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Wisdom of the Sages

1622: Beauty, Longing & the Sigh of Spiritual Awakening

Wisdom of the Sages

David Ramella

Hardcore, Yoga, Dharma, Kaustubhadas, Bhakti, Srimadbhagavatam, Wisdom, Bhagavadgita, Hinduism, Raghunath, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Punk, Raycappo

5970 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Spiritual awakening may feel more like a sigh than a celebration. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore why our most profound encounters with beauty—whether through art, music, or moments of stillness—are often blended with a kind of sweet ache or longing. Could that aching sensation be a clue? A sign that the soul is remembering something sacred? Through the lens of bhakti yoga, they unpack the idea of Viśvātmā—God as the soul of the universe—and how real connection is not found through constant searching outward, but by turning within.

Key Highlights:
•⁠  ⁠World-renowned geneticist sees the experience of beauty as something beyond neurochemistry
•⁠  ⁠Why our most “transcendent” moments may come with a lump in the throat
•⁠  ⁠Are we spiritually searching… or just spiritually shopping?
•⁠  ⁠How the ache of beauty can be more real than our most comfortable beliefs

This is a conversation about art, longing, and the quiet pull toward something eternal—one that might already be inside you.

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0:00.0

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0:08.4

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0:14.7

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0:26.4

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0:30.8

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0:36.1

Go to my website, 300 hour. This is for you. Have a great day. He said that it's interesting that in that feeling

0:56.3

when you really move by art, there is a feeling of melancholy or longing or something there

1:03.7

that's hard to describe. That it's right there, but you can't enter it. Or, well, he said,

1:08.6

he said that if you look, like, for instance, if you look at, if you took photos of people's faces when they're really struck by art, when they're really moved, you know, on a deep level by art.

1:22.1

And you took a photo of their face.

1:23.7

Usually, it's not like the face is smiling or happy.

1:27.0

It almost looks like there's a feeling of pain

1:29.5

in them this you know and i think that that i think what they were sharing does speak to a divine

1:37.4

experience that we feel in art and it is a blend because it is kind of like, how did I not appreciate what I've been given?

1:47.3

How was this here all along and I didn't notice it?

1:50.7

You know, when we finally see what's in the painting or hear what's in the music and we're struck by it, it's kind of like there is that melancholy.

1:59.2

How was I not appreciating this gift before and i

2:01.8

think that's when we hit that experience spiritually it is almost like a divine feeling of god

2:10.4

and i think that's what st augustine is describing here that you you know you were within me

2:16.5

but i was outside myself.

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