In this week’s episode of Getting Naked With Nate, I do my best to shed some light on the question of whether life really IS supposed to be so darn difficult!?!
I quote some far wiser folk than I, talk about what we DO have control over and share some peaceful music to ease the ride. Hopefully the tools I share near the end of this episode can be enlightening to you, as they have to me!
Strangely enough, this was the podcast episode I’ve felt the most nervous about sharing! I feel like it’s such a huge topic, and I know so very little, and make so many mistakes, hah. Anyway, I’m glad I overcame my insecurities and am sharing this with you here! May it bring self-love, understanding and joy into the world.
Please do comment with your thoughts below, I’m very excited to hear from you. If you have topics you’d love to hear me chat about, please share those too, as well as any questions you might have for me, related or unrelated!
Thanks, and enjoy episode 7 of my podcast!!!
Show Notes:
- Buddhism
- 4 Noble Truths
- Suffering exists
- Suffering arises from attachment to desires
- Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
- Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
- 8-fold path
- Right view
- Right intention
- Right speech
- Right action
- Right livelihood
- Right effort
- Right mindfulness
- Right concentration
- 4 Noble Truths
- Books worth reading (affiliate links, so I make some money if you buy using them, yay)
- The Subject Tonight Is Love
– Hafiz
- Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu
- A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
- The Subject Tonight Is Love
- Tools
- Music Used
- Violin Trees by Your Correspondant
- Always Wandering by Nate Maingard (unreleased, but can be downloaded on Patreon)
- It’s The Little Things by Nate Maingard
Quotes
“The one having found his life will lose it, and the one having lost his life on account of Me will find it.” – Jesus
“Don’t let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
“Don’t Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won’t find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
“Fame is but a fruit tree, so very unsound. It can never flourish ’til its stalk is in the ground” – Nick Drake
Alright, that’s all, let me know what you think in the comments below!
Always, with love
Your troubadour and host
Nate
PS: what should I talk about next???
A Course In Miracles is another good resource. ET writes about it in The Power of Now.
https://youtu.be/4Y-2sV1igRs
Thanks John!
That was http://www.holisticdivorcecounseling.com
Interesting podcast. Like the mix of music and philosophy.
You may want to check out my free website: http://www.holisticdivorcecounsleing.com. Despite the name, it provides support, resources, and comfort for all life’s issues and transitions, not just the cosmic hazing of divorce.
Please share it with anyone who might benefit.
Namaste,
Nicole
Thanks a bunch for listening, and for the positive feedback! Good luck with your own site, sounds helpful 🙂
My perspective on suffering goes like so: if God spared not His own Son to suffer a crucifixion, why should I be spared? But my perspective is from a christian standpoint, so it is without my former delusions of grandeur thinking.
I now think along the lines of John 16:33 (NLT): Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. (Jesus speaking)
Yeah, Jesus was certainly a beautiful example of living with love no matter what happened