161 The Dharma Path – Beyond the Comfort Zone: Becoming an Ultra Runner & Songwriter

Discussing how this is a year of finding new challenges for me personally via my songwriting and running, and walking my talk about how one should break comfort zones for growth. Live 6/19/2025.

0:00 – Intro to show on breaking out of comfort zone to grow as people | building confidence
3:48 – Never able to finish writing songs | giving up on songwriting all my life
5:20 – Goal to finish every song draft | focusing in on music styles | inspired by old movies, Johnny Cash
11:16 – Confidence & inspiration increase | not sweating small stuff | saying "I can" | borrowing one line from movies
17:24 – Breaking personal boundaries | spiritual life is life, not a part-time thing separate from life
21:06 – Becoming an ultra-marathon runner after a 50K trail run | elite running races
24:05 – Horrible experience running 7 hours in bad weather | post-race leg cramp
34:04 – Beginning running at middle age | going to gym, physical & emotional benefits | not giving up | changing training
43:39 – Deadlines force one to meet a goal
45:44 – Slide show of 50K: dirty shoes | race metal | kilt runner

For seekers who’ve outgrown spiritual fluff. This isn’t about trends, vibes, or blind devotion. This is real talk for real seekers.

🎙️ Each episode is part of a larger journey. This isn’t random content—it’s a structured path into deeper truth, not easy comfort.

I’m Premanand Das Bhagat (Aaron Joy), in Portland, Maine, USA. I followed the so-called spiritual path—believed everything and anything, joined a cult, and ran in circles. Through honest effort, deep unlearning, and painful self-awareness, I found clarity in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism).

Now, I speak to those who feel the same disillusionment. If you believe in asking questions, rejecting lazy universalism, and using logic and scripture together to navigate this chaotic world—you’re in the right place.

🕉️ I'm a Integral Vedic Counselor, Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Ayurveda Specialist. I'm a student of Dr. David Frawley and devotee of Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya, following the non-Advaita, non-Universalist Vaishnava lineage of Ramanuja. My spiritual name was a gift from Dr. Chaturbhai Babaria (Swaminarayan Gurukul USA).

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