The world is changing faster than ever. Today's generation is growing up totally different than their parents. Not everyone will understand the changes, and not all changes will be beneficial to human flourishing.
When we stay balanced on our middle path, we can take into account our family's feelings, but we can also live our own life, our way and on our terms. We can welcome advice, but we can listen to our heart. And when we come up against resistance, pessimism, stubbornness or pushiness, we can do what is right for us with love and kindness for those who will never understand.
In today's podcast, the second part of a 2-part series on contentment and satisfaction, we dive into meaning, purpose, ambition, dreams, goals, success, family dynamics, and confidently living the life the of your dreams.
Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.
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The world is changing faster than ever. Today's generation is growing up totally different than their parents. Not everyone will understand the changes, and not all changes will be beneficial to human flourishing.
When we stay balanced on our middle path, we can take into account our family's feelings, but we can also live our own life, our way and on our terms. We can welcome advice, but we can listen to our heart. And when we come up against resistance, pessimism, stubbornness or pushiness, we can do what is right for us with love and kindness for those who will never understand.
In today's podcast, the second part of a 2-part series on contentment and satisfaction, we dive into meaning, purpose, ambition, dreams, goals, success, family dynamics, and confidently living the life the of your dreams.
Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.
*****
If you ever feel like my words brought a change in your life, and want to show your SUPPORT for what I am doing, click here.
Find all of my BOOKS for wherever you are on your spiritual journey: https://www.eastwesticism.org/spiritual-meditation-books/
Want to gift a book to a prisoner? Go here.
Welcome to path to peace with Todd Perelmuter. I'm your host, Todd Perelmuter our world is a projection of our collective consciousness, the more peace we bring into our lives, the more peace we bring into this world. So let the transformation begin. One of the most common impediments to us feeling content in our lives, is the opinions and recognition, praise from our friends and family, and community. So often, what we want in our lives is not what our parents want, or maybe not what is normal, or maybe, you know, times have changed technologically and older generations don't understand how the economy has changed. So there can become these hardline battles where you know, typically, stereotypically, it is the mother or father that wants their child to be any kind of doctor or lawyer in the world. They can be any kind of doctor or lawyer, and that will make mom and dad proud and that is acceptable. Well, obviously, things are changing in both of those professions, and so many others. So it is very common to find these rifts between generations, and just even people wanting to express their own ideas of a good life. And so we have this problem where there's these two internal battles going on, in the mind, of every person who is struggling with society's expectations, both society's expectations that we've internalized, and we are kind of like rats, on a spinning wheel, we're just kind of chasing something that we didn't even really know we wanted, and those expectations that society, our friends and family have of us, but that go against our true calling, of what we feel we are meant to do. And so there's this inner battle raging on there's actually two, between living our life for ourselves and pleasing those people we want to please because we love them. And the other internal conflict we have going on inside of us is trying to determine how much of our friends relatives, peers, thoughts, opinions, fears are justified and truthful, or fear base and pessimistic and stemming from and unawareness from now outsider's perspective, there is usually a middle path kind of answer to both of these problems, there is going to be some truth in every concern. financial worries for others, is not unreasonable. But the most important thing we have to remember when it's our lives, and other people's expectations. There are many things that we can put on the little scorecard of life that people keep in their minds as a way of comparing and competing with other people to see who wins at life. And it typically is money in a bank account and cars and boats and houses and how nice they are and these sorts of of measuring sticks. But some people find that freedom is the greatest asset and defining characteristic of a perfect life, the ability to work remotely. And on your own schedule. These things aren't on most people's scorecard. And so when we do proper inquiry into how we are conducting our lives, some people will take risks that others will not. Some people value, doing what they love more than money. The only thing that matters is that we listen to our heart. And the more we can step out of our condition, the more we can recognize where our thinking is, because of fears of what other people will think and say, then the more we can start to hear that whisper from our heart, calling to us, and letting us know what we really value most what how we really want to be spending our day. We live in these interconnected communities. And we want approval and praise. And we need each other to survive. We need support from time to time, and it takes a village. Well, it certainly makes it a lot easier. But a true community that will be there that will support us when we need them is usually the kind that understands our weirdness that understands our uniqueness that understands that even if they don't understand our vision, that they can understand us, and they can support us. Because that's what being a supportive member of the community is all about. And so we all have to find that center in us that is different in each of us. That tells us how comfortable we are with following our heart to heck with the concerns of my loved ones. Or no, I think they know what's best. And I don't mind being a lawyer. Or maybe for you, it's that middle path that is able to muster that love, patience and compassion in order to try to persuade your parents in this case, or if it's other loved ones who are not supportive of a goal or a vision. We'll all have a different Northstar that tells us where we have to go despite every single challenge naysayer and judger if we are insecure, if there is fear over our goal and mission and purpose, then it is not strong enough. And the anger we feel and other people not understanding is merely triggering that insecurity that is within us. Because the more we sit with that vision, the more we think of the details, and we think of the steps that make that a reality. That becomes a solid vision unshakable. And we become more able to take on the doubters. So there's going to be doubters, a strong business person, is one who is so confident that they can turn every doubter into a believer or they will, you know, sadly, be in for a surprise when the There's massive success. But we need to sit with that vision, we need to put in those steps to creating it, and not lose ourselves in any thing else, except this moment. And this step at this time, and what we do right now, that gets us to that destination. Because there is actually something that every single manifester I've seen gets a little bit different take from my personal observations, which what I have noticed is, when we are visualizing our future, we are subconsciously, vision, visualizing the gap between where we are and where we want to be. And that gap is a suffering gap, we really suffer the greater that gap because we want to be very far from where we are now, in terms of dreams, ambitions, and, you know, personal financial, etc. And so instead of trying to force this gratitude, this feeling of that we're already rich when we're not, or that we've got this perfect family that we're hoping to create, when we don't have it. So you know, our subconscious knows better. And there is this sense of sadness, this longing, this loss, and that creates the scarcity mindset. I mean, everything that we want for manifesting is the opposite, when we really focus on this future unachieved goal. So what I tell people is to see how you can create a way to be grateful for this moment right here and now. Because that is the truth, that is real gratitude, that is infusing your manifestation your future dreams, with real gratitude and grateful energy right here. And now because what you're doing, when you say, where I am right now, maybe it's in my parents basement, maybe you know, it's in a tiny studio apartment, wherever it is, whatever it is, be so grateful that you are there, that your success story is in this beginning phase that it has begun, that you can look back and laugh at where ever you are right now, the worse the better, you know, the worse, the more we can appreciate the incredible success story we're starting right now. This creates gratitude, and confidence. Because we are in that beginning story. Wherever we are, whatever it is, now is the beginning right now, every now this now, it has just begun again. And we are all at the start of an incredible epic. And you know where you want to go, you've thought about your plans. And if you haven't, do that, spend some time 100% visualizing and creating that blueprint not of what the business is, because that might change. You might go into one business and realize, you know, they love this product. And I'm going to go in more into that category. You know, things might change, but see what you're doing all day, because that's the most important thing. See who you're surrounded with, because that's the most important thing and then see what steps from now to their, where they're and what did they look like and get cracking and just because other people don't see and believe this vision, this idea which usually happens from people who didn't believe in their own visions. You are writing your story. And you are the co director. Of Your Life, the Universe in you, co directing, you set up the shot, you choose where the camera and attention goes. You get to create the blueprint, the outline, and then the universe will send in some, quite a bunch of characters, I'm sure. Sometimes we get to choose the location and the setting and the time and the ambience. And in sometimes we are in someone else's movie. But it all works out. Life isn't so serious. It's not life and death. There's only right and wrong and regrets if we put this insane pressure on ourselves. Or if we choose to take on the failures and mistakes and projections of other people. At the end of the day, how we speak to us how that voice in our head speaks to ourselves about ourselves, is the most important voice in our lives. It doesn't matter if everyone is praising us. And we are so self critical and hurtful towards ourselves. And it doesn't matter if everyone is incredibly hurtful. And we take on that hurt and pain. Because at the end of the day, it's our lives. Our responsibility, we make the final say, we make the choices that we live with. If that is a life, that is dependent on other people's approval, we are not free human beings. And at the end of the day, beyond any freedom from a job or freedom from a boss, freedom, in our mind, freedom to choose for ourselves, not a slave to our impulses, not a slave to the expectations and demands of a society whose values may not be in line with our own. This is key to any life, with purpose and meaning. Without freedom, we are robots, we are not full, complete human beings. millions, if not billions of people have fought and died, to taste that sweet air of freedom and not all the time. But sometimes that oppression can come from our friends and family and the people who love us the most out of their love and fear for us. They may try to limit us but we can only be diminished if we allow others to diminish us if we sit firmly rooted in our infinite miraculousness connected to that divinity within us that mysterious spark of life that connects us to the entire universe. We are consciousness walking around in these human bodies that are the most advanced, sophisticated technology in the universe. Most advanced life forms. We are walking around each of us in these Rolls Royces. And when we recognize that just incredible on spiring wonder inducing realization of simply being alive, consciousness walking on Earth in 2023 we cannot be diminished light of consciousness that is the same in everyone equal and infinite. There is no greater light of consciousness than any other. We are all doing our best guessing through this weird life. And as long as we do it with love and compassion as our guiding Northstar, then we will not get lost, we will not go astray, we will not wander off the cliff as a species. So no matter what you do, if you do it with love, then even failure is success. Be brave, be bold, be smart. Whatever you do, do it with your full consciousness. And then you'll always know what to do. You've been listening to path to peace with Todd Perelmuter. Being here and putting in this important and noble work is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself and others. If you found this podcast even a little helpful, please make sure to leave a review so it can reach others who may be in need. And remember, the path to peace starts with a single step.