My focus is spirituality: using the radio airwaves, the spoken word, writing, and online social networking/blogging to promote spirituality, meditation, religious literacy, inter-faith studies and dialogue, comparative religion, going vegan --  education for a more peaceful world. This includes AHIMSA principals of non-violence in thought, word, and deed, raising awareness about certain civilization-busting issues including climate change, and promoting the vegetarian vegan diet. Interested in networking with organizations that desire the constructive use of media to advance health, well being, and positive change.

Mission Statement: 'There's not just one religion – there are thousands! After years of being concerned that too few voices, too few points of view were getting heard when it comes to spiritual paths and world religions – that the radio airwaves were not reflecting the diversity that really exists – I started producing my own programs, exploring the world of spirituality, comparative religion, meditation, mysticism, websites, the vegetarian vegan diet, and books, bringing to the airwaves: the gentle voices of Saints, the Wisdom of Masters or Mystics, world scriptures, sacred texts, the great spiritual traditions and classics of the East & the West.'

Interests: Exploring the World of Spirituality, Comparative Religion, Meditation, Websites, and Books, Including World Scriptures, Gnostic Texts, Spiritual Classics, Guidance by Living Teachers, and Other Books that Matter – A Format of Essays and Interviews.

Have been involved with Public Radio, Radio For Peace International, the community radio movement, Wisdom Radio, satellite radio and television, am an independent producer currently creating programs for several stations, including HealthyLife.Net – The Positive Talk Radio Network. I review books, am an author, teacher, public speaker, broadcaster. 

All for the love of wisdom and radio,

James Bean, 
Producer, Writer, and Host, 
Spiritual Awakening Radio Productions, 
September 1988 – Present 
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 Radha Soami Satsang Beas together with its international affiliates (RSSB) is a philosophical organization based on the spiritual teachings of all religions and dedicated to a process of inner development under the guidance of a spiritual teacher.

In the Indian language, Radha Soami means ‘lord of the soul’, satsang describes a group that seeks truth, and Beas refers to the town near which the main centre is located in northern India. There are a number of other contemporary movements that use the name ‘Radha Soami’ but Radha Soami Satsang Beas is not associated with any of them.

RSSB was established in India in 1891 and gradually began spreading to other countries. Today RSSB holds meetings in more than 90 countries worldwide. It is a non-profit organisation with no affiliation to any political or commercial organizations.

The basis of every religion is spirituality. With the passage of time and changing social values, the basic spiritual teachings become embellished with extra rules and considerations, and eventually take the shape of a religion. RSSB is trying to maintain the core of spirituality without allowing it to take on a formal structure.

The philosophy teaches a personal path of spiritual development which includes a vegetarian diet, abstinence from intoxicants, a moral way of life and the practice of daily meditation. There are no rituals, ceremonies, hierarchies or mandatory contributions, nor are there compulsory gatherings. Members need not give up their cultural identity or religious preference to follow this path.

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