Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchI Had an Awakening Experience. Now What?
Episode 198
There’s no end to the number of ways we can have awakening experiences. It can come as an epiphany, a realization, a side-effect of taking a hallucin…
2 years, 1 month ago
Minimizing Violence Through Ahiṃsa
Episode 197
Ahiṃsa is a term made famous outside India, in large part, as a result of Mahatma Gandhi's ‘non-violent’ approach to securing independence for India.…
2 years, 2 months ago
How to Inspire Worthy Enquiry
Episode 196
Wisdom is of little use unless it’s shared, however it can go to waste if it’s shared where it isn’t wanted. It can even have a damaging effect if it…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Symbology of the Shiva Lingam
Episode 195
One of the mistakes often made by those outside of India is to look at Vedic symbology in superficial terms.
The Shiva Lingam is one such symbol. Freq…
2 years, 2 months ago
Devas 101
Episode 194
All of us are used to perceiving the world around us in terms of varying objective characteristics; hard and soft, hot and cold, solid and fluid, and…
2 years, 2 months ago
AI, Sacred Cows, Exceptional Children
Episode 193
It’s another Q&A episode with Thom, answering questions with a common thread of consciousness running through them.
He starts off by tackling the ques…
2 years, 2 months ago
How Do I Alleviate the Suffering of Others?
Episode 192
The desire to help others is baked into human DNA, and the sight of someone suffering often triggers a need to take action.
This is one of the reasons…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Fruits of Action
Episode 191
Desire is one of the most misunderstood facets across all Wisdom traditions. Teachers often teach, and readers often misinterpret, some of the writin…
2 years, 3 months ago
Why the Long Hair?
Episode 190
While most of us think of hair in terms of current fashion trends and style ourselves accordingly, (or not!), most long-lasting schools of thought st…
2 years, 3 months ago
My Maharishi - Humor Incarnate
Episode 189
Spiritual leaders are often perceived as being stern and serious, in some cases even humorless. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, while he could be serious when…
2 years, 3 months ago