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Tiokasin Ghosthorse: Raised by the Land & Allowing Dreams to Understand You

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Release Date: 07/11/2024

Tiokasin Ghosthorse: Lakota & the Language of Relationship

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Time notes: [00:07:45] - Lakota and intuition [00:10:29] - The highest intelligence [00:16:03] - The spiritual umbilical cord [00:21:20] -33 intelligences [00:27:51] - Relationship with time and timelessness [00:31:37] - Morning ritual of perception [00:34:48] - Innocence [00:40:42] - The elder at the creek [00:46:16] - Language of grief [00:54:16] - Using energy wisely Music included is from Tiokasin called 'Butterfly Against the Wind' This conversation originally aired on February 22, 2022 ~ Links: Tiokasin Ghosthorse and First Voices Indigenous Radio ...

Andrea Loseries: The Scholar & Cremation Ground Yogini

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Dr. Andrea Loseries is a scholar, professor, and yogic practitioner. You'll hear about Andrea's more than 50 years of research and spiritual practice that includes incredible accounts of risk, discernment, and devotion on her path of transformation. Time notes: 00:01:06 - Journeying to the Himalayas to study with yogic masters 00:07:38 - Taking the Karmapa as her teacher 00:12:28 - From village girl to lady in 6 months 00:16:05 - Ancient Bon religion and bone ritual objects 00:20:34 - The confiscated skull 00:23:53 - The legendary Snow Lion Expedition 00:35:56 - Guidance on...

Christina Monson: Following Your Heart & Dying Free of Regret

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Christina Monson spent decades studying with the meditation master Chatral Rinpoche in the mountains of Nepal and translating and practicing the teachings of Sera Khandro. But it was facing stage four cancer that revealed whether decades of practice could meet the greatest pain with the greatest teaching. This conversation, recorded less than a year before Christina's passing, offers a window into what it means to follow one's heart all the way through, free of regrets. ~ Time notes: [00:00:00] Introduction [00:02:18] Meeting Chatral Rinpoche [00:08:48] Seeing Her Ego Up Close [00:14:10] A...

Bayo Akomolafe: On Failure, Poetry, and Becoming

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

This is a conversation revisited with philosopher, writer, and professor Bayo Akomolafe. Time notes: 00:00:29 - 00:07:50 The Sporulation of the Slave Ship 00:07:50 - 00:16:11 Beyond the Human - Blackness as Becoming 00:16:11 - 00:19:48 Entanglement and the Agency of the World 00:19:48 - 00:27:09 Language Beyond Vocality 00:27:09 - 00:34:32 Poetry as Prophecy and the Loss of Precision 00:34:32 - 00:41:12 - Learning from Children's Agency 00:41:12 - 00:47:20The Tortoise's Drum - Cracks and Openings (This conversation originally aired July 2022) Links: Bayo Akomolafe: ...

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Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron: Devotion, Maturation & the Guru

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00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:08 Stages towards authentic devotion 00:09:40 Karmic guru connection 00:12:00 Blessings 00:16:00 Ideal student qualities 00:20:00 Living lineage 00:25:00 Dharma protectors 00:29:00 Samaya 00:33:00 Divisive Speech 00:35:00 Root guru 00:41:00 Dudjom Rinpoche and Lama Dawa Rinpoche 00:43:00 When to fully depend on a teacher 00:44:00 Cult behavior 00:46:00 Student’s personal work 00:48:00 Sleep, wakefulness, and Lama Dawa 00:52:00 Signs of maturing on the path of realization 00:53:00 Biggest obstacle for westerners ~ Links: Khandro Kunzang & the...

Ida Pedanda Watulumbang: Balinese Priest & Servant of the Sun

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Today, our guest is the Balinese high priest, Ida Pedanda Gede Putra Watulumbang Manuaba also known as Ida Pedanda Watulumbang. We meet at his house and learn about his path to becoming a priest and some of the spiritual beliefs and practices in the Balinese Hindu tradition. Time notes: 00:01:00 Becoming a priest 00:05:00 Ceremonies 00:06:45 Ritual and adornment 00:10:45 Balinese cremation 00:12:25 Karma and daily correction 00:16:29 Fearless Death 00:19:00 Daily spiritual tending ~ Podcast website & transcripts

Erik Pema Kunsang: Stories of Meditation Masters

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Erik Pema Kunsang is a dharma teacher, practitioner, and one of the most highly regarded Tibetan translators. Today, we meet in his homeland of Denmark, where Erik shares stories of meditation masters he has spent time with, as well as on some essential aspects of the path and fruit of spiritual realization. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:24 Trulshik Adeu Rinpoche 00:04:50 Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 00:12:22 Dilgo Khyentse and 16th Karmapa 00:13:25 Tulku Urgyen on nature of mind 00:17:20 Dilgo Khyentse’s style of teaching 00:20:44 Former training for realization 00:23:46 Tantras and...

Kulavadhuta Satpurananda: The Path of a Yogi, Gone Beyond

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Kulavadhuta Satpurananda (Khyapababa) was initiated into the secret oral tradition of the great Indian lineage of Buddhist tantra at the age of five. He then spent decades practicing under great Indian gurus and mystics. Kulavadhuta is an artist, teacher and research guide in Buddhism, Tantra, Sufism, and the Indigenous practices of Mystics of India and Tibet. And at the heart is an Avadhuta, one who has transcended worldly concerns and even the dharma. Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 01:05:80 Spiritual matriarchy from birth 0:6:30 Early spiritual experiences 00:10:00...

Kunzang Choden: Journey Through Bhutan's Noble Ancestral Heritage (Part Two)

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Watch here: ~ Kunzang Choden, one of Bhutan’s most well-known authors, brings us on a tour of her ancestral home in Bhumtang’s Tang Valley, which was turned into museum. This space offers a first-hand view of daily life for Bhutanese religious nobility during the 19th and 20th centuries. We then go to the main temple and see some of the chapels held in this two-story space dedicated to different deities. ~ If you missed Part One: An Interview with Kunzang Choden ~ Tour Time Notes: Museum Tour 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:26 Weaving, textiles, ghos and kiras 00:14:46 Trading & Tools...

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Tiokasin Ghosthorse is of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and has a long history with Indigenous activism and advocacy. He has been the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio'' for over 30 years.

Some of what Tiokasin shares today includes:

00:00:00 Land raising children, Lakota language and trusting the future

00:06:00 Male and female energies, intuition and ceremony

00:10:00 No teaching and traditional education as a giving

00:13:00 Burying diplomas to return to Self.

00:15:00 Land ownership, colonial coma and defined by Earth

00:21:00 Dualistic psychology, premeditated ignorance and the ultimate philosopher.

00:24:00 Deathsong, innocence and grief

00:26:00 Adapting to Nature and the language of Earth

00:28:00 Grief, freedom and containment

00:34:00 Dreams, the 5th world,

and ancestors going into the future