157: Light Watkins Solo Episode: My Thoughts on Relationships and the Principles of Spiritual Minimalism

The Light Watkins Show

Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Spiritual minimalism can be simply explained as minimalism from the inside out. It is seven basic principles that serve as a guideline toward doing more with less in an effort to live a more fulfilling life. Today, in Light’s 6th solo episode, he breaks down the seven principles of spiritual minimalism and how they can be used as a framework for understanding relationships. After introducing his upcoming book, Travel Light, our host explains the joys of flâneuring, why “relationships” is...

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0:00.0	A month later you find yourself still thinking about that person.
0:06.0	And maybe I overreact.
0:08.0	Maybe I didn't give it enough time.
0:10.0	Maybe this, maybe that.
0:11.0	Doesn't matter what the maybe is about.
0:12.0	The point is you're still curious about it.
0:13.6	Now your friends may look at that and go, oh you know you gave it a good shot, tried it. The last thing you
0:19.4	want to do is go back to that person. There's something inside of you saying you know go back to that person. There's something inside of you saying, you know, go back to that person.
0:24.4	At least go back and have a conversation to see where they are. And we've all been there.
0:28.3	Maybe, I don't know. I'd speak to myself. I've been there. I've been there.
0:31.3	In fact, I used to say, jokingly, I'm the world's
0:34.2	foremost expert in breaking up and getting back together because it's something that I always
0:37.7	used to do. And you find that your curiosity about it doesn't quite go away.
0:45.0	So eventually you get back together with the person.
0:48.6	And then, let's say three months later,
0:51.4	they break up with you.
0:54.0	Hello friends and welcome back to the Light Watkins show where I interview
0:58.7	ordinary folks just like you and me who've taken extraordinary leaps of faith in the direction of their
1:04.4	path their purpose or what they've identified with as their mission and in doing
1:08.9	so they've been able to positively impact and inspire the lives of many other people who've either heard
1:15.2	about their story or who've witnessed them in action or who've directly benefited from their
1:21.1	work.
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