Discussing her memoir, Lotus Girl, Helen Tworkov and Raghu talk about spiritual quests and experiencing a deeper reality.

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In this episode, Helen and Raghu talk about:

• Growing up with tyrannical parents
• How the iconic photo of Thich Quang Duc changed Helen’s life
• Being orientated to Asia through Psychedelics, out-of-body meditation experiences, and equanimity
• Raghu’s altered state through the music of John Coltrane
• How trying to understand her family lead Helen on a quest for reality
• Helen’s friendship with Charles Mingus
• Stories of the Dalai Lama
• Holding suffering without letting it define you
• Our capacity to feel many emotions at the same time
• Being accepting of whatever is in front of you in the moment

“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

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Reflecting on Gandhi’s principles, Raghu and Perry Garfinkel discuss sainthood, imperfection, and continued service to others.

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This time on Mindrolling, Perry and Raghu talk about:

• Bob Dylan, Jazz, and music as a portal
• Perry’s journey to India looking for Neem Karoli Baba
• Following the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi
• How sainthood does not mean you are enlightened
• Polarized views of Gandhi and controversy based on gender, race, etc.
• Acting out empathy in compassionate ways
• The six principles of truth, vegetarianism, non-violence, simplicity, faith, and celibacy
• Re-introducing Gandhi to the next generation
• Separating the idea of faith from any rigid religious dogma
• Trusting our own unique experiences

About Perry Garfinkel:

Perry Garfinkel is an author and has been a contributor to the New York Times since 1986, specializing in travel and cultural trends. A veteran journalist who has covered the overlap of East and West for more than thirty years for many major publications, he has been falling on and off the meditation cushion for just as long. He lives on Martha’s Vineyard. Visit him on his website and check out his book offerings HERE.

“My message in my book is that you do not have to become Gandhi, ridiculously disciplined. But, if you just turn the dial down or up in certain areas, life is about trying to improve yourself.” – Perry Garfinkel

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Discussing his memoir, Down for the Cause, Bruce “Badri” Margolin talks with Raghu about his work in drug reform and meeting Ram Dass, Tim Leary, and Neem Karoli Baba.

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This week on Mindrolling, Bruce and Raghu talk about:

• What propelled Bruce on his journey as a lawyer
• Bruce’s first marijuana defense case
• The Campaign to Abolition Marijuana Prohibition (C.A.M.P.)
• When Bruce received Be Here Now from his therapist
• Bruce’s travels through Greece, Ethiopia, India and more
• How Bruce met Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba in India
• Readjusting to the western world
• Bruce’s work in defending Tim Leary’s case

About Bruce Margolin:

Bruce Margolin is an American criminal defense attorney who specializes in marijuana and drug laws. Bruce defended Timothy Leary and is renowned for his work in Marijuana decriminalization. Since 1973, Bruce has served as the executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). He is also the writer of the Margolin Guide to Marijuana Law and Down for the Cause. Follow Bruce on Instagram.

“Bruce has had the blessing to take such a huge role in helping change one of the most draconian laws that has been in existence.” – Raghu Markus

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Reflecting on spirituality and synchronicity, Dr. Lisa Miller talks with Raghu about the capacity to have an awakened mind and heart.

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This time on Mindrolling, Dr. Lisa and Raghu talk about:

• Dr. Miller’s synchronistic connection with Ram Dass
• Identifying threads of lived, spiritual human life in clinical psychology
• Being born with the capacity to awaken
• Cultivating our relationship to the transcendent
• The difference between a spiritual experience and a fully integrated spiritual life
• An awakened heart and mind as a protective factor against despair
• The mental health epidemic in our country
• Trust and moments of unconditional love
• Radical love on Dr. Lisa’s journey to parenthood
• How suffering brings us closer to God

About Dr. Lisa Miller:

Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Columbia University, Teachers College, where she founded the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program in spirituality and psychology. She is also the Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality and Founder and Former Co-Editor of the APA journal, Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Dr Miller is the books The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child. Learn more about Dr. Miller on her website.

"No matter what religion we are born with or not born with, we are all born with a natural capacity in our brain to be in a transcendent relationship, number one, and number two, to feel power and love and guidance of that transcendent relationship as we turn towards one another.” – Dr. Lisa Miller

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RamDev, host of Healing at the Edge podcast, joins Raghu for a conversation on compassion and openness of the heart.

This week on Mindrolling, RamDev and Raghu discuss:

• RamDev’s background in mathematics and recognizing patterns
• How people in the West are not as embodied as in the East
• The first three chakras of fear, guilt, and shame
• Psychedelics and other dimensions of reality
• Going beyond separateness
• Compassion and non-dual practices
• Taming the monkey-mind
• Sub ek and quantum entanglement
• Stories about Maharaj-ji’s mystical existence
• Hope for the future and allowing our hearts to be vulnerable
• A meditation around inclusivity through compassion

About RamDev:

Dale Borglum is the founder and Executive Director of The Living/Dying Project. He is a pioneer in the conscious dying movement and has worked directly with thousands of people with life-threatening illness and their families for over 30 years. In 1981, Dale founded the first residential facility for people who wished to die consciously in the United States, The Dying Center. He has taught and lectured extensively on the topics of spiritual support for those with life-threatening illness, on caregiving as a spiritual practice, and on healing at the edge, the edge of illness, of death, of loss, of crisis. Check out RamDev’s podcast, Healing at the Edge, on the Be Here Now Network.

Learn more about The Living/Dying Project at livingdying.org

“In Buddhism, they say that when the mind is totally awakened, naturally arising compassionate activity occurs. You don’t have to try to be compassionate, you are compassion. Compassion is not even an emotion, it’s a state of openness of the heart in relationship to suffering.” – RamDev

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Tracy Cochran and Raghu talk about living our way to wisdom and being at home in ourselves through presence.

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In this episode, Tracy and Raghu chat about:

• Living our way to wisdom
• The knowledge that the world offers us
• Ram Dass and Fierce Grace
• Tracy’s experience being attacked
• Being seen with eyes of love and compassion
• The power of forgiveness
• Heartfulness and living within the truest parts of ourselves
• Courage and the willingness to be open

About Tracy Cochran:

Tracy Cochran is a writer and meditation teacher. She is the author of Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself, which is available on the Shambhala Publications website and on Amazon. She is the editorial director of Parabola, an acclaimed quarterly magazine that draws on the world’s cultural and wisdom traditions to explore the questions that all humans share. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today, O Magazine, New York Magazine, Boston Review, and in many book anthologies and podcasts. Learn more about Tracy on her website.

Get your copy of Tracy’s book, Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourself, HERE

“We have to live our way to wisdom…The world offers us so much, but it’s something we live our way into. We live our own stories, our own challenges.” – Tracy Cochran

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Psychedelic therapist and author Sean Lawlor chats with Raghu about shifting the paradigm through the healing power of psychedelics.

Pre-order your copy of Sean’s book, Psychedelic Revival, HERE

In this trip on Mindrolling, Sean and Raghu take us through:

• Sean’s awakening through psychedelics
• The inter-connectivity of all things
• Psychedelic assisted therapy
• Indigenous uses of plant medicine and music
• Stories of Maria Sabina’s sacred ceremonies
• Changing our negative habits and ways of being
• Trusting ourselves to follow our inner guide
• Recreational use versus spiritual use
• Historical trauma and polarization

About Sean Lawlor:

Sean is an author, therapist, and developer of online course content. He received his Masters of Fine Arts from Chatham University and completed a 3-year Master’s program in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling at Naropa University. Sean’s new book, Psychedelic Revival: Toward a New Paradigm of Healing, is currently available for preorder in print and digital formats. Learn more about Sean on his website.

“My most impactful and powerful psychedelic experiences have been outside of a therapy office and outside of a group, community kind of setting.” – Sean Lawlor

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Alex Tsakiris co-hosts Mindrolling with Raghu for a conversation on consciousness and the ethics of artificial intelligence.

In this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu and Alex talk about:

• A.I. and the potential for sentience
• Scientific experiments in meditation
• Transhumanist agendas in society
• The way in which greed, power, and fear is taking over our world
• The purity of motivation and a willingness to transform self-interest
• A logical perspective on consciousness
• Having faith in the world and taking positive action
• Truth as a powerful spiritual weapon
• Near death experiences and trying to comprehend the beyond
• Meeting beings who are beyond polarization
• Compassion Bot, a compassion based A.I.
• Wise hope and having positive intention without concern for results

About Alex Tsakiris

Alex Tsakiris is a successful entrepreneur turned science podcaster. In 2007 he founded Skeptiko, which has become the #1 podcast covering the science of human consciousness. Alex has appeared on syndicated radio talk shows both in the US and the UK. Alex is also the author of Why Science is Wrong…About Almost Everything.

“I don’t want A.I. ethics; I want human ethics. I don’t want A.I. compassion and community; I want human compassion and community.” – Alex Tsakiris

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