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Back to SearchThe Revival of Ayurveda
Episode 67
Ayurveda, the ‘science of life’ has become very popular in developed nations in recent decades, thanks to the work of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in revivi…
4 years, 7 months ago
Emotional Healing, Comparison Thinking, Feeling Emotions
Episode 66
We are always striving to attain more and more in our lives. But, every now and again, we get the impression that we haven't done enough with our tim…
4 years, 7 months ago
Navratri Sharad - Celebration of the Divine Feminine
Episode 66
When we think of feminine and masculine, typically we tend to think in terms of gender, i.e. female and male but the Vedic worldview has a much broad…
4 years, 8 months ago
My Maharishi - Daily Life and Travels with My Master
Episode 65
Over the period of 25 years, Thom Knoles got to spend many extended periods of time with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as a student and a ‘replicant,’ one of…
4 years, 8 months ago
Drugs and Spirit Medicine
Episode 64
Humans have been using substances to have ‘extraordinary experiences’ for millenia.
Sometimes this is motivated by a simple sense of curiosity, and a…
4 years, 8 months ago
Vedic Meditation and Mantras
Episode 63
Mantras are central to the practice of Vedic Meditation, but different understandings about what the word mantra means sometimes lead people to misun…
4 years, 8 months ago
The Story of Sophie
Episode 62
After 50 plus years of instructing Vedic Meditation, and 50,000 plus students, Thom Knoles has accumulated thousands of shared memories with these st…
4 years, 8 months ago
My Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Walnut Tree
Episode 61
While Maharishi Mahesh Yogi spent thousands of hours teaching his students formally, often it was the day-to-day life situations that provided the mo…
4 years, 9 months ago
5D, Spirit Babies, Success and Support, Paramahansa Yogananda and Kriya Yoga
Episode 60
Yet another interesting mix of questions in today’s Ask Me Anything episode with Thom.
In discussing 5D, The Fifth Dimension, Thom explains how premat…
4 years, 9 months ago
Curing Insomnia and Finding Purpose through Vedic Meditation
Episode 60
In this short bonus episode, Thom shares a couple of bite-sized nuggets of wisdom to address two problems of epidemic proportions, insomnia, and a la…
4 years, 9 months ago