Stephen Cope: Finding Your True Calling

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Stephen Cope is the scholar emeritus at Kripalu Yoga Center and the director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living, as well as the bestselling author of The Wisdom of Yoga and The Great Work of Your Life. With Sounds True, Stephen has produced an eight-week online course titled Your True Calling: Essential Teachings of Yoga to Find Your Path in the World. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Stephen about discovering and living out your dharma—the true purpose of your life. They discuss the wisdom found in the Bhagavad Gita and the many ways this ancient parable can be applied to modern life. Stephen explains why "missing by an inch is the same as missing by a mile," as well as why we need to decide what not to do in order to bring our gifts to life. Finally, Tami and Stephen talk about the concept of being a warrior and what this means as we bring our unique skills to bear in a world that needs them more than ever. (67 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.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, guest is Stephen Cope. Stephen
0:44.8	Cope is the scholar Emeritus at the Cropalo Yoga Center and the director of
0:50.8	the Cropalo Institute for Extraordinary Living, the largest Yoga research
0:56.0	Institute in the Western world.
0:58.7	He's the author of four best-selling books, including Yoga and The Quest for the True Self, The Wisdom of Yoga,
1:06.7	and the Great Work of Your Life, a Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling.
1:12.0	With Sounds True, Stephen has released a new
1:15.9	audio book of the great work of your life and also a new eight-week online
1:21.5	course on your true calling where he teaches that the secrets
1:26.3	to unlocking the mystery of your life's purpose can be found in the spiritual
1:32.1	classic the Bhaghavita.
1:35.0	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:38.0	Stephen and I spoke about the four pillars of discerning and living your unique
1:44.4	darma. We talked about how missing by an inch
1:49.0	is the same as missing by a mile
1:52.0	and how we can go about sharpening and clarifying our aim.
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