Latest Maharishi mahesh yogi Podcast Episodes
My Maharishi - No Problem
Vedic Worldview - November 14, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings“No problem.” We’ve all said it on many occasions, and most of us say it, or a variation on it, on a pretty regular basis. But do we really mean it? And do we know for sure if ‘no problem’ fits the occasion? In this My Maharishi episode, Thom recounts an interaction where Maharishi Ma...
The Holy Tradition and The Role of Gurus in Modern Times
Vedic Worldview - November 07, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWord of mouth is an unreliable means of communicating even at the best of times. And while the written word should theoretically be more accurate and more trustworthy than the spoken word, history has shown that that’s not the case. Words can be so easily misunderstood and misinterpre...
My Maharishi - My Exemplar
Vedic Worldview - October 30, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsThe impact that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had on the world is inestimable. With millions of people practicing the meditation technique that he popularized around the world, and many thousands more learning each year, the ripple effect of his work will last for centuries to come. And not ju...
Omnisexuality
Vedic Worldview - October 26, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWhat’s the Vedic worldview on sexuality? Gender expression and sexual identity have been hot topics in recent years as more and more people choose to abandon gender and sexual stereotypes. And while Vedic civilization was way ahead of its time in terms of accepting gender diversity, i...
Law of Attraction, Time Travel, Influences on the Body
Vedic Worldview - October 23, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsMore listener questions on the podcast this episode, with the focus on the metaphysical. Thom puts a surprising twist in his answer to a question on time travel and gives us clues as to how we can sense the future in the making. He has an emphatic response to a question about the Law ...
Upanishad: The General and the Sergeant
Vedic Worldview - October 16, 2022 23:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsVedic mythos, or storytelling, is often laced with humor to get a point across. In this episode of the podcast, Thom recounts a tale from the Katha Upanishad, of a Sergeant and a General. It’s a scenario that wouldn’t look out of place in an episode of “The Office” or any other workpl...
The Age of Enlightenment
Vedic Worldview - October 09, 2022 23:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsMaharishi Mahesh Yogi was ahead of his time in 1975, when he predicted an end to The Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall, among many other changes that he foresaw as arising from the dawning of the ‘Age of Enlightenment.’ With The Cold War showing no signs of thawing at the time, ...
The Meaning of Non-Attachment
Vedic Worldview - October 02, 2022 23:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsAs Eastern philosophies have spread in popularity throughout the world in the past thirty years or so, ‘detachment’ has become somewhat of a buzzword. It has become a spiritual scorecard of sorts, the theory being that the more detached one is, the more enlightened one is. Or not… In...
Affairs of the Heart
Vedic Worldview - September 25, 2022 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIt’s time for another Ask Me Anything episode, with this one focused on affairs of the heart. Thom answers a listener’s question about the desirability of a ‘heart awakening’ and explains why being ‘grounded in the unbounded’ is a more preferable state to aim for. He takes on the ques...
My Maharishi - Reviving Ayurveda and The Big Bang
Vedic Worldview - September 18, 2022 23:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsCourage under fire is seen as an admirable quality, but grace under fire even much more so. In this amusing anecdote, Thom shares an example of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s equanimity amidst a timely mishap. Though the mishap itself was relatively minor, the event itself was not; a confer...
Releasing Stress in New York City
Vedic Worldview - September 11, 2022 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings9/11/2001 is a date that’s been imprinted in our memories worldwide. New York City, at the epicenter of the terror attacks, was shaken to its core, literally and figuratively. Visiting New York City very soon after, Thom witnessed a distinct shift in the way New Yorkers were relating ...
The Ganges - More Than Just a River
Vedic Worldview - September 08, 2022 23:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsFew rivers have a name as iconic as the Ganges River in India. At over 1550 miles (2,500 kms) long, it winds its way from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, passing a population of over 650 million along the way, making it the most populated river basin in the world. But there is mo...
Upanishad - The King and the Swordsmith
Vedic Worldview - September 04, 2022 23:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWe’re all familiar with the saying, don’t use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but how about using a sword to clean a finger? Vedic literature is full of delightful fables that use analogies to deliver profound life lessons. In this episode Thom gives us some background on Upanishad, Ved...
Is Vedic Meditation the Only Meditation Technique That Allows Transcendence?
Vedic Worldview - August 28, 2022 23:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsRegular listeners know already that the power of Vedic Meditation lies in the ability to allow transcendence. But is it the only way? And how do you know if you’ve transcended? Prompted by a question from a listener, Thom takes a brief look at other meditation techniques and compares t...
How to Get Out of a Rut
Vedic Worldview - August 21, 2022 23:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsA rut, the ever-repeating known, can be a double-edged sword. While some find comfort in a rut, others feel restless. The restless are at a distinct advantage. Rather than waiting for the inevitable change that brings an end to the ever-repeating known, they opt for the role of change ...
Come Sit with Me in Rishikesh - An Invitation to My 2023 India Retreat
Vedic Worldview - August 18, 2022 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIf the idea of a Vedic Meditation retreat in the foothills of the Himalayas with Thom Knoles sounds appealing, then this episode is for you. After a two-year hiatus, Thom is returning to Rishikesh and is extending a warm welcome to Vedic Meditators, and aspiring meditators alike, for a...
The Yugas and the Importance of Understanding Them Correctly
Vedic Worldview - August 14, 2022 23:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWe learned recently on the podcast that knowledge is structured in consciousness. From this we can deduce that our understanding of Veda is dependent on our level of consciousness. It’s not just our intellectual understanding though, it’s also our ability to ‘perceive’ Veda. One exampl...
Parental Stress - From the Womb to the Grave
Vedic Worldview - August 07, 2022 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsFew would doubt that being a parent can be stressful, but being the child of a parent has its own set of demands and challenges. The common thread through this, another ‘Ask Me Anything’ episode of The Vedic Worldview, is the theme of parental stress, both from the parent’s perspectiv...
My Maharishi in Nepal
Vedic Worldview - July 31, 2022 23:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWho do you call when you’re the King of Nepal and you want to teach 100,000 subjects how to meditate? Who else but Maharishi Mahesh Yogi? The year was 1974 and Thom Knoles was there. In this episode Thom shares details of the adventure, a demonstration of Maharishi’s can-do attitude to...
How to Not Be Offended
Vedic Worldview - July 24, 2022 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratings“None taken.” We all know we have an element of choice when it comes to ‘taking offense,’ yet often that's not the choice we make. In this episode, Thom explains why that is, and what it takes to become impossible to offend. Episode Highlights: [00:45] Q - How Can We Not Be Easily...
Life Beyond Earth
Vedic Worldview - July 17, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIs there anybody out there? Humankind has been asking this question for millenia, and with the ability to conceive of space travel only being a recent phenomenon, the likelihood of finding an answer to the question has seemed unlikely up till now. But does space travel actually increas...
Parental Readiness, Compliance with Nature, and Cosmic Consciousness
Vedic Worldview - July 10, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIt’s Q&A time once again. In answer to a young man questioning the timing of parenthood, Thom explains the role the child has in its own incarnation, and reminds us to be led by charm rather than the intellect in our decisions. He also explains how our intellect interferes with our in...
Subject/Title: Parental Readiness, Compliance with Nature, and Cosmic Consciousness
Vedic Worldview - July 10, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIt’s Q&A time once again. In answer to a young man questioning the timing of parenthood, Thom explains the role the child has in its own incarnation, and reminds us to be led by charm rather than the intellect in our decisions. He also explains how our intellect interferes with our innate conn...
Why We Have Cravings
Vedic Worldview - July 03, 2022 23:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWe’re all familiar with cravings but why do we have them and why are they so powerful? What is it about them that makes us go weak at the knees and cave so easily? While most of us rely on willpower to beat cravings we know that it’s not a power we can rely on. In this episode Thom...
My Maharishi - David Frost
Vedic Worldview - June 26, 2022 23:15 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsMaharishi Mahesh Yogi was a popular interview subject for media icons throughout the world for many decades, often appearing more than once as a guest on high-profile shows. In this episode, Thom gives a first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of an interview Maharishi did with David Fro...
Knowledge is Structured in Consciousness
Vedic Worldview - June 19, 2022 23:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsIYKYK. If you know, you know. Or do you? Is knowledge as reliable as we think it to be? “Knowledge is structured in consciousness,” is one of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's most profound and most frequently shared quotes. Ironically, one’s understanding of the quote is also dependent on one’s...
What Makes The Sacred Powerful?
Vedic Worldview - June 12, 2022 23:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsMany of us invoke the common phrase “Is nothing sacred?!” when we feel that something of value to us isn’t experienced the same way by others. What if we told you that everything could be sacred, to the extent that we make it so? All of us hold certain things sacred in our lives, wheth...
Duality and Non-Duality
Vedic Worldview - June 05, 2022 23:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsThe terms duality and non-duality are becoming more commonly used and can have different meanings in different contexts. In ‘spiritual circles’ duality is often seen as a cause of suffering, or even the cause of suffering, but, in and of itself, duality is actually benign. In this epi...
The Ultimate Path to Becoming a Vedic Meditation Initiator
Vedic Worldview - May 31, 2022 01:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsWe celebrate this, the 100th episode of The Vedic Worldview, by covering one of Thom’s favorite subjects, Vedic Meditation Initiator Training. Building on the last episode, Become a Teacher of Vedic Meditation, Thom explains why his training is the ultimate path for anyone considering ...
Become a Teacher of Vedic Meditation
Vedic Worldview - May 29, 2022 23:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsImagine meeting someone in the street who fondly remembers you for teaching them Vedic Meditation and sharing the profound impact it’s had on their lives. This is a regular occurrence for Vedic Meditation teachers around the world, and especially so for Thom, who has taught tens of tho...
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