Stories of Neem Karoli Baba (Maharajji) with Parvati Markus and Radha Baum: Join Parvati, Radha, and RamDev as they revisited their time together in India and discussed what teachings and stories still resonated with them. They each talk about how they first met him, shifting perceptions, the 'Grace Race', mantra, Ram Das, Siddhi Ma, miracles, and so much more. It was a special opportunity to learn and hang out with longstanding members of the Neem Karoli Baba satsang.
PARVATI MARKUS is the author of Whisper in the Heart: The Ongoing Presence of Neem Karoli Baba (Mandala Publishing, 2022); Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba Told Through the Stories of the Westerners Whose Lives He Transformed (HarperOne, 2015); and a children’s book Isabella Castaspella: The Happy Little Witch and Her Friends (SitaRam Press, 2022) with co-author Radha Baum. She is a substantive editor who has been midwifing spiritually-oriented, non-fiction books and memoirs since her first efforts with Ram Dass’s classic Be Here Now and has helped with spiritual organizations (past President of the Board of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Taos Hanuman temple in Taos, NM) and events (as a development consultant for the Global Peace Initiative of Women).
She is on the Board of Advisors for the Love Serve Remember Foundation. Parvati has an M.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch University and has studied “story” with Robert McKee. Parvati’s new book Whisper in the Heart: The Ongoing Presence of Neem Karoli Baba.
RADHA BAUM is a retired Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and a Registered Nurse (RN), as well as licensed acupuncturist and practitioner of various complementary healing techniques. She has also studied with Robert McKee and is the co-author of Isabella Castaspella, a children’s book with an underlying spiritual theme. A devotee of Neem Karoli Baba, she was with him in India in 1971-2. After suffering a broken neck in an auto accident some years ago, she maintains her spiritual practice of chanting the Hanuman Chalisa, among other mantras, and loves to share her stories of transformative experiences with Maharajji. If you’d like to give additional support for Radha, please donate via her GoFundMe.
Running Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes