. At its heart, this conversation is an invitation to remember that authentic power and true fulfillment come only when we align our personality with our soul. Meaning isn’t something we chase - it’s something we live by choosing love over fear in every moment. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:00) — A New Consciousness Emerging: Why humanity is moving from a five-sensory to a multisensory way of experiencing reality. (03:07) — Beyond Intellect: Why real meaning cannot be found in data, analysis, or AI, but in the deeper knowing of the soul. (06:00) — Shadows and the Cave: How ancient wisdom illustrates the shift from illusion to authentic perception of reality. (08:44) — Choice and Responsibility: Why Earth School always brings us back to the same decision—love or fear. (11:56) — Illusion of Fear vs. Reality of Love: How fear distorts perception and why meaning only arises when we choose love. (18:05) — No Separation: The realization that there are no “others,” only oneness, and why authentic power is inseparable from love. (21:01) — A Life of Meaning: How aligning with the soul brings harmony, cooperation, and reverence for life. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, take out your Soul Notebook. Write down the words, phrases, or moments from this episode that felt deeply meaningful to you - not intellectually, but as a deeper knowing. Notice how these insights resonate with your life. Ask yourself: Am I choosing fear or love in the way I live today? Return to your notes at the end of the week and reflect on how these choices shape your sense of meaning. Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Discover a new way of seeing and experiencing the world. Start your journey to multisensory perception HERE: https://seatofthesoul.com/mutli-five-sensory/ We all carry memories of actions we wish we had done differently. The desire to go back and “fix” the past can feel overwhelming - but is that really the path to healing? In this episode, Gary Zukav explores the true nature of making amends and why authentic forgiveness and transformation are always rooted in the present moment, not the past. Gary reveals how feelings of guilt, remorse, and the need for approval stem from a frightened part of our personality, and why seeking forgiveness from others can actually be an attempt to control how they see us. Instead, he explains that genuine healing begins with becoming aware of your intention now, in this moment. The power to make amends is not found in rewriting the past - it is a conscious choice of love, clarity, and authentic power today. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:43) – Do You Really Need to Revisit the Past?Gary responds to the question of whether apologizing for past wrongs is necessary and reframes the true meaning of amends. (01:11) – The Roots of Guilt and RemorseDiscover how guilt, shame, and the need for approval arise from frightened parts of your personality—and why acting from these energies only creates more pain. (01:56) – The Only Question That Matters: NowLearn why the key to healing is not the past, but the present: What intention are you holding in this moment? (02:45) – The Trap of Seeking ForgivenessGary explains why asking others to forgive you can be a form of manipulation—and how forgiveness must come from within. (03:25) – Forgiveness as FreedomUnderstand forgiveness as the release of a heavy burden, like putting down a suitcase full of bricks, and discover how it frees you to live with authentic power. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, reflect on moments when you’ve felt the urge to “fix” the past by seeking forgiveness or approval. Pause and ask yourself: Am I trying to change someone else so I can feel better - or am I acting from love in this present moment? Notice how your body feels when guilt or shame arises, and then experiment with shifting your intention toward connection and authentic power. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Are you ready to live Beyond the Five Sense? Learn How Here: www.seatofthesoul.com/beyondthefivesensescourse Artificial Intelligence is everywhere - from classrooms to boardrooms - and it’s changing the way humans behave. But is AI really as powerful as we think? In this episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary explores the deeper truth: AI can analyze, replicate, and accelerate behavior, but it cannot evolve the soul. Spiritual evolution is not created from machines. It is created by the concious choices we make between love and fear. Gary unpacks the difference between external power - the drive to manipulate and control - and authentic power, which is born when our personality aligns with our soul. While AI can amplify old patterns, only human beings can create authentic power. The question is not whether AI will shape us, but how we will choose love or fear with it. True transformation isn’t about technology; it’s about you. By making conscious choices of love, patience, gratitude, and reverence for life over fear, anger, and control, you contribute to the evolution of humanity - a creation only you can make. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:00) — A New Consciousness Emerging: Why humanity is shifting from an old, five-sensory world to a new multisensory consciousness. (01:12) — AI and Human Behavior: How AI shapes behavior—making what we already do faster and more effective—but cannot touch evolution. (07:09) — Old Power vs. Authentic Power: Why external power is based in fear and control, and why creating authentic power is humanity’s necessity. (11:56) — The Soul’s Intentions: Harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life—and how aligning with these evolves the soul. (14:32) — AI and Human Evolution: Why AI is only pattern recognition, and why authentic power—not machines—drives true human growth. (17:00) — The Real Work Ahead: Why spiritual growth, not technological progress, determines whether humanity evolves or repeats old patterns. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, take out your Soul Notebook and write down what resonated most with you from this episode. Reflect on how often you’ve applied that insight in your own life and notice the results it produced. Just like AI processes data, you’re “training” yourself - only your data is love, fear, and the choices you make. At the end of the week, look at the different consequences and ask yourself: Which future am I choosing? Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Learn how to connect with your intuition every day. Click here to start your journey to authentic power!: https://seatofthesoul.com/daily-intuition-practice/ Trust isn’t just about believing in people or circumstances - it’s about recognizing that everything you experience, without exception, is here to support your spiritual growth. In this episode, Gary Zukav takes the conversation from How To Trust: Part 1 even deeper, exploring how trust works within the “Earth School” of life, where every event is a lesson and every emotion is an opportunity to choose between love and fear. Through practical wisdom, Gary explains how frightened parts of our personality are driven by fear - trying to control the outside world to feel safe, valuable, or in control. But real trust begins when you see beyond these illusions and act from a loving part of your personality, even when fear is active. This is the gateway to authentic power: living intentionally, aligned with your soul, and seeing life as a constant opportunity to grow. The essence of trust isn’t passive faith - it’s an active, daily practice of emotional awareness, responsible choice, and love. And when you live this way, you realize that no matter what happens, it’s exactly what you need for your soul’s evolution. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:02) – Two Worlds, One ChoiceGary describes the shift in human consciousness and how you can choose to live in gratitude, patience, and awe - or in anger, fear, and despair. (01:11) – How the Earth School WorksLearn why everything you experience is a lesson for your spiritual development and a chance to choose love over fear. (02:00) – Fear’s One IntentionDiscover how all frightened parts of your personality share the same intention: to change the external world to avoid inner pain. (03:07) – The Roller Coaster of Emotional ReactivityGary explains how highs and lows are created when we react to life’s events without awareness - and how to step off the ride. (04:10) – Recognizing Energy FrequenciesUnderstand the difference between low-frequency fear-based energies and high-frequency loving energies - and why your choice matters. (05:31) – What You Can Truly TrustGary shares the ultimate truth: everything in your life serves your soul’s growth, and your role is to align with the right intention, appropriate timing, and trust. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge Reflect on a recent moment when you felt reactive or anxious. What fear-based intention was driving your response? This week, when you notice fear or judgment, pause. Ask yourself: “What would love do right now?” Then act from your loving part, trusting that this moment is here for your spiritual growth. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Are you practicing judgment or discernment? Learn more as Gary explains the difference in this illuminating video. https://seatofthesoul.com/judgment/ In this thought-provoking episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary explores the root of emotional pain in the midst of current world events. While it’s easy to believe that the turmoil “out there” is the source of our suffering, Gary reveals that our pain actually comes from within - from a frightened part of our personality that reacts from fear. These parts create a cycle of pain and destructive choices, keeping us locked in the old consciousness. Gary offers a new way to break free: by becoming aware of our emotions and using them as a compass to distinguish between fear and love. This awareness opens the door to creating authentic power - aligning our personality with our soul - and allows us to act consciously, even when fear is active. The path forward is not about changing the world to end our pain; it’s about transforming our internal experience. By choosing to respond from a loving part of our personality, we create different, life-enhancing consequences for ourselves and contribute to a more compassionate world. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:42) — The True Source of Emotional Pain: Why world events aren’t causing your suffering—and what is (03:04) — Escaping the Wheel of Suffering: How fear-based reactions create a cycle of pain and how to break it (05:59) — Old Consciousness vs. New Consciousness: Moving from external power to authentic power (08:55) — Fear’s Painful Signature: How to recognize the physical sensations and judgmental thoughts that signal fear (11:51) — Choosing Love Consciously: Why love can only be created through intentional choice (15:14) — Becoming the Master of Your Life: How to move beyond the control of frightened parts of your personality Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, carry a small notebook with you. Write down every time you act impulsively from a frightened part of your personality - moments when you react in anger, jealousy, resentment, or superiority. Also record the times you feel a frightened part active in you but choose instead to act from love - responding with patience, gratitude, or care while fear pushes you to react. At the end of the week, reflect on the different consequences each choice created. Which do you choose? Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Are you ready to live Beyond the Five Sense? Learn How Here. www.seatofthesoul.com/beyondthefivesensescourse Trust is often viewed as something you place in others - your partner, your job, your children's well-being - what if the deepest kind of trust isn’t about the outside world at all? In this powerful episode, Gary Zukav invites us to rethink trust as a spiritual practice, one that begins not with certainty about the external, but with radical acceptance of everything - inside and out- as a pathway to our spiritual growth. Through personal reflection, Gary explains how a frightened part of your personality pursues external power by attempting to control outcomes and avoid pain. But as he shares, true trust is found in releasing that need for control and making the responsible choice to act from a loving part, even while the painful energy of a frightened part is active. The path to authentic power is paved with trust: trusting that every experience is here to serve your soul’s evolution. This episode offers a profound reminder that choosing love - no matter what - is the most courageous and transformative act we can take. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:00) – Two Worlds, One ChoiceGary introduces the choice we face in every moment: to live in love or fear—and how this defines our experience of trust. (01:12) – You Can’t Control AnyoneWe often try to trust people or circumstances, but Gary reminds us that control is an illusion—and surrendering it opens the door to real trust. (01:50) – What Can You Trust?Learn why trusting that everything (inside and outside) is for your benefit is essential to your spiritual growth. (02:42) – Recognizing the Frightened PartsFrom anger and jealousy to addiction and compulsion, Gary explores how fear-based reactions reveal where we are not trusting life. (04:38) – The True Meaning of Authentic PowerDiscover how choosing love in every moment—no matter what—is the key to aligning your personality with your soul. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge Reflect on a moment when you felt anxious, reactive, or out of control. What were you trying to resist or change? This week, when you notice yourself slipping into fear or judgment, pause. Ask yourself: “What would love do right now?” Practice trusting that what’s happening is here to support your growth - and choose love, no matter what. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Learn how to align your personality with your soul and create authentic power in your life. The Authentic Power Guidelines will guide you on this powerful journey. Learn More Here. www.seatofthesoul.com/authenticpowerguidelinescourse In this eye-opening episode of The Gary Zukav Podcast, Gary explores the rising tension of polarization in our families, workplaces, communities, and across the globe. He offers a perspective from the new consciousness: we cannot change polarization “out there,” but we can transform our internal experience of it - starting with our own reactions and perceptions. With clarity and compassion, Gary reframes division not as an external battle, but as a reflection of our inner state. At the heart of polarization is a choice. When you experience judgment, frustration, or anger, you are reacting from a frightened part of your personality. The pursuit of external power is the attempt to fix others or the world. Gary invites you to instead use your emotional awareness to see your own inner divides. Polarization is a feature of duality in the Earth school. You cannot eradicate it, but you can make a responsible choice about which part of your personality you act from: a frightened part or a loving part. The path to healing the division you see in the world is the creation of authentic power and the alignment of your personality with your soul. That journey begins with your emotional awareness and your responsible choice. When you choose to look inward, you cultivate the loving parts of your personality, like patience, gratitude, and compassion. This is how you contribute to a more loving world, because what is in one, is in the whole. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:42) — Why You Can’t Fix Polarization Out There: The only place to change polarization is within yourself (03:09) — The Myth of External Power: Why trying to change others comes from fear—and why it no longer works in the new multisensory consciousness (05:50) — Love or Fear? The Only Two Options: How every experience brings you to a choice point between love and fear (08:14) — The Power of Perception: Why “others” are projections—and how recognizing this shifts your experience of life (13:24) — Creating Authentic Power: What it means to align with your soul and evolve spiritually (18:13) — Your Role in Polarized Environments: A new way to respond in families, workplaces, and society at large Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, carry a small notebook with you. Each time you experience frustration, fear, or judgment about polarization - whether in your family, workplace, or society - write it down. Note which frightened part of your personality is reacting. Ask yourself: Am I choosing fear or love? At the end of the week, reflect on your notes. You can’t remove duality from the Earth School, but you can choose which side of it you live from. Choose love. Let’s Connect Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Discover a new way of seeing and experiencing the world. Start your journey to multisensory perception HERE: https://seatofthesoul.com/mutli-five-sensory/ In this powerful and personal episode, Gary Zukav explores the true nature of addiction - not as a clinical disorder, but as a spiritual challenge rooted in fear and the pain of powerlessness. Drawing from his own experiences and the teachings in The Seat of the Soul, Gary reframes addiction as a frightened part of the personality that every human being possesses. By understanding that addiction is an intense attempt to cover inner pain, listeners are guided toward a new definition of healing - one that involves emotional awareness, conscious choice, and spiritual responsibility. Gary reveals that healing addiction isn’t about suppressing behavior but facing the pain beneath it with compassion and courage. If you’ve ever struggled with addiction - or thought you didn’t have one - this episode offers a soul-level perspective that invites reflection, growth, and a path to authentic power. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:02) – Two Realities, One ChoiceHow addiction is rooted in the choice between love and fear—and why both exist in all of us. (01:13) – Personality Is Not One ThingWhy your personality has many parts—and how identifying them helps you understand addiction. (04:04) – What Addiction Really IsAddiction as a frightened part of your personality—and how it functions to mask deep emotional pain. (07:28) – The Pain Beneath AddictionThe root of all addiction: the pain of powerlessness, and how every frightened part tries to hide it. (10:53) – Healing as a Spiritual JourneyWhy overcoming addiction is not clinical or medical—it’s a spiritual endeavor that calls for emotional awareness and alignment with your soul. (12:49) – Addictions as Spiritual TeachersYour addictions are not failures—they are the most important teachers on your path to authentic power. Embrace the Soul Step Challenge Think about an addiction - or recurring behavior - you may have denied, minimized, or ignored. Ask yourself: What pain might this behavior be masking? Are you willing to look at that pain with compassion and courage? How might your life change if you approached it with the intention to heal, rather than avoid? Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Create the life you desire by choosing love over fear. Learn how HERE: https://seatofthesoul.com/love-fear/ When political chaos surrounds us and fear seems to dominate public discourse, how can we respond from a place of love? In this episode, Gary Zukav explores how both resisting political divisiveness and conforming to fear are expressions of the same underlying energy: fear itself. He offers listeners a powerful reframing of current events, emphasizing that our external world reflects our internal awareness - and that real change always begins within. Gary explains that we are living in a historic transformation from an old consciousness rooted in external power and fear to a new consciousness based in love, soul-alignment, and authentic power. Whether we conform to the fear around us or attempt to resist the divisiveness we see, we are still often reacting from fear. The path forward lies not in ignoring or fighting fear, but in consciously choosing to act from a loving part of your personality instead - by recognizing the frightened parts of our personality and shifting toward emotional awareness and responsible choice. Creating authentic power doesn't require the external world to become peaceful first - it begins by choosing love even when fear is present. When we cease blaming the external world and instead begin to examine our internal reactions, we gain the capacity to respond with compassion, clarity, and courage. The choice is always ours to make. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (01:05) — What It Means to Conform to Fear: How fear disguises itself as anger, judgment, competition—and what happens when we unconsciously join it (05:03) — Reading the Signals: Where fear shows up in your body and how to recognize frightened parts of your personality (07:50) — Love vs. Fear: Why choosing love is the foundation of authentic power and the key to personal transformation (09:56) — The Illusion of Divisiveness: How political divisiveness is a mirror of our inner landscape—not a fixed external reality (13:45) — The Shift Toward Authentic Power: Why changing yourself is the most powerful way to change the world (20:06) — Your Role in the New Human Consciousness: How to align your personality with your soul and live from harmony, cooperation, and reverence for life Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, carry a small notebook with you. Each time you have a reaction to political divisiveness - whether it's anger, fear, frustration, or judgment - write it down. Note the frightened parts of your personality that arise, even if you only fear the idea of conforming to fear. At the end of the week, reflect on what you’ve written. Recognize that you are the one who experienced these reactions - and you are the one with the power to choose differently. This is where authentic power is born: not from changing the world, but from choosing love in each moment. Let’s ConnectGary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X
Learn how to connect with your intuition every day. Click here to start your journey to authentic power! https://seatofthesoul.com/daily-intuition-practice/ In this thought-provoking Soul Snack, Gary Zukav explains how your intentions create your reality - literally. Drawing from a multisensory perception now available to our species, Gary illustrates how the choice of intention is the powerful force that shapes the Light that flows through you into the matter of your life. Whether your intention comes from a frightened part or a loving part of your personality, each choice creates your experiences and the unfolding of your personal karma. Gary explains the relationship between your soul and your personality, showing how each choice of intention creates your reality. He explains that your actions and words are carriers of your intent, which is often unconscious. When you make a responsible choice to act from a loving part of your personality, you create experiences that nourish your soul. But when you react from a frightened part, you create experiences of separation, pain, and a struggle for external power . Ultimately, this episode reminds us that every responsible choice is an opportunity to create a reality aligned with the intentions of your soul: harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for Life. The power to transform your life is yours, and it begins with your conscious choice to act from a loving part of your personality. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (00:02) – Two Worlds, One Choice: Why we’re living in a time of transition between the old consciousness of external power and the new consciousness of authentic power—and how your intention determines which reality you create. (01:10) – What Intention Really Means: The difference between unconsciously reacting from a frightened part and consciously choosing the intention of a loving part of your personality. (03:50) – The Power of Emotional Awareness: How paying attention to the physical sensations in your energy centers allows you to become conscious of your choices and create with intention . (06:08) – How Intention Shapes Reality: Why every loving or fearful intention you choose shapes the Light that flows through you into the matter of your life. (08:53) – Soul and Personality: Understanding the relationship between your personality and your immortal soul on its journey of evolution in the Earth school. (10:20) – The Path to Authentic Power: How making a responsible choice to act from a loving part of your personality is the path to creating authentic power . Embrace the Soul Step Challenge Think about a moment when your reaction created a reality you didn’t intend. Did you act from anger, fear, or judgment? Now revisit that moment and ask: What would it have looked like to choose an intention of love instead? What reality might you have created? Each moment is an opportunity to bring a new world into being - energy into matter - through the power of conscious intention. Let’s Connect: Gary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X (Twitter)
Are you making choices in love or fear? Take this self-assessment today to find out. https://seatofthesoul.com/cultivating-love-optin/ When the world feels like it’s unraveling - filled with political upheaval, social disintegration, and emotional overwhelm - how can you stay centered in love? In this episode, Gary Zukav answers a deeply relevant question: How can I respond with love when everything around me feels chaotic? Drawing from the principles of the new consciousness, Gary reminds us that real change begins within. It does not come from the pursuit of external power, but through emotional awareness and responsible choice. He explains that we are living in a historic transformation - from the old consciousness rooted in fear, manipulation, and control - to a new consciousness based in love, gratitude, and aligning your personality with your soul. In the midst of chaos, we’re invited to look inward, become aware of frightened parts of our personality, and consciously choose to respond from a loving part. This choice is not just spiritual rhetoric - it’s the creation of authentic power and the path to personal and collective healing. Creating authentic power doesn’t require the world to calm down first. In fact, the outer world often activates the inner work that is necessary for your soul’s growth. When you use your emotional awareness to feel the painful physical sensations of fear in your energy centers, you see that a frightened part of your personality is active. That is a signal. It is a point of choice. By making the responsible choice to respond with love in that moment, you become an empowered creator of your life, not a victim of your circumstances. What You’ll Discover in This Episode: (01:34) — The Rise of a New Consciousness: Why this transformation is unlike anything humanity has experienced before (04:52) — Old vs. New Power: How control and manipulation are now toxic, and how soul-alignment is the new strength (06:44) — Why Changing the World Doesn’t Work: The truth about external power and the inner shift that truly matters (09:50) — Reading Your Body's Signals: How energy processing centers reveal whether fear or love is active within you (12:15) — Mastering the Moment: What it really means to respond from love—and how to keep choosing it, again and again (17:40) — The Most Powerful Place to Look Is Within: Why your inner world holds more power than anything outside of you Embrace the Soul Step Challenge: This week, notice when the world around you feels chaotic or overwhelming. Instead of reacting, pause. Feel into your energy centers - your throat, chest, and solar plexus. What physical sensations are present? Is fear active? What thoughts are surfacing? Then, shift your awareness to a loving part of your personality. Remember a moment of deep love or appreciation, and let that energy guide your response. This is how you create authentic power - through emotional awareness and responsible choice, one moment at a time. Let’s ConnectGary Zukav | Website Gary Zukav | Instagram Gary Zukav | Facebook Gary Zukav | Books Gary Zukav | YouTube Gary Zukav | X