1594: Reflections, Shadows & Illusions of Love
Wisdom of the Sages
David Ramella
5 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
When something looks so promising—so beautiful, so exciting—you think, this has to be it… but in the end, it leaves you empty. That’s what it means to live in the shadows - the imitations we chase: reflections that mimic the real thing, but have no substance.
In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha conclude the wild and painfully relatable story of King Purūravā and Urvaśī from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and share a bit about their own heartbreaks too.
From noble warrior to emotional wreck, Purūravā’s obsession leads him to whimper before goddesses, trying to win back a woman who ghosted him in the most cosmic way.
Key Highlights:
• Reflections, shadows, and AI girlfriends: welcome to Purūravā’s downward spiral
• When spiritual practice becomes just another form of escapism
• Kaustubha, Raghunath, and Mara share their heartbreak stories 💔
• Is Raghu Mara’s rebound?
• Material solutions won’t cure our material heartbreak
• The pleasure codes come preloaded with pain
Tune in for ancient wisdom, modern neurosis, and a whole lot of spiritual therapy. You may just see your own story in the shadows of King Purūravā.
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| 0:00.0 | a shadow is like it's an outline of some substance you know where the so it's a reflection in |
| 0:07.5 | that sense right it its shape is determined by the object that that in a sense creates it it's the |
| 0:16.3 | object without the light you know it's the in a sense it's the object without Krishna, who's like the sun. |
| 0:21.9 | You know, and so just like a reflection or shadow or anything virtual, we, when we can't have, |
| 0:30.5 | this is just a principle, right? |
| 0:31.6 | When we can't have the true substance, we seek satisfaction in the reflection, in the virtual, in the shadow of it. |
| 0:41.4 | And it never really satisfies. |
| 0:44.0 | And what's happening with texts like the Bhagavidhar, the Bhagwata, is that they're encouraging us, don't settle for the shadow. |
| 0:51.9 | Don't pour your heart into the imitation, but turn your face back towards |
| 0:56.5 | the source, towards the sunshine. |
| 0:58.6 | And the shadows, which seems so enchanting, they fall away, you know, and we can actually |
| 1:06.5 | experience the real substance of life. |
| 1:09.3 | And so, you know, we do it. |
| 1:12.5 | Sometimes you and I use the example of like, you know, |
| 1:14.7 | if a little boy wants to drive a car, |
| 1:16.8 | but he's incapable of experiencing that substance of driving a car, |
| 1:22.7 | then he's given an artificial car. |
| 1:24.0 | Here's a toy car. |
| 1:25.5 | It's the shadow of the car. |
| 1:27.2 | Enjoy this. And he can play around |
| 1:29.2 | for a while but ultimately it won't satisfy he's going to want the real car and um and so you know |
| 1:37.4 | bog with tom's telling us that's what we're doing in this world is that we have a real love it's a true |
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