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The Field: A Dojo of Sound

Glenn Ostlund

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The Field is a portable pause for people who have forgotten how to stop. Part podcast, part meditation space, part ongoing conversation, The Field is an experiment in what happens when thoughtful dialogue is placed inside a carefully designed auditory environment. Through immersive binaural soundscapes, authentic voice messages, and the exploration of ideas that matter, we practice learning out loud. Different minds meet, perspectives unfold, and meaning emerges. At the heart of this project is the concept of a dojo of sound. Traditionally, a dojo is a place of practice—not a place where one arrives as an expert, but a place where people gather to develop awareness, discipline, and skill over time. The dojo of sound is an auditory version of that idea: a carefully crafted listening environment designed to support reflection, contemplation, curiosity, and personal growth. The soundscapes throughout The Field incorporate binaural beats, which are created when slightly different frequencies are presented to each ear through headphones. The brain perceives the difference between these frequencies as a rhythmic pulse. While research on binaural beats continues to evolve, many listeners report that they help create conditions conducive to relaxation, focused attention, meditation, creative thinking, and improved sleep. The sound design of The Field draws upon these principles to create an atmosphere that may, over time, help reduce symptoms associated with stress, anxiety, mental fatigue, and distraction while supporting focus, self-awareness, and emotional regulation. The goal is not to diagnose, treat, or cure. Rather, it is to create conditions that invite reflection. Most episodes are built from voice messages exchanged between friends, colleagues, seekers, creators, therapists, philosophers, scientists, mystics, and everyday people wrestling with life’s biggest questions. These conversations are intentionally left conversational and exploratory. Rather than presenting certainty, they model curiosity. Rather than delivering answers, they invite participation. This is where the second meaning of the title emerges. The Field refers to the shared space that appears whenever people gather around common values, questions, and aspirations. It is the invisible relational space between individuals where ideas cross-pollinate, insights emerge, and understanding deepens. Some may think of it as community. Others may think of it as collective intelligence, group consciousness, dialogue, or simply friendship. Whatever language you prefer, The Field is interested in what happens when human beings come together to explore reality with openness, humility, and wonder. Whether you participate as a contributor or a listener, you become part of that field. So put on your headphones. Take a breath. Slow down for a while. Let the sounds settle around you and the conversations settle within you. Join us in the ongoing experiment of neuroconvergence, shared inquiry, and conscious reflection. Welcome to The Field.

Recent Episodes

OCT 2, 2026
Service to Other vs. Service to Self: A Playful Examination of Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra and Joseph Smith
What happens when a spiritual teaching moves through personality, money, sexuality, celebrity, institutional power, and the human desire to become somebody? In this episode of The Field: A Dojo of Sound, we view Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Joseph Smith, and the religious movements surrounding them through the metaphysical vocabulary of The Ra Contact. Using the Law of One’s distinction between service to others and service to self, we explore how teachings of unity can encourage compassion, freedom, and direct spiritual experience—while also becoming entangled with wealth, hierarchy, prestige, authority, and control. Why does Tolle’s teaching tend to dismantle the seeker’s need to become extraordinary? How can spirituality turn ambition into spiritualized ambition? What happens when Joseph Smith’s radically expansive vision of human divinity becomes an institution organized around priesthood keys and exclusive authority? And how might a scale created to judge spiritual teachers quietly become another source of ego and superiority? The percentages offered in this episode are a playful interpretive device, not measurements found in The Ra Contact. The deeper question is personal: Does a teaching increase compassion without weakening discernment? Does it strengthen boundaries without creating contempt? Does it make authority more necessary—or leave us increasingly free to be present as nobody in particular?
59 MIN
SEP 25, 2026
Reflections on Forgiveness
24 MIN
SEP 2, 2026
A Polyvagal Roadmap of Emotions Meditation for Integrating Grief
60 MIN
AUG 31, 2026
The Artful Science of Rewiring: When IFs and THENs turn ANTs to ALTs
The Artful Science of Rewiring: When IFs and THENs Turn ANTs to ALTs Immerse yourself in a restorative 6Hz theta binaural meditation designed to bridge neuroscience, compassionate self-inquiry, and deep subconscious rewiring. Rather than fighting Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs), this session guides you through the gentle art of using if–then implementation intentions—transforming emotional triggers into natural cues for Automatic Loving Thoughts (ALTs) and wise inner companionship. This episode features an intimate look inside Janine’s personal self-coaching practice, where she dialogues with her cultivated inner guide, Solivia. Janine is openly sharing this transformative work with full consent and intention—offering her own vulnerability and journey of self-trust not only as a vessel for her personal healing, but as an open invitation and resource to support others walking the path toward inner peace.
60 MIN
AUG 30, 2026
Solivia Speaks
The following audio comes directly from a personal coaching session that Janine has offered to share publicly for her own benefit and others here in the Dojo of Sound. Janine is learning to create greater self-love and self-confidence through the fictional character of Solivia.
49 MIN