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The Mindvalley Podcast

Master Your Emotions, Control Negative Thoughts, and Live Happily with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The Mindvalley Podcast

Mindvalley

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Emotional intelligence is one of the key skills of the 21st Century. But how do you actually build it? Today's guest, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a world-renowned spiritual teacher who's helped millions of people worldwide find peace and inner resilience. In this episode, he reveals how to master your emotions, control negative thoughts, and live happily.        Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a global humanitarian, spiritual leader, and peace envoy who has been teaching breath-based meditation techniques for more than 40 years. He has inspired a wave of conscious and caring communities that has grown to more than 30,000 active teachers and over one million volunteers. He has received over 38 government awards and has spoken at the United Nations, the European Parliament, the World Economic Forum, as well as universities such as Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.   Listen out for: -  How to find peace in the midst of chaos. -  Why we need to have compassion for our enemies. -  The true definition of intuition and how to nurture it. -  The real meaning of ‘Maya’. -  The actual purpose of the silent retreat.   Bonus:                                                                          - Find out Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s meditation and breath workshop 👉 https://www.artofliving.org/global/home  - Subscribe to 'Mindvalley Membership' to discover 65+ transformational Mindvalley programs – at a surprisingly low annual fee. You can also watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW      Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:06.3

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

0:13.7

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

0:20.3

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

0:26.8

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

0:31.5

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

0:35.9

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

0:39.2

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

0:44.0

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

0:51.2

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

0:56.8

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

1:01.9

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

1:07.7

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

1:13.9

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

1:18.4

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

1:24.2

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

1:32.2

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

1:38.9

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

1:44.8

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

1:51.2

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

1:57.7

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

2:02.4

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

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