John de Ruiter Podcast
John de Ruiter is a Canadian author and spiritual leader. He holds weekly meetings from his home base in Edmonton, Alberta, where he established the College of Integrated Philosophy in 2006. John has been offering seminars online and in Alberta since 2020, resulting in conversations with people all over the world. As an innovative voice for spiritual evolution, John de Ruiter teaches that life's meaning can be known and lived through "core-splitting honesty," a concept he discovered in his teens after a profound awakening to foundational levels of existence. Ever since, John’s life and teaching have been informed by that direct knowing. His desire to communicate these ideas led to two books, “The Intelligence of Love: Manifesting Your Being in This World” and “Unveiling Reality.” John’s teachings focus on a willingness to let go of your ego and desires: He draws a distinction between your self and your soul, as well as your mind and your being. When teaching a group, John prefers to interact with audience members one-on-one, rather than addressing a whole crowd. This method results in fascinating and intimate dialogues. Find more information about him at www.johnderuiter.com.

Byron Bay, Australia Event - December 8, 2000

Is it okay to be acutely sensitive to the pain of others? As we awaken, do we continue to feel this much pain? John describes the difference between a clean piercing of the heart, and sensitivity that's really about our own issues and stories.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_404_-_True_Sensitivity_-_No_Story_No_Drama.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 11:00am EDT

Tuval, Israel Event - November 17, 2013 Afternoon

Is it safe to live life with an open heart, whatever fear and vulnerability we feel? This dialogue describes how living this way, no matter how it can seem to turn our world upside down, is actually the beginning of the life we were born to live.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Poleg Beach, Israel Event - November 2, 2019 Evening

Divorce: can being with a different partner fulfil all it seems to promise? Is there any truth to what feels like a soul connection? A dialogue full of big questions, deeply and delicately answered.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_402_-_Divorce_-_How_Can_I_Know_Its_For_the_Best.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 6:01pm EDT

Rishikesh, India Event - February 11, 2018 Morning

Openings come and go, bringing with them great changes in perspective and love, yet in our selves things often stay the same. What can be done? John’s answer draws the questioner away from trying to change her self, showing her what really works: unconditional openness from the inside out.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Edmonton, Canada Event - July 3, 2001

From seed to fruit, by way of uncompromising willingness and devotion, John describes the journey of transformation travelled as we’re given again and again to growing the tree of love, within.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Tuval, Israel Event - November 17, 2013 Afternoon

All the ways that we can be honest – but only so far – show up in this dialogue, but it's only core-splitting honesty that takes us all the way to what we really are. It's the end of reality as we've known it, and the beginning of a very different life.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_399_-_What_is_Core-Splitting_Honesty.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:21pm EDT

San Francisco, USA Event - June 15, 2016 Evening

Meeting John has opened a quiet depth that this man loves and has never experienced before. He wonders how he can live without his lifelong focus on results. John takes him beyond the "who" that he's become, into the truth of the "what" that he really is.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_398_-_Being_What_You_Are_in_the_Midst_of_Who_You_Are.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:01pm EDT

Chiemsee, Germany Event - May 25, 2014, Evening

The imminent death of her mother opens for this woman the wish to heal their relationship, to know and be together in their bond before she dies. John shows her how easy it is, and speaks of the timeless, incorruptible nature of our bonds.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_397_-_Its_Never_Too_Late_to_Heal_the_Past.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 1:18pm EDT

Tiruvannamalai, India Event - February 3, 2018 Morning

"What is the light I see around some people?" John explains how enjoying this light brings a new way of relating to others regardless of their behaviour, opening her energy centres and changing her inner foundation.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_396_-_Relating_to_Others_from_Your_Inner_Sunshine.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:36pm EDT

Poleg Beach, Israel Event - November 1, 2018 Evening

Questioning the truth of an awakening experience she had, the woman in this dialogue wants to know how she can be sure it was real. John gives a somewhat surprising answer and explains the difference between certainty in your self and real knowledge.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_395_-_Is_My_Spiritual_Awakening_Real.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 3:26pm EDT

Copenhagen, Denmark Event - June 6, 2009 Evening

One of the most common misunderstandings people face is the belief that a relationship will complete them. This dialogue reveals why that isn't so and how being fundamentally free of this misconception is the beginning of true readiness for a meaningful relationship.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_394_-_Why_A_Relationship_Wont_Answer_Your_Aloneness.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:51pm EDT

Rishikesh, India Event - February 22, 2019 Afternoon

In this dialogue, a young man says he’s ready for ultimate truth, and learns from John what that would actually require.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_393_-_Are_You_Ready_For_The_Ultimate_Truth.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:08pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream - April 5, 2020 Afternoon

"What can I do if people seem to want more compassion from me than I feel?" This talk explores the difference between performing as a loving or helpful person, and the movement of deeper levels of love.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_392_-_Compassion_-_Quieted_Listener_or_Self-Involved_Helper.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:51pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream, Spring Online Intensive - April 13, 2020 Morning

Many are able to perceive a higher frequency of consciousness than the vibration of this world, but is it possible for us to turn into that? It's possible, and will happen quickly at our physical death. John describes how, in just 40 days, it’s possible to move into this higher frequency while we live.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_391_-_Healed_and_Whole_-_40_Days_to_A_Higher_Consciousness.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:39pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream - March 30, 2020 Afternoon

This woman doesn't understand the experiences she's having of subtle energetic shapes and vibrations in her body. John explains why understanding doesn't help, and shows her what really matters.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Interactive Live Stream - April 16, 2020 Morning

This woman asks John for the meaning of an unusual vision and the words that came with it. What follows is an extraordinary journey into the roots of our human beingness, the development and role of our sexuality, and the complete change of consciousness needed for our return.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Interactive Live Stream - March 30, 2020 Evening

Is it possible to navigate the difficulties that arise in divorce and co-parenting from the peaceful way of being that's known in meditation? John and the questioner explore how to live and move from all-weather inner peace.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Interactive Live Stream - June 19 and July 19, 2020 Morning

The woman in this dialogue describes being stuck in the pain and sadness she feels after the loss of her relationship. John shows her the true source of her sadness doesn’t lie in her circumstance but rather in the power she has given to false beliefs.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_387_-_Free_From_Sadness_and_Loss_-_The_Return_to_Your_Heart.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:00pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream - July 5, 2020 Morning

While we're here in this world, there's still the chance to remember and become what we were born for. John spells out the immense opportunity we have in this non-soul environment for our souls to evolve.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Interactive Live Stream - April 17, 2020 Morning

John describes the fundamental change in consciousness that's taking place in the unseen and manifesting in this world. How will it change us and the world as we respond or react to the inevitable shift toward everything being one?

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_385_-_A_Universal_Shift_in_Consciousness_is_Here.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream, Spring Online Intensive - April 10, 2020 Morning

How can we be free of the illusion of self-identity and the non-stop chatter of our self narratives? John’s answer details, in practical ways, the shift from an inner dialogue to a flow of being in your day, likening the right use of mind to watching TV: when you’re done, you turn it off.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_384_-_Turning_Off_the_TV_Free_from_Non-stop_Self_Narrative.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:12pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream, Spring Online intensive - April 13, 2020 Morning

Streams of nurturing goodness came alive within for this man in a previous meeting with John, but then faded away. Why does that happen? John describes how such an awakening to the truth within can mature into an eternal quality of life – if we're willing to pay the cost.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_383_-_The_Fast_Lane_to_an_Eternal_Quality_of_Life.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 5:29pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream - May 17, 2020 Morning

Bed-ridden, in great pain for many years and with a lifetime of abuse behind her, this woman feels stuck in her healing process. Their conversation shifts the focus away from healing to what really matters in this life that is process-free – and that naturally engages all healing.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_382_-_Beyond_Pain_and_Disability_What_is_True_Healing.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 6:49pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream - April 1, 2020 Afternoon
 
A question about awareness in the midst of the littlest things gives rise to a teaching on the adaptability of pure awareness, and how, in the midst of any circumstances, it moves from the inside out as love.
 
Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com
Direct download: JdR_Podcast_381_-_The_Nature_of_Pure_Awareness.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:37pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream - April 28, 2020, Morning and Evening
 
This young man has been having a distressing time with dark entities in his body, dealing with them in his lucid dreams. John reveals the antidote to his struggle, opening up the truth of what such entities are really looking for from him.
 
Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Interactive Live Stream - March 22, 2020 Afternoon

The pressure of the COVID-19 situation has the woman in this dialogue opening up to an unseen world within, changing her whole experience of her self. She explores with John the perspective of our world situation as a life changing, planetary cleanse, offering a fundamental shift of orientation, and how to be taken over by this infusion of a different life.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Interactive Live Stream - March 22, 2020 Afternoon
 
We all know there's a female cycle, but is there also a male cycle? In this talk, John explains what opens the deeper levels of the man, what maleness is, and what enables the balancing of male and female energies.
 
Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness. 
 
More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com
Direct download: JdR_Podcast_378_-_From_Male_Identity_to_Transformed_Masculinity.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 7:24pm EDT

Edmonton, Canada Event - July 6, 2014 Afternoon

Enlightenment has the reputation of being the epitome of spiritual attainment. In this short talk, John opens up what enlightenment does – and doesn't – mean.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_377_-_What_is_Enlightenment.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 7:37pm EDT

Interactive Live Stream - March 15, 2020 Afternoon

In these days of social distancing and self-isolation, John continues to meet our questions from an online platform. What does he mean by “truth is going viral?” Here are three dialogues opening different perspectives on this worldwide shock event, and revealing the opportunity for each one of us to meet and respond to it from a deeper truth within.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Poleg Beach, Israel Event - April 6, 2019 Evening

How is it that we can experience being 'home' within, and then suddenly lose it? John takes this young man through what's happening in his nervous system and how, through the experience of a hot or a cold shower, he can realize and remember the code to the quiet okayness of home.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_375_-_Realize_the_Code_to_Inner_Relaxation.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 3:38pm EDT

Berkeley, USA Event - June 15, 2016 Afternoon

How is the heart that John speaks about different from the place in us that gets entangled in relationships and drama? Their conversation reveals the heart as much more than this, and we discover its role in the formation of our light body.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_374_-_The_Heart__Gateway_to_Your_Body_of_Light.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 3:51pm EDT

Poleg Beach, Israel Event - November 3, 2018 Evening

A painful physical experience has woken this man up to his body and the power of love in healing. He's shocked to see how he's neglected his body and wants to change, but how? John encourages him to let his feelings of guilt create a love-relationship with his body starting with the simple enjoyment of being in it "in the little things".

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_373_-_What_Pain_Guilt_and_Shame_are_Trying_to_Tell_You.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 11:30am EDT

Edmonton, Alberta Event - April 1, 2001 

How do we create separation? This dialogue shows us where our shadows lie, and how all the little annoyances we feel toward others can instead become reflectors of love, returning us to the grace we truly are.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_372_-_Meet_Your_Shadows_the_Way_to_Grace.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 11:30am EDT

Poleg Beach, Israel Event - May 25, 2018 Evening. 

John’s response to this woman’s call for help with what to do with her anger goes straight to the point! His practical suggestion is followed by a full explanation of what’s really happening when we’re angry. 

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_371_-_How_Can_I_Deal_With_Anger_.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:56pm EDT

Poleg Beach, Israel Event - November 2, 2018 Evening. 

Asked the ultimate question, "What happens after death?". John answers the question in simple, yet concise terms, revealing what we really are and our sole purpose for being born. He goes on to describe the basics of what he's doing in meetings and how we can take that out into our lives, where it matters most. 

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_370_-_What_Happens_After_We_Die_.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:41pm EDT

Bad Meinberg, Germany Event, November 8, 2018 Afternoon

This woman feels that she and her partner are no longer really together in the deeper purpose of relationship but hoping that might change. What is the value of commitment, and will marriage help? This is a talk about what relationship is for, and what's required from both if they are to build together.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Bad Meinberg, Germany Event - November 9, 2018 Evening

Human sexuality is much more magical and powerful than most of us have realized; our physical bodies and sexual anatomy are already configured to connect with our inter-dimensional being. How can we move into that potential? John explains.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com


Rishikesh, India Retreat - February 25, 2019 Morning

A question about what we are after we have died opens up a fine and detailed teaching on what we will be able to see and know after death, revealing what our life was really for.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.



More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_367_-_Your_Soul__A_Continuity_of_Being_Untouched_by_Death.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 4:16pm EDT

Moen, Denmark Event - September 20, 2014 Afternoon

This woman feels the responsibility of bringing a child into this world and wants to know how to raise a child without doing harm. The best parenting is not what we may have thought. Here's what a child really needs from its mother.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_366_-_What_You_Are_Being_is_What_You_Are_Teaching_Your_Child.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Byron Bay, Australia Event - March 12, 2001

A talk about integrating male energy, hormones, desire, and the way beyond boyhood into real sexual maturity.

Dialogues with John de Ruiter bring you into your heart, and into the depths of your being, where the meaning of life opens up in awareness.

More information about John de Ruiter - Knowing Reality at www.johnderuiter.com

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_365_-_From_Boy_to_Man__Integrating_Masculine_Sexuality.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT