How to Find Your True Calling with Stephen Cope

Tami interviews Stephen Cope and they discuss the wisdom found in the Bhagavad Gita and the many ways this ancient parable can be applied to modern life.
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Stephen Cope is the scholar emeritus at Kripalu Yoga Center and the director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living, as well as the bestselling author of The Wisdom of Yoga and The Great Work of Your Life. With Sounds True, Stephen has produced an eight-week online course titled Your True Calling: Essential Teachings of Yoga to Find Your Path in the World. Learn more: bit.ly/2BABv8y
In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Stephen about discovering and living out your dharma-the true purpose of your life. They discuss the wisdom found in the Bhagavad Gita and the many ways this ancient parable can be applied to modern life. Stephen explains why "missing by an inch is the same as missing by a mile," as well as why we need to decide what not to do in order to bring our gifts to life. Finally, Tami and Stephen talk about the concept of being a warrior and what this means as we bring our unique skills to bear in a world that needs them more than ever.
Sounds True was founded in 1985 by Tami Simon with a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom. Since starting out as a project with one woman and her tape recorder, we have grown into a multimedia publishing company with more than 80 employees, a library of more than 1500 titles featuring some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time, and an ever-expanding family of customers from across the world. In more than three decades of growth, change, and evolution, Sounds True has maintained its focus on its overriding purpose, as summed up in our Mission Statement.
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[@moonlin7511]

Stephen this is Moon Lin student of you long ago in Kripalu! It is so glad to find you here and appreciate your wonderful teachings❤️. I have deep appreciation and gratitude to you🙏

[@rickroberts1067]

Agree with the "Missing by an inch" quote and say it a lot to myself. David R Hawkins has a similar quote where he says "If your off by even just one degree on a sailing trip, you'll end up miles away from your intended destination" (paraphrase).

[@laineymckenzie2955]

Thank you for all of the insights! With gratitude, Lainey

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[@humanchildofgod3126]

I want and need to hear more from S.P.

[@nishasankaran]

How does one grapple with Arjuna having to deal with killing family on the battlefield? Does his dharma as warrior compel him to act as warrior no matter who he kills? Is his resulting karma for killing cousins in battle, not a bad thing? Stephen is great btw. Very earnest in this convo. He explains concepts very well.

[@Mendozamosca]

Somehow hearing about his "Wall street" guys story and his mother looking like queen Elizabeth and so on and so forth, makes me think about cultural appropriation. That is, another Westerner...