KARMIC RELIEF – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Dylan Townsend is calling it out. The world of spiritual satire seems to be growing everyday. My feeds are fed by jokes about the world of spirituality and new age, and look, I'm all for a good laugh. But if you're gonna come for spiritualgram you better have come out of the jungle baby. You better be able to connect Padmasambhava's teachings to Carl Jung's psychoanalysis. You better read the stars like a fortune cookie. And Dylan Townsend is just that. He left his home in Ireland for India to learn Yoga at 19 years old. He went to Venezuela to get to know plant medicine at 20. He's been ALL over this planet to learn and study under different spiritual traditions. And it is all culminating in his work in writing and film production on multiple new series headed for streamers soon. We cover a lot of ground! The interview starts with me contextualizing my book for a hot second... thank you, enjoy!

In this episode, we cover:

- The human-ness of the Bible

- Milarepa and multi-incarnation paintings of Thangka Buddhist paintings

- The Irish and US revolutions

- The brilliance of the film "Embrace of the Serpent"

- Being from Texas old school and the unique beauty of Austin, Texas

- Topanga Canyon as the Life Coach Capital of America

- Dylan's spiritual satire shows "Eden 2.0" and "Intentional"

- Fiction as the purest highest art form

- Back to Milarepa on the futility of this world, yet not being apathy

- Laozi on The Way vs. striving

- Everything in life is this moment

- Social media as antithetical to Buddhist self-defining

- "Prayer-formance" as the modern Pharisees vs. embodying wisdom deeply

- Social as content strategy vs. 'dear diary'

- The beauty of the availability of yoga and psychedelics nowadays

- The pejorative tone of "New Age"

- Dylan and Bob starting a new religion

- Astrology, the Eclipse, and transcending our astrological impacts

- And more

Connect with Dylan

https://www.instagram.com/dylan.p.townsend

www.dylantownsend.com

Instagram

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Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/7es7cjNdcSel032NLXr4wK?si=cf96e7379ab14052

Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/karmic-relief/id1515029592

More about Bob Peck

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Theme Music Scott Standley - "You Got It"

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Design by Paige Hasaballah & Bob Peck

https://deltavenus.art

Sameh Neseim is a certified mystic. He is certified, but that's not what I mean. His every step is a pilgrimage. His every breath is a meditation. I am continually blown away and inspired by my friend Sameh, an Egyptian-American who I met at Meta (then Facebook) back in 2019.

Sameh is a Spiritual and Mindfulness teacher, Self-Mastery Coach and Unity Prayer Chaplain. We met through being two global co-leads of Mindfulness@ Meta, our humble club of meditators within one of the largest conglomerates in the world. We were (and still are) the mystics in the machine. Sameh has since left FB and moved on to helping individuals and leaders out here in the wild.

In this episode, we cover:

- Corporate burnout leading to deliberate choice to change

- The connection between creativity and intuition

- Practical application of "my holiness envelops everything I see"... seeing the One in all including our workplace

- Intention of collaboration and sitting in the holiness of the present moment... detaching from proving anything, from the past and future

- Corporate as a beautiful environment to practice spirituality by dropping the need to be seen as right or important

- "You Are Enough"

- Going to our meditation practice with the intention to either be still and receive peace, or to receive specific inspiration for a project -- being specific! A morning meditation to get grounded for the day, an afternoon meditation on a creative project, and a nighttime meditation for rejuvenation and peace

- A Course in Miracles as a profound practical document for spiritual awakening, that the ego does not want you to read!

- When you want nothing of this world, you acknowledge your commitment to your own happiness

- Rumi helps us with pain and understanding the full experience of love and suffering

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Connect with Sameh at:

https://instagram.com/samehneseim

https://samehneseim.substack.com/podcast

Instagram

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Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/7es7cjNdcSel032NLXr4wK?si=cf96e7379ab14052

Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/karmic-relief/id1515029592

More about Bob Peck

https://www.linktr.ee/bobpeck

Theme Music Scott Standley - "You Got It"

https://www.scottstandley.com

Design by Paige Hasaballah & Bob Peck

https://deltavenus.art

Let's get de-programmed! Let's re-learn to trust ourselves. Abundance, and nonduality. The Creative Process, and Astrology, Yogananda, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Disappearance of the Universe.

Laurén Janelle Green is a force of nature. She is an ex social media manager, astrologer, intuitive, writer, speaker, entrepreneur, spiritual coach, and universalist philosopher. We met through showing up on each other's For You Pages on TikTok back in '22, and I have learned so much from her. Her upbringing made my work relevant for her spiritual path, and her work is constantly relevant to answering my questions in the continual unfolding.

Laurén does an incredible job uncovering our internal beauty, our unique gifts, to let us thrive. She coaches a select few humans to "build a brand from a divine feminine perspective, grow a soul-led online community, and or just heal." What a fantastic triplet of outcomes! Enjoy our conversation across the philosophical buffet line.

How to work with Laurén:

https://bio.site/laurenjanelleco

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Theme Music Scott Standley - "You Got It"

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Design by Paige Hasaballah & Bob Peck

https://deltavenus.art

Aubrey Marcus is a fellow Austinite, spiritual teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster, psychonaut, philosopher, poet, and Instagram archer. He is the founder of Onnit, a globally disruptive brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit remains an industry leader with products optimizing millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world. Aubrey currently hosts the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, a motivational destination for conversations with the brightest minds in athletics, business, mindset, and spirituality with over 100 million listens. He is the author of the NYT Bestselling book "Own The Day, Own Your Life" and has been featured on the cover of Men’s Health and other publications. He has also produced several documentaries including Awake In The Darkness, Dragon of the Jungle, Ayahuasca, and Huachuma. He is currently the visionary behind the donation based coaching platform Fit For Service which recently hosted the transformational music festival, Arkadia.

Almost a year ago, I was a guest on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast. I am still not completely sure how, but it was a series of synchronistic events that led to a "before and after" for my writing career. I had been on a podcast or two before that, but after the AMP release, I've been on dozens. Aubrey generously shines his megaton spotlight on the occasional up-and-comer like yours truly and I am grateful.

We have a lot in common. We both believe in the power of psychedelic plant medicine. We both appreciate wisdom from a wide variety of spiritual traditions, the interfaith mystics in particular. And we both believe that "original sin" is a big 'ol lie. I wanted to give Aubrey the opportunity to mythbust common misconceptions around spirituality and New Age, as well as a few criticisms I see about him--by people who don't him or know his work intimately. We had a great time and I hope you enjoy.

Catch all things AM at https://www.aubreymarcus.com

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Sitaram Dass spent several years serving his beloved teacher Ram Dass on Maui, where he was shown the path of Bhakti, the yoga of service and devotion to God. He is a writer, musician, counselor, and community volunteer working to strengthen our sense of the Timeless Sacred in today’s modern world. His new collection of prose and poetry, From and For God, is available now at all online retailers.

“Love Serve Remember .. are instructions from our own heart.”

Sitaram shares with us tales from Ram Dass’ final years, alongside lucid soulful discussions around service, vulnerability, perfectionism, and how the continual re-examination of faith is rooted in freedom.

His book recommendations are:

“Be Love Now” by Ram Dass

The books of Mirabai Starr

The Bhagavad Gita

“Paths To God” by Ram Dass

100% of the profits from From and For God (www.fromandforgod.com) go to Hanuman Maui, a 501(c)3 nonprofit continuing Ram Dass’s presence on Maui. The author donates 100% of his profits to Hanuman Maui, a 501(c)3 nonprofit continuing Ram Dass’s presence on Maui. Hanuman Maui upholds his teachings of love, service and devotion through the Hanuman Temple and Loving Awareness Sanctuary. https://www.hanumanmaui.org/

Half of those proceeds are specifically designated for Kripa’s service projects through the Sacred Community Project, a program under the direct fiscal sponsorship of Hanuman Maui. Kripa works to lower the barriers of access to contemplative and devotional practices through affordable, free, and donation-based offerings, spiritual support, and prison outreach. Learn more about Kripa and listen to their music at: https://kripa.guru

Learn more about Sitaram Dass and contact him at: https://sitaramdass.com

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Bringing the mountaintop to the here and now.  

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Esther Ladipo is a social impact inspiration. A proud Nigerian-American born in Columbus, Ohio, currently living in Austin Texas, Esther works at DoorDash on their Social Impact team, alongside being the cofounder and CEO of Ranowo.org, a donation platform supporting black and Latin-x nonprofits through donations of physical goods.

We talk about her early motivations for service. We untangle ‘social impact’ being a trendy term—how to keep it all sincere, transcend the critics, and make a legitimate impact where it matters. And we close out about her own conscious intention to get where she is today.

Check out Esther’s platform out and donate to a worthy local nonprofit: www.Ranowo.org

Her book recs are:

“The Midnight Library” by Matt Hague

“Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi

Now in our 13th month live, we share creative project updates and introduce a new regular member of our pod panel: Maggie Burke, a former Big Tech strategist who’s now at NewStoryCharity.org ending global homelessness. We also talk about our favorite episodes from the past year—from Bob’s endless demystifying of mysticism to Marcelo’s deconstruction of “COVID”, practical breathing tips from Marie to Ram Dass stories told by Jeremy… we’ve had no shortage of fascinating conversations… grateful for our new friends and for many more to come.

Heavy book recommendations list from the entire panel in this episode too:

“Clarity and Connection” by Yung Pueblo

“The Life of Yogananda” by Philip Goldberg

“The Surrender Experiment” by Michael A. Singer

“Return to Love” by Marianne Williamson

“No Mud No Lotus” by Thich Nhat Hanh

“Disappearance of the Universe” by Gary Renard

“The World Religions” by Huston Smith

The “Shadow and Bone” Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

“Braving the Wilderness” by Brene Brown

“The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”

“Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach

“The Places That Scare You” by Pema Chodron

“The Little Book of Philosophy” by DK Publishing

"Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West" by Daniel Ladinsky

“A Mind at Home with Itself” by Byron Katie & Stephen Mitchell

Aaron Jackson is the founder of PlantingPeace.org, a nonprofit he started fifteen years ago when he was 24 years old. His projects focus on a range of humanitarian and environmental initiatives, including a multi-national deworming campaign (they have successfully dewormed over 22 million starving children around the world); a network of orphanages and safe havens in developing countries (two orphanages in Haiti and two in India); LGBTQ rights advocacy, the Equality House and Transgender House; and rainforest conservation efforts in the Amazon.

The team listens to Aaron’s riveting stories detailing the extremely DIY-nature of his nonprofit’s humble beginnings. He started with one rental property in Haiti to house a few orphans, which led to smuggling deworming medication in backpacks, and eventually international recognition as a CNN Hero.

Donate to Aaron Jackson’s charity, Planting Peace, at https://www.plantingpeace.org

Follow more from Aaron at https://www.facebook.com/plantingpeace

Elizabeth Nelson aka @lzbth.ai is a psych major turned graphic designer from Austin, Texas. When she’s not designing, she enjoys learning about maritime disasters, digging through thrift shops, and talking herself out of buying more houseplants. She’s currently freelancing in New York City, beating off the quarantine insanity by going on lots of long walks.

“Existential crisis meets textbook diagram”, is Elizabeth’s bio, summarizing a lot about where she is right now after the pandemic completely upended her entire life plan. She transmuted this ‘floating consciousness’ into her design work, reaching new success in a new territory. We talk about using the creative process to help unravel our insecurities & vulnerabilities, and how crucial self-love is throughout it all.

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From the people who brought you “Too Poor for Canopy”, they’re here to start a revolution. Unknown Collective is an artist collective in Austin, Texas on a mission to connect the community to emerging art.

Marcella Colavecchio & Jair Piñeros are two of the collective’s co-founders, who talk to Bob & Ryan about emerging art in Austin—how they started painting, how they’re supporting local artists, and how to help them elevate extremely talented grassroots creatives. Marcella’s advice to aspiring artists hits any writers’ block reluctance powerfully: do the art that you love everyday.

We also happened to mention:

The horror films of Dario Argento

The sculptures & installations of Yayoi Kusama

That Basquiat documentary

“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
“The Dresden Files”

The novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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@_unknowncollective

@marcellaispainting

@inkcolor

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