Pedram Shojai: Meet the Urban Monk

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Pedram Shojai is a former Taoist monk, Qi Gong master, physician, and bestselling author known as The Urban Monk. Renowned for his diverse and direct teachings, Pedram has teamed with Sounds True to release The Urban Monk Inner Stillness Training Program: How to Open Up and Awaken to the Infinite River of Life. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Pedram about the awakening that led him to Eastern esoteric practices and why he decided to bring those practices out of the monastery and into the world at large. Pedram and Tami talk about the practices of Taoist inner alchemy and how these can initiate profound personal change on many levels. They also discuss Pedram's experiences with documentary filmmaking and how they have informed his view that conscious capitalism needs to take a more active, focused role in helping the world in these turbulent times. Finally, Pedram leads listeners in a breathing exercise intended to settle the body and bring a glimpse of timelessness. (64 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses and events. At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.1	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey, offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Pedram Shojai.
0:44.7	Pedram is a former Taoist monk who is an accomplished physician of Chinese medicine
0:50.2	and has lectured on wellness around the world.
0:53.0	Pedram studied biology at UCLA until he had a series of profound mystical experiences
0:59.7	that drew him to the Eastern Esoteric Arts.
1:03.2	Pedram writes, waking up to our full potential
1:06.6	is the key.
1:07.8	And I'm passionate about teaching the skills
1:10.0	that I've learned over the years,
1:11.9	helping people wake up and live their lives fully.
1:16.0	Pedram is the author of the book, The Urban Monk, Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks to stop time and find success, happiness, and peace.
1:26.0	With Sounds True, he's created a new audio training series called the Urban Monk Inner
1:31.7	Stillness Training Program,
1:34.0	how to open up and awaken to the infinite river of life.
1:38.6	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:41.1	Petrim and I spoke about the three documentary films he's created and how
1:46.4	the process of making these films brought him to the realization that
1:55.0	the conscious capitalism has a critical role in changing the world at this time.
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