Part 2 -- Steven J. Gold spends some time with the Jewish Yogi

<p><strong>In this episode, Steven J. Gold shares fascinating ideas like;</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Avraham sending his children to the East with gifts that became the Vedic teachings</strong></li> <li><strong>Connections between the beginning of our Torah (Beresheet - in the beginning) and the beginning of the Vedas (Agni - fire)</strong></li> <li><strong>The power of Mantra</strong> <ul> <li><strong>“You do not do mantra, mantra does you.”</strong></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>“Turn your inner being into your inner ear.”</strong></li> <li><strong>“Meditation isn’t doing. &nbsp;Meditation is undoing.”<br> </strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Steven J. Gold, BA, Philosophy and Religion; JD Emory Law School, is the founder/director of Torah-Veda (formerly Yoga and Judaism Center) in Atlanta, GA. He is an initiate and practitioner for more than 40 years in the Tradition of the Himalayan Masters, as propagated in the West by the late Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas. He is a graduate of the Karin Kabalah Center course on Kabalah: A Process of Awakening. &nbsp;He has studied with Rabbi Joseph Gelberman, Rabbi Yoel Glick, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Rabbi Marcia Prager, Rabbi Gedalia Fleer, Rabbi Elyahu Schusterman, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Phyliss Berman, and Zev ben Shinon Halevi.</strong></p> <p><strong>Steven is the author of several books, including </strong><u><strong>Om Shalom: Yoga and Judaism</strong></u><strong>, </strong><u><strong>IVRI: The Essence of Hebrew Spirituality</strong></u><strong>, </strong><u><strong>Torah Portion Summaries: With Insights from the Perspective of a Jewish Yogi</strong></u><strong>, </strong><u><strong>Dimensions: Navigating the Spiritual Spectrum</strong></u><strong>, &nbsp;</strong><u><strong>Basic Spiritual Principles</strong></u><strong>,</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><strong>Contributor and Editor of </strong><u><strong>Breaking the Silence: Poems of Spiritual Luminescence</strong></u><em><strong>, </strong></em><strong>&nbsp;and </strong><u><strong>The