Justin Michael Williams on Meditation and Activism

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Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

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

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Justin Michael Williams is an author, a top 20 recording artist, and a transformational speaker who is using music and meditation to wake up the world. With over a decade of teaching experience, Justin has become a pioneering voice of color for the new healing movement. Between his podcast, keynotes, and motivational online platforms, Justin’s teachings have now spread to more than 40 countries around the globe. His new book is, Stay Woke: A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us. In this episode, Eric and Justin Michael Williams explore the connection between meditation and activism, which is to say, the work we do to heal ourselves and then the work we go do to help heal our world. Spiritual Habits Group Program – Find Solid Ground In Shaky Times: Join Eric in this virtual, live group program to learn powerful Spiritual Habits to help you access your own deep wisdom and calm steadiness – even when the world feels upside down. Click here to learn more and sign up. Enrollment is open now through Sunday, July 19th, 2020 But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Justin Michael Williams and I Discuss Meditation and Activism and… His new book, Stay Woke: A Meditation Guide for the Rest of Us The role, place, and importance of inner work and outer work That out of all the healing modalities he’s tried, meditation has had the biggest impact on his life How it’s not always our thoughts that create our reality That awareness calls us to get up off of our meditation cushion and take action That the real reason we meditate is to become more alive That we meditate not to disconnect but to reconnect That actions create our world The two things that co-create our reality: What happens to us and our reaction to it That privilege isn’t about what you’ve gone through, it’s about what you haven’t had to go through De-colonizing the oppression that lives within us and de-colonizing the external structures that hold us back in the world Calling people forward vs calling people out How we can’t shame people into long term change The type of meditation he teaches: Freedom Meditation That the guru is within you Justin Michael Williams Links: justinmichaelwilliams.com Twitter Instagram Facebook Indeed: Helps you find high impact hires, faster, without any long term contracts and you pay only for what you need. Get started with a free $75 credit for your first job post and get in front of more quality candidates by going to www.indeed.com/wolf Calm App: The app designed to help you ease stress and get the best sleep of your life through meditations and sleep stories. Join the 85 million people around the world who use Calm to get better sleep. Get 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription (a limited time offer!) by going to www.calm.com/wolf If you enjoyed this conversation with Justin Michael Williams on Meditation and Activism, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Austin Channing Brown Jamia Wilson Jeff Warren See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If we don't change on the inner level, then we can never change how the world occurs for us on the outside.
0:05.7	We just keep recreating the same thing over and over.
0:15.6	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:17.6	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:22.2	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:27.9	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:32.1	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:36.8	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:39.7	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:43.2	But it's not just about thinking.
0:45.2	Our actions matter.
0:46.6	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:51.5	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:55.9	how they feed their good wolf.
1:11.7	Thanks for joining us.
1:12.9	Our guest on this episode is author, top 20 recording artist, and transformational speaker,
1:19.0	Justin Michael Williams, who is using music and meditation to wake up the world.
1:23.7	With over a decade of teaching experience, Justin has become a pioneering voice of color for
1:28.4	the new healing movement. Between his podcast, keynotes, and motivational online platforms,
1:34.4	Justin's teachings have now spread to more than 40 countries around the globe.
1:38.8	His new book is Stay Woke, a meditation guide for the rest of us.
1:44.8	Hi Justin, welcome to the show.
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