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What Is Your Purpose? A Vedic Perspective on Dharma

November 2, 2026 · 29 min

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What is purpose, and is it something we discover once or continually renew? In this episode, Part one of a three-part masterclass series, Discovering Your Purpose, Thom explores purpose through the Vedic concept of dharma, a personal role that can shift with the needs of the moment. He considers how Vedic Meditation can bring a wider perspective to our place in the evolving whole.

To access the remaining parts of the Discovering Your Purpose series, visit thomknoles.com/purpose-masterclass.

Listen to or watch this episode for a thoughtful Vedic perspective on purpose, consciousness, and change.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ha07n2eakEE

Episode Highlights

00:45 From Matter to Living Consciousness

03:43 The Universe's Intention to Create Life

05:59 Touching Consciousness Without Thought

08:48 How Inaccurate Expectations Become Suffering

10:27 Evolution as Progressive Change

12:46 Dharma Is a Moment-to-Moment Role

15:59 Seeing Our Place in the Cosmos

19:02 Consciousness as the Universe's Baseline

21:11 Recognizing Evolutionary Progress

24:41 Nature's Demand to Evolve

27:04 Purpose as Cosmic Law

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