Synchronicity With Noah Lampert

Jarell Perry stops by Synchronicity to discuss music, awareness, race relations and the meaning of life. I met Jarell through fellow MindPod Network podcaster Yoshino (Artist Decoded) and we immediately hit it off. Jarell is an accomplished singer and songwriter and he also runs an excellent blog called Still Mind where he muses on everything from creativity to peace of mind. I had a blast talking to Jarell and I have a feeling you'll really enjoy this episode. Don't forget to rate and review Synchronicity on iTunes. You'll be rewarded with primo quality karma for your troubles.

Lily Cushman is my wonderful and oh so lovely guest this week. To try and describe Lily in just a few short sentences would be a fruitless endeavor because it's impossible. She does way too many cool and diverse things. But shit, I'll try. Lily is Sharon Salzberg's assistant, owner and runner of Brooklyn Yoga School, label head of Vanaras Records and a proud Berklee alum. She's also one of the coolest and nicest people I've ever met. We Discuss Berklee College of Music DAW's (digital audio workstations) Lily Moving to New York a week before 9/11 The shifting landscape of the music industry Noah's first time LSD story Tapping into the mysteries of life Brooklyn Yoga School Yoga Emerging music industry models Kirtan The pitfalls of chasing a positive experience The Mind Working with Sharon Salzberg The importance of lineage The lack of structure surrounding Western Dharma teachers This weeks book giveaway is "Women" by Charles Bukowski. Join the Synchronicity Community and you're entered in the book giveaway

Cory Allen is a composer, mastering engineer, podcast host, and meditation teacher from Austin, TX. Allen's music is deep, patient, highly-conceptual and has been called "elegant" by The Wire Magazine and an "artistic engineering achievement" by Was Ist Das. Cory has taught hundreds of people the practice of meditation through his guided workshops and delivers lectures on mindfulness and the expansion of human consciousness. Allen is the host of The Astral Hustle podcast where he talks to himself and his friends about the nature of being and the magic of the cosmos. This weeks book for the Book Giveaway is "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche. Join the Synchronicity Community and you're entered in the book giveaway every week. Also, be sure to check out the Synchronicity Generosity Experiment. We're raising money to help someone out. We choose the person or persons at the end of August. Check it out here: gofundme.com/syncgenerosity1/

Tess Lampert is my guest today. In addition to being my sister Tess is a food and beverage connoisseur, writer and the best cook I know (sorry, mom.) Tess flips the script at the beginning of the episode by asking me questions. This weeks book giveaway is Joseph Campbell's, "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" Join the Synchronicity Community and you'll be entered in the weekly book giveaway FOREVER. Topics Discussed Food as an expression of love Stress easting slash emotional eating Beauty via taste Time as an illusion Ghosts Dissociative Experiences Psychedelics

Steven Kampmann is my guest today. Steven is an all around cool guy and father of previous guest Mikey Kampmann. In this episode Steven and I discuss the importance of dreams. Steven also recommended some excellent books as an addendum to the episode: Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse: A Record of Two Friendships by Miguel Serrano The Wisdom of Your Dreams by Jeremy Taylor The History of Last Night's Dreams by Roger Kamenetz   The book for this weeks giveaway is "The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream And Sleep." If you want a chance to win a brand new copy of that book all you do is join the Synchronicity Community. Also, this week I'm launching the Synchronicity Generosity Experiment. Fore more information about that go here. Don't forget to rate and review Synchronicity on iTunes. It helps me and costs you nothing.   Topics Discussed Steven meeting Carl Jung's great grandson Bollingen Tower Dying, Dreams and Awareness DREAMS The power of knowing nothing The flexibility of dreams Dreams pre

Jay Weingarten is my most excellent guest this week. Jay is a comedian. Jay is funny. Jay is cool. Jay is nice. Find out more about Jay here. Listen to Jay's comedy "album" "Big Laughs" here. Check out Jay's episode of Weird Adults with Little Esther here. This week's book giveaway is "Mind Beyond Death" by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Want a chance to get a book every week forever? Join the Synchronicity Community today and you'll get that chance. Be sure to subscribe to Synchronicity on iTunes. Topics Discussed Jay's Comedy Flying Fish Expressing Yourself via Comedy Power Point as a comedic tool The importance of keeping an open mind Being authentic in life and comedy The importance of loving everything around you Jay's chihuahua "The Baby" Karma and Reincarnation Multidimensional realities - Simultaneous other lives Tim Heidecker and Vic Berger 2 Wet Crew Laughing Mushrooms L.A Comedy Scene Jay's Unique Path Using Life as a Path Jazz man! The internet being awesome Reducing Fear, Increasing Love

Toni Bernhard is my guest today. Toni has an incredible story that centers around how to bring awareness, mindfulness and compassion to issues surrounding chronic illness. Easily one of the most inspiring and wisdom filled episodes of Synchronicity to date. Toni's story Overcoming suffering The importance of Self Compassion Idiot Self-Compassion How to approach chronic illness/pain/suffering The tyranny of positive thinking Being present Buddhism being realistic, not pessimistic Equanimity This weeks book giveaway is Hazrat Inayat Khan's, "The Mysticism of Sound and Music" which is one of my all time favorite reads. Want to be entered in every weekly book giveaway contest? Join the Synchronicity Community and you are entered FOREVER. Don't forget to rate and review and subscribe to Synchronicity because that's what you do when you like something, right?

Allen St. Pierre is the Executive Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), an American non-profit organization that wishes to remove the criminal penalties for and legalize cannabis. St. Pierre was hired by NORML's Board of Directors in 1991 when he worked as a Communications Director for the organization. St. Pierre has been the Executive Director of NORML since January 2005. He is the seventh person to be NORML's Executive Director. He also serves on the Board of Directors of NORML and the NORML Foundation. Topics Discussed The genesis of marijuana prohibition Marijuna decriminilization The racial history behind cannabis prohibition Positive benefits of marijuana Amphetamine laced gummies Prognosis for cannabis legality and bussiness in the United States This weeks book giveaway is Hermann Hesse's, "Demian." Join the Synchronicity community and you're automatically entered in each weeks book giveaway. Subscribe/Rate/Review Synchronicity on iTunes

My guest today is friend and creative professional, Miles Seiden. Miles is about as authentic of a person you'll come across. Not only is he a talented professional, Miles is also one of the most honest and dedicated people I've met. In short, he's my soul bruva from the same cosmic motha and yes I'm sorry and I will never say that again. This week I've partnered with Wisdom Publications and they've generously donated a new copy of Ajahn Brahm's "Kindfulness." Join the Synchronicity Community by tapping/clicking this link and you're automatically entered in the giveaway FOREVER. That's a good deal if you ask me. Also, Wisdom Publications is giving away an ebook on Happiness from the Dalai Lama. Get the Dalai Lama's ebook here because that's a smart thing to do and who doesn't want to be happy. Finally, rate and review Synchronicity on iTunes if you're digging it. I know it's a pain to login to iTunes (which is terrible as a thing that exists) but it really helps the show and karmically it's a great thing to

My guest today is the adventurous, talented, hilarious and all around fun guy, Mikey Kampmann. Mikey has done a lot of cool things in his life like traveling to the South Pole and working as one third of the excellent comedy group, 2 Wet Crew. But hey, those are just things he's done, not who he is, right? Topics Discussed This Episode Mikey's worldly travels The concept of "home" Experiencing different perspectives Appreciating diversity 2 Wet Crew Substance in comedy Providing value for people Mikey's African travels The desire to give back Learning lessons from life experiences Mikey recommended a book Starhawk's, "The Fifth Sacred Thing" Subscribe/Rate/Review Synchronicity on iTunes if you're into that kind of thing.

My guest today is Kirtan singer and lovely person, Nina Rao. Nina learned traditional chants (bhajans) from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. Her childhood was spent living in and moving between many countries around the world and when she settled in New York her working life began in the banking world, switched to organizing and leading photographic wildlife safaris in Africa and India, and now for many years, is Krishna Das' business manager and assistant. Topics Discussed Nina's worldly and inner journeys The concept of a Guru Kirtan as a regular practice The power of sound/music The concept of Home The evolution of the Kirtan movement in the West Understanding the "why" behind focusing on a particular path The importance of an open heart To find out more about Nina visit her website: ninaraochant.com This week's book giveaway is Tom Robbins, "Skinny Legs and All." T

My guest today is artist, photographer, awesome person and host of the Artist Decoded podcast, Yoshino. I got tuned into Yoshino and his podcast by Michael Donovan (who is an inter-dimensional networker and knows pretty much the coolest people you can know) and I'm very happy I did. Yoshino and I only spoke a couple of times before the podcast but you'll hear we hit it off immediately. Not only is Yoshino a creative powerhouse but his focus on intention, service and bringing value to people's lives is infectious. Topics Discussed Confidence Breaking down limiting beliefs and mental barriers Being of service and creating value The intersection of art and consciousness Starting Artist Decoded His work as a photographer Creating your own world in the midst of many other worlds Alan Watts Bruce Lee Check out some of Yoshino's work on his website.  

My guest today is holistic nutritionist and extremely advanced soul, Sah D'Simone. You'll be hard pressed to find a more genuine and authentic spiritual seeker than Sah. Also, if you're interested in nutrition and health for the mind/body/soul Sah is available for consults and sessions. Sah is incredibly awesome and I encourage you to learn more about him on his website http://sahdsimone.com. This is a short episode post today because I just had a baby (well, technically my wife Alexis did) so my life is insane right now. That said, enjoy the episode! Be sure to subscribe to Synchronicity if you haven't already. Oh yeah and this week's book giveaway is "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" by Chogyam Trungpa. Join the Synchronicity Community and you're automatically entered in each weeks book giveaway contest. 

My guest today is Lama Tsomo who happens to be one of the most direct, down to earth, yet extremely wise and fun people I've had the pleasure of speaking with. She's also a bonafide Lama (ordained by Tulku Sangak Rinpoche) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She's also an author and co-founder of the Namchak Foundation and Namchak Retreat Ranch in Missoula, Montana. Her new book, "Why Is The Dalai Lama Always Smiling?" is absolutely incredible and I highly recommend picking up a copy. It's one of the best books on Buddhism for westerners that I've come across( and I've read a lot of books on Buddhism for westerners.) I'll be giving away a copy of her book this week (May 3rd, 2016). To enter join the Synchronicity Community here. Tashi Delek! Topics Discussed  Tibetan Buddhism The Three Kayas Carl Jung Intention Why is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling? The Importance of Lineage Picking a Path As always subscribe to Synchronicity which will be taken as a token of your undying and everlasting support. Thanks!

My guest today is the one and only Duncan Trussell. I sat down with Duncan on his tres fancy bus after the Washington, D.C. stop of his "You Are God" tour. Some podcasts need explanations. This one does not. Also, rest in peace, Prince. Godspeed on your sweet and magical journey. Subscribe to Synchronicity if you haven't already and rate and review on iTunes if you're into that kind of thing. Shout out to Mikey Kampmann and Johnny Pemberton for being hilarious and Cora Keegan for being a most gracious tour bus host.

My guest today is holistic center pioneer and all around Dharma good guy, Ralph White. Ralph was the first program director for the Omega Center up in Rhinebeck NY as well as one of the founding members of The Open Center in NYC. We discuss a whole bunch of topics in this episode so here are some bullet points to make it easy for you: Topics Discussed in This Episode The rise of holistic centers in the U.S. and beyond Holistic Hustlers The Importance of Discernment Adventure Journeying to Tibet as a Westerner Science of the Spirit Rudolf Steiner Ralph turned me onto Rudolf Steiner at the end of this episode and for that I'm eternally grateful. Ralph just wrote a memoir, "The Jeweled Highway: On The Quest for A Life of Meaning" which is fantastic and I finished it in four days so maybe check that out why dontcha? Also, I'm giving away a copy of Ralph's book for this week's Synchronicity book giveaway contest. Remember, all you need to do to enter the book giveaway contest is join the Synchronicity Community

My guest today is meditation teacher, musician and all around creatrix, Biet Simkin who's based out of NYC. Biet is a wonderful example of someone who's let her inner life guide her external life (is there really a difference?) which is working out pretty pretty great for her. As you'll hear in the episode Biet is also an incredibly genuine and love-filled person. Coincidentally, my favorite type of person! Biet is also leading guided sound meditations at Further Future a music and lifestyle festival taking place April 29 through Sunday May 1, 2016 at the Moapa River Indian Reservation near Las Vegas, Nevada. More details inside the episode but Further Future is going to be an amazing time and experience and if I didn't have a baby due right when it was taking place I'd be attending. Find out more about Further Future here: http://www.furtherfuture.com/ Topics Discussed in This Episode The blessing of Biet's tragic upbringing Biet's father, Grigori Simkin Overcoming depression and addiction Biet's musical ca

My guest today is creative professional extraordinaire, Paul Jarvis. Paul is founder and launcher of a plethora of online products for creative professionals including Creative Class, Chimp Essentials, Project Prescription, 4 Wordpress Themes and his weekly emails The Sunday Dispatches. Paul also has his own podcast called, The Freelancer, which you 100% should check out because he drops wisdom bombs like they're going out of style on a regular basis. Paul currently resides in the woods of Canada, on an island with his wife Lisa and their gang of pet rats. He rocks cheap beer toques and meditation beads (typically at the same time). He also has way more tattoos than you. (I ripped this little about part from his site so that's how I know he has more tattoos than you.) I stumbled across Paul when a friend of mine recommended I check out his Chimp Essentials MailChimp course which was hands down one of the best courses I've ever taken. The course is on hiatus right now but will be back soon. I'll let you know w

My guest today is business owner and marijuana lifestyle advocate slash activist, Davis Clayton Kiyo. Davis and I went to the same high school but didn't really know each other too well back then. Since ye olden days he's embarked on a new career centered around one of my favorite things in life: marijuana. You may remember my last guest, Ben Kovacs, is a co-founder of a company called Myster. Well, Davis is the other co-founder. You'll hear it in the episode but Davis has a creative and energetic spirit that is palpable and contagious. Davis also relays a very interesting story about a near death experience someone he knows had and how that altered his view of reality and death. We talk about a whole host of topics including: Davis' parents being Donald Trump supporters Bringing more awareness into your life The pros and cons of marijuana use (mostly the pros) Normalization of marijuana in culture and society An interesting legal situation Davis is in right now Hacking the voter system The knowability of th

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ben Kovacs who I'm gonna call an actualizer-extraordinaire. Ben is a good old-fashioned renaissance man. In addition to working his day job at Twitter, Ben just founded Guardian Gym which aims to help urban populations and at-risk youth via martial arts. Ben also is co-founder of a marijuana accessory and lifestyle company called Myster. How's that for diversity? In addition to practical tips about how he's been able to cultivate success in his life, Ben has an especially refreshing perspective on work, life, helping others and synthesizing all of those thing together. Things Discussed In This Episode The genesis and mission behind Guardian Gym The importance of martial arts Being humble and developing confidence Having a purpose in life beyond making money Working at Twitter Ben's relationship with marijuana The future of marijuana (normalization) The benefits of microdosing LSD Yoga and marijuana How to cultivate happiness The practical benefits of following yo