In this episode of the Daily Vedantic, James Beshara explores the concept of seeing "behind the veil." Drawing connections between the meanings of words like "revelation," "apocalypse," and "realization," he explores how these terms all point to a single truth: the discovery of what has always been right in front of us. Through the lens of Vedantic philosophy, James emphasizes that this unveiling is not an external event but a shift in our own perspective. Just as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" discovers that she had the power to return home all along, so too can we unveil the truth by shifting our focus inward. This reflection invites listeners to reconsider the symbolic weight we place on these concepts and to embrace the simple, profound act of discovering what is already present.
The Daily Vedantic is a daily podcast and YouTube channel dedicated to the timeless wisdom of the Upanishads (https://thedailyvedantic.com/). Dating back to over 5,000 years ago, the source of nearly all Eastern Philosophy, and loved by Western giants from Emerson to Thoreau to Carl Jung and Alan Watts, studied daily by Joseph Campbell to Aldous Huxley to Arthur Schopenhauer and countless others, The Daily Vedantic aims to make this ancient philosophy as modern and accessible as it is simple, practical — and profound.
James Beshara (https://www.twitter.com/jamesbeshara) is a renowned startup founder of multiple companies, a prolific startup investor in 200+ others including some of the biggest startup names on the planet, a husband and father of three little girls, and philosophy student and teacher in Los Angeles.
James also co-hosts Yoga For Your Intellect (https://www.YFYI.co), a biweekly long-form conversational podcast with his teacher Joseph Emmett ( https://www.instagram.com/yogaforyourintellect ).
James is a student of Swami Parthasarathy, the acclaimed author of Vedanta Treatise (Vedanta Treatise – The Eternities) and teacher at Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India. As James says often, when you’re ready for the real thing, Swami’s daily lectures are where the true wisdom and systematic discovery of the world’s oldest continually studied philosophy resides: https://www.vedantaworld.org