You’ll need a pen and paper, and zero distractions, for this episode, which is nothing less than a masterclass in evolution. Delivered in front of a live audience, at the Pace Gallery in New York City in 2021, Thom explains what an ‘agent of progressive change’ is, and why it’s incumbent on us to step up to the plate and take on that role for ourselves.More than just a call to arms, it’s a practical ‘workshop’ covering the five fundamental elements of being an agent of progressive change.  If you truly want to accelerate your personal evolution, next to a twice-daily practice of Vedic Meditation, you’d be hard pressed to find a quicker route than this.Episode Highlights: [00:45] Survival is a Result of Thriving[02:20] We Live Inside of a Consciousness State that We've Created[03:35] Five Elements of Progressive Change[05:00] Stability[06:29] Ananda - A Supremely-Contented State[08:29] Not Enslaved by Outside Phenomena[09:18] Adaptation Energy[10:32] Circumstantial Happiness[11:41] "In Order to Have Disappointment, You Need to Have an Appointment"[12:55] Premature Cognitive Commitments[14:09] 100,000 Stress Triggers[15:15] Meditation Resets Our Expectations[16:20] Integration[17:48] Evolve[18:50] The Cognitive Revolution[20:20] The Capacity to Witness Oneself Thinking[21:05] The Storage of Accumulated Stress is Eating Up 98% of Our Brain's Computing Power[22:21] Purification[23:51] Letting Go of Things With Ease[25:39] Challenging Assumptions[26:59] Non-Symbiotic Parasites[28:12] 5 - Willingness to Grow[29:40] We Are Doing Dated Things Already[30:41] Every Part of Your Body is Constantly Being Replaced[32:09] Consciousness Becomes Body Chemistry[33:27] Capacity for Progressive Change[34:29] Question[34:37] Every Particle in the Universe Comes Out From a Non-Changing Field[36:01] The Self Moving Inside the Self[36:48] The Colorless Sap[38:21] Q- Are There Practical Ways Other Than Meditation to Let Go Of Useless Habits?[39:38] Maharishi's Mud on Your Hands Analogy[40:49] Why Therapy Works So Well[41:58] The Advantageous Position of Knowing[42:38] Q- How Can Destructive Forces Like Genocide Be Evolutionary?[43:17] All Bodies End Up Dying[44:56] We All Move in the Direction of Recognition of Unity[46:44] Unity Points[48:00] You're Loving You[49:26] The Need for Less-Sophisticated States[50:32] The Average Age of Cambodia in the 1980s was 17 Years[51:20] The Need for Longevity[52:41] Self-Referential AwarenessUseful Linksinfo@thomknoles.com https://thomknoles.com/https://www.instagram.com/thethomknoles/https://www.facebook.com/thethomknoleshttps://www.youtube.com/c/thomknoles https://thomknoles.com/ask-thom-anything/