Temple of the Human Heart

About Temple of the Human Heart

Temple of the Human Heart is more than a podcast—it is a space to pause, heal, awaken, and return to yourself. Hosted by Yisra’el Apriale, each episode explores self-awareness, healing, identity, love, consciousness, and the deeper teachings found within sacred texts and lived experience. Through honest conversations, reflection, and transformative insights, you’ll be invited to release what no longer serves you and reconnect with who you truly are. Listen. Reflect. Grow. Return. Your journey back to yourself begins here.

Publisher

Yisra El Apriale

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2026

Latest episode

11 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Sept 2026

   THE ALARM IS NOT THE COMMAND: When the Part That Protected You Is Now Preventing You from Becoming

   What happens when your mind is ready to move forward, but some part of you still believes it is safer to stay small? Sometimes what we call procrastination, resistance, or self-sabotage may be an old protection pattern still doing the job it learned to do. You can have the knowledge, the wisdom, the vision—and still find yourself freezing when it is time to be seen. In this episode of the Temple of the Human Heart Podcast, Yisra’el Apriale explores this struggle through lived experience, the psychological insight of Carl Jung, and wisdom found in the Gnostic texts The Gospel of Philip and The Gospel of Truth. Together, we consider the difference between awakening to a truth and learning how to stand in what we have awakened to. What if the frightened fragment of you does not need to be conquered or left behind? What if it needs to be gathered into your Return? The alarm may sound. But the alarm does not have to become the command. Love is the doctrine. Compassion is the practice. Awakening is the work. www.awakenandreturn.com (http://www.awakenandreturn.com/) info@awakenandreturn.com (mailto:info@awakenandreturn.com) Awaken. Re-Member. Return.

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   When the Gift Becomes an Identity

   Here’s a Spotify-ready description: When the Gift Becomes an Identity When does the thing you are good at become the identity you cannot release? Sometimes Awakening doesn’t reveal something bad. Sometimes it reveals something good that has taken up too much space. In this episode of the Temple of the Human Heart Podcast, Yisra’el Apriale explores what happens when our gifts, roles, and abilities become entangled with who we believe we are. Drawing from her own experience as a teacher, she examines the subtle shift from serving to carrying—from doing meaningful work to feeling responsible for every person, expectation, and outcome connected to it. Through the movements of Awakening, Re-Membering, and Return, we consider three questions: What have I become identified with? If I am no longer the person who carries everything, who am I becoming? What deserves my life energy now? You can honor your gift without disappearing inside it. You can serve without carrying everything. And you can release an identity without denying the beauty of what it once gave you. Capability is not calling. Need is not assignment. Continue the journey with the Temple of the Human Heart at www.awakenandreturn.com (http://www.awakenandreturn.com/). Love is the doctrine. Compassion is the practice. Awakening is the work. Awaken. Re-Member. Return.

3. 

   4 Aug 2026

   Prayer as Participation: Joining What Spirit Is Already Doing

   Temple of the Human Heart Podcast Season 1 | Episode 13: Prayer as Participation: Joining What Spirit Is Already Doing For many of us, prayer became a transaction. We were taught to ask, wait, hope, and wonder why heaven seemed silent when life didn't change. But what if prayer was never meant to convince God to act? What if prayer was always meant to awaken us to what Spirit is already doing? In this episode, Yisra'el Apriale explores the shift from petition to participation by examining how Jesus prayed and lived throughout the Gospels. Together, we'll explore the difference between supplication, declaration, and participation, uncover why authority flows from union rather than performance, and discover how miracles often invite our cooperation instead of our passive waiting. Through the story of Lazarus, the feeding of the five thousand, and the teachings of Jesus, you'll see how prayer becomes more than words—it becomes a way of aligning your life with Divine Reality. If you've ever wondered why your prayers seemed unanswered, this conversation may offer a new perspective that moves beyond fear, transaction, and striving toward awakening, transformation, and return. In this episode you'll discover: Why petition is only one expression of prayer—not its destination. The difference between pleading, declaring, and participating. What Jesus meant by living in union with the Father. Why miracles often require human participation. How to recognize where Spirit is already moving in your life. Practical questions that can transform the way you pray each day. Because perhaps the greatest prayer is not, "God, move for me," but, "Spirit, show me how to participate in what You are already bringing forth." Love is the doctrine. Compassion is the practice. Awakening is the work. 🎙️ Hosted by Yisra'el Apriale 🌐 www.awakenandreturn.com (http://www.awakenandreturn.com/) 📧 info@awakenandreturn.com (mailto:info@awakenandreturn.com)

4. 

   30 Jul 2026

   The Sacred Servant

   Temple of the Human Heart Podcast Season 1, Episode 12 The Sacred Servant: When Service Becomes a Mask Why do some of the most faithful people still feel unseen, exhausted, and quietly wonder, "When will it be my turn?" In this episode, Yisra'el Apriale explores how the identity of the "good servant" can become a hidden persona—one that believes constant sacrifice, faithfulness, and service will eventually earn God's approval or secure life's long-awaited breakthrough. Drawing from the stories of Martha, the older brother, and the teachings of Jesus, this lesson uncovers the subtle difference between serving from love and serving from a wound. If you've ever believed that doing more, giving more, or being more faithful should have produced a different life by now, this conversation invites you to look beneath the surface. Through the Temple Lens, Awakening Lens, Transformation Lens, and Return Lens, you'll discover that true service is not a transaction to obtain worthiness—it is the natural expression of a heart that already knows it is whole. This episode is an invitation to release the burden of proving yourself and to awaken to a deeper truth: you were never meant to earn what has always belonged to you. Host: Yisra'el Apriale Temple of the Human Heart Love is the doctrine. Compassion is the practice. Awakening is the work. 🌐 www.awakenandreturn.com (http://www.awakenandreturn.com/) 📧 info@awakenandreturn.com (mailto:info@awakenandreturn.com)

5. 

   17 Jul 2026

   Poverty Consciousness: The Illusion of Lack

   What if poverty is not your condition... but your consciousness? Many of us were taught that if we prayed harder, gave more, served faithfully, and followed every spiritual rule, abundance would eventually follow. Yet for many, the lack remained. Why? In this episode of the Temple of the Human Heart Podcast, Yisra'el Apriale shares a deeply personal journey of faithfully living the teachings he believed would transform his life—only to discover that no one had taught him to examine the condition of his inner temple. Drawing from the teachings of Jesus, the Gnostic tradition, and the wisdom of the Kingdom within, this episode explores the difference between external religious performance and inner spiritual awakening. Together we examine poverty consciousness, the illusion of separation, the Principle of Fullness (Pleroma), and three cosmic principles that reveal why true abundance begins within. If you've ever questioned why doing "everything right" still left you feeling empty, exhausted, or unsupported, this conversation offers another way of seeing—a path of remembrance, awakening, and return. In this episode you'll explore: Why poverty consciousness is more than financial lack The difference between outward obedience and inward transformation The illusion of separation and its impact on the human spirit Three cosmic principles that reveal the path from scarcity to fullness How the Temple, Awakening, Transformation, and Return lenses help restore the inner life The journey is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who you have always been. Temple of the Human Heart Podcast Love is the doctrine. Compassion is the practice. Awakening is the work. Visit: www.awakenandreturn.com (http://www.awakenandreturn.com/) Email: info@awakenandreturn.com (mailto:info@awakenandreturn.com)

6. 

   14 Jul 2026

   The False Self

   Episode 10: The False Self What if the version of yourself you've spent your life protecting... isn't your true self? In this episode of the Temple of the Human Heart, Yisra'el Apriale explores the false self—not as something evil or sinful, but as the collection of masks we create to survive our deepest wounds. The overgiver, the performer, the perfectionist, the rescuer, the peacemaker, and the one who believes love must always be earned all have one thing in common: they were born from fragmentation, not from our authentic nature. Drawing from the teachings of Jesus alongside the wisdom found in Gnostic texts such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary, this episode invites you to look beneath your behaviors and gently ask, What has this mask been trying to protect? Rather than striving for perfection or trying to fix every wound, you'll discover a different path—one of honest awareness, compassionate acknowledgment, and the slow gathering of the fragments that have been scattered throughout your life. Awakening is not becoming someone new. It is remembering who you were before fear taught you to hide. Welcome to the journey home. Awaken. Re-Member. Return.

7. 

   8 Jul 2026

   Love Others as I Love Myself...NOPE!

   Love Others as I Love Myself... NOPE! What if we've misunderstood one of the most familiar teachings of Jesus? For generations, we've been told to "love your neighbor as yourself." But what happens when the self doing the loving is fragmented by fear, rejection, people-pleasing, or self-abandonment? In this episode of The Temple of the Human Heart, we explore the difference between loving from a wound and loving from wholeness. Through the Temple lens, we'll journey through Leviticus 19:18 and Mark 12:31 to discover that Jesus wasn't simply giving us a command—he was inviting us to transformation. As we seek the Kingdom within and return to ourselves, what was fragmented begins to gather again. From that place of wholeness, love is no longer driven by fear or the need to be chosen. It becomes the natural overflow of a heart that remembers its divine identity. Seek first the Kingdom within. As you return to yourself, what was fragmented begins to gather again. Awaken. Re-Member. Return.

8. 

   15 Jun 2026

   What Does It Mean to Remember?

   What if the miracle of feeding the five thousand wasn't really about bread? In this Temple session, Yisra'el Apriale explores John 6:1–14 through the lenses of history, symbolism, psychology, awakening, and return. Together, we examine the shift from scarcity to possibility, from focusing on what is missing to recognizing what is already present. The crowd saw hunger. Philip saw lack. A child offered what he had. Jesus revealed a different way of seeing. This episode invites you to consider how often we postpone our purpose, healing, or transformation because we believe we don't have enough. Through the Temple lens, the first miracle may not have been multiplication at all—it may have been the moment someone stopped counting what was absent and offered what was already in their hands. If you've ever felt like you weren't enough, didn't have enough, or were waiting for something outside of yourself before you could begin, this message is for you. Seek first the kingdom within, and as you return to yourself, what was fragmented begins to gather again. Temple of the Human Heart with Yisra'el Apriale Awaken. Remember. Return. Click Here (www.awakenandreturn.com) for contact information.

9. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Seek First the Kingdom Within

   What does it really mean to "seek first the kingdom"? For years, Yisra'el Apriale wrestled with that question. After hearing Matthew 6:33 in a Bible study, she left excited, believing she had discovered the key to receiving everything she had been praying for. Then a simple question stopped her in her tracks: What is the kingdom, and how do I seek it? That question launched a journey that would span nearly two decades. In this Temple session, we explore Jesus' teaching on the Kingdom Within, the difference between seeking external validation and discovering inner truth, and how returning to yourself transforms your identity and expands your capacity to hold what you've been asking for. Perhaps the kingdom is not a distant destination. Perhaps it has been within you all along. Seek first the kingdom within. As you return to yourself, what was fragmented begins to gather again. Temple of the Human Heart — Season One: Awakening and Return.

10. 

    11 Jun 2026

    The Great Forgetting

    In this week's Temple session, we explore The Great Forgetting—the moment we become separated from ourselves. Through trauma, expectations, rejection, religion, family systems, and the need for acceptance, many of us learn who we must become to survive. Over time, the masks, roles, and responsibilities can become so familiar that we forget who we are beneath them. Using the story of the Prodigal Son and the wisdom of the Gospel of Thomas, this message invites us to consider a different possibility: What if the greatest human problem is not that we are broken? What if we have simply forgotten? Join Yisra'el Apriale as we explore remembrance, identity, self-worth, and the journey back to the kingdom within. Seek first the kingdom within. As you return to yourself, what was fragmented begins to gather again. Temple of the Human Heart — Season One: Awakening and Return.

11. 

    2 Jun 2026

    Why the Temple Exists?

    Why does the Temple of the Human Heart exist? In this deeply personal episode, Yisra'el Apriale shares the story behind the Temple, the wilderness journey that followed leaving religion, and the awakening that emerged from more than 25 years of questioning, studying, searching, and returning. Together we explore the foundational scriptures that guide this work, including "The Kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:21), "Seek first the kingdom" (Matthew 6:33), and the powerful moment when the prodigal son "came to himself" (Luke 15:17). This is a conversation about awakening, remembrance, Sophia, Christ, spiritual transformation, and the journey back to the self. If you have ever questioned what you were taught, felt lost in the wilderness, or sensed there was something more waiting within you, this message is for you. Seek the kingdom within, and as you return to yourself, what was fragmented begins to gather again. Temple of the Human Heart with Yisra'el Apriale.

12. 

    26 May 2026

    Seek First the Kingdom: Divine Timing and the Identity Shift

    In this Temple session, we explore a different perspective on divine timing, identity, and restoration. What if divine timing is not about waiting on God, but about becoming the version of yourself capable of holding what you have been asking for? We journey through Matthew 6:33, Romans 12:2, and the story of Job through a Temple lens, uncovering how fragmentation, survival patterns, and inherited identities can separate us from our authentic selves. Together we examine what it means to "seek first the kingdom within" and how returning to yourself allows what has been fragmented to begin gathering again. We explore Job not simply as a story of suffering and reward, but as a story of awakening — moving from hearing to seeing, from borrowed understanding to lived truth. If you have ever felt delayed, stuck, disconnected, or as though life was happening to you rather than through you, this session is an invitation to pause and ask a deeper question: Who am I becoming while I wait? Because perhaps what you're waiting for is also waiting for you. Temple of the Human Heart Love is the Doctrine. Compassion is the Practice. Awakening is the Work. Connect with the Temple: www.awakenandreturn.com (http://www.awakenandreturn.com/) info@awakenandreturn.com (mailto:info@awakenandreturn.com)

13. 

    16 May 2026

    When He Came to Himself | Identity, Conditioning & the Return Within

    In this Temple session, Yisra’El Apriale explores the deeper spiritual meaning behind Luke 15:17 — “And when he came to himself.” Through the teachings of Christ, the Apocryphon of John, and Romans 12:2, this message examines how many people lose themselves through survival, conditioning, religion, trauma, and performance. This sermon is a call to awaken from false identity, reconnect with the authentic self, and understand the deeper meaning of “the kingdom within.” A reflective teaching on remembrance, transformation, and returning home spiritually, emotionally, and internally.

14. 

    12 May 2026

    Seek Within: The Kingdom Is Already Here

    What if the thing you spent your entire life searching for was never outside of you to begin with? In this Temple of the Human Heart teaching, Yisra’el Apriale explores the connection between “Seek ye first the kingdom…” and “The kingdom of God is within you,” uncovering a deeper message about awakening, self-reconnection, and healing from spiritual disconnection. This is a conversation for anyone who has walked away from religion, questioned what they were taught, or felt exhausted by performance-based spirituality. Tonight’s message explores: returning to yourself after indoctrination why many people feel spiritually disconnected the difference between fear and awakening the prodigal son as a story of return reconnecting with the divine within This is not about perfection. It is about remembrance. Love is the doctrine. Compassion is the practice. Awakening is the work. Temple of the Human Heart

15. 

    4 May 2026

    You Walked Away From Religion...Now What?

    What happens after you walk away from religion? Not the polished version. Not the answers people give to pull you back in. The real experience—the silence, the questions, the uncertainty, and the unexpected realization that you don’t know where to stand anymore. In this first teaching from the Temple of the Human Heart, Yisra’el Apriale speaks directly to those who have stepped away from organized religion but are still searching for truth. This is not a call to return to systems that no longer feel aligned. It is an invitation to understand what that “something feels off” moment really was—and why it matters. Many of us were taught that questioning is dangerous. That doubt is a failure. That if something doesn’t feel right, the problem must be us. But what if that feeling wasn’t rebellion? What if it was awareness? This message explores the difference between God and what we were taught about God. Through reflection on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the lens of awakening found in both biblical and Gnostic traditions, this teaching begins to separate truth from conditioning. It gently challenges the idea that truth exists only outside of us and reintroduces the possibility that the first place truth speaks… is within. This is a space for those who have felt judged for asking questions. For those who were never given a safe place to explore their thoughts without correction. For those who walked away, not because they wanted to be lost—but because something in them knew there had to be more. The Temple of the Human Heart is not about performance, pressure, or perfection. It is about returning. Returning to your awareness. Returning to your voice. Returning to the part of you that was taught not to be trusted. In this message, you will: Understand why discomfort within religion is often a sign of awakening, not failure Begin to separate spiritual truth from learned conditioning Explore what it means to “return to yourself” as a spiritual path Be introduced to a different way of engaging sacred texts—through awareness, not fear Find language for an experience many feel but struggle to explain This is the beginning of a different kind of journey—one that does not ask you to abandon yourself in order to find truth, but invites you to come home to yourself as the starting point. If you are in the space between leaving and becoming… this message is for you. Join us every Sunday night as we continue the work of awakening—together.

Contact Temple of the Human Heart

Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.