Sep 10, 2026 · 1 hr · 13 segments
Westerners who take interest in Eastern Spirituality may be reacting to elements of exclusivism found in Western religion (we're right and everyone else is wrong). The swing to the East may carry all…
I think a lot of people come to the Eastern practices from the West, when Western people-
Sure
... people, people like us that, that are, um, you know, raised Catholic but find Bhagavad Gita and all of that.
Maybe the most important reason why people go from their Abrahamic background to the East has to do with the idea of an aversion to the idea that we're right and everybody else is wrong.
Sure.
It's react- Yeah, it's definitely reactionary.
Also, this concept of authoritarianism, uh, a hierarchal thing.
And then you get-
Okay.
I thought we were, I thought we were just chatting.
I'm sorry.
I realize you had a thesis going on.
All right.
I think a lot of people come to the Eastern practices from the West, when Western people-
Sure
... people, people like us that, that are, um, you know, raised Catholic but find Bhagavad Gita and all of that.
Maybe the most important reason why people go from their Abrahamic background to the East has to do with the idea of an aversion to the idea that we're right and everybody else is wrong.
Sure.
It's react- Yeah, it's definitely reactionary.
Also, this concept of authoritarianism, uh, a hierarchal thing.
And then you get-
Okay.
I thought we were, I thought we were just chatting.
I'm sorry.
I realize you had a thesis going on.
All right.
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