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Jan 13 2017
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Podcast 47: Making Wisdom Go Viral with Jay Shetty

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After living in a season of stillness and solitude after finishing college, Jay Shetty took his experience as a monk in India to empower his passion and hope for the world…making wisdom go viral.

Over the last 10 years Jay has helped more than 10,000 people find their purpose through ancient wisdom. Moreover, Jay has developed workshops and delivered keynotes to empower people to successfully apply mindfulness techniques in their lives. His video, “Changing the world begins with us”, featured by The Huffington Post received 10 million + views in just 5 days of launch.

His work has also appeared on BBC Radio London, BBC Asia Network, and Shortlist Magazine.

Jay joins us in this episode of Let The Music Play Podcast, as we discuss the insights he’s gained through his journey of awakening to the reality that happiness is an inside job.

Lastly, remember that all episodes of Let The Music Play Podcast are available for streaming or downloading in iTunes or at AshtonGustafson.com.

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Jan 13 2017
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Awareness, Books, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership

When you’re stuck…

…are you stuck because it’s safer there?

Unstuck would mean freedom, right?

And freedom would mean exposure, right?

And exposure would mean you would be seen, right?

Here’s some gospel creamer for your life’s cup of coffee to be sipped all of your days…

…we want to see you.

…we need to see you.

…and we won’t be the same without you.

So be free. If you need a permission slip, consider this it.

Expose us to the never-ending you that’s alive in the temporary you.

If life is a lesson in learning to love, then it appears we need that to be individually mirrored in approximately 7.4 billion ways.

Alas, no one has ever tried to be you before.

So try yourself on for size.

We’ll all say it fits.

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Jan 11 2017
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Being, Doing, and Having.

We tend to find ourselves in one of three camps…

  1. Have – Do – Be
    1. “Once I have_____ I will then get to _____ and finally I will be_____.
  2. Do – Have – Be
    1. “If I could just _____ I would have _______ which makes me _______.
  3. Be – Do – Have.
    1. “I am loved and enough so my story’s potential is limitless and everything I could ever want is here and available in this moment.”

Two of these are cuffs on the hands of our hearts and souls.

One of these breaks the chains.

 

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Jan 05 2017
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The Best of 2016 Let The Music Play Podcast

Dearest music maker,

I am so grateful for you joining me on the journey of making music with our lives. 2016 was a wonderful and beautiful year for Let The Music Play Podcast.

I remember the first time I ever interviewed someone twelve months ago. I didn’t know how to work the recording device and had no idea how much of an art form interviewing someone is. Nevertheless, I kept hitting record and asking my heroes, mystics, authors, artists, sages, and philosophers about the music they make with their life, relationships, and careers.

In this episode you will find a few of the highlights from the past year’s interviews. Enjoy!

And a BIG thank you goes out to Ryan O’Neal of Sleeping At Last for providing the music playing behind all of this wisdom shared!

Godspeed,

Ashton

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Jan 04 2017
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Awareness, Books, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, success

Words hiding in words…

Passion hides in compassion…as does compass.

Light hides in enlighten.

Be hides in begin, being, and better.

Maybe hide isn’t the right word here…especially once we’ve been given eyes to see them. Maybe rest is the appropriate feel and vibe for this conversation.

Heschel told us “words create worlds”.

It looks like they also unveil worlds within the worlds they create.

 

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