30 episodes
KARMIC RELIEF Bob Peck
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.9 • 16 Ratings
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I’m Bob Peck and this is Karmic Relief. My background is in documentary film and comparative religion. I wrote a book called “Original Sin Is A Lie: How Spirituality Defies Dogma and Reveals Our True Self” which serves as an intro to mystic philosophy, Bible scholarship, Hindu metaphysics, and more. Karmic Relief is a lighthearted interview show where I talk to spiritual teachers, creatives, scholars, and activists, and humans who embody the overlapping beauty of all of the above dimensions. According to the mystics, the truth cannot be spoken, but we’ll do our best to talk about it anyway.
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01: Mythbusting Spirituality, New Age, Materialism And Mythbusting Aubrey Marcus | Aubrey Marcus
Aubrey Marcus is a fellow Austinite, spiritual teacher, entrepreneur, podcaster, psychonaut, philosopher, poet, and Instagram archer. He is the founder of Onnit, a globally disruptive brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit remains an industry leader with products optimizing millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world. Aubrey currently hosts the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, a motivational destination for conversations with the brightest minds in athletics, business, mindset, and spirituality with over 100 million listens. He is the author of the NYT Bestselling book "Own The Day, Own Your Life" and has been featured on the cover of Men’s Health and other publications. He has also produced several documentaries including Awake In The Darkness, Dragon of the Jungle, Ayahuasca, and Huachuma. He is currently the visionary behind the donation based coaching platform Fit For Service which recently hosted the transformational music festival, Arkadia.
Almost a year ago, I was a guest on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast. I am still not completely sure how, but it was a series of synchronistic events that led to a "before and after" for my writing career. I had been on a podcast or two before that, but after the AMP release, I've been on dozens. Aubrey generously shines his megaton spotlight on the occasional up-and-comer like yours truly and I am grateful.
We have a lot in common. We both believe in the power of psychedelic plant medicine. We both appreciate wisdom from a wide variety of spiritual traditions, the interfaith mystics in particular. And we both believe that "original sin" is a big 'ol lie. I wanted to give Aubrey the opportunity to mythbust common misconceptions around spirituality and New Age, as well as a few criticisms I see about him--by people who don't him or know his work intimately. We had a great time and I hope you enjoy.
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029: Sitaram Dass — We Can Trust Ourselves On The Path
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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028: Esther Ladipo — Look Up from the Monotony and Get Connected
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 -
027: “This Is Your Life” — Maggie Burke at “New Story” and Our Stories 1 Year In
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 -
026: Aaron Jackson — When the Intention to Help Creates a Global Nonprofit
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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025: lzbth.ai — Date Yourself
Elizabeth Nelson aka @lzbth.ai is a psych major turned graphic designer from Austin, Texas. When she’s not designing, she enjoys learning about maritime disasters, digging through thrift shops, and talking herself out of buying more houseplants. She’s currently freelancing in New York City, beating off the quarantine insanity by going on lots of long walks.
“Existential crisis meets textbook diagram”, is Elizabeth’s bio, summarizing a lot about where she is right now after the pandemic completely upended her entire life plan. She transmuted this ‘floating consciousness’ into her design work, reaching new success in a new territory. We talk about using the creative process to help unravel our insecurities & vulnerabilities, and how crucial self-love is throughout it all.
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Customer Reviews
Great Resource for Introducing or Expanding Spirituality.
This podcast is super helpful if you’re curious about spirituality and want to learn more about different traditions and practices. The hosts do a nice job of blending information with personal experience. Most concepts are covered in the individual episodes, but if you’re coming in completely cold you might want to listen to some of the early episodes that go over some core concepts. The format is loose, friendly, conversational and the information is delivered with an abundance of passion and enthusiasm.
Practical and Down-To-Earth
Love the topics of conversation and how they are approached, as well as the real life examples and discussion. And I love that there is often a comedic undertone. Makes it feel very relaxed and easy to relate to. Definitely would recommend!