In this 2026 interview with Justine Willis Toms, Richard Moss, M.D., recounts his journey from practicing medicine to teaching the art of conscious living. He emphasizes the essential practice of staying calm and grounded amid fear and uncertainty, drawing from his own transformative experiences—including a life-changing moment in the emergency room and a profound encounter symbolized by a black butterfly. Moss introduces “The Mandala Process,” a powerful tool for observing how the mind dr...

Moss says that there are two basic mistakes we make in this stage of the evolution of consciousness: We identify with our thoughts and we flee from our feelings. He gives specific instructions on how to examine our thoughts to identify stories we tell ourselves and he makes a distinction between feelings and emotions.

From 1987 to 1990, author Dr. Richard Moss traveled extensively through Asia while working as a cancer surgeon in four different countries including Thailand, Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. His work was voluntary, however the “payoff” was in the rich, fascinating, and, often bizarre experiences he had both as a surgeon and wanderer.Based on this three-year excursion, A Surgeon’s Odyssey delves into the true-to-life adventures, struggles, and quandaries of a young surgeon fr...

Author and internationally known teacher Richard Moss believes there is a deep yearning inside of us, a quest for relationship, and that is the essence of consciousness.

On this inspirational audio program, spiritual teachers Richard Moss, M.D., and Deepak Chopra, M.D., discuss our relationship with the infinite, the meaning of the spiritual path, and our intimacy with that which is eternal. Moss defines the spiritual path as a process that ultimately brings us to a deep and innate sense of joy, and that takes our fears and makes them our friends. He says that when we make a sincere commitment to consciousness, we decide t...