A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Editor's Note: This is a rebroadcast. It originally aired June 2020. One of the most burning questions in life is what it is you’re called to do with it. What is your life’s purpose? What great work are you meant to do? Guidance on this question can come from many sources, and my guest today says that one of the best is the Bhagavad Gita, a text of Hindu scripture thousands of years old. He’s a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and author of The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling. Stephen Cope and I begin our conversation with an introduction to the Bhagavad Gita, the significant influence it’s had on philosophers and leaders for ages, and what it can teach us about making difficult decisions. We then discuss the insights the Gita offers on the four pillars of right living, beginning with discerning your true calling or sacred duty. We unpack the three areas in your life to examine for clues to your life’s purpose, and why that purpose may be small and quiet rather than big and splashy. Stephen then explains the doctrine of unified action, why you have to pursue your calling full out, and why that pursuit should include the habit of deliberate practice. We also discuss why it’s central to let go of the outcome of actions to focus on the work itself, and the need to turn your efforts over to something bigger than yourself. All along the way, Stephen offers examples of how these pillars were embodied in the lives of eminent individuals who lived out their purpose.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, it's Brett. We're taking a break. It's 4th of July or Independence Day here in the United States.
0:04.0	So I'm with my family, Reaton, Hamburger, and Shooting Fireworks off.
0:07.0	So we're going to re-broadcast episode number 616, a guide for the journey to your true calling.
0:12.4	One of our most popular episodes last year. Hope you enjoy it.
0:15.5	See you on Wednesday with a brand new episode.
0:25.3	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:29.1	One of the most burning questions in life is what it is you're called to do with them.
0:32.8	What's your life's purpose? What great work are you meant to do?
0:35.9	Guidance on this question can come from many sources in my guest today,
0:38.8	so that one of the best is the Bhagavad Gita, text if you're new scripture, thousands of years old.
0:43.1	Same as Stephen Cope, he's a psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and the author of the great work of your life,
0:47.3	the guide for the journey to your true calling.
0:49.5	See when I began our conversation with the introduction of the Bhagavad Gita,
0:52.2	the significant influence it's had on philosophers and leaders of four ages,
0:55.3	and what it can teach us about making difficult decisions.
0:57.8	We then discussed the insights the Gita offers on the four pillars of right living,
1:01.2	beginning with discerning your true calling or sacred duty.
1:03.6	We impact the three areas in your life to examine for clues to your life's purpose,
1:07.2	why that purpose may be small and quiet, rather than big and splashy.
1:10.7	Stephen then explains that doctrine of unified action,
1:13.0	why you have to pursue your calling and fall out,
1:14.6	and why that pursuit should include the habit of deliver practice.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Art of Manliness, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Art of Manliness and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.