Episode
14
Brain Software for a New Civilization with Gregor Maehle.
In this episode, we hear from Gregor Maehle, yoga teacher and scholar, about laughing at your own authority, listening to the mystery, spirituality as a community practice, and more.
In this episode we discuss:
- the intersection of spirituality and community practice through yoga.
- importance of questioning one’s own authority, embracing humor, and listening to the deeper mysteries of life.
- insights from Ashtanga yoga, pranayama, and meditation, offering a perspective on how these practices can contribute to a new, more enlightened civilization.
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Interview excerpts:
Our duty
We have a duty here, and that is the duty to not act only in the interest of ourselves & humanity, but in the interest of the biosphere as a whole, there are no life forms that we have the right to make extinct and all have a purpose to be here.
Directionality
Because the thing is, if you don’t know where you are going or where you want to go you will end up somewhere else.
Don't fall for a personality cult
One advice I would like to give is to see to get as much quality information that you can get, that’s why I wrote my books for example. And then another thing is to not fall for a personality cult.