Tag: devotion
Mantra, Devotion, and Grief – A Live Meditation Recording
In this live meditation recording, Sitaram Dass uses the mantra, SitaRam, as an anchor to bring our devotional heart into the presence of grief. In this way, we are reminded that our hearts are capable of holding the entire human experience. More meditations and workshop recordings are available on the SCP website here: https://sacredcommunityproject.org/education…
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Mindrolling Podcast
I was recently a guest on Be Here Now Network’s Mindrolling Podcast. It was a pleasure to chat with Raghu Markus about grace, non-dual devotion, Ram Dass, the Guru, Loving-Awareness, discriminating wisdom, and opening the heart. Check it out here Related Posts: One Mantra Festival Interview Stuart Watkins Podcast Message to Pandemos International Quantum Alignment…
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SītāRām
The way “Seeeee” stretches the lips to a smile, how “Taaaaaa” drops the jaw, and the eyebrows raise in delight. We often think of ecstasy as the pinnacle of pleasure, but it’s really a fierce melt into horror and bliss. And that’s just one moment in the river of sound, “Raaaaaaaaaa;” its alluring current swallows…
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Transformative Ecstasy
This is a collection of talks and chanting from an event, “Transformative Ecstasy: exploring the inner essence of the devotional mood,” that was recorded live on 9/28/19 in Arcata, CA. Hope you enjoy! Related Posts: Message to Pandemos International Quantum Alignment Podcast The Humboldt Lighthouse Podcast EartHeart Radio Interview
Recent Interview and Upcoming Retreat
Just yesterday I was on Shankara Das’s new show, “Eartheart Radio,” on KSKQ out of Southern Oregon, where we discussed the path of Love. Every week he showcases a different saint, and this week he highlighted Neem Karoli Baba. Pretty cool idea for a radio show if you ask me!
In other news, I’ll be joining my guru brothers in Kripa to co-lead a retreat in New Hampshire for the first weekend in October. More details here.
The Nectar of the Name- A Story about Kirtan, Lila, and the Hanuman Chalisa
“People don’t know- every line of the Hanuman Chalisa is a Maha Mantra” –Neem Karoli Baba Many of us have come to kirtan and felt inspired, felt our sorrows lifted, or even experienced a deep healing or surrender. These are beautiful experiences that are meant to be cherished, but they are also ultimately just initial…
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Psychedelic Awakening
These medicines will allow you to come and visit Christ, but you can only stay two hours. Then you have to leave again. This is not the true Samadhi. It’s better to become Christ than to visit him – but even the visit of a saint for a moment is useful. But love is the…
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Guru Kripa
It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external. -Neem Karoli Baba (Miracle of Love) For me, the Guru is how God becomes personal. The Guru shows me that God is not just an Eternal, Impartial, Truth, or even an All-Pervading Essence of Love, but is also…
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What’s in a Name?
They say that these are revealed Names, that ancient Rishis pulled these from the depths of consciousness and placed them in this world as gateways to that Infinite Abode. They say there is something invariably healing about these vibrations, that they melt the ego as they ripple through our being. They say that these Names…
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nirvanarupa
The word, “nirvāṇarūpaṃ,” rests in the first line of Tulsidas’s devotional poem, “Rudrāṣṭakam.” It is a compound word that means, “the form of nirvana.” It is referring to Lord Shiva, and the particular book I am reading translates it as, “eternal bliss personified.” That is a lovely translation, one that plays my body like a…
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