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ROPING THE SACRED COWS: LEARNING TO QUESTION AUTHORITY
Guest: Joel Kramer Diana Alstad Program 2549
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 10/17/1995 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: Pervading all societies are structures that dictate limits to freedom--many quite hidden and unexamined. But this moment in history, says Joel Kramer, is a historical crossroads when "the moral order, the glue that has held civilizations together, begins to unravel"--a time to escape authoritarian constraints and move into self-trust and creativity. The San Francisco Chronicle called The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power (North Atlantic Books 1993) "easily the most comprehensive, erudite and timely book" on the subject. Here its authors articulate their provocative and rarely voiced ideas about how to move beyond authoritarianism on social, spiritual and personal levels. 1 hour
Kramer is also an internationally acknowledged yoga adept, and Alstad initiated the first Women's Studies courses at Yale and Duke Universities.
Topics explored in this dialogue:
How the "social virus of hidden authoritarianism" affects your actions
The crucial choices at this moment in civilization's history
A new look at the roots of racism, violence and addictions
The hidden aspects of competition and cooperation
A critique of channeling, the Course in Miracles and 12-step programs
Distinguishing between the experience and ideology of mysticism
Maintaining the paradox of unity and individuation
