Ep187: The Bodhisattva & Occult Self Defence
Dr K.A Shakoor is a spiritual life coach, doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, and author of several books including ‘Ghetto Sutras’ and ‘Maahaah Yoga’.
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Dr Shakoor discusses his own meditation practice, including periods of extreme mantra recitation, and recounts his struggles to reconcile the Bodhisattva ideal with corporate culture and for-profit medical system.
Dr Shakoor also recalls his experiences sharing energy and meditation techniques with the mentally ill, and discusses the discipline needed to acquire mastery of such techniques.
Dr Shakoor also recounts his own encounters with evil, including anecdotes of exorcisms, sorcery, and occult attacks, as well as magickal self defence advice for healers and spiritual practitioners.
Topics include:
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Training in Sufism
04:04 - Extreme Buddhist mantra practice
04:58 - Expressing the Bodhisattva ideal
05:36 - Disillusionment with corporate culture and racial politics
10:24 - Work as a social worker and counsellor
11:31 - The business of medicine
14:34 - The art of leadership
18:35 - Struggles navigating the healthcare industry
23:33 - Teaching energetic practices to the mentally ill
25:14 - Fake teachers of energy arts
27:05 - Discipline in personal practice
27:50 - 1-1 instruction is vital
30:05 - Direct teaching and Dr Nida Chenagtsang
31:27 - Facing challenges in practice
36:09 - Novelty seeking vs persistence and follow-through
38:23 - Old school teaching methods
39:03 - Wrong Tummo meditation and damaging chi
41:13 - Encountering evil
43:01 - Sorcery and ritual trauma
44:56 - Magick is easy to do, but difficult to fix
45:57 - Tools to help victims of magick
48:16 - Influence of Chagdud Rinpoche
49:28 - Exorcisms and spiritual healing
50:10 - Dr Shakoor’s first exorcism
52:58 - Possession vs psychological imbalances
53:30 - The importance of buy-in
54:29 - Occult attacks on Dr Shakoor
57:37 - Why healers and spiritual practitioners come under occult attack
01:00:35 - Psychic self defense advice
01:05:31 - Psychic recoil
01:06:39 - The basics are most important
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