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The Jim Fortin Podcast

Ep 301: [INTERVIEW]: Gary Zukav - Seat Of The Soul

The Jim Fortin Podcast

Jim Fortin

Education, Self-improvement

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Start Your Transformation Now Do you feel like you don't fully understand reality? Have you ever sensed there might be more to life than what you perceive with your five physical senses? In this very insightful episode, I am joined by spiritual teacher and bestselling author Gary Zukav. Along the way, we have an expansive conversation exploring topics like authentic power, emotional awareness, spiritual partnership, and moving beyond five sensory perception into multi-sensory living. Gary shares profound insights from his spiritual journey and decades of experience guiding others. Gary recounts his journey starting from writing about quantum physics in The Dancing Wu Li Masters to reach a deeper understanding of reality and human consciousness. He discusses key quantum physics experiments and how the contradictory results point to the existence of duality. This leads to a realization that we can only see reality based on how we choose to observe and measure it.  Building on the physics concepts, he asserts that humanity is undergoing an epic transformation from five sensory perception to becoming multi-sensory. He sees this as the next phase of evolution to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning and purpose of life. It requires moving from external power based on manipulation and control to authentic power aligned with the soul. Gary touches on his prolific appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, which started organically from a shared sense of spiritual mission. He reflects on how much Oprah resonated with his message around intention and authenticity. He talks about reaching beyond language and labels to connect with universal truths that all traditions point to – light, compassion, inclusiveness, and love. Transformational Takeaway: We’re awakening to deeper realities beyond the five senses. By distinguishing love from fear within ourselves, we can override fearful reactions and act from love instead. This alignment of our personality with our soul creates “authentic power” and profoundly transforms us. What steps can you take today to fulfill this within yourself?  Mentioned Resources: seatofthesoul.com Get Unstuck Challenge Gary Zukav Books Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

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0:00.0

You're listening to The Transform Your Life from the Inside Out podcast.

0:05.0

This episode is titled Interview Gary Zucoff Seat of the Soul.

0:12.4

Gary is the author, which is a New York Times best-selling book written back in the 1990s.

0:19.0

Gary is the author of Seed of the Soul.

0:22.0

He's the author of many other books that have won awards and have been bestsellers and he's the most

0:28.9

invited guest on the Oprah Winfrey show. Gary has been on the Oprah Winfrey show 36 times.

0:37.0

I read online where Oprah said that when she read his book,

0:41.0

she wanted him as a guest on the Oprah Winfrey show.

0:45.8

She told her producers they all said no they didn't think it was a good idea.

0:50.4

She followed her higher awareness, her sense, and she invited him on the show.

0:56.8

She's also said that he shaped the future of her entire show because she didn't want it to be just a talk show.

1:05.0

She wanted it to be an experience, an illumination, a growth opportunity for people,

1:10.0

which is why she wanted him on the show in the first place. When I saw

1:16.1

him on the Upper Winfrey show I connected immediately. Now I want to share a

1:21.9

personal story with you. He was always someone in the back of my mind that to me was an air quote dream guest somebody that I would love to have on the podcast but truth be told I said to myself you know Jim that

1:36.1

guy is a big kahuna you know he's a big banana he's a big deal I mean he's been an Oprah

1:41.8

36 times more than anyone else I mean, he's been on Oprah 36 times more than anyone else. I mean, the guy is a national name. Why

1:46.7

would he want to be on your little bitty podcast, even though it has millions of downloads?

1:52.3

When I reached out to him, I did it personally instead of downloads. When I reached out to him I did it personally instead

1:54.4

of having my team do it and it took about three months for them to get back to me.

1:59.8

They scheduled our podcast interview and they had to reschedule. I know it was three times and I think it was four times. We finally talked.

2:08.5

When he and I started talking, he said, Jim, I looked you up before I sat down to talk with you today, and the second I saw your picture, I knew I wanted to be on your podcast. I knew I wanted to talk to you. Now we had a really good conversation a

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