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…3 min read·Jan 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…4 min read·Nov 7, 2020--1--1
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…7 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Nov 27, 2019--1--1
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…2 min read·Jul 28, 2019--1--1
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsThe Dance of Shiva & Shakti in the #MeToo and #TimesUp AgeHow Tantra and Kundalini can empower Gender Equality and Planetary Balance2 min read·Jul 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…2 min read·Dec 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…1 min read·Dec 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…2 min read·Dec 2, 2016----
Raja ChoudhuryinA Thousand SunsYoga 3.0: How India invented Yoga, lost it, regained it and wants to give it away againAt 6:45 am on 21st June 2015, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat on the dais at New Delhi’s Rajpath and brought about a cultural…7 min read·Sep 25, 2015----