Thom Knoles discusses the state of fearlessness, how all fear is based on something unreal and how to learn to transcend fear and yet be fully participating in life.  Living a life in fear is worse than death.  Fearlessness is the pinnacle of the development of human consciousness.  Through the regular practice of Vedic Meditation, we achieve it spontaneously.

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Fear and Fearlessness

Thom Knoles discusses Truth as that which does not change, how it can be detected in all fields of life, and how by allowing change to form our sense of identity, we succumb to suggestibility.  Vedic Meditation takes our awareness from the field of ever-change into an experience of that which is beyond change, and reveals to us the truth of our own identity, as an implicit statement of pure knowingness.

Produced by Eric Cahan

Truth

We hear a lot about the problems of governance, whether it be government at the highest level, or the administrators of smaller bodies in society, schools, businesses, etc.

In this episode, Thom explains that the crisis of governance is not with ‘the government’ or whatever other body is ‘in charge’, but rather with our view that ‘they’ are the problem, and that there is little or nothing ‘we’ can do about it.

The Vedic worldview is that everything is structured in consciousness, including governments, and the only way to effect change is to effect consciousness.

Thom shares that governments reflect the consciousness of the people, even in a dictatorship, and so our own role is to take responsibility for our own consciousness, and to be an example, an exemplar, for others to do the same. This is the only way in which governance can improve and the crisis can be resolved.

Of course, Vedic Meditation, being the most efficient means to bring about a change in consciousness, has a role to play in this process. 

 
The Crisis of Governance
[01:58] A Reflection of the Average State of Consciousness 
[04:00] The Crisis of Identity - Self and ‘Other’
[07:57] Self Sufficiency Is the Seed of Revolution
[15:11] Dependence of the Individual Leads to Dependence On Government
[17:38] Spreading Self Sufficiency By Example
[21:01] The Ideal Individual Is the Basis of Ideal Government
[21:41] Vedic Meditation Produces Ideal Individuals
[27:06] The Spreader Effect - 1% of the Population Leading the Way Through Vedic Meditation
[29:59] Individual Peace is the Basis of World Peace
[33:14] Social Change is Not Going to Come From the Top Down
[36:14] The First Science - The Science of Self Discovery
[40.32] Challenge Your Assumptions About What is Possible
[43:28] Self Realization + Action = Self Actualization 
[48:29] All Suffering is Based on Inaccurate Expectations

Jai Guru Deva.

The Crisis Of Governance And Your Role In Its Resolution

Join philosopher, educator and celebrated speaker on the cognitive sciences Thom Knoles for conversations with leaders, teachers, authors and professors designed to inspire and provoke deeper insight.  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 40 years, he has personally taught meditation to tens of thousands of students and consulted to governments and private corporations.

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