Ep. 571 – Music and the Legacy of Ram Dass with Justin Boreta
Mindrolling with Raghu Markus
Be Here Now Network
4.7 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Justin Boreta, the first musician to collaborate with Ram Dass, talks with Raghu about Ram Dass’ legacy and the power of music.
Check out the track Awareness, an ambient track by Justin mixed with a guided meditation from Ram Dass.
This week on Mindrolling, Justin and Raghu chat about:
- Ram Dass’ legacy transported through music
- The chants that Ram Dass brought home from India
- Kali Yuga, the age of destruction
- Chants for Ganesh and music as the delivery method for mantra
- Ram Dass’ humor and charm
- How music is a tool for being in the present moment
- Using the breath to enter into a space of loving-kindness
- The intersection of community, teachings, and music
- Trusting the music and letting go
Raghu suggests checking out the poetry of Kabir brought to life through music.
About Justin Boreta:
Justin Boreta is a member of The Glitch Mob, a beat-driven electronic group that has been touring for more than a decade performing around the world at festivals including: Coachella, Burning Man, Lollapolooza, Reading & Leeds and Bonnaroo. Boreta has collaborated with the spiritual teacher Ram Dass and Alan Watts on guided meditations and was recently nominated for a 2021 Grammy for Best New Age Album. Boreta is also a member of the Soul Land music series at Love Serve Remember.
“There was this sense of unencumbered big-eyed view of love. I felt so accepted and seen and relaxed right away. It was psychedelic. It was one of the most psychedelic experiences I’d had…the first thing I thought was if he [Ram Dass] makes me feel like that, I want other people around me to feel like that too.” – Justin Boreta
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. It is Ragu back with mind rolling, but not really. |
| 0:26.7 | This week, my old friend, Justin Beretta, |
| 0:29.1 | this is going to be Justin Beretta, |
| 0:33.8 | mind rolling, not Ragu, mind rolling, |
| 0:35.8 | Justin, okay, Justin, |
| 0:43.1 | without Justin, we wouldn't have all this extraordinary music that is comprised over the last number of years since, actually, since Ram Dass left, it's five years |
| 0:48.4 | ago. |
| 0:50.0 | And, yeah. |
| 0:51.4 | And so Justin was the first artist to take Ram Dass's words |
| 1:01.0 | and put this symphony behind it, Electronica Symphony. |
| 1:07.0 | I mean, it created what is now called soul and music. |
| 1:12.6 | And there's no one more a soul brother than you, Justin. |
| 1:15.9 | So I'm really happy to have you here. |
| 1:17.7 | But he has a whole thing going on, and we're going to talk about that. |
| 1:21.4 | And so I'm going to give it over to you. |
| 1:26.2 | Thank you, Ragu. |
| 1:27.4 | And this is a perfect segue into what I wanted to learn more about and brainstorm is the genesis |
| 1:38.8 | of Soland and everything that we've done and collaborated with together is really interesting. |
| 1:43.1 | And I just put out the first single from my new album. |
| 1:48.2 | The full album will be out next year. |
| 1:50.7 | First song came out with some snips of Ram Dass in there called Light Shine. |
| 1:57.0 | And when I was thinking about it, you know, because when I came up to Ohio and we spoke, we were focusing on a lot of the metaphysics and the psychedelia behind all of this. |
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