Cutting Through The Illusion | Mindrolling Podcast Ep. 642

With loving remembrance for Raghu’s nephew, Shiva Baum, Mindrolling presents this rerelease from 2014 where Shiva, Raghu, and David Silver explore how music shapes an era, from the wild sixties to the weird now. In this episode, Raghu, Shiva, and David discuss: - The magic of Bruce Springsteen and the collective heart that he creates - How changes in music signify the shift of an era - How Neil Young’s song Sugar Mountain shaped Shiva’s conscious relationship to music - The divine consciousness that was active in popular music throughout the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s - Voting for a higher consciousness in politics - How the internet and being hyper-aware of global tragedies can be overwhelming - Shiva and Raghu’s work with Triloka Records involves producing fusion world music - Shiva’s work with musician Clark Graham and the creation of "The Way Things Were" “What’s going on with us being more connected, we’ve absolutely voluntarily given up our privacy, we see atrocities all over the world and it’s so overwhelming that almost the form of activism is to tune it out...it does set the scene for a movement to transpire, certainly brilliant art in literature, music, and cinema. I think we’re still waiting to see the explosion. I hope it comes this decade, it might not come till next decade, but something is going on.” –Shiva Baum About Shiva Baum: Aside from being Raghu’s beloved nephew, Shiva Baum was a record producer and peak performance coach. With expertise in sacred mantra chanting, Shiva was the head of music programming for the world-renowned yoga music festivals Bhakti Fest and Shakti Fest. About David Silver: David Silver is the former co-host of the Mindrolling podcast. He is a filmmaker and director, most recently coming out with Brilliant Disguise. Brilliant Disguise tells the unique story of a group of inspired Western spiritual seekers from the 60s, who in meeting the great American teacher, Ram Dass, followed him to India to meet his Guru, Neem Karoli Baba, familiarly known as Maharaj-ji. Two days before he left his body, Maharaj-ji instructed K.C. Tewari to take care of the Westerners, which he did resolutely until the day he died in 1997. Silver’s #1 charting MGM/UA/Warners film, “The Compleat Beatles” is the critically acclaimed biopic movie about history’s most famous band. The term ‘rockumentary’ was first applied to this two-hour movie. Rolling Stone recently described the film as a “masterwork.” Silver’s Warner Brothers’ feature film, “No Nukes” also started the whole trend of music/activism feature documentaries.