Unfiltered Society With Aaron Joy

Looking at some speeches from Jim Jones, one of the most notorious cult leaders, who brought the death of over 900 of the Peoples Temple at Jonestown. Jones essentially put cults and fringe religious groups in the lime light. Live 7.13.2024 0:00 – Intro | Jonestown changed the religious world | examining bad gurus of Sanatana Dharma & new age but every religion is corrupt | previous live shows...

I was part of a live roundtable discussion with fellow Hindus discussing bhakti, spiritual advancement, enlightenment, scripture, gurus, Shiva & more. The show was hosted by Rahul Singh with Shiva Kailash Shambho who is in India with Sadhguru, Nimai Nitai dasa of ISKM China, Lyam Boylan in British Columbia, Canada, Edwin Ishana Shivam (Edwin Walker) of Nithyananda's community. 0:00 – Intro | G...

Just an off the cuff unscripted talk, getting personal on spiritual & non-spiritual things. Live 7.4.2024. 0:00 – Intro to unscripted afternoon chat inspired by Yamsox's youtube live stream | Forthcoming roundtable discussion on Bearded Mystic's channel 9:47 – Experiences with X/twitter | making social media positive 13:12 – India's Hindutva & RSS & Hindu Nationalism movement | "Modi's...

I found an essay written by a college professor in 1970 about the spoiled brats that were being given the reigns of society. Change the date and it could easily be society today! We think things have changed, but things really haven't. A fascinating essay by a respected historian I wanted to share. Live 7.3.2024. 0:00 – Intro to 1970 article "I'm Tired of the Tyranny of Spoiled Brats" from Reader'...

There is a huge threat of Christians converting those in India from Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism). You can easily argue them away with the pointers that I share below. There's likely other things, but this is what I came up with in a brainstorm. Also, for the record, I don't hate Christians or Christianity. I hate Christians who are insincere liars. Live 6.28.2024 0:00 – Intro to rant against Christi...

My 2nd reaction video to Amma Sri Karunamayi, not to be confused with Amma the Hugging Saint. In this one the focus is on Mother Mary & Satya Sai Baba. I have issues with religious universalism & her avatar status. Live 6.19.2024 0:00 – Intro 5:39 – This channel not Advaita Vedanta nor universalist but shares what is true for my life (based on being logical, rational, scriptural, authorita...

Are Swifties a cult? Is Taylor Swift a cult leader? It might be crazy to say so, but enough videos talk about the Cult of Taylor Swift, so I decided to review 4 of them to investigate. There are likely other videos, but at the time this is what came up on my search. The one with the Christian ... well, I tried to be nice. Live 6.8.2024 0:00 – Intro to responding to videos saying musician Taylor Sw...

Doing a reaction video to 3 interviews with Amma Sri Karunamayi, who I didn't know before this video. I'd only seen her name, which is often confused with Amma the Hugging Saint. Is Amma a legit guru? Live 6.1.2024. 0:00 – Intro to reaction videos of interviews with Amma Sri Karunamayi 7:29 – Reacting to interview: Vedic gods | ego & pride vs spiritual growth | Amma's divinity 16:34 – Reaction...

Personal story of being the victim of the TikTok Kia Challenge, where you break into a car with a screwdriver & USB. What type of animal does this? How sad must your life be? We were lucky, but others are not. Live 5.18.2024 0:00 – Intro to non-spiritual show on being recent victim of "Kia Challenge" crime where cars are hotwired & stolen for TikTok videos (see wikipedia on history) | unde...

How do you know its god's voice talking to you & not your own thoughts? I tell 2 stories of my life about my own experience & someone I know (who says he was hearing god but I doubt it). Live 5.18.2024. 0:00 – God is not one size fits all | introduction to 2 real life examples of hearing vs not hearing god's voice 6:44 – Overlap of experiences of those who do/don't speak to god | being on...

Yoga in the West has an interesting history. It actually was largely introduced to American by Sir Pierre Bernard who might have been a fortune hunting fraud. Here is a book recommendation of the controversial history your yoga teacher might not be telling you & might not know. Live 5.12.2024 0:00 – Self-proclaimed spiritual teacher Sir Pierre Bernard taught & invented yoga a century ago w...

A reaction video to largely forgotten spiritual guru & meditation teacher Swami Rudrananada, aka Rudi, who I discovered as a devotee of Adi Da Samraj. Today he might be more known as the guru of disgraced fallen guru Swami Chetanananda of Oregon. Live 5.11.2024 0:00 – Reacting to the late Swami Rudrananda "Rudi" the somewhat forgotten New York meditation teacher & guru of Franklin Jones (a...

Reviewing the Oracle Deck based on Kali by Alana Fairchild. There are disgruntled reviews of this deck on amazon I found after the show. They range from accusations of cultural appropriation to incorrect information. I'm not interested in illogical cultural appropriation arguments, but the incorrect info may have some merit worth investigating. As a Vaishnava I'm not fluent with Kali enough to kno...

Keith Raniere is the fallen guru of NXIVM, known for rape, branding women, sex slavery, with its most famous member being actress Alison Mack. I was curious what he said that might be so enticing to so many women. Live 4.28.2024 0:00 – Intro to 100th show | reacting to beastly fake teacher Keith Raniere who abused women in his cult NXIVM | learning from fake gurus 14:40 – Overview of videos from o...

Om Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah is an old mantra that has largely been forgotten, eclipsed by the Hare Krishna chant. I found it in a friend's study of the Swaminarayan sampradaya. Live 4.20.2024 0:00 – Intro to "Om Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah" (Ashtakshara Mantra) which translates to "I take refuge in Lord Krishna & surrender myself completely to him" or "Sri Krishna is my shelter" 4:23 – Mant...

On a recent trip to Manhattan I wanted to visit where ISKCON was born, aka the very first ISKCON temple & former home of Swami Prabhupada. The birthplace of the Hare Krishna movement in America. I'm not part of ISKCON & routinely confess a love/hate relationship with Swamiji & the organization, but only a fool would deny the influence of Srila Prabhupada & ISKCON on religion in the...

Reaction video to some talks by lesser known Santosha Tantra of California, the divine mother, who I think is one of the few real spiritual gurus & maybe enlightened people. She is connected to Adi Da Samraj & has a focus on women's spirituality. Live 4.14.2024 0:00 – Intro to reaction video of spiritual teacher & artist Santosha Tantra whose teaching is focused on knowing one's self,...

Fake gurus charge lots of money & put a price tag on God & spiritual truth. I remind you that all the greatest religious truth is already available for free. They are selling you nothing. Live 4.9.2024. 0:00 – Intro, how much does God cost?, how much does god's truth & wisdom (i.e Sanatana Dharma) cost?, those who ask for money to reveal the truth, costs of being an Adidam devotee 8:23...

Reaction video to Swami Tyagananda of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order. Originally partially broadcast live 4/6/2024. Ended stream mid-way due to frequent disconnects of stream due to weather. Show was recorded and re-broadcast 4/7/2024 unedited. 0:00 – Into to reaction to Swami who is based out of Boston's Vedanta Society who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see his wiki ) 8:11 – Enjoy...

Reaction video Swami Tyagananda of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order. I have some issues with his Advaita Vedanta Universalist (aka 'all religions are the same') approach. Live 4.3.2024. 0:00 – Into to reaction video to Swami Tyagananda (based out of Boston's Vedanta Society) who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see his wiki ), dilemma criticizing gurus who help people, catering to libera...

Reaction video of interviews of Mother Meera, known for years of silence. I believe Mother Meera is a real enlightened teacher. Live 4.3.2024 0:00 – Intro reaction video of Mother Meera known for silent darshans, personal discovery of Mother Meera due to Surya Ananda, skepticism of silent gurus 12:55 – Reacting to video compilation of talks: sincerity & genuine body language, finding faster sp...

I do not believe Jesus & Buddha are avatars of Krishna. This is a modern idea that is not based on scripture. Logically following it implies all religious texts that mention Jesus should be taken as true revelations. My argument against religious universalism (aka "all religions are one"). Live Easter Day 2024. 0:00 – Jesus declared an avatar of Krishna by Christian missionaries in India in th...

A criticism of finding the inner guru, or becoming a guru, by Dr. David Frawley, due to the difficulty of finding a true living guru. Live 3.24.2024 0:00 – Sharing a quote from my teacher Dr. David Frawley (Acharya Vamadeva Shastri): "The idea of an inner guru is very popular today, particularly given the difficulty of finding a true living guru, as well as the scandals that may be associated righ...

I guested on the Kingdom Now podcast at the start of 2020's covid pandemic, hosted by Apostle Dr. Lee Ann Marino of Spitfire Apostolic (Christian) Ministries (https://kingdompowernow.org/), to discuss what we were seeing around us in regards to believing in god & church attendance in a time of crisis. Broadcast 3/20/2020. Slightly edited and rebroadcast here 3/24/2024. See youtube for video ci...

Reacting to talks by Eli Jaxon-Bear, the controversial spiritual guru known as the spouse of Gangaji & a student of Papaji. Originally broadcast 3/16/2024, rebroadcast 3/17/2024 with fixed sound issues. 0:00 – Intro to reaction video of spiritual guru Eli Jaxon-Bear (https://leela.org/) famed husband of guru Gangaji, why I'm doing guru reaction videos, learning from bad gurus 7:44 – Knowledge...