Facing Up: Life Beyond Belief

Facing Up: Life Beyond Belief

A place for people who have lost their way to wrestle with the dark night and find life beyond belief.

Episodes

July 6, 2025 9 mins

People wonder what possesses someone to give up the comforts of home and strike off into the woods. Here's why I do it. It's not so much about nature's beauty as her honesty.

This one is much better to watch visually here

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Today I threw on my backpack and hiked up the Oat Mine Trail above St. Helena and Calistoga to get in shape for my trip to the Enchantments (in Washington State) with my kids. These are thoughts about love I had along the way. Love is not what it seems.

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June 22, 2025 41 mins

How to make the three movements a way of life, not just a theory.

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June 15, 2025 36 mins

Today I bring it back to earth and discuss living your life story in a new way: Adventure, Play, and Kindness.

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June 8, 2025 40 mins

How do you find meaningful, authentic existence? This is the big picture looked at in a different way: as a journey.

I'm doing this one in front of a whiteboard. The pictures will be very helpful. You can find them on the website.  

https://facingup.club/meaningful-authentic-living-part-2/


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June 1, 2025 36 mins

What is Facing Up? Today, I zoom out and show you the big picture and explain why it matters.

It is especially useful to see the video of this episode since I present it in front of a white board.  https://facingup.club/meaningful-authentic-living/ 

To find out more about the Facing Up Club, go to facingup.club.

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May 25, 2025 24 mins

The goal today is to face each Specters and say “Yes,” to choose life. I hope you will come to the end of this episode saying, “Yes in the face of Ignarus! Yes in the face of Vanitas! Yes in the face of Rapax! Yes! Yes! Yes! wherever the seed of my life is planted.” 

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May 18, 2025 16 mins

The Devil’s Playground is where we go to hide from the Specters. It is not a wellness retreat. The rides leave you sick and disoriented. Today, I will describe eight of them.

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May 11, 2025 18 mins

When my story shattered, the first thing I felt was the three Specters. It was as real as if six malevolent eyes were glowing at me in the darkness. I hated them. I tried to avoid them. I told them to beat it. But they remained such frequent visitors that I learned their faces and gave them names: Ignarus, Vanitas, and Rapax. Today, we face the Specters together.

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May 3, 2025 11 mins

Just as you were evicted from the safety and comfort of your mother’s womb, so your expanded consciousness forces an eviction from the Island of Pure Desire. Human beings are apes who tell stories. Welcome to Fantasy Island.

Here is the link to "The Story of My Fall"  https://youtu.be/f0g3UaM1gMQ?si=Deszp66Bt2gvVptX 

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April 26, 2025 16 mins

It all began with a swimming contest. 300,000,000 of you were released at once. It was a no-holds-barred race to see who could reach the egg first. You won.

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April 20, 2025 16 mins

In this chapter I will show an alternative to belief that I call Perceptualism. Perceptualism is how I escaped the chains of dogma and found life beyond belief.

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April 13, 2025 20 mins

This is about the life that appears at the end of faith—the life beyond belief. I write with sincere desire for you to discover this life.

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April 6, 2025 13 mins

The day I nearly drowned as a kid. Thoughts on death and life and the courage to keep going.

This one has some pretty cool pictures if you'd like to watch. 

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March 30, 2025 35 mins

The Bible was the most important thing in my life. Now I hardly ever think of it. Here's what happened.

You can watch this as a video at facingup.club



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March 23, 2025 35 mins

In this episode, I point to the breakdown of our national story as the root of the present chaos. We are experiencing a global dark night of the soul. Facing this fact is the only way out--or should I say UP?

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March 16, 2025 31 mins

How we can--and must--find life beyond belief.

See the video with illustrations at

https://facingup.club/walk-by-sight-not-by-faith/ 

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March 9, 2025 40 mins

A way to live without faith.

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March 1, 2025 5 mins

Here's what I see. 

You will be able to follow this better if you can see the pictures. They are posted in the transcript on my website. https://facingup.club/perceptual-map/


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March 1, 2025 4 mins

How I face today.

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