Why You Feel Alone Even When You’re Connected
It's never been easier to connect with others yet loneliness is reportedly the fastest-growing epidemic worldwide. In this episode, Thom exp...
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20 of 343 episodesLiving Abundance Sedona Retreat Preview
What if abundance begins when we stop assuming everything is running out? In this short bonus episode of The Vedic Worldview Podcast, Thom p...
The Real Danger of AI: Why Fear Is the Problem
Are fears about AI justified, or is it fear itself that's the problem? In this episode, Thom puts today’s anxiety about artificial intellige...
How to Be an Extraordinary Human Being Pt 2
What if becoming extraordinary has less to do with certainty and more to do with your capacity to move with the unknown? In this episode, Pa...
How to Be an Extraordinary Human Being Pt 1
What if safety is not found in the familiar, but in our willingness to move into the unknown? In this episode, Thom explores why the ever-re...
The True Source of Toxicity
We're often told that we live in a world full of toxic behaviour, but is it the world that's toxic or is it our view of it that gives it a t...
Dopamine: A Product of Human Experience
What if the real problem with dopamine is not too little or too much, but the modern urge to treat it as the source of human experience rath...
The Purpose of Creation: Why Consciousness Becomes a Story
If Oneness is our natural state, why does life unfold through uncertainty, limitation, and change? In response to a listener's question, Tho...
Building Community Through Vedic Meditation: A Conversation with Barron Hanson
Can a regional town become a living experiment in collective consciousness? In this conversation, Thom speaks with fellow Vedic Meditation I...
Dhanur Veda: The Forgotten Art of Diplomacy
What creates diplomacy, and why does it seem so absent when societies need it most? Thom explores Dhanur Veda , the Vedic body of knowledge...
The Masters of the Shankaracharya Tradition Part 2
Why would a naked yogi be received as a blessing, and why would a great master decline a title others might revere? In this second part of t...
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Masters of the Tradition, Part 1
What keeps a body of knowledge alive across thousands of years without losing its purity? In this first part of a two-part series, Thom trac...
Ravana: The Essential Villain, Part 2
There's never any shortage of characters on the world stage who demonstrate what appear to be anti-evolutionary behaviors, but what if the v...
Ravana: The Essential Villain Part 1
What if the villain is not outside evolution, but part of what gives it shape? In this first episode of a two-part exploration, Thom uses th...
Ask Thom Anything: Apology, Higher Consciousness, and Past Lives
Have we met before? Is it possible to be over apologetic? And if Cosmic Consciousness is so special, then what's the function of God Conscio...
The Root Cause of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Does Nature really need us to organize forest floors? And do we all suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to some extent? We often...
What Are the Signs of Expanding Consciousness?
What if spiritual progress becomes clearest when you stop trying to measure it? In this episode of The Vedic Worldview, Thom explores why en...
The Life and Legacy of Anandamayi Ma
How does one describe a person whose presence alone seemed to transform everyone around her? In this episode, Thom shares the story of Anand...
Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD) Through the Vedic Worldview
What if post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, is shaped not only by what happened, but by how much adaptation energy we had when it happened...
My Maharishi - The Best Advice I Ever Received
What if the best advice you ever receive sets you up to walk straight into danger? In this episode, Thom shares why meeting Maharishi Mahesh...