The Guru Looked Good details Marta’s ten plus years as a staff member in Gurumayi’s ashram, the same yogic monastery that Elizabeth Gilbert describes in her bestseller/movie Eat, Pray, Love. However, the picture painted by Szabo portrays the experience of working intimately with a guru in an international spiritual organization that extravagantly promises happiness, demands service, hypes a guru as God, but actually delivers escapism at best, oppression at worst.
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Ian is the author of Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale, a book on St. Francis of Assisi that Phyllis Tickle calls “…absolutely seductive…a feast for the soul as well as a great, churning, joyful romp for the spirit!” The Archbishop of Canterbury liked the book too. So Ian has that going for him…which is nice.
Listen as we talk about mysticism and swap stories about being one with God. I’m a mystic, he’s a mystic, wouldn’t you like to be a mystic too? You probably already are.
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Join me on the MonkCast for a glimpse into the future of messy monkery. Find out about Funky Fridays with The Merry Monk of Funk, tomorrow’s MonkCast with Ian Cron, and our upcoming conversation with Marta Szabo, author of The Guru Looked Good.
Ian is the author of Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale, a book on St. Francis of Assisi that Phyllis Tickle calls “…absolutely seductive…a feast for the soul as well as a great, churning, joyful romp for the spirit!” and about which the Archbishop of Canterbury says “I’ve now read it twice and found it equally compelling both times. It’s a remarkable book.” Nice blurbs.
Call in and talk with Ian tomorrow between noon and 12:30 ET as we record the MonkCast…1.888.547.8383. The call is free!
Next Thursday at noon, Marta Szabo will stop by the Merry Monastery to talk about her 12-year experience on staff in Gurumayi’s Siddha Yoga ashrams, the same ashram written of by Elizabeth Gilbert in her book Eat, Pray, Love. Same number if you want in on the conversation.
Here’s an archive of the MonkCasts from July. Click here to subscribe to the MonkCast via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader and join me for more merry monkery.
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Here’s an archive of the MonkCasts from June. Click here to subscribe to the MonkCast via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader and join me for more merry monkery.
You can also listen by clicking the links below or using the player over there to the right in the sidebar. If you have an iPhone, download the free ipadio app and listen there.
Remember, if you’d like to join me on a MonkCast, I can record a conference call. Just email me and we can set up a time and I’ll give you the details. It’s really as simple as a phone call.
Bestselling author Donald Miller grew up without a dad. He didn’t know what he was missing until his late twenties when he moved in with a family and got an extended look at a father in action.
With Father’s Day coming up, I thought it would be good for the crew over at Steve Brown Etc. to talk to Don about his story and the work he’s doing through The Mentoring Project, an organization that helps churches start mentoring programs and pairs mentors with boys in need.
Click here to listen as we talk about the importance of fathers and mentors. To download the audio, just right-click and select “Save Link As…”
Here’s an archive of the MonkCasts from May. Click here to subscribe to the MonkCast via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader and join me for more merry monkery.
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Remember, if you’d like to join me on a MonkCast, I can record a conference call. Just email me and we can set up a time and I’ll give you the details. It’s really as simple as a phone call.
Luke 4:29-30 “…and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.”
Did Jesus practice aikido? I submit that he did. In fact, I believe that he was a master aikidoka.
Join me on this MonkCast for a mashup of two ideas I’ve been promising to get to for some time now, 1) aikido as a spiritual discipline, and 2) being a warrior priest.
Here’s an archive of the MonkCasts from April. Click here to subscribe to the MonkCast via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader and join me for more merry monkery.
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Remember, if you’d like to join me on a MonkCast, I can record a conference call. Just email me and we can set up a time and I’ll give you the details. It’s really as simple as a phone call.
Join me, The Spastic Mystic, and The Comedy Ninja as we get raw and jump into The Internet Stream of Collective Consciousness. Who knew enlightenment could be so fun?
I'm a whiskey mystic, a silly son of God, a sword saint and a divine DJ. I'm The Merry Monk of Love.
I've been undergoing a radical emotional, physical and spiritual reformation. I'm constantly being repossessed by the Happy Spirit. It's sporadic enlightenment. It's a merry metamorphosis.
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Erik Guzman is Executive Producer at Key Life Network and can be heard on the nationally syndicated talk show Steve Brown Etc. and as announcer for Key Life.
He has a wife, three children, a BA in Mass Communication and an MBA. He's also a drummer, 3rd degree black belt in Aikido, and Master of Theology student at Reformed Theological Seminary.
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Join me on the MonkCast as I talk with Marta Szabo, author of The Guru Looked Good
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