“Religion is too vital to human civilization to be left in the hands of professionals. We need bold, creative, amateurs who are unafraid to pull the curtain back on the Great and Terrible Wizards of Big Religion to reveal a small man with a large megaphone. This presentation is a clarion call to holy rascality in service to human and planetary thriving.”
—Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Based on his books Holy Rascals: Advice for Spiritual Revolutionaries and Perennial Wisdom for the Spiritually Independent, Rabbi Rami invites you to the work of the Holy Rascal: pulling back the curtain on Big Religion and belief to reveal the four-fold wisdom at the mystic heart of all religion: 1) All life is the happening of nondual Aliveness called by many names; 2) you have the innate capacity to awaken in, with, and as this Aliveness; 3) awakening calls you to be a blessing to all the families of the earth, human and otherwise; and 4) awakening and being a blessing comprise your highest calling as a human being.
The goal of this gathering is to liberate you from the known, the safe, and the certain and open you to the unknown, the challenging, and the fluid. Using the yoga of conversation, Rabbi Rami and our panel will demonstrate what it is to engage with one another in unscripted conversation.
You are a holy rascal if your love of Truth outweighs loyalty to tribe.
You are a holy rascal if you dare to know the Perennial Wisdom at the mystic heart of the world’s religions.
You are a holy rascal if you dare to know the culpability of Big Religion in the death of democracy.
You are a holy rascal if you dare to know the transformative potential of open, honest conversation.
You are a holy rascal if you dare to know the liberating power of laughter and love.
You are a holy rascal if you dare to live what you dare to know.
Rabbi Rami Shapiro’s exploration of holy rascality is a deep dive into the things a holy rascal dares to know, and an invitation to live them in your own way in your own circumstance.
“I heard Rabbi Rami speak last fall at Connie Zweig’s Symposium on Aging. I was blown away by his fluency in weaving a path through the seemingly opposing natures of different spiritual perspectives. For this Myth Salon, we have assembled an especially prolific panel. In addition to two of our regulars, Drs. Dennis Slattery and Connie Zweig, we will be re-visited by Gary Bobroff, the Canadian writer – Jung in a Nutshell, and Dr. Robert Jonas, founder and director of the Empty Bell contemplative sanctuary. To round out our panel, we will be joined by writer and spiritual contrarian Barbara Brown Taylor and Ed Bastian, President of the Spiritual Paths Foundation…” – Dana C. White, Host – The Myth Salon