Be Here Now Network Guest Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In a stimulating talk on reincarnation, ego-death, and other dimensions, renowned Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee bridges this world and the next.

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This week, teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee returns to explore:

• The unknowable essence of death
• Lessons and instructions from the Upanishads
• Dying to the ego before we die to this physical world
• The transcendent dimension of our own being
• Having choice in the afterlife if one transcends their ego in their life
• How relationships with spiritual teachers can last lifetime after lifetime
• Reincarnation and unfinished spiritual lessons
• Journeying through other dimensions
• Death as a friend and destination
• How easy it is to be caught in the distortions of the world
• Learning the lessons of our individual souls
• Being surrounded by an all-embracing light

About Llewellyn:

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D. is a Sufi teacher in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order. He is the author of Sufism, the Transformation of the Heart, and the founder of The Golden Sufi Center. Check out his new podcast Working With Oneness.

“The further one travels along the spiritual path, the more life and death are intertwined. The mystery for me has always been how life covers over so much of our true nature, which

death reveals.” – Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

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Describing writing as an act of faith, author Anne Lamott offers a workshop on connecting to our inner longing for creativity.

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This week, Anne Lamott joins the BHNN Guest podcast to teach: 

• Following our creative lives and childhood callings
• Meeting our creativity half-way
• How all of us start at the beginning
• Making time for writing in our lives
• Figuring out what it is we want to write and making a list
• Owning everything that was done to us and everything we have seen
• Accepting that our first drafts will not be wonderful
• Why we should not worship perfectionism
• Finding a writing partner or local writing group
• Taking everything sentence by sentence
• Paying attention to ourselves and all that dwells within us

To read the poem Anne recites, Monet Refuses the Operation, click HERE.

About Anne Lamott:

Anne Lamott is the New York Times best-selling author of many books, including collections of essays, novels, and long-form non-fiction, including the classic writing manual Bird by Bird and child-rearing memoir Operating Instructions. In addition to being a novelist and nonfiction writer, Lamott is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Keep up with Anne on Instagram.

“Isn’t that amazing what is inside you that wants you to midwife it? It needs a doula. It needs you. It has no pens. It has no paper. It needs you to birth it. So here is what you do, you stop not writing.” – Anne Lamott

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Moving through the senses, JoAnna Hardy guides listeners in a meditation to acquire stillness of the mind.

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In this episode, JoAnna Hardy guides us through:

• The benefits of having clarity and a still mind
• The breath-body central focus
• Gaining self-trust
• Paying attention to the sounds and sights around us without assigning meaning
• Working the muscle of awareness
• Reengaging with the breath when the mind gets busy

This recording is from the Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center: Mindfulness for Educators.

About JoAnna Hardy: 

JoAnna Hardy is an insight meditation (Vipassanā) practitioner and teacher; she is on faculty at the University of Southern California, a meditation trainer at Apple Fitness+, a founding member of the Meditation Coalition, a teacher’s council member at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a visiting retreat teacher at Insight Meditation Society, and a collaborator on many online meditation Apps and programs. Her greatest passion is to teach meditation in communities that are dedicated to seeing the truth of how racism, gender inequality and oppression go hand in hand with the compassionate action teachings in Buddhism and related perspectives to social and racial justice. 

“It’s important that we start that way, with this breath-body central focus, to really collect, gather, and sustain the capacity of our mind to be more still. From that stillness, this really beautiful self-trust comes. We can trust ourselves more because we are not at the whimsy of that chaotic mind.” – JoAnna Hardy

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In this episode of the Be Here Now Guest Podcast, Nina Rao and Devadas Labrecque speak with Japna Tulsi about her film, Windfall of Grace, which details the story of Neem Karoli Baba.

Japna Tulsi is a keen spiritual traveler. She has a background in Rural Development and has worked as a consultant with various NGOs in the field of environment and sustainable livelihoods. Responding to a deep desire to fulfill her higher calling, she embarked on a film project on Neem Karoli Baba in August 2017 as an amateur filmmaker. The result is Windall of Grace.

Devadas Labrecque is a devotee of Mata Amritanandamayi, a kirtaniya, a composer, and an artist hailing from Brooklyn, New York. He leads kirtans throughout the world and has produced a wide variety of recordings, including Nina Rao's chant album, Antarayaami. 

Go to windfallofgrace.com now to stream the film today.

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On this episode of the BHNN Guest Podcast, Rev. Dr. Ron Bell and Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman Jr. share a conversation about the importance of giving yourself permission to be fully present in your trauma. 

Welcome to Trauma Tuesday – a Black and Brown curated space for healing and transformation in the midst of trauma. This is the first in a series of discussions between Rev. Dr. Ron Bell and Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman Jr. about the significance of taking a community approach to healing complex trauma. Catch more episodes of Trauma Tuesday on the Camphor UMC Youtube channel: Trauma Tuesday

Rev. Dr. Ron Bell is both a pastor and author. He is the senior pastor of Camphor Memorial UMC and a regular guest columnist for the Saint Paul Monitor. His latest book is The Four Promises: Journeying through Past and Present Trauma. 

Dr. Lenwood W. Hayman, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Behavioral Health Science in the School of Community Health and Policy at Morgan State University. As a teacher, Dr. Hayman offers radical love by working to inspire social-justice-minded scholars to critically analyze course content to develop a skillset for disrupting the incomplete narratives established about the communities from which they come.

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XO Higher Self podcast's, Bunny Michael, answers questions on fear, attachment, relationships, boundaries, & romancing our spirits into the unapologetic beauty of the wholeness of who we are.

Host of the XO Higher Self podcast, Bunny Michael, is a femme presenting non-binary rapper, actor, author, and visual artist best known for their Higher Self meme project on Instagram. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, HuffPost, Paper Magazine, Dazed and Confused, and Vice - where they host a digital show for the Broadly Channel called “Broadly Hotline.” Beyond their transformative books, Love Notes From You Higher Self, and, Me and My #HigherSelf, Bunny also played the role of Bea on Season 2 of HBO’s hit show, “High Maintenance.” Keep up with their upcoming projects at bunnymichael.com.

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Yoga innovator, Jocelyn Kay Levy, is joined by kirtan wallah, Nina Rao, to share Mothers' perspectives on spiritual practice, offering personal stories and advice from Siddhi Ma.

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Nina Rao welcomes Dena Merriam and Mirabai Starr for a conversation about Dena’s book, The Untold Story of Sita, and how the forces of Sita and Ram are still present in the world today.

Dena Merriam is a long-time meditation practitioner in the lineage of Kriya Yoga and the author of multiple books, including The Untold Story of Sita. Learn more about her at denamerriam.com.

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative nonfiction; her latest book is called Wild Mercy. Learn more about her at mirabaistarr.com. 

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Chris Bashinelli returns to the BHNN Guest Podcast for a fresh conversation with Daryl Davis about his process of shifting the perspectives of the white supremacists he engages with. 

Daryl Davis is a musician, bandleader, actor, author, and race relations expert. He is well known for his work with engaging Ku Klux Klan members, many of whom wind up shifting perspectives, and leaving and denouncing the KKK. Learn more about Daryl and all of his work at daryldavis.com. 

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Mingyur Rinpoche joins the BHNN Guest Podcast, sharing a dharma talk exploring meditation, open awareness, making friends with your problems, and overcoming the monkey mind.

Born in 1975, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a much-loved and accomplished Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher. From a young age, he was drawn to a life of contemplation. In addition to extensive training in the meditative and philosophical traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, Rinpoche has maintained a lifelong interest in Western science and psychology. Rinpoche currently teaches throughout the world, with centers on four continents. His candid and often humorous accounts of his own personal difficulties have endeared him to Buddhist and non-Buddhist students alike. Learn more about Rinpoche and find his worldwide teaching schedule at tergar.org.

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