190: Celebrating 45: Lessons on Life, Love, and Letting Go
May 15, 2024
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Reflecting on transformations and lessons learned over a decade, topics include trusting inner guidance, societal expectations, and embracing your voice amidst noise. Exploring happiness, reality, stress management, recognizing stress signs, redefining success, embracing change, acknowledging death, and evolving perspectives on love and growth.
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Listen to your inner guidance to uncover your true desires and path.
Find innate happiness by shedding societal labels and illusions, embracing simplicity and authenticity.
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Reflection 1: You Are the Expert of Your Life
Recognize that everything you need is within you. Take time to listen to yourself and identify your true desires. Challenge limiting beliefs by questioning their validity. By listening to your inner voice and disregarding external pressures, you can uncover your authentic path.
Reflection 2: Let Go of Illusions for True Happiness
Realize that happiness is innate and not something external to acquire. Drop societal labels and illusions that create ambitions and cravings. Anthony DeMello's book 'Awareness' advocates shedding layers of illusions to uncover the inherent happiness within. Advancing a radical approach, liberate yourself by discarding false beliefs and embracing simplicity.
Reflection 3: Embrace Natural Changes and Reduce Suffering
Adopt a mindset of acceptance towards life's natural fluctuations. Resisting reality leads to unnecessary suffering according to Lao Zu's wisdom. By allowing events to unfold naturally and letting go of resistance, you can mitigate personal anguish and flow with life's rhythms.
Join us on this episode as we celebrate my 45th birthday by reflecting on transformations and lessons learned over the past decade. Through 10 insightful reflections, we explore topics such as trusting your inner guidance, letting go of societal expectations, and embracing your voice amidst the noise of others.