Exploring the wisdom of Selfistry, Sarah Marshank joins to share her spiritual journey through the lens of Ram Dass’s teaching of “from role to soul.”
“There is a place that’s always here that’s in us and that holds us, that is ‘okayness.’ It’s a relief to finally land there. And from there, to feel happy and sad, and witness the horrors as well as the exquisite beauty of the world, and feel okay with all of it. It’s that dance—to know that everything is fundamentally okay and to address all the fucked up things in the world at the same time. Those are not mutually exclusive.” – Sarah Marshank
In this episode, Raghu and Sarah mindfully explore:
- Stories and themes from Sarah’s new memoir, Being Selfish: My Journey from Escort to Monk to Grandmother
- Sarah growing up in the religious container of Judaism, and how meditation helped her come to spirituality
- Ram Dass’s teachings of role to soul, and cultivating the witness
- How Sarah came up with the term “selfistry” through playing with self and no-self
- Opening to the okay-ness beyond the horror and beauty of the world
- How Ram Dass’s teaching of “loving awareness” is synonymous with “soul” as well as “okayness”
About Sarah Marshank:
Sarah Marshank is the founder of Selfistry an integrative educational ecosystem for rekindling the art of being human. Based in the SF Bay Area, Sarah teaches and speaks internationally, consults for organizations, and works one-on one with individuals. Weaving together spirituality, psychology, and neuroscience in an innovative way, Selfistry is ideally suited for these unique times. In Being Selfish she tells the story of her personal transformation from escort to monk to grandmother. She loves listening, learning, and collaging. Find out more at selfistry.com, and dive into her new memoir, Being Selfish: My Journey from Escort to Monk to Grandmother.
About Raghu Markus:
Raghu Markus spent 18 months in India with Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Dass. He has been involved in music and transformational media since the early 1970s when he was the program director of CKGM-FM in Montreal. In 1974, he collaborated with Ram Dass on the box set Love Serve Remember. In 1990, he launched Triloka Records, which established itself as a critical leader in the development of world music. Raghu lives in Ojai, California, and is the Executive Director of the Love Serve Remember Foundation. In 2016, he co-founded the Be Here Now Network, where he hosts the Ram Dass Here & Now podcast, as well as his own Mindrolling podcast. He is the producer of Becoming Nobody, a Ram Dass documentary feature film that was released in 2019.
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Check out Ep. 335 of Mindrolling: Courage, Trust, and Love with Ram Dass and Duncan Trussell
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