Our guest today is my Wisdom Talks podcast co-host Marc Ketchel, and I’m your host Larry Holmes. Today’s episode is a conversation with my cohost Marc Ketchel, meditation teacher, veteran organic food and natural products business owner, world traveler, and serial entrepreneur. A passionate, action-oriented, get things done kind of guy and a long-time personal friend. In fact, we’ve known each other for over 45 years, living and working together on a global project beginning in the early ’70s and ’80s. We were both Vedic monks at the time and worked together teaching and managing with a large international organization founded by our Guru, Baba Muktananda.

He often refers to his ‘9 lives’ a bit tongue in cheek. But we will only cover a couple of those lives today. In this interview, we have a far-ranging conversation in which Marc discusses topics like his almost 50-year passion for the daily practice of meditation and the impact Ram Dass’ book Be Here Now had on his life, growing up in a Special Operations military town, being saved by an Army Ranger while recovering from a football injury in a military hospital, his personal and abiding relationship with his Guru, Swami Muktananda and their almost ten-year relationship as he traveled with him around the world.

He shares intimate and emotional details of his experiments with psychedelics and his life-changing relationship with the magic mushroom, psilocybin. I was also able to tease out a few nuggets from his extensive business background with insights he had working with a spiritual teacher, author and iconic technology entrepreneur, Michael Singer over a ten-year period.

This interview is a small but dramatic peek at what is in store for our listeners who will listen to the Wisdom Talks podcast in the weeks and months ahead. I’m sure you will enjoy my energized guest.

To directly contact our hosts, visit their respective websites:

https://www.meditatenow.net/ – Show Notes, Links and Resources, including Glossary of Terms for all Episodes and to contact Marc directly.

https://larryholmespracticalwisdom.com/ – For All Episodes and to contact Larry directly and review his consulting and coaching services.

Episode Summary

Marc Ketchel, meditation teacher, veteran organic food and plant-based business owner and serial entrepreneur whose life and work is informed by his daily meditation practice. He shares the arch of his life from a childhood raised on a Special Operations base to meeting his Guru at age 21, and four decades of global travel teaching meditation and growing/processing organic food.

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Ep # 9 Marc Ketchel – Wisdom Talks Podcast Cohost, Meditation Teacher, Veteran Organic Food and Plant-Based Business Owner, Serial Entrepreneur, and World Traveler.