Reacting to Vaishnava guru Chris Butler (aka Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa). He is a former member of ISKCON (during the lifetime of Swami Prabhupada) who started his own group of Krishna devotees in Hawaii, today called the Science of Identity Foundation, and said to be Krishna or "akin to god" by ex-devotees. He is famous for his negative teachings of Muslims, LGBTQ, and being Tulsi Gabbard's former spiritual guru. This video is not about Tulsi, her family, her recent nomination as Director of National Intelligence, nor the cult accusations surrounding Jagad Guru, but just looking at what he says in the moment (which is my approach to all guru reaction videos). Live 8.22.2025.

Science of Identity Foundation official website
A website of his writings here
Criticism of Tulsi's involvement here
Negative description of Chris' background here

0:00 – Intro to 3rd reaction video in series on Jagad Guru (Chris Butler)
3:22 – Reaction to talk: Recognizing a bonafide spiritual guru | not contradicting scripture | lineage | feelings
16:22 – Reaction con't: Legitimacy of teacher not based on number of followers
17:16 – Reaction con't: God gives to devotees what they need to see | seeing God's representative
25:43 – Reaction con't: Serving devotee's concept of guru | guru's playing a part
32:07 – Reaction con't: Having blind faith | having spiritual doubts | purging personal beliefs
40:00 – Debunking fake gurus | reading from "Taking Refuge In Dharma" by Sri Dharma Pravatarka Acharya on traits of an authentic guru
48:42 – Closing thoughts

This show is a 2025 People's Choice Podcast Award nominee in the Hinduism category. For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

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Sharing a reading on truth from Ram Dass' book "Miracle Of Love" about his guru Neem Karoli Baba. Baba's followers have included Steve Jobs, Julia Roberts, Mark Zuckerberg, Jai Uttal, Virat Kohli. Live 2/12/2025, pre-recorded.

0:00 – Personal story of converting from atheist to god believer via finding this Neem Karoli Baba book

3:57 – Reading chapter "About Truth"

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/aaronmjoy
☕ Support the channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy

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Sharing the Shaivite Creed as laid down by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today magazine and the Shaiva Siddhanta Church of Hawaii. This is not an official creed translated from Vedic scriptures or ancient rishis, but a modern attempt to codify the foundational beliefs of Shaivism. Live 8/2/2025.

0:00 – Learning about Hinduism via Hinduism Today magazine (https://www.hinduismtoday.com/) & the Master Course 3 book trilogy on Shaivism

2:02 – Reading from book "Dancing With Shiva": Intro to Shaivite Creed (aka statement of faith) (which can be found here)

4:24 – Reading Belief 1 & 2: God's unmanifest reality | God's manifest nature of all-pervading love

5:13 – Reading Belief 3 & 4: God as personal lord & creator | Ganesha

5:52 – Reading Belief 5 & 6: Mahadeva Karttikeya, son of Siva-Shakti | soul's creation & identity with god

6:33 – Reading Belief 7 & 8: Planes of existence | karma, samsara, moksha

7:08 – Reading Belief 9 & 10: 4 margas | goodness of all & evil

7:47 – Reading Belief 11 & 12: esoteric purpose of temple worship | Panchakshara Mantra ”Namasivaya”

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
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Hinduism, Neo-Hinduism, the Bhakti and Advaita Vedanta movements have looked beyond the caste (varna and jati) social hierarchy systems, but Wokism would take those gains away as it is focused on classism and class warfare. Wokism also takes Hinduism farther from the Vedic tradition. Live 7/26/2025.

0:00 – Intro to discussing woke progressivism's relationship with Hinduism (particularly in India)

2:03 – Personal views of wokism, unrealistic but hopeful ideas with a negative endgame, a big business cult of a carrot & stick situation | depopulation agenda | destroying tradition, family

7:20 – Wokism is a virus exported to Bharat that will effect all Hindus worldwide | fighting wokism

11:00 – Wokism is an enemy of Hinduism as it promotes a class system which the Bhakti Hindu movement has moved beyond

13:07 – Defining Sanatana Dharma | returning to Vedic roots | modernized Sanatana Dharma

17:09 – Defining Hindusim | modern religion that is essentially Sanatana Dharma & Christian universalism

19:22 – Defining Neo-Hinduism | Hinduism mixed with modern ideas that are not tied to scriptures

21:57 – Wokism is against many Hindu values, including being anti-tradition, anti-family, anti-gender roles, pro-depopulation, wokism is a pawn of Big Corp, is pro-science denial, pro-Marxism, anti-rationality

27:14 – Hinduism/Neo-Hinduism has moved to see beyond class due to the Bhakti movement & Advaita Vedanta, particularly in West all are one | Sri Swaminarayan example of classism among monks in 1800's Gujurat

33:14 – Wokism is obsessed with hierarchy & class to promote victimhood, reparations, oppression, punishment of rich | example of NYC 2025 Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to end millionaires | high class equals horrible | regressive goal of turning system to days like under Muslim rule to punish others | promoting revenge & punishment, us vs them | identity politics wants to see race in a world where many of us want to end divisions

43:21 – Woke progressive Hinduism is irrational & moves farther from Hinduism's roots

45:54 – Warning against woke progressivism, which will destroy Hinduism & India | Great Britain will become officially Muslim | future is all hate speech

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
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So many on the Left (and others) call MAGA and Trumpsters a cult, but I 100% disagree. It may or may not have cult-like attributes, but according to traditional academic definitions its not a cult. Based on my own experience in a religious cult, years studying cults, and following politics I put this argument to rest in what I believe in a concise detailed argument. This is not about defending MAGA, but using the word "cult" properly, because if everything is a cult (or racist, nazi, etc) than nothing is, and it devalues the trauma of those involved, not to mention clouds our intellectual assessment of things. Live 7/12/2025, pre-recorded May 2025.0:00 – Intro to debunking MAGA is a cult based on Robert J. Lifton's 8 points of cult criteria | long lists of cult criteria excludes people | short lists of cult criteria makes everything a cult3:13 – Why discuss MAGA & cults vs religious topics4:50 – Cults must have all 8 points of Lifton's criteria to be a cult7:26 – MAGA is not all conservatives8:54 – Ex-member of Adidam cult10:22 – Overview of Lifton's 8 points (pdf can be found here )11:09 – Cult criteria point 1: Milieu control - controlling communication & losing autonomy | book banning & censorship | punishment | isolation | us vs them (i.e. fear of the stranger) | acting & speaking a certain required way | MAGA is not all the same, hating a stereotype27:00 – Cult criteria point 2: Mystical Manipulation - conformity & cult is the only path to salvation | claiming to be a god/divine | becoming a group pawn38:17 – Cult criteria point 3: Demand For Purity - good vs absolutely evil | individual vs group | conservatives as all hateful & unchanging | shame | confusing, black & white thinking47:29 – The R.I.N.O. situation (i.e. Republican In Name Only)50:22 – Cult criteria point 4: Confession - group confession sessions | Scientology pit | keeping secrets to avoid punishments | Candace Owens & Ben Shapiro reputations | Christian hypocrisy55:57 – Sub-set smaller groups do not represent all of MAGA58:29 – Cult criteria point 5: Sacred Science - sacredness around basic doctrine (world vision) | Adidam eternal copyright | criticizing beliefs | reaching out to young people1:03:26 – Cult criteria point 6: Loaded Language - thought stopping jargon & words given new insider meanings | Adidam new definition of cult | liberals always change definitions | Make America Great Again1:06:36 – Cult criteria point 7: Doctrine over person - personal feelings/experience vs official doctrine, contradictions & doubts | asking questions not allowed | lack of Trump ideology, as is only an empty brand1:15:33 – Cult criteria point 8: Dispensing of Existence - vision of truth & fear manipulation of outside evil | leaving a cult | losing family who is MAGA | bad outcomes after leaving cult1:20:09 – Concluding thoughts | broad generalities | authoritative list of cult criteria, debunking other criteria for cults

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja.

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
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For years, I followed the so-called spiritual path. Believing everything and anything, including joining a cult. It took years of purging to find the truth, and committing to the path of Sanatana Dharma. If you're a seeker who's sick of the fluff, who believes that science, logic, and scripture can coexist, and who believes fake spirituality has run rampant, and who's searching for a light at the end of the dark tunnel we call life, Well then, you're in the right place. I challenge lazy philosophy, and speak directly to seekers daily struggles. I'm not here to entertain, but to provoke thought and a life of dharma. So, welcome to my show.

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/aaronmjoy
☕ Support the channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy

Available on youtube, Rumble, Spotify, Bitchute, Amazon, Audible, Apple & Google Podcasts, iHeart, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Chromecast, Listen Notes, Podcast Addict, Podcast Ranking, Podtail, People Ai, Podchaser, Everend, Rephonic, allfeeds.ai, fyyd.de.

Discussing physical illness that can make having a spiritual life very hard. Based on my experience of often being stuck in bed unable to do anything. I'm discussing this as I feel nobody else is. Live 6/28/2025.

0:00 – Intro to being physically ill & unable to do anything | nobody discusses physical illness as a spiritual pitfall | not talking about physical illness & disabilities in spiritual circles, bad health might be stigmatized
6:06 – Mental & emotional health issues | learning & visiting psychologists
9:33 – Show updates: new light | website update | closed captioning, foreign language sub-titles
15:57 – Experiencing horrible migraines from eye strain | lazy eye focus issues
22:47 – Caffeine addiction leading to horrible migraines, sensitivity to sound & light
27:26 – Dehydration leading to migraines, vomiting due to movement, in bed all day
34:56 – Losing day to illness | different types of physical problems with same output | trying to meditate when sick
39:36 – Illness is never mentioned in spiritual teachings aside from Christian Science & fake Christian faith healings
42:00 – Physical illness leading to mental issues | story of death of Valentina Umanets (of Western Washington University) who thought she was being punished by god with cancer
47:41 – Overview of avoiding talking about physical & mental issues in spirituality | supporting this channel

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/aaronmjoy
☕ Support the channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy

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Discussing how this is a year of finding new challenges for me personally via my songwriting and running, and walking my talk about how one should break comfort zones for growth. Live 6/19/2025.

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

📩 Email: aronmatyas@hotmail.com
🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/aaronmjoy
☕ Support the channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/aaronjoy

Available on youtube, Rumble, Spotify, Bitchute, Amazon, Audible, Apple & Google Podcasts, iHeart, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Chromecast, Listen Notes, Podcast Addict, Podcast Ranking, Podtail, People Ai, Podchaser, Everend, Rephonic, allfeeds.ai, fyyd.de.