224. Robert Svoboda

Robert E. Svoboda is the first white member of Kenya’s Pokot tribe, and the first non-Indian ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India, where he lived for more than a decade. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training he was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra, and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. For a decade he was involved with thoroughbred horses as Vimalananda’s Authorized Racing Agent. The author of more than a dozen books, since 1985 he divides his time between India and other lands.

Website: drsvoboda.com

Books:

• AGHORA, At the Left Hand of God (Aghora) (v. I)
• AGHORA II: Kundalini (Aghora) (Vol II)
• Aghora III: The Law of Karma
• The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth
• Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution
• Ayurveda: Life, Health, and Longevity
• Prakriti
• Vastu: Breathing Life into Space
• Ayurveda for Women: A Guide to Vitality and Health
• Tao and Dharma: Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda

Interview recorded 3/29/2014

Interview transcript

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to Robert Svoboda
• 00:06:18 – The Quest for the Soma
• 00:12:44 – The Appeal of Alcohol and Possession in Indian Religion
• 00:19:59 – Possession and Worship in India
• 00:25:55 – Possession and Disembodied Entities
• 00:31:51 – The Story of the Billiken
• 00:37:31 – Growing Up in Different Cultures
• 00:43:17 – The Battle of Positive and Negative Forces
• 00:49:37 – Potential Pathological and Bizarre Results of the Singularity and Transcendence
• 00:55:28 – The Concept of Her-ness and Femininity in Kundalini
• 01:02:14 – The Complexity of Human Organisms
• 01:08:11 – The Nature of Shakti and its Search for Supreme Reality
• 01:14:52 – The Supreme External and Internal
• 01:21:01 – The Meaning of Moksha and Enlightenment
• 01:27:30 – The Creation of Chakras
• 01:33:27 – Puberty and the Purpose of Reproduction
• 01:39:03 – The Role of Sexual Energy in Spiritual Awakening
• 01:44:36 – Humans as servants to other species
• 01:50:15 – Higher intelligence in other species
• 01:55:56 – Unleashing Kundalini and the Journey of Self-Discovery
• 02:01:42 – The Transformative Power of Kundalini and LSD
• 02:08:22 – The Awakening of the Prana Kundalini
• 02:13:45 – The Three Levels of Kundalini Energy
• 02:19:08 – The Price of Ignorance 
• 02:24:21 – The beginning of the spiritual journey
• 02:30:18 – Surviving Difficulties and the Need for External Guidance
• 02:35:26 – The Guru and the Student’s Dharma
• 02:41:04 – The Complexity of Historical Figures and Issues
• 02:46:25 – Materialism vs Consciousness
• 02:52:01 – Smiling on the Battlefield
• 02:57:17 – Join Our Mailing List

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