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Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy

REGULAR LIVE SHOW for independent thinkers who’ve outgrown spiritual, cultural and political fluff. Unfiltered commentary on politics, culture, music, religion, and society from a rational, historical and politically conservative perspective. I’m Aaron Joy in Portland, Maine, USA. I"m a writer, musician, ultra-runner, and former thespian, coming from a Hindu and conservative perspective. This podcast was a 2025 People"s Choice Podcast Award nominee. Show formerly known as Practical Spirituality:

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49 LIVE Show Update: AVOID DEHYDRATION in the summer...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/07/23

0:00 – Intro to return after couple weeks not broadcasting due to accidental daily dehydration in summer heat ... 2:23 – Story of losing hearing, insomnia, book signing with Kashmir the Led Zeppelin Live Tribute Band (see my book "In The Shadow Of The Gods" with Jean Violet on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Gods-Memoirs-Zeppelin-Tribute-ebook/dp/B093YLBFHM/), dehydration ... 9:41 – Air conditioners can cause dry air & coughing, lasting effects of GERD ... 15:18 – Seeing Robert

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00:32:55

48 LIVE What Can INDIA Teach Us For The Future?

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/07/22

0:00 – Om Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra), a modern crisis of not being able to ask questions, story of losing friends over asking about trans people, can't ask questions due to settled science ... 4:38 – Becoming sociology major in order to ask questions ... 6:04 – Recommended book "An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism" by Raymond Brady Williams, learning history of Gujurat India, history is learned to know of the future, 1984 & A Clockwork Orange is now ..

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00:35:42

47 LIVE LGBTQ "Sparkle Creed" of progressive...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/07/08

0:00 – Intro, finding god, caring about what Christians do ... 3:05 – Controversial "Sparkle Creed" of progressive Christianity, see it being said by a Lutheran pastor here on Red Pen Logic channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG8mtQzeFUk ... 5:00 – Defining creed ... 6:35 – Reading "Sparkle Creed" ... 8:17 – Dissecting the creed, non-binary god, pronouns, stereotypical gay slang, form of the Holy Ghost, Gertrude Stein-esque non-sense, unbelief ... 14:43 – What is the creed

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00:32:30

46 LIVE Spiritual Seekers Class 4: Levels of...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/07/08

0:00 – Intro to spiritual seekers class based on Sri Swaminarayan's book Vachanamrut ... 2:41 – Reading Loya 10 ... 5:02 – Discussion: Attachment/non-attachment/desires are created by us based on levels of intensity ... 6:31 – Reading Loya 10 con't ... 7:19 – Discussion: Attachment based on sense plus mind & soul, attachment in relationships ... 9:29 – Reading Loya 10 con't ... 10:21 – Discussion: Choosing to be unattached over human instincts, what is being enlightened ... 14:00 –

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00:29:47

45 LIVE Michigan's PERSONAL PRONOUN Hate Speech...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/07/06

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra), proposed Michigan law making misgendering with wrong personal pronouns a felony if the "victim" feels "terrorized, frightened or threatened," see Tim Pool's discussion of this proposed law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol0NZRdedOU4:04 – Forces compelled speech vs just banning hate speech, Hungarian language Soviet verb tense ... 6:38 – Compelled indirect speech, misheard overheard speech ... 9:00 – Jurisdiction of

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00:22:22

44 LIVE Does LGBTQ activism & drag queen reading...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/07/01

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) ... 0:41 – Finding fulfillment in life, LGBTQ people in the early ... 80's pre-Ellen DeGeneres & Melissa Etheridge coming out ... 6:40 – early gay/lesbian rights movement was about equality in marriage & love ... 8:12 – Where is the love in current LGBTQ pride parades, focus is on sexual pleasure, video of Minnesota trans/pride rally from "Anthony M" channel (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c5_p5CLFNwM) ... 10:22 –

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00:22:27

43 LIVE Om Ma Da mantra 108x, chant of Avatar Adi Da...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/06/29

0:00 – Intro to testing new microphone ... 1:47 – Chanting mantra from time as devotee of Avatar Adi Da Samraj (aka Franklin Jones, Da Free John, Bubba Free John), kundalini experience shared in episode 7 https://www.youtube.com/live/xtDSGeGA0Nw3:23 – Criticism of Advaita Vedanta "I am God" ... 4:14 – Dissection of Om Ma Da mantra, divine feminine, no tilak ... 7:23 – Intro to chanting 8:25 – Chanting Aum Ma Da 108x ... 13:10 – Adi Da's teaching on the ego (aka self-contraction) with a

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00:44:21

41 LIVE Bhagavad Gita tells GREATEST SECRET of...

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2023/06/27

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x, housekeeping introduction, dehydration problems, changing future broadcast times ... 9:14 – Secret of religion/spirituality found in Bhagavad Gita chapters 1 & 2, skipping the beginning of Gita to get to good spiritual parts ... 12:03 – Arjuna told to follow duty in Gita, Gita is an argument for doing one's duty ... 16:36 – Story of focusing on material pleasures from God instead of knowing god's purpose for our life ... 19:49 –

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00:33:40

40 LIVE Bhakti In Daily Life website, alternative to...

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2023/06/12

0:00 – Intro (apologies for technical problems), Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x ... 2:36 – Alternative Bhakti Yoga path instead of Swami Prabhupada & ISKCON ... 5:00 – Bhakti Yoga path of Shree Swaminarayan Sampradaya on new website of Arizona Vedic Cultural Center of Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul USA (not BAPS) ... https://sites.google.com/view/bhaktiyogaindailylife/home (Center homepage: https://azvedicgurukul.com/) ... 6:25 – About website author & scholar Ananda Bhagat,

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00:25:48

39 LIVE Spiritual Seekers Class 3: Anger stops...

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2023/06/11

0:00 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x ... 1:01 – Intro to Spiritual Seekers class series based on the Vachanamrut readings prescribed by Gunatitanand Swami in Gujurat India 160+ years ago ... 3:15 – Greatest threat to most of us (i.e. bad outside influence) is those who make is angry/things that make us angry, so many people live in a constant state of anger (referenced youtube channel is Amala Ekpunobi: Unapologetic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypsO05yJ70c) ... 9:14 – FB

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01:44:21

38 LIVE 46 year old MARATHONER talks starting running...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/06/04

0:00 – Overview of show (apologies for pixilated image, only excuse it was a rainy day) ... 4:01 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x ... 6:53 – Running my 1st 25K trail run (at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine), with my girlfriend who simultaneously ran a 50K ultra-marathon ... 10:22 – Trail running vs pavement running ... 13:34 – Walking up hills is the secret to ultra-marathon running ... 15:27 – Finishing vs speed ... 18:18 – 50K & 25K race results ... 25:06 – Shoes

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01:03:18

37 LIVE Tarot #2: FREAKY accurate readings of dead...

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2023/05/21

0:00 – Intro, thanks to first 100+ subscribers, 1/3 Canadians prescribe suicide to homeless (See Timcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeH08GllEFg), 46 year old birthday ... 5:56 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x ... 8:52 – Looking for scientific explanation to accurate tarot readings ... 10:51 – Thousands of bad/questionable tarot readings, religion is not vague ... 14:07 – 1st freaky accurate reading story by San Francisco reader ... 26:14 – 2nd freaky accurate reading by

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00:49:28

36 LIVE Tarot #1: Questionable, addictive, unspiritual

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2023/05/14

0:00 – My 20 year background with the tarot, intro to 2 part series ... 3:18 – Shri Krishna Sharaban Mamah mantra 7x (Correction: I realized after it should be SharaNAM.) ... 6:20 – Purged tarot & other ideas from my spirituality that was not Hindu, finding traditional & authentic religious path, roots of tarot not in Vedas (Note: I found after filming websites that tied the meanings of the tarot to Hindu theology, but that does not mean the tarot is Hindu.) ... 10:37 – Aleister

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00:17:00

35 LIVE Fearing & loving god with Pope Francis

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/05/14

0:00 – Intro, Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra "Sri Krishna is my shelter") 7x (thanks for the mantra to Ananda Bhagat of the Arizona Vedic Cultural Center) ... 5:11 – About the book "Pope Francis: His Life In His Own Words - Conversations With Jorge Bergoglio" by Francesca Ambrogetti & Sergio Rubin ... 7:41 – Reading a writing by Bergoglio pre-ordination on his love of god ... 10:40 – Commenting on Bergoglio's relationship with god, humbleness & fear

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00:43:38

34 LIVE Does ISKCON BRAINWASH to get members like a...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/05/08

0:00 – Intro, announcements, Om Shri Swaminarayanaya Namah 7x ... 2:41 – Reading from "Train Wrecks & Transcendence: A Collision of Hardcore & Hare Kirshna" by Vic DiCara of the Krishnacore punk rock movement, Cro-Mags ... 6:30 – Researching if ISKCON/Hare Krishnas is a brainwashing cult, investigating Freemasonry story, reading books opposing my views are forced to prove their points ... 13:46 – Recommending 1987 book "The Dark Lord: The Cult Images & The Hare Krishnas In

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00:26:43

33 LIVE OM KLEEM attraction mantra 108x, honoring...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/05/07

0:00 – Intro (sorry, no clue why the video was blurred at the beginning), Gayatri Mantra, reading from "Pope Francis: His Life In His Own Words - Conversations With Jorge Bergolglio" by Francesca Ambrogetti & Sergio Rubin ... 3:13 – Having hope in God for the future ... 3:50 – Today's how in honor of today's coronation of King Charles III of Great Britain, unsure of what his monarchy will be like via example of U.S. President Chester Arthur (1881-1885) who was a bad politician

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00:41:58

32 LIVE Identity politics ONLY FEELS good, Vivek...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/04/30

0:00 – Intro, faith fights darkness, Gayatri mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharya ... 3:17 – Time to try a U.S. government led by someone following Natural Law/Dharma, official endorsement of Vivek Ramaswarmy for President, underdogs using presidential campaign to spread a new message ... 7:58 – Vivek offers a unique message as a conservative Indian-American Hindu ... 10:21 – Vivek is a humble philosopher via interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson

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00:46:41

31 LIVE Can you be WRONG when spiritual? શિક્ષાપત્રી...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/04/30

0:00 – Om Shri Swaminarayanaya Namah mantra 7x ... 1:19 – Gurus are never wrong & know everything except for the down-to-earth Swami Vivekananda, reading excerpt from 1894 letter by Swami Vivekananda ... 5:51 – Not asking questions is the end to personal growth, comfort & difficulties stop questions, asking questions leads to self-awareness ... 8:33 – Do others enter into mental philosophical/ethical debates, can one ever be wrong/make mistakes in spiritual life ... 9:35 – Defining ways of

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00:44:34

30 LIVE What The Mystics Know book by Friar Richard Rohr

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/04/26

0:00 – Intro, Om Shri Swaminarayanaya Namah 7x, reading from "Swamini Vato" ... 3:47 – Overview & goals of live show & channel for new viewers, finding & knowing god, associating with other spiritual people ... 11:13 – Intro to Christian book "What The Mystics Know: Seven Pathways To Your Deeper Self" by Friar Richard Rohr, Christian mysticism & Sanatana Dharma ... 15:00 – Reading "The Discernment of Spirits" on recognizing will of god vs our own will

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00:42:43

29 LIVE Spiritual Seekers Class 2: Bad influences,...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/04/26

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading from "Swamini Vato" ... 2:330 – Discernment & awareness of outside influences on our spirituality, example of spiritual influence of Star Wars on culture a (referenced podcast: "New Age Beliefs in Church and Culture: with Marcia Montenegro - The Alisa Childers podcast #32" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GuPGohl4fA) ... 4:40 – Story of not hearing lyrics of Ghost song "Square Hammer" about Freemasonry (see lyric video:

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