Dharma Rebellion I: Recordings
CLASS ONE: FOUNDATIONS
An Introduction to the Course; A Brief History of Yoga in the West; Cyclical Time and Sacred Order; Political Cosmology: where do the philosophy, worldview, and values reside relative to contemporary political ideologies and the ideas that inform them.
CLASS TWO: DHARMA AND FREEDOM
Dharma and Government; The Meanings of "Dharma;" The Four Principles of Dharma; Dharma and Freedom; Freedom and the Qualities of Material Nature; Truthfulness and Authoritarianism; Truthfulness and Epistemology
CLASS THREE: SACRED ORDER AND SOCIAL ORDER
Dharma Across Ideologies; Dharma and Social Order; Adharma: Social Disorder; "Sacred Order" in Kali-yuga
CLASS FOUR: SPIRITUAL ECONOMICS
A Very Brief History of Modern Economics; Neoclassical Economics and Neoliberalism; Economics and the Three Qualities of Material Nature; Governance, Accountability, and Economics in a Dharmic Social System; Attributes of Spiritual Economics
CLASS FIVE: CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND THE DARK ENLIGHTENMENT
The Separation of Church and State; Christian Nationalism; Christian Nationalism vs. Bhakti-yoga; Techno-feudalism: the Dark Enlightenment; Techno-feudalism vs. Bhakti-yoga
CLASS SIX: BHAKTI YOGA VS. FASHIONABLE FASCISM
Right-wing Extremism's Big Tent; What Makes Fascism "Fascism?"; Bhakti-yoga vs. Fascism; Bhakti-yoga and Liberal Democracy; Culture and Consciousness
CLASS SEVEN: THE KEY TO VICTORY
Symptoms of Dharmic Governance; The Imperative of Non-violence; Cow Protection; The Myth of Scarcity; Environmental Vegetarianism; Cognitive Dissonance; The Cycle of Sacrifice
CLASS EIGHT: THE LONG ROAD AHEAD
Political Cosmology: Unfinished Business; Bhakti-yoga vs. Libertarianism; Liberalism and Conservatism; Revisiting Our Objectives; How To Get There From Here; Resistance Strategies; Spiritual Activism