38. Guru Jagat: The New Age of Ancient Wisdom, Part Two

The Life Stylist

Luke Storey

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the new age of ancient wisdom. We in the west are currently smack dab in the middle of a collective spiritual awakening. Or as our esteemed guest, Guru Jagat affectionately calls it in this episode- the new new age. Whatever you call it, it’s clear that there is a hopeful surge of interest in the area of personal development via spiritual practices. People young and old find themselves looking to the spiritual teachers and traditions of the past to help make sense of the present, and to light a path to a future that carries meaning, and hope. Yoga seems to be everywhere. And it's not just in the crunchy, granola capitals like LA and San Francisco anymore. It’s hit middle America like a waft of curry carried by the winds of change. You might even catch a juiced-up meathead in a yoga class at the gym these days for reasons other than the fact that that’s where you’ll likely find the highest concentration of Lulu Lemon-clad booties doing downward dogs. They are there for the same reason Wall Street brokers use meditation to manage stress: They know there is more to life than the tangible, material plane of reality. And they want to experience it. Young hipsters show off their mindfulness practice poses on Instagram. Native American dream catchers and healing crystals adorn the dashboards of today's’ latest breed of Prius driving spirit seekers. A new language has even emerged on the scene. Terminology like ‘Holding space,' ‘Namaste’ and ‘Balancing your chakras’ have become language you overhear while standing in line at the bank. But what does all this mean, and how can we discern the true from the false? The passing fads from the timeless, universal truths? Can we still live a ‘normal’ life while pursuing a deeper, metaphysical state of being?

In this two-part episode with Kundalini Yoga teacher and thought-leader Guru Jagat, we take a very practical, if not irreverent view of the current state of affairs of modern spirituality as seen through the lens of ancient yogic tradition and practice. In it, you will not only learn about the lineage of yoga she practices and teaches, but also how she has managed to create a small empire based on these principles, and how she continues to inspire the current, and incoming generation to find the sometimes hidden, deeper meaning in life.

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Vibration of sound and what the word guru represents
The Kundalini view on human sexuality and the new Aquarian Age mandate
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0:00.0	The Lifestylist, Episode 38, featuring Guru Jagget.
0:11.5	I'm Luke Story, a former celebrity fashion stylist and founder of School of Style.
0:17.5	For the past 20 years, I've been relentlessly dedicated to my deepest passion, designing the ultimate lifestyle based on the most powerful principles of health and spirituality.
0:28.9	The Lifestyleist podcast is a show dedicated to sharing my discoveries and the experts behind them with you.
0:50.2	Upside. and the experts behind them with you. It's your friendly neighborhood podcast host, Mr. Luke's, bringing you another episode of The Lifestyleist Podcast.
0:56.9	Now, if you caught last week's show with Guru Jagget, you'll know that you were in for a treat.
1:02.0	And hopefully I really left you hanging there, kind of a cliffhanger, because we did part one last week.
1:06.9	This is part two of this fantastic interview with Kundalini Yoga Master and teacher and
1:13.0	entrepreneur and just all-around modern spiritual Renaissance woman, Guru Jaggett. So in the
1:19.0	interview we cover what it's like to have a spiritual life but live in the real world, to be a
1:24.1	normal person but be spiritually oriented, and how to live a life of a true yogi, where you're operating in the world on the material
1:31.3	level, living as a householder, as we call it, not living in a cave, and bringing that
1:36.1	to the world at large and really making a true and honest contribution.
1:40.5	So that's the overall theme of this, but we do talk a lot about the very specific technology and traditions of Kundalini Yoga.
1:48.1	And then, of course, some random things like the spirituality of Keith Richards and how to make money and have sex and still be a truly spiritual person.
1:58.2	And what does that word really mean?
1:59.7	And how to avoid the pitfalls of
2:01.3	kind of being, you know, perhaps sort of an ungenuine fake spiritual person. So this is a
2:07.0	great interview. I'm so excited to bring you part two. I'm looking forward to even doing part
2:12.1	three, four, five, six down the road because this woman is fascinating. And we just had such a
2:16.9	great time sitting down and
2:18.2	sharing a conversation that we knew was going to be shared with so many people. So
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