Raja ChoudhuryThe Other 9/11: How Swami Vivekananda Transformed AmericaThis September, while most Americans remember 9/11 as a day of mourning, many will commemorate the “Other 9/11” in 1893 when the world came…Sep 11Sep 11
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsThe First Mystics: the Eleusinian MysteriesThe title “Mystic” was the name given to ordinary citizens of Athens who made an annual pilgrimage to a set of mysterious caves at Eleusis…Jan 10, 2021Jan 10, 2021
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsThe Neuroscience of NavratriWhen Rishi Markandeya sat up in the valleys of Yamunotri composing the Puranas named after him, little did he realize that his epic…Nov 7, 20201Nov 7, 20201
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsAn Indian Mystic in the Wild Wild West of ConsciousnessImagine a gathering of hundreds of the world’s leading minds in consciousness research today and then discovering that only two were there…Oct 9, 2020Oct 9, 2020
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsI am tired of Mindfulness, give me Grace and SuperpowersI really am tired of the evangelical zeal with which Mindfulness, Meditation, and Yoga are now bandied around as the panacea for all ills…Nov 27, 20191Nov 27, 20191
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsThe "Kamala" in Kamala HarrisWatching Kamala Harris’ dramatic rise in the first Democratic Party debate left Indians all over the world nodding knowingly as to how…Jul 28, 20191Jul 28, 20191
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsThe Dance of Shiva & Shakti in the #MeToo and #TimesUp AgeHow Tantra and Kundalini can empower Gender Equality and Planetary BalanceJul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsThe Vision of a Universal ChurchIn 1870’s India, a mostly forgotten Calcutta philosopher and a leading member of the Brahmo Samaj at the time, Keshub Chandra Sen, formed…Dec 17, 2016Dec 17, 2016
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsSoma and the Psychedelic Origins of Religious ExperienceIn a talk I gave in 2015, I explored the origins of Vedic and Zoroastrian religious thinking in the Soma/Haoma Schools in the Indus…Dec 16, 2016Dec 16, 2016
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsSpirituality and Religion are the Ultimate PlacebosYou fear death, we give you the afterlife and reincarnation and heaven. You fear life, we give you angels and light beings and prayer and…Dec 2, 2016Dec 2, 2016