YFYI — Yoga For Your Intellect

James Beshara & Joseph Emmett
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Feb 6, 2024 • 1h 6min

YFYI — #53 — Dynamics of Desire

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 12min

YFYI — #52 — The Unmanifest Self

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Jan 4, 2024 • 57min

YFYI — #51 — Om Logistics

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Dec 4, 2023 • 52min

YFYI — #50 — Liberation Through Deliberation

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Nov 13, 2023 • 44min

YFYI — #49 — Predictably Irrational

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Oct 23, 2023 • 1h 33min

YFYI — #48 — Total Shift in Values

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Oct 9, 2023 • 51min

YFYI — #47 — Essential Concepts (Part 2)

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Sep 25, 2023 • 1h 18min

YFYI — #46 — Essential Concepts (Part 1)

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Sep 11, 2023 • 1h 10min

YFYI — #45 — The Path to No Preferences

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/
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Aug 28, 2023 • 1h 3min

YFYI — #44 — Free Association

YFYI (Yoga For Your Intellect) is a conversational, digital approach to the 5000+ year old, ancient eastern philosophy of Vedanta. Would you like to experience a live YFYI for you and your team? Email yogaforyourintellect@gmail.com for details. About the hosts: James Beshara is a world-renowned founder and startup investor (ranked as high as the #2 global venture investor by investment platforms like AngelList) and has been invited to speak at places such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University, and The World Bank. Joseph Emmett has been a student of Vedanta for over 25 years, teaching this “perennial philosophy” around the world, with over a decade spent at the Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India under the guidance and teaching of acclaimed Vedanta philosopher and author, Swami A. Parthasarathy. In addition to weekly podcast episodes, the hosts, James and Joseph, also host a weekly Clubhouse conversation on Friday mornings with open Q&A (search for the ‘Yoga For Your Intellect’ club within the Clubhouse app), as well as in-person retreats in Southern California during the year. Would you like to dive in deeper? Our reading recommendation is to dive into reading perhaps the clearest and most complete work on Vedanta of the 20th century — ‘Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities’ by A. Parthasarathy which can be found on Amazon.  We also encourage you to subscribe to these conversations if you find them valuable for more weekly insights to the perennial philosophy. Resources: Swami Parthasarathy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/swamiji Vedanta Treatise: The Eternities:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/86-vedanta-treatise-the-eternities Bhagavad Gita:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/books-and-media/12-books/82-bhagavad-gita Vedanta Academy:  https://www.vedantaworld.org/about/vedanta-academy Joseph Emmett:  https://www.vedantahouston.org/josephji James Beshara: https://jjbeshara.com/about/

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