Path to Peace with Todd Perelmuter

We all want our life to be all peaks all the time. We want maximum enjoyment, pleasure, satisfaction and achievement every moment of our waking lives. Even when we're asleep, we want the best dreams on the best mattress and sheets.  We want to always be at the peak of the rollercoaster of life. We want to reach the peak of the mountain without doing the hard, grudging work to get there. Not only do we want it, but we've come to expect it. And that is one of the major causes of suffering in our modern and comfortable lives. In this podcast episode, I explore if living life a life of just peaks is possible, if it would actually be a good thing, and if it would truly make us happy. I talk about how we can shift our perspective so that we can appreciate those inevitable dips. I share the truth about the fleeting and unsatisfactory nature of peaks. And I discuss how we can learn to find the joy in every step we take on this beautiful journey of life. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. ***** If you ever feel like my words brought a change in your life, and want to show your SUPPORT for what I am doing, click here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/donate/]. Find all of my BOOKS for wherever you are on your spiritual journey: https://www.eastwesticism.org/spiritual-meditation-books/ Want to gift a book to a prisoner? Go here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/fundraising-for-prisoners/].

Why do we give great advice to others and yet we have a hard time following it ourselves? What is the root cause of our own self-sabotage? Why do we keep making the same mistakes over and over again? And what can we do to break the cycle? In this podcast, I talk about why we keep failing to make positive changes and I share a simple 3-step process for breaking free from that inner voice that keeps giving us bad ideas. If we want to stop making life hard for ourselves, we have to get to the source of the problem. Exerting immense effort and discipline is exhausting and unsustainable. Only by understanding the true nature of self-sabotage can we free ourselves from this habit once and for all. Here is how to do exactly that. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. ***** If you ever feel like my words brought a change in your life, and want to show your SUPPORT for what I am doing, click here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/donate/]. Find all of my BOOKS for wherever you are on your spiritual journey: https://www.eastwesticism.org/spiritual-meditation-books/ Want to gift a book to a prisoner? Go here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/fundraising-for-prisoners/].

We are all addicts. Every single one of us is addicted. And it's not to our phone, alcohol, food, work, substances, gambling, sex, shopping or whatever else you may think it is.  Some of us are wild and out of control. And some of us are able to manage our addiction. But we all struggle, we exhaust ourselves putting forth tremendous effort to refrain, and in the end we either cave in or temporarily fight off. But we all have this one addiction, and it is the cause of all our other addictions. In this podcast, I share what this universal addiction is. I talk about how we get it, how to notice it, and how to free ourselves from it. This addiction is the root cause to all of our other addictions. It's why we often swap one addiction for another. It's why we can seem to have many addictions or an "addictive personality." As long as we focus on the symptoms of our addiction — the substances or the activities — we will never be free. When we get to the root cause of our addiction, all addictions effortlessly fade away. Here's how to do exactly that. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. ***** If you ever feel like my words brought a change in your life, and want to show your SUPPORT for what I am doing, click here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/donate/]. Find all of my BOOKS for wherever you are on your spiritual journey: https://www.eastwesticism.org/spiritual-meditation-books/ Want to gift a book to a prisoner? Go here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/fundraising-for-prisoners/].

Who’s your best friend? Did you say yourself? You should, because there’s no one more important to you than you. You may think there is, but you can only experience other people through your own state of consciousness. So your state of consciousness is the most important determining factor for your relationships and your happiness in life. So how do you treat yourself? How do you talk to yourself? Are you loving and kind, or critical and harsh? Do you spend quality time with yourself uninterrupted and undistracted, or do you avoid yourself? Do you dread spending extended alone time with just yourself, or do you love it? The answer to this question is the real measure of your happiness.  In this podcast, I talk about the nature of our relationship with ourselves. I share 3 simple but powerful steps for improving that relationship. I talk about a practical tool that a shaman in Peru taught me for giving ourselves some much needed self-love. And I share how we can deepen our relationship with ourself in a way that improves our relationships with everyone around us. Remember, if the source of happiness was on top of the world's tallest mountain or at the bottom of the deepest ocean, it would have been discovered long ago and everyone would make a pilgrimage to this place. But instead, the universe put that source of happiness in the last place anyone would think to look — within. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. ***** If you ever feel like my words brought a change in your life, and want to show your SUPPORT for what I am doing, click here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/donate/]. Find all of my BOOKS for wherever you are on your spiritual journey: https://www.eastwesticism.org/spiritual-meditation-books/ Want to gift a book to a prisoner? Go here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/fundraising-for-prisoners/].

There is an epidemic sweeping the world. You may have it and not even know it. That disease is called denialism, and it's not just psychological. It manifests as physical symptoms and can negatively impact every aspect of our life. We live in a world where appearances matter more than truth. We are rewarded if we can shove down our pain, ignore our stress, and drown our sorrows. But when all of those problems bubble under the surface, eventually they explode. Denial is one of the major, if not the number one cause, of chronic pain, addiction, mental crises, anger outbursts, and many of the physical disorders and diseases in our world. The fact is, we need to feel to heal. We need to address what's going on beneath the surface so that we can release it in a healthy way. In this podcast, I share how to do exactly that. Please enjoy other episodes where I share meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date. ***** If you ever feel like my words brought a change in your life, and want to show your SUPPORT for what I am doing, click here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/donate/]. Find all of my BOOKS for wherever you are on your spiritual journey: https://www.eastwesticism.org/spiritual-meditation-books/ Want to gift a book to a prisoner? Go here [https://www.eastwesticism.org/fundraising-for-prisoners/].