Vedic Worldview
Thom Knoles
Join philosopher, educator and celebrated speaker on the cognitive sciences, Thom Knoles for inspiring insights and wisdom to support your personal evolution. Thom is an renowned expert on the relationship between quantum physics and human consciousness, and on the 5,000 year-old body of wisdom known as The Veda. For over 50 years, he has personally taught Vedic Meditation to tens of thousands of students and consulted to governments and private corporations throughout the world.
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Jun 11, 2018 • 1h 54min
Meditation for Mother and Baby
A Conversation with Mark Krassner
Thom Knoles speaks with Expectful founder and CEO Mark Krassner about meditation as a tool to empower mothers through pregnancy and beyond, the role that meditation can play in fertility, prenatal development and the birthing process, and how meditation can benefit child-rearing for parent and child alike.
Produced by Eric Cahan
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Apr 9, 2018 • 51min
Gratitude vs. Deserving
Thom Knoles discusses the distinction between gratitude and deserving. The correct approach to gratitude is: You Deserve The Best. We don't feel unworthy, and we don't settle. As our consciousness grows, our idea about what is actually the best changes. It expands. We demonstrate our gratitude through acceptance of it.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Jan 11, 2018 • 51min
Contentment vs. Enlightenment
Thom Knoles discusses the distinction between contentment and enlightenment. To harness enlightenment, we bring our internal state of fulfillment into action. Because fulfillment seeks need, enlightenment is always on the move. Contentedness likes to stay put, happy within its own experience. For that reason, contentedness itself is not a goal.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Dec 12, 2017 • 1h 12min
The Myth of Control: Favoring Choicelessness
Thom Knoles discusses the fallacy of control. The notion that you are in charge, or should be, is the root of enormous suffering for oneself and for others. Learn how success is gained by letting go of control, not by being a control freak. Choice is Hell. Choicelessness is Heaven. Success is a product of letting go.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Nov 18, 2017 • 52min
What Causes Suffering
Thom Knoles discusses the mythology behind suffering, what causes it and how to minimize its impact. To eliminate suffering, we must first understand the mechanics of its creation, the potential for addiction to it, its relationship to stress and the collective influence born of the role suffering plays in western religious teachings.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Nov 5, 2017 • 38min
Deserving and Desiring
Thom Knoles discusses the concept of deserving power, the mechanics of how we develop it and its use as a metric for our own enlightenment, and explores the correlation between what we desire, the source of desiring and what we truly deserve.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Sep 26, 2017 • 47min
Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness & Morality with Kevin Kelly
A Conversation with Kevin Kelly
Thom Knoles speaks with Kevin Kelly about the evolutionary roles of human intelligence versus artificial intelligence and machine learning, the possibilities and implications of so-called artificial consciousness and the responsibility of encoding morality within the DNA of new predictive technology.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Aug 7, 2017 • 37min
Thom Answers Your Questions
Thom Knoles answers listener questions about vegetarianism, self-healing, violence, empathy, the Wim Hof Method and more.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Jul 27, 2017 • 37min
Unconditional Happiness
Thom Knoles speaks with Eitan Yardeni about the Vedic and Kabbalah perspectives on happiness, the distinctions between real and Illusory versions of it and how to sustain happiness that is independent of outside influence. Courtesy of The Rubin Museum of Art.
Produced by Eric Cahan
Jul 10, 2017 • 1h 2min
Religion, Reason and Politics with Graeme Wood
Thom Knoles speaks with Graeme Wood about the movement toward religious fundamentalism, the political and cultural impact of ISIS and the implications of religious hegemony.
Produced by Eric Cahan & Mike Martinez
