Parvati Markus and Pete Holmes be a part of Raghu to share tales from Parvati’s new e-book, Whisper within the Coronary heart, on the continuing presence of Maharaj-ji.
Parvati Markus is an writer, a devotee of Neem Karoli Baba, and longtime good friend of Ram Dass. She lately launched the e-book, Whisper within the Coronary heart: The Ongoing Presence of Neem Karoli Baba. Pete Holmes is a comic, actor, author, producer, and podcaster. You’ll be able to hearken to him on his podcast You Made It Bizarre. His e-book Comedy, Intercourse, God gives a comedic and autobiographical philosophical inquiry on residing a non secular life.
FOMO & The Huge Maharaj-ji
Welcoming Parvati Markus & Pete Holmes to Mindrolling, Raghu invitations Pete to learn his Maharaj-ji story from Parvati’s new e-book, Whisper within the Coronary heart: The Ongoing Presence of Neem Karoli Baba. In his story, Pete explores non secular FOMO (worry of lacking out) with Maharaj-ji, the magical Guru whose love and beauty Ram Dass first shared with the world within the early Seventies. Regardless of Maharaj-ji dropping his physique in 1973, Pete describes his connection to the continued presence of the “Huge Maharaj-ji.”
“Maharaj-ji isn’t gone, he’s simply modified. As a good friend as soon as advised Krishna Das when he was devastated that Maharaj-ji had died, ‘Your Guru isn’t gone, your Guru is what’s searching your eyes proper now.’ That’s excellent news. Maharaj-ji isn’t performed with us. He’s nonetheless at work, or maybe extra precisely, he’s nonetheless at play. His dance continues in shocking and sudden methods.” – Pete Holmes
Parvati Markus, Mirabai Bush, Nina Rao, & Radha Baum speak Maharaj-ji, on Ep. 65 of the Visitor Podcast
Testing God & Crying For Assist // Love, Loss of life, & Guru (12:30)
Discussing Val’s (Pete’s spouse) story within the e-book, they ponder the high-quality line between “testing God” versus “crying for assist,” and the way our religion in God typically wavers with temper and circumstances. Then, earlier than discussing love and dying via the eyes of the Guru; Raghu tells a narrative of Hanuman Das from the Tao Ashram going to go to Siddhi Ma in India, and the way she advised him in full religion: that as a devotee, share authentically with Maharaj-ji what one wants, and it’s the Guru’s responsibility to reply.
“Siddhi Ma mentioned it’s the responsibility of devotee to speak what it’s they want on this life – we’re human. And it’s the responsibility of the Guru to reply.” – Raghu Markus
Krishna Das faucets into the center area of Siddhi Ma & Maharaj-ji, on Ep. 117 of Pilgrim Coronary heart
Peanut Butter & Jelly, Tenderness, & Father Greg (24:20)
Raghu relays India tales reflecting how involved and caring Maharaj-ji was in all elements of the lives of his devotees. By this lens, Parvati and Pete chew on how Maharaj-ji’s ‘feed everybody’ directions will be utilized each to literal peanut-butter and jelly, and with providing moments of tenderness. From this area, Pete shares knowledge from Father Greg Boyle.
“Honoring the Mom… The outdated yogic mode is you begin from the underside and also you go as much as God the Father. However in truth, it really works this manner too, after we come down into the Mom, into the Earth, into the humanness of the entire scenario. That’s equally non secular as something that occurs up there.” – Parvati Markus
Mukti Ma & Ram Dev commerce tales of Maharaj-ji & Anandamayi Ma, on Ep. 82 of Therapeutic on the Edge
Whisper within the Coronary heart // Sub Ek (32:23)
Raghu invitations Parvati to recount extra mind-blowing, heart-opening Maharaj-ji tales from Whisper within the Coronary heart. Exploring how Maharaj-ji nonetheless makes his loving presence recognized regardless of not being in a physique, Pete discusses the intuitive energy of our creativeness for connecting us in communication with the divine. From right here, they talk about Siddhas, God, miracles, and Sub Ek (all one). To shut, Parvati shares a Maharaj-ji story which sparks contemplation round how the Guru is aware of every of our hearts completely.
Faucet into one other Maharaj-ji e-book from Parvati – Love Everybody – targeted across the Westerners who traveled to India to be with Maharaj-ji within the early Seventies.