Greatness Glory Podcast

Isaac Sian
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🌟 Welcome to Greatness Glory 🌟 Where Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Awakening This is more than a channel — it's a sanctuary for those on a quest for balance, truth, and transformation. Greatness Glory offers a rare synthesis of East and West: • Yoga 🕉️ | Vedanta | Buddhism • Sufism | Shamanism | Tantra • Tai Chi | Martial Arts | Ancient Healing Arts • Conscious Technology | Holistic Life Engineering 📚 Here, we dive deep into: ✔️ Personal & Spiritual Growth ✔️ Physical and Mental Balance ✔️ Self-Realization & Inner Freedom ✔️ Healing through Movement, Breath, Sound, and Silence

  1. Jul 29

    Spiritual Gurus: What 25 Years With 10 Teachers Taught Me

    Free copy of my book (Art of Balance) at greatnessglory.com Spiritual gurus shaped 25 years of my path — the real teachers and the false lights alike. In this solo episode I share what I learned from 10 gurus, from martial arts and energy work to intellectual traditions, Siddha yoga and surrender, and the shamanism I eventually walked away from. Recorded around Guru Purnima as an act of gratitude, it's an honest look at discernment, the meaning of guru, and how to grow without repeating my mistakes. For anyone seeking self-realization and a grounded, one-pointed practice. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & Purpose 01:51 Sanskrit Invocation & Credibility 08:03 Guru One: Martial Arts 11:59 Guru Two: Trapped in Knowledge 14:17 Guru Three: Siddha Yoga Surrender 18:03 Guru Four: Shamanism's Dark Side 26:02 Guru Five: When Money Corrupts 28:12 Gurus Six and Seven 33:18 Gurus Eight and Nine 43:03 Babaji: Guru of All Gurus 50:06 Truth, Simplicity, and Love 56:07 Closing Gratitude #GuruPurnima #Spirituality #SelfRealization #Meditation #SpiritualGrowth #GreatnessGlory #Podcast

  2. Jul 20

    EP40: Your Soul Is a Warrior: The Science and Spirit of Willpower

    Free book + audiobook (Art of Balance): https://greatnessglory.com/ Right now, two people want the same dream, the same healing, the same breakthrough. Ten years from now, one of them will have it and the other will have a list of reasons why they couldn't — and it usually has almost nothing to do with talent, money, luck, or karma. In this episode, I explore the one quality that actually separates them: willpower, and the determination to fight your own limitations instead of surrendering to them. I draw on the figure the ancient Hindu and Indian traditions called the Vira — the warrior, the hero — and the same spirit in Mahavira, the Buddha under the tree, Thomas Edison's thousand attempts, and the Sufi Bayezid Bastami who did the opposite of whatever his ego demanded. I share what years of fasting, meditation, martial arts, and self-discipline taught me about a strange law: when you expect things to be easy they become hard, and when you accept they may be hard they become easy. Half-heartedness is the real enemy. I also bring in the science — neuroplasticity, the anterior mid-cingulate cortex that grows when you make yourself do hard things, dopamine as the chemistry of pursuit, and psychoneuroimmunology showing how your thoughts reach all the way down to your immune system. Underneath it all is a spiritual truth: you are a spark of the divine, you recreate your life every second, and the God you're seeking is within you. The most important investment you can ever make is in yourself. 📘 Buy the book Art of Balance: https://amzn.to/4jAii7l 🌐 Learn more / contact me: https://greatnessglory.com/ 00:00 – Introduction 00:30 – The Vira: the warrior who doesn't give up 01:10 – Mahavira, Buddha, and the spirit of not giving up 02:00 – Edison and a thousand ways to not fail 02:50 – Change yourself and the world reflects it back 03:40 – Why half-heartedness destroys success 04:20 – The two forces that pull you in opposite directions 05:10 – Willpower is determined by your level of consciousness 06:00 – Troubleshooting your own limitations 06:50 – What fasting taught me about determination 08:00 – Expect easy and it gets hard; accept hard and it gets easy 09:10 – Stay awake: Jesus in the garden and self-awareness 10:20 – Self-monitoring in real time vs. journaling after 11:30 – Why we're called human beings, not human doings 12:30 – We have the ability to reprogram ourselves 13:20 – The greatest investment is investing in yourself 14:30 – Neuroplasticity and the anterior mid-cingulate cortex 15:40 – The Agya chakra and the center of command 16:30 – Dopamine as the chemistry of pursuit 17:20 – Psychoneuroimmunology: thoughts reach the immune system 18:30 – Mind over matter: hypnosis and the burning hand 19:40 – The mind can kill you, so it can also heal you 20:40 – Healthy willpower vs. sacrificing yourself 22:00 – The compound effect: start with one minute 23:10 – What you want must align with the good of all 24:20 – Rumi: love is also the product of knowledge 25:30 – Helping a friend through understanding, not pressure 26:40 – You are a spark of the divine; the universe mirrors you 28:00 – The God you seek is within you 29:00 – Recap: determination, mindset, and self-awareness 30:00 – Closing with Samuel Beckett: fail again, fail better #GreatnessGloryPodcast #ArtOfBalance #Willpower #Determination #SelfDiscipline #Spirituality #PersonalDevelopment #Neuroplasticity #Mindset #SelfAwareness #InnerStrength #Meditation #Consciousness #SpiritualGrowth

  3. Jul 20

    EP39: The Real Reason You Can't Get Rid of Negative Thoughts

    In this episode, I explore why trying to suppress, fight, or "get rid of" negative thoughts and emotions almost never works long-term — and why the harder you push them away, the stronger they come back. I start with a simple experiment you can try in a few seconds, then trace this all the way back to my own story growing up between two religions, daydreaming about becoming a monk, and discovering through psychology and yogic teaching that suppression only deepens guilt and disturbance. From there I walk through what actually works: diversion, or what Abraham Hicks calls pivoting. Instead of fighting an emotion head-on, you learn to redirect your attention toward something that lifts you — whether that's a divine form, a mantra, or simply a thought that gives you a little relief. I explain why your subconscious mind has no "yes or no" system, why what you focus on grows within you and around you, and how to climb the emotional scale one rung at a time instead of forcing yourself from fear straight to joy. I also share how this kind of channeling of emotion toward something higher connects to the path of devotion, or bhakti yoga. Finally, I touch on a complementary point: that diverting the attention is one way to work with the mind, but not the only way. There is also the path of transcending the thought process altogether — watching your thoughts from a distance, as in vipassana — which is powerful but takes years of practice. I close with why guilt-based religion creates more suffering than mastery, and a simple practice you can start using today to interrupt the cycle and bring yourself back to peace. 📘 Buy the book Art of Balance: https://amzn.to/4jAii7l 🌐 Learn more / contact me: https://greatnessglory.com/ 00:00 – Introduction 00:40 – The white bear experiment 01:30 – Why suppression always backfires 03:20 – My story: religion, lust, and the monk dream 05:10 – Suppression versus transmutation 06:30 – Diversion: changing the channel 08:00 – What you focus on grows 10:30 – The subconscious has no "no" 12:00 – Channeling emotion and the path of devotion 14:30 – Why you shift gradually, not instantly 16:00 – The emotional scale explained 18:00 – Why drugs and external fixes trap you 19:30 – From anger to relief to forgiveness 21:00 – How guilt is used to control people 24:00 – You can't fight darkness, bring light 25:30 – Two ways to work with the mind 27:30 – Practice to go: name it, then pivot 30:00 – The "Is it true?" inquiry 32:00 – We are multidimensional: breath and body 34:00 – Closing and recommended books #GreatnessGloryPodcast #ArtOfBalance #PersonalDevelopment #EmotionalMastery #AbrahamHicks #Pivoting #BhaktiYoga #Spirituality #Meditation #SelfMastery #InnerPeace #Mindset #EmotionalHealing

  4. Jul 20

    EP38: The Shift That's Coming: AI, Consciousness, and Thinking for Yourself

    In this episode, I open up about some things I've been hesitant to discuss — the massive changes happening in human consciousness right now, and how AI fits into this picture. For thousands of years, enlightened beings like Babaji, Jesus, Krishna, and Buddha warned about a transition from ego-based living toward higher values like compassion, forgiveness, and independent thinking. We are living in that transition right now, and AI is accelerating it in ways most people haven't even begun to understand. I explore why AI is both one of the greatest tools humanity has ever received and one of its greatest potential dangers. The risk isn't that AI becomes conscious — it's that we stop being conscious. If we hand over our thinking, reasoning, and decision-making to machines without developing our own faculties, we lose the very thing that makes us powerful. The human brain has a potential that no supercomputer can match, but only if we use it — through critical thinking, questioning our beliefs, meditation, and real inner work. I also share why creating balance in your body, mind, and life is more urgent now than ever before, and I close with Babaji's powerful last message — a reminder that all perfection and wisdom are already hidden within you. 📘 Buy the book Art of Balance: https://amzn.to/4jAii7l 🌐 Learn more / contact me: https://greatnessglory.com/ 00:00 – Introduction 03:12 – The global shift in consciousness 06:30 – What enlightened beings predicted about this era 09:45 – The role of avatars and their message 12:20 – Why independent thinking is the most important skill 14:50 – What AI really is and why most people don't understand it 17:30 – The danger of outsourcing your brain to machines 20:10 – Your brain is the greatest AI ever created 22:40 – Why balance and inner stability matter more than ever 25:15 – Babaji's last message to humanity #GreatnessGloryPodcast #ArtOfBalance #AIandConsciousness #CriticalThinking #SpiritualAwakening #HumanConsciousness #Babaji #Meditation #PersonalDevelopment #ThinkForYourself #YogaWisdom #InnerBalance #ConsciousnessShift #SpiritualGrowth

  5. Jul 20

    EP37: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Health: Holistic Wisdom for Real Healing

    In this episode, I explore what holistic health really means and why our thoughts, emotions, and beliefs are just as critical to our wellbeing as biology and medicine. I share how ancient systems like Ayurveda, yoga, and Chinese medicine understand the human being as multidimensional, and why ignoring the mind and energy aspects of health keeps us limited and stuck in suffering. I also talk about how belief systems, negative thinking, and unexamined emotions can create disease, and how questioning our conditioning opens the door to real healing and freedom. I walk through practical ways to start working with your own mind: reviewing your day at night, developing self-awareness, studying different perspectives, and becoming your own therapist by consciously examining beliefs, reactions, and emotional triggers. I also touch on topics like psychosomatic illness, antidepressants, psychedelics, and why external substances alone cannot create lasting change if we keep generating negativity from within. My intention in this conversation is to help you see how deeply your inner world shapes your health, happiness, and life, and to inspire you to begin the inner work of changing your thinking so your reality can transform. 📘 Buy the book Art of Balance: https://amzn.to/4jAii7l 🌐 Learn more / contact me: https://greatnessglory.com/ 00:00 – Introduction 01:42 – What holistic health really means 05:20 – Questioning mainstream science and belief 10:03 – Stories of “incurable” illness being healed 14:55 – Power of questioning and new possibilities 19:18 – Mind, energy, and the structure of a human being 24:07 – Thoughts, emotions, and disease creation 29:02 – Emotions, organs, and Chinese medicine view 33:11 – Inner world, perception, and personal reality 38:05 – Spiritual surrender, growth, and life challenges 43:12 – Belief systems, paradigms, and happiness 48:26 – Lifestyle, negative thoughts, and modern disease 53:10 – Becoming your own therapist and inner work 58:04 – Daily reflection and building self-awareness 1:02:39 – How negative emotions affect body chemistry 1:07:21 – Psychosomatic illness, stress, and medicine limits 1:12:03 – Antidepressants, drugs, and temporary relief 1:17:15 – Psychedelics, perspective shifts, and healing 1:22:09 – Why real change requires changing your thinking 1:26:44 – Energy, meridians, and acupuncture basics 1:31:02 – Electrical currents, nerves, and movement 1:34:27 – Bringing it together and next steps for you #GreatnessGloryPodcast #ArtOfBalance #holistichealth #mindbodyconnection #mentalwellbeing #spiritualgrowth #healingjourney #selfawareness #personaldevelopment #consciousliving #emotionalhealth #innerwork

  6. Jul 20

    EP36: Q&A Session | What Yoga Really Is: Science, Energy, and Consciousness

    In this extended conversation, I sit down with Kevin Wise to clarify what yoga truly is beyond exercise, trends, or religion. We start from first principles and unpack yoga as a precise science of energy, consciousness, and liberation, rooted in ancient yogic cosmology rather than modern fitness culture. I explain the true meaning of union, the role of Kundalini, chakras, and prana, and why yoga has multiple paths designed for different human faculties. We explore the four classical yogas, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, and Jnana, and why combining them creates balance rather than confusion. We also address common misunderstandings around pranayama, mantra, meditation, and why Kundalini practices can be powerful yet dangerous without proper preparation. This episode is meant to restore clarity. Yoga is not belief, worship, or gymnastics. It is a systematic, experiential science of self-transformation, awareness, and freedom when approached with discernment and balance. 📘 Buy the book Art of Balance: [https://amzn.to/4jAii7l](https://amzn.to/4jAii7l) 🌐 Learn more / contact me: [https://greatnessglory.com/](https://greatnessglory.com/) Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction 01:10 – What yoga really means 04:30 – Union, duality, and consciousness 07:40 – Kundalini, chakras, and awareness 09:50 – The four classical yogas explained 13:20 – Bhakti yoga and emotional refinement 18:00 – Karma yoga and selfless action 23:10 – Why Karma yoga is highest today 27:30 – Mantra yoga and vibration 33:10 – Raja yoga and mind mastery 38:40 – Pranayama and control of prana 42:50 – Pratyahara and withdrawal of senses 46:00 – Concentration, meditation, and samadhi 49:10 – Yoga as science, not religion 52:50 – Kundalini yoga and real dangers 57:10 – Jnana yoga and self-inquiry 1:02:00 – Why paths must be combined 1:06:30 – Yoga as liberation, not practice Hashtags #GreatnessGloryPodcast #ArtOfBalance #YogaScience #Kundalini #Consciousness #SpiritualKnowledge #SanatanaDharma #SelfRealization #Meditation #InnerTransformation #YogaPhilosophy

  7. Jul 20

    EP35: Interview | Numerology, Intuition, and Destiny | Kevin Wise

    In this conversation, I sit down with Kevin Wise to explore numerology, intuition, and how symbolic systems can be used without losing logic, discernment, or personal responsibility. We talk about where astrology and numerology often get misunderstood, why blind belief is dangerous, and how these tools can instead support self-reflection and awareness. I share my own skepticism and experiences with Vedic astrology, intuition, and perception, while Kevin explains how he uses numerology practically rather than predictively. We discuss destiny versus free will, self-fulfilling prophecy, and why no system should ever take away a person’s agency or power to change their life. This episode is not about believing or disbelieving. It’s about balance, critical thinking, and using symbolic systems as mirrors rather than prisons, tools for insight rather than fear. 📘 Buy the book Art of Balance: https://amzn.to/4jAii7l 🌐 Learn more / contact me: https://greatnessglory.com/ Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – Astrology, numerology, and misconceptions 04:30 – Vedic systems versus modern interpretations 08:50 – Intuition, perception, and symbolism 11:40 – How Kevin came to numerology 14:00 – Personality systems and practical use 17:40 – What numerology actually measures 19:40 – Destiny, free will, and self-fulfilling prophecy 23:30 – Dangers of fear-based readings 26:00 – Relationships and numerology 29:30 – Synchronicity and personal meaning 32:00 – Sample numerology reading explained 38:00 – Energy, cycles, and life phases 44:00 – Karma, remedies, and responsibility 49:20 – Decision-making and discernment 53:00 – Intention, belief, and reality 57:30 – Closing reflections Hashtags #GreatnessGloryPodcast #ArtOfBalance #Numerology #Intuition #SpiritualDiscernment #SelfAwareness #ConsciousLiving #Symbolism #FreeWill #PersonalGrowth

  8. Jul 20

    EP34: Interview | How Your Home Shapes Your Energy and Happiness | Talor Stewart

    In this conversation, I explore how the spaces we live in quietly shape our energy, mood, habits, health, and relationships. Together with architect and Conscious Home Design founder Talor Stewart, I look at why most homes support survival but not flourishing, and how intentional design directly influences well-being and happiness. We talk about universal principles rooted in science rather than style, including the relationship between environment, nervous system regulation, creativity, and human connection. Talor explains why dedicating space to specific activities matters, how light and layout shape behavior, and why relationships are the strongest predictor of long-term happiness. This episode is about practical awareness. Small, intentional shifts in your home can create meaningful changes in focus, calm, connection, and daily life without needing more space, money, or perfection. 📘 Buy the book Art of Balance: https://amzn.to/4jAii7l 🌐 Learn more / contact me: https://greatnessglory.com/ Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – What conscious home design really means 03:40 – Function before beauty in living spaces 06:00 – Why universal design principles matter 08:10 – Architecture and the pursuit of happiness 10:20 – Supporting well-being through home design 13:40 – Dedicating space to personal growth 17:20 – Conditioning, habits, and room purpose 19:50 – Energetic charge of intentional spaces 23:10 – The Harvard happiness study explained 26:00 – Giving, receiving, reciprocal relationships 31:10 – Core human needs in home design 35:30 – Why homes haven’t evolved with science 38:00 – Preference versus universal impact in design 44:40 – Designing meditation and wellness spaces 55:00 – The sunny window effect 59:30 – Changes that show results in 7–30 days 1:02:00 – Relationship design in everyday rooms 1:08:30 – Intention as the missing element 1:10:30 – Closing reflections Hashtags #GreatnessGloryPodcast #ArtOfBalance #ConsciousHomeDesign #Wellbeing #IntentionalLiving #MindBodyConnection #HolisticDesign #ArchitectureAndHealth #PersonalGrowth #HappinessResearch

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🌟 Welcome to Greatness Glory 🌟 Where Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Awakening This is more than a channel — it's a sanctuary for those on a quest for balance, truth, and transformation. Greatness Glory offers a rare synthesis of East and West: • Yoga 🕉️ | Vedanta | Buddhism • Sufism | Shamanism | Tantra • Tai Chi | Martial Arts | Ancient Healing Arts • Conscious Technology | Holistic Life Engineering 📚 Here, we dive deep into: ✔️ Personal & Spiritual Growth ✔️ Physical and Mental Balance ✔️ Self-Realization & Inner Freedom ✔️ Healing through Movement, Breath, Sound, and Silence

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  • Creator
    Isaac Sian
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Isaac Sian
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    Greatness Glory Podcast