What if the thing holding back our evolution wasn’t the Unviverse, but our alignment with it?

In this Q&A episode, Thom explores the subtle early signal of misalignment, why formulaic living dulls creativity, and how the unknown became the forge of the human brain. 

Thom also challenges us to make our behaviors more evolutionary, offers a cautionary message about our modern archives, and shares a bold, simple law you won’t forget.

Episode Highlights

[00:45] Q - How do we make evolution exponential as opposed to gradual?

[00:55] A - The Sweet Spot Is…

[05:03] Looking for Frictionless Flow

[07:18] The Dangers of Formulaic Thinking

[10:40] An Allergy to Embracing the Unknown

[12:33] The Unknown is the Frontier that Built the Human Brain

[15:30] An Invitation to Do Something Different

[17:54] Q - What exactly are we to harvest? Knowledge or resources?

[19:11] A - Breaking the Shackles of Our Brain

[21:35] The Greatest Wasted Resource on Earth

[24:01] Use It Or Lose It

[26:43] Brain-Power Problems

[30:39] The Great Good Fortune of Being a Vedic Meditator

[32:31] An Outlet for Social Relevance

[36:14] Q - Are our current evolutionary theories still relevant?

[36:54] A - Big Crunch is Making a Comeback

[39:34] Individuality is Cosmic

[42:12] Thank Goodness for the Asteroid Strike

[46:03] Unreliable Archives of the Human Experience

[52:14] Q - Should we harvest more interactions with each other?

[52:35] A - Meditators Have the Capacity to be Interactors

[56:06] The Joy of Person-to-Person Human Connectivity

[58:28] Commonality is a Great Uniting Force

[01:00:41] Q - Does the Veda state that evolution is Cosmic Law?

[01:00:59] Evolve. Full Stop.

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