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Vedic Worldview

by Thom Knoles

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  • How to Know When to Persist or Let Go

    October 25, 2026 · 44 min

    If a desire doesn't bring lasting fulfillment, why do we follow it at all?   Thom offers a Vedic perspective on desire, fulfillment, and the difference between pursuing an outcome and engaging fully with the process. In response to…

  • Vedic Meditation in Prison: Joh Jarvis and The Light Inside. Part 2

    October 18, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    What can Vedic Meditation offer in a place most people only imagine from the outside? In Part Two of this two-part series, Thom Knoles and Joh Jarvis trace Joh's work teaching meditation in prisons, from her early efforts in New York to…

  • What Is Navaratri Sharad? The Nine Nights of Mother Divine

    October 12, 2026 · 9 min

    What could be more worthy of a twice-yearly celebration lasting nine nights and ten days than the celebration of Mother Divine herself?   In this bonus episode, coinciding with the festival of Navaratri Sharad: The Nine Nights of Mother…

  • From Journalist to Meditation Teacher: Joh Jarvis's Journey, Part 1

    October 11, 2026 · 30 min

    How can a piece of advice unsettle a life that seems already established? In this first installment of a three-part conversation, Thom Knoles and Joh Jarvis, a fellow Vedic Meditation teacher, look back on their first meetings, Joh’s years…

  • Ask Thom Anything: Ego, Reincarnation, and Tough Love

    October 4, 2026 · 28 min

    Is the problem ego, or our misunderstanding of it? In this Ask Me Anything episode, Thom responds to three big questions: how to balance eliminating the ego with having a healthy self esteem, whether consciousness can move backward through…

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  • Why You Feel Alone Even When You’re Connected

    September 27, 2026 · 18 min

    It's never been easier to connect with others yet loneliness is reportedly the fastest-growing epidemic worldwide. In this episode, Thom explores why human beings are built for proximity, how consciousness affects us in subtle ways, and…

  • Living Abundance Sedona Retreat Preview

    September 23, 2026 · 9 min

    What if abundance begins when we stop assuming everything is running out? In this short bonus episode of The Vedic Worldview Podcast, Thom previews his upcoming Living Abundance retreat in Sedona and explores why certainty has to be…

  • The Real Danger of AI: Why Fear Is the Problem

    September 20, 2026 · 19 min

    Are fears about AI justified, or is it fear itself that's the problem? In this episode, Thom puts today’s anxiety about artificial intelligence into a much larger context, from thermonuclear war to the Vedic understanding of consciousness…

  • How to Be an Extraordinary Human Being Pt 2

    September 13, 2026 · 39 min

    What if becoming extraordinary has less to do with certainty and more to do with your capacity to move with the unknown? In this episode, Part Two of a two part series (Listen to or watch Part One here if you haven't already) Thom responds…

  • How to Be an Extraordinary Human Being Pt 1

    September 6, 2026 · 44 min

    What if safety is not found in the familiar, but in our willingness to move into the unknown?   In this episode, Thom explores why the ever-repeating known leads to stagnation, while greater context, transcendence, and Vedic Meditation…

  • The True Source of Toxicity

    August 30, 2026 · 24 min

    We're often told that we live in a world full of toxic behaviour, but is it the world that's toxic or is it our view of it that gives it a toxic flavor?   In this episode, Thom explores the true source of toxicity: the stress we carry that…

  • Dopamine: A Product of Human Experience

    August 23, 2026 · 26 min

    What if the real problem with dopamine is not too little or too much, but the modern urge to treat it as the source of human experience rather than its product?   In this episode, Thom explores the Western fixation on active ingredients…

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About the show

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.