richard alpert

Strange and thought provoking episode today! In the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s, animal behavior researcher John B Calhoun ran a number of experiments on rodents regarding how their behavior would be affected by increased urbanization if all their basic needs were made. The results were terrifying. Crowded rats and mice became increasingly violent and lost their reproductive instincts to the point that eventually, the utopia went extinct after enduring a final phase full of random violent attacks, apathy, cannibalism and more. Could the increased urbanization of humanity also lead to our species' extinction as Calhoun warned?  Or are we humans too different from rodents to presume that what happens to mice and rat would also happen to humans? I found today's episode one of the most thought provoking we've done in quite  some time. Hope you do too! 

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Take your team to a graveyard and two very powerful things will happen. I discussed applied lessons from Buddhist monks, Tony Hsieh at Zappos, and my own experience. 

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Learn from Buddhist monks
0:52 A fearless strategy session
1:30 Have honest conversations
2:10 Help people transition out
2:36 You are living “The Dash”

I share the powerful connection between intermittent fasting, your work mindset, and spirituality.

Chapters

0:00 Connecting Three Different Ideas 

1:03 The easy and hard times of intermittent fasting

2:05 Connecting intermittent fasting to your work mindset

2:53 The good times (“tailwinds”) are easy

3:36 Growth comes from challenges (“headwinds”)

4:19 How Steve Jobs used headwinds

5:22 Applying the lesson to spiritual growth

6:18 The transformation of Ram Dass

7:29 Dark night of the soul

8:31 Bringing it all together

Nestor Carbonell is currently co-starring in the hit series “The Morning Show,” opposite Jennifer Aniston & Reese Witherspoon, now shooting its third season for Apple TV Plus.

Nestor is most often recognized for his integral role in the series “Lost” as Richard Alpert, as well as his turn as Mayor Anthony Garcia opposite Gary Oldman in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”. He reprised his role as the Mayor of Gotham City in the box-office hit “The Dark Knight Rises”.

His star initially rose with his starring role opposite Brooke Shields in the series “Suddenly Susan” when he played the suave Cuban photojournalist, Luis Rivera, for four years (1996-2000).

The Harvard graduate has also become a director of note helming episodes of “New Amsterdam”, “Law & Order”, “The Good Doctor”, and “Rise”.

Be sure to join Mick & Mook on their October 19th episode of A Mick A Mook and A Mic to meet the very talented Nestor Carbonell.

This is the second part of my interview with Don Lattin, author of a nonfiction "psychedelic trilogy" of books about San Francisco, Tim Leary, LSD, MDMA, Richard Alpert/Ram Dass, Aldous Huxley and the resurgent prospect of using psychedlic substances (legally) to assist psychotherapy.

Will "psychedelic psychotherapy" come into being as a mainstream, insurance-reimbursable reality within the next few years? Isn't changing consciousness at the heart of what is being attempted with anti-depressants? Or...maybe not.

Don writes about the intersection of the spirit, mind, body and consciousness....through the lens of his experience, and reporting about, the psychedelic substances that were heavily demonized in the "War on Drugs." As these come into serious study in the therapy field, now, a reconsideration of what was being attempted, on both the East Coast and the West Coast, in the 1960's is in order.

Don can be reached at http://www.donlattin.com/

In which I interview Don Lattin, author of a nonfiction "psychedelic trilogy" of books about San Francisco, Tim Leary, LSD, MDMA, Richard Alpert/Ram Dass, Aldous Huxley and the resurgent prospect of using psychedelic substances (legally) to assist psychotherapy. 

With tender hearts we share that Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert) died peacefully at home in Maui on December 22, 2019 surrounded by loved ones.
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He was a guide for thousands seeking to discover or reclaim their spiritual identity beyond or within institutional religion.
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We are grateful for the heart to heart connection we have cultivated here and appreciate all the love that has poured out today. Thank you.

-Love Serve Remember

http://eastforest.org

http://ramdass.org

Hear the story of what it was like sitting in the room with Ram Dass and the process of recording Ram Dass in his study in Maui. Radha and East Forest join in conversation to go through the highlights and details of their time in Maui with Ram Dass. This was recorded right after to returning the mainland so it was all fresh in their heads. They explore the story of how it all came to be, how they were named, what it was like to meet and start working with Ram Dass, swimming with a shark, and more stories from the trip!

The full Ram Dass album releases August 9, 2019 on all music platforms.

ramdass.org
eastforest.org

The first in a series of looks 'behind the song' - so you get a glimpse at the inspiration and how a track comes together from start to finish. In this episode we explore the song "Home", from Chapter II of East Forest x Ram Dass where Ram Dass discusses is first experience with psilocybin (aka magic mushrooms) and how it served to propel him on his spiritual path.

You can hear the full song and album at,

Chapter II - https://open.spotify.com/album/7keeucmBz1BKOKt1c8Zma4?si=vtS7CRYcR0KQH_jBMt75yw
Chapter I - https://open.spotify.com/album/0VS6IDF8414tXSVqkpJVk1?si=DrDrDzmASViW7ADvwe1vWA

Chapter III hits the streets June 21 2019 and the full album on August 9 2019.

eastforest.org

Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das ” known to friends, family, and fans as simply KD ” has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling western chant artist of all time. His album ‘Live Ananda’ (released January 2012) was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category.

KD spent the late ’60’s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in August 1970, he finally made the journey to India, which led him to Ram Dass’ own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji.

Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion.

After two and a half years with Maharaj-ji, returned to USA – alas, six months after his return, word came that Maharaj-ji had died.

He took solace in music, finding peace and strength in both his Bhakti yoga practice as well as in such heroes as Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, and Bruce Springsteen (whom he laughingly calls “the Bodhisattva of New Jersey”). KD also co-founded Triloka Records, a California-based label specializing in world music, releasing such artists as Jai Uttal, sarod virtuoso Ali Akbar Khan, and legendary jazz musician/composer Jackie McLean.

In 1994, KD started leading chant at Jivamukti Yoga Center, NYC, with an ever-growing audience of yoga students that has led him to chant with people all around the world. In February 2013, Krishna Das performed at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, CA streamed online to millions of viewers. The award-winning film ‘One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das’ has been in over 100 US cities, over 10 countries worldwide and is available on DVD everywhere.

With the release of his 16th album Peace Of My Heart , October 2018 – KD on behalf of the Kirtan Wallah Foundation offers nearly two hours of deeply moving, meditative and artfully restrained new recordings born out of a request from a yoga teacher who works with children on the Autism Spectrum. Forgoing the ecstatic tempo changes so common to temple-style kirtan, these 5 new tracks move slowly and deliberately. The song to song steadiness is both striking and soothing, and as emotionally impactful as ever.

“The chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it,” KD promises. “That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.”

krishnadas.com
eastforest.org