What Is the Self?

Running a business and balancing that with living your best life possible is hard work no matter how long you’ve lived on Planet Earth, even for Matt Maruca, the very young and successful founder of Ra Optics.

Matt has lived a lot of life since his first conversation with Paul and shares what he’s learned about his true mission in life and his three simple recommendations for a person of any age wanting to start a business in this very special Living 4D meeting of equals.

Learn more about Matt on social via Instagram at thelightdiet and Ra Optics.

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Show Notes

• The conflicts of running Ra Optics: Principle vs. spirit and money vs. happiness. (3:24)
• Changing his inner state helped Matt focus on his true mission in life and learn to say no. (10:26)
• The externalization of self. (16:01)
• Did the moment of creation begin with light, sound or vibration? (39:45)
• Matt’s struggles with diet leads to a better understanding of wholeness. (44:59)
• “There is infinite energy all around us.” (56:09)
• Vitamin D supplements aren’t nearly as healthy for your body as sun exposure. (1:22:29)
• What the Light Diet really means. (1:29:14)
• You compound your problems and fears by running away from them. (1:41:27)
• Matt needed more masculine energy to face his business challenges. (1:50:13)
• Showing up and facing the challenges of living life every day. (2:00:15)
• Subtle evils. (2:08:17)
• The myth of sexual freedom. (2:21:16)
• Matt’s three recommendations for any young person wanting to start a business. (2:34:26)
• “For me, my business has been the greatest teacher in the world.” (2:40:52)

Resources

• The Surrender Experiment: My Journey Into Life’s Perfection and The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourselfby Michael Singer
• Heliotherapy
• The Flexner Report
• The Sunk Cost Fallacy
• Own The Day, Own Your Life by Aubrey Marcus

 More resources for this episode are available on our website.

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