Why Original Sin is a Lie: What Your Religion Isn't Telling You with Bob Peck • 387

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Melissa Monte | Mindset Mentor

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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In this episode, you'll learn: · How institutional religions often distort spiritual truths, and how to rediscover their original meaning · The surprising parallels between mystical teachings across different traditions · How to move beyond surface-level interpretations to access deeper spiritual wisdom that can transform your life Have you ever felt like you were getting the dumbed-down version of something profound? Like someone was giving you the children's picture book edition of life's deepest mysteries? My brain has always worked in a specific way. I spot inconsistencies immediately. When I was a kid, I used to write to publishing companies showing them typos in their books. I'm not kidding - I probably wrote to them about 50% of the books I read. I couldn't believe how many errors made it to print. When something's off, I feel it in my bones. This feeling followed me well into adulthood. I'd read spiritual texts and feel electricity running through certain passages, sensing deeper meaning just beyond my grasp. But whenever I'd ask questions trying to dig deeper, I'd get shut down with "that's just how it is" or "you just need to have faith." The real question is - what happens when we start taking these deeper teachings seriously? What becomes possible when we move beyond surface-level spirituality and really engage with these profound truths about the nature of consciousness, reality, and our own divine nature? Today our guest is Bob Peck. He's the author of "Original Sin is a Lie" and a profound scholar of mystical traditions across religions. After growing up with a spiritually seeking father and experiencing his own journey through various traditions, Bob has dedicated himself to uncovering and sharing the deeper layers of spiritual truth that unite rather than divide us. Links from the episode: Show Notes: mindlove.com/387 Join the Mind Love Collective Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspired Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever felt like you were getting the dumbed down version of something really profound?
0:07.0	Like someone was giving you the children's picture book edition of life's deepest mysteries.
0:12.0	My brain has always worked in a specific way.
0:15.0	I spot inconsistencies immediately.
0:19.0	When I was a kid, I actually used to write to publishing companies showing them
0:23.5	typos in their books. I'm not kidding. I feel like I probably wrote to them about 50% of the books
0:29.6	I read. I couldn't believe how many errors made it to print. One thing's for sure, Judy Blume and
0:35.4	R. L. Stein definitely need better editors. But the point is,
0:40.3	when something's off, I feel it in my bones. Well, that same radar went crazy when I sat
0:47.3	in church as a teenager. I'd hear the same surface-level interpretations of scripture over and over again,
0:53.3	and I'd look around the room
0:55.0	and everyone just nodding along. But inside, I felt this nagging sensation that there just had
1:02.1	to be more. The stories we were being told felt like they were missing some crucial context.
1:08.7	It was like watching a foreign film with subtitles that only translated every third line.
1:13.6	Well, this feeling followed me well into adulthood.
1:17.6	I would read spiritual texts and feel this electricity running through certain passages,
1:24.6	sensing a deeper meaning just beyond my understanding.
1:28.3	But whenever I'd ask questions, trying to dig deeper, I'd get shut down with,
1:33.3	that's just how it is, or you just need to have faith, or the Lord works in mysterious ways.
1:39.3	Well, here's what most people don't realize.
1:42.3	Many of the world's most profound spiritual teachings
1:46.1	were intentionally written in layers.
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