Protest - Enhancing Vedic Meditation - Japa Meditation

Jai Guru Deva.
 
We wanted to let you know that the full schedule and registration details for Thom's upcoming Mexico tour are now online. The program includes free group meditations and knowledge sessions, opportunities to learn Vedic Meditation and receive an advanced technique directly from Thom, refresher sessions for existing meditators, a live Satsang session, and a five-day four-night rounding retreat.

This is also your opportunity to book a life-changing private one-on-one consultation with Thom while he's in Mexico City. The tour runs from September 17 to 29, and you can find out more at thomknoles.com/mexico. That's thomknoles.com/mexico.

We’re turning over the content of the podcast to our listeners once again, with another Ask Thom Anything episode, this time with a recurring theme of ‘effectiveness.’

Protest has become fashionable in recent years but Mary from Australia wonders how effective it is, especially in the absence of ‘worthy inquiry.’

Saskia, also from Australia, asks about the effectiveness of Nadi Shodana and the correct use of ‘Rounding’ to support our Vedic Meditation practice.

And Sophia in the USA wants to know if Japa Meditation has the same effect as, or could be considered to be a type of, Vedic Meditation.

Episode Highlights

[00:45] Is Protest Effective?

[01:44] A - Less Outrage

[03:13] Change Naturally and Spontaneously Occurs

[05:07] Thought Police

[06:59] Large-Scale Social Backlash

[08:46] Raise our Own Consciousness

[09:45] Q - What Are the Benefits of Nadi Shodana and How Many Rounds Are Ideal Before Meditation?

[10:03] A - Pranayama

[11:59] Rounding

[13:24] At-Home Program

[14:53] Industrial-Strength Meditation

[16:08] Q -  Is Japa Vedic Meditation?

[16:24] A - Some Resemblance

[17:07] Bija Mantra

[19:11] Japa Ajapa

[20:59] Bija Mantra Moves in the Direction of Being

[23:35] Effortlessness, Not Concentration and Control

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