Wisdom of the Sages

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1031: Joe Strummer, Our Dehumanization & Bhakti Heart Transfer May 02, 2023

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"We've all got to stop just following our own little mouse trail…. People are out there doing bad things to each other… they've been dehumanized. It's time to take the humanity back... Without people you're nothing." - Joe Strummer / let's put spiritual knowledge back in the center / greed is going nowhere / you have to discipline yourself to find truth / the deepest spirituality is shared heart to heart / the transformative power of listening respectfully / let your heart go out to the worms / Am I dehumanized?

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1030: Sectarianism, Inclusivism & Hyper-Inclusivism May 01, 2023

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"In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climbs, and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge." - Henry David Thoreau / no dogmatism - rather, question from all angles / step back and see how Vyasadeva is framing his message / Understand the progression in Vedic thought through hardcore - Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Sick of it All, Shelter / Give your heart to a deeply realized soul

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1029: Fine-tuning the Balance Between Immersive & Inclusive Bhakti / Interview with Chaitanya Charan Das Apr 30, 2023

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Chaitanya Charan, a prolific author and speaker on Bhakti and Bhagavad-gita speaks with Kaustubha on two ends of a spectrum in spiritual practice - immersive/world-rejecting on one end, and inclusive/world affirming on the other, and the need to find the right balance.

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1028: Q & A Volume 163 Apr 29, 2023

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How to explain Bhakti to Orthodox Jews? / Where does a queer man find a Bhakti community?

1027: The Earth is a Goddess & Perfect Seers Know It Apr 28, 2023

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" the true joy in life: being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one – instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy" - George Bernard Shaw / we need a purpose to wake up for everyday / the Bhakti framework – we all share an eternal dharma of divine love - and we embrace and later let go of a series of temporary dharma's designed to uncover the eternal / This is how we explain God - one, nondual source, pervading everything and everyone (inside and out) - but known intimately as a person / is belief in a personal God something we've evolved beyond? / perfect seers know that the three features of the one Absolute Truth are different perspective views / the perspective needed to understand that the earth is a goddess

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1026: Don't Try to Fix the Dream - Try to Wake Up! Apr 27, 2023

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Bob Dylan on how we are bombarded by insulting and humiliating "wonder bread" music / are we insulting our true self? / although the universe may temporarily appear to be the truth, it ultimately has no real existence / nondual knowledge is the ultimate truth / nondual knowledge as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan

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1025: Our Whole Lives Are Just Blips in Time Apr 26, 2023

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spiritual knowledge well applied facilitates social justice (rather than bypassing / seeing the world as illusion (spiritual perspective) grants relief from suffering / the world's a mess - water the root, not every leaf / this life is just a blip / our bodily existence is as unreal as the physical manifestation of any dream in the brains neurotransmitters / by understanding the original cause of different varieties, one can understand everything

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1024: Don't Just Think You're Not Your Body, Know It! Apr 25, 2023

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"Most people see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what they've been told to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see - not what is right in front of them in its pristine condition." Vincent Bugliosi / don't just think you're not your body, know it / the true self has nothing to do with our worldly dealings / control the senses by eating prasadam / Bhakti takes spirituality to the next level

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1023: Ya Don't "Create" Clean Water, Ya Stop Polluting it Apr 24, 2023

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to ask is to break the spell / "Blind belief and passive consumption can be broken through the simple act of asking questions." - Neil Postman / the yoga culture's acclaim for thoughtful questioning / we presume we will be happier if we are materially successful - and never ask the right questions / question from all different angles / Bhakti is experience based - not just faith based / we don't need to just conform- we need to transform / knowledge is revealed to the virtuous / "We need new tools in science." - Do we? / you don't "create" clean water / you don't "create" life in a laboratory / a guru is pleased with the student when they inquire with sincerity

1022: Q & A Volume 162 Apr 22, 2023

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Family therapist/Bhakti-yogini Dhanya Rico joins Wisdom of the Sages to address some difficult questions.

• How to deal with a difficult person who is permanently in your life? • In dealing with someone who has emotional problems, how does one release judgment and show compassion and yet keep your heart at a distance so you don't get hurt?

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