what is the role of humor in Bhakti? / how to understand & speak to people about karma? / how to respond when the atmosphere I live in is fueling my addictions? / who is your favorite Mahabharata character and why? / is a true yogi someone who hears the voice of God within, and if so, how do I get there myself amidst the cacophony of everyday life?

Ishvara Pranidhana - completely surrendering to God / for one who gives everything there is no frustration / the relationship between self realization, seeing everything in Good & God in everything, and compassion for all living beings / be the bee (not the fly) / even the jerks are pure spirit souls, have compassion / Shiva fixes his mind on Vishnu and feels compassion for the haters / Raghu likes rap / let Krishna be the attractive one (it's too exhausting for us)

SB 3.21.22-44

spiritual fandom / why do we love this swing festival so much? / our senses are dragging us around with the hope to enjoy / the tremendous velocity of the wheel of time / if Kaustubha created a virtual reality for Raghu he would program it with time & karma, so that he would come back out / Vishnu expands & withdraws his energies like a spider and its web / enjoyment or enlightenment? what's the universe designed for?

SB 3.21.17-21

Mara's leap of faith / we live in a world of hype / expectations make us suffer repeatedly / you're at the Coliseum, now what?! / every moment of the day, we get a fork in the road & can choose Krishna / Krishna is the root of everything / as Divine consciousness rises within us the externals become less significant / we're being dragged around like a bull with a ring in its nose / fearlessness through seeing God in everyone

SB 3.21.13-16

death doulas / saris are long / advice from sage Narada - waste no time with indecisive debate – put aside material happiness, distress, desire & false gain – cultivate nonviolence, truthfulness, cleanliness, compassion & faith – constantly worship the Krishna with all of your heart / by nature the heart is full of love / the vision of the yogi – God is in everyone & everyone is in God /Bhagavad-gita is not a convo between Arjuna & a candle

SB 3.21.7-12

the yogi Kardama Muni lived how long? / Kaustubha's trip to the waterfall / this podcast is NOT sponsored by Dunkin' Donuts / Prabhupada's disbelief at what Americans are willing to buy into / turn your entire day into yoga / is love an illusion? / love is intrinsic to the soul & is awakened through Bhakti-yoga / all the yoga paths are meant to go to the same place - but Bhakti goes there directly

SB 3.21.5-7

advancement in yoga is tapping into the frequency of God in the heart / GiGo principle - good in, good out, garbage in, garbage out / reduce the noise to hear the whisper within / God is our internal engineer dropping pebbles on our helmet as reversals in life / Srimad Bhagavatam teaches us to make lemonade of the lemons and offer it to God

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How can material things mean nothing when Krishna's energy is in all material things down to the atom? / If the material world means nothing and is an illusion, why wouldn't we just stay in the spiritual realm from the beginning? / Why is chanting talked about as 'the only way' in this age? / Am I worthy of owning the Bhagavatam without being a full time Bhakti-yogi? / Karmically, how responsible am I for these people who are under my care as a business owner? / How to respond to someone who tells you that you aren't putting into practice 'everything you read in your books' during a disagreement/argument?

we all need a spiritual mission / we're born to contribute / reprograming the mind through shloka memorization / drop your phone and hold the mind steady / you need a peaceful lifestyle for a peaceful mind / self knowledge frees one from body negativity & anxiety / smash your mirrors / phones are sickly addictive… turn it off! / climbing the 8 limbs of yoga

SB 3.21.4

if I have an enemy, I have a problem / accepting illusion as truth in the material world / higher beings, lower being, snakes, angels, mystics, sages, demigods, demons, ghosts, fiends, sages & the father of mankind / the problem with counteracting bad karma - you don't get to the root of the problem / it was The Clash Raghu, The Clash, (not the Jam) / the Srimad Bhagavatam family tree

SB 3.20.1-21.3