#54 - The Bardos of Life - with Olivia Sophie Franzen

Olivia recently graduated with a Masters in Religious Studies from Naropa University and she did her final Thesis project on the so called 'Tibetan Book of the Dead' and the Bardo teachings, which refers to the stages one is said to go through in the dying and rebirth process. We also talk about Self and Selflessness and the different teachings on this given in the different levels of Buddhist teachings Early Christianity and the possibility that Jesus had been to India We talk about Tantra and the importance of honoring your own lived embodied experience We talk about the different deities and the Dakinis or feminine wisdom beings Issues of pluralism and inclusivity and universality in discussing religion or spirituality in general and other issues around being " spiritual but not religious" More about Olivia and her Thai Yoga Massage work here:  https://www.facebook.com/ThaiYogaBodyworkwithOliviaSophie/ Links to "Spiritual but not Religious: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychiatry-the-people/201804/spiritual-not-religious-is-associated-depression https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/religion-spirituality-and-mental-health-results-from-a-national-study-of-english-households/434CFF0E75402B578ED0149600BF55A4 https://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/09/the-spiritual-but-not-religious-likely-to-face-mental-health-issues-drug-use-study-says/ Quote of the day "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. —Albert Einstein"