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Escapades in Mind-Expansion and Cultural Misadventures. Mindrolling Podcast is about coming unstuck and the recent history of awoken awareness. It’s about the intersection of culture, consciousness and realization with Raghu Markus.
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June 28, 2024
<p><strong>Activist and mountaineer, Wasfia Nazreen, has an expansive talk with Raghu about her trek up the K2 peak and finding inner strength.</strong></p><p>This time on Mindrolling, Wasfia and Raghu explore: </p><ul><li>Connecting to Mother Earth</li><li>How abandonment taught Wasfia that education was her pathway to freedom</li><li>How moving to Georgia gave Wasfia a deep connection to the culture of the American South</li><li>The Tonglen meditation technique and taking away the pain of others</li><li>How Wasfia was magnetized to Tibetan Buddhism</li><li>Wasfia’s journeys as a mountain climber and the healing power of climbing</li><li>Revering mountains as the home of Gods and Goddesses</li><li>Dead Zones and trekking up dangerous summits</li><li>Wasfia’s connection to the Dalai Lama and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche</li></ul><p><strong>About Wasfia Nazreen:</strong></p><p>Wasfia Nazreen is best known for being the only Bangladeshi and first Bengali in the world to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountains of every continent. She is also the only woman to hold the simultaneous titles of National Geographic Explorer & Adventurer. An outspoken activist since her late teens, her passion has always been driven by causes close to her heart. A human-rights activist, an environmentalist, a writer, educator, pilot, and producer – Wasfia wears many hats, all of which are grounded in strong foundations of meditation and self-realization practices. Learn more about her and follow her many adventures on her <a href="https://www.wasfianazreen.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>website</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WasfiaNazreen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wasfianazreen/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Instagram</strong></a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/wasfia?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></p><p><strong><em>“Ultimately, we are our own teachers, we are our own gurus, and we’re all here on our own individual karmic path, and what are we doing with it?” – Wasfia Nazreen</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>
June 21, 2024
<p>OG Mindroller David Silver reunites with Raghu to discuss the themes of consciousness and spirituality that lie at the heart of Hermann Hesse's literary work.</p><p><strong>This week on Mindrolling, David Silver connects with Raghu over: </strong></p><ul><li>Inspiration from Hermann Hesse</li><li>The book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Siddhartha-Novel-Hermann-Hesse/dp/0553208845" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Siddhartha</a> and embarking on a spiritual search</li><li>Descents into decadence and an attachment to the material world</li><li>Embracing everything that is in front of us</li><li>Comparing lessons from Ram Dass and Hermann Hesse</li><li>The inevitability of suffering</li><li>How World War II likely influenced Hesse’s understanding of suffering and isolation</li><li>Living on more than one plane of consciousness</li><li>The book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steppenwolf-Novel-Picador-Modern-Classics/dp/1250074827" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steppenwolf </a>and Carl Jung’s conceptualization of the shadow</li><li>Fear and owning up to ourselves</li><li>Raghu’s experience at the <a href="https://garchen.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Garchen Buddhist Institute</a></li><li>The problem with media and accessing constant information</li><li>Assuming an altruistic perspective</li></ul><p><strong>Learn more about Herman Hesse </strong><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hermann-Hesse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a><strong> and check out <em>The Marginalian</em> </strong><a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p><p><strong>About David Silver:</strong></p><p>David Silver is the former co-host of the Mindrolling podcast. He is a filmmaker and director, most recently coming out with Brilliant Disguise. Brilliant Disguise tells the unique story of a group of inspired Western spiritual seekers from the 60s, who in meeting the great American teacher, Ram Dass, followed him to India to meet his Guru, Neem Karoli Baba, familiarly known as Maharaji. Two days before he left his body, Maharaji instructed K.C. Tewari to take care of the Westerners, which he did resolutely until the day he died in 1997. K.C. Tewari—in the guise of a headmaster of a boys school in the foothills of the Himalayas—was secretly a High Yogi, frequently able to go into altered states of trance, known as Samadhi, at any moment.</p><p><strong><em>“Hesse’s novels created for me a world that I aspired to but didn’t understand in any way at that time, in the sixties. It just fitted in with the flashes of wisdom that would come with an acid trip.” – David Silver</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>
June 14, 2024
<p>Discussing her memoir, <em>Lotus Girl</em>, Helen Tworkov and Raghu talk about spiritual quests and experiencing a deeper reality.</p><p><strong>Get your copy of <em>Lotus Girl</em> </strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lotus-Girl-Crossroads-Buddhism-America/dp/1250321557" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p><p>In this episode, Helen and Raghu talk about: </p><ul><li>Growing up with tyrannical parents</li><li>How the iconic photo of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail,_Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c_self-immolation_%28cropped%29.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thich Quang Duc</a> changed Helen’s life</li><li>Being orientated to Asia through Psychedelics, out-of-body meditation experiences, and equanimity</li><li>Raghu’s altered state through the music of John Coltrane</li><li>How trying to understand her family lead Helen on a quest for reality</li><li>Helen’s friendship with Charles Mingus</li><li>Stories of the Dalai Lama</li><li>Holding suffering without letting it define you</li><li>Our capacity to feel many emotions at the same time</li><li>Being accepting of whatever is in front of you in the moment</li></ul><p><strong><em>“At the time, I had no understanding that that kind of break with reality could be an entry into a deeper reality that was very true.” – Helen Tworkov</em></strong></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>
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