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

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

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

His book recommendations are:

“Be Love Now” by Ram Dass

The books of Mirabai Starr

The Bhagavad Gita

“Paths To God” by Ram Dass

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

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

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

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Bringing the mountaintop to the here and now.  

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

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

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

Her book recs are:

“The Midnight Library” by Matt Hague

“Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi

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

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

“Clarity and Connection” by Yung Pueblo

“The Life of Yogananda” by Philip Goldberg

“The Surrender Experiment” by Michael A. Singer

“Return to Love” by Marianne Williamson

“No Mud No Lotus” by Thich Nhat Hanh

“Disappearance of the Universe” by Gary Renard

“The World Religions” by Huston Smith

The “Shadow and Bone” Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

“Braving the Wilderness” by Brene Brown

“The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”

“Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach

“The Places That Scare You” by Pema Chodron

“The Little Book of Philosophy” by DK Publishing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Follow this woman on instagram right now:

https://www.instagram.com/lzbth.ai

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

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

We also happened to mention:

The horror films of Dario Argento

The sculptures & installations of Yayoi Kusama

That Basquiat documentary

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

The novels of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Follow Unknown Collective on IG:

@_unknowncollective

@marcellaispainting

@inkcolor

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