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.

Hamburg, Germany Event - June 10, 2012.

One profound experience of a different level of consciousness had a profound impact on this person. How did it happen and can it be experienced again?

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_590_-_Can_I_Return_to_My_Awakening_Experience.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:25pm EDT

Rishikesh, India Event - February 22, 2020 Afternoon.

After many years on a spiritual path, this person is no longer interested in more teachings. Can there really be nothing to do? John describes what stands in the way of living our awakening, and the value of doing that before we die.

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_589_-_Starting_Over_-_Living_Your_Awakening_Before_You_Die.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 1:04pm EDT

Tiruvannamalai, India Event - January 25, 2016 Morning.

The longing to be free of any level of the self is at the heart of this conversation. What changes our destiny and gives entrance to what we really 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_588_-_The_Realization_of_a_Rare_Destiny.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 11:38am EDT

Cologne, Germany Event - September 19, 2011 Afternoon.

"Stumble forwards rather than falling back." Do you move by new knowledge or old decisions? John addresses what happens in the space of decision.

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_587_-_The_Space_of_Decision.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 5:18pm EDT

Byron Bay, Australia Event - March 3, 2000.

"There is free will after death, never before." John explains this rather startling statement and reveals why only love has such freedom.

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_586_-_What_is_Free_Will.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 10:24am EDT

Tiruvannamalai, India Event - January 27, 2016 Morning.

“Who am I?” In this dialogue, John is responding to a person who really wants his spiritual search to be over but doesn’t know how that can happen.

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_585_-_Beyond_Your_Understood_Powers_-_Your_Real_Life_Within.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 6:19pm EDT

Poleg Beach, Israel Event - November 4, 2016 Afternoon.

This person feels separate from his essence in daily life, caught up in issues of survival rather than manifesting the creativity and service he believes he was born 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_584_-_The_Meaning_in_Creativity_and_Service.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 7:04pm EDT

Moen, Denmark - September 22, 2014 Evening.

This conversation opens up the difficulty of being with an angry father who still triggers your painful past. Is it okay not to see him, or is there another way forward?

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 Winter Seminar - January 1, 2012 Afternoon.

Relationship can be the grand revealer of all the ways we create separation and struggle. John points out some of the traps, and reveals where real togetherness lies.

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_582_-_Dont_Be_Right_and_Dont_Be_Wrong_-_Be_Together.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:48pm EDT

Moen, Denmark Event - June 4, 2016 Afternoon.

The stress and panic coming from her extreme sensitivity have eclipsed this person’s experience of her awakening. Why is this happening, and how can she return to her knowing?

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 Winter Seminar - January 2, 2004 Afternoon.

"You know what it is to be intelligent; do you know what it is to be a being?" Step by step, John shows how to explore our being, filling what is known intellectually with its extraordinary qualities.  

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_580_-_Becoming_a_Scientist_of_Love.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:30am EDT

Tiruvannamalai, India Event - February 1, 2014 Morning.

What's the connection between the spaciousness of awareness and openness of heart? John describes their relationship, and the effect this has on our nervous system.

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_579_-_How_Are_Awareness_and_the_Heart_Connected.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:17pm EDT

Munich, Germany Event - October 30, 2011 Afternoon.

The woman in this dialogue receives encouragement from John to keep moving forward in what she knows deep within, even when there’s a fear of not being strong enough to continue.

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_578_-_Connecting_to_Your_Deepest_Power_Within.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 10:30am EDT

Rishikesh, India Event - February 26, 2020 Evening.

"But that's not possible!" In this conversation, John shows how inner alignment and love can materialize our unseen deeper levels in physical reality.

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_577_-_The_Materialization_of_What_You_Really_Are.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 7:21pm EDT

Amsterdam, The Netherlands Event - April 6, 2011 Evening.

Paralyzing panic that strikes at the root of the will to live is the subject of this conversation. Moving beyond it depends on what we relate to, and 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

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_576_-_Quieted_in_the_Midst_of_Panic.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 11:33pm EDT

Byron Bay, Australia Event - February 28, 2014 Evening.

Questions about personal responsibility and what makes us truly human are on the table in this conversation, ranging from global concerns to being the best parent one can be.

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_575_-_Parenting_-_What_Matters_Most.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:30am EDT

Edmonton, Canada Autumn Seminar - October 8, 2000.

A classic teaching to treasure: John responds to a question about love, revealing its unique qualities and its connection to truth.

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_574_-_What_is_Real_Love.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:30am EDT

Rishikesh, India Event - February 10, 2018 Morning.

"Meditation is a help, it isn’t you." This conversation uncovers how a helpful technique can become a self-made trap, and John shares the key to moving beyond it.

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_573_-_Meditation_-_Can_it_Become_a_Trap.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

Tiruvannamalai, India Event - February 6, 2017 Morning.

What is the soul and what is the being? John both answers the questions and transmits the reality he's speaking of, with guidance for how it can be made physical in this 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_572_-_A_Cosmic_Cleanse_-_Taken_Over_by_a_Deeper_Reality.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 10:10am EDT

Edmonton, Canada Winter Seminar - January 6, 2009 Afternoon.

A question about the deep, within, becomes a portal to the awakening of a much greater self than the one we're used to.

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_571_-_Beyond_This_World_-_Awakening_to_the_Mystery_of_You.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:10pm EDT

Edmonton, Canada Summer Seminar - July 4, 2017 Afternoon.

This conversation reveals how the new brain awakens and the future self becomes present, but it’s only purity of heart that engages the quantum mechanics of transformation.

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_570_-_Purity_of_Heart_and_the_Awakening_of_Your_Brain.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 11:27am EDT

Tiruvannamalai, India Event - January 22, 2016 morning.

From struggle to love: John explains how to be at rest in your heart, no matter what mistrust or fears of rejection seem to be in the way.

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_569_-_The_Simple_Way_Back_to_Your_Heart.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 2:39pm EDT

Edmonton, Canada Winter Seminar - January 7, 2006 Afternoon.

John explains the power of one touch of resonance to take us beyond the confines of our person, into the potential that encompasses us: our return to being meaning.

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_568_-_A_Map_of_Meaning.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 1:34pm EDT

Edmonton, Canada Winter Seminar - January 3, 2013 Afternoon.

“It’s a to-die-for opportunity.” John explains the value of relating directly to the subtle movement of deeper levels coming together, just beneath a strangely lifeless experience in the self.

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_567_-_The_Deeper_Levels_of_Your_Body_Awakened.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 1:11pm EDT

Poleg Beach, Israel Event - September 20, 2015 Morning.

Awakening can make you feel much worse. John explains why that is, and the profound goodness in what seems like chaos.

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


Silkeborg, Denmark Event - April 5, 2016, Afternoon.

Thoughts and old feelings seem to get in the way of the stillness and love this person knows in her heart. Can that be changed, and how?

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_565_-_Beneath_Thought_and_Feeling__The_Beingness_of_Love.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 3:39pm EDT

Seattle, USA Event - September 23, 2017 Afternoon.

John reveals how searching for one's own creative flow in the workplace is to misunderstand the universal quality our creative potential depends on.

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_564_-_A_Deeper_Understanding_of_Authentic_Creativity.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:42pm EDT

Boulder, USA Event - May 10, 2017 Evening.

Likening devotion to a river and its many movements,  John opens up the meaning of devotion and how it’s able to connect us to our deepest roots, 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

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_563_-_Devotion_-_Connecting_to_Your_Deepest_Roots_Within.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:30am EDT

Edmonton, Canada Summer Seminar - July 8, 2004.

A life-changing wake-up call reveals the possibility of becoming aware of our deep interconnectedness, and the great responsibility we have to each other.

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


Seattle, USA Event - September 23, 2017.

What’s the connection between the being and the soul, and is there a need for discipline and focus for the soul 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


Boulder, USA Event - May 10, 2017 Afternoon.

John answers questions about how to move in the world without leaving the heart. But what if others think that enjoying life and doing less is irresponsible?

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


Tiruvannamalai, India Event - February 2, 2014 Morning.

What is to be done when the busyness of life seems to steal the preciousness of pure awareness that this person longs for, and is it possible for her to bridge these two very different levels?

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_559_-_Beyond_Intention_or_Need_-_The_Power_of_Pure_Response.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 8:30am EDT

Neve Shalom, Israel Event - November 30, 2012 Morning.

In this conversation, we’re taken into the magical realm of our being. It’s a very different world than the one we’re used to, and we return with a realization that can change our 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


Silkeborg, Denmark Event - April 5, 2016 Evening.

John explains the misunderstanding that's at work when we're triggered by someone's difficult behaviour, and how quickly that experience can change.

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_557_-_Dealing_with_a_Difficult_Person_-_Where_do_I_Start.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 1:24pm EDT

Edmonton, Canada Meeting - February 4, 2002.

An extraordinary teaching on the value of listening, and how it connects us to stillness, truth, love and even eternal 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_556_-_Real_Listening_Within_-_The_Beginning_of_Love.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:07pm EDT

Silkeborg, Denmark Event - April 5, 2016 Evening.

How can I be with painful feelings of anger and fear? John explains what's really happening in even the smallest experience of frustration and how to regain real control.

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 - September 9, 2015 Morning.

The way that a tree moves through autumn and winter to flourish once more in springtime provides the key to how we can move consciously into the source of real and lasting happiness, 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

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_554_-_Awakening_to_Your_Source_-_The_Key_to_True_Happiness.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 1:36pm EDT

New York, USA Event - November 4, 2015.

"What's the best way to stay grounded?" John's answer to this common question is most uncommon, revealing how to come into the profound relaxation of home, 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

Direct download: JdR_Podcast_553_-_How_to_be_Truly_Grounded.mp3
Category:Spoken -- posted at: 12:30pm EDT