Ep 443: Poison

In this episode of The Daily Vedantic, we dive deep into the philosophy of "poison vs nectar" and how the choices we make in life often reflect the tension between short-term comfort and long-term fulfillment. Using the metaphor of a child’s obsession with chicken nuggets, we explore how easy pleasures, like unhealthy diets or mindless escapism, often disguise themselves as sweet rewards, only to poison us in the end. Learn how to recognize these toxic patterns and embrace the difficult but rewarding path that leads to growth, harmony, and success. This is a powerful reminder that true wisdom lies in choosing the discomfort that will yield lasting joy and fulfillment.

The Daily Vedantic is a daily podcast and YouTube channel dedicated to the timeless wisdom of the Upanishads (https://thedailyvedantic.com/). Dating back to over 5,000 years ago, the source of nearly all Eastern Philosophy, and loved by Western giants from Emerson to Thoreau to Carl Jung and Alan Watts, studied daily by Joseph Campbell to Aldous Huxley to Arthur Schopenhauer and countless others, The Daily Vedantic aims to make this ancient philosophy as modern and accessible as it is simple, practical — and profound.

James Beshara ( https://www.twitter.com/jamesbeshara ) is a renowned startup founder of multiple companies, a prolific startup investor in 200+ others including some of the biggest startup names on the planet, a husband and father of three little girls, and philosophy student and teacher in Los Angeles.

James also co-hosts Yoga For Your Intellect (https://www.YFYI.co), a biweekly long-form conversational podcast with his teacher Joseph Emmett ( https://www.instagram.com/yogaforyourintellect )

James is a student of Swami Parthasarathy, the acclaimed author of Vedanta Treatise (Vedanta Treatise – The Eternities)  and teacher at Vedanta Academy in Malavli, India. As James says often, when you’re ready for the real thing, Swami’s daily lectures are where the true wisdom and systematic discovery of the world’s oldest continually studied philosophy resides: https://www.vedantaworld.org