Snippet of wisdom 30.
In this series I select my favourite, most insightful moments from previous episodes of the podcast.
Todayβs snippet comes from my conversation with Simon Paul Sutton, author of βBurglar to Buddhaβ.
The snippet I chose from that conversation is about the cosmic dance of life and discovering the playful Buddha within us.
I hope it is as insightful for you as it was for me!
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Listen to the full conversation in episode #222:
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I am Agi Keramidas, a podcaster, mentor, and knowledge broker. My mission is simple - to inspire you to take action towards a purposeful and fulfilling life.
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In this episode, we engage with the idea of 'core unworthiness', a belief system deeply ingrained in our species, leading us to constantly view ourselves as flawed, imperfect, and in constant competition with others. My guest, Simon Paul Sutton, discusses the transformation from taking life too seriously to embracing it as a cosmic dance and the profound realisation that life is a grand play. Listen as we explore how to combat this distortion, self-abuse, and conflict it causes and invite everyone back into the playful and laughing Buddha within us.
Don't miss this profound conversation that will leave you pondering about life, divinity, and the essence of being human!
EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION
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Agi Keramidas 0:02
welcome to Personal Development mastery podcast. And this is another snippets of wisdom episode where I select my favourite, most insightful moments from previous episodes. I hope it is as insightful for you as it was for me.
Simon Paul Sutton 0:21
This journey of awareness so when I, when I write in the book burglar to Buddha, it's a big statement to call myself Buddha. Yeah, because most beings, most beings will be like, you know, who does he think he is calling himself Buddha, right? I haven't studied Buddhism, I haven't meditated on the Himalayas for years on end. I haven't renounced everything. So who am I to call myself Buddha. And so my exploration of Buddha of Buddhahood is really the greater awareness. This is my interpretation of it, the greater awareness of our divinity, that we are divine beings. And not that we're divine beings, just when we've read Eckhart Tolle, but we're Divine Beings from the moment of our inception. And so, my dedication is to, to celebrate that divinity within myself, and to support others to realise that their own divinity. And what I mean by that is that a lot of this can sound conceptual, because we use words to describe that which cannot really be named because we're playing in the mystery. And then we're playing in the funky paradox of reality, and it can all get kind of convoluted and conceptual and, and even dogmatic on so many levels. So, we're where I'm at at the moment. Agnew's it's really about, you know, I am holding, I am complete, I am I am done, life is doing me, and I am here as the mystery as this expression of lifeforce. And we call it love, we call it source, we call it creation, we call it all these different names to, to express what seems to be inexpressible. And so I'm playing with the mystery. And that's really that's my, that's my devotion is to play with the mystery. And what I've learned from myself, is, the beautiful way to play with the mystery is to support others to realise that they can play with the mystery, and that they can play with themselves. And then they can play with themselves without guilt, and without shame. And without that they're less than, and without this deep rooted, which I believe is false. And I don't really like the word I believe, because belief itself is flawed. But like, this idea that we are unworthy. There's a deep rooted belief system in our species called the core unworthiness. This is a term that a friend Ted shiner on one of my Simon on the sofa talks spoke about, and he spoke that through religion, their birth, this core unworthiness. And what happened is that when humans take on board this core unworthiness, we see ourselves as constantly flawed, constantly imperfect, and constantly in competition with each other. Because we don't see ourselves as whole, perfect and divine. And so for me, this is a distortion that has created so many conflicts, so much self abuse, so much war. And so I evoke and welcome everyone back into the playful Laughing Buddha, the Laughing Buddha, that laughs at all, and realises that it's all a play. And so, I went from taking life so seriously caught up in the illusion and the delusion of reality, went on a quest to be a performer and actor and play, you know, in theatre in this like cosmic dance, and then realise that wow, the whole thing is one big play. And if I want to contribute to humanity, you know, what do I want to offer? And the only question that came was sorry, the only answer that came Aggie was be love, amplify love. And so this kind of my devotion
Agi Keramidas 5:05
Thank you for tuning in. You can listen to the full conversation the link is in the show notes. If you've enjoyed this episode, can you find one person that you think it would add value to and share it with them? I would really appreciate you. It helps grow the show and it also helps you add value to people you care about. Thank you so much. Until next time, stand out don't fit in!