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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