Spirituality Has a Productivity Problem [FREE PVLOG EPISODE — 040]

Spirituality Has a Productivity Problem [FREE PVLOG EPISODE — 040]

From Adventures In Woo Woo by Tommie Kelly

November 7, 2025 · 29 min

About this episode

Tommie Kelly discusses insights on spirituality, the concept of Lila, and the challenges of hustle culture within spiritual practices.

Hello, good people of Podcast Land!. Every week I do a vlog over on my Patreon and I thought I'd post this week's vlog here for free just to give you all a taster of what the PVlog is like.Lots in this one, mostly based around some deep insights I have had recently from letting go of the magick reins and looking again at Kashmir Shivaism and the work of Hareesh.Initiations VS Awakening, and how initiations are the “test” of awakenings.How my understanding of Lila has finally clicked with me.I spent my entire life trying to achieve something in all levels of my life.How I tried recently to allow more Lila in my life.How “hustle culture” exists in spirituality too.Why knowing what the cosmology, orientation or Dharshana is utterly important — how else can you know what you are meant to be doing?The reason for creation in Kashmir Shivaism.Awakening is recognition, not finding something new.The Nature Of The Place In Which We Find Ourselfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIuLlVG7bZMWhy “everything working out” can only be a limited view or contraction of divinity.There is nothing to be done.There will always be a looming apocalypse.Free Will and Predetermination.Your life could never…

People in this episode

Host: Tommie Kelly

Topics covered

  • spirituality
  • awakening
  • Kashmir Shivaism
  • hustle culture
  • free will
  • predetermination

Keywords

  • spirituality
  • awakening
  • Kashmir Shivaism
  • hustle culture
  • free will
  • predetermination
  • initiation
  • Lila

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Kashmir Shivaism

More episodes of Adventures In Woo Woo

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Adventures In Woo Woo podcast page.