(Ai assist:) Dr. Will Tuttle — author of the bestselling The World Peace Diet, musician, and lifelong spiritual practitioner — shares his incredible life story: leaving home in 1975 with his brother to walk across America in search of cosmic consciousness, decades in Zen monasteries in Korea and the U.S., intensive meditation retreats, becoming vegan in 1975, and traveling the world for 17 years in an RV spreading the message of compassion.
At 72, Will reveals how a whole-food plant-based lifestyle, daily meditation, Tai Chi, and living close to nature have given him the biological age of 22 and his 77-year-old wife the biological age of 35. We dive deep into:
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Partial Chapter listing:
1:01 – Who is Dr. Will Tuttle? (author, musician, 33-year marriage)
1:34 – Growing up in Concord, transcendentalist roots & distrusting mainstream media
3:29 – 1975: Leaving home with no money to walk to CA seeking enlightenment
4:02 – Self-inquiry with Ramana Maharshi while walking across America
4:50 – Joining \"The Farm\" hippie commune
5:53 – Korean Zen center in Alabama
8:22 – Meeting Zen master Seo Kyung-bo (Donald Gilbert)
9:02 – Tibetan Buddhism, prostrations, then returning to Zen simplicity
10:54 – Becoming a Zen monk in Korea
11:43 – Getting PhD, meeting Madeleine, 17 years living & lecturing from an RV
12:20 – Writing The World Peace Diet (now in 19+ languages)
15:34 – Josh reflects on Will’s classic spiritual seeker journey
19:57 – Why food is our most intimate connection with the living earth
20:40 – Becoming vegan in 1980, never a pill or doctor visit in 50 years
22:50 – Biological age 22 at 72, Madeleine age 35 at 77 (the “Don’t Die” test)
24:19 – Growing your own food, loving the plants, food as medicine
28:54 – Urgency of practice as we age
32:26 – Hunting vs. factory farming – planting seeds with compassion
35:14 – The burning house parable – how to actually help people
37:06 – Monsanto, GMOs, petrochemical agriculture & profit-driven poisoning
41:10 – Rockefeller medicine, pharmaceuticals as refined petroleum
44:33 – The rise of medical assistance in dying (MAID) & commodification of life
48:56 – The absolute necessity of daily meditation & inner discernment
52:02 – Closing blessings: May all beings awaken and be free
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