Category Archives: Let The Music Play

Podcast 49: Finding a “third way” with Aaron McHugh

Aaron McHugh writes and speaks about how restore balance and discover your path to a well-lived life.

He’s also an Ironman triathlete, a mountaineer, and a student of curiosity.

Aaron joins us for the second time in this episode of Let The Music Play Podcast, as he teaches and describes for us what it looks like to live and find “a third way” with the things that keep us curious in our lives.

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You can stream this episode and all other episodes of Let The Music Play Podcast in iTunes and also at AshtonGustafson.com.

Godspeed in your music making,

Ashton

 

 

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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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When a hobby turns into a metaphor…

…you’re on to something special.

We need all the time we can get with the things that can facilitate what we most need like patience (stillness and meditation), abstraction (art), eclecticism (music), wonder (astronomy), mystery (philosophy), surprise (travel), and resurrection (chocolate, cheese, whiskey, gardening, etc).

Watching sports will very rarely do this.

Permission to be weird as long as it gets you to what you’re meant to be becoming.

 

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3 Things I Want You To Do Today

  1. Read Andrew Sullivan’s article from New York Magazine entitled, “I Used to be a Human Being.” http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html?platform=hootsuite
  2. Listen to this little moment. https://gravitycenter.com/2903-2/
  3. Reflect on this poem called “Barter” by Sara Teasdale.
Life has loveliness to sell,
     All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
     Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children’s faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.
Life has loveliness to sell,
     Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
     Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirit’s still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.
Spend all you have for loveliness,
     Buy it and never count the cost;
For one white singing hour of peace
     Count many a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been, or could be.