This is The Playbook.

I've been waiting for this episode, I think, before I even had a podcast, 1300 and some

episodes into it.

I have James Slimen, a thought leader, an author, founder of Namaste Village, but for me,

just a true leader helping to accelerate what my participation in this perception of

the Universe is.

Welcome to The Playbook Games.

It is so great to be here.

Thank you so much for inviting me.

Well, you know, I have tried to read everything that you've written and, you know, everything

from the Foodstreeter Door to, of course, the Mosul Code and the newest books, The Nandu

or Universe, and 10 Symptoms of Enlightenment.

They all seem to have a thematic commonality of reconciliation.

And one of the reasons that I'd love to speak with you is I have a difficult time communicating

in my mission to empower people to be happy.

Where do we reconcile the faith, the spiritual universe with time or the pragmatic world?

And you do such an eloquent job in all of your writings to help people, whatever stage

they're in, be able to take the steps forward for that reconciliation.

For you, how did you start understanding what I call reconciliation?

You can define it, or you can let everyone know what you determine I'm speaking about,

but how did that start for you that you saw?

Is this conflict or counterintuitive nature to understanding, hey, I got to mortgage

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