no soul, no individual have come to this planet or being a so-called a bad guy.

Every child is born as like an angel, but then they turn out to be all these anti-social elements

because of certain situations. So you find that inner-city gang members, you know, they're all

nice people. They just need it flip. Then they are, you find that the same person who was moving

around with gun is now moving around with roses and ready to help people.

I am Vision Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

You're listening to the Mind Valley Podcast, where we'll be bringing you the greatest

teachers and thought leaders on the planet. It has cast the world's most powerful ideas in

personal growth for mind, body, spirit and work. Hi everyone, welcome to the Mind Valley Podcast.

Today's guest is one of the most imminent people I've ever had on the podcast.

Let me start with a simple story. A few months ago, I got a random message from a Mind Valley

follower in Colombia. And this person in Colombia said, thank you so much for doing work with

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. I love that man so much because he brought peace to my country.

Now, I know this may seem astounding to many of you unless you live in Colombia. This man who

brought peace to the country, well, it turned out that during the violent era of Colombia,

this Indian sage was somehow able to bring love and compassion into the political discussion

to bring together warring parties to communicate at the table, which led to peace in Colombia.

It is rare to be interviewing someone who has actually impacted the world to this level,

actually ending conflicts that have lasted dozens of years. And this is especially what makes

the spiritual teacher Guru Dev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar so mesmerizing and astounding as a guest today.

He's a global humanitarian spiritual leader and peace envoy who has been teaching

breadth-based meditation techniques for more than 40 years, but that is such a small slice of who

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