Geography of Opportunity

Rejection is not a verdict. What happens after you submit the article, apply for the job, send the pitch, or release the work… and then hear nothing? In this episode of Geography of Opportunity , I reflects on liminal spaces: the strange waiting rooms between effort and outcome. From journal article reviews to job applications, creative submissions, student research, and personal reinvention, this...

In this episode of Geography of Opportunity , I reflect on loneliness, connection, and the strange geography of modern life. We live in an age of endless messages, followers, feeds, and notifications, yet many of us feel more isolated than ever. Perhaps the problem is not that we lack connection, but that so much of what we call connection is really only echo: the sound of ourselves coming back to...

In this episode of The Eric Vaz Show , Eric turns to the opening chapter of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius , a beginning that feels unexpectedly quiet in a culture obsessed with achievement. Rather than starting with discipline, success, or self-mastery, Marcus begins with gratitude. He reflects on the people who shaped him, teachers, family members, mentors, and the virtues he learned from each....

In this episode of The Eric Vaz Show , Eric turns to a central verse of the Dhammapada that feels almost subversive in a world built on constant stimulation: the mind is everything. What you think, you become. Set against the backdrop of a new year, this episode explores what happens when we stop trying to fix our lives through more goals, more apps, and more optimization, and instead begin by obs...

In this episode of The Eric Vaz Show , Eric turns to the very first verse of the Dhammapada, placing one of Buddhism’s oldest teachings inside the most modern of spaces: a student’s bedroom at midnight, lit by a laptop glow, pulsing with deadlines, comparison, and quiet panic. What unfolds is an intimate look at how the mind writes stories faster than life unfolds, and how suffering follows those...

In this episode of The Eric Vaz Show, Eric explores the ancient rhythm of biphasic sleep, tracing how Buddhism and Islam understood the night long before sleep science gave it a name. What unfolds is a quiet journey into the space between two sleeps, a place where neurodivergent minds often find clarity, creativity, and a strange sense of belonging. From the Buddha’s midnight meditations to the Pr...

In this episode of The Eric Vaz Show , Eric explores the Joker not as a comic-book villain, but as a mirror of the human consciousness. From the trickster archetypes of mythology to the shadow of modern psychology, the Joker embodies the chaos that lives within us all. Through the lens of philosophy, neuroscience, and Buddhist awareness, Eric reflects on what this laughter-haunted figure reveals a...

What keeps us from acting when the moment to act arrives? Eric Vaz examines T. S. Eliot’s  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"  and what it reveals about hesitation, time, and the small beginnings that propel us forward. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ericvazshow.substack.com