Desire is the Fuel for Action w/Leonard Perlmutter
Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev) is the founder of The American Meditation Institute and originator of National Conscience Month. Mr. Perlmutter’s first book, The Heart and Science of Yoga® was endorsed by Dean Ornish MD, Dr. Oz, and Bernie Siegel MD. Over the past 26 years, he has served on the faculties of the New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts and the International Himalayan Yoga Teachers Association in Calgary, Canada. He has taught workshops on the benefits of the conscience, meditation and Yoga Science at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and more.
Topics Discussed:
- What, exactly, is the conscience?
- Why is it so hard to follow its advice?
- Where does the conscience get its wisdom?
- What are the “Four Functions of the Mind?”
- Where does this framework come from?
- Do you have to believe in God to trust your conscience?
- What is the law of karma, and why are thoughts so important to it?
- You say there are only two kinds of thoughts – can you describe them?
- Does the conscience really always know the difference?
- What kinds of problems can be solved by relying on the conscience?
- Can you give us an easy example of an experiment we can try?
- How about an experiment that might be a little more challenging?
- What does one-pointed attention mean?
- Isn’t it exhausting to rely on the conscience all the time?
- But what would you tell someone who wants to let loose and have fun?
- What does “ahimsa” mean?
- What is the Bridge of Yoga?
- Why should people listen to what you are saying?
- How does meditation fit into all of this?
- How can people learn more about your teaching?
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