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Researchers have determined that we are all insecure. It is an accepted truth of the human condition. Today I'll look at why it's good when we understand everyone struggles with self-doubt.

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“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” — Sir Edmund Hillary

"The child’s first attempts at autonomy are marked by ambivalence—both a longing for independence and a deep fear of losing the comforting security of the mother." - Margaret Mahler (Austrian Psychiatrist, Researcher)

"In becoming an individual, there is always a loss—a sense of insecurity that arises when one must leave the familiar behind to step into the unknown." - Margaret Mahler

"The infantile dependence on the mother creates a template for later relationships, where the anxiety of separation and the need for emotional reassurance continue to affect one’s sense of security." - Margaret Mahler

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Today, many people are recognizing that spiritual belief is massively growing. Topics like near-death experience, spiritual exploration and the use of psychedelics have recently been discussed in such main stream spaces as the NY Time, National Geographic, VOX, The Guardian, and are frequently covered in Psychology Today. Spiritual ideas which seemed hippie, “woo-woo,” and “out-there” only 20 years ago, are now part of the cultural conversation. There’s a shift happening. We are in a state of spiritual awakening. But what exactly is this thing we call a spiritual awakening? In episode 2 of this series, I cover these topics and more.

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Link to History of The Soul – The Soul Goes Undergroundepisode

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"The spiritual awakening we’re experiencing is leading us to a deeper understanding of our true nature and our purpose here on Earth.” - Ram Dass

"There is a shift happening in human consciousness, a shift from the head to the heart, from ego-based living to soul-based living.” - Eckhart Tolle

"The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more?” - Matt Haig

"A great spiritual awakening is occurring on the planet, and it’s happening because more and more of us are waking up to the truth of who we are." - Marianne Williamson

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The Age of Aquarius, The Shift, The Great Awakening, The New Earth, The Dawn of a New Era, The Age of Enlightenment, The Era of Spiritual Transformation. It’s been said many ways, but it means the same thing.

These terms imply significant changes or transitions in consciousness and spiritual awareness. Today I start a two-part series on the spiritual age we are currently in. What does it mean? And how do we embrace it?

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Psychology Today article by Steve Taylor Ph.D What Does It Mean to Be Spiritually Awakened?

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We all have ways we judge ourselves. What are some of yours? Today I add a simple tool to your spiritual growth toolbox.

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Two women pretended to be men; one for a week, and the other for more than a year. What they found left them depressed and sad.

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Reading:
Self-Made Man - One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man - Norah Vincent

Quotes:

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." -Ernest Hemingway

"It’s as if men are always on guard, always ready for a challenge, as if their very identity is at stake with every interaction." – Norah Vincent

"What I’d experienced as a man…was not the soul-deadening callousness I’d imagined but the exact opposite: a suffocating solitude." Vincent

"Men are, in fact, imprisoned by their roles as well, just as women are. They are held captive by their need to perform, to be the provider, the protector, the strong one, to keep all emotions in check." – Vincent

"A man’s success is measured by what he is willing to sacrifice to achieve it." –Bruce Lee

"A man’s greatest fear is that he is not good enough. His greatest fear is that he will be found out to be a failure, and everything he has built will come crumbling down." - David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man

References:

Quotes from Elizabeth Gilbert from Dr. Martha Beck, as shared on the Aug 5th, 2024 episode of the Huberman Lab podcast.

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Today I’m going to talk about masculinity -and why masculinity is as important now as it has been throughout history. I will also be challenging the term ‘toxic masculinity.’ The term ‘toxic masculinity’ wrongfully connects masculinity with negative behaviors that are actually rooted in a lack of maturity and self-control. We'll look at what masculinity is -and why men should strive to be genuinely masculine.

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Quotes:

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." - Confucius

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self." -Aristotle (384–322 BC)

"A real man is one who can handle seeing his woman with mud on her face, no makeup on, and still thinks she’s beautiful—and then promptly kills the spider." -Unknown

Further Reading:

Read more on the topic of masculinity by reading the works of Michael Kimmel and Joseph Pleck.

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We casually use the term spiritual growth... and most of us have a sense of what that means to us. But have you ever stopped and really considered what spiritual growth means to you. And maybe more importantly how it is you go about achieving spiritual growth? In this episode we look at what it is and ways we can approach it.

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Quotes:

"The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are." – Adyashanti

"The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one." -M. Scott Peck

"Spiritual growth increases our sense of what's possible. And as we sense new possibility, we can step into that possibility. With every word, every thought, every action, we choose what we wish to call forth in life." -Marianne Williamson

"When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one." -Paul Brunton

"Everything that happens in life is there to aid our spiritual growth." -M. Scott Peck

"Spiritual growth is like learning to walk. We stand up, fall, stand up, fall, take a step, fall, take a couple of steps, fall, walk a little better, wobble a bit, fall, run, and finally, eventually fly." -Geri Larkin, Zen Buddhist teacher

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More people today are focused on spiritual growth than ever before. But what exactly is spiritual growth? The answer to that question isn’t as simple as we might hope. The one thing that’s clear is that it requires us to turn our focus inward. Where personal growth is done primarily externally. Spiritual growth is done primarily internally. That’s where the work happens. This is part one of a two part show on this topic.

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Quotes:

"A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth." -Peace Pilgrim, American spiritual teacher

"Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next." Carl G. Jung

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." – Aristotle

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” - Dr Wayne Dyer

“It’s not the end of the world,” – Dolly Wheeler

"The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are." Adyashanti

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Opening music “No. 3” courtesy of The Denotes

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