636. Joseph Selbie on “The Yugas”

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Selbie makes the complex and obscure simple and clear. He is known for creating bridges of understanding between the modern evidence-based discoveries of science and the ancient experience-based discoveries of the mystics. A dedicated meditator for nearly fifty years, he has taught yoga, meditation, and universal experiential spirituality throughout the US and Europe. He has also been an avid follower of the unfolding new paradigm of post-materialist science—with groaning bookshelves to show for it. Selbie has authored The Physics of God, a unification of science and religion, and The Yugas, a factual look at India’s tradition of cyclical history. Selbie is a founding member of Ananda—a meditation-based community and spiritual movement inspired by Paramhansa Yogananda. He lives with his wife at Ananda Village near Nevada City, California. Books: The Yugas: Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age and Enlightened Future - Today's view of history cannot account for ancient anomalies, such as the Pyramids and advanced knowledge contained in India's Vedas. But in 1894, an Indian sage gave us an explanation not only for our hidden past but for the trends of today and for our future enlightenment - the 24,000-year yuga cycle. The Physics of God: How the Deepest Theories of Science Explain Religion and How the Deepest Truths of Religion Explain Science Website: physicsandgod.com Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview with Joseph Selbie on "The Physics of God". Interview recorded February 26, 2022 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:08 - Blending Western Science with Eastern Spirituality 00:08:21 - The Transcendental Nature of Consciousness 00:11:48 - The Mind as a TV Screen 00:16:15 - The Cycle of Ages and its Impact on Mankind 00:20:49 - The Yugas and Spiritual Awakening 00:25:00 - The Debate over the Length of the Kali Yuga 00:29:26 - "Pillar of Celestial Fire: And the Lost Science of the Ancient Seers" by Robert Cox? 00:33:35 - Searching for the Grand Central Sun 00:37:45 - The procession of the equinoxes and cycles 00:41:50 - The cycles of evolution in the universe 00:45:49 - The Progression of Yugas and Spiritual Evolution 00:49:09 - The Evolution of the Yugas 00:58:31 - The Evolution of Energy and Awareness 01:03:19 - The Four Ages and Levels of Consciousness 01:07:31 - The Awakening of Enlightened Self Interest 01:11:26 - Transformational Experiences 01:14:40 - The Message of Near Death Experiences and Sahaja Yoga 01:18:41 - Gobekli Tepe: The Oldest Manmade Structure 01:23:41 - Ancient Myths and the State of Consciousness 01:28:20 - Evidence of Advanced Civilizations 01:32:11 - The Great Pyramid and its Precise Construction 01:36:26 - Precision of the Great Pyramid 01:40:53 - The Great Pyramid and its Purpose 01:45:04 - Ancient Civilizations and Sanskrit Grammar 01:48:58 - The Mystery of the Ancient Map 01:52:35 - A More Enlightened Age 01:57:03 - The Increasing Basic Human Freedoms 02:00:37 - The Potential Turning Point 02:04:16 - Seeking the Truth and Misinformation 02:07:42 - Love of Conversation

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer. Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing
0:31.5	series of conversations with spiritually awakening people. We've done well over 600 of them now. If this
0:40.0	is new to you and you'd like to check out previous ones, please go to batcap.com, BAT, GAP, and
0:47.0	look under the past interviews menu, where you'll find them all organized in various ways.
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1:01.2	buttons on the website and a page about alternatives to PayPal. We did something a little unusual
1:08.1	this time, both last week and this week I'm speaking with the same
1:11.3	guest, and that came up both because he has written two books on entirely different topics,
1:17.3	and they both interested me, and I wanted to talk about them, and also because we had a scheduling
1:22.9	mixed up last week. So he was originally scheduled for this week, but at the last minute, we did an additional one last week. So anyway, the guest I'm on the last week. So he was originally scheduled for this week, but at the last minute, we did an additional
1:29.4	one last week. So anyway, the guest I'm alluding to is Joseph Selby. And last week, we talked about
1:36.3	his book, The Physics of God. We'll have a few questions about that today and then move on to
1:41.8	the topic we're going to talk about mainly today,
1:44.3	which is the yugas. And in a minute, Joseph will explain what the yugas are. Joseph has been
1:50.9	a member of the Ananda community in Northern California for over 50 years. That was centered,
2:00.0	is centered around the teachings of Parmhamsa Yogananda. And I'll let him say a
2:06.4	little bit more about himself. But he has had a keen interest in science all of his life,
2:13.6	which is why he wrote the book about the physics of God and the key interest in spirituality.
2:19.6	All right, Joseph, whatever you'd like to add about yourself?
2:23.8	Well, I think that the core of that story that I told to begin,
2:29.2	the last discussion was really that it's kind of two sides to me, if you will. I have a strong
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