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Bhakti Tirtha Swami (Swami Krishnapada) of the Institute of Spiritual Education, made an informal visit to Maui and spoke at the Old Kahului Shopping Center to a small crowd. Jason got an opportunity to sit and speak with him.-1998
Summary & Transcript
The video begins with a musical intro, followed by a keynote style address at a Harvest Festival celebrating natural living, agriculture, and community. The speaker emphasizes the importance of healthy, organic food and its impact on the mind, family, and society. Key points include:
- The body as a machine: What we consume physically affects mental and spiritual health.
- Family as a microcosm: Family dynamics reflect societal health; nourishing food nurtures society.
- Agricultural heritage: Humanity has shifted from agricultural to industrial, scientific, and information-based societies, often losing connection with nature.
- Environmental abuse: The planet suffers from nuclear testing, toxic waste, and general ecological degradation.
- Mental pollution: Beyond physical pollution, mental and sound pollution affect human well-being.
- Music and sound: Positive sound (music) elevates and nourishes the spirit.
- Social issues: Racism, tribalism, and sectarianism are linked to societal imbalances and poor nourishment.
- Vegetarianism and organic food: These foster harmony with God and humanity.
- Despair and fast food: Modern distress and suicide are connected to unhealthy diets, disconnection from ancient wisdom, and lack of love.
- Role modeling: Adults set examples for children by caring for land and community, influencing future generations.
The speaker expresses gratitude for the festival’s spirit and encourages continuation of such natural, community-focused events.
Jason Schwarz introduces Swami Krishnapada, a spiritual advisor and global peace advocate traveling internationally. Highlights of this segment:
- Swami Krishnapada’s Background:
- Travels globally promoting peace, self-sufficiency, simplicity, and God-consciousness.
- Holds degrees from Princeton University in Psychology and International Law.
- Has been active for over 26 years in spiritual consultancy and development.
- Combines Western scholarship, Eastern guru tradition, and African chieftaincy roles.
- Projects and Activities:
- Oversees about 20 monasteries in West Africa and several in East Africa.
- Manages large farms in Pennsylvania (400 acres) and West Virginia (3,000 acres).
- Promotes organic farming, alternative energy, and sustainable living.
- Conducts workshops on alternative healthcare including massage therapy, acupuncture, and herbalism, rooted in Vedic tradition.
- Philosophical Approach:
- Emphasizes raising consciousness through tertiary and contemplative practices.
- Advocates a lifestyle integrating spiritual and material well-being.
- Critiques modern society’s over-emphasis on consumption, industrialization, and fragmentation.
- Books and Publications:
- Leadership for an Age of Higher Consciousness — Guides leaders to invoke divine blessings and implement policies mindful of spiritual and material balance. Available internationally, including Russian and Japanese translations.
- Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena — Explores paranormal topics like telepathy, clairvoyance, and extraterrestrials from a Vedic perspective.
- Transforming Lust into Love — Addresses relationship challenges, offering spiritual and psychological tools for healthy partnerships.
- Spiritual and Social Observations:
- Calls for a global mindset shift to overcome tribalism, sectarianism, and gender confusion.
- Stresses common religious essentials: love for God, love for neighbors, and understanding the world/body as temporary.
- Warns against religion exploited for politics or business, emphasizing the need for authentic philosophy and spirituality.
- Highlights the importance of natural living as a path to spiritual growth.
The conversation deepens around spirituality, religion, and social issues:
- Religion and Esotericism:
- Differentiates between exoteric (ritualistic) and esoteric (inner, contemplative) religious practice.
- True spiritual traditions reveal universal truths that transcend external forms.
- Unity in diversity:
- Celebrates Maui’s multicultural community as an example of religious and cultural harmony.
- Encourages seeing humans as visitors in this physical world, with spiritual homes elsewhere.
- References ancient teachings about angels, gods, and spiritual realms, underscoring the vastness of creation.
- Symbolism of Swami’s Cane:
- Described as a spiritual symbol combining African and Eastern traditions.
- Lion motif signifies protection and the removal of inauspicious influences.
- Urgency of Planetary Crisis:
- Highlights worsening global conditions: rising crime, disease, weakened immune systems despite technological advances.
- Calls for individual and collective responsibility to make a difference starting with families.
- Discusses cultural priorities: dominance of pharmaceutical and defense industries reflects misplaced values.
- Notes high exposure of youth to violence and promiscuity via media, contributing to social decay.
- Emphasizes the need for positive role models and leaders who prioritize the welfare of communities.
- [27:57 → 37:17] Swami Krishnapada’s Global Work and Vision
- Work with Leaders and Communities:
- Served as spiritual consultant to diplomats and world leaders.
- Participated in events such as a large cultural and spiritual festival in South Africa with 60,000 children, promoting racial and religious unity post-apartheid.
- Advocates for self-realization and consciousness revitalization to overcome spiritual amnesia.
- Current and Future Projects:
- Building multiple temples in Nigeria and Ghana.
- Expanding farms and sustainable communities amid civil unrest.
- Emphasizes service orientation, humanitarian aid, and food distribution without proselytizing.
- Philosophical Integration:
- Spiritual life is practical, not just conceptual or ritualistic.
- Developing spiritual cities that integrate economic, social, political, and spiritual growth.
- Personal Notes:
- Swami Krishnapada wears spiritual symbols from India (Mayapore) and Africa, reflecting his multicultural identity.
- Expresses hope to return to Maui and strengthen community ties.
- [37:17 → 42:43] Closing Interview Remarks and Festival Atmosphere
- The host reflects on the value of sharing messages from a recognized spiritual leader.
- Swami Krishnapada’s spelling of his name (Krishna) is provided for book searches.
- The festival’s environment is described: a weekly farmers market with fresh produce, flowers, and local crafts.
- Emphasis on community engagement and accessibility of natural living on the island.
- [42:43 → End] Festival Highlights and Cultural Events
- Footage and dialogue highlight ongoing festival activities:
- Celebrations featuring Hawaiian costumes and dance.
- Local artists supporting charity causes, including a notable painting auctioned for a women’s charity.
- Community members and celebrities participating in cultural and sporting events.
- Emphasis on unity, healing arts, positive community action, and environmental awareness.
- Training and demonstrations such as hula lessons to engage viewers in cultural immersion.
Key Insights and Conclusions
- Holistic health and spirituality are deeply interconnected. The body, mind, and spirit influence each other, and nourishing food and environment are foundational.
- Modern society faces ecological, social, and spiritual crises due to disconnection from nature and ancient wisdom.
- Spiritual traditions, particularly the Vedic philosophy, offer practical solutions for personal and societal transformation.
- Leadership based on higher consciousness can create sustainable, compassionate communities.
- Global unity and appreciation of diversity are essential for overcoming divisiveness tied to race, religion, and nationalism.
- Individual responsibility begins with family and community, influencing broader societal change.
- Cultural festivals and natural living projects serve as important models for integrating spirituality, ecology, and community welfare.
- Spiritual education and positive role models are critical to counteract media-driven violence and moral decline.
Quantitative and Comparative Data
| Topic | Data / Details |
|---|---|
| Farms managed | Pennsylvania (400 acres), West Virginia (3,000 acres) |
| Monasteries managed | ~20 in West Africa, 5-6 in East Africa |
| Leadership book distribution | Given to ~8 presidents in last 4 months |
| South Africa event | 60,000 children, 8-hour cultural/spiritual program |
| Media exposure for American youth | 400,000 violent crimes, 50,000 murders viewed by age 19 |
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Ladies and gentlemen we are happy to be with you at your incredible Harvest and we particularly uh offer blessings and prayers because we see how you are involved in so many natural Affairs I just walking around looking at the uh
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artistic Arrangements the Arts the crafts and uh looking at the Nice produce it’s nice when we can eat healthily because the body is a machine what we put into the body affects the mind it affects our families family is the microcosm of the Society of the planet it affects the planet ni we grow the food devotionally we can Harvest it devotionally and it’s nice when we can prepare it in a meditation of service and gratitude and be able to literally to prepare it and to eat it in that same
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Spirit of mercy and and gratitude as we look at most of Western Society we have forgotten about so many basic things we see that much much of world society has been agriculturally oriented but we have moved away from that a lot and now we’ve moved to from an agricultural to an industrial to a scientific and now to an information uh basic culture and society and so often people are so only thinking about data and information and they are lost the uh ability to engage in so many natural things that are healthy and beneficial
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for human development growth and spiritual acceleration we see that we have done such a disservice to Mother booming Mother Earth we have engaged in matal Side by so much nuclear testing toxic waste by so much abuse of the land and therefore our mother is in dire need of Rejuvenation so many of you who are involving yourselves in organic produce you are aiding to that we suggest as you Aid to that that you look we look a little closer cuz we see how also we’re producing Echo side and that the environments are so
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much polluted the pollution also can be through mental pollution through improper sound pollution not only the pollution uh that’s due to the ethers from improper toxins or improper uh agricultural considerations or improper comerce it’s so much based on rapid growth without looking at proper development of the spirit so we hear good sounds like you have there you have some music and so music is elevating then it gives nourishment and we take nourishment from the food nourishment from things that we can use that help in
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uh producing piety also we see many people are are engaged in not only Metro side echoside but in some places genocide where there’s racism there’s tribalism or sectarianism because when people eat properly then of course their actions are also very aggressive when we are vegetarians and we ranging our food organically then we have much more fuel or much more ability to do things that will be more synergistic that will be more in harmony with God and harmony with humankind and last we see that some
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people are so much engaged in suicide these days because their lives are very distressed they are so distressed when they eat they eat only fast foods they’re so distressed because they’re disappointed with themselves with their families with their Leaders with the Educators a lot of that has to do with lack of accessing ancient wisdom when we access ancient wisdom and universals then we naturally we feel happy about things we feel more good about ourselves and then others also feel good about us
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because we share what we carry that’s that there’s more much more need of course for love in contrast to lust lust causes us to do things without considering the implications and ramifications we do things we do not look at what it means for the future we as adults it is that we are borrowing the future from our children so how we do things is setting patterns that our children will in fact follow so we’re all leaders in that we are setting role models for those who we ultimately want
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to care for the best so if our kids see that we are taking care of the land that we are doing manufacturing things if they see that we are productive and being able to control our environments a little better then they will feel so much better about life and then they will be able to be higher Achievers and we can be feel good that we have not bankrupt left them in a bankrupt situation so we’re happy to be with you I’m just traveling to a few different countries I’m literally here only for a
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few more hours than I fly out to America and then to Russia and a few other places but I’m always happy to be an association where people are trying to make a difference by their own individual contribution so we offer prayers to you we hope you have a very nice day and we hope that you have many of these uh incredible uh festivals where you come and try to encourage others to live more see naturally God bless you how you CHR hey than thank you thank you very much uh father uh you know I I I was touched
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when he come up here first of all I want you to know before we begin I appreciate this and I hope this is a blessing to you like it is to me you are very Mery as far as microphone rather than rather than eating it just down so there it’s just about here so it doesn’t hide your beautiful smile and just there okay we’re ready to begin okay okay Aloha this is Jason Schwarz of dreammakers Mama presents today we have a very very special guest for all of you this is Swami krishn pod aloha aloha very happy to be here
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with you with our wonderful audience today oh yeah now you’ve come here just for a day to uh I guess you’re on the way to the mainland of the United States that’s right and uh you’re just here visiting for the day just visiting friends well I’m my life is a constant experience uh when I’m constantly traveling uhuh because normally I involve myself in three major activities one I’m always interested in meeting with people discussing issues about peace and uh you know creating a global
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mindset based on helping people to know more about self-sufficiency Simplicity and helping individuals to be able to kind of come together more with a God uh consciously focused so I’ve been visiting uh different uh communities here and I’ll literally be in the country on the island only for one more day yeah then I’m flying back to America and then to Russia and then to different different parts of Africa and India wow I had heard that you you are uh have been for a good while spiritual advisor
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who uh some world leaders yes well yes I I I uh have a little expertise in areas of uh Stress Management conflict resolution and also time management and because many particularly of the third world countries we try to help the leaders to engage in development in a way that it’s more humanly uh oriented to use technology that is more applied and appropriate instead of using things that’s just about a rapid growth that doesn’t address the needs of The Human Condition and things that bring in so
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much various types of exploitation and also manipulation so in many of these countries I serve as a spiritual consultant that help and helping people to integrate healthily the material and the spiritual yeah see for instance in some countries I oversee monasteries and Farms I have about 20 monasteries in West Africa about five or six in southern in East Africa many many farms uh I’m just coming a couple of days ago from one of my farms uh in Pennsylvania we have about 400 acres of land and one
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in West Virginia about 3,000 and in these areas we’re growing our own food we’re building our own houses we’re using alternative energy sources and most important we’re trying to get people to see how beautiful things can be when there is a real sense of love and a real sense of being see natural and keeping always a god- conscious uh Focus uh have you been doing this for many many years for about 26 years wow I’m a graduate from uh Princeton University in the states uhuh my uh
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degrees were in Psychology and international law and so I pursued that for a while then I began to realize that better than just trying to change things based on the externals better to see how to raise Consciousness by addressing more of the teric and contemplative kind of uh uh uh areas and so I got much more involved in a lifestyle that deals with developing the inter qualities bringing out more of the dormit Consciousness so one can have greater insights and perceptions about the higher realities I
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see and um is this something that this isn’t I imagine financed by you you have a group of people that have been supporting these efforts over the years well see there three ways you know from a western perspective I’m a scholar as I said of psychotherapy and international law right from Eastern perspective I’m a guru or Swami and uh from an African perspective I’m an African uh high chief so different projects are in relationship to different roles in services that I offer I see so the the
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for instance some of the seminars that we conduct uh dealing with holistic areas like for instance we have workshops uh teaching you know Alternative Healthcare we have many people on our staff who are massage therapists who acupuncturists who are engag in acupuncture who are um se herbologists but these are all people who mainly are connected with the vidic tradition vidic tradition is one of the oldest cultures uh known to humankind and it has philosophy that deals with such things as life after death life on
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other planets it deals with very distinct understandings about the nature of God and the nature of the Soul so when some one has this kind of foundation as a part of their life it gives them tremendous variables and Technologies how they can really make a significant difference in dealing with some of the problems that the world is is now facing at this time you um made a point earlier when you were speaking to the group over here about what we eat our inner Temple and how uh if we work on our inner selves and understand that
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it’s what we put in and how we’re able to uh be a a more pure uh vessel that were able to uh reach some of these spiritual Realms more easily and more deliberately and again coming from a heart space yes exactly I’ve written several books addressing some of these topics also uhhuh uh give us a couple of titles so our audience might find I just finished uh this year I finished a book called leadership for an age of higher Consciousness and it can be ordered from any major book shop and this book was
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particular designed to help administrators and leaders to be able to be more accountable to know how to invoke Divine uh blessings divine intervention and to help them to uh in Implement policies that will not have later ramifications implications that will be degrading and devastating you know to humankind and is there so much interest in metaphysics paranormal things so I’ve written another book called uncovering spiritual truths in Psych phenomena and in that particular book we look at a gamma of paranormal things
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like egyptology extraterrestrials menal telepathy Clairvoyance psychokinesis there’s so many things that deal particularly with the subtle body or deal with subtle Sciences but we don’t leave it right there we help people to see uh where how those things are happening how they are connected with the soul and what that means you know about the human condition and I just completed a book now that I’ll I’ll finish in terms of it’ll come off the press in about 3 weeks called transforming uh lust into love and
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that’s mainly to help people with you know relationships because we see that uh so many people are divorcing or they’re just having trouble trying to cope in in healthy exchange so we’re trying to give them some uh social and psychological and spiritual Technologies how they can be able to have more of a guaranteed healthy relationship so that one’s called again transforming lust into love transforming lust into Love by Swami Krishna okay who’s the publisher we have our own press see in our society see I’m
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affiliated with the Hari Krishna movement I’m also of course on the board of many International uh peace organizations right my main affiliation is of course with the Krishna movement and so we have many many uh aspects of that and so we have a various press and so we print some of our books from but can be found in virtually every bookstore virtually any major Bookshop especially the book leadership for an age of higher Consciousness it’s been printed uh into Russian right at this time should’ be available in two weeks
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and then in a few months it’ll be printed also in Japanese wow because more and more people are finding that this over consumption type of mentality we’re very much in a take Society where people are very ego ego Centric and there’s so much you know fragmentation because we look at the world now there’s tremendous problems in terms of tribal problems racial problems problems you know with nationalistic considerations there are many problems now based on gender confusion and even religious
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sectarianism or religious fanaticism so this is all ingroup outgroup considerations but when people can understand things that are common to all uh all humankind then they can have a festival in terms of being able to associate and enjoy those kinds of things and then they create this effect that’s very very positive you know for the planet you know as I’m hearing you speak um you speak like me I have not had the kind of personal experience with the har Krishna movement but I’m uh very
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aware that things that are heartfelt cross religious lines you know it’s uh it’s nice to see that uh people like yourself and me and others of all kinds of different cultures and religions have a common Bond if we can understand that we all are brothers and that we have there are no lines there is no them and us it is all us and especially if we go beyond just the involvement in religion in an external uh uh way see in every religious tradition there is the exoteric practitioners and the esoteric
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the exoteric are those who are more captured just by the form by the ritual by the externals and so those are the people who have so much uh confusion amongst themselves because their Foundation is not so strong and they have trouble being able to appreciate the unity with see diversity but when people go deep into any Bonafide tradition then they will come in touch with certain universals which will en heighten their Consciousness and then they will be able to be chased to their own system while at the same time being
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able to appreciate iate religiosity and pety and Purity wherever they may find it see see religion when it is exploited uh it can become very dangerous it is very powerful and if it is used properly it has a very healing effect and when it is uh used for business or politics then it creates some of the greatest fragmentations that we can you know uh imagine see our our founder sh pra he once mentioned that when there is religion without Phil philosophy then there is sentimentalism if there is philosophy without religion then there
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is simply mental speculation so there’s a need for a healthy marriage for there to be religion because we are all religious entities and if we look at any ancient civilizations or ancient culture ancient wisdom it will constantly bring us to a religious connection religious considerations as a matter of fact if we study anything profoundly any discipline profoundly whether it’s history politics math physics we will come to finer and finer aspects of that particular science and ultimately we’ll come to very
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existential kind of concerns that are very philosophical and also very religious but if we approach things religion or even other academic or areas uh superficially then we’ll miss being able to experience very rich uh uh awarenesses and and and uh see connections that are available this is why I was very happy that I’m here in Maui and having a chance to be at this uh Harvest Fest because I see many people are trying to Embark upon naturalistic things see when we are more natural then we can become more
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spiritual when we are so much replacing uh Community with commodities then what happens is that our life becomes captured by just sensual uh uh gratifications but we can appreciate Humanity by seeing how we’re all part and parcel to the same God and how we’re all going to be uh we’re all accountable to that same God see every religion ultimately at Bonafide Traditions religions they offer us three major things MH they tell us that we should love God with all of our heart that we should love our neighbor
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as ourself or more than ourselves and that we should realize that this world and this body is not our home so whether it’s Christianity Budd Buddhism Hinduism DSM whether it’s Islam that all of these great teachers and great prophets have mainly come to give us that as a major package the other things are mainly details so if we can just come together on those Essentials we have enough work to do and raising the planet just by focusing on those things we have a great uh Community here in Maui in that we have
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people of all different religions that have uh come together this community is very very very rich from and from the heart and um what we see here is like a tip of the iceberg if you were here I’d take you on a little tour we take care to some of the people that we know here we have a very wonderful Community here we hope that you’ll come back and join us some other time I know you probably have a very busy schedule all the time I would love to I I think this is you know Hawaii can help to show the world
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something very powerful more and more people can be able to have you know that Unity with diversity that makes things synergistic and symbiosis means that as people come together then they’re all able to experience so much more you know for their well-being you definitely see here because you know it’s Multicultural is multi you know people speak many different uh see languages and are coming from many many many different see backgrounds when you talk about um extraterrestrial uh life we have a
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community here we have a I introduced someone who’s talking about um the community of of man man that’s coming uh behind the hail Bop Comet and all kinds of different things that aren’t always easily assimilated like you talk about the exocentric that those that are looking at the outside and not looking at that that inside you know in one sense we’re all extraterrestrials in as much as that these physical bodies and the physical universes are not our homes we are visitors this is why Jesus Muhammad Buddha and
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all the great aaras are coming to tell us how to change our lives to give up sinful activities and to be able to attain the treasures that are accessible for us also we find that this kind of uh coming of of of different types of entities has always been going on you know since time in memorable because in all the ancient cultures there is discussions about such in the oral tradition Ians and all the religious systems there are discussions about angels archangels Davis demog Gods Etc so these beings are having some
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empowerment and they’re not existing just on this particular realm or Dimension so we see that there’s so much so much to God’s creation like Jesus says in my father’s house there are many uh mansions and in our Vic scriptures we have so much detailed information about these different divisions of the material uh universes as well as the spiritual Kingdom and by one taking notice of such one can realize how important it is to try to become more in harmony with the laws of God so that one
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will not cheat him or herself and will be able to experience those great Sublime Pleasures that are ever available and waiting you know I’m watching your uh cane that is quite a may I yes please is this a symbol specific symbol that I’m might recognize or from different culture looks to me I would say African yes yes uh it’s it’s it’s amalgamation it’s like I said I’m representing western eastern and African culture uh in our Eastern tradition the lion uh represents uh protective
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protective potency Eastern tradition the lion represents the protective potency of of the godhead and the African tradition very similar you see in front of palaces and castles you’ll see Lions so in in one of the African countries I’m an African Chief I always see a regime of about a million people and the Chiefs all have a certain cane and certain types of hat and so you can recognize the service based on the cane and the hat so because I’m a spiritualist and I’m also a consultant
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to a house of chiefs so instead of having a normal cane then I have a cane that has spiritual uh you know connotation and and M commer this lion emphasizes that it is to devour that which is inauspicious and to help to uh bring in and inaugurate you know more uh auspicious things if you were going to communicate some we have lots to communicate to our audience here if there was one message you’d like to be sure You’ get delivered what would that be the message I think I would want to offer is that the planet
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is at a very critical uh time we see that pratically everything that can can go wrong is gradually going wrong in the sense that there is so much you know increase of crime increase of diseases immune systems people’s immune systems are getting uh see weaker even though which is kind of a paradox because we’re at a time when the in the instruments of communication are greater than we’ve ever experienced we have satellites we have facts we have computers but Mutual intelligibility people’s ability to
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really to understand to care for each other is at a very low AB so we would encourage uh our viewers that they should try to make a difference to try to make a difference and being able to do that transforming lust into love Make a Difference by not thinking that things are insurmountable but realizing that as we make a difference in our families the family is a microcosm of the tribe of the nation and of the world so as we particularly improve on our relationships in our families and we make those uh selfless relationships we
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make those relationships full of compassion I was just talking about U about Maui and that we have here and that we have a a thing about commonality between people and you were saying uh talking about uh there needs to be a mind shift yes yes I was mentioning that there’s a need for a serious Global mind shift yeah because if we look at the dominant culture that most citizens on the planet are uh being subjected to that we’re very much subjected to a culture of drugs and a culture of Defense right the number one business in
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the world is actually the elicited pharmaceutical drug business and they’re quite similar because many people are addicted you know to pharmaceutical drugs the number two is defense so what an individual a corporation or a nation or what to say of a planet what people spend their money on tells you what their priorities are and it tells you also much about their future so it’s a need for people to change those priorities now a lot of this has a lot to do with what we are seeing and what
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we are hearing this is why programs like yours are so important because you are giving people nourishment that stimulates the intellect the mind and hopefully the soul I was discussing in some of these tours that I’m making how for instance the average of uh uh child in America by the time he or she is 19 years old they’ve already seen about 400,000 violent crimes on television and about 50,000 murders and so they get a constant diet of promiscuousness of violence of lust and greed and avariciousness and then people begin to
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emide that and they begin to act upon such so when they can experience educational uh programs then this can offset this terrible uh imbalance of drugs of violence on the planet now every 20 seconds one person is killing another so uh uh take people’s lives or minimizing the quality of life has become so much a common thing and that happens especially when we have role models that are are propagating such see common people they always do basically what they see that leaders do so if we have more leaders in whatever uh
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departments or divisions of life that one is functioning in we have more leaders that are doing things constantly thinking about what is the greatest needs of the people and how they can facilitate in the greatest needs and concerns of the people I agree well I wish you’d stay here we’d uh you’d run on Election Day with me we can make a good team huh yeah we would it has been a great pleasure I hope that your uh stay here is a blessing and um it has been U like I said short and sweet but uh when you
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come back you’re always welcome in our home I feel honored to be with you and have time to speak to our uh our Noble guests that are that are viewing this show and we greet you har Krishna hello okay you know um we’re just jumping and do a little more here oh how do I greet you Swami is okay okay actually I ran an election with Swami nikil andand Swami Krishna pod does that translate into anything yes uh Swami means one who is controlling the senses and Krishna part means one who is servant of Krishna or is servant trying
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to connect with God’s lootus presence lootus feet in that sense okay now uh I think we should drop a few names so uh people and their audience can get a feeling for the kind of spectrum of people that you’ve been I guess the word influencing how about sharing your uh your knowledge so they might make it part of their heart uh for a period of about five or six years I used to uh frequently visit uh the United Nations in Switzerland and I was assisting some of the diplomats in areas of Stress Management time
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management and conflict resolution you know diplomats often are having very serious problems of hypertension uh nervous breakdowns and the bureaucracy is extremely uh you know extremely intense and so often there’s need for some consultation in those areas and of course we’re discussing things about nation building from a humanistic and spiritual see perspective I also uh visit many celebrities and leaders uh this last book that I wrote leadership for an age of higher Consciousness I’ve personally given it
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in the last four months or so to about eight of presidents of different see countries my most recent country I was visiting was South Africa where I gave person who gave a copy to uh uh president Nelson Mandela right we were putting on a very unusual program there honoring the third anniversary of the new South Africa so our emphasis was to try to focus on the children so we brought together 60,000 children wow uh in one of the major stadiums and we gave them all free lunches vegetarian lunches the uh program lasted for about
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8 hours or so and it was constant cultural spiritual presentations by the children themselves and it was to show how there can really be a new South Africa if we address real Essentials see right now the aparte has been dismantled but only superficially and so the president was very happy to be a part of this project in this program because he could see that the children can make the real difference just as I was saying how see in in in there an African that says that uh you know we uh inherit what we have now from our ancestors and
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there’s another proverb that says that we actually borrowing from our children right so the future is really being borrowed and according to what we do now determines what will be there for the children so we had this program bringing children from all the different racial groups and tribal groups all the different religious groups and we brought them together so that they could offer something to the nation that would be uh helping in conscience raising so they all all the performances you know
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gave a particular see statement in that sense so uh what did they say Russ never sleeps you’re on the move again soon huh just constantly going where are you going after this you going to the mainland then to Russia then yes when I when I leave here I’ll be literally leaving uh this evening right and uh well today is the 19th November 19th right and so I first go back to Washington I have an Institute in Washington called The Institute of Applied spiritual technology and it’s it’s mostly
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professionals who are involved in our viic tradition and we try to use our professions in such a way to extend that to uh connect with people to help them to be able to have a healthy marriage and merger and dealing with material considerations while keeping a spiritual framework and see focus and then I’ll be visiting one of my farm projects we’re looking more and more at how do we to develop self-sufficiency and then I either go to Russia or to some of the West African countries I haven’t been uh
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to West Africa in over a year and so it’s time for me to go and to see we’re I’m building now uh simultaneously in Nigeria uh five temples uh right at this time and we hope to finish them all in the next four months and then Ghana uh two temples and we’re embarking a lot on our Farms because it economies are very bad there’s so much Civil War tribal War that’s going on so we’re trying to situate ourselves so that we can have these permanent structures and we can have communities set in place so that
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whatever is happening uh with the secular communities we’re still able to provide some Services what I say see our movement is a very service oriented movement we’re very very famous for Distributing food stuffs we’re very famous for being able to try to assist people and it’s not that we want to just convert people into being a Hari Krishna per se but we want people to realize that we have all forgotten so much of what we are and what is our rightful Heritage and so as we study and involve ourselves in the
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process of self-realization it helps us to revitalize our dormant Consciousness it’s like the living entities are experiencing a form of of of of of uh let’s see Amnesia and so as we have more contact with spiritual paraphernalia spiritual people and with spiritual sound uh see vibrations then it has an interesting way of stimulating the domic Consciousness and it helps us to be able to reclaim you know so many uh beautiful experiences well you’ve brought a uh a lot to me just in the few minutes we’re
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sitting here together like I say I’m uh it is rare that I get to spend this kind of time with someone like yourself and you say that to all your guest I’m sure you nice people bring nice people so I’m sure you always have wonderful people we have I think we have actually a lot of very terrific guests but someone like yourself who is quote celebrated for what you do you know I think it’s like when I sit with stars the public listens just a little more carefully just a little closer and so um
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I’m very very happy to be sitting here with you because I’ve been putting out messages like you have here but uh often times it’s like who’s this guy I mean I don’t get the kind of uh attention that I might get when I’m sitting here with you so that’s a lot what I appreciate also I see you wearing all kinds of different this is beautiful that’s from here where’s this from that’s nice this is this is from uh from India from mayapore we have I have a spiritual City
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that we’re trying to develop uh in uh mayapore for India our spiritual Master wanted people to be able to see how spiritual life is very is uh is is very practical see sometimes people have a tendency of thinking that spiritual involvement is just something conceptual something that you do only from Friday to Friday Saturday to Saturday Sunday to Sunday but spiritual life should improve on the quality of life and it should help people to see that being religious is not just an extracurricular Affair
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but that it is the most essential thing you know you know for human survival and for human see acceleration so he wanted us to De design this spiritual City where there could be a healthy economic social political uh environment so that it would enhance you know the spiritual growth so in in one of our temples there we have various icons or deities these are uh uh ways to enhance the see devotion and so these have come right off uh the uh uh form of the de and it is like uh very uh blessed and so
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it it brings you know blessings just by uh being able to wear it we’re going to say goodbye to you guys I um I’d like to you know continue in talk and explore in more detail but for another day and we’ll have to pick up some of your books can I guess we can go to the um bookstores and ask for Swami Krishna Po and they’ll probably list out all your books right that’s right that is the some of the values of modern technology how do I spell Krishna uh k i s h n a p a d a Krishna Krishna
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okay well you’re than you blessing here thank you very very much aloha aloha Al we got a live audience huh yeah Al isn’t this a wonderful this Harvest Festival I think it is I think it is yeah this is a a farmers market that’s here every week yes yes and they got everything flowers veget I saw unbelievable well it’s nice that we have this kind of opportunity for the people of the island yes a lot of people come down here you nobody it know it’s all here and they got nice Jewel I think it’s nice oh yeah see all
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the locals yeah it’s nice also to be able to be out here and not have to pay the rents that some of these businesses so we can all survive yes fantastic this is great well thank you for being on with us aloh ho so when you going put me [Music] on the lucky winner for me will you please introduce yourself ready okay I’m sorry she cannot read [Music] 36 sir thank you I like your sck and dri ground oh by the way our thing the sound came out really absolutely we got to say hello to everybody in Hana and we’re in a whole
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different costume now that’s right that’s right you notice I’m wearing my black tie myar I’m being a sheriff in this sh there’s my wife UT I you excuse me [Applause] Al Jason how’s it going have fun out here where’s Ariel Ariel’s out in the out of par she’s probably with some celebrities this should we go see we should we should get some is let’s see where is where is sheel arel doing a good job she’s gone no I don’t think so she’s right there and look at
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Herer thank you we figured you were don’t am I we just wanted to get you on TV we figured so happy to be here for this Gaya evento andama are absolutely yep yay well as we heard today from the man what are his words what are whose words Bill’s Mr Mr there lot of we’re equal we’re equal in this show right absolutely we’re all you know that the Dream Makers Foundation that’s us has two elements mama and papa Maui Arts and Music Association that’s Visual Arts Healing Arts music and
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environment and papa people aligned in positive action that is incredible oh my God you like that yes we’re going to have fun in conversation after the week absolutely the mama and the supportive of what you’re doing thank you love your products they’re incredible try the product it works the stuff works aming we are getting results you don’t even know it’s amazing was amazing it is it is why don’t we walk in and take a look at what’s going on and uh we’ll pick it
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up from there okay great we’ll see you later take care on the way [Music] absolutely time to hello what you still is that what you heard did you I pretty helloha this is Jason I’m here at Aloha this is Jason I’m at Thea Renaissance women helping women pck patent celebrity challenge are here together we’re raising money you’ll see lots of stars been Golf and Tennis and tonight is the big event the Big G of dinner and so you’ll be seeing lot of stuff going on we hope you enjoy
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this open it’s been a great time enjoying enjoying Maui it’s been excellent I’ll be back you part of the cheering section today of [Music] course aloha one of [Music] [Music] these right and here ladies and gentlemen of Maui we have a wonderful one dentist denst is beautiful as you Elsa no I’ve never seen one beautiful year we have speci my dentist we have very special thank you for all your help today oh you’re welcome it’s always a pleasure to help Elsa’s been working really hard
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with the people here to make this happen doing all the little things that it takes to get done and that’s very important I was going to say it takes all the little women but that was a book someone used that tile and uh Madison dare here was the gentleman who made the painting maybe you can tell the order first of all I want to tell you that this painting in New York is valued at $50,000 but Madison said the bidding can here at $500 no no$ 5,000 which is which is really giving it away and Madison is
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giving this for the charity and it is it’s incredible as we can all see I just wanted you to know that he’s a new artist on the island and his pieces do go for over $50,000 in New York the York Gall nice enough to donate this but maybe could you tell them why you made this painting Madison interesting when I was asked to make this painting for the benefit I was so new to Hawaii because I’ve only been here for a few months I had no idea where to begin so I went to the public library to read up a little
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bit about Hawaiian history and mythology and I discovered that there was a goddess named noani who was the goddess of peace and tranquility and the peaceful skies and the mist and the rain and things like that so I thought I would try to portray her in a kind of a natural shelter and I took my inspiration from the Hana Coast which I’m told is not far from the shelter and the sanctuary of women helping women so let’s enjoy the painting and if you feel like you want to put something up for the painting of course it’s it’s
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for women helping CH women thank you very much hi Madison you did a terrific job thank you remember meeting me I do remember meeting you Jason how are you we talked about solar things at one time environmental Concepts and Papa to see you here I’m glad to have you as the celebrated focused artist for this event well thank you it’s a real honor to be featured here it’s such I understand but work uhuh we’re going to have you on our show as a separate event if you’ll have us I think that would be a great idea
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just I look forward to that very much you all have met before have you yeah I said Jason I said come out here and meet this wonderful new audience that we have on the island so weet this wonderful new it’s it’s amazing how he videotapes us and talks to us at the same time isn’t he amazing isn’t that amazing well someday our budget will be bigger and I’ll actually be out there with you guys there you go oh look at all this thank you very much man thank you Jason beautiful how do you met B
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Dana we get to spend this best of time together with these beautiful people here that have come to help the helping women and I hope we can all reach out and give help for women helping women because this is an issue that has to be dealt with now so yay thanks for joining us oh my God so is it wait wait wait look is sexy and simple to tie take the lava lava tie the side of the Bice pull the tie to the back take the other end [Music] the ladies and gentlemen put your hands here and keep this straight bend your knees and wiggle look
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at that this is a true hula lesson Ariel Ariel’s going to give us a list no [Music] you body all right let’s go to the [Music] [Music] Disco [Music] actually these ladies are Hawaiian Tropic [Music] girl oh [Music] beautiful you wonder how he got the way out a few mistakes and sh they Le 2-1 now and they 2-1 in this game the second gameer we just want to congratulate you a local show we’re really really happy that you came thank you very two come here round down [Music] down [Music]
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