47 episodes
Pods from the Far Beyond Palden Jenkins
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Insights, visions and truths from the end of the world - well, from an organic farm at the far end of Cornwall, UK - by Palden Jenkins, a veteran of the movement for change.
About life, the world, other worlds, ancient worlds, future worlds and the rather interesting world of Paldywan Kenobi.
Palden is a partially-disabled terminal cancer patient. He's a veteran in the movement for change, with not a lot of time left, who has a few things to say before he goes. He watches the world from far away and sees a few things that many people with busy lives don't have time and space for.
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Meeting Grandmother
The Vine of Death | Part Two
At the Ayahuasca ceremony, the Grandmother came to me, or I went to her, and I surfed a rather big, surging wave.
Ayahuasca, an Amazonian tree-vine, is called the Vine of Death because, while you don't actually die, what happens resembles the experience of dying and it's good practice for it. For me, as a cancer patient, that journey is not far away. I definitely got some practice.
The Grandmother is the spirit or goddess of ayahuasca, to whom we are challenged to yield, to receive her teaching and blessing. I met her, and she treated me gently, then to give me a big shake-up.
Four men from three countries, plus a magic cat, travelled a light-year or two in the otherworld and returned, and this is part two of the story as seen through my eyes.
This is a very personal story, with some tears and chuckles thrown in. It's probably best to listen to part one first.
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The Vine of Death
Well, it's not that bad, but there's meaning in the name. I've just been to an Ayahuasca ceremony, to seek some truth and resolution, and the Grandmother came to me, or I went to her, and I surfed a rather big, surging wave.
Ayahuasca, an Amazonian tree-vine, is called the Vine of Death because, while you don't actually die, what happens resembles the experience of dying and it's good practice for it. This, of course, is rather useful to me because, as a cancer patient, that journey is not far away. I got some practice.
The Grandmother is the spirit or goddess of ayahuasca, to whom we are challenged to yield, to receive her teaching and blessing. I met her - we all did - and she treated me gently, then to give me a shake-up.
The journey was very much about resolving and re-weaving some key threads in my life, shedding some baggage and opening to the future. Yes, a person at the end of their life does have a future - in a way, quite a big one.
Four men from three countries, plus a magic cat, travelled a light-year or two in the otherworld and returned, and this is the story as seen through my eyes.
It's in two parts, covering the first and second days of the ceremony. This is a very personal story, with some tears and chuckles thrown in.
Those of you who know me or have been following me, or who have been listening to or reading my cancer story, Blessings that Bones Bring, might find this interesting. If you're new to my blogs and podcasts, I have no idea what you'll think of this one, though I hope you enjoy the ride!
This is part one, and part two follows soon. 33 minutes.
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Earth as Seen from Outside
Down here in Penwith we get a lot of wind - we're stuck out in the ocean and it loves blowing us away with its power and glory. It's one of those things that happen in parts of Planet Earth. And that's what this is about. Conditions on Earth as seen from the outside.
In coming months I'll tell you more about things I learned from the Council of Nine - this is the first of a few. What they taught was so multi-dimensional that it's difficult to cover it all briefly. In this podcast I present one aspect of it, for your consideration.
It's all about how our planet was set up and the larger picture on our current global situation, which is the consequence of the application throughout history of human free will. People might legitimately ask, 'How can the Universe be benign, and how can God be Love when we see things like Gaza happening?', but there is a simple answer.
It is a product of human free will. And collectively as a planetary race we need to apply our free will to deconstruct such tragedies and make them obsolete.
Recorded in May 2024, down in the bluebell woods below our farm. The wind sounds like a powerful gale, but actually it was simply a brisk Cornish ocean breeze rattling in the leaves of the trees. 37 mins long.
With love, Palden.
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Artificial Intelligence - Human Intelligence
I recorded this podcast in January and completely forgot about it! That was a memory question. And that's why it's coming out now.
Jean Piaget once said that intelligence is not about what we know, but what we do when we don't know. How we figure things out when we're in new territory or out of our depth.
The problem with AI is that it works by drawing on data and on what is known, on memory, and on the way things have happened thus far.
That's not true intelligence. Human intelligence is better at dealing with the unknown.
So AI is unlikely to be as wondrous in its problem-solving capacities as tech-bedazzled AI cultists would like us to believe.
And there's a hidden twist here concerning human intelligence - it's in the podcast!
Recorded in January 2024, down by an old silted-up millpond in the stream below our farm. 27 mins long.
With love, Palden.
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A Trip to the Iron Age
Recorded at an Iron Age Courtyard House up the hill on our farm.
It's all about life in the Iron Age in Cornwall, 2,000 years ago. This was the Celtic period - though the Celts were a culture, not one people. In West Cornwall many of them were descendant of the people of the Bronze Age.
This is about life and reality systems in our time, in the Iron Age, and also in the Bronze Age and the Neolithic - how people saw life and the world in each of these times, and what we can learn from it now.
30 Mins. With love from Cornwall. Palden.
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Ascension
This is about pitying the winners, social healing and walking our talk.
The core issue is this: ascension and the birth of a new world will take place only when we are truly ready for it. We wish for peace, ecological restoration, social and economic justice and change in every sector of life and the world that we can think of.
But the big question is whether and how much we're ready and willing to do what's necessary to allow such things to happen.
Until we become ready and willing, we're holding back progress on planet Earth. As philosopher Edmund Burke put it: 'For the triumph of evil it is necessary only that good people do nothing'.
37 mins. Recorded while sitting in the ruins of a 2,000 year old Iron Age courtyard house, down'ere on the farm.
With love, Palden
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