Guru Singh On Positivity — Why Receptivity Is The Better Path

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 April 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

“Sometimes what appears to be negative is the most positive thing you can do. What appears to be ‘safe’ is sometimes the most dangerous thing you can be doing for your life” Guru Singh Welcome to yet another edition Guru Corner featuring Guru Singh, my favorite teacher on all things mystic and metaphysical. Fusing Eastern mysticism with Western pragmatism, Guru Singh is a celebrated third-generation Sikh yogi and master spiritual teacher who has been studying and teaching Kundalini Yoga for more than 40 years. He is the author of several books, a powerful lecturer and behind-the-scenes guide to many a luminary, including Fortune 500 CEOs, athletes, and artists. A peer of rock legends like Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, Guru Singh is also an accomplished musician who began his recording career on Warner Bros’ Reprise label in the 1960's. When he isn’t laying down tracks with people like Seal, he’s bringing down the house on the daily at Yoga West, his Los Angeles home base. Today we spin the wheel on positivity. Not your typical disquisition on the benefits of adopting a positive mental attitude, we take a more nuanced approach to self-awareness. Focusing on receptivity over repression, it's a call to embrace the power of both negativity and positivity as important forces to be experienced without getting lost in either extreme. And we discuss how to break free from the entrenched, looping stories we tell ourselves about ourselves that don't serve the lives we aspire to lead. Note: If you missed my previous conversations with Guru Singh, start with episode 267 and then enjoy episodes 332,368, 393, 400 and 418. Final Note: You can watch our conversation on YouTube at bit.ly/gurucorner434b and the show is also now available on Spotify. I love this beautiful being. It's my privilege to once agains share his wisdom with you today. So let the master class resume. Peace + Plants, Rich Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Imagine going into a situation that we don't just go, oh, I got to be positive.
0:07.3	That we maybe go, I got to be receptive.
0:11.1	I have to find out is the negativity that I'm feeling in that moment going to be a stimulant
0:17.9	so that I can make change and make a change that I really want, an outcome that I really
0:22.6	want.
0:24.7	And is positivity in that moment going to mask the true appearance so that I'm not able
0:31.8	to actually engage change.
0:35.2	Sometimes what appears to be negative is the most positive thing you can do.
0:42.0	What appears to be safe is sometimes the most dangerous thing you can be doing for your
0:47.6	life.
0:48.6	That's Guru Singh and this is another Guru Corner edition of the Retro podcast.
0:56.2	The Retro Podcast.
1:09.0	Greetings, good dwellers of Planet Earth.
1:11.0	My name is Rich Roll.
1:12.0	I am your host.
1:13.0	This is my podcast.
1:14.0	Welcome.
1:15.0	And today we have another awesome.
1:18.6	Amazing edition of Guru Corner with, you know, who is with, right?
1:22.0	My favorite wizard of the mystical forces and spiritual arts, the master of mindfulness,
1:28.2	Kunalini Yoga, and basically just general holistic awesomeness, Guru Singh.
1:33.2	Of course, right?
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