by Science and Nonduality
Sounds of SAND is a podcast from Science and Nonduality which contemplates and reveres the beauty, complexity, pain, and great mystery that weave the infinite cycles of existence. We explore beyond ultimate truths, binary thinking, and individual awakening while acknowledging humanity as a mere part of the intricate web of life. Episodes tap into SAND’s rich history and collaborative future by presenting talks, dialogs, interviews, readings, music, and recordings from SAND Conferences, events, and webinars weaving timeless wisdom and embodied experience. Let’s listen, learn, and share. ➡️ Find out more at scienceandnonduality.com 💌 Reach out to us at [email protected]
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June 27, 2024
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://rupamarya.org/">Dr. Rupa Marya</a> discusses her work at the intersection of medicine, health, land, and justice. She explains the concept of deep medicine, which looks at the health impacts of colonialism and colonial capitalism and emphasizes the need to address the root causes of illness.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Rupa Marya is a physician, activist, writer, and composer at UC, San Francisco. Her work intersects climate, health, and racial justice. As founder of the Deep Medicine Circle and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition, she's committed to healing colonialism's wounds and addressing disease through structural change. Recognized with the Women Leaders in Medicine Award, Dr. Marya was a reviewer for the AMA's plan to embed racial justice. Governor Newsom appointed her to the Healthy California for All Commission to advance universal healthcare. Also a musician, she's toured 29 countries with her band, creating what Gil Scott-Heron called "Liberation Music”. Together with Raj Patel, she co-authored the international bestseller, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links and Resources:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://rupamarya.org/">RupaMarya.org</a></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.deepmedicinecircle.org/">Deep Medicine Circle</a></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/inflamed-deep-medicine-and-the-anatomy-of-injustice-rajeev-charles-patel/15041972?ean=9780374602512"><em>Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice</em></a> by Raj Patel & Rupa Marya<br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_Colonialism"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Discourse on Colonialism” by Aimé Césaire</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2023/11/01/medicine-palestine-israel-hospital"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Deep Medicine of Rehumanizing Palestinians” by Dr. Rupa Marya & Ghassan Abu-Sitta</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://whereolivetreesweep.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where Olive Trees Weep</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (film)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where Olive Trees Weep</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - </span><a href="https://we.scienceandnonduality.com/offers/xJQ3eMU2/checkout"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Conversations on Palestine</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgZDDW-NXDE"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Work for Peace” by GIl Scott Heron</span></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topics:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:00 - Introduction</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">02:01 - Meeting Dr. Marya</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">06:31 - Shallow vs Deep Medicine</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">11:58 - Balancing Deep Medicine and Immediate Health Crises</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">15:28 - Essential & Integrative of Medicine</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">19:48 - Media Narratives Around Health</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">25:32 - Colonialism & Healthcare</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">30:51 - Dehumanization</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">36:16 - The Power Mind Virus</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">40:19 - Imagining What’s Possible</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">44:16 - Narratives Supporting Genocide</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">50:46 - Heaviness, Hopefulness & Listening</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">53:37 - Protest Music in the Era of Big Media</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">56:01 - Closing</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support the mission of SAND and the production of this podcast by becoming a <a href="https://45ta.short.gy/join-sand-podcast">SAND Member</a>.</span></p>
June 20, 2024
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Muslim Spirituality Illuminating the Path to Freedom: </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">An exploration of how the spiritual heart of the Islamic tradition can inspire and fuel contemporary struggles for liberation, justice and humanity.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through their unique lens, this panel of visionaries modeled how spiritual life is not an escape from systemic injustice, but a revolutionary process which strengthens our collective capacity to transform unjust realities. They discuss Islam’s deepest essence and the spiritual fortitude to remain anchored in the commitment to truth, beauty and universal human flourishing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s episode is a live talk as part of the <a href="https://whereolivetreesweep.com/event/">World People’s Premiere of 21 days of conversations on Palestine</a> with the release of the film <a href="https://whereolivetreesweep.com/"><em>Where Olive Trees Weep</em></a> by SAND. Today’s talk is entitled Dancing in the Fire: Muslim Spirituality Illuminating the Path to Freedom with Farah El-Sharif, Ayesha Kajee, Seemi Bushra Ghazi and hosted by Daniel Foor.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This talk is part of a package of talks that includes the 21 days of conversation with leading historians, spiritual teachers, trauma therapists, poets, artists, and more, plus extended interviews from the film, a live Q&A with Dr. Gabor Maté and Ashira Darwish from a live screening in Oakland, CA, a film discussion guide, and six community conversations on Palestine.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To find out more about <a href="https://we.scienceandnonduality.com/offers/xJQ3eMU2/checkout">purchasing</a> this package and supporting the mission of SAND and the film, visit <a href="https://whereolivetreesweep.com/">WhereOliveTreesWeep.com</a>.<br></span></p> <p><strong>Dr. Farah El-Sharif</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a writer, educator and research scholar. She received her PhD from Harvard University where she specialized in West African intellectual Islamic history. She earned degrees from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and served as Associate Director of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University, where she is currently a Visiting Scholar. Her writings have appeared in CNN, Newlines, and Muftah. Read more of her work on her Substack [email protected]</span></p> <p><strong>Ayesha Kajee</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a human rights and governance consultant based in Johannesburg, Ayesha Kajee has conducted research across much of sub-Saharan Africa, and has observed elections and peace processes in several countries. Her published research and opinion-analyses appear in various academic and news media, and she is often called upon by media houses for comment on topical issues. She was previously the founding director of the International Human Rights Exchange program at Wits University in Johannesburg, where she also lectured in Politics and International Relations. Ayesha briefly directed South Africa’s Freedom of Expression Institute before leaving full-time work to care for an invalid parent. She now works on a freelance basis. Her focus areas include transitional justice, media and media rights, African political economy, gender justice, migration and environmental rights.</span></p> <p><strong>Seemi Bushra Ghazi</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is lecturer in Classical Arabic at the University of British Columbia, specializes in Islamic literature, culture, and spirituality. A student in the Rifai Marufi lineage, she performs traditional Islamic arts, including Qur'anic recitation featured on BBC, CBC, NPR, and PBS. Her work appears in "Approaching Islam: the Early Revelations" and "A New Encyclopedia of Islam." Born in London and of South Asian origin, Ghazi studied at prestigious institutions in the U.S. and Middle East. Deeply involved in interfaith work, she hosts a monthly Unity Dhikr in Vancouver and is a founding board member of the Rumi Society and Vancouver Interspiritual Centre Society. Her expertise spans Islam, gender, and cross-cultural understanding</span></p> <p>Daniel Foor<span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a doctor of psychology, experienced ritualist, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. He is a practicing Muslim and initiate in the Òrìṣà tradition of Yoruba-speaking West Africa who has also learned from Mahayan Buddhism and the older ways of his English and German ancestors. Daniel was a U.S. Fulbright scholar in Cairo, Egypt as a student of Arabic language, and he is passionate about generational healing and training leaders and change makers in the intersections of cultural healing, animist ethics, and applied ritual arts. He lives with his wife and daughters near his adoptive home of Granada, Spain in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.ancestralmedicine.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.ancestralmedicine.org</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sumud: </span><a href="https://muftah.org/2024/05/16/sumud-as-a-key/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://muftah.org/2024/05/16/sumud-as-a-key/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topics:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">0:00 - Introduction</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">01:27 - Daniel Foor's Introduction</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">07:27 - Farah El-Sharif</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">21:17 - Ayesha Kajee</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">33:51 - Seemi Bushra Ghazi</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">47:45 - Closing Statements</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support the mission of SAND and the production of this podcast by becoming a <a href="https://45ta.short.gy/join-sand-podcast">SAND Member</a>.</span></p>
June 13, 2024
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hadar Cohen shares her deep connection to her Middle Eastern Jewish ancestry and the intertwining of mysticism and activism in her work. She discusses the complexity of her Arab Jewish identity and the impact of colonialism on the narrative of Arab Jews. Hadar also delves into the weaponization of trauma and the need for a multi-religious, secular society in a free Palestine. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including the concept of Zionism, the intersection of science and spirituality and her Jewish Mysticism School.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.hadarcohen.me/">Hadar</a> is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist. She teaches spirituality and Jewish mysticism at <a href="https://www.malchut.one/">Malchut</a>, a mystical school teaching direct experience of God. She was born and raised in a Sephardic Jewish home in Jerusalem, a city she is still lovingly devoted to. Her ancestral roots span the Middle East, from 10 generations in Jerusalem and with additional lineage roots in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq and Iran. Throughout her life she has traveled between Jerusalem and the US, bridging the Levant with the West. Connect with Hadar’s writings on <a href="https://hadarcohen.substack.com/">Substack</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topics:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:00 - Introduction</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">02:52 - Ancestral Lineage</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">10:04 - Arab Judaism </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">17:42 - Colonialism and Spiritual Division</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">21:15 - Zionist, Trauma, and the Empire Mind Virus</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">30:01 - Vision for a Secular Multi-religious Palestine</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">33:49 - Science and Spiritually in Arab Culture</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">40:28 - Modernity and Religion</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">49:51 - Malchut Mysticism school</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">55:37 - Upcoming Retreats</span></li> </ul> <p><br><span style="font-weight: 400;">Support the mission of SAND and the production of this podcast by becoming a <a href="https://45ta.short.gy/join-sand-podcast">SAND Member</a></span></p>
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