Gavin Meenan welcomes Ray Rolando back to the studio for a deep, grounded conversation on intuition, presence, service, and the nature of being. Together, they explore how sensitivity, awareness, and breath reveal who we really are beneath distraction and attachment. The discussion moves through faith, karma, past lives, and how to stay centred amid projection, success, and material desire.

🧭 Show Notes

Reflection on their previous conversation and listener feedback
Ray’s work facilitating retreats in Wexford and the idea of “listening to the field”
Learning to notice signs and intuition from childhood
How presence differs from planning and control
Gavin’s practice of going to the forest to “sit and be”
Discussion on stilling the mind and the illusion of control
The question: “Who’s speaking when you say your own name?”
Presence, distraction, and metaphors in films and scripture
The yogi’s statement: “The point of the breath is service.”
Exploring service, karma, and multiple lifetimes
Religion, intuition, and the journey from fear to understanding
The difference between being a human being and being human
Attachments, loss, and redefining self-worth beyond roles or jobs
Tracking emotional origins and ancestral programming
Mirrors, reflection, and neutrality — “not buying into either praise or insult”
Perfection versus polish, and “moths to flame” as self-realisation
Letting go of ownership: the Rolex story and attachment to time
The practice of breathing and returning to the present moment

💬 Memorable Quotes (verbatim from the text)

“You asked me, what’s next? I don’t really know what’s next.”
“We come here for deep work.”
“Sensitivity is often deemed as a weakness.”
“The power of being instead of doing.”
“We use thoughts to distract ourselves from ourselves.”
“They say returning to nature returns us to our own nature.”
“I wonder what my next thought’s going to be.”
“Who’s speaking when you say your own name inside your own mind?”
“The point of the breath is service.”
“God’s love was delivered with fear — I didn’t understand that messaging.”
“There’s no wrong way to be spiritual.”
“Are you a human being, or are you being human?”
“Imagine your life without it — that’s how you know if you’re attached.”
“The more you try to own something, the more it owns you.”
“Start with this — take a breath for three seconds.”
“Because of that, we’ve forgotten who we are.”

Episode #190 The Power of Being Over Doing — Ray Rolando Returns