503. Faith, Serendipity, and Spiritual Minimalism with Light Watkins
Commune with Jeff Krasno
Commune Media
4.6 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Alan Watts Story About the Chinese Farmer
White Polar Bear Study
Go to onecommune.com/light to enjoy a free 7-day pass to Light Watkins’ 21 Day Meditation Challenge.
In this episode we cover:
0:03:07 – What was The Shine?
0:13:57 – How can one create community?
0:21:05 – What is spiritual minimalism?
0:24:18 – What is a leap of faith?
0:26:25 – What essentials do you carry in your bag?
0:37:57 – What's your particular skill with paper?
0:39:38 – How do you remember people's names?
0:44:11 – What is flaneuring?
0:53:50 – What does "no throwaway moments" mean?
1:02:11 – How do you become comfortable with discomfort?
1:08:51 – What is the resting squat?
1:13:13 – What's your take on the freedom of choice?
1:20:12 – What's your ten step process for meditation?
1:41:17 – What's your idea of final impressions?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today on the show, I welcome Light Watkins. |
| 0:16.1 | Light is a best-selling author, an accomplished meditation teacher, and founder and host of The Shine, |
| 0:24.1 | best described as the Jimmy Kimmel Show for Mindfulness. |
| 0:28.7 | I hosted the show many times back in the day, a wanderlust, and it was a fantastic experience. |
| 0:35.7 | In today's conversation, Light and I explore the topic of spiritual minimalism, |
| 0:41.3 | which is also the subject of his latest book, |
| 0:44.3 | Travel Light, which is an appropriately sized book, |
| 0:49.3 | if you're wondering. |
| 0:50.3 | Light shares his experience of living a minimalist and nomadic lifestyle. |
| 0:55.0 | In fact, he's lived for multiple years out of a single backpack |
| 1:00.0 | and how this transformation inspired deeper introspection |
| 1:04.0 | and helped him to differentiate between biological needs |
| 1:08.0 | and psychological desires. |
| 1:11.6 | In our conversation, Light also illustrates the concept of no throwaway moments with anecdotes |
| 1:19.6 | that demonstrate the power of faith and belief and serendipity and letting go of the need to assign |
| 1:26.6 | advantage or disadvantage to every event in our lives. |
| 1:31.3 | His poignant story reminds us that sometimes life's unforeseen twists and turns lead us to something truly extraordinary, |
| 1:41.3 | and that each moment, no matter how ordinary it may seem can shape our future |
| 1:46.8 | in unexpected and often wonderful ways. If you want to go deeper with light, go to onecom |
| 1:54.7 | slash light to enjoy a free seven-day pass to his 21-day meditation challenge. |
| 2:03.1 | But before we dive in, we're so grateful to those of you who write us reviews on Apple |
| 2:07.7 | podcasts that we created a special offer, just for you, 30 days of free commune membership. |
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