Mini Episode: On and On it Goes (Coronavirus Update)
Jul 16, 2020
In a time of crisis, having a spiritual practice can serve as a grounding force. The conversation explores how principles like acceptance and mindfulness can guide individuals through uncertainty. Personal journeys of recovery highlight the need for stability and support. Listeners are encouraged to embrace liminal spaces as opportunities for transformative growth. The importance of choosing kindness and generosity is emphasized for navigating these turbulent times. Ultimately, it's about thriving rather than just surviving.
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Eric's Sobriety Journey
Eric shares his experience with sobriety and the importance of a genuine spiritual foundation.
After his first relapse, he realized that forcing beliefs doesn't create lasting change.
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Spiritual Principles as Anchors
Spiritual principles, not external factors, offer a stable foundation for life.
Center your life around acceptance, mindfulness, generosity, and love for stability.
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Navigating Crisis with Principles
Reorient yourself towards fundamental spiritual principles during challenging times.
Use these principles as anchors during crises like the coronavirus pandemic.
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This book, first published in 1989, outlines seven habits that are designed to help individuals become more effective in their personal and professional lives. The habits are grouped into three categories: Private Victory (habits 1-3), Public Victory (habits 4-6), and Renewal (habit 7). The habits include being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, thinking win-win, seeking first to understand and then to be understood, synergizing, and sharpening the saw. Covey emphasizes the importance of personal integrity, effective time management, empathetic communication, and continuous self-improvement[2][5][4].
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In this mini-episode, Eric discusses the importance of having a spiritual practice so that you can have a strong foundation from which to build upon in your life. This has never been more important than right now as we face the seemingly unending coronavirus crisis we are currently in.
The realization in his recovery that he didn't have anything sustainable or grounding in his life
Discovering a spiritual life when you don't believe in God in the traditional sense
Finding spiritual principles such as acceptance, mindfulness, generosity, kindness, and love as a way to orient his life.
Learning to make these principles the center of your life
Liminal space as waiting space
Using this space as a fertile ground where transformation can happen
Learning to engage with what is here, right now.
Using this time as an opportunity to let go and surrender to a greater potential
Choose growth over stagnation
Choose thriving or surviving
Learning the key spiritual principles and changing our habits to incorporate these key principles in our daily lives.
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