A person could wake up spiritually, but still be highly underdeveloped emotionally and psychologically.

If we're just focused on spirituality as our path for development, then we're missing a huge

part of who we are that must be developed. It's important for one to ask oneself, what's the purpose

in my development? Do I want to heal? Do I want to grow? Do I want to evolve? Do I want to contribute? What are the reasons why one would commit to the development of their self? To be willing to go through the crucibles of burning away, the falseness of who we're not to find who we are. This is not a painless process. In order for us to be truly integrated, to live an integral life, we have to be shattered,

to be humble enough to even have a relationship with God.

99 plus percent of humans will always use the path of pain. I was a dead man. I had brain

damage, kidney damage, liver damage. I was in really, really bad shape, you know?

And I just wanted to live. And I was desperate to live. And I didn't know that I was going to have to have a spiritual awakening as a result of taking a course of action to get free from the bondage

of selfishness, the bondage of alcoholism, the bondage of addiction. My willingness to never go back

to the way I lived was so

resolute that God showed up, man. Life is the experience of remembering who we are. We get all gung-ho

about development and try to work towards a thing, yet the thing that we're working towards is

already ever present right now and always has

been that which we want to become is already who we are now hey welcome to wellness and wisdom

this is josh trent your host this has always been the place for you to gather apply and

embody the intelligence you need to live your life well scott i got a lot of gratitude for you to gather, apply, and embody the intelligence you need to live your life well. Scott, I got a lot of gratitude for you today. Thanks, man. Yeah. You see my little boy coming out right now. I do, man. You're all, you're like glowing, man. Listen, I was sitting this morning and I was thinking, what are we actually doing here? Like, what is this connection you and I have? And it's always been

about mentorship and friendship, which is such a powerful thing, right? And I was thinking, okay, what does this remind me of in my life?

When I was like 10 years old, dude, being raised on welfare in La Mesa, California, I was listening to Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew on Loveline.

Wow. And I was getting advice and learning about sexuality.

My dad was out of the home, so they were kind of like my surrogate fathers.

Wow.

And I realized that when people are hungry for wisdom, they just are drawn to it.

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