OPEN DOORS: Deep Conversations & More

A fascinating interview with Susan Pitcairn as she gets to the essence of what she has learned about navigating life: thoughts, feelings, moods and making sense of and recognizing the presence of God behind and within it all. Her husband Richard asks deep questions and draws out the best of what she has realized through the years, a few simple principles that nevertheless must be put into constant practice. The good news: it's like a long lost instruction manual for life!

Beauty is everywhere, and it's so nourishing to pause and appreciate it, whether music, nature or someone's beautiful face. Susan Pitcairn debuts her first music video, an original piano improvisation overlaid with dreamy photography from Sedona, her garden and France. She has done a lot of painting and has barely studied music ( a bit online) . But music is the next thing she’d like to master! It’s such a rich expression of the soul. Feel free to use this music, no copyright.

Adrian Fisher--our amazing friend, tech CEO and channel-- was taken into a spaceship in 2019 and told about COVID before it happened and has since been told of future challenges for all of us, ultimately leading to a beautiful new time for humanity and Earth. Fun-loving and wise, he shares his extraordinary life journey with both dedication and a grain of salt, always willing to not know, as well as to know. That’s what we love most about him. Sit back, relax and enjoy his story from start to finish!

There is more than one side to every scientific controversy, and there is a very strong case against significant human-caused climate change. Susan Pitcairn reviews and recommends an excellent 2023 film interviewing numerous respected climatologists who say otherwise, and that the science has been corrupted for the sake of money and global power. CLIMATE, THE MOVIE (The Cold Truth)---https://www.youtube.com/@ClimateTheMovie WHEN SCIENCE MISLEADS-----https://studio.youtube.com/video/RmZZ0w2WlBA/edit

As many as 1/3 of Biden voters were saying on social media that the Trump shooting was staged. Even many on the alt-right media were chiming in. Why would anyone say this? Increasingly we distrust the media, for good reason, but that doesn’t mean it’s all fake. Let’s use some critical thinking and ask WHO, HOW and WHY and what would be the RISKS of such a thing? One of the best investigative reporters on this topic is Seth Holehouse, former reporter for the Epoch Times, whose channel on Rumble or YouTube is “Man in America.” He’s pulling together clips from many sources and asking the right questions. He has a two part series looking at this topic. Start here: https://rumble.com/v56yeyi--live-it-d...

"As we sow, so shall we reap." When we go along with powerful forces that abuse and exploit billions of factory-farmed animals, do we unwittingly invite a parallel transhumanist agenda for surveilling, controlling and limiting our own freedom? Join us for a cutting edge conversation between international speaker and author Dr. Will Tuttle and Open Doors hosts Susan Pitcairn and Seven Daughs. We also explore: Why did the Left, even vegans who typically question authority, so enthusiastically support the unprecedented tyrannies of 2020 and beyond? What are the spiritual dimensions of these times? If consciousness is truly One, as more awaken, will ALL awaken ? And can we then, at last, co-create a world truly based on deep respect for the sacred freedoms and right of ALL living beings? Synthesizing decades of profound spiritual understanding and in-depth social research, Dr. Tuttle's new book, "FOOD FOR FREEDOM" (on Amazon) reveals exactly how and why the military-industrial-banking-media-pharmaceutical complex (and the forces behind it) was able to weaponize our compassion and tribalism to herd us like sheep to comply widely with their self-serving agendas of profit, control and global technocracy. And unless we more and more of us wake uo soon, we will lose more and more of our own freedoms in the same ways we have stolen them from billions of others: the animals we mercilessly exploit for food and more. But as more of us realize that it is WE who consent to this reality, we have a massive opportunity to change it! And see Will Tuttle's excellent YouTube channel for more information: / @willtuttle

Author and spiritual coach Sumaya Sterling O'Grady shares wisdom from a lifetime of spiritual seeking in many traditions in an engaging, witty and deep conversation with hosts Susan Pitcairn and Seven Daughs. Her overarching conclusion is that learning to love yourself is the key to transformation, both individually and globally. With laughter and compassion born of challenging experiences she reveals how she moved from low self esteem and depression to the joy that comes from realizing one's true spiritual identity as a facet of divine love. Plus in-depth reflections about the Great Awakening and what's really going on in this crazy thing we call life on Earth today. Who creates reality? Is it all an illusion? Her book, "Confessions of A Starseed: My Crazy Journey Toward Enlightenment" is coming out soon on Amazon and also on her website: https://sumayaogrady.com You can reach Sumaya for excellent coaching sessions at: https://www.innovativementorsllc.com/about-8.

Here's a real mind bender! Susan comments on Christian Thagard's fascinating new book, "Earth Game: The Evolution of Consciousness." If the universe is a creation of one consciousness (God), which is a better explanation than random chance, then what does that imply? Could it all be a divine game for each of us to learn fundamental lessons in this oh-so-realistic and amazing creation we call life?

The world is in chaos and transition and many of us are taking sides. But we can also watch it all as the Divine Witness, even as we play our chosen parts, all of us ultimately on a journey HOME. Music by the great Louis Armstrong.

Based on a life-changing 3 hour presentation to a group of holistic veterinarians this fast-moving synopsis shows the most powerful reasons why eating a plant-based diet is part of the path in our spiritual evolution. For a deeper dive, also see the 2 hour version of this lecture on my Youtube and Rumble channels (Susan Pitcairn), along with other vegan issue videos on cooking for both ourselves and for pets. For any and all of my own plant-based recipe handouts, info sheets and postcards both for people and for pets, simply search “Susan Pitcairn diet handouts” and you will find a page with many downloadable pdfs. Feel free to copy and share. The 4th and final edition of our book, “Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats,” available at Amazon, offers further detail on why and how to consider healthy vegan diets that have offered many dogs, especially, longer and healthier lives. Recommended resources that are great to get you inspired and started: The films “Cowspiracy,” “Game Changers,” “Forks Over Knives,” “Peaceable Kingdom,” and “Mad Cowboy Watch some of the many excellent speaker videos in the free educational programs at www,.DrMcdougall.com VSHvideo on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/vshvideo) has hundreds of informative 1 hr. talks by all the leaders in this arena. Nutritionfacts.org—short evidence based videos by Michael McGregor Favorite Book: “The Starch Solution,” John McDougall, MD Favorie CookBook: “Plant Pure Nation,” Kim Campbell (one stop healthy, tasty vegan cookbook, well presented) Also, do searches on any of the experts mentioned in this video. Thank you!

Warning: this could change your life! Best watched in full or else see the Contents list at the start of the video. Susan and Richard Pitcairn deliver a life-changing 2 hour presentation in 2015 to a group of holistic veterinarians at a conference, delving into the compelling environmental, health and humane reasons to adopt whole food plant based eating for both ourselves AND our companion animals. Reconstructed in 2022 from original audio files and Keynote slides, with added photos and music. The Pitcairn's are authors of the Rodale classic "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats" and their final edition (2017) delves even deeper into the same issues, including detailed recipes suitable both for pets and as entrees for people.

Highly accomplished professor/cardiologist/epidemiologist Peter McCullough MD, explains the science used to assess the probable causes of mortality in medicine. Known as the Bradford-Hill criteria, the data clearly show that the experimental COVID shots are causing excess deaths, especially due to heart-related problems. A short shareable clip I annotated from the Highwire.com/watch, posted 3-10-22.

What if we really are entering into a new golden age for Earth? Or at least some of us? In late 2021 I received an audio file passed via friends from an anonymous psychic who has received a series of profound prophetic visions from ETs and guides. They explain what is going on in the world today, what has gotten us here, and the incredible shift we may soon experience.

In October 2021 in Sedona my husband and I saw a mysterious row of bright equidistant lights flashing back and forth above a nearby mountain, Sugar Loaf, which was wider than its top and clearly not hikers with flashlights nor satellites nor anything we recognized.) Not even a UFO, in that it never moved, but just went dark. Then it turns out at least 4 friends have seen the same kind of thing at other times or places. Never seen this in UFO lore before. So what the heck was THAT?????

What if we are more powerful than we realize? Susan Pitcairn tells two amazing stories about miraculous life experiences in which inexplicable magic appeared in the skies after "putting it out there" with one or two others. Makes you wonder about what reality really is!

A deep conversation with Richard and Susan Pitcairn: What will it take to really transform the nature of humanity, to liberate our hearts and minds so that we are truly free to learn, to explore, to share, to respect each other and all life? Richard and Susan Pitcairn sit down for a dialogue on this important topic so relevant to today's challenges.

We are all challenged to navigate through an increasingly crazy and unstable world in which we all wonder what is coming next: more tyranny? More plagues upon our houses? Civil war? Ascension? Great Reset? Economic crash? False flags? Military actions? ETs? Prophecies and predictions abound, but what can we really truly know for sure about the future?All this heightens our sense of insecurity and makes us prone to easy answers and misguided leadership. Susan Pitcairn suggests that, to act wisely, it is helpful to realize that there are two kinds of security, based on very different foundations: (1) The KNOWN. We all seek security and predictability and control from knowing things (or BELIEVING we know) and trusting those we consider experts. But ideas and knowledge, useful as they can be, are all based on thought, which is basically limited, passing and ever-changing. And so the “Known” is fundamentally insecure, like all form, much as we hate to admit it. What we think we know one day can be pulled out from under us the next. (2) The UNKNOWN. Though being willing to NOT “know the answers” may sound like an insecure position, it is arguably the foundation for a much deeper and timeless security. We are not talking about ignorance or stupidity, but a humble acknowledgement and surrender to the fact that there is an infinite Mystery behind all life. Somehow it expresses within each of us and All That Is. Call it Life/Consiousness/Spirit/Source/Essence/ or God. Whatever term we use is not this essence itself. Like space, it is beyond form, and no words can ever capture its infinity. Yet we can sense it, tap into it, feel it, when we abide in a certain stillness and inner presence. When we quiet down and rest in that benevolent space we can sense when we are still, we don’t have to know the past or the future, ultimately. It’s not only OK to not know, it feels better. And that’s for the best. As J. Krishnamurti described it, this is “freedom from the known.” While, knowledge can be useful for practical things, much of what we consider knowledge or information is a matter of opinion and belief, full of opposites and contradictions that create division, conflict, fear, greed and all that plagues humanity. We have never seen this as clearly as today in the early 2020s. The Unknown, by contrast, is beyond the mind, free of words and beliefs. When we suspend what we think we know and trust Life to guide us, we discover a state of mind that is much more peaceful, creative and open to the intelligence of the universe that is running the entire show. It fosters positive thoughts, insights and synchronicities. Today this is especially essential, as never before, as we witness a world in turmoil. And the more of us that are able to step back emotionally, psychologically, politically and culturally from the limits of the "known," the more that we collectively developing the consiousness that can unite humanity in a purposeful, harmonious world that works for each of us and all of us. And that can allow us to use knowledge as it is meant to be used, in a practical sense, for practical things, but not as the fundamental basis for our happiness and well being. For that, we need only surrender to the peace that is everywhere, at all times and places. Closer than breathing. Yes, right here. Right now.

Susan Pitcairn reads a moving prayer of compassion for ALL animals, including the ones used for food, written by her husband, RIchard Pitcairn, DVM, PhD. See the 4th edition (2017) of their classic book, "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats" for information and recipes suitable to successfully feeding an animal free diet to dogs, and some cats, when done carefully.

Wisdom that could change your life: We can look at the dark side of everything…which is easy to do in the craziness of the world at present, or, what if we choose to see the love that is truly within all that we see and in the adversities we may face? And that all we see is worthy of our love? (Certainly, of God’s love).

A moving, poetic look into the world of what we do to our hearts in order to eat animal products: meat, eggs and dairy, even as we learn that very few or none are necessary to be healthy. For more information on trying out a tasty and well balanced animal-free diet, see my video "How to Create Healthy Plant Based Meals" or search for my diet handouts with the terms "susan pitcairn diet handouts."

On Earth Day 2020 Susan Pitcairn was asked to create a virtual tour of their Sedona home, including many ways to live more sustainably: recycling, buying bulk foods, reducing plastic, making your own toiletries and cleaners, new vs. used, choosing fabrics, eating lower on the food chain, using solar energy (great and small),rainwater and greywater, growing your own food among wildlife, greenhouses, running errands without a car, creating worm bins and more! Plus, unique section on reducing toxics in the art studio.

Do you care about animals and like the idea of eating vegan, but you just don't see how to do it in a tasty and healthy way? Long time vegetarian/then vegan cook Susan Pitcairn explains how to balance food groups, answers questions about supplements and gives tasty, nutritious examples of whole food plant-based ways to fix breakfast, lunch and dinner! To download the accompanying free two page handout to keep handy in your kitchen, search “Susan Pitcairn diet handouts” or click here: https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/4248.pdf The very useful jar labels mentioned in the video are here: https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7970.pdf, https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7971.pdf, https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7972.pdf, https://userfiles.faso.us/13231/7973.pdf Feel free to print and share all these widely. PRODUCTS mentioned ( I don't get paid for this): INSTANT POT: https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Pot-Mu... NEW WAVE ENVIRO STEEL FOOD CONTAINERS: https://www.amazon.com/New-Wave-Envir... ANCHOR STACKABLES: Sorry, I can't find the same ones I have anymore. But this would likely serve as well or better: https://www.google.com/shopping/produ... VITAMIX blender: https://www.google.com/search?client=... SILKEN TOFU (not needing refrigeration): For now this is the only organic one I find online, not the extra firm unfortunately: https://www.amazon.com/Mori-Nu-Silken... DR FUHRMAN MULTIPLE VITAMINS: https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Fuhrman-Gen... ALPINE ORGANIC COMPLEMENT PLUS VITAMINS with EPA/DHA: https://lovecomplement.com/products/c... VITAMIN B-12 SPRAY: https://www.swansonvitamins.com/garde... PLANT PURE NATION COOKBOOK: https://www.amazon.com/PlantPure-Nati... THE STARCH SOLUTION, by Dr. John McDougall: https://www.amazon.com/Starch-Solutio... THE BLUE ZONES SOLUTION, by Dan Beuttner: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Zones-Sol...

Richard and Susan Pitcairn take a trip down memory lane when the first edition of their classic Rodale Press book, "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health" was featured on the popular Merv Griffin Show 2-2-83. It was their only talk show spot ever, but the book went on to have many US and foreign editions and is still in print (Penguin/Random House). From Wikipedia: Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television show host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer, later appearing in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show. He also created the game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

Richard and Susan Pitcairn reflect on the opportunities for fundamental spiritual lessons offered by the challenges we are facing both individually and collectively in the current, unprecedented social change now underway. Were we born for this?

Ah…the craziness of it all when we jumped on a river cruise through southern France, with gourmet all-vegan feasts effortlessly appearing three times a day! But wait til we venture beyond the ship's vegan bubble! An entertaining look at Le France through the eyes of naive American vegans "rolling with" the rainy season, a restricted diet, ignorance of French, minimal advance planning and, finally, a rogue virus potentized by the ancient mold of a thousand-year old cathedral ( in retrospect, this was probably one of the first COVID cases in Lyon....and they ate at at least 4 Chinese restaurants....) Join them as they dip their toes into the middle ages and caution viewers "Do Not Enter", meet budding young French vegans who share their passions and challenges, savor synchronicities, and knock heads (literally) with Tahitians at 30,000 feet. Sprinkled with humor and interesting musings, watch it all the way through. Sometimes the greatest lessons of life are to enjoy everything that comes our way! If only they had known what was to come in a few short months. Hey, that sounds like another video....