BraveCenter with Shaku Selvakumar

All creativity is a quest to find proof that life exists beyond the superficial. The healed heart is on its own path of redemption and recovery as it moves from scared to sacred. The show features an excerpt from an article by Mark Lee Robinson and a reading of the poem, Life Story from Be Still My Heart.

The centered heart holds us and others with grace and invites us to understand how to balance the elements inside and outside. To manage the chaos of the crazy, the core is the force and the flow. This episode features wisdom from one of the best animated shows, Avatar : The Last Airbender.

Joy is a state without prerequisite; just an inner allowance to experience whatever is happening right now. In our 10th episode, we tap into the wisdom of poet Rabindranath Tagore, find about our natural glow from Jason Stanford and about the joyous hummingbirds.

At year’s end we pause to understand where we started and everything that swept through us. Outside and inside. Gratitude is a soft skill that invites grace. It flows with gentleness and elevates our focus. This episode includes wisdom from poets Danna Faulds, Mark Nepo and wise elder, Angeles Arrien.

“Re” pair is to pair again by paring off unwanted baggage and pairing anew with the wisdom of your soul. Instead of running away or hiding, we use resistance to find a new path to a greater self. Featuring the wisdom of Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes and a reading from Be Still My Heart.

Friendship is a choice. It is not forced but a force, a relationship that that only humans can forge. This episode features the wisdom of poets David Whyte, Mark Nepo and includes readings from my book, Be Still My Heart.

Resonance is about the clarity within sound and synchronous vibration. It bridges expression, reverberation and recognition. An echo, a reflection, the sounding again of what we need to remember. Featuring the wisdom and resonance of scientist and Cosmos explorer, Carl Sagan.

An essential quality of introversion is the introspection which uses the silence to review the past and gather information to introduce the present in a renewed light with insights from Joseph Campbell.

The greatest love stories of the world are not about finding the other. They are about finding ourselves through the journey first before becoming worthy of the ultimate sacrifice which is love. Join me on this homage with excerpts from Rumi, Oliver, Arrien and Tagore. Featuring my reading of A Love Letter from Be Still My Heart.

If we forget the art of writing, we give up something very basic and core to the human being. We give up the ability to express what seeks to find expression.

Our jaded view of the world, each other, the future cannot be changed through the idea of our supremacy. We need to tap into the state of wonder to remember that we are earth and sky, myth and science.

The heart is a circle brings poetry, prose delving into our promise and our true path. The path of all life at some point will intersect with the unexpected forcing us to get in touch with the unexplored inner and outer terrains. The Clue is an excerpt from Be Still My Heart.