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SHOW NOTES:
In this conversation, Jacob and Scott talk about…
- who they are and why they’re doing this podcast
- the commitment to living in one’s truth
- the freedom that comes with giving up the chase for enlightenment
- how they define love, and how they move with love in their lives
- the importance and power of self-love
- the ease with which we get pulled into hatred
- getting really honest with ourselves and each other
- making choices that create more peace and joy in our lives
- listening to the body for guidance
- maintaining relationships with loved ones with different political views
- walking away from unhealthy relationships
- connecting to our inherent worth
- letting go of martyrdom, as a parent and in general
- saying goodbye to all the shoulds
- healthy selfishness
- accepting the reality of what is, and creating change within it
- the energy of victimhood and reliving damaging patterns
- bringing peace to the present moment
- trusting our inner compass to guide us
- looking at and transcending conditioning
- taking responsibility for how we show up in the world
- the importance of the question, “who am I?”
- how similar we all are at our core
- reflecting on the uglier aspects of our personalities
- replacing shame with love
- pretending not to be who we really are, and vice versa
- saying what you really want to say to others
What Scott’s reading:
The Creative Cure by Jacob Nordby
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
What Jacob’s reading:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
What’s Scott’s watching:
Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao
Anything with Vampires, Witches & Werewolves
What Jacob’s watching:
The End of the Tour, directed by James Ponsoldt
A Discovery of Witches
Here’s the poem Jacob read at the end of the show:
Forget About Enlightenment
by John Welwood
You are here:
Forget about enlightenment.
Sit down wherever you are
And listen to the wind singing in your veins.
Feel the love, the longing, the fear in your bones.
Open your heart to who you are, right now,
Not who you would like to be,
Not the saint you are striving to become,
But the being right here before you, inside you, around you.
All of you is holy.
You are already more and less
Than whatever you can know.
Breathe out,
Touch in,
Let go.