The Spirit Underground with Spring Washam and Lama Rod Owens Be Here Now Network

Looking at ancestry and our roots, Spring Washam and Lama Rod Owens describe re-discovering what it means to be home.

"I think a lot of people are going through this multi-lineage, complex awakening to these streams of energy and lineage. I think that creates some guilt as well, it may bring up issues of appropriation. Do I have a right to do this?" – Lama Rod Owens 

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In this episode Spring and Lama Rod explore :Making sense of our place in the worldAncestral work and Indigenous practicesHome and the effects of forcible displacement Spirit elders and channeling traditionsPlant medicine and the Shipibo people of the Amazon rainforestHonoring versus appropriations"When we are talking about these conversations on liberation we are asking people to start to understand their energy and who they are in a much broader awakened state." – Spring Washam 

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Spelunking the depths of the Spirit Underground, Spring Washam and Lama Rod Owens join together for a conversation on liberation and ancestors.

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In this episode Spring and Lama Rod dive into:What is the Spirit Underground?The intersection of social liberation and spiritual liberationSamsara, suffering, safety, consciousness, and freedomWisdom from Spring's new book, The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the UndergroundGreat Beings sharing wisdom downloads from the spirit realmThe "Spiritual Industrial Complex"Ancestors, repeating history, and connecting with Divine LoveTrauma and letting goChoosing love over hate to overcome oppressive systems"What we're doing is talking about both social liberation and spiritual ultimate liberation, and we're trying to find the intersection of both of those liberations in this moment." – Lama Rod Owens







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Getting down and dirty with liberation, Spring Washam and Lama Rod Owens explore joyfulness and the labor of freedom.

Additional content from this episode: Black & Buddhist

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"I think Joy helps to smooth the edges of our anxiety around liberation work and it propels it at the same time." - Lama Rod Owens




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Reconciling with ancestral roots, Spring Washam and Lama Rod Owens dive into healing transhistorical trauma and making spiritual reparations. 

In this episode, Lama Rod Owens and Spring Washam talk about all that we receive from our ancestors: DNA, cultural beliefs, traditions, fears, and wrongdoings. We discover how we can begin the healing process for ourselves, our ancestors, and our descendants.

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"We can't actually experience true liberation until we remove that barrier, dissolve that barrier, and start actually reconciling with ancestors." — Lama Rod Owens

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Welcome to The Spirit Underground Podcast with Dharma teachers Spring Washam and Lama Rod Owens.

Together they talk about their unique approach to inner and outer liberation that incorporates Buddhist-based meditation practices, healing with plant-based medicine and Indigenous wisdom, Liberation Theology, and reconnecting to our ancestral knowledge. Learn what it means to be a spiritual abolitionist and discover the tools for disrupting internalized oppression and accelerating our personal and collective evolution.

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"We have so much that we want to share each episode about getting into the real practices, the theology, the mindset and how to help people do this work of liberation. For people do this work of liberation for people who are like, 'Ok, give me a map - give me the how-to.' We want to offer these practices that have helped us." - Spring Washam

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Join Spring Washam and Lama Rod Owens in exploring black abolitionist liberation practices for these evolving times. As spiritual abolitionists, we will share advanced spiritual technologies that can be used to disrupt internalized oppression and accelerate our personal and collective evolution.

These conversations will include topics on healing with plant-based medicine, Indigenous wisdom, Buddhist-based meditation practices, and reconnecting to our ancestral knowledge. We will explore how to work collaboratively with our ancestors to get free. Our conversation will include what freedom means individually, collectively, and spiritually. The time has come to reclaim our magic and awaken our courage to meet this challenging moment.

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