Eye Opener Society

From Podcast to Parish: Eye Opener Society Announces Its Next Chapter

In this powerful and heartfelt episode of Eye Opener Society, the hosts make a major announcement: the project is evolving into a church. What began as authentic conversations about consciousness, energy, and personal transformation is now expanding into a spiritual community focused on inner growth, meditation, and genuine human connection.
This episode celebrates the beginning of that next chapter.
Hosted by the creator of Eye Opener Society alongside co-creator Lizzie, the conversation explores what this evolution means for listeners and how the new structure will gradually unfold. The hosts explain that this church will not follow traditional religious structures—instead, it will focus on personal awareness, spiritual growth, mindset transformation, and authentic self-relationship.
Listeners can expect future offerings such as guided meditations, sermons, spiritual discussions, and one-on-one support designed to help people reconnect with themselves and their purpose.
Throughout the conversation, the hosts share personal insights from their experiences with energy work, mindset practices, emotional healing, and relationship growth.
Key themes explored in this episode include:
• Why the relationship you have with yourself is the foundation for every other relationship in your life• How small, believable mindset shifts can create lasting emotional change• The concept of body neutrality and incremental transformation rather than unrealistic overnight change• How repeating negative statements about yourself can reinforce emotional patterns in the body• Why gentle, neutral affirmations can help retrain the mind toward healthier perspectives
The hosts also address a modern cultural habit they often observe on social media—publicly broadcasting negative emotional states. While acknowledging that struggle is real, they explain how repeatedly reinforcing those narratives can deepen the emotional experience. Instead, they discuss healthier approaches such as seeking support from trusted people, practicing emotional awareness, and gradually shifting language toward more neutral and empowering statements.
Another central theme of the episode is connection.
Eye Opener Society reframes connection as multi-dimensional: friendships, romantic partnerships, coworkers, mentors, and communities all play different roles in our healing and growth. The hosts discuss how placing all emotional vulnerability on one romantic partner can create pressure and limit personal development, and they encourage listeners to expand their circle of meaningful relationships.
This episode offers practical, grounded guidance for anyone navigating personal growth, emotional healing, and spiritual exploration.
Key takeaways include:
• Transformation happens incrementally, not overnight• Start with neutral truths, not forced positivity• Strengthen your relationship with yourself first• Build diverse emotional support systems• Recognize when medical or professional help is needed alongside spiritual guidance
Ultimately, the message is simple but powerful: real change begins with willingness.
If you’re ready to start shifting your mindset, deepening your self-relationship, and becoming part of a growing spiritual community, this episode is your invitation.
The episode closes with gratitude for the Eye Opener Society community, an invitation to participate in the weekly Wednesday night guided meditations, and a preview of upcoming Thursday night sermons, which may eventually become live gatherings as the church structure develops.
The evolution has begun—and the journey is just getting started.

Gary & Lizzie’s New Ministry: Meditation, Energy Work, and Radical Inclusion

In this episode, host Gary Dean announces a major evolution for Eye Opener Society: what began as a podcast has grown into a larger "show" and is now being developed into an inclusive metaphysical church and ministry. Gary shares his personal journey, the inspiration behind the transition, and his partnership with co-creator Lizzie, whose energy work and ideas are central to the vision.
The conversation covers key topics listeners can expect from the new ministry: meditation as a core practice, metaphysical thinking, energy healing, creativity, and encouragement. Gary emphasizes that the church will be non-dogmatic and open to all faiths, focused on practical support for life in the 3D world rather than only on afterlife doctrines.
Guests and contributors: this episode introduces Lizzie as Gary’s co-creator and partner in the project (Lizzie is mentioned throughout as the key collaborator, though she does not appear on this particular episode). Gary explains he is pursuing ministerial credentials and that both he and Lizzie will lead programming, inviting the wider community to contribute as part of a collective rather than a top-down institution.
Practical plans and next steps are discussed, including completing legal and IRS requirements to form a recognized church, starting with online programming and community activities before exploring possible physical locations. Gary outlines his current schedule plans—regular Monday episodes with Lizzie, guided meditation series on Wednesday nights, Saturday morning shows—and promises expanded offerings as the ministry grows.
Central themes and commitments in the episode are inclusion, non-judgment, personal empowerment, mutual support, and openness to unconventional topics (Gary explicitly welcomes discussions ranging from UFOs to other fringe ideas). The ministry aims to create a safe space for healing conversations, creative expression, and practical tools to help people move forward in life.
Listeners are invited to join the community for spiritual growth, encouragement, and connection. Gary expresses gratitude to the audience, shares his excitement for what’s ahead, and affirms the society’s mission: to help people find peace, health, and happiness through collective support, meditation, and metaphysical practice.

Embrace Your Weird: A Guided Meditation for Self-Acceptance & Authentic Living | Wednesday Night Meditation

In this powerful Wednesday Night Guided Meditation from Eye Opener Society, host Gary Dean leads you through a transformative meditation designed to help you embrace your authentic self — quirks, flaws, weirdness, and all.
How often do we silence the parts of ourselves that bring us joy because they seem “too different,” “too weird,” or “too much”? In this episode, Gary explores the importance of self-acceptance, personal authenticity, and emotional freedom. Through calming breath awareness and intentional visualization, you’ll be guided to reconnect with:
The small, quirky things that make you smile
The clothes you’ve wanted to wear but felt judged for
The hobbies or interests you’ve hidden
The laughter you’ve suppressed
The purchases you didn’t make because they felt “too weird”
The so-called flaws that actually make you uniquely powerful
This meditation blends mindfulness, metaphysical reflection, and personal empowerment to help you embody self-love without apology. Rather than shrinking to fit expectations, this practice encourages you to expand into who you truly are.
Perfect for listeners seeking:
Guided meditation for self-confidence
Healing self-judgment
Spiritual growth and mindfulness
Authentic living and self-expression
Emotional healing and empowerment
Whether you’re new to meditation or experienced in spiritual practice, this session offers practical tools for embracing your individuality in everyday life — not just in theory, but in the real 3D world.
Eye Opener Society’s Wednesday series continues to create a safe, inclusive space for global listeners seeking peace, healing, and personal growth through meditation and metaphysical awareness.
Take a breath. Come home to yourself. And let your weird be wonderful.
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Building a community through healing and meditation

This week, something special is happening on the Monday morning slot.
Instead of a traditional Eye Opener Society episode, we are featuring Without a Candle, where Gary Dean appears as a guest with hosts Karlie and Carla for an unfiltered deep dive into trauma healing, meditation, Reiki, metaphysics, conspiracy research, and the future of spiritual community-building.
From a 2022 mental health crisis to launching Third Eye Meditation and ultimately founding Eye Opener Society, Gary shares the raw and transformative journey that reshaped his life. He opens up about trauma-focused healing, the Reiki session that reignited his purpose, daily meditation discipline, oracle card work, Akashic Records exploration, and his ongoing studies through the University of Sedona.
This episode explores:
• Mental health breakdown and spiritual awakening• Reiki healing and trauma recovery• Daily meditation practices and energy work structure• Oracle cards, Akashic Records, and intuitive development• Certification vs. lived spiritual experience• Ethical business practices in the metaphysical field• Setting energetic boundaries and practitioner aftercare• Waitlists, intake processes, and professional spiritual services• UFO encounters and personal sightings• Spirit-release work and non-human attachment cases• Building a global metaphysical community
Gary also reflects on the evolution of Eye Opener Society and the powerful relationships formed with collaborators including Lizzie (energy.by.lizzie), Jennifer Miller, Melissa, His stepdaughter Hannah, Elaine Arcana (Elaine’s Arcane Tarot), Ann Lund (Haunted and Waiting), Sunset Child of Sunset Childs Out There Podcast, and Hannah Rose of The Sound Within.
And stay until the end.
Because Gary makes a major announcement — revealing plans to launch a non-denominational, no-dogma spiritual and metaphysical church designed to bridge meditation, education, retreats, ethical energy work, and accessible community healing.
If you are interested in:Spiritual awakeningMeditationReiki healingMetaphysical studiesUFO researchTrauma recoveryEnergy work ethicsBuilding conscious community
This is an episode you do not want to miss.
For session inquiries or personalized meditation and energy work:📩 eosmeditation@gmail.com
Rights & Attribution Notice:All images, audio recordings, and video content associated with Without a Candle remain the sole property of Without a Candle and are used with permission for this release on the Eye Opener Society platform.

Gazing into the Dark: The Ancient Art of Scrying/Haunted And Waiting

Join host Ann Lund of Haunted and Waiting on the Eye Opener Society podcast for a chilling and thought-provoking deep dive into scrying — the ancient occult practice of gazing into dark reflective surfaces to access visions, messages, and sometimes disturbing imagery.
From black mirrors and obsidian stones to still water, candle flames, smoke, and crystal spheres, this episode explores how cultures across the world have used reflective surfaces as portals into altered states of perception.
Ann opens with a haunting personal account: a friend who stared into the black water beneath an oak-tree-shaded mountain lake and began seeing faces emerging from the darkness. Was it imagination — or something deeper?
🏺 Ancient Origins of Scrying
Long before modern paranormal investigation, priests and mystics practiced forms of divination through reflection:
Mesopotamian rituals using bowls of oil and water
Greek hydromancy in sacred springs and early psychomantia
Celtic wells and darkened battle shields
Medieval church opposition to reflective divination
A key historical figure discussed is John Dee, advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, who famously used an obsidian mirror for spiritual communication — a practice both influential and controversial in Renaissance England.
🧠 Science, Psychology & the Paranormal
Ann bridges ancient occult tradition with modern research, including the work of Raymond Moody, who recreated a “psychomanteum” chamber where participants reported vivid visions without hypnosis or suggestion.
This episode examines:
Trance states and perceptual filtering
The brain’s role in symbolic imagery
Why staring into darkness alters consciousness
Modern reports of faces appearing in phone screens, mirrors, windows, and skylights
Whether scrying reveals hidden perception rather than creating fantasy
Is scrying paranormal… psychological… or both?
📖 Pop Culture & Fear
From medieval superstition to modern fiction, reflective divination has always carried mystery and danger. Ann references the palantír from The Lord of the Rings, demonstrating how scrying lore continues to influence storytelling and our collective imagination.
🎙 Key Takeaways
✔ How to safely begin scrying (tools & gentle methods)✔ Why so many cultures report similar experiences✔ What neuroscience says about trance and vision✔ The risks and rewards of reflective divination✔ Why scrying sits at the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and fear
Listeners are invited to share their own mirror visions, water-gazing experiences, and unexplained encounters. Visit Haunted and Waiting’s blog and social channels for transcripts, resources, and additional paranormal case studies.
 
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Stillness Meets Motion: Meditation for People Who Can’t Sit Still

What if meditation wasn’t about sitting still?
In this powerful installment of the Eye Opener Society Guided Meditation Series, host Gary Dean teams up live with co-host Lizzie for an experiential session designed specifically for high-energy minds, restless bodies, and anyone who has ever said, “Meditation isn’t for me.”
This episode challenges one of the biggest meditation myths: that inner peace requires complete silence, rigid posture, and zero movement. Instead, Terry demonstrates how meditation through movement can unlock stillness naturally — without forcing it.
Perfect for beginners, skeptics, overthinkers, runners, busy parents, creatives, and anyone with an active nervous system, this session introduces practical, accessible techniques including:
Gentle breath awareness
Subtle weight shifts and grounding through the feet
Shoulder rolls and natural arm swings
Shaking out stored tension
Placing hands over the heart to feel the heartbeat
Allowing thoughts to pass without chasing, judging, or fixing them
Gary guides Lizzie in real time, tailoring the practice to someone whose energy prefers motion. Listeners experience how movement releases stagnant energy and becomes a gateway into authentic stillness — not by suppressing energy, but by honoring it.
After the guided portion, Lizzie reflects on the emotional and physical shifts she experienced, sharing how movement-based meditation revealed new perspectives and a deeper sense of calm she didn’t expect.
Key Takeaways:
Everyone can meditate — even if you “can’t sit still”
Balance comes from honoring your natural energy
Movement can be a doorway to inner peace
Regular practice strengthens emotional regulation and clarity
Meditation is adaptable, practical, and global
This episode blends compassionate coaching, practical techniques, and candid conversation — making it ideal for international listeners seeking stress relief, nervous system regulation, mindfulness training, emotional resilience, and modern meditation practices.
Whether you’re new to mindfulness, exploring breath awareness, or looking for alternative meditation styles, this session proves that stillness isn’t the absence of motion — it’s what emerges when energy is allowed to move.
Listen, move, breathe — and discover how meditation can finally work for you.

🎙️ Eye Opener Society – Rebuilding Relationships in a Time of Change | Tower Moments, Radical Honesty & Community Healing

In this powerful continuation episode of Eye Opener Society, the host reconnects with longtime collaborator Lizzie to dive deeper into the evolving landscape of modern relationships — from marriage and romantic partnerships to friendships and chosen community.
Following last week’s conversation, they explore what happens when relationships reach a breaking point — those intense “tower moments” that shake foundations and demand restructuring. Are these endings… or invitations to rebuild stronger?
The episode opens with gratitude for recent collaborations and a transformative visit to Appalachian Rootworks, along with heartfelt acknowledgments to:
Haunted and Waiting host Ann Lund
Sunset Child
Hannah Rose of The Sound Within
Arcane Oracle and Elaine
From there, the conversation expands into deeply relatable territory:
✨ Why treating relationships as ownership creates suffering✨ How modern life is shifting us toward a community-based mindset✨ The danger of relying on one person to meet every emotional need✨ How platforms like Marco Polo can open doors to new perspectives and authentic connection✨ Financial, legal, and emotional entanglements in marriage and separation✨ Parenting, partnership evolution, and redefining commitment
Lizzie and the host speak candidly about radical honesty, emotional accountability, healthy boundaries, and protecting your inner authority without trying to control others.
They also preview an upcoming adult-themed episode exploring intimacy, sexual connection, and the emotional wounds that surface in the bedroom — with plans to invite professional perspectives for a deeper discussion.
This episode is for anyone navigating:
Marriage struggles
Relationship conflict
Separation or divorce contemplation
Communication breakdowns
Emotional growth within partnerships
Building healthy community alongside committed love
Listeners will walk away with practical tools:✔ Reassess your communication channels✔ Expand your support network✔ Pause during emotional chaos✔ Decide consciously whether to rebuild or release✔ Honor both independence and sacred partnership
As always, Eye Opener Society delivers raw, compassionate, unfiltered dialogue designed to challenge perspectives and inspire conscious living.
If you’re feeling the shift happening in your relationships, this episode may be exactly what you need.

From Cynthiana with Magic: Behind the Scenes at Appalachian Rootworks

In this powerful Saturday bonus episode of Eye Opener Society, Gary Dean shares an emotional and transformative weekend at Appalachian Rootworks in Cynthiana, Kentucky — a sacred metaphysical space dedicated to community, healing, and spiritual growth.
Appalachian Rootworks welcomed Gary to assist in producing two unforgettable days of the Without a Candle podcast, hosted by Carly and Carla. Over sixteen guests shared deeply personal stories involving witchcraft, paganism, intuitive gifts, spiritual awakening, healing journeys, and overcoming stigma in today’s world.
This episode explores:
✨ The importance of spiritual community in 2026✨ Breaking stigma around witches, Wiccans, pagans, and spiritual practitioners✨ Finding your tribe in a divided world✨ Owning your intuitive and empathic gifts✨ Standing in truth despite persecution✨ Supporting local metaphysical businesses and spiritual spaces
Gary reflects on the emotional energy exchanged during the recordings and highlights a deeply personal moment: his wife Melissa — a natural empath and healer who has traditionally stayed behind the scenes — courageously stepping forward to appear on Without a Candle. Her vulnerability and authenticity serve as a reminder that sharing your spiritual gifts can inspire healing worldwide.
Without a Candle continues to amplify voices within the metaphysical, witchcraft, and pagan communities, helping normalize spiritual exploration across cultures and countries.
Whether you identify as a witch, Wiccan, pagan, intuitive, empath, spirit worker, healer, mystic, or simply someone seeking truth — this episode is an invitation to rise above fear, build authentic connections, and embrace your higher calling.
Spiritual awakening is not meant to be walked alone.
🌍 International listeners: this conversation speaks to the global spiritual movement and the growing call for conscious communities worldwide.
Support and learn more:AppalachianRootworks.comWithout a Candle podcastNew Eye Opener Society episodes release every Monday morning.
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Guided Meditation for Personal Power | Mantras to Awaken Your Higher Self & Reprogram Your Mind

In this powerful solo episode of the Eye Opener Society Guided Meditation Series, Gary Dean leads you through a transformative meditation designed to awaken your higher self, strengthen your personal power, and elevate your vibration.
This guided meditation blends intentional breathing, visualization techniques, and empowering spoken mantras to help you reprogram your nervous system, release negative thought patterns, and consciously design the person you are becoming.
Through mindful breath awareness and image-based visualization, you will:
• Connect to your higher self and infinite wisdom• Replace limiting beliefs with empowering affirmations• Strengthen your energetic boundaries and protective shield• Cultivate confidence, resilience, love, and sincerity• Ground elevated energy into practical daily living
Gary guides you into a sacred internal space where you affirm:
"I am part of the cosmos.""I am able to be exactly who I want to be.""I choose my vibration."
This meditation focuses on raising consciousness, strengthening mental clarity, and building emotional resilience. It also offers practical guidance for reintegrating into the physical world while maintaining your energetic alignment.
Whether you are new to meditation or deep into your spiritual journey, this episode is designed to help you:
• Increase self-awareness• Develop emotional strength• Expand your consciousness• Align with purpose and meaning• Step fully into your authentic self
This is a solo episode featuring host Gary Dean. (For listeners seeking additional community and relationship discussions, Gary and Lizzie release regular Monday episodes.)
Return to this meditation as often as needed. Repetition strengthens neural pathways, reinforces positive identity, and helps you embody your highest version consistently.
Listen. Breathe. Affirm. Become.
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Valentine’s Week Special | Modern Relationships, Spiritual Growth & The Truth About Love

In this powerful Valentine’s-week episode of Eye Opener Society, Gary Dean sits down with long-time friend and returning guest Lizzie for one of their deepest and most vulnerable conversations yet — an honest exploration of modern relationships during a time of spiritual awakening and cultural change.
Opening with heartfelt shout-outs to collaborators and community members — Appalachian Rootworks' Carly and Carla, Sunset Child, Ann Lund of Haunted and Waiting, Hannah Rose of The Sound Within, Elaine from Arcane Oracle, and Emma Swales of The Bell Witch Podcast — the episode quickly moves into a raw, expansive discussion about love, commitment, and personal evolution.
Together, Gary and Lizzie unpack:
Why so many relationships feel strained right now
Monogamy vs. polyamory vs. open relationships
The emotional and energetic dynamics of partnership
Nervous system co-regulation and attachment patterns
Radical honesty in any relationship structure
Religious, cultural, and financial pressures in marriage
The legal realities of marriage (insurance, logistics, security)
Why love should never equal ownership
The spiritual concept of past lives and recursive soul ties
The importance of leaving immediately if a relationship becomes abusive
A recurring metaphor — “don’t pick the flower” — encourages listeners to let partners grow naturally instead of trying to control, fix, or permanently possess them.
Gary and Lizzie share deeply personal experiences from multiple marriages and long-term partnerships, discussing how learned patterns and social conditioning can keep people in relationships that no longer serve their growth.
This episode blends psychology, spirituality, and practical wisdom, including:
Using therapy to process grief after a long partnership
Building supportive platonic and soulful networks
Conscious financial and household decisions
Staying connected through tools like the Marco Polo app
Questioning the internal stories we tell about love
While the conversation challenges cultural assumptions about “forever,” it also celebrates healthy relationships built on admiration, mutual respect, freedom, and authenticity.
This is not an anti-love episode. It’s an evolution-of-love episode.
Whether you are married, spiritually committed, exploring non-traditional relationship models, healing from heartbreak, or choosing to be single and whole — this conversation offers clarity, caution, encouragement, and empowerment.
🌍 Perfect for international listeners navigating modern dating, marriage, conscious partnerships, and spiritual awakening in relationships.
New episodes every Monday with Gary & Lizzie.Wednesday Night Guided Meditations with Gary Dean.
If you’re questioning love, redefining commitment, or simply seeking honest conversation about relationships in today’s world — this episode is for you.
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