Swami Beyondananda / Steve Bhaerman (Part 2) ā€“ Laugh Yourself Sane, Enlighten Up & Awaken to Cosmic Comic Consciousness with the Wit & Wisdom of This Hilarious Duo

By Heidi Mitchell | September 14, 2023
Swami Beyondananda Steve Bhaerman

Author, activist, and humorist Steve Bhaerman (aka Swami Beyondananda) realized the power of humor as well as his talent for making people laugh early on, when his schoolmates would laugh so hard, milk would come out of their nose. Steveā€™s spiritual and psychological wisdom, his deep love and concern for humanity, and his clever, refreshing humor come together in a perfect triad to create the wise, inspired, and funny political and spiritual commentary that have delighted so many for so long. Steveā€™s mission is to bring people together to work for the things everybody wantsā€”rather than a tug of war, his vision is of a tug of peace, all pulling in the same direction. He has seen over and over how effective comic relief is at bridging people’s differences; it can even disrupt dualistic thinking to where oneness becomes real and unity is achieved.

Steveā€™s sidekick, Swami Beyondananda, will make you laugh and his humorous perspective on the great issues of our time (like truth decay) and insights about how we can create a more positive future for ourselves (like self-facing laughter and tantrum yoga) really help to lighten the load. Hope is transmitted through levity and we find we can all laugh at human behavior together. Steve explains that with laughter we release emotions, trauma, and mental structures because truth is being liberated, and that comedyā€™s role is to deconstruct toxic narratives yet leave people standing. In this conversation, you will experience the power of humor to make even the dire circumstances of todayā€™s world feel a bit lighterā€”Steve/Swamiā€™s inspired comedy is not only politically astute but palpably heartwarming. Recorded August 10, 2023.

ā€œWe need to create a sane and sacred center that transcends both religion and non-religionā€¦bring left, right, front and center to face the music and dance together.ā€

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Topics & Time Stamps – Part 2

  • Swamiā€™s take on Donald Trump (01:36)
  • The shadow side of well meaning liberal progressives (02:20)
  • The trans-humanist movement: donā€™t neglect real intelligence (04:37)
  • Believing in the primacy of the human mind is as dangerous as right-wing totalitarianism (05:17)
  • Steve never does comedy to hurt anyone, but Swami knows how to insult people when necessary (05:32)
  • How the progressive movement has heightened sensitivities to the point where comedians wonā€™t perform on college campuses (09:55)
  • Breaking the trance of people believing insane things (11:42)
  • Humor disrupts dualistic thinking and puts things together in a new wayā€”we like it when our mind is tricked (13:27)
  • Steveā€™s podcast, Front and Center: From Political Battlefields to Cooperative Playing Fields (16:26)
  • Lesser evil politics always empowers evil (17:08)
  • As spirituality evolves, it recognizes everyone has to have a relationship with the transcendent (17:59)
  • Reuniting the cosmos in love and practicing virtues can bring heaven to Earth (20:21)
  • The future of spirituality combines walking the talk, being the love that you are, and releasing the grip of the ego with all of its insecurities and paranoias (21:49)
  • How humor evolves in 4 stages: what we laugh at as we develop (23:31)
  • With laughter we can release emotions, trauma, and mental structures because truth is being liberated (24:20)
  • Comedy has always been anti-authoritarian and why there are no humorous right-wingers (29:26)
  • People donā€™t want to be canceled by their tribe, and the casualty of nuance (32:48)
  • The high level of public intimidation going on, transgenderism, and how the left is the new corporate party (35:39)
  • Steveā€™s mission is to bring people together to work for what everybody wants (38:04)

Resources & References – Part 2

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Steve Bhaerman Swami Beyondananda

Steve Bhaerman is an internationally known author, humorist, and workshop leader. For the past 36 years, he has written and performed as Swami Beyondananda, the ā€œCosmic Comic.ā€ Swamiā€™s comedy has been called ā€œirreverently upliftingā€ and has been described both as ā€œcomedy disguised as wisdomā€ and ā€œwisdom disguised as comedy.ā€ Author Marianne Williamson has called him ā€œthe Mark Twain of our generation.ā€

As the Swami, Steve is the author of Driving Your Own Karma (1989), When You See a Sacred Cow, Milk It For All Itā€™s Worth (1993), Duck Soup for the Soul (1999), and Swami for Precedent: A 7-Step Plan to Heal the Body Politic and Cure Electile Dysfunction (2004). On the more serious side, he co-authored with cellular biologist Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There from Here (Hay House, 2009). Steve is co-host of the Front and Center podcast (ā€œfrom political battlefields to cooperative playing fieldsā€), and is working with All of Us, Inc. to present and promote the 12 Habits of Unity). He can be found online at Wake Up Laughing.

Podcast produced by Vanessa Santos and Show Notes by Heidi Mitchell

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