EP 135 — Ryan Meeks: The Heretical Enlightenment

Do you have a real relationship with God or do you believe in what someone taught you to believe about that Higher Power?Former minister Ryan Meeks describes his walk away from a very successful career as a minister of an evangelical megachurch and how he discovered true healing and a far greater life purpose in this very spiritual Living 4D conversation.Learn more about Ryan’s work at his website and social media via Instagram.Show NotesRyan shares an interesting connection with Carl Jung. (11:57)The person Ryan was a decade ago would scare the crap out of him today. (30:00)Fundamentalism + business systems = megachurch. (35:10)The sandcastle of Ryan’s faith began to wash away as he was exposed to different worldviews. (41:58)The Time magazine articles reporting on EastLake Community Church’s public support for the LGBTQI community became the tsunami that ended Ryan’s career in organized religion. (47:35)Fundamentalist religion plays off a very human felt sense of separation with “a cure” for a manufactured problem. (54:40)Ryan never really knew God in a spiritual way until after he left the ministry. (1:04:56)Ryan’s father, a longtime minister, handled the news of his shift away from evangelicalism remarkably well. (1:16:31)How do people get programmed into faulty belief systems? (1:34:12)What is your unmet task? (1:52:58)“We need to learn the way nature works.” (2:08:05)“It’s not that Christianity failed. It’s never been tried.” G.K. Chesterton (2:19:18)A Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosed in 2017 helped  Ryan better understand that life is a gift and love is the point. (2:32:09)ResourcesTime magazine pieces by Elizabeth Dias on the evangelical fight over gay marriage and how evangelicals are changing their minds about itShankara’s Crest-Jewel of DiscriminationThe True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric HofferMore resources for this episode are available on our website.Thanks to our awesome sponsors: Cold Plunge (save $150 by using the code chek150 at checkout), CHEK Golf Performance Specialist Online Training Program, Paleovalley (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code chek15 at checkout), Organifi (save 20 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout), BiOptimizers (save 10 percent on your purchase by using the code Paul10 at checkout), Cymbiotika (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK15 at checkout), One Farm CBD Oils (save 15 percent on your purchase by using the code CHEK at checkout) and Essential Oil Wizardry (save 10 percent on your purchase by using the code living4d at checkout).As an Amazon Associate, we earn commissions from qualifying purchases.Thanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20Wild PasturesPique LifeSpirit GymCHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.