Latest Maharishi mahesh yogi Podcast Episodes
Self-Referral Happiness vs Object-Referral Happiness
Vedic Worldview - December 11, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWhat makes you happy? Most people could come up with a long list of answers to this question. Ironically, it’s all the things that make us happy that make us unhappy as well; either because we have them but the happiness wears off, or we find out there’s something/someone else that we...
Mindset Minus Mind Games
Vedic Worldview - December 04, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsThere’s no end of affirmations, guided meditations, and other positive thinking tools that we can use to master our mindset. But are these necessary? And do they even work? As is often the case, Thom bucks the trend in this episode, giving us cause to think twice about using mind game...
Soma - The Fluid Dynamics of Consciousness
Vedic Worldview - November 27, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsThere’s no shortage of options for people “researching” chemical shortcuts to spiritual experiences. While psychedelic drugs such as LSD, or hallucinogens such as ayahuasca, frequently have enough of an impact to arouse curiosity and experimentation, they don’t offer reliable, repeata...
How to Have Thanksgiving Every Day
Vedic Worldview - November 20, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsOne of the traps for the human intellect is to take much of life for granted. Though we have special occasions peppered throughout the year, the days, weeks and months in between often don’t have the same shine as the special occasions. Given that ‘normal’ days are greater in number...
Progressive Change, Perspective, and the Past
Vedic Worldview - November 13, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsOne of the biggest struggles people have is in coming to terms with apparent problems, whether they be current problems, or problems from the past. While we might be able to grasp the concept of evolution or progressive change intellectually, when the experience becomes uncomfortable i...
Sankalpa - A Fresh Perspective on Bucket Lists
Vedic Worldview - November 06, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsDesire is one of the most demonized characteristics of human behavior. Some schools of thought argue that desire is the cause of all our suffering, and that the path to enlightenment is to become detached from them. Thom sets the record straight in this episode, using the concept of S...
The Simple Science of Happiness: Be Here Nowra Public Talk
Vedic Worldview - October 29, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIn June 2023, Thom was the guest of honor at a talk in Nowra, South of Sydney in Australia, on the subject, The Simple Science of Happiness. The host of the talk was Barron Hanson, a Nowra local and a Vedic Meditation Initiator (teacher) who has created Be Here Nowra, a community happi...
Awakening Abundance - Preview Episode
Vedic Worldview - October 26, 2023 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsThis special episode of The Vedic Worldview is a preview episode of Thom’s newly released course, Awakening Abundance. Though the wisdom has been around for millenia, the Vedic perspective on abundance will be fresh to most listeners. It bucks the trendy solutions of “wealth mindset,...
Avoiding the Unwanted Effects of Om Through Pranava
Vedic Worldview - October 23, 2023 01:33 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsAnyone who has attended hatha yoga classes outside of India at some time has probably been invited by the teacher to begin or end the class with a group chant of the sound of Om. Or maybe they’ve experimented with the use of Om in a meditation practice. It can sound and feel beautiful,...
The Third Eye - What it is and What You Need to Know About it.
Vedic Worldview - October 15, 2023 23:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsSpiritual seekers can often be found experimenting with different techniques to “open their third eye” in the hope that it will give them insights they might not otherwise have, or at least to tick a box on their evolutionary progress score sheet. In fact the reference to it as a third...
The Solution to All Problems
Vedic Worldview - October 08, 2023 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIf we look at the origin of the word “problem,” we see that it originally meant to “throw forward” for discussion. In mathematics, problem is still used in the same context, in that we find a solution to an equation, with the equation being the problem. In day-to-day life, though, pr...
Are Body-Based Goals Evolutionary?
Vedic Worldview - October 01, 2023 23:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsOne of the features of modern life that sets us apart from our ancestors is our focus on the shape, form and function of our bodies, or “looking good,” so to speak. Though many of us give little thought to the subject, some are obsessed with how we present ourselves physically, and mo...
A Vedic Perspective on Postpartum Depression
Vedic Worldview - September 24, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsCarrying a child, giving birth and raising a baby places a huge burden on mothers, physically and emotionally. Each mother’s experience is unique and there is no reliable user guide showing how to navigate this transformational stage of life. And while everyone concerned hopes for the ...
The Mechanics of Stress and Stress Release
Vedic Worldview - September 17, 2023 23:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsAll of us are familiar with the feeling of being stressed, or the results of accumulating stress in the body, but, how many of us actually know the mechanics of this process? We know we can feel frustrated, annoyed, angry, fearful, sad, anxious, and so on, but where do these feelings c...
Inspiration, Apathy vs Non-Attachment, An End to Humanity?
Vedic Worldview - September 10, 2023 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIt’s Q&A time once again. In this episode Thom helps out a listener who doesn’t know why it might be important for her spouse to learn Vedic Meditation. Thom includes the possibility that it might in fact not be important for him to learn He discusses the distinction between apathy a...
The Role of Beliefs in Dharma
Vedic Worldview - September 03, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsOur beliefs play a fundamental role in how we engage in life. What we learn in our early years becomes our guide as to the actions that we choose to take or not take in our lives. For the most part these beliefs serve us well. They help us to live in harmony with our surroundings and o...
Does Charm Always Feel Easy?
Vedic Worldview - August 27, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsSynchronicity has become a buzzword in the past 20 years. The notion that things can go your way and everything becomes seemingly effortless is considered a sign of evolutionary progress. Some might even say it’s a form of spiritual favoritism. But is evolution necessarily easy? In p...
Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Integrity
Vedic Worldview - August 20, 2023 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsThe ease with which we can travel has blurred many cultural boundaries over the past couple of hundred years, and especially so in the past 50 years. On any given day you could start your day with a Vedic Meditation practice originating in India (of course), followed by Capoeira from B...
The Function of Dreaming Consciousness
Vedic Worldview - August 13, 2023 23:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWhy do we have dreams and what do they mean? Some schools of thought attempt to attribute specific meanings and interpretations of dreams, but the Vedic stance is somewhat different. The Vedic worldview recognizes seven different states of consciousness, including dreaming, but as Th...
The Role of Devotion in Our Evolution
Vedic Worldview - August 06, 2023 23:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsDevotion is often heralded as a path to enlightenment, but what does that mean? To whom or to what should we be devoted to? Thom presents the Vedic position on devotion in this episode, teaching us that devotion is an effect rather than a cause, an outcome rather than an action. It’s ...
The Function and Relevance of Kirtan
Vedic Worldview - July 30, 2023 23:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsKirtan has become popular outside of India in recent decades. The heightened feelings that can arise from devotional chanting have made it a compelling activity for many wanting to experience Vedic wisdom at the level of feeling. But there’s a lot more to kirtan than meets the ear. I...
India - The Cradle of Civilization
Vedic Worldview - July 23, 2023 23:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsFew countries match India for its vast variety of people, cultures, languages, and of course, styles of cuisine. While most of us appreciate different aspects of this vast and colorful nation, few of us have a worthy appreciation of the role India has played in shaping civilizations ou...
My Maharishi - A Second Father to Me
Vedic Worldview - July 16, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWhile most of us have mentors or figures that have a significant impact on our lives, few of us have the great good fortune to spend much time with a great leader such as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. In this episode, Thom reflects on both the origin story of his relationship with Maharishi,...
Our Role in Parent-Child Relationships
Vedic Worldview - July 09, 2023 23:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWhy do we choose our parents and why do our children choose us? Working out the evolutionary function of parent-child relationships is tricky, and quite possibly a waste of time. While it might satisfy the intellect to come up with an answer, the contributing factors are likely to be ...
Why do We Self Sabotage Ourselves?
Vedic Worldview - July 02, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsThere’s no shortage of self judgments we can make that don’t make us feel good, and self sabotage is up there with the best. It provides a talking point for countless therapy sessions, and gives us plenty of ammunition for those moments when we’re trying to rationalize our actions. So...
World Peace is an Inside Job
Vedic Worldview - June 25, 2023 23:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWar is a 24/7 business, and none of us have lived through a time when there isn’t war raging in some part of the world, whether it be a full-blown international conflict, or a localized civil war. So the idea of world peace might seem like a pipe dream, something over which we have no ...
The Akashic Record Explained
Vedic Worldview - June 18, 2023 23:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings“Readings” of the Akashic record have become popular in recent years. In our quest to understand the mysteries behind who we are, how we got here, and why this, that or the other thing happened, the promise of the Akashic record is compelling. But what exactly is the Akashic record? Ca...
The Relationship Between Trust and Charm
Vedic Worldview - June 11, 2023 23:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsA lot of weight is put on the notion of having “trust” in our choices. And while many of us do so, we might find ourselves analyzing the results of our choices and debating whether the trust was warranted or not. The Vedic worldview has a different perspective on this, and finds trust...
The Evolutionary Function of Suicide
Vedic Worldview - June 04, 2023 23:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIn a recent episode, Thom explored the subject of where suicidal thoughts come from. And while this might help us understand the origins of suicidal thoughts, it doesn’t explain the evolutionary role that suicide plays. Thom takes us deeper in this episode and delivers a comforting per...
Understanding the Caste System of India
Vedic Worldview - May 29, 2023 02:40 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWhen we think of India, many people question the fairness of the so-called caste system, which, on the face of it, appears to divide the population into different classes, based on the family one is born into. This perception appears to limit the opportunities people have in their lif...
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