For this last episode of our third season we look to the future and explore the Metaverse. In this one Anna asks.... Why are we building it? How will it effect our spiritual progress? What are the dangers? How can it be used for good? What will karma look like in the Metaverse? What will love look like in the Metaverse? What is transhumanism? And do we really need the body? We hope you find this as fascinating to contemplate as we did.  With love and Jai Guru Deva Anna & Matt

In this episode we explore setting boundaries with family, friends, children and ourselves. When to set them, how to set them and why love is the key, as always. A very practical episode we hope! Lots of love and Jai Guru Deva Anna & Matt

Ready to enrol? Learn to Let Go here: www.bondimeditation.com.au/learntoletgo After a three month hiatus we're back with possibly our most cosmic episode yet. We explore the Vedic theory that absolutely everything we experience is ultimately the result of placebo, in the sense that what we believe and expect to happen, happens. This naturally leads us into a deep exploration of the laws of manifestation and we even squeeze in a chat about dharma and finding our purpose. It's a juicy one....

Ready to Learn to Let Go? Enrol @ www.bondimeditation.com.au/learntoletgo For this special episode we turned the tables and Matt asked Anna the questions. We discuss how Vedic Meditation and Vedic Knowledge have influenced Anna's experience of day-to-day life, her relationships and her sense of purpose. Anna explains which Vedic teachings that have helped her most and why and which she has found the hardest to apply. We hope you enjoy this excursion into the world of Anna. If you enjoy...

Ready to enrol? Learn to Let Go here: www.bondimeditation.com.au/learntoletgo In this one we find out that Matt was a competitive nightmare and how he finally managed to rein it in. We also examine why it's so tempting to get caught up in the status game in general, and the rewards for opting out of it. Finally we take a good look at social media, what's really going on in there and whether there is a way to use it healthily. As soon as we finished recording this one we agreed it was our...

The Vedic definition of karma Individual karma vs collective karma Finding freedom in our karma Should everyone just suck it up and get the vaccine? What about sticking to our principles? Anna's review of our Learn to Let Go course

In this episode, the last in our second series, we look deeply into speech and how we can refine it, we explore white lies and 'the sweet truth' before going out with a bang with a discussion around the sometimes sensitive topic of God. You can listen on Apple Podcasts here (link) and Spotify here (link) If you've been enjoying Very Vedic and haven't already, we'd love it if you could subscribe and tap the stars in Apple Podcasts to give us a rating, and even leave us a review if you feel...

In this episode Anna and I explore the Vedic view on manifestation, money and compulsion, considering ideas about black magic, free will and determinism along the way. It gets pretty cosmic but is hopefully practical too! We really enjoyed making this one and have been looking forward to sharing it with you. With love and Jaiu Guru Deva Matt & Anna xx

After a brief hiatus while Anna was adventuring, we're back with a new episode of our podcast Very Vedic. In this one we explore: Creativity - where it comes from, why it's important and how to enjoy more of it. Trust - its role in spiritual development and how to build it Michael Jackson - Can we separate the art from the artist? Should we continue to listen to his music? We hope you enjoy. With love and Jai Guru Deva Matt & Anna

We thought that this ended up being a particularly interesting episode. We recorded it in the immediate aftermath of the George Floyd tragedy so that naturally became part of the discussion. Anna also confessed that she has been feeling a crisis of faith around the fundamental principle of Vedic Knowledge: that ultimately benevolent forces are the most powerful and that love will win out in the end. We explored how much of what we have a problem with is a projection of something unresolved in...

This is a special live Q&A episode on the subject of Vedic Parenting. It's relevance isn't limited to parents though, as we're all involved in raising children in some capacity, whether as family relations, friends etc. I was joined by Vedic Meditation teacher and mother of 20-month-old Indi, Jess Osie. We recorded the session live on Zoom with students of BMC listening and asking the questions. We discussed how to help children find their dharma (life's purpose), the role of discipline...

For this first episode of season two of Very Vedic, Anna and I explore experiences in the Covid-19 lockdown world from the comfort of my couch. No flash studios or sound recording experts on hand for this one so please excuse the touch of distortion on Anna's voice in the first half of the recording.

For this special episode, recorded live in Matt's living room in Bondi, we hosted a live online discussion about the coronavirus crisis. Listeners asked questions and Matt answered them in real time. As always with Vedic Knowledge, the conversation was an exploration of the possibilities that open up when we approach life consciously, and how the challenges we face at this time contain great opportunities for growth. We hope the ideas discussed here help you to find ways to thrive, rather...

We'll be holding a special LIVE edition of Very Vedic at 6.30pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on Monday 23rd March and we'd love you all to join us. We'll begin with a 20 minute non-guided meditation and then we'll have a live discussion about the current world situation and bring a Vedic perspective to what is unfolding. Anna will be co-hosting and we will answer your questions, so it will be very interactive. To join us please visit the following link:...

In episode six of Very Vedic - season one's final episode - Matt's student Anna asks for the Vedic view on Australia's catastrophic bushfire season. She identifies it as Destruction, one of the three underlying forces that control all things, but how do we even begin to accept that there's a bigger reason for all of this when people and animals are dying? Matt shares one interpretation from the Vedic view, with the utmost respect for the lives, homes and land lost. And that's that...

In episode five of Very Vedic, Matt's student Anna starts by sharing the complete flow and blissfulness she felt while traveling to the studio to record. Matt shares that from the Vedic view, this was Anna experiencing the support of nature. In this episode, we learn that we create our own universe because our experience of the universe is based on our state of consciousness. The pair then move onto relationships, and Matt explains that it is our relationships that create the most...

In episode four of Very Vedic, Matt's student Anna asks about the relevance of joy from the Vedic view, which opened up an interesting discussion about the often bumpy and sometimes traumatic path to enlightenment. Matt reveals that as we begin our spiritual journeys, or even if we're decades in, it is common to feel like our state of mind isn't matched to our elevated state of consciousness. He explains that if someone is experiencing a darker state of mind as they progress spiritually,...

In episode three of Very Vedic, Matt's student Anna shares a recurring feeling of nostalgia she has for her teenage years, and identifies it's because she had little to no responsibilities. Everything felt fun. Spirituality can feel serious and in some practices, demand a rigid sense of responsibility from us, so Anna asks Matt where fun sits in the Vedic worldview. He shares that for some of us, we can unintentionally pass judgement on other people's unsustainable life choices when we...

In episode two of Very Vedic, Matt and Anna explore the concept of deletion, and the uncomfortability that comes with letting go of old ideas, emotions and beliefs. Anna is meditating, so why does she feel anxious? Matt uses Vedic wisdom to explain that what she is experiencing is a resistance to the feeling of discomfort that comes with death - or deletion - of that which is longer relevant to her. And that it's actually an opportunity to heal undigested and unprocessed emotions. He...

In episode one of Very Vedic, Matt and his student Anna explore some foundational Vedic concepts that help set up the discussions they'll have moving forward. Anna begins by questioning the role of the ego, and asks if it is ever useful to us. Matt goes on to explain that the ego is neutral, but it is the intellect that can become mistaken and cause us to suffer. Matt shares that the purpose of Very Vedic is to help us correct our mistaken intellect, and gain an understanding of the true...