Tyler Robbins

I have been married since 2006 and am the proud, and sometimes overwhelmed, father of 6 kids. Sometime around 2011 (at the age of 27) I found myself sliding into what would become 5+ years of facing serious doubts about the only belief system that I had ever known. It all came to a head in 2016 when I decided to disengage with my childhood religion, only to find myself missing something. I realized that I was still a spiritual person but was now without a spiritual belief. I eventually stumbled across a secularized approach to Buddhism and was intrigued enough to start practicing meditation. A few years later, after the pain and anger began to fade in regards to my previous experience, I began to recognize that, despite the differences, Christianity and Buddhism shared a lot of the same fundamental goals. Such as: purposeful living, self discipline, and a desire to serve others. It got me wondering how many other religious traditions, and even secular ideas, sought these same things.
In contrast I was noticing how afraid and angry so many non-believers were in our ever-non-believing society. I became convinced that the anti-religion movements of the last 20 years did a poor job at recognizing the necessary role that most major religions have played in the adhesion and mental well-being of a society, leaving many adrift with nothing else to hold on to. They essentially threw the baby out with the bathwater. So, after doing more reading and pondering I decided to buy a microphone and start recording.