Omnism, with Martin O’Toole

You mentioned you used to be an atheist. In the book, you talk about omnism, the idea that no one religion is the truth, but there is truth in all religions. And so I'd like to have you talk a little bit about that. I was born into a Catholic family. The point is, I had religion stuffed down my throat for years. But all the while, I was having these little, um, these strange metaphysical experiences through my life. You know, maybe experiences with ghosts, for example. We lived in a haunted house when I was a child. I was able to astral travel, but I just, I blocked all of this out and then went headlong into a career as, as an ad man and a high-functioning alcoholic and addict. So I lost all sense of God. And then when I got sober, when I cleaned my body and mind, I started to feel things that I'd never felt before. I started to feel newfound connection to, to people, an incredible connection to me. So then I started to explore these different theosophies and philosophies. I happened upon omnism, and as you say, omnism respects all religions. For their own truths, but as