Procrastination Is A Poison Arrow

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

5.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Unlock the secrets to bypassing life's distractions and making decisive choices with advice from the extraordinary Gregg Braden. This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom, where we dissect the ancient Buddhist parable of the poison arrow, eloquently featured in Greg's book "The Wisdom Codes." The narrative stands as a stark reminder that our questions and procrastination often hinder our journey toward our deepest dreams and desires. And, if you want more access to me, my coaching, and liv...

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0:00.0	Welcome to let it be easy with Susie Moore.
0:07.0	Today I have a treat for you my friends. Oh, this is a good one.
0:16.0	Actually, today before I sat down to record this, I interviewed the one and only Greg Braden.
0:22.4	I'm not sure if that would have dropped by the time this
0:26.1	episode drops but either way make sure you check it out because it is a it's an
0:32.3	incredible conversation.
0:34.7	Greg is really one of a kind.
0:37.4	Multiple New York Times for selling author,
0:39.3	scientist, spiritualist, wow. We were discussing his book The Wisdom Codes and we didn't get time to get around to this,
0:47.6	so I'm going to read it to you today and I want you to think about how this could apply to your life.
0:54.0	Okay?
0:55.0	He shares in his book The Wisdom Codes,
0:58.0	The Parable of the Poison Arrow.
1:02.0	The Poison Arrow. This is a Buddhist parable. The Parable of the Poison Arrow describes a hypothetical situation that forms the basis for a well-known cautionary tale in the Buddhist community.
1:21.0	Tradition states that Buddha offered this parable in response to repeated questions about topics that he felt were unnecessary to explore and irrelevant to ponder.
1:32.0	Side note, don't we do this a lot?
1:36.3	When asked by a monk to respond to a series of philosophical questions regarding the nature of life,
1:42.3	the cosmos, reality and human existence.
1:45.0	In this discourse, the Buddha declines to address every single one of these topics
1:52.0	due to the unknowable nature of the answers.
1:56.3	The text known as the Saba Sava Suta or Sutra
2:00.8	identifies the 16 questions that the monk asked as follows.
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