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Life’s Essentials with Prem Rawat

Gratitude and Joy; Patience is the key

Tue Oct 05 2021
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Acast powers the world's best podcasts. Katie Oven and Jasmine Pack host a podcast called Bike Club for Tasty, where they discuss food topics and create rankings of their favorite foods. Prem Rowat's Life Essentials podcast episode is about gratitude and joy, emphasizing the importance of maintaining clarity and patience in our lives. Balancing life requires both mind and heart. Negative self-talk can create anxiety and fear. We often focus on the negative experiences and forget the good ones. Prisons are made bad by the people inside them. The Peace Education program helps prisoners realize their role in creating their own misery. Clarity can have a profound impact on our lives. A humorous encounter helped secure rights for a show in Iran. A story about choosing a successor highlights the importance of asking questions. Father advises son to work hard, be honest, and avoid greed in life. Son expresses gratitude for father's wisdom and inspiration. Father asks son what he sees, and son describes his surroundings. Father emphasizes the importance of patience and adjusting to the light within oneself. The speaker highlights the wonders of the universe and encourages patience to appreciate them. Choosing not to be thankful leads to misery, while gratitude brings joy and understanding. The speaker discusses the limitations of technology in communication. Smartphones have made their owners dumb. The world is facing issues like fake news, suicide, homelessness, overflowing prisons, wars, destruction of the planet, deforestation, and high carbon footprint. Container ships produce more pollution than all the cars on Earth due to their use of diesel and sulfur dioxide emissions. There is a possibility for a better world where people live consciously and protect the planet. The population is rapidly increasing with over 7.7 billion people currently. Despite technological advancements, there are still problems like obesity and food scarcity. Human beings need to be in control of technology and make choices based on clarity, heart, understanding, peace, joy, and human dignity. Greed has caused many problems in the world and it's only going to get worse unless changes are made. Prem Rowart offers an online course called Peak for personal peace and has a new book called Hear Yourself.

Insights

Balancing life requires both mind and heart

Negative self-talk can create anxiety and fear. We often focus on the negative experiences and forget the good ones. Prisons are made bad by the people inside them. The Peace Education program helps prisoners realize their role in creating their own misery. Clarity can have a profound impact on our lives. A humorous encounter helped secure rights for a show in Iran. A story about choosing a successor highlights the importance of asking questions.

Father advises son to work hard, be honest, and avoid greed in life

Son expresses gratitude for father's wisdom and inspiration. Father asks son what he sees, and son describes his surroundings. Father emphasizes the importance of patience and adjusting to the light within oneself. The speaker highlights the wonders of the universe and encourages patience to appreciate them. Choosing not to be thankful leads to misery, while gratitude brings joy and understanding. The speaker discusses the limitations of technology in communication.

Chapters

  1. Acast powers the world's best podcasts
  2. Balancing life requires both mind and heart
  3. Father advises son to work hard, be honest, and avoid greed in life
  4. Smartphones have made their owners dumb
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Transcript

Acast powers the world's best podcasts

00:02 - 11:17

  • Katie Oven and Jasmine Pack host a podcast called Bike Club for Tasty, where they discuss food topics and create rankings of their favorite foods
  • Prem Rowat's Life Essentials podcast episode is about gratitude and joy, emphasizing the importance of maintaining clarity and patience in our lives
  • Prem encourages listeners to focus on getting to the other side of challenges rather than being overwhelmed by them
  • He highlights the significance of appreciating every moment and finding joy in the gift of breath
  • Pursuing wisdom, love, understanding, kindness, freedom, and peace requires courage
  • The heart plays a crucial role in balancing life alongside the mind

Balancing life requires both mind and heart

10:51 - 22:39

  • Negative self-talk can create anxiety and fear
  • We often focus on the negative experiences and forget the good ones
  • Prisons are made bad by the people inside them
  • The Peace Education program helps prisoners realize their role in creating their own misery
  • Clarity can have a profound impact on our lives
  • A humorous encounter helped secure rights for a show in Iran
  • A story about choosing a successor highlights the importance of asking questions

Father advises son to work hard, be honest, and avoid greed in life

22:12 - 35:27

  • Son expresses gratitude for father's wisdom and inspiration
  • Father asks son what he sees, and son describes his surroundings
  • Father emphasizes the importance of patience and adjusting to the light within oneself
  • The speaker highlights the wonders of the universe and encourages patience to appreciate them
  • Choosing not to be thankful leads to misery, while gratitude brings joy and understanding
  • The speaker discusses the limitations of technology in communication

Smartphones have made their owners dumb

35:06 - 44:45

  • The world is facing issues like fake news, suicide, homelessness, overflowing prisons, wars, destruction of the planet, deforestation, and high carbon footprint
  • Container ships produce more pollution than all the cars on Earth due to their use of diesel and sulfur dioxide emissions
  • There is a possibility for a better world where people live consciously and protect the planet
  • The population is rapidly increasing with over 7.7 billion people currently
  • Despite technological advancements, there are still problems like obesity and food scarcity
  • Human beings need to be in control of technology and make choices based on clarity, heart, understanding, peace, joy, and human dignity
  • Greed has caused many problems in the world and it's only going to get worse unless changes are made
  • Prem Rowart offers an online course called Peak for personal peace and has a new book called Hear Yourself
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