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#23 Songs of Gaia: Monica Gagliano [Encore]
25 juli 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
Monica Gagliano is a research associate professor in evolutionary ecology and former fellow of the Australian Research Council. She is currently based at Southern Cross University, where she directs the Biological Intelligence Lab funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own “voices” and detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. Her work has extended the concept of cognition (including perception, learning processes, memory) in plants. Her latest book is Thus Spoke the Plant (North Atlantic Books, 2018). Lees meer
monicagagliano.com
Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness
“Can Plants Talk?” in The New York Times
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#93 Feminine Resistance in Palestine: Ashira Darwish & V
11 juli 2024 · 1 uur 5 min
In this episode we present excerpts from the recent conversation (June 2024) between Ashira Darwish & V as part of SAND’s “Conversations on Palestine” around the premiere of the film Where Olive Trees Weep hosted by the directors of the film and co-founders of SAND, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Lees meer
https://whereolivetreesweep.com/
You can watch this full conversation and 22 others. SAND has created a program with leading historians, spiritual teachers, trauma therapists, poets and performers to complement the themes explored in the film and provide a larger historical, cultural and social context to the plight of the Palestinian people.
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In this conversation, prepare to be moved and inspired by the stories of Palestinian women's sumud (steadfast perseverance) against the violence of occupation, patriarchy and dehumanization. Their narratives expose how colonial occupation is a gender-based crime inextricable from the repression of female self-determination. This conversation promises to be a tribute to the unbreakable spirit of Palestinian mothers who nurture profound love, clandestine schoolhouses, and revolutionary consciousness — even when all they have is the sanctity of their wombs.
Ashira Ali Darwish worked for 15 years as a TV & Radio journalist and researcher in Palestine for the BBC, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. She is the founder of Catharsis Holistic Healing, a trauma therapy project pioneering a type of Sufi active meditation which draws its roots from ancestral and Indigenous knowledge. Her personal healing journey from full body paralysis with a severed spinal cord in 2012 has given her a deep insight into the process of recovery and healing. In 2021, she received the “ISABS Honours” from the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science for her contribution to positive societal transformation.
V (formerly Eve Ensler) is the Tony Award-winning playwright, activist, performer, and author of the Obie award-winnin…
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#92 Gaza & the Bodhisattva Path: Gabor Maté & Tara Brach
4 juli 2024 · 56 min
In this episode we present excerpts from the recent conversation (June 2024) between Dr. Gabor Maté and Tara Brach as part of SAND’s “Conversations on Palestine” around the premiere of the film Where Olive Trees Weep hosted by the directors of the film and co-founders of SAND, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Lees meer
You can watch this full conversation and 22 others. SAND has created a program with leading historians, spiritual teachers, trauma therapists, poets and performers to complement the themes explored in the film and provide a larger historical, cultural and social context to the plight of the Palestinian people.
Purchase Conversations on Palestine
In this conversation, Gabor Maté and Buddhist teacher Tara Brach explored the harrowing situation in Gaza through the Bodhisattva path. They discussed the meaning of spirituality in the face of injustice and suffering, questioning the silence of many spiritual leaders regarding the Gaza crisis. Drawing from the Bodhisattva commitment to alleviate all beings’ suffering, they emphasized the importance of compassion, solidarity, and engaged spirituality in addressing the oppression and trauma faced by the Palestinian people. Their conversation served as an invitation to reassess our spiritual practices and embody the Bodhisattva spirit today, encouraging active solidarity with the suffering.
We appologize for any audio distortions from this conversation. This episode was recorded live on Zoom with some bad connection sounds throughout.
Gabor Maté, M.D. is a specialist on trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development. After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. Gabor is also the cre…
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#91 Decolonizing Healthcare: Dr. Rupa Marya
27 juni 2024 · 58 min
Dr. Rupa Marya discusses her work at the intersection of medicine, health, land, and justice. She explains the concept of deep medicine, which looks at the health impacts of colonialism and colonial capitalism and emphasizes the need to address the root causes of illness. Lees meer
Dr. Rupa Marya is a physician, activist, writer, and composer at UC, San Francisco. Her work intersects climate, health, and racial justice. As founder of the Deep Medicine Circle and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition, she's committed to healing colonialism's wounds and addressing disease through structural change. Recognized with the Women Leaders in Medicine Award, Dr. Marya was a reviewer for the AMA's plan to embed racial justice. Governor Newsom appointed her to the Healthy California for All Commission to advance universal healthcare. Also a musician, she's toured 29 countries with her band, creating what Gil Scott-Heron called "Liberation Music”. Together with Raj Patel, she co-authored the international bestseller, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice.
Links and Resources:
RupaMarya.org
Deep Medicine Circle
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice by Raj Patel & Rupa Marya
“Discourse on Colonialism” by Aimé Césaire
“The Deep Medicine of Rehumanizing Palestinians” by Dr. Rupa Marya & Ghassan Abu-Sitta
Where Olive Trees Weep (film)
Where Olive Trees Weep - Conversations on Palestine
“Work for Peace” by GIl Scott Heron
Topics:
00:00 - Introduction
02:01 - Meeting Dr. Marya
06:31 - Shallow vs Deep Medicine
11:58 - Balancing Deep Medicine and Immediate Health Crises
15:28 - Essential & Integrative of Medicine
19:48 - Media Narratives Around Health
25:32 - Colonialism & Healthcare
30:51 - Dehumanization
36:16 - The Power Mind Virus
40:19 - Imagining What’s Possible
44:16 - Narratives Supporting Genocide
50:46 - Heaviness, Hopefulness & Listening
53:37 - Protest Music in the Era of Big Media
56:01 - Closing
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#90 Dancing in the Fire: Farah El-Sharif, Ayesha Kajee, Seemi Bushra Ghazi & Daniel Foor
20 juni 2024 · 1 uur 7 min
Muslim Spirituality Illuminating the Path to Freedom: An exploration of how the spiritual heart of the Islamic tradition can inspire and fuel contemporary struggles for liberation, justice and humanity. Lees meer
Through their unique lens, this panel of visionaries modeled how spiritual life is not an escape from systemic injustice, but a revolutionary process which strengthens our collective capacity to transform unjust realities. They discuss Islam’s deepest essence and the spiritual fortitude to remain anchored in the commitment to truth, beauty and universal human flourishing.
Today’s episode is a live talk as part of the World People’s Premiere of 21 days of conversations on Palestine with the release of the film Where Olive Trees Weep by SAND. Today’s talk is entitled Dancing in the Fire: Muslim Spirituality Illuminating the Path to Freedom with Farah El-Sharif, Ayesha Kajee, Seemi Bushra Ghazi and hosted by Daniel Foor.
This talk is part of a package of talks that includes the 21 days of conversation with leading historians, spiritual teachers, trauma therapists, poets, artists, and more, plus extended interviews from the film, a live Q&A with Dr. Gabor Maté and Ashira Darwish from a live screening in Oakland, CA, a film discussion guide, and six community conversations on Palestine.
To find out more about purchasing this package and supporting the mission of SAND and the film, visit WhereOliveTreesWeep.com.
Dr. Farah El-Sharif is a writer, educator and research scholar. She received her PhD from Harvard University where she specialized in West African intellectual Islamic history. She earned degrees from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and served as Associate Director of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University, where she is currently a Visiting Scholar. Her writings have appeared in CNN, Newlines, and Muftah. Read more of her work on her Substack sermonsatcourt@substack.com…
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#89 Arab Jewish Mysticism: Hadar Cohen
13 juni 2024 · 1 uur
Hadar Cohen shares her deep connection to her Middle Eastern Jewish ancestry and the intertwining of mysticism and activism in her work. She discusses the complexity of her Arab Jewish identity and the impact of colonialism on the narrative of Arab Jews. Hadar also delves into the weaponization of trauma and the need for a multi-religious, secular society in a free Palestine. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including the concept of Zionism, the intersection of science and spirituality and her Jewish Mysticism School. Lees meer
Hadar Cohen is an Arab Jewish scholar, mystic and artist whose work focuses on multi-religious spirituality, politics, social issues, and community building. She is the founder of Malchut, a spiritual skill-building school teaching Jewish mysticism and direct experience of God. She teaches and consults in a variety of settings and formats, from one-on-one coaching to online group classes and in-person retreats. Her podcast, Hadar’s Web, features community conversations on spirituality, healing, justice, and art. Hadar is a 10th-generation Jerusalemite with lineage roots also in Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq and Iran. Subscribe to her Substack for access to her latest writings, offerings, and media appearances. hadarcohen.me or malchut.one. // @hadarcohen32
Topics:
00:00 - Introduction
02:52 - Ancestral Lineage
10:04 - Arab Judaism
17:42 - Colonialism and Spiritual Division
21:15 - Zionist, Trauma, and the Empire Mind Virus
30:01 - Vision for a Secular Multi-religious Palestine
33:49 - Science and Spiritually in Arab Culture
40:28 - Modernity and Religion
49:51 - Malchut Mysticism school
55:37 - Upcoming Retreats
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#88 Where Olive Trees Weep: Premiere
6 juni 2024 · 5 min
Today, June 6, 2024, we’re celebrating the release of SAND’s new film Where Olive Trees Weep. And to celebrate the launch of the film, we welcome you to Donate and Watch the film by visiting WhereOliveTreesWeep.com. Lees meer
Donating to watch the film will also enroll you in a 21-day online event called “The World People’s Premiere” which happening online from June 6-27 with conversations, music, poetry, and . And you can donate to watch the film and sign up to watch all the conversations with speakers such as, Ashira Darwish (star of the film), Dr. Gabor Maté, Angela Davis, V, Daniel Foor, Dareer Tatour, Ilan Pappé, Michael McBride, Mona Haydar, Norman Finkelstein, Pir Zia Inyat Khan, Neta Golan, Tara Brach, and directors of the film, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Whom we also interview on episode #86 if you want to hear more of the story and vision on the film.
The film gives background to the current crisis in Israel/Palestine and brings to light the lives of people we met on our 2022 journey in the occupied West Bank. Their universally human stories speak of intergenerational pain, trauma and resilience. We hope they touch your heart, stir compassion and understanding, and give rise to a pursuit for justice. For without justice, peace remains an empty slogan.
Cinema can be a powerful force for change. Our aim is, beyond mere education, to truly move hearts and minds and inspire audiences to echo the calls for freedom, equality and dignity that have gone unanswered for far too long.
The film is our modest contribution towards our dream for an end to the occupation in Palestine, the attainment of equal rights and fair treatment for Palestinian people, and the spreading of healing for all intergenerational cycles of trauma in the region.
https://whereolivetreesweep.com/
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#87 Cultural Stories & Mysticism of Gaza: Haneen Sabbah
30 mei 2024 · 58 min
A recording of excerpts from a live SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo from Apr 20, 2024. Lees meer
Storyteller Haneen Sabbah, a Palestinian Falahi woman and mother from Gaza, guided us through an experience of the vibrant and thriving place Gaza once was, before it became a pile of rubble. She transports us to the rich history and culture of this region through her enchanting drumbeats, meditations, and songs.
In this episode, we explore the connections woven into the very name "Gaza" غزة, unveil layers of history, traditions, and symbolism that this ancient land carries, discover the deep ties between land and people, and are reminded of the resilience that has sustained them through decades of challenges.
We share a vision of a once-again thriving and free Gaza.
Haneen Sabbah, a Palestinian Falahi woman now based in southern Portugal, is a writer at We Are Not Numbers and Global Voices, and an organizer, singer and storyteller at heart. She also teaches Arabic online to Israeli Activists and Jews who want to connect to their Arabic roots.
Having left Gaza in 2018, she moved to a community where she learned peace work and non-violent communication, which helped her advocate for nonviolent resistance with the Palestinian people. Shining a light on Palestinian culture with songs, food and stories, she is part of a dream circle of Palestinian and Israeli women who work toward supporting peace and the protection of life. Believing in the importance of inner healing for collective liberation, she leads a guided movement meditative practice. Her work is rooted in love.
Topics
0:00 - Introduction
04:30 - The Place of Gaza
18:50 - Stories from Gaza's Past
29:50 - "Halalaya" A Song from Haneen
34:50 - A Story of Haneen's Friends in Gaza
41:28 - Life in Diaspora
45:24 - Ways to Support Gaza
48:51 - Final Poem from Haneen
Visit WhereOliveTreesWeep.com for more information about SAND’s new film on Palestine
Also mentioned in this episode is SA…
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#86 SAND’s New Film on Spirituality in the Face of Injustice: Zaya & Maurizio Benazzo
23 mei 2024 · 48 min
In this episode with filmmakers, producers, and founders of Science & Nonduality (SAND) Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo discuss their new film, Where Olive Trees Weep, which explores the impact of colonialism and intergenerational trauma on indigenous cultures, particularly in the occupied West Bank and Palestine. The film serves as a call to action for spiritual activism and aims to amplify the voices of those affected by oppression and injustice. The 21-day release of the film is accompanied by conversations, music, and poetry to provide a more holistic experience for viewers entitled World People's Premiere June 6–27, 2024. Lees meer
Their aim is, beyond mere education, to truly move hearts and minds and inspire audiences to echo the calls for freedom, equality and dignity that have gone unanswered for far too long. This film hopes to inspire a dream for an end to the occupation in Palestine, the attainment of equal rights and fair treatment for Palestinian people, and the spreading of healing for all intergenerational cycles of trauma in the region.
Visit WhereOliveTreesWeep.com for more information, to join the premiere, and to share in the vision.
Zaya Ralitza Benazzo is a producer and a film director born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is the co-founder of the nonprofit organization SAND. She has produced and directed several award-winning documentaries including The Wisdom of Trauma, The Art of Life, Rays of the Absolute, America's Chemical Angels, and Wings and Strings.
Maurizio Benazzo grew up in Genova, Italy. At an early age he began actively traveling the spiritual path, exploring the practices of Zen Buddhism, Transcendental Meditation, Yogic philosophy, Catholicism and Philosophy. He has experience in all aspects of production both in front of and behind the camera, including acting, directing, cinematography, and distribution.
Topics
00:00 - Introduction
03:58 - The Path towards the Olive Trees
08:42 - History with Spiritual Activism
13:14 - The Realit…
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#85 In Our Bones: Osprey Orielle Lake
16 mei 2024 · 52 min
Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network, International (WECAN). She works nationally and internationally with grassroots, Indigenous and business leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a clean energy future. Osprey is Co-chair of International Advocacy for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and the visionary behind the International Women's Earth and Climate Summit, which brought together 100 women leaders from around the world to draft and implement a Women's Climate Action Agenda. She teaches international climate trainings and directs WECAN’s advocacy work in areas such as Women for Forests, Rights of Nature and UN Forums. She has served on the board of the Praxis Peace Institute and on the Steering Committee for The UN Women’s Major Group for the Rio+20 Earth Summit. Awards include the National Women’s History Project Honoree, Taking The Lead To Save Our Planet, and the Woman Of The Year Outstanding Achievement Award from the California Federation Of Business And Professional Women. Osprey is the author of the award-winning book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature. Lees meer
Her new book is The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis
Topics:
00:00 — Introduction
08:05 — Path to the Book
14:42 — Moderns and Ancient Science
20:24 — Integrative and Interconnected Ways Forward
25:28 — Gaza and the Polycrisis
35:28 — Composting Cultural Toxins
42:00 — Remembering How to Listen
45:40 — Stories of Resilience
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#84 Grieving in Community: Mirabai Starr & Mona Haydar
9 mei 2024 · 1 uur 3 min
A recording of excerpts from a live SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Lees meer
In these times of unbearable anguish, as the already beleaguered Palestinian community is being massacred and starved before our astonished eyes, our own grieving flows into the sea of human suffering and we remember that we belong to each other.
Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her latest book, WILD MERCY: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, was named one of the “Best Books of 2019”. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.
Mona Haydar is a young Muslim Syrian-American poet, musician, workshop leader and speaker who gained global recognition through her “Ask A Muslim” project and the viral hip-hop music video “Hijabi (Wrap My Hijab).” Her debut EP “Barbarican” addresses global patriarchy, orientalism, immigration policy, white supremacy, and suicide. A Master’s graduate in Theology from Union Theological Seminary, Mona speaks at churches, synagogues, universities and international forums, engaging audiences on art, Islam, feminism, hip hop, theology, and interfaith dialogue.
Topics
00:00 — Introduction
06:52 — Mirabai’s Introduction
16:42 — Mona’s Introduction
21:06 — Interfaith Teachings on Grief
32:40 — Islamic Teachings on Grief
41:58 — The Grief of Loss
50:11 — Closing Prayer
55:58 — Song from Desiree Dawson & Mona Hayder
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Also mentioned in this episode is SAND’s Fundraiser to help relocate a family from the Genocide in Gaza.
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#83 Taoist Inner Alchemy: Mattias Daly
2 mei 2024 · 58 min
Mattias Daly is Taoist practitioner and a professional translator with a degree in acupuncture and a master’s in Chinese Literature. He was inducted into the Longmen lineage of Complete Reality Daoism by Abbess Liu of the Three Purities Monastery in Jilin province, China in 2013. He primarily translates for the National Palace Museum in Taipei and the Chinese Taipei PEN quarterly. Lees meer
His new translation of Taoist Inner Alchemy: Master Huang Yuanji's Guide to the Way of Meditation by Ge Guolong and Huang Yuanji is out now on Shambala Publications.
Topics:
04:42 — Core Principle of Taoism
10:59 — Path of Taoist Inner Alchemy
15:11 — Metaphor of Alchemy
22:44 — Energies of Inner Alchemy
27:09 — Chan Buddhism
35:36 — Physical Components of Inner Alchemy
43:45 — Importance of Heart Practice
45:15 — Navigating the Polycrisis
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#82 From Wounds to Wholeness: Peter A. Levine
25 april 2024 · 59 min
A recording of excerpts from a SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Lees meer
Trauma has a severe impact that extends far beyond the individual survivor. It ripples through families, communities, and generations in ways both seen and unseen. Yet there is a path forward — through courageously sharing our stories and tapping into the body’s innate wisdom.
In this episode, Peter openly shares his own courageous journey to resolve severe childhood trauma, by using the very techniques he developed. He shows a pathway whereby giving voice to our stories can help reclaim our dignity, wholeness, and ignite an inner spark of healing.
Peter A. Levine, Ph.D., is the renowned developer of Somatic Experiencing. He holds a doctorate in Medical and Biological Physics from the University of California at Berkeley and a doctorate in Psychology from International University. The recipient of four lifetime achievement awards, he is the author of several books, including Waking the Tiger, which has now been printed in 33 countries and has sold over a million copies.
His new book is An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey
Topics:
00:00 — Introduction
02:43 — Writing the new Autobiography
09:05 — Uncovering Layers of Trauma
19:52 — Trauma & Intimate Relationships
26:20 — Meeting Albert Einstein & Past Life Trauma
34:00 — Relationships with Parents
43:00 — Connections to Ancient Traditions
50:10 — Indigenous Healing Practices
57:12 — Closing
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Also mentioned in this episode is SAND’s Fundraiser to help relocate a family from the genocide in Gaza.
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#81 Ecology of Care: DRĖĖĖMY
18 april 2024 · 1 uur 6 min
Reem (DRĖĖĖMY) Abdou is a native Egyptian international interdisciplinary sound artist, embodiment and meditation guide, curator, cultural worker, and community building founder of the inclusive global impact agency for women+ & BIPOC holistic artists: The Collective BAE. As an intentional DJ and spoken word poet, her work harnesses music, movement, and meditation to activate real shifts at the intersection of transformational creativity, social and healing justice, and ecosystem consciousness. Lees meer
Links:
www.dreeemy.com
instagram.com/dreeemy
www.collectivebae.com
Upcoming projects:
Join The BAE (RE)MEMBERSHIPS: An Ecology of Care for Conscious Creatives. We'll be launching a full training course this May.
The release of the 2nd EP: SALTWATERS in the Mother & Water project. It will be released this May.
Topics:
00:00 — Introduction
03:00 — Ancestry & Dream work
06:45 — Communities
11:19 — Bass Yoga
17:19 — Gradients & Binaries
23:17 — Ecologies of Care
32:33 — Sacred Activism
36:51 — Post-COVID Shift
45:31 — Egyptian Lineage
53:44 — Upcoming Projects
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#80 Awaking Hope: Rev. Deborah L. Johnson
11 april 2024 · 1 uur
Rev Deborah L Johnson (Rev D) is a dynamic organizer, strategist, facilitator, public speaker, and
spoken word artist, known for her ability to bring clarity to complex and emotionally charged
issues with humor and compassion. As an organizational consultant specializing in cultural
diversity, she serves the public, private, non-profit, and military sectors. Her clients have
included, MCA Universal, ATT, Apple Inc, Hewlett Packard, Kaiser Permanente, US Coast Guard
Academy, Ford Foundation, SBC Communications, UCSF, Prudential, and Kodak. Rev Deborah is
a successful co-litigant in two landmark civil rights cases in California. The first resulted in the
inclusion of sexual orientation in the state’s Civil Rights Bill in 1984 setting a national precedent,while the second staved off repeal of the state’s Domestic Partnership in 2005. For her social justice work, she has been featured in numerous books and films including Showtime’s Jumpin’ The Broom and has received many lifetime achievement awards including induction into the Board of Preachers at the MLK Jr. Chapel of Morehouse College. Lees meerRevD's Upcoming Courses:
Yes to Oneness
The 6-session “YES to Oneness” workshop is preventative medicine for divisiveness. Guided by divine downloads from my books The Sacred YES and Your Deepest Intent, we’ll go on a spiritually transformative experience.How to Depolarize
The 3-session “How to Depolarize” workshop provides diagnostic techniques and treatment plans for divisiveness. It is an interactive skills building practicum based on my 40+ years as a movement organizer, corporate DEI consultant, spiritual leader, and successful co-litigant in two landmark civil rights cases. This workshop expands upon the concepts I recently presented at Harvard Divinity School.Topics:
0:00 — Introduction
2:51 — Reconnecting Post-Pandemic
4:29 — Keeping Hope Alive
7:41 — On Nonduality
12:27 — Balancing Social Justice
19:59 — Everything is in Vibrations of Possibilities
25:58 — Inter…
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#79 Restoring Wholeness: Richard Schwartz
4 april 2024 · 49 min
A recording of excerpts from a SAND Community Gathering hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Lees meer
Trauma has a way of separating us from parts of ourselves. Painful experiences cause protective parts to take over, isolating our inner wounds in an effort to help us survive. Yet, avoiding our emotional injuries rarely leads to true healing.
In this conversation, Internal Family System (IFS) founder Richard Schwartz outlined how to transform our relationship with the wounded parts holding our unresolved injuries.
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, is the creator of Internal Family Systems, a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic model that de-pathologizes the multi-part personality. His IFS Institute offers training for professionals and the general public. He is currently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and has published five books, including No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model. Dick lives with his wife Jeanne near Chicago, close to his three daughters and his growing number of grandchildren.
Topics:
00:00 – Introduction
02:00 – Intro to Internal Family System (IFS)
16:48 – IFS work with Maurizio
29:16 – Ancestor and Legacy Work
38:12 – Altered States of Consciousness in IFS Work
44:20 – Exiled Parts That Become Cultural Patterns
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#78 The Crisis in Gaza: Gabor & Daniel Maté
28 maart 2024 · 1 uur 25 min
In this episode we bring you excerpts from an online SAND Community Gathering with Gabor and Daniel Maté hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo from February 2024. Also present in this episode is Betsy Polatin offering guided meditation and grounding exercises as everyone navigates these difficult conversations. Lastly SAND presenter Deran Young ends the episode with a question on Racialized Trauma. Lees meer
You can watch the full video conversation here
No statement, no words can speak to the immense suffering, devastation and horrendous humanitarian crisis intensifying in the Middle East. The current tragedy awakens existential fear, acute grief and deep despair. It also creates a rift among friends and families. Many are in a state of deep shock and in need of support, and the obstacles to communicating with loved ones only intensify the anguish.
In this Q&A session, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel discussed ways to listen and communicate across different perspectives and narratives.
Gabor Maté, M.D. is a specialist on trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development. After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. Gabor is also the creator of a psychotherapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, now studied by thousands of therapists, physicians, counselors, and others in over 80 countries.
Daniel Maté is a composer, lyricist, and playwright for musical theatre based in BC and New York. He has been active since 2007, when he graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing. He also holds a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy from McGill.
Daniel received the prestigious Edward Kle…
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#77 Regenerative Medicine: Mauro Zappaterra
21 maart 2024 · 1 uur 10 min
Mauro Zappaterra obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard Medical School. He completed his PhD doing work with neuronal stem cells and the effects of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in brain development and in the adult. He is published in numerous scientific articles on the CSF and his work was chosen as the cover image for the prestigious Neuron Journal. He was also featured in the New England Journal of Medicine in teaching medical students about living with life threatening diseases and in Psychology Today on an article titled “Joy: The art of loving life." Lees meer
Topics:
0:00 — Introduction
2:14 — Mauro’s Background
9:37 — Exploring Holistic Medicine at Harvard
17:31 — Evidence Based Medicine
19:00 — Sound and Light Therapy
24:10 — Day to Day Practice
28:22 — Chronic Pain
45:08 — Frontiers of Alternative Healing
54:10 — CSF Guided Meditation
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#76 Land, Lineage & Resisting Genocide
14 maart 2024 · 1 uur 32 min
"This is a spiritual test, this is a spiritual war, as much as it is a material one. People say, ‘As above, so below.’ How we are interfacing with the physical realities of this moment, the ways that we are leveraging our daily energy are either making us complicit with life's desecration or helping us to affirm life and the spirit of resistance. The battle that we are in is right now!"
— Layla K. Feghali on the violence in Gaza, Sounds of SAND, Ep. #76 Lees meerWe are now over four months into a worsening genocide in Gaza — with over 30,000 murdered and over 2 million now enduring military-enforced famine enacted by Israel, the US, and their global allies. There is no way a 90-minute teaching can impact the depth of sorrow, injustice, betrayal, and state-sponsored violence unfolding in Palestine. And yet, we share a moral obligation to resist the life-desecrating forces at work.
In this gathering, our three guests share of their personal attempts as Earth-honoring ritualists and educators to embody core values and take tangible action in a time of genocide.
Calls to Action to Support these GoFundMe Campaigns:
SAND’s GoFundMe to help Amina & her family
Layla Feghali’s connection to Ahmed Al Munirawi’s campaign
Layla Feghali’s connection to Reem Shaheen’s campaign
Guests:
Daniel Foor is a doctor of psychology, experienced ritualist, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. He is a practicing Muslim and initiate in the Òrìṣà tradition of Yoruba-speaking West Africa who has also learned from Mahayan Buddhism and the older ways of his English and German ancestors. Daniel was a U.S. Fulbright scholar in Cairo, Egypt as a student of Arabic language, and he is passionate about generational healing and training leaders and change makers in the intersections of cultural healing, animist ethics, and applied ritual arts. He lives with his wife and daughters near his adoptive home of Granada, Spain in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Moun…
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#75 Love-With-Justice: Omid Safi
29 februari 2024 · 1 uur 20 min
This SAND Community Gathering was recorded live on February 10, 2024 with Omid Safi and SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurzio Benazzo. Lees meer
For the full video version of this conversation, please visit: https://scienceandnonduality.com/event/love-with-justice/
Omid Safi is a scholar of the Islamic mystical tradition of Radical Love and serves as a professor of Islamic studies at Duke University. Ten times nominated for professor of the year awards, Omid has published extensively on the foundational sources of Islam and Sufism. He has authored Memories of Muhammad and Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition. He has offered the annual Martin Luther King lecture and appeared as an expert on Islam in the New York Times, Newsweek, Washington Post, Al-Jazeera, PBS, NPR, NBC, BBC and CNN.
Omid teaches online courses on Muslim mysticism and has his own podcast Sufi Heart. He also offers spiritually oriented contemplative journeys and retreats for the general public. Information about the books, podcast, courses, and tours can be found at illuminatedcourses.com.
SAND’s Helpful Resources on Israel/Palestine
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Topics:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:37 – Sufi Prayer and Omid’s Bio
00:06:44 – Setting a Context for the Discussion
00:22:32 – ”Whataboutism”
00:34:56 – Teachings from the Heart
00:46:38 – Balancing Love, Fear, and Righteous
00:59:19 – Responses from Spiritual Teachers on Gaza
01:10:36 – Remembering Mother Earth
01:14:42 – Letting Go of “You and I” / Nonduality
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#74 Engaged and Aspirational Bodhicitta: Lama Tsomo
22 februari 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
Lama Tsomo is a spiritual teacher, author, and co-founder of Namchak Foundation and Namchak Retreat Ranch, which preserves and shares Tibetan Buddhist practice in accessible, contemporary ways. Under the tutelage of Tulku Sangak Rinpoche, international holder of the Namchak lineage, Lama Tsomo has done extensive spiritual retreats in the U.S. and abroad and is fluent in Tibetan. Today, she is dedicated to sharing the teachings of the Namchak lineage with Western students, bringing greater happiness and meaning to life through meditation practice, community, and retreat. She is passionate about reaching young people and supporting those working for positive social change. Lees meer
Lama Tsomo holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology and is the author of Ancient Wisdom for Our Times: Tibetan Buddhist Practice Series and coauthor of The Lotus & the Rose: A Conversation Between Tibetan Buddhism & Mystical Christianity and the Taking a Breath meditation journal.
Links:
Namchak Website
Saving Each Other Together Project
Four Immeasurables Retreat
Namchak’s Instagram
Deepening Our Feeling for “Us”: Lama Tsomo from SAND19
Music from Today's episode:
Chenrezig Sadhana – Tibetan Vajrayana Mantra Meditation
Now I Walk In Beauty Libana- Fire Within
Now I Walk in Beauty (sheet music)
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
2:58 – Lama Intro Story and Path to Buddhism
8:13 – Major Schools of Buddhism in the U.S.
10:35 – Balancing Mindfulness & Compassion
16:45 – The Predictions of Guru Rinpoche
24:45 – The Importance of Mantra
25:53 – The One Ocean
32:13 – Sharing in Sangha in Mantra
37:49 – Chenrezig / Avalokiteśvara chanting practice
50:53 – Working Skillfully With Equanimity
54:19 – The Importance of Sangha
58:57 – Aspirational and Engaged Boddhicitta
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#73 Bloodlines: Sulaiman Khatib, meital yaniv & Rae Abileah
15 februari 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
From a SAND Community Gathering in January 2024. Lees meer
You can watch the full video of this Community Gathering here: scienceandnonduality.com/event/bloodlines/
As many of us grapple with feelings of disillusionment, outrage, impotence and grief at the horrendous tragedy unfolding in Gaza, we gathered as a SAND community for an intimate conversation with meital yaniv, an ex-israeli soldier / ex-zionist fighter and Sulaiman Khatib, Palestinian co-founder of Combatants for Peace.
With meital and Souli reflecting on their personal journeys of loss and transformation, we uncovered ancestral legacies of trauma and coping, belonging and indoctrination, individual and collective grief, awakening, and resilience. Their dialog was facilitated by Rae Abileah, a Jewish faith leader, social change strategist, and writer. Through sharing our stories, and engaging in open and compassionate conversation, may we find collective healing.
Sulaiman Khatib is the Co-Founder of Combatants for Peace. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he has been recognized internationally for his contributions to promoting peace, social justice and equality for all. In 2006, he co-founded Al-Qud’s Association for Democracy and Dialogue, a program which works with youth in order to create effective and sustainable projects focusing on the promotion of peace, democracy and civic participation in the Palestinian Territories. For the last twenty years, he has been a committed advocate for peace in the Middle East and an active member of various programs aiming to promote a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He is the author of In this Place Together.
meital yaniv was born into a sephardic and ashkenazi lineage of in/famous war heroes and pillars for the state of israel, meital is the author of bloodlines, an epic and intimate dive into the israeli apartheid regime from the perspective of an ex-israeli/ex-zionist soldier. In the book, meital yaniv traces their paternal family narrative …
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#72 Ancestral Song: Vuyi Qubeka
6 februari 2024 · 1 uur 15 min
Vuyi Qubeka is a seer, artist, multidimensional storyteller, & a transformative healing practitioner whose work is anchored by the wisdoms of indigenous knowledge systems and unconditional love. Lees meer
Vuyi considers herself a SoulSongSage and creates a container for individuals to remember the song of their soul through identifying the blockages keeping them from expressing their true nature by re-patterning childhood conditioning and trauma. Vuyi weaves together sound, ceremony, movement, visual art, and prose to conjure memory, activate healing and inspire truth seekers, creatives & pioneering leaders from all walks of life. Her work explores both feminine wisdom & the Mother Mind while confronting individual, familial & collective traumas, with a focus on sexual trauma, for our shared restoration.
Vuyi offers one-on-one soul healing sessions, storytelling & speaking immersions, rites of passage ceremonies, retreat facilitation, workshops and explorative collaborations. Vuyi's long term intention is to create a rehabilitation oasis for child trafficking survivors, a home within nature where small people can restore their innocence, joy, dignity and reclaim their essence.
Website: www.vuyiqubeka.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/vuyiqubeka/
Email: vuyiqubeka@gmail.com
Topics:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:11:54 – Shamanism
00:17:39 – Ancestors
00:20:52 – Healing with Sound
00:22:11 – Connection with Nature
00:24:46 – The Authentic Self
00:30:14 – South Africa and Gaza
00:34:14 – Vuyi’s Message to Gaza
00:39:39 – ”Don’t Die with Your Music Still Inside You”
00:42:21 – TED Talk Excerpt
00:50:44 – We Are the Song
00:53:42 – ”Ancient Dreams” (AxisZulu Natural Mix) by Vuyi Qubeka
01:01:16 – Coming Up for Vuyi
01:13:12 – ”Moon Chant” by Vuyi QubekaSupport SAND by Becoming a Member
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#71 Beyond Algorithms: Edward Frenkel
1 februari 2024 · 1 uur 24 min
Join us for a conversation with Edward Frenkel, mathematician, Berkeley professor and author of the international bestseller Love and Math, as we explore the nature of reality and the fallacy of the naive ideas of determinism and computationalism. Drawing on the landmark achievements of modern mathematics and quantum physics, Frenkel makes the case that consciousness is not computational, that intuition and imagination cannot be captured by algorithms. Lees meer
A regular presenter at the SAND conferences, Frenkel has long argued that the debate about the capabilities and dangers of artificial intelligence can be traced to the question “Who am I?” Hence it creates an opportunity for us to go deeper on the path of self-inquiry. To facilitate this process, it is essential to let go of the misconceptions of the science of the 19th century and to update our worldview with the paradigms of the science of the 21st century. A mind-expanding dialogue about the Infinite nature of consciousness, limits of knowledge, and the alchemy of transformation.
Edward Frenkel is a professor of mathematics at University of California, Berkeley, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and winner of the Weyl Prize in Mathematical Physics. He is the author of the international bestseller Love and Math which has been published in 19 languages.
Links
Website
YouTube
Edward’s SAND 2014 Talk
Edward’s SAND 2015 talk
Brian Grene’s interview quoted in this conversation
Robert Sapolsky’s interview
Jerome Feldman’s article about the incompleteness of current theories of neural computation
Edward’s article “AI Safety: A First-Person Perspective“
Topics:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:04:36 – Journey to Mathematics
00:11:06 – Pythagoras
00:17:15 – Going Against Dogma
00:19:15 – First-Person Perspective
00:22:12 – Dogmas in Modern Science
00:36:47 – Kurt Gödel
00:40:58 – Agency and Free Will
00:58:20 – On AI
01:07:44 – Brain and Consciousness (with Peter Russell)
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#70 Jungian Black Holes: Timothy Owen Desmond
25 januari 2024 · 57 min
Without form, without figure, without resemblance am I; Lees meer
Vitality of all senses, in everything I am;
Neither attached, nor released am I;
I am Consciousness, I am Bliss, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.
—Adi Shankara, Nirvana Shatakam, Hymns 3–6
Timothy Owen Desmond, aka Tod, is a philosopher and author. He majored in Philosophy and Political Science at Boston College University. Dedicated to a life of study, his unconventional path led to a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religion from CIIS. Desmond explores the intersections of holographic string theory and Jungian psychology, detailed in his 2018 book, Psyche and Singularity. In 2023, he launched an online course, "Immortality and the Unreality of Death," integrating insights from Joseph Campbell and Ernest Becker.
Tod’s Course: Immortality and the Unreality of Death: A Hero’s Journey Through Philosophy, Psychology, and Physics
Takeaways:
The intersection of Jungian psychology, physics, and string theory offers a comprehensive understanding of the nature of reality.
Near-death experiences and mystical experiences provide insights into the ultimate nature of existence.
Plato's cave allegory and archetypes reveal the shadowy nature of the material world and the existence of higher forms.
String theory and the holographic principle suggest that the universe is an inside-out black hole, and information is recorded on a two-dimensional surface.
The concept of psyche as a singularity implies that each individual is a point of infinite density and contains the entire universe within.
Exploring these ideas can lead to a deeper understanding of reality and the nature of consciousness. Understanding the eternal nature of the soul can help address the fear of death.
Belief in God and performing heroically for God is important for the development of the human psyche.
The journey towards singularity involves a ladder of understanding that leads to a belief in the ultimate idea of the good.
Future explorations in physics, philo…
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#69 Rethinking Attachment Towards Relational Wholeness: Linda Thai
18 januari 2024 · 55 min
While Attachment Theory has offered many valuable insights, its foundations reflect certain limiting assumptions. Originally formulated based on white, Western nuclear family structures, Attachment Theory is rooted in White cis-het settler-colonizer patriarchal paradigms that hyper-emphasise dyadic relationships within a nuclear family. Yet we humans participate in relationships far beyond just our early caretakers. Lees meer
Many of us feel profound connections across generations – to ancestors, spiritual traditions, and cultural lineages. We also bond deeply with the living world around us, from animals and plants to rivers and forests. And in today’s complex global society, our close relational circles extend to friends, chosen families, and communities near and far.
When we experience trauma, secure attachment with a handful of early caregivers alone cannot suffice to heal our deep relational wounds. We need a more expansive vision – one that engages the full web of relationships anchoring our lives. The connections we share run far deeper than any one theory can capture.
What would it mean to reconceptualize secure attachment more holistically? How might embracing the relational richness of our multi-layered lives help transform isolation into belonging?
These are some of the questions we will explore with Linda Thai, mental health clinician, storyteller, and educator.
Topics:
00:00 – Introduction
01:20 – Orienting
07:45 – Linda's Journey
15:50 – Attachment Theory
22:00 – Grief
31:21 – Song at the Heart of Healing
47:40 – Ancestry
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#68 Listening Heart: Katie Gray
11 januari 2024 · 1 uur 4 min
"If we knew how important it is to listen, to listen to our hearts, to listen to our loved ones, to birds, to animals… it’s the ability to listen that reconnects us to the all, the great spirit”
—Katie Gray Lees meerKatie Gray is an author, singer, counselor, and elder caregiver devoted to helping people connect with feeling, presence and Self awareness. Inspired and compelled by her own self-recovery from a 17 year addiction to food and bulimia, Katie utilizes the gift of her voice and wisdom to help others unravel from shame, insecurity and suffering. Her work, The Empowered Heart, is a methodological approach that helps assist people through the process of identifying and healing emotional wounds and is the basis of understanding that infuses her work as an author, counselor, and facilitator.
Her new book is The Empowered Heart Guidebook
Topics:
00:00 – Introduction
03:08 – Connecting with SAND
07:03 – Listening
10:54 – Path to the Empowered Heart Guidebook
16:40 – Writing Process
19:34 – Circular Map
26:24 – The Rhythm of the Path
32:24 – Rushing Towards Solutions
40:20 – Remembering The Heart
48:38 – Healing in Community
53:22 – Empowered
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#67 The Dreaming Path: Uncle Paul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon
4 januari 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
Join SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo in conversation with Aboriginal elders and authors Uncle Paul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon for a colorful community conversation, “On the Dreaming Path,” where we’ll explore some of the profound teachings shared in their latest book. Lees meer
"Uncle" Paul Callaghan is an award-winning author and accomplished speaker. He has qualifications in a very diverse range of disciplines and a PhD in creative practice. He is also an Aboriginal story teller from the land of the Worimi people who has spent many years “out bush” listening and learning. He has life experience in many industries, Aboriginal culture and heritage and Aboriginal community services.
"Uncle" Paul Gordon is a Ngemba man. Born in Brewarrina, he grew up on the Barwon River in Northwestern New South Wales, Australia. Since 1983 he has spent most of his time with the Old Men learning about country and lore. Uncle Paul has dedicated his life to teaching and working with communities throughout Australia to support learning through lore and culture. For the past 15 years, he has been leading camps and workshops for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to reconnect to culture. As a traditional knowledge holder and custodian of Aboriginal lore, he continues to share as part of his obligation to thousands of years of Aboriginal culture.
The underpinning foundation of the book is his journey through depression and the role Aboriginal culture, spirituality and philosophy had in not only enabling him to recover, but also empowering him to live life by his truth rather than everybody else’s expectations. The book has a number of exercises and models based on his experience aimed at assisting people from all walks of life to build the courage and skills to live a life of purpose, choice and wellbeing. You will find it is a combination of styles including textbook, self help, Aboriginal history, Aboriginal philosophy, Aboriginal spirituality and an autobiography of his journ…
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#66 Silent Light
21 december 2023 · 1 uur 33 min
Welcome to the Sounds of SAND podcast and our final episode of the year. Today we present an Anthology episode culling poetry, song, talks and conversations from this podcast as well as Science and Nonduality conferences and events from the past decade. Lees meer
As the world around us quiets down and a blanket of stillness descends, we find ourselves at the heart of an ancient cultural and spiritual celebration – the winter solstice. People through out time have revered this moment of deep winter for its mystical powers of regrowth, healing, and hope that it’s always darkest before the light returns.
Indeed many ancient civilizations noticed that the days were getting longer in the days just after the Winter Solstice. They celebrated the coming of longer days, the return of the sun in ancient Greece and Rome, Pagan religions and even the birth of Jesus in the Christian Religion all occurring in late December.
These days with the polycrises of environmental collapse, cultural fragmentation, economic inequality and the brutal violence of wars in places like Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan we are all entangled in the dark blanket of shared grief.
We’ll hear from SAND speakers like Maya Luna, Lama Rod Owens, Gabor Mate, Adyashanti, Mirabai Star, and Michael Meade who touch into themes of the dark night of the soul, silence, and a prayer for light to return to our collective consciousness.
You can find the full list of speakers with timestamps in the Topics section.
Please join us and settling in as we take a sonic journey as the season of silence is upon us. If you’re listening in the Southern part of the world, where the long days of summer are now expanding, I hope this episode finds you when deep winter arrives in June.
Thank you for listening and being the shared light of awareness.
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TOPICS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:04:44 – Joan Tollifson
00:09:42 – Pamela Wilson
00:16:48 – Adyashanti & Gabor Maté
00:2…
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#65 Emptiness & Grief: Francis Weller
14 december 2023 · 52 min
A live recording from a recent SAND Community Gathers (Sept. 2023) hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo (co-founders of SAND). Along with their guest, Francis Weller, they explore themes of emptiness, individualism, self-help, separation, religion, belonging, relationality, and Francis's deep work with grief. Lees meer
Francis Weller, MFT, is a psychotherapist, writer and soul activist. He is a master of synthesizing diverse streams of thought from psychology, anthropology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures and poetic traditions. Author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief; The Threshold Between Loss and Revelation, (with Rashani Réa) and In the Absence of the Ordinary: Essays in a Time of Uncertainty, he has introduced the healing work of ritual to thousands of people. He founded and directs WisdomBridge, an organization that offers educational programs that seek to integrate the wisdom from indigenous cultures with the insights and knowledge gathered from western poetic, psychological and spiritual traditions.
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Episode Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
4:00 – Emptiness & Individualism
9:00 – Religion & The Original Trauma
13:43 – Self-help & Separateness
18:22 – Belonging
23:46 – Grief & Emptiness
28:57 – Rationality vs. Relationship
34:32 – Joy & Grief
44:20 – Buddhism & Emptiness
46:48 – Guided Meditation from Francis
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#64 AI & the Global Brain: Peter Russell
7 december 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
Peter Russell is on the faculty of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a fellow of The World Business Academy and The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest, and President of Science and NonDuality. Lees meer
In 1982 he coined the term "global brain" with his 1980s bestseller of the same name in which he predicted the Internet and the impact it would have.
Peter Russell Interviews his AI Clone
Peter’s new book, Forgiving Humanity: How the Most Innovative Species Became the Most Dangerous
Peter’s Course on SAND, Enjoying Meditation
Topics:
00:00 – Introduction
03:23 – Peter’s AI Clone
08:56 – The Black Box
10:21 – Non-linearity
11:17 – The Global Brain
13:18 – Usefulness of GPTs
15:52 – Forms of Intelligence
17:38 – The Unexpected
29:00 – AI & Consciousness
31:32 – Digital Reality and Consciousness
35:42 – Importance for Society
50:48 – AI and Inequality
53:57 – A Digital Dark Age?
01:01:12 – The Future of AI
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#63 Ancestral Constellations: Efu Nyaki
30 november 2023 · 54 min
SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo join Euphrasia “Efu” Nyaki for a community conversation on holistic healing from trauma. Efu has developed a method that integrates ancestral wisdom from her Snail Clan in Tanzania, somatic therapy, and family constellations. Her approach helps resolve PTSD, depression, addiction, chronic illness, and more by releasing trauma at the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. Lees meer
Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki was born and raised on the slopes of mountain Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where she gained the essence and vital healing energy from her ancestors. The strength of her ancestors lead her to earn a Bachelor of Science degree, train as a science teacher, and later to train as a healer using holistic methods. Efu enjoys helping others and for this reason joined an International Catholic Missionary community called Maryknoll sisters of Saint Dominick. Having arrived in Brazil as a missionary in 1993, Efu worked for 5 years with women who suffered from violence using mental health programs in the periphery of the city of João Pessoa, Brazil. In the year 2000 she co- founded two NGOs, and in the past 20 years, Efu has offered bodyworker and herbal medicine trainings for community leaders. For the past 10 years Efu has been teaching Family Constellation (trans-generational trauma healing) and Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) for trauma resolution in Brazil and other parts of the world. Efu was also asked by Dr. Peter A Levine, the developer of SE™, to join his Legacy Faculty to assist him and teach his Master Classes.
Efu’s new book:
Healing Trauma through Family Constellations and Somatic Experiencing: Ancestral Wisdom from the Snail Clan of Tanzania (Sacred Planet)
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#62 The Dreamer’s Dream – Éric Baret
23 november 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Without either diploma or culture, Éric Baret has no special competence. Touched by the non-dual tradition through Jean Klein's teaching, he suggests that one turn towards listening, free of any notion of gain. Nothing taught, no teacher. Meetings for the joy of being nothing. Lees meer
Let the Moon Be Free: Conversations on Conversations on Kashmiri Tantra
Articles and writings from Éric on SAND’s Website
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
3:26 – Lineage
5:18 – Jean Klein
11:53 – Guru / Student Relationship
23:46 – Arc of Awakening
29:56 – Sleep
38:38 – Dream Consciousness
42:56 – Body
50:44 – Listening
57:33 – Let the Moon Be Free
Episode Transcript
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#61 Roots Run Deep: Gabor Maté
16 november 2023 · 33 min
No statement, no words can speak to the immense human suffering, the devastation and the horrendous humanitarian crisis intensifying in the Middle East. The current tragedy is awakening existential fear, acute grief and deep despair. Unspeakable atrocities have left many in a state of deep shock and in need of support. Lees meer
Gabor Maté, M.D. is a renowned speaker, and bestselling author who is is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.
Roots Run Deep Resources for Palestine / Israel
Full Video Recording of this Episode
Part two of this Roots Run Deep series live online with Dr. Gabor Maté, Dec 15, 9am PT
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#59 Attuned: Thomas Hübl
2 november 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
In this live SAND Community Gathering SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo discuss Thomas’ new book Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma. Lees meer
Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has been leading large-scale events and courses that focus on the healing and integration of trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans. Over the last decade, he has facilitated dialogue with thousands of people around healing the collective traumas of racism, oppression, colonialism, genocides in the U.S., Israel, Germany, Spain, and Argentina.
Learn more about Thomas’ new book is Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World.
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#57 The Alchemy of Love: Cynthia Bourgeault and A.H. Almaas
19 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 11 min
Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo host this captivating conversation into divine and personal love with two modern-day mystics, held dear by SAND. Lees meer
Love, a powerful catalyst for transformation on the spiritual path, resonates at the core of our being. Through this dialogue, we will transcend the limitations of a narrow, individualized perception of love, immersing ourselves in the boundless realm of our true nature—a universal expression of pure love.
Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her coastal home in Maine and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative path. She is the founding Director of both The Contemplative Society and the Aspen Wisdom School.
Hameed Ali (A. H. Almaas), Founder of the Diamond Approach, was born in the Middle East, but at age 18 he moved to the USA to study at the University of California in Berkeley. Hameed was working on his Ph.D. in physics, where he was studying Einstein’s theory of general relativity and nuclear physics, when he reached a turning point in his life and destiny that led him more and more into inquiring into the psychological and spiritual aspects of human nature. Hameed is the founder of the Diamond Approach®—a spiritual teaching that utilizes a unique kind of inquiry into realization.
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#56 Wounded Healers: Angel Acosta
12 oktober 2023 · 54 min
Dr. Angel Acosta works to bridge the fields of leadership, social justice & mindfulness. He completed his Ed.D. in the Curriculum and Teaching Department at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research explored healing-centered education as a promising framework for educational leadership development and community care. Lees meer
Angel is the director of the Wounded Healer Project. This portrait series captures the profiles of nine educators, community leaders and practitioners, all of whom have dedicated their lives to — in some shape or form — creating spaces for others to thrive, flourish and heal.
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
2:40 – Angel’s Background
10:54 – Spiritual Bypassing
17:06 – The Nuances of Race
21:42 – Wounded Healers
34:38 – The Power of the Voice
39:30 – A Unique Focus on the Teacher
44:41 – Reaction to the Wounded Healer Project
47:16 – Understanding “Systemic”
51:28 – What’s Coming Up for Angel
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#55 Cerebrospinal Fluid: Mauro Zappaterra
5 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Mauro Zappaterra obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Harvard Medical School. He completed his PhD doing work with neuronal stem cells and the effects of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in brain development and in the adult. He is published in numerous scientific articles on the CSF and his work was chosen as the cover image for the prestigious Neuron Journal. He was also featured in the New England Journal of Medicine in teaching medical students about living with life threatening diseases and in Psychology Today on an article titled “Joy: The art of loving life.” Lees meer
You can view the video version of this talk on SAND’s website:
An upcoming course with Mauro presented by SAND: The Wisdom of Pain: an online course live with Mauro Zappaterra.
In this course we will:
Explore the definition of pain, and the difference between pain and nociception.
Apply this understanding to developing strategies to better cope with chronic pain.
Examine the difference between acute pain and chronic pain, the importance of acute pain for survival, and the phenomenon of chronic pain.
Discuss phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome.
Survey the evolution of treatment strategies that help people live more fully with these types of pain.
Mauro Zappaterra’s website: HoldingSpace.com
Episode Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
4:36 – Meeting Mauro
9:14 – Connection to the Source
15:46 – Third Ventricle
18:18 – Where does this fluid come from?
22:22 – Our Ancestral CSF in the Sea
25:58 – Cleaning the Brain
32:06 – Water and Veda Austin
33:24 – De. Deep and NADI
38:38 – Movement and Light
43:34 – Breathwork and DMT
51:51 – Yogananda
53:14 – CSF and Energy
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#54 Nordic Animism: Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
28 september 2023 · 1 uur
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a Historian of Religion, Ph.d from Uppsala University in Sweden. His research into Afro-diasporic strategies for maintaining animist reality in the modern world has lead him towards reading North European cultural history from the perspective of rejected animist knowledge and practice. The objective is to recover Euro-traditioanl forms of landconnectedness ecological knowledge and kinship with the greater community of beings. Rune has lived in a number of countries in Europe, Africa North- and South America and presently runs the platform “Nordic Animism”. Lees meer
Links:
Nordic Animism
YouTube
Instagram
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
2:39 – Christianity and Animism
5:13 – Heart of Nordic Animism
10:05 – Decolonization
12:39 – Animism in Academia
14:44 – Universal Animism
17:50 – Bio-ancestry
23:18 – Animism as a Spiritual Practice
41:50 – Animism and Societal Problems
48:00 – Animism and Trauma
55:24 – Getting Started with Animism
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#53 Lines in the Sand: Tyson Yunkaporta
21 september 2023 · 47 min
Recorded live at a Science and Nonduality Community Conversation hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo on July 12, 2023. Lees meer
Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledge at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
4:54 – Walking in Two Worlds
13:07 – Identity
20:57 – Logical Fallacies
28:04 – Nonduality
33:59 – Lineage Based Identity
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#52 Embodied Awakening: Judith Blackstone
14 september 2023 · 48 min
Judith Blackstone, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and innovative teacher in contemporary spirituality. She developed the Realization Process®, an embodied approach to personal and relational healing and nondual realization. She is the author of Trauma and the Unbound Body, Belonging Here, The Intimate Life, The Enlightenment Process, and The Empathic Ground. For more, see realizationprocess.org. Lees meer
The Fullness of the Ground is a guide to embodied nondual realization and its profound effect on our senses, our ability to love, our experience of our own authentic existence, and our connection with other living beings. It distills Dr. Judith Blackstone’s decades of teaching into the essentials of the nondual spiritual path.
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
2:11 – Spiritual Path
7:16 – Grounded or Groundless?
12:06 – Realization Process
18:16 – Ancestors and Collective Trauma
23:02 – Attunement Practice
29:22 – Balancing and Striving
30:42 – Gradual vs. Direct Path
31:54 – Illusion of Separateness
34:06 – Upcoming Events
35:15 – Nondual Realization
36:52 – Guided Meditation
Mentioned in the episode – #48 Ancestral Healing: Daniel Foor
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#51 After The Wisdom of Trauma: Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo
7 september 2023 · 1 uur
Today on the podcast, we welcome two special guests, Science and Nonduality co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo. Lees meer
Zaya and Maurizio are both filmmakers and activists. They merged their lifelong passions for science and mysticism when they met in 2007, and their first project together was filming the documentary Rays of the Absolute on the life and teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.
This project sparked their next level of creation and collaboration: SAND, a global community inspired by timeless wisdom traditions, informed by modern science, and grounded in direct experience.
In 2021 they released the acclaimed documentary The Wisdom of Trauma featuring Dr. Gabor Maté. And for the past year they have been traveling the globe working on their next documentary about indigenous cultures, resilience, and an expansion of what is meant by Nonduality and Science, all today on the Sounds of SAND Podcast.
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
3:09 – The Wisdom of Trauma
11:16 – Exploring at the Edge
14:34 – Genesis of the Next Film
19:06 – Expansion of Nonduality
22:04 – New Paradigms of Healing
25:54 – Expansion of Science
30:24 – Transformations
34:50 – Learning to Listen
44:28 – The Tree and the Whale
56:30 – What’s Next with the Film?
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#50 Reflections: Sounds of SAND's First Year
31 augustus 2023 · 51 min
We wanted to create this episode highlighting some shimmering jewels from the first 50 episodes of the podcast. We know that getting into a podcast can be daunting when there are dozens of episodes to choose from. So we wanted to distill some of the varied guests from our previous episodes with some clips from the show. Lees meer
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Guest Clips
3:18 – Peter Russell from #8 Evolving with Consciousness
7:04 – Monica Gagliano from #23 The Songs of Gaia
12:18 – Donald Hoffman and Rupert Spira from #38 Weaving the Eternal Golden Braid
21:00 – Gabor Maté and Resma Menaken from #24 Somatic Abolitionism
26:42 – Eriel Tchekwie Deranger from #14 Healing Relationships in Community and Ourselves
29:00 – Neil Theise from #34 Conversations on Complexity
33:40 – Joan Tollifson from #30 Here. Now. Being.
37:10 – Bayo Akomolafe and Sophie Strand from #6 New Gods at the End of the World
41:54 – Parvathy Baul from #47 What Shines
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#49 Resonance of Being: Mauro Bergonzi
24 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 27 min
Mauro Bergonzi taught ‘Indian Religion and Philosophy’ from 1985 to 2017 at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. About twenty years ago - after 25 years of meditative practices - a spontaneous fading out of his spiritual seeking just happened unexpectedly and only a radical non-dualism prevailed. From then on, he has been invited to hold regular meetings of ‘sharing of being’ (satsang). A survey of Mauro's non-dual communication is available in his book Il sorriso segreto dell’essere (Mondadori) and in his website. Lees meer
E-mail: bergma@libero.it
Some video talks from Mauro’s Appearances at SAND Italy:
The Bottomless Pit Behind the Word "Consciousness"
The Utter Simplicity of What Is
Rays of the Absolute a film by SAND
Topics
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:12:41 – The Story of Mauro
00:34:15 – Types of Awakening
00:47:20 – Vastness and Meeting Nisargadatta Maharaj
00:58:08 – Accessing the Felt Sense of Emptiness
01:09:55 – Awareness of Awareness
01:16:47 – The feeling of “I Am”
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#48 Ancestral Healing: Daniel Foor
17 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 13 min
Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin. Lees meer
He is the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing and an internationally respected teacher of ancestor reverence and ritual. Since 2004 Daniel has guided over one hundred multi-day ancestor-focused healing rituals in eight countries, reached thousands of participants through personal sessions and online courses, and mentored over 150 practitioners to facilitate the work of ancestral healing.
Topics:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:41 – Daniel’s Lineage and Ancestry
00:05:03 – Genesis of Ancestral Medicine
00:07:42 – Ancestor Work Along the Spiritual Path
00:11:36 – Trauma and Ancestors
00:18:00 – Animism
00:24:36 – Descendants, Ancestors, and Captain Kirk
00:26:10 – How to Begin Ancestor Work
00:35:25 – Special and Not-so-special Ancestors
00:40:58 – The Role of Ritual
00:44:12 – Ancestor Work and Children
00:48:34 – Ancestors Living Through Us and Addictions
00:54:04 – Expanding Ancestry
01:00:33 – Epigenentics
01:05:14 – Connecting to Our Ancestral Lands
01:09:50 – How to Connect
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#47 What Shines: Parvathy Baul
10 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 1 min
Parvathy Baul is a practitioner, performer and teacher of the Baul tradition from Bengal, India. Lees meer
She studied closely with two of the most respected Baul Gurus of the previous generation, Sri Sanatan Das Thakur Baul and Sri Shashanko Goshai.
According to her Guru's vision, Parvathy Maa has created Sanatan Siddhashram - as a place of learning, practicing and preserving the oral history of the Baul tradition.
The poetry of Chandidas
Song of the Great Soul by Parvathy Baul
Topics:
00:00 – Introduction
02:27 – The Poet Chandidas
19:50 – Vibrational Transmissions
21:58 – Instruments of the Baul
30:02 – Surrender and Devotion
37:46 – Lineage of Baul Music
46:04 – Sacred Music in a Concert Setting
54:50 – One of Parvathy’s First Songs
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#46 Remembering to Remember: Marlon Barrios Solano
3 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 9 min
Marlon Barrios Solano is an internationally recognized interdisciplinary artist and researcher specializing in software engineering, generative AI, dance improvisation, and mindfulness. His diverse work, ranging from AI-driven apps to digital therapeutics, manifests in web applications, interactive installations, multimedia performances, education, and consulting. His notable work with Sati-AI demonstrates the innovative integration of AI in mindfulness practices. Lees meer
Marlon lends his expertise to a variety of domains, guiding both individuals and organizations in leveraging AI technology. He is a researcher in residency at Lake Studios Berlin and Wisdom Labs (San Francisco), and has held research residencies and fellowships in Germany, Amsterdam, Switzerland, and the UK.
He holds an MFA from The Ohio State University and graduated from the General Assembly Software Engineering Program in 2021. A Kernel Fellow Block5 2022, he also teaches Vipassana meditation to artists and technologists. His previous positions include a research associate role at the Inter-University of Dance/University of The Arts in Berlin from 2012-2016.
A certified Vipassana/Mindfulness Meditation Teacher from Spirit Rock Meditation Center and lived at Insight meditation Society in Barre, MA from 20016 to 20121. Marlon continues to study and practice under Stephen Batchelor and is an Embodyoga® 200 Hour Certified Teacher. He has taught and developed projects worldwide. He is a fellow for the Mind and Life EUROPEAN SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ESRI) 2023.
Marlon’s Linktree
Sati-AI
Article on Sati-AI in Lion’s Roar
Topics:
00:00 – Introduction
03:58 – Meditation Background
07:52 – Dance and Meditation
13:34 – The Importance of Practice
17:06 – The Sacred
25:40 – ”Mind-full-ness” and Practice
32:34 – Remembering to Remember
36:42 – Sati-AI
50:07 – Large Language Models
54:04 – AI and Art
57:48 – Dangers of AI
64:56 – Conclusions
Special thanks to Lake Studios Berlin for hosting us a…
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#45 We Must Risk New Shapes: Sophie Strand
27 juli 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
Two recent appearances of Sophie Strand at SAND. One was her Community Conversation with Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo the second a story she read called “Healing: A Ghost Story” with Bayo Akomolafe. Lees meer
Sophie’s course The Body is a Doorway at SAND
Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a neo-troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories. Give her a salamander and a stone and she’ll write you a love story. Sophie was raised by house cats, puff balls, possums, raccoons, and an opinionated, crippled goose. In every neighborhood she’s ever lived in she has been known as “the walker”. She believes strongly that all thinking happens interstitially – between beings, ideas, differences, mythical gradients.
Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings, Lichenized Lovers, Transpecies Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists Heal the Masculine is available now from Inner Traditions. Her eco-feminist historical fiction reimagining of the gospels The Madonna Secret will also be published by Inner Traditions. Her books of poetry include Love Song to a Blue God (Oread Press) and Those Other Flowers to Come (Dancing Girl Press) and The Approach (The Swan). Her poems and essays have been published by Art PAPERS, The Dark Mountain Project, Poetry.org, Unearthed, Braided Way, Creatrix, Your Impossible Voice, The Doris, Persephone’s Daughters, and Entropy. She has recently finished a work of historical fiction, The Madonna Secret, that offers an eco-feminist revision of the gospels. She is currently researching her next epic, a mythopoetic exploration of ecology and queerness in the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde.
Follow her on Facebook or on Instagram @cosmogyny.
sophiestrand.com
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
4:30 – We Must Risk New Shapes
14:24 – Disability and Sickness
26:50 – Collect…
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#44 Sacred Places: Martin Gray
20 juli 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Martin Gray is a seasoned explorer, photographer and travel writer renowned for his profound insights into pilgrimage to sacred sites around the world. He created the World Pilgrimage Guide website in 1996, which has received more than 100 million visitors and shares lists of places, writings and photos of sacred sites in over 160 countries around the planet. In 2004 National Geographic published “The Geography of Religion” of his photos. In 2007 Sterling published Sacred Earth, a collection of 200 of photographs. Lees meer
Sacred Sites / World Pilgrimage Guide
Shortcut to Nirvana by Maurizio Benazzo and Nick Day
Topics:
0:00 – Introduction
2:52 – Background and interest in sacred sites
7:26 – Energetic experiences
15:30 – Pilgrimages
17:18 – Power places
24:42 – Map of sacred sites
29:54 – Tips for Western travelers at sacred sites
35:28 – Cumulative energy of sacred sites
37:24 – Sound at sacred sites
41:55 – Schewedegon pagoda soundscape
51:08 – Shortcut to nirvana
54:40 – Martin’s most personal sacred sacred sites
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#43 I Am a Seed: Bayo Akomolafe and Chief Oluwo Obafemi Fayemi
13 juli 2023 · 1 uur 19 min
The full title of today’s episode is: “They thought they buried me; They did not know I am a seed” Lees meer
In this community conversation from June 2023, SAND co-founders Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo host Bayo Akomolafe and Chief Oluwo Fayemi peeling back the layers of history and tap into the wellspring of resilience that resides within us all. Weaving Bayo's wisdom and Chief Oluwo Obafemi's ancestral knowledge, they enture into this mystical landscape, navigating the intricacies of existence, embracing the profound beauty of the unfolding journey.
Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.), rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is the father to Alethea and Kyah, the grateful life-partner to Ije, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home (North Atlantic Books) and We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak, Bayo Akomolafe is the Founder of The Emergence Network and host of the online postactivist course, ‘We Will Dance with Mountains’. He currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California and University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. He sits on the Board of many organizations including Science and Non-Duality (US) and Ancient Futures (Australia). In July 2022, Dr. Akomolafe was appointed the inaugural Global Senior Fellow of University of California’s (Berkeley) Othering and Belonging Institute. He has also been appointed Senior Fellow for The New Institute in Hamburg, Germany. He is the recipient of the New Thought Leadership Award 2021 and the Excellence in Ethnocultural Psychotherapy Award by the African Mental Health Summit 2022.
Chief Oluwo Obafemi Fayemi Epega is a world-renowned Babalawo and the founder of O.I.D.S.I. (Obafemi Institute for the Divine & Universal Study of Ifa). He was initiated as a priest of Obatala in 2004, and received his Tefa in …