Tag: Grace

I was a guest on the Peace Now Podcast, which explores “the relationship between meditation practice and addiction recovery. We’re interested in the pathways towards liberating change and transformation.” From the show notes: Today I’m talking with Sitaram Dass about meditation practice and grace. We explore a number of interesting topics that can help us…
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  New Year’s Day Podcast! I sat with Gary Haskins for his podcast, “The Conscious Perspective,” where we had a delightful discussion about Love, the relationship between free will and Grace, and Ram Dass’s continued presence in the world. Related Posts: Remembering Ram Dass: Death, Grief, and the Eternal Soul Be Where How? Podcast Mindrolling…
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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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Our kirtan group, Kripa, just released a new “Mix-Tape.” In honor of Ram Dass’s birthday, we will each be releasing a new song for each day of the week. You can listen to the album here My track just dropped today: The Guru Stotram is a river of Grace, an ever-flowing current to the heart…
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“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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If I were to pick one word that is central to my spiritual worldview, it would be Grace. And yet, I often find it to be the most difficult to talk about. It is profound as Truth and simultaneously problematic as a concept. It is a word that points to the deep nature of Reality and our soul’s relationship with God. But any explanation I can possibly think of is problematic if taken literally and applied inappropriately.

For instance, the words, “Everything is Grace,” can be either a soothing balm or a dagger to the gut depending on our understanding and application. They can be used to minimize danger, trivialize the suffering of others, or to spiritually bypass our own journey. They can also be that deepest reminder of our inherent OK-ness, even when our body, mind, and life circumstances are not OK.  They point us to the indestructible nature of Being, even in the face of death.

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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It doesn’t matter to me anymore what I even believe about this event. Over the years I have looked at this from all sides- Jungian depth psychology, set and setting, western esotericism, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism… The truth is, at my core, I am not so interested in beliefs. It doesn’t matter what I believe about…
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I love suffering. It brings me so close to God -Neem Karoli Baba These words have often been my lifeline when it feels like I can’t breathe. When the constriction from my own mind has cut me off from the world, and when I am unable to connect with anything or anyone outside of myself,…
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