#65: Tej Dosa: Surrendering the Steering Wheel: Control, Trust, and the Will of Reality

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In Part 2 of this three-part conversation, James Xander sits down with entrepreneur, writer, and modern philosopher Tej Dosa to explore what it actually means to live in trust, surrender control, and allow reality to lead.

This episode dives into the paradox of intention versus surrender: how to set direction in life and business without gripping the steering wheel, and why true power comes from letting go of control while staying deeply grounded.

James and Tej unpack one of the most charged topics in the human experience – money – and reveal why it’s so tightly linked to survival, fear, and distrust in reality itself. Tej shares how loosening one’s grip on money paradoxically allows it to flow, why desperation blocks abundance, and how early financial trauma can quietly govern adult decision-making.

The conversation goes deep into trust wounds, nervous system safety, and the loss of faith many people experience after major setbacks – especially when success collapses. Together, they explore the difference between real trust and delusion, how to replug into the ground of reality, and why the deepest loss is never money itself, but trust in life.

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Connect with Tej Dosa via his blog at Rigging Reality. 

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