26: Knowing I'm Eternal Makes Everything Mean...

A taste, a smell, a place, a song — something dormant rises suddenly from the depths. The Vedic tradition calls this Udīpana — stimuli that transport you. But where? Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that question through Proust's famous Madeleine moment and Akrūra finding Krishna' ...  Show more

Anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, panic disorder, depression – beneath the specific symptoms of almost every mental health condition there is a fear of death at the root. This is the conclusion of a landmark study that synthesized 129 studies across 38 countries and 58 years of res ...  Show more

The spiritual teacher Byron Katie wrote "When I argue with reality I lose - but only always." If you're ready to stop arguing with life and begin enjoying what is, let Michael guide you towards a deeper embrace of life and all that that entails. 

The only way to change is by changing your understanding. But what does it mean to understand? How do we go about it? Consider how we’re enslaved by various attachments; we’re striving to rearrange the world so that we can keep these attachments, because the world is a constant t ...  Show more

We’ve been taught to look for our happiness in outside things: money, power, romance, approval. That’s the first thing we need to understand if we want to come awake, which is the same thing as saying: if we want to love, if we want freedom, if we want joy and peace and spiritual ...  Show more

Life is short, but eternity lasts forever. Pastor Banning reminds us that one day we will stand before God, and what will truly matter are the things we built on the words of Jesus. The titles, achievements, and rewards of this world won’t follow us into eternity. Only what’s roo ...  Show more