Spiritual Anatomy & The Heartfulness Movement with Kamlesh Patel (Daaji)

Today's Episode Dr. Raj talks with Kamlesh D. Patel (Daaji),
delving into his journey from a pharmacist to an advocate of
heartfulness meditation. They explore how he incorporated this
practice into his daily routine and went on to initiate a global
movement, empowering individuals worldwide to embrace heartfulness.
Today’s Guest  Born in Gujarat in 1956, Kamlesh D. Patel
(Daaji) displayed an early interest in meditation and spirituality.
He started Heartfulness Meditation at the age of nineteen while
studying to be a pharmacist. Soon after, he met his first Guru,
Babuji, the second guide in the Heartfulness lineage. After
graduating with honors from L.M. College of Pharmacy in Ahmedabad,
Daaji married and moved to New York City. There, he and his wife
raised their two sons, while he steadily built a successful
pharmacy business. At the same time, Daaji continued to pursue his
love of meditation as a devoted disciple of Babuji’s successor,
Chariji. Over the years, Daaji played an increasingly active role
in the Heartfulness Movement, both organisationally and by
spreading its message and teaching its method. In 2011, Chariji
selected Daaji as his spiritual successor. As the leader of the
Heartfulness Movement, Daaji now fulfills the many duties of a
modern-day guru, traveling widely and extending his support to
seekers everywhere. Daaji firmly believes in nourishing today’s
youth with practical self-management tools and universal values.
Under his guidance, students and faculty in over 2,500 schools,
universities, and colleges are now benefitting from a portfolio of
value-based self-development programs. As a self-professed student
of spirituality, Daaji devotes much of his time and energy to his
personal research in the field of spirituality and consciousness,
and regularly shares his findings through public speaking
engagements, his website, and social media platforms, and in
broadcast, print, and digital media. Daaji’s articles have appeared
in various leading publications including Huffington Post, Chicago
Tribune, Times of India, and Business Standard. His well-received
Radio City Swaran series, Dil Ki Awaaz, ran for twelve episodes.
Daaji advocates bridging ancient tradition with modern scientific
understanding and has assembled a team of one hundred scientists to
research the physiological and genetic effects of meditation and
yogic transmission. As he often says, “You are the experimenter,
the experiment, and also its result.” Learn more about Daaji’s
practice here About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified
physician and associate professor at the University of Southern
California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure
with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7
seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.
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