God, Gods and Goddesses - Part 1

<p>Does God exist?  It’s a question that’s puzzled humankind for millenia and the answer, from the Vedic worldview, is sure to both surprise and delight you, even if you are a hardened atheist.</p><p>This is not your standard philosophical debate on the idea of God, gods and goddesses but a matter-of-fact exploration that will liberate you from any dogma surrounding the subject or any social indoctrinations that might be limiting your perception.  </p><p>Most importantly, you’ll discover that experience trumps faith or belief when it comes to having a definitive answer to the question.</p><p>And if you need to listen to this episode two or three times to ‘get it’ that’s okay.  In fact, as with all of Thom’s podcast episodes, we recommend it.<br /><br /><strong>Episode Highlights: </strong></p><p>[00:48] God is a Self-Referral Phenomenon</p><p>[02:31] Layers of Thinking</p><p>[03:57] Who Are You?</p><p>[05:15] How Do You Know?</p><p>[06:33] Creating A Model of the World</p><p>[08:08] The Unknown Becoming Known</p><p>[09:24] Everything That’s ‘Out There’ is In Here</p><p>[10:35] Agreeing With the Atheists</p><p>[11:47] Something Greater Than One’s Own Individuality</p><p>[13:36] Consciousness is Independent of the Brain</p><p>[15:55] Everything is in the Eye of the Beholder</p><p>[17:49] I Love You</p><p>[19:47] And I Thought You Loved Me Too</p><p>[20:32] Transcendental Being - The Only True Shared Experience</p><p>[22:08] God, Gods and Goddesses</p><p>[23:00] Removing Distorted Memories of Past Experiences</p><p>[24:07] Fight or Flight</p><p>[25:30] Premature Cognitive Commitments</p><p>[27:31] Distorted Memories in Action</p><p>[28:53] Less Stress, Improved Perception</p><p>[31:13] The Soma Flows and Perception Grows</p><p>[33:17] I See and I Smell</p><p>[35:00] A Celestial World Reveals Itself</p><p>[37:24] Seeing Gods and Goddesses</p><p>[39:30] The World Is For Us As We Can Be For It </p><p>[40:57] Your Local Neighborhood God</p><p>[42:57] Does God Exist?</p><p>[44:07] What is Supreme For You?</p><p>[45:39] A