Raghu Markus is currently the Executive Director of the Love Serve Remember Foundation and has been an associate producer for on-line and television events for Ram Dass and Oprah Winfrey as well as Eckhart Tolle. Raghu is the host of Mindrolling, a podcast “about coming unstuck and the recent history of awoken awareness. It’s about the intersection of culture, consciousness and realization.” (adapted from beherenownetwork.com)
In this episode, Raghu shares reflections on the transformative power of John Coltrane, how he first met Ram Dass, and the lasting importance of wonder.
Raghu Markus is the Executive Director of the Love Serve Remember Foundation and host of the podcast, Mindrolling. You can learn more about Raghu and his podcast at beherenownetwork.com/category/raghu-markus.
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EPISODE SHOW NOTES
Books and Resources Mentioned
- FREE Online Retreat (Dec 2 – 4, 2016) with Ram Dass, Krishna Das, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield and more
- Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
- Be Here Now by Ram Dass
- Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba Told Through the Stories of the Westerners Whose Lives He Transformed by Parvati Markus
- Luminous Emptiness: Understanding the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Francesca Fremantle
- Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
- Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
- Morning Phase by Beck
People
- Duncan Trussell
- Ram Dass
- Krishna Das
- Love Serve Remember Foundation
- Mindrolling Podcast
- Be Here Now Network
- Jack Kornfield
- Sharon Salzberg
- Ramdass.org
- Allen Gingsberg
- John Coltrane
- Timothy Leary
- Richard Alpert
- Neem Karoli Baba Maharaji
- Alan Watts
- Lama Surya Das
- His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Chögyam Trungpa
- Kalu Rinpoche
- Daniel Goldman
Contemplative Practices (28m45s)
- Vipassana Meditation
Drinks Pairings
- Celery Juice
Highlights
5m50s How does the term ‘contemplative’ relate to you?
7m05s How did you get started on this contemplative path?
13m14s Raghu tries to articulate the experience of meeting Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba Maharaji
14m36s Have you had another awakening experience with other teachers?
20m45 Raghu shares about his relationship to wonder
25m45s What do you recommend young people do or read as they seek to carve a way in this world?
28m45s Explanation of Vipassana Meditation
30m What are you currently reading?
31m45s What are you listening to now?
32m42s What drink would you recommend to go with this conversation?
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