EP 44 - Sanjay Rawal: Deep Spirituality and Sri Chinmoy

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Before he became a documentary filmmaker, Sanjay Rawal was a seeker of knowledge. So much so, that after graduating from University of California-Berkeley, he looked to guidance to fill the gaping hole in his heart.

Sanjay describes how he found the path to inner peace in the most unlikely place —the streets of New York City — his spiritual work with Sri Chinmoy and his work as a documentary filmmaker in this Living 4D episode.

Learn more about Sanjay’s work on Instagram at @mrsanjayr and @3100film.

Show Notes

“I'm one of just a handful of people who moved to New York City to find inner peace.” (5:07)
Sanjay made his first film, Ocean Monk, about 18 months after the passing of Sri Chinmoy, who remains a profound influence on Sanjay’s life. (12:57)
Are you a soul who possesses a body, or a body that possesses a mind, a set of emotions and a soul? (27:05)
What does the quote, “My soul is a bird of fire…” mean to you? (29:25)
Using the Heart Chakra to access the realm of the infinite. (35:46)
Silence is more powerful than sound. (44:53)
So long as you have faith in something, you’re a Hindu which is very different from the myopic ways Western religions operate. (52:11)
In Sanjay’s latest documentary, 3100: Run and Become, running merges with spirituality. (1:01:09)
“Physical pursuits can connect more directly with the soul's reality than most religions care to even pursue.” (1:04:48)
“Do you want to love power or do you want to be harnessed by the power of love? These are diametrically opposed realities.” (1:13:39)

Resources

Sanjay’s first film, Ocean Monk (2010), available for free on Vimeo
Drunken Mystic Lost in Eternity by Shyam Rajagopalan
Sanjay’s second film, Challenging Impossibility (2011), available for free on Vimeo
The work of Joseph Rael
The work of Sri Aurobindo
The work of Master Fong Ha
Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings by Richard Hooper
Sanjay’s first feature length, documentary, Food Chains
Sanjay’s recent appearance on the Mind Pump Podcast

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Transcript

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0:00.0	When I'm running on a trail or in a race I've never once thought of or even questioned, you know,
0:10.1	someone else's background or creed or ethnicity.
0:15.0	It's like there's a deep sense of oneness
0:17.5	when we're trying to pursue physical goals.
0:20.9	And that in and of itself helps us to expand past these realms that divide us, like the ones that the mind creates.
0:29.0	And in essence, it's like physical pursuits can connect more directly with the soul's reality
0:35.2	than most religions care to even pursue. Welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check. Today's guest is the filmmaker Sun J. Rommel.
0:54.0	Sun Jay worked in the human rights and international development sectors for 15 years
1:00.0	and in over 40 countries before focusing his love for photography and storytelling into filmmaking.
1:07.0	His short films have screened at over 120 festivals, including Tribeca, St Louis and Locano. festivals including a
1:15.0	Tribecke, St Louis and Locano. Sunjay's first feature, Food Chains,
1:18.0	won a host of awards, including a James Beard Award,
1:22.0	as well as the Brit Doc Impact Award as one of the most important films of 2015.
1:28.0	A lifelong runner, Sanjay was happy to lose the pounds he gained eating Mexican food in farm worker towns during
1:35.1	the making of this movie and take on a project about running.
1:39.4	His new film, 3100, Run and Become, Open in Theatres Fall 2018 and is now available on Amazon and iTunes.
1:49.0	All right, well welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check. I'm excited to have Sanjay Raul today.
1:57.2	I first learned about Sanjay listening to Mind Pump, actually, my soul brothers at Mind Pump sent me an email and said I think you got to check this guy Sanjay out. He's really cool and I think you're going to love his message so I went and watched 3100 running
2:15.9	become and and listen to the podcast and I said I got to talk to that guy and I got back in touch with mind pump and said put me in touch.
2:25.8	And so today we are making a great connection to share lots of love and exciting information with you.
2:32.1	Sanjay, welcome to Living 4D with Paul Chek.
2:35.4	Paul, I am super excited and honored to be on the show with you.
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