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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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00:26:24

28 LIVE OM RAM RAMAYA NAMAH mantra 108x

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/04/25

0:00 – Discussing recent live show absence due to computer problems ... 7:19 – Gayatri mantra 1st attempt ... 7:49 – Discovering whey protein powder & percussion massage gun as a marathon runner ... 10:05 – Gayatri mantra, prayer to Sri Ganesha ... 10:51 – Thoughts on live stream past & future, joy of reading scriptures the word of god ... 13:05 – Life changed since starting reading the scriptures, John Cage & Zen Buddhism story ... 14:49 – Intro to chanting to Lord Rama, Neem Karoli

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01:04:19

27 LIVE Spiritual Seekers Class 1: Self-awareness &...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/04/01

0:00 – Aum Shri Swaminarayan Nama mantra 7x, timeline of new learning series (note: after this show I returned the microphone) ... 2:20 – 1st Anniversary of this channel, reading the scriptures due to God's commandment & organization of channel ... 9:23 – Intro to new series of educational readings from Vachanamrutam book for serious spiritual seekers (mumukshus) ... 12:15 – A spiritual seeker actively & seriously want to know god ... 13:55 – Glory of Vachanamrut ... 15:40 – Reading

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00:21:28

26 LIVE Which direction is your life going? Life hack...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/03/21

0:00 – Welcome & intro for new viewers about me & this channel (note: Sorry for the poor video quality, for unknown reasons; second time using a new microphone so still learning.) ... 2:48 – Gayatri mantra, starting on right foot ... 5:15 – Reading from Swami Prabhupada's book "The Science of Self-Realization" ... 7:35 – I've always wanted to find God & the real world & my real self ... 8:49 – Intro to my non-spiritual life hack, something I've followed all my

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00:28:37

25 LIVE Finding time for God & experiencing religion

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/03/20

0:00 – Intro (pardon technical difficulties with new microphone and pixilating of video), Gayatri mantra ... 2:15 – Preview of future show on Sri Swaminarayan & Shikshapatri book ... 3:10 – Show inspired by spiritual seekers supposedly too busy to read, human nature takes time for things one enjoys & not for things disliked ... 7:44 – Life hack on how to find time for God & religion, reading Kariyani 7 from book "The Vachanamrut" of the divine discourses of Sree Swaminaryan 200

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00:34:32

24 LIVE Don't hide your religion says 200 year old...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/03/14

0:00 – Intro, Gayatri mantra ... 1:49 – Reading from "The Art Of Satsang Simplified" by Sadguru Devprasaddasji Swam (https://www.amazon.com/Satsang-Simplified-Pujya-Devprashaddasji-Swami-ebook/dp/B079Q2RN51) ... 4:43 – Introductory thoughts on show, thanks for comments on videos ... 7:44 – Personal/unorthodox interpretation of Shikshapatri to make it relevant to present day ... 9:41 – Reading Shikshapatri literally & looking for essence for new readers ... 11:58 – Reading Shikshapatri

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00:37:53

23 LIVE 108 Nombres Del Supreme Dio Swaminarayan -...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/03/05

0:00 – Gayatri Mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" book by Sri Dharma Archarya ... 1:29 – Intro to honoring my Spanish speaking and/or Hispanic spiritual bothers & sisters following Sri Swaminarayan (Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul, BAPS, etc) by reading in Spanish 108 names of Sri Swaminayaran ... 5:07 – 108 Nombres Del Supreme Dio Swaminarayan (Spanish only) ... 34:39 – Closing thoughts on speaking Spanish & validity today of ancient Hindu texts ... Live 3/4/2023, unedited and off

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01:10:05

22 LIVE FAKE American yoga vs REAL Hindu yoga with...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/03/05

A discussion and criticism of modern American yoga vs traditional Hindu yoga, with a history of American yoga. A rebroadcast of "Kingdom Now" podcast with Apostle Dr. Lee Ann Marino of Spitfire Apostolic (Christian) Ministries. I guested on the podcast which broadcast 5/9/2022. Slide show added and theme music deleted. All the episodes can be found here: https://anchor.fm/kingdompowernow ... Spitfire Apostolic Ministries can be found here: https://kingdompowernow.org/ Live, 3/4/2023

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00:26:03

21 LIVE 200 year old TIME MANAGEMENT life hack from...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/03/02

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharya ... 1:21 – Part-time religious practice ... 2:51 – Sri Swaminarayan's 200 year old teachings remain relevant ... 4:29 – Reading about constant endeavor life hack from "The Vachanamrut - Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Swaminarayan" & "Vachanamrut Handbook" (Gadhada I-23) ... 8:04 – Constant effort brings success aka slow & steady with examples ... 13:47 – Changing the environment to be

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00:24:36

20 LIVE Can Hindus protect cows in modern society?

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/03/01

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading from "Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution To Vegetarianism & Animal Rights" by Steven J. Rosen ... 3:04 – Intro, referenced earlier show on vegetarianism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSQGJBGoH5s ... 4:41 – Hindu cow protection, misunderstanding Hinduism ... 6:49 – Medicine from cows, list of products made from cows ... 13:02 – Question on how devout Hindus deal with parts of cow not used for food, alternative products to cow products in India,

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00:26:08

19 LIVE Woke book CENSORSHIP vs Chinese approved...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/24

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharya ... 1:48 – Intro, world post-"Mr. Rogers Neighborhood", thoughts on book censorship ... 4:45 – Book censorship is now book editing for inclusivity/woke progressive agenda, questionable editing of Agatha Christie to not be racist, steretypes ... 8:59 – Editing Roald Dahl for inclusiveness (Referenced news article:

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00:21:46

18 LIVE Achieving dreams via new lyric book by Ray Bally

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/20

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharya ... 1:50 – You are not alone, new book "Come Closer" of lyrics by indie songwriter Ray Bally https://www.raybally.com/ ... 5:14 – Unique music from Primitive Substance collective (https://primitivesubstance.bandcamp.com/artists) with Ray, Brad Kleiman (https://bradkmusic.bandcamp.com/), Dennis Young famous for Liquid Liquid (https://www.dennisyoungmusic.net/) ... 6:33 – I talked about having dreams &

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00:29:56

17 LIVE OM SHREE SWAMINARAYANA NAMAH mantra 108x...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/19

0:00 – Gayatri mantra false start ... 3:00 – Intro & discovering Swaminayaran Sampradaya (sect), reading from "The Vachanamrut: Spiritual Discourses of Bhagavan Swaminarayan" ... 5:16 – Benefits of chanting anytime & anywhere ... 7:53 – Chanting "Om Sri Swaminarayanaya Namah" mantra 108x. "Swaminarayan" means he who lives everywhere on the earth and he who is the Supreme God (among all 24 Bhagwans' Avtars) in the whole universe. ... 16:44 – About Bhagavan

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00:53:15

16 LIVE Sam Smith is unoriginal, loveless, confused...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/15

This episode originally broadcast 2/4/2023. The inclusion of video segments had it blocked worldwide and. Rebroadcast 2/11/2023 with photos over the videos. ... 0:00 – Introduction (trying new computer program), Gayatri Mantra, reading Swaminaryan's "Shikshapatri" ... 2:45 – Thoughts on non-attachment & Swaminarayan's definition of knowledge of the real ... 3:50 – Sam Smith makes the news with his new controversial video focused on sex featuring all men or men in drag or trans

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00:25:56

15 LIVE Dr. Pillai's SHREEM BRZEE mantra 108x, 100...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/14

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading from "Sport & Meditation" by Sri Chinmoy ... 2:41 – Small print on all being part of Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism, introduction to chanting ... 7:24 – Chanting one round of Shreem Brzee (108x) ... 12:50 – How many times to chant, forthcoming mantra album ... 15:15 – Discovering Dr. Pillai and Shreem Brzee mantra ... 16:18 – Chanting Shreem Brzee for 108 days ... 18:33 – Manifestation results ... 20:12 – Manifestation with or without deliberate goals ... 22:05

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00:25:02

14 LIVE I was afraid of myself when it came to...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/13

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading verse 39 from "Shikshapatri" by Shree Swaminarayan ... 1:24 – "And worship of god shall not being given up fearing some foolish persons shall rail at it" reflects my own life as I feared sharing my religion ... 3:44 – Story of not sharing Adi Da Samraj with neighbor ... 5:00 – Never discussing religion, silenced from knowing about Judaism as a boy ... 6:39 – I was private about religion because of fear of others & myself ... 8:26 – Sri

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00:39:56

13 LIVE Polarity Therapy Massage vs Polarity Screens...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/12

0:00 – Gayatri mantra, reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharyan ... 1:32 – Introduction to video ... 4:30 – Brief history of polarity therapy & Dr. Randolph Stone (Referenced article: https://www.massagemag.com/energy-medicine-116825/), Theosophical Society ... 8:40 – Questionable introduction to polarity screens via Adi Da Samraj (Adidam's Dawn Horse Press selling polarity screens http://www.dawnhorsepress.com/ProductDetail.aspx?PID=3292) ... 12:11 – Trying polarity

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00:38:10

12 LIVE Religion will be misinformation to be censored

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/08

0:00 – Introduction (using a new computer program), reading from "Living Dharma" by Sri Dharma Acharya, Gayatri Mantra ... 2:49 – Learning Hindi to find unity with fellow Vaishnavas in India/Bharat to fight New World Order ... 5:19 – Censorship of misinformation started with Covid but will religion be next, learning can't be taken away from us, lower educational outcomes (referenced article: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/02/american_students__dumber_and_more_woke.html),

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00:17:21

11 LIVE R.I.P. Tom Verlaine of Television

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/02/06

0:00 – Introduction ... 3:00 – Gayatri Mantra & reading from Swami Vivekananda from Swami Nikhilananda's book "Vivekananda: A Biography" (https://www.amazon.com/Vivekananda-Biography-Swami-Nikhilananda/dp/0911206256/) ... 4:44 – On Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_(band)), meeting Tom. (Correction: I said they did 1 album, but they did 2 & a reunion album.) ... 7:08 – Tom & Television were true originals ... 9:10 – Working with Television drummer Billy

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00:34:28

10 LIVE CONTROVERSIAL ISKCON books: Krishnacore punk,...

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/01/29

0:00 – Gayatri Mantra & reading from Sri Dharma Acharya's book "Living Dharma" ... 1:45– Religion is a journey, changes in show format ... 5:18 – Religion is personal, lived experiences in arguments ... 8:02 – Questioning ISKCON and bad reading recommendations, honesty as a devotee ... 12:30 – Vic DiCara's book "Train Wrecks & Transcendence" on conversion to ISKCON and Krishnacore Straight Edge punk rock ... 18:32 – Satsvarupa dasa Goswami's biography of Swami

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00:20:05

9 LIVE Stop saying Hitler is like Trump and nazis

Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy ·

2023/01/29

0:00 – Gayatri Mantra & reading from Sri Dharma Acharya's book "Living Dharma" ... 0:50 – A pandemics of hating Judaism/Jews ... 2:32 – Calling people "Nazi" and "Like Hitler" is insulting and factual manipulation ... 4:09 – Knowing Holocaust survivors, relatives of Nazis, visiting the concentration camps to understand history not desecrate it ... 7:37 – Nazi Trump and LGBTQ hypothetical deaths 11:15 – Forgetting about Holocaust Remembrance Day, terminology

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