Living with Reality with Dr. Robert Svoboda: Recent Episodes
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Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. 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. He is the author of over a dozen books and has served as Adjunct Faculty at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, and at Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA. You can find out more about his work at www.drsvoboda.com and follow him on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
Dr. Svoboda sits down with Dr. Ramkumar Kutty for an eye-opening conversation about the past and future of Aryuvedic medicine.
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In this conversation, Dr. Svoboda and Dr. Ramkumar Kutty discuss:
- The state of Ayurvedic medicine and the practices that support it
- Vaidyagrama and applying the principles of Ayurveda more broadly
- Learning to be less rigid with our practice, not getting too heavy with rigid doctrines
"I think Ayurveda is something that we should enjoy, it should make us light. The moment we say restrictive, it is making us heavy. It means we are becoming obsessive about it.
And the same thing happens when people work with have organic food or exercise or asana practice. We can enjoy the process or we can become obsessive about it and thereby become very heavy and weighed down. " - Dr. Ramkumar Kutty
About Dr. Ramkumar Kutty:
Dr. Ramkumar is a lifelong student of Ayurveda and other traditional Indian knowledge systems. Over the last 2 decades, he has given talks and conducted workshops in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Australia and many parts of Asia, promoting health, happiness and contentment.
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About Dr. Robert Svoboda:
Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. 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. He is the author of twelve books including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution and the Aghora series, which discusses his experiences with his mentor during the years 1975 – 1983.
In the years since 1986, Dr. Svoboda has traveled extensively, spending three months per year on average in India. He often speaks on Ayurveda, Jyotish, Tantra and allied subjects in locales across the world.
You can find out more about his work at www.drsvoboda.com and follow him on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
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Dr. Robert Svoboda and Paula Crossfield discuss how we can honor and work with Saturn to lessen its negative effects on our lives.
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In this episode, Paula and Dr. Svoboda illuminate:
- Why we need to pay attention to the greatness of Saturn and it’s relentless impact on all of us, our karma, and the world
- The qualities of Saturn (Lord Shani): remoteness/isolation, slow-moving, separation, delay of gratification, sickness, old age, death, discipline/refinement
- How we can work with Saturn to lessen it’s effect on us through developing discipline, impulse-control, hard work, and honoring our lessons and trials
- What it is that the difficult karmic lessons of Saturn are trying to teach us
If you would like to learn more about working with Saturn, please read Dr. Svoboda’s therapeutic myth, The Greatness of Saturn
“Saturn is furthest away and Saturn is slowest moving, so the influence of Saturn is felt for longer than any of the other planets. That means, whether it is for good or not so good, Saturn is going to relentlessly provide you the results of certain karmas of yours. It’s that quality of inexorable relentlessness that really makes Saturn the planet you need to pay the most attention to.” – Dr. Robert Svoboda
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In an educational lecture on possessing knowledge, Dr. Robert Svoboda describes the four pramanas of Ayurveda.
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“No matter how accurate our perception is, it is only a teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy fragment of what there is to perceive.” – Dr. Robert Svoboda
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Dr. Svoboda shares the Hindu mythological story of Daksha's Yajna – the sacrifice of Daksha – involving the leela (play) of Shiva, Sati, & more.
"If you're trying too much to be too holy, you're going to get in trouble." – Dr. Robert Svoboda
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This time on Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda lectures on the value of intoxicants and the natural urge to seek altered states.
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"If you are trying to simply always feel like you're in a good mood and you're always using some substance to feel like you're in a good mood, you're not dealing with reality. Because sometimes in reality things are going to be great and sometimes they're going to be terrible and you have to be in a position to deal with both of those states of being and not be disturbed, not be distracted from your purpose in life." – Robert Svoboda
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Dr. Robert Svoboda gives a historical account of Ayurveda from the Vedic period to Classical India in this episode of Living with Reality.
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"We need to align ourselves as best as possible, get out in nature whenever we can, because it is the order in nature that is really maintaining our order." – Dr. Robert Svoboda
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Dr. Svoboda and Paula Crossfield discuss finding purpose with the help of planets in the great game of cosmic pinball.
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In this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda speaks to the importance of being aware of our habits and developing healthy rituals.
"Take advantage of routines, rituals, and habits. Don't let them take advantage of you" – Dr. Svoboda
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In this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda takes us on a journey through the divine play of Krishna from his birth through adulthood.
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“Everybody, when they are fortunate enough to have some interaction with Krishna, Krishna will come to them and then he will disappear. And then they will have to search for him.” – Dr. Robert Svoboda
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Dr. Robert Svoboda unearths the unbridled greatness and potent karmic effect that Lord Shani—the planet Saturn—has on our lives.
In this crucial episode, Paula Crossfield introduces a talk from Dr. Robert Svoboda illuminating the greatness of Saturn and outlining the practices and vantages we can take to lessen Lord Shani's negative influence on our lives. For deeper insight into Saturn and the Nine Grahas (planets), pick up his translation of The Greatness of Saturn. The reading of this therapeutic myth is an entertaining and direct upaya (method) for cooling the often overwhelming afflictions of Lord Shani. Om Sham Sri Shanicharaya Namaha.
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Dr. Robert Svoboda shares teachings from the Bhagavad Gita that explore the role of karma in our life's path.
“We’re creating karmas, and those karmas are creating for us our future, and they are creating for us not only our future in this lifetime, but our future in our next incarnations.” —Dr. Robert Svoboda
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Building from the previous episode, Dr. Svoboda offers insight into the positive, negative, and nuetral forms of possession we experience throughout our daily lives.
Introducing the second part of this illuminating discussion on the senses, sight, fire, & possession; host, Paula Crossfield, sets the stage, opening the curtains to reveal Dr. Robert Svoboda mid Dharma talk in the atmospheric setting of Costa Rica in 2018. Click the link to listen to Part 1: https://beherenownetwork.com/dr-robert-svoboda-living-with-reality-ep-26-sight-fire-possession/
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Dr. Robert Svoboda takes listeners on a journey through the sense of sight, the Fire Element, and how possession is everywhere.
In this episode of Living With Reality,host, Paula Crossfield, presents part one of an illuminating discussion from a Costa Rican Retreat in 2018, in which Dr. Svoboda offers an introduction to the sense of sight, the fire element, and the nuances of possession.
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Dr. Svoboda shares the cosmic and internal lessons to be learned from the layered Indian myth – The Churning of the Ocean of Milk.
In this special episode of Living With Reality, Dr. Svoboda—through the blessing of his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda—invites us into a lively telling of the richly layered Indian myth: The Churning of the Ocean of Milk. Grokking this sweet and useful story from both the external cosmic vantage, as well as the microcosmic internal perspective, Dr. Svoboda lifts the veil to a holographic understanding of this astronomy-steeped foundational Vedic story.
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In this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda explores urges, why we shouldn’t suppress them, and the difference between cultural urges and physiological urges.
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Dr. Robert Svoboda shares a conversation with Dr. Vignesh Devraj that centers on analyzing karma, looking at whether karma is knowable, and dealing with karmic patterns and obligations.
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This week’s Living with Reality Podcast features a conversation between Dr. Svoboda and Dr. Vignesh Devraj that took place on the Ayurvedic Healing and Beyond Podcast. Dr. Devraj is a fourth-generation Ayurvedic healer. Learn more about him at vigneshdevraj.com.
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This time on the Living with Reality podcast, Dr. Robert Svoboda speaks with Paula Crossfield about living our dharma, the Eighth House in astrology, and their journey to finding Ayurveda.
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In this Guru Purnima dharma talk, Dr. Robert Svoboda shares stories of Dattatreya exemplifying how everything is the Guru.
In this special Hindu holiday Story Time episode of Living With Reality introduced by Paula Crossfield. Dr. Svoboda tells dharma stories of Dattatreya, who was said to be an emanation of the Trinity, and who first developed the spiritual path called Aghora, with Lord Shiva as his first disciple. Exploring these colorful, bhav-steeped, timeless lilas, Dr. Svoboda shares the innate, intuitive wisdom of Dattatreya – who learned from 24 gurus who didn't actually know they were his guru. Jai Gurudev.
"Dattatreya—Datta + treya—he is the one who has given up the three. The three being: the three Maha Gunas – Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas... the coverings the keep us from recognizing the supreme reality." – Dr. Robert Svoboda
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On this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda celebrates Guru Purnima with a dharma talk about honoring the guru and the connection they provide to the Supreme Reality.
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Touching on the wave of collective grief cresting the planet, Dr. Svoboda offers practical Ayurvedic wisdom on working with negative emotions like loss and fear in the body.
In this episode of Living With Reality, Paula Crossfield introduces a timely dharma talk from Dr. Robert Svoboda outlining both the collective and personal nuances of working through grief. Shedding light from the Ayurvedic perspective on how to transmute feelings of loss, fear, and emptiness into feelings of wholeness and fullness through proper breathing, eating, and acceptance, Dr. Svoboda relays wisdom of growth through the discomfort.
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On this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda covers the three Da’s: Dama (self-control), Daya (compassion) and Dāna (generosity).
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In celebration of Chaitri Navaratri, join Dr. Svoboda in a vibrant trip through India, worshipping the Divine Mother and learning the myths and traditions of Navaratri—festivals honoring the Goddess.
In honor of Chaitri Navaratri—nine nights celebrating the Goddess this April 13th - 22nd 2021—Paula Crossfield introduces a dharma talk from Dr. Robert Svoboda highlighting the astrological and spiritual significance of this spring Navaratri. Illuminating various aspects of the Divine Mother, Dr. Svoboda shares myths and traditions from five important Navaratri celebrations throughout the year, before offering insights on practice and intention during this potent time for worship and prayer.
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Celebrating the Hindu holiday, Mahashivratri, Dr. Svoboda shares stories of Lord Shiva, illuminating light’s ability to breakthrough even the darkest times.
In celebration of this year’s Mahashivratri, the Hindu holiday celebrating Lord Shiva, Paula Crossfield presents Dr. Svoboda’s wisdom-filled livestream from that morning, sharing stories depicting the auspicious blessings, lessons, and lilas of Lord Shiva. Mahashivratri is marked by the new moon during the final recession of winter, showcasing the ability for light to naturally overcome, even during the darkest of times. Om Namah Shivaya.
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This episode of Living with Reality is about determining what is real, as Dr. Robert Svoboda looks at the Indian system of thought as a way to understand truth.
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On this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Scott Blossom joins Dr. Robert Svoboda for a conversation about Ayurveda and the microbiome, and why the mouth is the gateway to health.
Dr. Scott Blossom is a Traditional Chinese Medical practitioner, Shadow Yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic Consultant. He lives in Berkeley, CA, with his wife and their two children. Learn more about him at doctorblossom.com.
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In this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda focuses on Rahu, a shadow planet that causes eclipses, and how we are experiencing Kalasarpa yoga at the beginning of 2021.
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This time on Living with Reality, Dr. Robert Svoboda talks about moving beyond 2020 and provides tips and insights into how we can open ourselves to a better reality in 2021.
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Dr. Svoboda & Paula Crossfield Dr. Svoboda & Paula Crossfield illuminate ways that we can interpret omens and open an intuitive communication with nature.
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In this timely talk, Dr. Robert Svoboda shines a light on the quality of resilience, using the story of Harriet Tubman as an example of a person who is resolute and resilient.
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Dr. Robert Svoboda explores how we can best tune into our intuition in this age of constant confusion and start following the signs that the outside world provides for us.
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Dr. Svoboda elucidates the four aims of life, explaining how path, wealth, desire, and freedom from delusion apply to stages of development.
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Paula Crossfield interviews Dr. Svoboda about possession, personality, channeling deities, worshipping ancestors, and cultivating good habits.
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Dr. Robert Svoboda explores Samkhya, which is the underlying philosophy of Ayurveda, and leads a meditation on Prana and the Five Elements.
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Dr. Svoboda explores the principles of Sādhanā and how we can balance spiritual practice with social action and our modern lives.
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How can the principles of Ayurveda bring healing in this time of pandemic and social turmoil?
Dr. Robert Svoboda offers a reflection on why we need Ayurveda right now to restore balance to our being and the world we inhabit.
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Krishna Das joins Dr. Robert Svoboda and Paula Crossfield to discuss chanting practice, the Guru's grace, and Hanuman. They share stories about their encounters with Great Beings, most notably Neem Karoli Baba, Vimalananda, and Anandamayi Ma. Weaving through this focused and delightful conversation, Krishna Das and Dr. Svoboda open up about their personal singing practices, their relationship to Hanuman, and offer guidance on how to tell if someone is a true saint or Guru.
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Are you living with reality? Paula Crossfield sits down with Dr. Robert Svoboda to talk about learning to live with reality as it is.
In this conversation, Dr. Svoboda speaks about how he came to study at the Ayurvedic College in India, he explores what Ayurveda has to offer the modern world, and looks back on some of the lessons he learned from his mentor, the revered Aghori teacher Swami Vimalananda.
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