Damien B. Davis and Sumukhi bring on special guest Orlando Powers to share how he cut through the noise of fear media and cycle of negativity to bring out the power within.  This podcast was recorded in the year of 2021.  COVID was at its height and the world lost a lot of beloved people.  This was also the year of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol.  Donald Trump was impeached and then acquitted for the second time.  Bernie Sanders' mittens became a common meme.  Listen and be empowered by Orlando's journey.

In Episode 3 of The Word - Spiritual Bypass - Sumukhi learned that Damien had accidentally joined a cult.  Learn more about the Accidental Cult in Episode 4.

Sumukhi and Damien B. Davis explore "Spiritual Bypass," Cults of Personality, mental illness and the role of psychology in spirituality.

As protests against systemic racism erupt across the world from the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police and COVID quarantines shutter everyone inside, Sumukhi and Damien B. Davis discuss truth and reconciliation.

Damien B. Davis and Sumukhi discuss a passage from Coleman Barks’ translation of 13th century Sufi mystic, poet and scholar Jelaluddin Rumi’s poem:  “After the Meditation” from the collection The Essential Rumi.