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How to Use YouTube for Spiritual Awakening
I compiled a spirituality course from pop gurus and TED talks so you don’t have to.
You really can learn anything on YouTube, including how to dissolve your Ego, find inner peace, and be a conscious, compassionate sentient being. Take it from me, New Age Millennial that I am — YouTube videos have long been an integral part of my daily spiritual practice. More than books, temples, and even meditation, the biggest qualitative changes in my experience have come from slowly digesting the lessons I’ve learned from YouTube videos.
Pop guru YouTube stars and TED talkers, despite any judgments we may hold about them, can still offer an enormous wellspring of wisdom in their teachings. For some, YouTube spirituality may feel plastic and shallow (everything on social media seems to), and that’s okay. It’s important to remember, though, that the point of a spiritual teacher is not to fit our concepts of human perfection, but to draw our attention to our own opportunities to expand our consciousness.
In celebration (and proof) of the very real spiritual potentials of YouTube videos, the following list is an impromptu “syllabus” of YouTube spiritual content.
This syllabus is comprised of five main parts, focused on (1) removing our barriers to…
