As I Recall FOREVER

This trailer introduces As I Recall F()REVER as a vulnerable, thoughtful Musical designed so you see yourself & own your story. The forever concept is innately deep within our human psyche. Considering it leads to personal beliefs, philosophy or spiritual awareness. It goes from a concept to a kernel, as one’s disposition towards forever is lived out. Real life encounters are portrayed in the musical’s narrative of the varied life stages discovering meaning.The listener of the “As I Recall F( )REVER” journey can’t help but imagine how the songs and story narratives relate to the direction of their life and underlying desire for growth. There are real-life scenes overcoming obstacles, recovering from losses and forming a resilient and caring character. Perhaps the magnetic pull of the story arc is how one measures their life.Also preview the next 2 free introductory episodes providing INSIGHTS FROM THE AUTHOR short summary and the Bonus COLLABORATIVE CONTENT CAMP overview. The Preface and Episode 1 are also free to explore.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

This my opening message to folks who are leaning in, curious about “As I Recall F( )REVER”.  It's a guided verbal tour of what lies in store for your entertainment, enlightenment, education and escape. Though it's not escaping from, but escaping to... a new you. -Bill Mullin, Author, Composer, Producer (with a lot of collaborative help)This Podcast Musical contains spoken-word narrative and emotional high points of music.  It's like  an old concept album. The forever concept is innately deep within our human psyche. We'll journey into why you should want forever to be true in a faith quest.The Next Humanity is a creative collaborative that performs all the music. Composed, arranged and recorded from Kansas City to Nashville, to Sweden, to London, to Prague, to LA, the production and the talent is world-class.  Respected orchestrators include Robin A. Smith, Ric Flauding, Carl Marsh, Christopher Gentle and Phillip Keveren. Original works composed by Bill Mullin in collaboration with Pat Metheny, Mark Burton, Pat Coil, and Rob Meany. Featured Singers: Tim Davis, Bill Mullin, Joseph Secchiaroli, Ted Moock, Jason Piper, Summer Joy-Davis, Scott Reed, Jaimee Paul,​ Melody Joy-Davis. Noted players: Danny Gotlieb, Carl Allen, Chieli Minucci, Russ Hewitt, Jon Hamer, Brian Allen, Craig Nelson, Leif Shires, Kevin Bate, David Davidson and 36 orchestra players. Chief engineer- Kent Hooper. Listen to this description of the musical journey and discover more at www.AsIRecallFOREVER.com  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

The Next Humanity is a Creative Collaborative; a musical, theatrical and visual arts troop. Not merely a one-to-many one-way communication, it’s a many-to-many experience for hope and inspired living. Inspired, meaning “in-spirit”. We created this first of its kind Podcast Musical, titled "As I Recall FOREVER"In order to enhance musical's themes, we provide some take-away bonus content in The "Collaborative Content Camp", with special guest camp counselors, like Paul Young (author of the 25 million seller. "The Shack",  Joe Pine ("The Experience Economy" and more.Themes within the musical and into the Camp delve into learning disability, child rearing, addiction recovery, losing one's parents, losing close friends, an enduring romantic relationship, the power of forgiveness, transformation and forever moments in our lives.     And yet, if we attempt the empty rhetoric of ‘changing the world’, we fail in hubris. Still, you and we are exactly the kind of people history has a way of using to change ourselves and then see what happens.Followers, fans, friends & family; by joining together, we hope our works help you live out your own story to influence those around you. May we provide a view from a higher place, for an experience of gaining greater faith for the fullness of being the best version of The Next Humanity that you will show your corner of the world.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

ACT 1 – The journey begins looking back to childhood. How did the early stages of life affect us?Combing memories we reach the life stage of becoming a young actor, imitating others & reciting scripts of roles to play. We can see how traits are passed on for generations. Tenderness for instance or inferiority. Or perhaps ones that come to mind for you. All shaped our inner stories we tell ourselves and how we respond to the world we encounter, which can be different and difficult, we must confess.Music by Robin A. Smith and Bill MullinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

ACT 1 – The “Actor” stage continues as learning issues are faced. The long term lesson is that obstacles are the way.The day dreaming middle school school student with learning difficulties reaches his wit’s end. The desire to simply be more conscious and have unwavering faith becomes a strong combination, even though he is at a point where those words and realizations he is unable to express. He can only plead to “Make Me Aware”.Music by Bill MullinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

In this scene and song we see how moving for upward mobility or emotional struggles has been an enormous impact on the American way of life. In the time of waiting for the moving van, secrets are seen in morning light. Perhaps it’s the unsettling or better yet, revealing moment of truth​.Moving is to be moved: Why must I go there? What good is there about that? What lies between? Who do I know there? Who do I want to be after I’ve been there? Sometimes, we are not conscious of any of those questions. We must go, to move ourselves to the answers.Music by Pat Metheny & Bill MullinWATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO -  https://youtu.be/ty8Pb9jLI2MBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

ACT 2 – The Adventurer stage of life emerges out of the Actor role. Testing parts learned as an imitative Actor, our character sees reactions in the world to establish one’s independent identity. The open door leads the Adventurer into the world with our lead character going for the wild ride of trying lots of things without limits. Departing from the dependence on the family’s nurturing structure is and maybe has to be dramatic. Our character steers in a zig-zag way through the depravity of wild times to eventually seek value more stability. Music by Bill MullinWATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO - https://youtu.be/HTgOT-cvNqE Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Defining issues by action in the eureka moment or like a flower opening slowly out of not where, we become the solutions to our issues and the truth, as far as we know it.It may take a self-deprecating and whimsical questioning of love to lighten the mood while sharpening a resolve to know love as a verb. Play your own king-of-the-mountain. Try to knock yourself off. By defining what’s wrong, you can make it right.Our character has been forgiven for the worst of what seems unforgivable. When forgiven, we can go on to console others in strife and see signs of what is eternal.From pensive without words scene, to a whimsical questioning of love lightens the mood while sharpening resolve.WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO -https://youtu.be/KG66JKZ3RAc Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Bill Mullin introduces the Camp purpose and benefit.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Tools to go from Ambition to PurposeHost Bill Mullin presents Dave Rodriquez, a seasoned counselor for many people stuck, attempting to discover how to go from desire to live purposefully to actually doing it.Having a calling gives meaning. That can happen in a new position, within an existing job, or starting your own livelihood. Listen how to begin the assessment.To view the video and have the assessment tools available in the Self Discovery Materials section of the Content Camp at TheNextHumanity.com  -- Message us directly to have your Spreaker subscription transferred over to get a site password.  [email protected] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Striving to reach the top of Maslow’s pyramid vantage point, one finds gifts greater than self actualizing; like the bonds of love and growing clarity towards responsibility.In courtship, aren’t we looking for not only what the other loves and enjoys but how they exhibit love. In a special romance with magnetic attraction, we want to express to each other how we may be soulmates to be together always and forever. Are words of promises enough? By love in actions, we get to know our greatest attributes. Is the relationship a 50/50 deal? Take any partner away and you have nothing.  Consider for endurance it is a 100% one partner and 100% another that adds up to a new reality where 200% is a new dimension and mystery of giving. ORDER SHEET MUSIC & ACCOMPANY INSTRUMENTAL FOR "Just Ask" -https://thenexthumanity.com/shop/ Music by Bill MullinWATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO - https://youtu.be/KOnL5PZSw-cBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

While the Adventurer learns visualizing the trip with ambition there’s dues to pay.  On the road to ambition, our character learns longing is aching that plays tricks with you. Emotional sacrifices for “success” have haunting repercussions. No matter how far from someone special you may get, you may not be separated from seeing them in scenes, conversations, hair styles, silhouettes and other elusive things.The business traveler’s tourist trap, coming home with a bag of dirty laundry, a matchbook, a brochure of a side trip not taken, crooked photo of something in the fog and an intense desire to go back, but not by yourself.Music by Mark Burton & Bill MullinWATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO - https://youtu.be/zMIDsPZAqxIBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

This episode is furthest into the adventurer life stage. The two songs heard are a suite of one event that happened and resonated for years, testing every relationship and sense of meaning.Our character is forgiven in a remarkable way for the worst of what seems unforgivable. When forgiven, we can go on to console others in strife and see signs of what is eternal.WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR  IT'S TIME - https://youtu.be/tY46F7xz8cEMusic by Bill MullinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Entering ACT 3,  the Author or Artist Stage now (perhaps both), writing our own scripts and drawing our conclusions, ambition takes on a revealing. “There’s a crack between my hemispheres”, the lead character falls between the logical left brain and the endless imagination of the right to discover what holds it together. What lies beyond the veil of reality?Do you believe there's more to life than meets the eye?   Describing any answers to these questions can be beyond our grasp, yet we are innately drawn to the transcendent.From the prior questioning what is love about, our character realized what he loves actually runs deep to become an auto-pilot for his actions everyday. In younger years he thought adulthood was a fixed stage of being “grownup”. He discovers consciousness is actually a constant moving target of growth.Supernatural experiences are hardly a thing to be planned for, only revealed to be beyond description, left only with an imprint of an impression. If you had a supernatural encounter, would you only be left with a magnetic sense, pulling towards a peace beyond understanding. The ancients attempted to capture it in "Shalom".  It conveys to grant others that they may have a deeper sense of completeness, well-being, and harmony with creation.   WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO - https://youtu.be/lJtgmgndZQoBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Joe Pine sees the Experience Economy Transcending to TransformationJoe Pine, noted author and consultant who wrote the best-selling Harvard Business Press book “THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY” is our guest camp ciounselor this episode.In this video, Producer Bill Mullin of the Next Humanity explores the highest economic value anyone can create within an experiential offer, which is to be transformed.From there, one is able to offer transformation within your life & your business model. You can be a designer of the most impactful experiences. All it takes is TRANSFORMATION VISION. Get it here.To view the video available in the Self Discovery Materials section of the Content Camp at TheNextHumanity.com  -- Message us directly to have your Spreaker subscription transferred over to get a site password.  [email protected] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

When a parent reaches their elderly years, you come to see clearly that this is the near end of life’s journey for them. You are the mature adult now.COMPARISON RECIPES THAT WERE TASTY, SEEING PATTERNS THAT WERE FUNNY, PACK RAT COLLECTING TO BRING BACK ITEMS TO YOUR NEST, WHAT YOU FIND AND FEEL CAN TRACE BACK TO THE ENERGY IN FOREVER, THE SUN, THE STARS, IN SYMPATHIES SEE WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE TO TRANSCEND FROM THE GRIEF AND EXPAND IN MATURITYBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

The story of Ruth is a beautiful account of acceptance. In her acceptance she is paid further along with saving grace. The character discovers in helping a recovery home by the name, there a secret element in restoring one’s soul in sobriety. “It is better to give than receive” is not just an encouragement or truism to be morally better.  In helping, there is a greater benefit than the giving for the giver. Addiction recovery requires finding you are loved and are lovable by G()D, so you can treat yourself better.WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO-  https://youtu.be/K2g2Rf0oKrcBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

This episode we join our lead character unable to control the feelings of a broken-heart, together with extreme joy!  As sung in a prior episode’s song, After Life, Broken-hearted Rejoicing would be a “contradicting consolation, none the less true”. Knowing that life has finer moments can be, not just a contrast to a low point. It can be an instant balancing of life’s paradox.DEATH OF A FRIEND DESERVES HONORING THEIR GOODNESS WITH JOY FOR THEM BEINGIN HEAVENBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

It is said bad things happen in threes. As the last scene in the author stage, we hear how when there is sorrow after sorry it makes one wonder if adulthood is a misery marathon or endurance test. Not to be to dragged down into a maudlin mood, you’ve heard how one can bounce back off of a loss, to realize joy. That knowledge helps in accepting fateful conditions. Going through storms is about getting through storms.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

The 20 million seller, "The Shack", in book and movie forms, moved the world. "No one is more surprised that I am now considered an ‘author’. The truth is, I am a rather simple guy," says Paul Young about himself.  His journey has been both incredible and unbearable, a desperate grasping after grace and wholeness. Yet, facts of his life do not speak to the potency of love and forgiveness, the arduous road of reconciliation, the surprises of grace and community, of transformational healing and the unexpected emergence of joy.In a conversation with Bill Mullin, Paul reveals how we are all creative, addressing: what it really means to be an authority,the power within,the need for truth tellers, finding one's identity,putting criticism in its place,the editing process,the reader's or viewer's interpretations,being a steward of mystery motivations for creatingmetaphors & parablestheology inside a storyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Leaving the artist-author stage, our character becomes in ACT 3 the Agent shifting to purpose from mastery of authorship. If you’re an artist, you might identify with the tortured artist syndrome. Artists want innovation and refreshing views.Why get stuck in a stereotype?  If you just engage in the art of living, this next scene may resonate.  In a unique requiem for misleading artistry may we get freer, being able to know people more fully beyond political or life choice world views, enabling accepting skeptics and the spiritual without denouncing. GATHER VERBS FOR MOLDING NEW IDEAS TO GROW   MAGNIFY MULTIPLY MODIFY MINIMIZE ALTER ADAPT REVERSE REPEAT REPEL COMBINE INVERT TRANSPOSESUBSTITUTE DISSECT INTEGRATE SYMBOLIZE SOFTEN SUBMERGE STRETCH LIGHTEN BRIGHTENBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

A dialog shows differences to understand, each learns how to represent the other’s position in it’s most positive way.Who do I befriend now in this fractured hour? Do my so-called friends vow for peace or for power or holier than thou?Can you change the world?  Well, no and yes...Music Video for the song-  https://youtu.be/CCID7FhMFog  The fact is you cannot "change the world" anymore than boil the ocean. Don't be disappointed that there is no silver bullet to bring harmony to a world in upheaval. What we can change is own outlook for how we will influence those around us. And that is contagious. See? You can boil a cup of tea to share.  "One of a Kindness", featuring Joseph Secchiaroli from the band The Reign of Kindo and Bill Mullin in the dialog.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Lost property and lost articles accumulate in Lost & Found offices in museums, amusement parks and schools. But what about lost people? Are they really gone? Or is there accumulated layers of their positive influence built up within our own lost and found that we carry, to find those traits in others to honor them.INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR SOME IDEAL,  SEE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BROUGHTTO YOU,  LIKE GIFTS.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Forgiving those who have wronged you is not easy. The pain inflicted can be searing for some time. That becomes a heavy burden. To relieve the burden and be free of the bitter feelings, we must forgive. We have all heard that. If we have forgiven to know it’s benefits, are we familiar with forgiving in advance, realizing forgiveness is a state to always have ready ahead of the harm? That sounds impossible, but the greatest sacrifice known to humankind was exactly that. It can be done, even when our impulses grab us otherwise.IN A DIVORCE OR ANY BITTER INFLICTED HARM IF WE ARE AT ONE WITH 7X7X7FORGIVING, WE’VE ALREADY OVERCOME THE AFFLICTION IN ITS RELEASE.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Learn to diffuse the dynamics that cost too much!Locate contagious anxiety, relieve internal pressure, and dissolve stuck patterns, so you can thrive in the midst of a wound-up world..Be More Relaxed, More EffectiveManage what drains you, your work team or family, so you can focus on what truly matters to you.What Drives You?  What Drives You Nuts?  You work to serve because you want to make a difference, but there are false needs and inhibitors keeping you from not being prone to the triggers.These dynamics also infect your awareness of God, the source of goodness. Expect laughter as we engage these skills. Playfulness is an emotional health multiplier.Click toWatch / Listen to The Next Humanity MUSIC VIDEOS  on YouTubeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

As we see the bridge ahead of us from being the Agent to another level of aspiration, the words of Francis Bacon resonate, “Those who begin in certainty, end in doubt”. To be content to begin and work in doubt will lead to certainty.” Now, what does that take?Watch the waves oceans make. Countless surface ripples tell,dancing over an undulating swell.Random rolling ebbs and crests,what breaks next anyone’s guess.UNCERTAINTY IS A TOOL FOR OPPORTUNITY.  HAVE FAITH IN THE UNCERTAINTY ITSELF.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

ACT 5, the Aspirational Angel goes beyond any crowning achievement, to lose one’s ego. More than the top of Maslow’s pyramid vantage point, there’s gifts greater than self-actualizing; like wisdom and charity. The Angel-Sage is spiritually attuned in volunteering, mentoring and giving towards F()REVER investments like an Angel investor.Beach combing memories, the expedition outfitter has geared for the full recounting.  The landscape of life stories takes shape and we connect the dots on our map. Often led by seeing the guiding light of doorways we have been drawn to, new passage is entered with curiosity. The dots are forever moments. INDELIBLE IMPRESSIONS IMBUED UPON THE SOULBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

A young boy asked his parents who lived during the photographic film period, ‘What was the world like in black and white?” His thinking old pictures before color film reflected reality, was an innocence and curious imagining. In this question, our character finds a similar contrast between the everyday of his urban living and now looking at how everything is spiritual. Monochrome to color.WHEN WE SEE THROUGH THE MATERIAL, OTHERS ARE WALKING SOULS DESERVING RESPECT, AMAZEMENT, SYMPATHY, GUIDANCE, HELP, CORRECTING… NOT OBJECTS OR DIGITAL AVATARS"WE ARE NOT HUMANS HAVING A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE,BUTSPIRITUAL BEINGS HAVING A HUMAN ONE."   - PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDINBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Once you see this earthly plane in the full color of it’s super-imposed spirituality, you can sense how it is all held together for our discovery and benefit. We look in awe.The ancients first attempted to describe the power of the creator in a whispered voweless “YHWH”.  The logos logic of the Greeks attempted to wrap our minds around the incomprehensible. Then, that divinity appeared as man. As part of your consciousness, you will be led to why you should want forever to be true. You may “sense” eternity in what is “in-between”, your very atoms and your relationship with others.IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD; THE MEANING. THE MEANING OF LIFE IS “THE MEANING” THAT HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER BETWEEN US AND FOREVER.MUSIC VIDEO of "Silence" - https://youtu.be/ygmthJhzZLo Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

Fruit grows from your spirit. That is, what is in your heart. Love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. Like Johnny Appleseed, we are planters in other’s paths. All these fruits can be grown for free… and freely given, to have even more than you started, before giving them away. Are these qualities merely human states? Or do they transcend to bring heaven on earth?WHILE FOREVER FEELINGS ARE INDICATORS OF EVERLASTING TREASURES, ACTS OF GRACE, MERCY, PEACE MAKE US TIMELESS.HERE AND NOW WE NEED NOT DESIRE TO GET INTO HEAVEN SOMEDAY, JUST DESIRE TO GET HEAVEN INTO US TODAYBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

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What can we learn from the wisdom of the ages?Like many effective Pastors and Priests, Rabbi Simon Jacobson strives to build a bridge between the secular and the sacred. He studied under the master Rebbe Schneerson to write a definitive book about the great orator's tireless pursuit of faithful and productive living. Having so much turmoil in the world with the Jewish people today, Bill Mullin probes the teachings of 3 thousand years of scholarship and its attempts at cultural unity.  We have world-wide connectedness and yet unparalleled personal disunity. Increasing common goodness is at the heart of the discussion.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.

What can we learn from our souls?Like many effective Pastors and Priests, Rabbi Simon Jacobson strives to build a bridge between the secular and the sacred. He studied under the master Rebbe Schneerson to write a definitive book about the great orator's tireless pursuit of faithful and productive living. Having so much turmoil in the world with the Jewish people today, Bill Mullin probes the teachings of 3 thousand years of scholarship and its attempts at cultural unity.  We have world-wide connectedness and yet unparalleled personal disunity. Increasing common goodness is at the heart of the discussion.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.

What can Jews, Christians & Muslims learn from each other?Like many effective Pastors and Priests, Rabbi Simon Jacobson strives to build a bridge between the secular and the sacred. He studied under the master Rebbe Schneerson to write a definitve book about the great orator's tireless pursuit of faithful and productive living. Having so much turmoil in the world with the Jewish people today, Bill Mullin probes the teachings of 3 thousand years of scholarship and its attempts at cultural unity.  We have world-wide connectedness and yet unparalleled personal disunity. Increasing common goodness is at the heart of the discusssion.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/as-i-recall-forever--6131025/support.