Good Word of the Day // Doing Without

“We are happy in direct proportion to the things we can do without.” Henry David Thoreau

Episode 259: What Has Been There All Along with Don Oakley – Good / True / & Beautiful | with Ashton Gustafson

Don Oakley is a spiritual teacher and the co-founder and director of the Well Being Retreat Center in Northeast Tennessee, where he and his wife, Patty, have spent nearly two decades creating a space for spiritual exploration, personal transformation, and awakening.Through retreats, teachings, and his growing online presence, Don invites others to move beyond the endless pursuit of self-improvement and rediscover the wholeness, peace, and awareness that have been present within them all along.In this episode of Good, True, & Beautiful, Don joins Ashton Gustafson to explore the difference between being and becoming, the illusion of the separate self, and the liberating realization that our deepest nature is not something we must achieve, but something we can simply recognize.Learn more: wellbeingretreatcenter.org
  1. Episode 259: What Has Been There All Along with Don Oakley
  2. Episode 258: The Heart of Transformation with Michael Meade
  3. Episode 257: There's Nothing Wrong with You – Dr. Rick Diamond
  4. Episode 256: An Intro to Poetry with Brad Aaron Modlin
  5. Episode 255: The Language of the Soul with Mark Nepo

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2 thoughts on “Good Word of the Day // Doing Without”

  1. Matt's avatar Matt says:

    You are amazing. 

    Thank you for the kind, gracious, loving teaching brightness you are bringing to our world. 

    You’re moving my needle so I’m guessing that you are moving a lot of needles. 

    I appreciate you and your insight through your podcasts.

    Thank you Brother 🙏

    Matt

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