{"podcast":{"title":"Vedic Worldview","slug":"vedic-worldview-1117086","podcast_index_feed_id":1117086,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/vedic-worldview","website_url":"https://thomknoles.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0eIltF5xH8B5yMkg35DCkgJcmscyZD-mlFUUO9TXXvI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQyNzk0LzE2ODc3/NjAwMTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Thom Knoles","episode_count":330,"summary":"Join philosopher, educator and celebrated speaker on the cognitive sciences, Thom Knoles for inspiring insights and wisdom to support your personal evolution. Thom is an renowned expert on the relationship between quantum physics and human consciousness, and on the 5,000 year-old body of wisdom known as The Veda. For over 50 years, he has personally taught Vedic Meditation to tens of thousands of students and consulted to governments and private corporations throughout the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T04:21:34.486449+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedic-worldview-1117086"},"episode":{"title":"Ask Me Anything: Right vs Wrong, Good vs Evil","slug":"ask-me-anything-right-vs-wrong-good-vs-evil","published_at":"2026-04-26T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedic-worldview-1117086/ask-me-anything-right-vs-wrong-good-vs-evil","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedic-worldview-1117086","url":"https://thomknoles.com/podcast/right-wrong-good-evil","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/d8abf1f2/a6d1850c.mp3","summary":"What if right and wrong are not fixed rules, but questions of consciousness and timing? In this Ask Thom Anything episode, Thom responds to questions about right action, hesitation, evil, and so-called demonic forces, reframing them through the Vedic worldview. From Arjuna on the battlefield to the image of becoming a river rather than the landscape, he explores how Cosmic Intelligence, not personal reactivity, reveals what action belongs in any given moment. Listen for a deeply Vedic lens on right action, evolution, and the states of consciousness we call good, evil, or demonic. Episode Highlights [00:45] Q - Is there a general right and wrong in life? [01:56] A - Spontaneous Right Action [05:51] Transcending Relativity Before Action [08:18] No One Answer Fits All [10:41] Q - How do we move through resistance? [10:59] A - Stop Hesitating [12:18] The Window of Relevance [15:07] No Last-Chance Mentality [15:57] Q - Why do we see suffering and evil? [16:40] A - No Evil in the Vedic Worldview [19:22] Sequential Elaboration Makes Story [22:26] Volunteering to Be a River [24:00] Landscapers Make Rivers Visible [28:24] Evolution Needs a Baseline [31:01] Q - What is the Vedic perspective on demonic possession? [31:11] A - Demonic Is a State of Consciousness [33:47] Teaching a Killer to Meditate [37:34] Nothing Is Outside Understanding Useful Links info@thomknoles.com https://thomknoles.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thethomknoles https://www.facebook.com/thethomknoles https://www.youtube.com/c/thomknoles https://thomknoles.com/ask-thom-anything/","meta_description":"What if right and wrong are not fixed rules, but questions of consciousness and timing? In this Ask Thom Anything episode, Thom responds to questions abou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2514,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vedic-worldview-1117086/episodes/ask-me-anything-right-vs-wrong-good-vs-evil/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedic-worldview-1117086/ask-me-anything-right-vs-wrong-good-vs-evil.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}