Embracing Imperfection: The Path to True Self Acceptance with La Sarmiento

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Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, La Sarmiento explores what it means to embrace imperfection to discover the path to true self-acceptance. La shares their journey of discovering and embracing identity, belonging, and the challenges of living authentically in a world that often demands conformity.

Key Takeaways:

Learning to feed our “good wolf” through conscious effort and daily choices
Balancing the absolute truth of oneness with the relative truth of societal inequalities
The role of identity in spiritual practice and the complexities of the “no-self” teaching
Creating inclusive spaces in spiritual communities and the challenges of true integration
The transformative power of unconditional love through relationships, including animals

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0:00.0	That's how I lived a lot of my life, was trying to be perfect so I could be acceptable.
0:04.1	And what I've found is, wow, the more imperfect I am, the more acceptable I've actually become.
0:16.3	Welcome to the one you feed.
0:18.6	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance
0:21.4	of the thoughts we have. Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think,
0:27.6	ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend
0:33.3	toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:40.0	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:43.3	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:45.5	But it's not just about thinking.
0:47.0	Our actions matter.
0:51.5	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:54.2	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:56.7	how they feed their good wolf.
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