[NEW EPISODE] Making Friends With The Unknown

EPISODE SUMMARY:
This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, we have another fascinating show with just you and Sam as he shares with you his own experiences of dealing with the unknown, and what we have to learn from them.

It is too common that we hit an unexpected turn in our path, or pothole in the road to where we think we are going. We have plans, expectations, and then some sudden event derails our plans. Now what? What do we do to deal with these unexpected twists and turns?

Life never goes according to plan. Life is organic, changeable, and surprising. We all know this. We have all experienced times when we were forced to shift and change what we were going to do. Where we get in trouble is when we hold on too tightly to our plans, and always expect things to according to them. That rarely happens.

This week we’ll talk about how to live a magically life by learning to embrace those very moments when the most unexpected things show up. Tune in and share your own thoughts on our YouTube livestream. What unexpected events are you dealing with?  Join in and share your questions and your stories with us!

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Show Notes

Segment 1

In his customary fashion, Sam commences this week's episode by sharing a passage from his book, "Everyday Awakening," entitled "We are spirit and matter, and both are important." The book is available at www.everydayawakeningbook.com. An enthralling episode lies ahead, offering an exclusive exchange between you and Sam. As he delves into his personal engagements with the unfamiliar, Sam imparts deep-seated revelations concerning traversing uncharted territories and extracting priceless enlightenment from these moments.

Segment 2

Sam reveals that he's currently navigating through an exceedingly unforeseen circumstance. The events he has personally undergone provide the basis for this particular episode. Quite recently, his wife's sister received a cancer diagnosis, a situation that has caught him off guard while he's away from home. This unexpected turn of events has left him in solitude, which is not typical for someone as socially inclined as Sam. Nevertheless, he's striving to view this as a chance to cultivate greater comfort in his own company.

Segment 3

In the absence of a sense of self, feelings of loneliness can become overwhelming. Through engaging in profound introspection, we come to comprehend that life is orchestrated in our favor. Every circumstance holds the potential for growth. Even a period of being apart from a partner can be seen as a chance for introspection. Drawing from the wisdom of a Buddhist priest, he cites the maxim, "Suffering arises from our resistance to what is." Planning for the future becomes impossible when we are in denial of our present reality.

Segment 4

Embracing the unfamiliar with an attitude of acceptance enables us to flourish and grow, as Sam underscores. Given the ongoing nature of change, and its ever-evolving pace, it becomes crucial to adopt this approach. Approaching the unknown with a sense of apprehension only diminishes the richness of our experiences. Sam goes on to articulate his perspective on death, the epitome of the enigmatic. You can find a replay of this episode on talkradio.nyc or on our Youtube channel.

Transcript

00:00:24.630 --> 00:00:34.339 www.TalkRadio.nyc: Good afternoon, my conscious co-creators. Welcome to another edition of the conscious consulting hour. A weakening humanity.

00:00:34.340 --> 00:00:58.109 Good afternoon. Good morning. Good evening whenever you're tuning in. Thank you for joining us today on the conscious consult now, or I hope you've been having a good week. It's been an interesting one. I'll be talking about what's been going on. this is one of those special shows. It's just you and me, no guests today. So make sure whatever comments, questions.

00:00:58.110 --> 00:01:08.379 stories you have that you'd like to share with us today. Please post them in the comments section of the live stream, and I'll make sure to get to them all today

00:01:09.100 --> 00:01:17.239 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: awesome. So today's topic is making friends with the unknown

00:01:17.450 --> 00:01:23.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because life is just filled with the unknown. And so

00:01:23.890 --> 00:01:28.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I just thought it might be nice to talk about. How do we

00:01:28.390 --> 00:01:35.780 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: deal with when so many unknown things pop up for us? And I'm gonna share some stuff of

00:01:36.550 --> 00:01:48.360 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: how I've dealt with the unknown in my life, and maybe that triggers something for you. But first, of course, as always, we have our little section from my book. Everyday Awakening.

00:01:49.030 --> 00:01:56.749 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Today's section is entitled. We are Spirit and Matter. and both are important.

00:01:58.550 --> 00:02:01.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We often find 2 extremes in people.

00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:06.719 Some people are intensely concerned with the material world.

00:02:07.370 --> 00:02:11.349 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: others are enthralled with spiritual issues.

00:02:11.770 --> 00:02:14.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Matter and spirit

00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: are 2 ends of a spectrum

00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:22.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to be on either end of the spectrum is to miss the point.

00:02:23.820 --> 00:02:28.439 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.

00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:38.490 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Science has shown us that all matter are particles made up of micro scopic packets of energy.

00:02:38.950 --> 00:02:44.299 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Yet to our eyes. at the macro level there is no proof

00:02:44.750 --> 00:02:49.389 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that anything other than the physical world exists

00:02:50.050 --> 00:03:01.600 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when we learn that our spirit, our energy and consciousness. is the creative source of the physical world. We can better appreciate

00:03:01.690 --> 00:03:03.739 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: both ends of the spectrum.

00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:09.299 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We live in physical bodies. For reason

00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:15.909 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we are real than when we experience trauma or elation

00:03:16.050 --> 00:03:18.990 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that is also real

00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:24.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when our bodies die. that is real.

00:03:25.790 --> 00:03:29.440 Yet we are not only our bodies.

00:03:29.650 --> 00:03:32.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we are not only our thoughts.

00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:47.170 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we are not only our emotions, we are so much more. so much greater than any of that. And when we deny that our spiritual side is real.

00:03:47.580 --> 00:03:58.879 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we disempower ourselves. The same is true of denying our physical existence. When we deny our bodies, we deny our health.

00:03:58.970 --> 00:04:04.849 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: When we deny our health, we deny our ability to contribute to this world.

00:04:06.130 --> 00:04:19.510 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The density of the material world may be an illusion. yet our experiences in the material world are real. Our choices are real.

00:04:20.670 --> 00:04:21.500 Pat

00:04:21.890 --> 00:04:23.300 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: is real.

00:04:24.990 --> 00:04:37.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: does not matter with you. Believe it or not. the world still affects us. So let's stop ignoring whether spirit or matter is more important.

00:04:38.010 --> 00:04:50.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Let's start to embody the magnificent creative that underlies who we are. Let's honor all of life.

00:04:50.510 --> 00:04:54.269 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and not just the parts of life we treasure.

00:04:54.940 --> 00:05:02.710 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We are all part of a greater whole. We are all brothers and sisters.

00:05:03.770 --> 00:05:06.880 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: When will we start acting like it.

00:05:10.970 --> 00:05:12.990 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: This is

00:05:14.070 --> 00:05:18.519 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: This is probably one of the older sections in my book.

00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:29.910 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and it kind of. I guess, was a culmination of of sort of many things that came together for me at once.

00:05:32.940 --> 00:05:34.840 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it's this idea

00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:44.120 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that I mean, first, that as human beings, we have this tendency

00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:53.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to go extreme one way or the other. Everything's either black or white, right or wrong. This this is better than that.

00:05:56.890 --> 00:05:58.829 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and when we do that

00:06:00.490 --> 00:06:01.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we miss

00:06:03.020 --> 00:06:07.120 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: the whole tapestry that lies between.

00:06:08.140 --> 00:06:11.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I've known so many people in my life

00:06:12.930 --> 00:06:16.490 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that considered themselves quote unquote, very spiritual.

00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:25.189 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and it was almost as if they could not wait to escape the physical reality.

00:06:27.380 --> 00:06:30.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I always found it so fascinating.

00:06:32.350 --> 00:06:38.409 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because when I would interview on my show and when I would speak to people who were

00:06:38.490 --> 00:06:44.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: truly gifted, truly psychic, able to communicate with spirit on the other side.

00:06:46.020 --> 00:06:48.029 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Almost all of them said

00:06:48.550 --> 00:06:59.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that the spirits on the other side couldn't understand why we were trying to escape this physical world because they couldn't wait to get into this physical, sensual world.

00:07:00.880 --> 00:07:04.380 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because there's so much that can be done here

00:07:05.030 --> 00:07:09.409 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that can't be done or experienced in the purely spiritual.

00:07:09.930 --> 00:07:13.190 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: energetic, non physical world.

00:07:16.200 --> 00:07:17.380 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so

00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:20.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I I really.

00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: you know, thought about well.

00:07:24.610 --> 00:07:36.430 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: what's going on? Why can't we imbue our physical world with that kind of energy, with that kind of

00:07:36.450 --> 00:07:38.210 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: important?

00:07:42.150 --> 00:07:44.279 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And by the same token.

00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:48.490 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I've seen so many people in my life

00:07:49.280 --> 00:07:59.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: who were so physically focused that, like all they could believe in, all they could value was what they could see, taste, touch and feel

00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:07.210 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that they couldn't even conceive of

00:08:08.350 --> 00:08:20.050 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: the fact that our energy, our spirit, can place such an important part in our life. and what we do in how we show up.

00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:35.299 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so the these 2 extremes that I've just noticed and and it's you know you've heard me on the show. Talk about heart, mind, body, and spirit.

00:08:35.950 --> 00:08:42.220 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And just as this sort of this dynamic between heart and mind.

00:08:42.549 --> 00:08:46.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: it's a similar dynamic between body and spirit.

00:08:50.900 --> 00:08:57.069 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and that it's not that any one of these aspects is greater or better than another.

00:08:59.570 --> 00:09:07.370 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but they're all a part of our life. They're all a part of our experience. They're all a part of who and what we are.

00:09:10.940 --> 00:09:12.710 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and they are all important.

00:09:14.670 --> 00:09:16.610 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and it does not matter

00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:24.650 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: how spiritual we are. It doesn't matter how materialistic we are. Doesn't it matter how heart centered or mind-centered we are.

00:09:25.850 --> 00:09:27.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: what matters is

00:09:29.060 --> 00:09:31.290 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: bringing all of that

00:09:32.280 --> 00:09:34.799 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to what we face in our day to day life.

00:09:36.140 --> 00:09:41.360 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And you know there is this sort of prejudiced against the physical world.

00:09:42.920 --> 00:09:51.390 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know that the Hindus and the Buddhists are like. This is all illusion, and the only truth is is this greatest spirit.

00:09:57.520 --> 00:10:01.469 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and yes, spirit and energy might be

00:10:01.930 --> 00:10:22.369 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: the underlying basis of this universe. But we're here in physical bodies. And we're experiencing things real in this physical world. And the choices we make and the things that we do in this physical world matter. They make a difference

00:10:26.070 --> 00:10:31.100 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: if we choose to be wasteful, or we choose to be conscious of

00:10:32.260 --> 00:10:34.849 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: of of things in our life.

00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:41.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Do we choose to treat nature with respect? Or do we choose to abuse nature?

00:10:44.380 --> 00:10:54.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If we just look around us, we can see the impact that human beings have had on the environment

00:10:56.650 --> 00:11:01.949 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: through our wastefulness, through through our uncaring, through our disconnection.

00:11:03.250 --> 00:11:11.290 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: our physical choices are affecting our physical reality, and they are also affecting our consciousness, our energy.

00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:24.479 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and this summer especially. It's all in the news, the extreme heat that we're experiencing. It's like nothing we've ever experienced in our lifetime before.

00:11:28.630 --> 00:11:37.249 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I don't care whether you believe in climate change or not. If you look at the physical evidence, you cannot deny

00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:43.679 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that there is something going on. and we've got to start paying attention to it

00:11:43.690 --> 00:11:52.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: before we make our own environment so hostile that life itself cannot survive in it.

00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:59.330 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The planet will go on. Humanity.

00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:03.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: the animal kingdom, the vegetable kingdom.

00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:11.439 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We might create an environment so hostile that we can't survive in it in another 100 years.

00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:24.390 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and our physical lives we may not live that long. But what about our children? And if we don't have children, what about our nieces and nephews, our cousins?

00:12:25.850 --> 00:12:29.590 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What about those people that we love. What about their children?

00:12:36.970 --> 00:12:40.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Why are we so disconnected to nature?

00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:44.859 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It totally has to do with our disconnection to spirit.

00:12:46.190 --> 00:12:56.169 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There is not a person I know who, once they truly get connected to themselves, to their essence, to who they really are.

00:12:56.990 --> 00:12:59.379 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: does not form

00:13:01.260 --> 00:13:02.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: a more

00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:09.319 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: intimate relationship to nature, to the physical world, to everything that's around us.

00:13:13.030 --> 00:13:14.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Matter

00:13:14.260 --> 00:13:18.039 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and spirit are both important.

00:13:19.560 --> 00:13:22.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: This is the world we live in.

00:13:23.260 --> 00:13:36.229 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and the spirit we bring to our daily lives, to all the little decisions, to how we show up in the world, to how we touch other people's lives. It all makes a difference.

00:13:42.540 --> 00:13:53.400 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So my plea to everyone out there. My desire. my my encouragement for this week

00:13:56.010 --> 00:13:57.619 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: is to not

00:13:58.750 --> 00:14:05.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: be so enthralled with spirit or so enthralled with the physical reality

00:14:06.210 --> 00:14:10.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that we don't find room for the other to the complementary and the opposite.

00:14:12.380 --> 00:14:17.009 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that we've learned to make them both important in our lives.

00:14:18.090 --> 00:14:23.269 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that we give priority to both our spirit and our physical bodies.

00:14:24.410 --> 00:14:26.799 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that we take care of our health.

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:33.849 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and one of the best ways to take care of our health is taking care of our energy.

00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:47.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So I do see loyal listener, Paddy, who I love dearly. She's always tuning in from from

00:14:47.490 --> 00:14:54.960 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: today, from from from Washington State, Paddy. I I don't know. You travel more than almost anybody else I know.

00:14:55.420 --> 00:15:02.589 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: so thank you for doing again. Thank you for your your comments, yeah. And people doubt stuff all the time.

00:15:03.990 --> 00:15:08.209 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And look. you know me. I always say

00:15:09.540 --> 00:15:16.949 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: you may not believe what I say, but try it on. Try it out and see what happens.

00:15:17.900 --> 00:15:21.419 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Just give it an opportunity to see

00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:35.999 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: what if you do start paying? If you're if you consider yourself more spiritual, what if you do start paying more attention to the physical stuff? And if you are a materialist, what if you do start paying a little more attention to the spiritual stuff.

00:15:38.170 --> 00:15:39.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What would your life be like?

00:15:41.690 --> 00:15:43.680 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Don't believe a word I say.

00:15:44.190 --> 00:15:48.479 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Try it for yourself, and find what works for you.

00:15:49.260 --> 00:15:51.289 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's the most important thing.

00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:56.910 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So that's the section of my book.

00:15:58.380 --> 00:16:09.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We are spirit and matter, and both are important. And of course, as always, you can find that@www.everyday awakening book.com.

00:16:09.900 --> 00:16:24.629 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And as I've always mentioned, that just takes you to the Amazon listing online, but if you're like me and you love to support those small, independent bookstores, please, if they don't have a copy of Everyday Awakening, ask them to order it.

00:16:25.610 --> 00:16:42.239 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and if you you've bought it for yourself, and you've enjoyed it, and you've gotten something out of it. It can make a great gift just if you know someone who's having a hard time. Who's struggling? Who could use a little support, or just somebody who you think would resonate with my messages?

00:16:42.810 --> 00:16:47.219 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Why not give them a little gift. They might really appreciate that.

00:16:48.520 --> 00:16:51.830 So, as I mentioned at the top of the show.

00:16:52.440 --> 00:17:03.180 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: no guest today, it's just you and me. So please keep posting whether it's on the Facebook live or the Youtube live. post your questions and comments.

00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:16.930 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And today we're talking all about making friends with the unknown. And when we come back after this break, I'm gonna dive into it. And this is going to be a conversation between you and me

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:28.920 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: about why it's important to make friends with the unknown. How does it serve us to make friends with the unknown? And how do we really deal with the unknown

00:17:29.330 --> 00:17:37.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when it shows up and slaps us in the face, and it was totally unexpected because it was unknown to begin with.

00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:58.290 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So we're gonna get into that right after this. You're listening to the conscious consultant now awakening humanity. We do this every Thursday, 12 noon to one Pm. Eastern time right here and talk radio Dot, Nyc. And of course you can always hear us on Kmt. Out of Palm Springs, California, on Wednesdays at 10 Am.

00:17:58.340 --> 00:18:02.529 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we will be right back to dive into our main topic

00:18:02.790 --> 00:18:03.970 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: after this.

00:20:19.210 --> 00:20:27.920 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and welcome back to the conscious. Consult now awakening humanity. Today's topic is making friends with the unknown.

00:20:29.670 --> 00:20:30.540 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So

00:20:31.070 --> 00:20:43.750 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: for those of you who are loyal listeners and who tune into the show each week. You know, I get a lot of my inspiration for what I decide to talk about on these non-guessed shows

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:46.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: from what's going on in my personal life.

00:20:48.520 --> 00:20:54.629 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So why did I choose making friends with the unknown as my topic this week. Well, because

00:20:54.800 --> 00:21:12.639 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm having to deal with a very unexpected and unknown situation right at the moment. You see, I'm I'm since we've gone all virtual, many of you know, like, last summer we spent 3 months on the West Coast, and I was doing all I was working virtually from the West coast.

00:21:12.730 --> 00:21:31.739 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and this summer it's been really hot and muggy in New York City, and so my wife and I decided to get out of the city. And so we we we've been in in in Colorado. I'm I'm staying right now, just outside of Denver, outside of Golden Colorado, outside of Denver

00:21:32.170 --> 00:21:36.929 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and we plan to be here for 3 weeks together.

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:42.050 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and last week, which was our first week here

00:21:43.490 --> 00:21:50.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: my wife got a a message from her niece. Your sister was sick and in the hospital.

00:21:52.780 --> 00:21:54.720 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and she has cancer.

00:21:56.650 --> 00:22:06.490 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and and we weren't quite sure what was going on. It kind of a day or 2, and then my wife realized she's got to be there for her sister.

00:22:07.030 --> 00:22:13.939 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So she left. She went back to New York, and within 24 h she was on a flight to Beijing to where her family is.

00:22:15.410 --> 00:22:22.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: However, I still have this commitment here. We still supposed to be here until the middle of August.

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:36.379 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So now, what was going to be a nice summer break, even though we were still going to work being out here in Colorado and a beautiful environment. you know, together with my wife

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:40.389 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: suddenly. I'm now on my own.

00:22:41.930 --> 00:22:44.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I am here by myself

00:22:44.230 --> 00:22:47.890 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: in this wonderful house on top of a mountain

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:50.779 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: in one of the most gorgeous settings.

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.049 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I'm alone.

00:22:57.700 --> 00:23:07.870 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and those people who know me personally know that I'm a very people person I love being with people. Not all the time I love. I need my me time as much as anyone else.

00:23:10.410 --> 00:23:14.930 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But suddenly I'm having to deal with an unknown situation. Not that I haven't been.

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:26.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: you know, by myself before, when my, you know, 13 years ago, yeah, 13 years ago now, wow! When when my wife's mother was 6. She went to China for a couple of months.

00:23:28.130 --> 00:23:37.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but this is the first time that have been away from home. where I unexpectedly I'm alone.

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:40.719 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and you know it's a little bit different

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:50.110 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when you're dealing with being alone unexpectedly when you're home versus when you're in someone else's home.

00:23:52.310 --> 00:23:56.500 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so this is a an unknown situation for me.

00:23:57.500 --> 00:24:00.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Not that I don't know how to be by myself, I think.

00:24:01.110 --> 00:24:06.960 before I was married, you know, lived alone for for quite a long time.

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:10.910 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But I've been married 20 years over 20 years now.

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:21.879 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and typically when we travel, when I travel, when we do things, I'm either going to. If I'm not traveling with my wife, I'm going to a workshop, or I'm with with other people.

00:24:25.550 --> 00:24:29.239 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so now I have this new situation to embrace.

00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:40.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it's something I've even spoken about on the show of how important taking time to just be with ourselves is

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:53.569 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: now. is it expected? No. Is it easy? Maybe in some ways, but definitely, not in the other ways.

00:24:57.280 --> 00:25:01.559 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so I'm having to deal with this unknown situation.

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:18.350 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now I have a choice the same way any of you has a choice when an unknown situation shows up. and that unknown situation could be anything that you don't expect

00:25:19.750 --> 00:25:21.210 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: it could be

00:25:22.590 --> 00:25:29.690 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: dealing with a physical problem. It could be dealing with a relationship problem. It could be dealing with the work problem. It could be dealing with

00:25:29.930 --> 00:25:33.249 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: an environmental problem. It could be any aspect of life.

00:25:36.250 --> 00:25:41.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Life thrusts us into these situations unexpected.

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:45.180 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What are we gonna do? How are we going to show up.

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:56.740 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And you see, this is really the most important thing, because in the end it's never really about our circumstances.

00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's about.

00:26:00.260 --> 00:26:05.840 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: how do we respond to our circumstances. Now, how do we react? How do we respond?

00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:08.869 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because responding is different from reacting.

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:16.530 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Sometimes something happens and we got to react. It's got to be quick, instinctual, like we got to get on something like

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:29.490 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant:  you know, when we're in an accident right? And and there and and you know somebody's bleeding, or or there's some problem. You gotta deal with it right away. You gotta take care of it right away.

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:36.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So then it's time to react. Responding is different.

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:41.889 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I've had many, many

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:47.190 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: unexpected, unknown situations show up in my life.

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:54.009 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and sometimes I deal with them better than other times.

00:26:59.080 --> 00:27:00.559 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But here's the thing

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:07.999 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to really be able to deal with these things in the best way possible

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:12.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: before the unexpected or the unknown shows up.

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:19.800 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We not. we need to

00:27:21.790 --> 00:27:25.600 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to pair ourselves by doing that deep in or work.

00:27:26.870 --> 00:27:33.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm going to talk about that more when we come back from this next break.

00:27:34.020 --> 00:27:40.499 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I see, Paddy, loyal listener is always. I'm glad you love when I when I share from my personal life.

00:27:45.210 --> 00:27:57.549 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So I I really want you to stay tuned. I really want you to dig in with, and if there's anyone else out there, if there's an unknown situation, an unexpected situation that you're dealing with.

00:27:57.970 --> 00:27:59.210 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: please share it.

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:16.870 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Let's make it a conversation. What's so challenging for you? I'll get into what's challenging for me about my unknown situation and the unknown situations I've had in the past. But I want to hear from you what have been your challenging unknown situations.

00:28:17.330 --> 00:28:20.280 and we're gonna continue. And we'll get back to that

00:28:20.650 --> 00:28:31.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: right after this. Please stay tuned. You are listening to the conscious consult now, or weakening humanity, and we're talking all about making friends with the unknown this hour.

00:28:31.970 --> 00:28:34.349 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and we'll be right back after this

00:30:23.970 --> 00:30:28.280 Okay. the

00:30:38.410 --> 00:30:40.279 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and welcome back

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:48.590 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I want to. I've been talking about you know me making friends with the unknown, and and how to

00:30:49.580 --> 00:31:11.670 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: thrive even when unexpected things show up. And and I mentioned about my current situation and and sort of how it it developed most recently. But but I want to balance it back. That unknown things show up, do not have to always be challenging situations. They can also be really good situations, like when an unknown business opportunity shows up

00:31:12.150 --> 00:31:22.400 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that we weren't expecting. That turns out to be exactly what we're looking for. You know, there are all kinds of unknown things that show up in our life.

00:31:24.490 --> 00:31:33.430 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that when we truly our present to it, we can really learn to thrive, regardless of how challenging it is.

00:31:37.070 --> 00:31:40.899 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And, as I mentioned at the end of the last segment of the show.

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:47.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: a lot of it is how much, how well we do with it is, how much

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:54.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we've done our own deep inner work before it shows up. Why is this?

00:31:57.710 --> 00:32:01.620 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because when we don't have a good sense of self.

00:32:01.710 --> 00:32:07.199 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when we don't have a good self-esteem when we're not really solid, and

00:32:07.280 --> 00:32:12.669 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: who we are, and our and our value that we give to the world

00:32:12.970 --> 00:32:25.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when unexpected things show up, they knock us off our center, because we naturally kind of have this reaction of like, oh, why is this happening to me? And why is life punishing me.

00:32:26.630 --> 00:32:38.870 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We sometimes will hear ourselves say that sometimes it'll just be an unconscious thought. It's like, why is this challenging, unknown, unexpected thing happening to me.

00:32:40.790 --> 00:32:45.039 Yet when we have a good sense of self, and we have a good self-esteem.

00:32:46.300 --> 00:32:50.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What we say to ourselves is not, why is this happening to us.

00:32:51.830 --> 00:32:53.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's hmm.

00:32:53.780 --> 00:32:56.669 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Okay, what do I need to do

00:32:57.110 --> 00:33:03.040 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to thrive with this? What do I need? How do I need to show up and be my best self in this.

00:33:07.050 --> 00:33:10.009 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because when we've done the deep inner work.

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:16.479 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: then we truly feel that all of life happens for us and not to us.

00:33:16.570 --> 00:33:26.209 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Then, when something unexpected happens, we don't automatically assume it's a punishment we don't automatically assume it's a negative thing.

00:33:29.830 --> 00:33:31.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so then.

00:33:32.110 --> 00:33:38.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because we make friends with our place in the universe. Then we can make friends with the unknown.

00:33:38.870 --> 00:33:42.889 And then we show up. And it's like, Okay, what's the opportunity here?

00:33:44.730 --> 00:33:53.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So that why is this happening? Why, first of all, it's always a very lousy question to ask when situations come up that are unknown.

00:33:55.370 --> 00:33:59.830 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's really what and how questions are much better questions for us to ask.

00:34:00.830 --> 00:34:04.089 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What do I need to do? How do I show up?

00:34:04.350 --> 00:34:06.600 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What is there for me to learn from this?

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:11.699 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so for me personally.

00:34:13.989 --> 00:34:25.980 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: you know, I have this interesting habit over my life of when something unexpected or unknown shows up. I typically say, yes, I'm like, okay, this is the situation

00:34:26.830 --> 00:34:29.980 or this is the opportunity. Let's dive into it.

00:34:31.530 --> 00:34:33.329 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so for me.

00:34:34.670 --> 00:34:38.600 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: this is an opportunity with my wife now being away.

00:34:40.389 --> 00:34:45.599 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to learn to be a little more self reliant. to take care of myself a little bit more.

00:34:46.590 --> 00:34:49.909 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it's not that I don't know how to do these things.

00:34:50.170 --> 00:34:56.840 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But when you're have a partner and you're always with someone else. you tend to rely on each other

00:34:56.920 --> 00:35:04.180 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: whether you're the one who maybe takes care of the other person a little bit more, or the other person takes care of you a little bit more.

00:35:04.580 --> 00:35:08.390 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know. There's always some kind of dynamic, some kind of balance.

00:35:09.600 --> 00:35:15.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so if you're the person who usually takes care of your partner, and suddenly, your partner's not there.

00:35:15.630 --> 00:35:20.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's like, okay. Now, you don't have someone else to take care of. What are you doing with that energy?

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:28.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Are you practicing self-care? Are you taking care of yourself? Well. or do you have these feelings of?

00:35:29.290 --> 00:35:35.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Oh, I need to find somebody to take care of, because if I'm not taking care of somebody, what's my purpose in life

00:35:36.290 --> 00:35:37.720 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: so that

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:41.850 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant:  can come, can really

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:46.809 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: a show you where there's some place for you to do, some inner work.

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:55.949 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: or if you're the one who maybe get is getting taken care of by your partner. A little bit more, and suddenly that person's not there.

00:35:57.470 --> 00:36:11.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Oh, how good you are taking care of yourself. How self-reliant are you? Are you able to do things, find things. you know. Go to the store by yourself, go shopping, you know, find stuff to do

00:36:11.590 --> 00:36:13.800 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: without the other person around.

00:36:15.110 --> 00:36:28.649 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, this is not to say that we don't miss the other person. This is not to say that we don't. you know, have feelings of like? Oh, I wish that other person was here. Of course we do. That's being human.

00:36:32.130 --> 00:36:37.999 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But whether we're used to taking care of other people used to to being taken care of.

00:36:39.020 --> 00:36:44.039 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when suddenly there's an unknown situation shows up, and we're on our own.

00:36:44.270 --> 00:36:49.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There's a great opportunity there to balance out one side or the other.

00:36:54.720 --> 00:37:12.409 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I see, Paddy says. on the livestream. Wow! My husband wants to go from ourving to full time on the road, keeping a home base in to some, but traveling for habitat builds a habitat, builds humanity across the State some 75,

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:17.209 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but always felt you stay in your home and live

00:37:17.710 --> 00:37:23.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and die in your home. Old school thought

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:36.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: right. It's like suddenly your face of this situation, like you know. Oh, I'm a home body I like live out of my home. No, let's travel around the world and build houses for people who need them.

00:37:38.050 --> 00:37:46.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's that's the exact same kind of thing. It's an unknown going from living a certain way to living a totally different way.

00:37:46.660 --> 00:38:06.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It could be, maybe because of your job or business, you end up moving to a different place, whether it's a different place within the same country, or moving to a different country, and like the pandemic, I mean, the pandemic was the ultimate unknown. None of us have ever experienced in our lifetime what it was like to live through a pandemic.

00:38:11.130 --> 00:38:16.930 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So how do we live through something so challenging and still make friends with it

00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:24.770 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: for me? I think it's really come down to

00:38:26.130 --> 00:38:28.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: a Buddhist principal.

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:35.570 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but I've heard, you know, over the years, but I really didn't get it.

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:37.769 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I didn't really embody it

00:38:38.710 --> 00:38:41.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: until the pandemic happened, and then I realized

00:38:43.110 --> 00:38:49.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: why, in some ways me and my wife did better than a lot of people adjusting to this new environment

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:57.669 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: is there's this Buddhist precept that suffering comes from resisting. What is.

00:39:00.040 --> 00:39:01.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: what does that mean

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:13.829 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to resist what is is like resisting reality? It's like making reality wrong. It's it's making whatever is going on, whatever we're experiencing, that there's something wrong with it.

00:39:17.490 --> 00:39:33.170 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: When we stop resisting. What is we stop suffering? Because then we stop questioning and saying, Why is this happening? And, oh, my God, I can't believe this is happening. What am I doing? No, we accept it. It's like, Okay, this is the new reality that I'm living in.

00:39:33.250 --> 00:39:35.589 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It may be permanent or temporary.

00:39:36.950 --> 00:39:38.530 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What do I do now?

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:50.910 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You see that when we don't resist what is. then we focus more on how do we show up. What do we do next?

00:39:51.070 --> 00:39:54.619 But as long as we're resisting what is

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:59.650 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: then there's this tension, there's this.

00:40:01.150 --> 00:40:02.810 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that this, this

00:40:03.550 --> 00:40:06.309 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: how do I say it. This lack

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:09.550 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: of being able to show up

00:40:10.600 --> 00:40:13.999 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because we're either denying reality

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:20.750 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: or we're making reality wrong for being what it is.

00:40:23.550 --> 00:40:25.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Reality is what it is.

00:40:26.560 --> 00:40:34.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now look, this is not to say if we see some injustice, if if we see something wrong, that that that just

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:37.430 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: breaks our part, that we don't do something about it.

00:40:39.270 --> 00:41:01.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but it's about focusing on. What's the thing to do about it. just like, you know, Terra Lynn, show that air is on this network right before mine. Dismantling racism. if you see like, there's a system that has racism built into it ages and sexism, that there are problems that we're dealing with that aren't right, and it doesn't sit well with us

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:06.840 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: again. We don't deny that it's there. We don't deny the reality.

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:23.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but that doesn't mean we don't do something about it. Maybe we say, we, you start your own show talking about, hey? I see this, and I think don't think it's appropriate. We focus on the solutions. What do we need to do to change things? What do we need to do to make things better?

00:41:27.170 --> 00:41:28.740 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's not

00:41:29.750 --> 00:41:36.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that accepting everything for the way it is when we don't resist what is

00:41:37.490 --> 00:41:43.680 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: not resisting what is, is not denying the reality of our situation.

00:41:47.710 --> 00:41:55.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Look! We, we may want the situation to be different, even though it's not the way we want it to be. That's human.

00:41:58.200 --> 00:42:10.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm here alone on a mountaintop outside of golden Colorado. I may want not to be alone. I may want another human being here. The reality is, there isn't.

00:42:12.810 --> 00:42:16.369 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But what can I do about it? Well, I'm working during the week.

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:33.069 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but I do have my weekend free. I can go and do whatever I want. I'll find activities. I'll go into town. Maybe I'll find something that really appeals to me, and I'll meet people and make new friends. It could be a new opportunity.

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:49.010 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if I deny the reality, and I bemoan the fact that I'm here by myself, and then I get depressed, and I don't feel like going out. Then I don't do anything, and I miss an opportunity potentially meet new people.

00:42:53.910 --> 00:42:56.260 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: not denying what is.

00:42:57.670 --> 00:42:59.900 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: is not denying

00:43:01.450 --> 00:43:05.630 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: the reality of the situation. It's not denying the physical

00:43:07.990 --> 00:43:13.909 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: again goes back to my my section from my book. Both matter and spirit are important.

00:43:18.680 --> 00:43:20.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So when we stop

00:43:21.690 --> 00:43:24.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: saying, judging.

00:43:24.430 --> 00:43:29.790 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: criticizing, making the unknown wrong for showing up in our life.

00:43:33.630 --> 00:43:36.479 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's when we can begin to make friends with it.

00:43:39.970 --> 00:43:47.650 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then, once we're able to accept it for what it is without judgment.

00:43:49.120 --> 00:43:51.929 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: then we can start to figure out.

00:43:52.490 --> 00:43:54.679 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: how do we thrive in this unknown?

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:58.229 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How do we make the most of it?

00:43:59.650 --> 00:44:00.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How do we

00:44:02.070 --> 00:44:03.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: do something?

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:07.640 We didn't even expect ourselves that comes up for us.

00:44:08.220 --> 00:44:17.880 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and when we come back after this break I'll talk about why it is so important to make friends with the unknown.

00:44:17.990 --> 00:44:22.030 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Why, it is, I would say, almost an essential

00:44:22.710 --> 00:44:24.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: trait to have

00:44:25.040 --> 00:44:31.449 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: in today's modern world. And then, as a matter of fact, why, it is more relevant today

00:44:31.650 --> 00:44:35.320 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: than never before to make friends with the end now.

00:44:35.780 --> 00:44:45.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So please stay tuned. You're listening to the conscious consult now, or awakening humanity, and we'll be right back to wrap it all up with the last segment.

00:44:45.930 --> 00:44:47.100 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: After this.

00:46:38.450 --> 00:46:41.740 Okay.

00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:56.559 www.TalkRadio.nyc: all right, welcome back. So

00:46:58.450 --> 00:46:59.999 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I've been talking about

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:06.899 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: the unknown and making friends with the unknown, and how.

00:47:09.060 --> 00:47:15.500 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when we approach it with curiosity instead of judgment, when we approach it with openness

00:47:15.590 --> 00:47:22.119 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: instead of derision. When we approach it with acceptance

00:47:22.140 --> 00:47:23.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and not resistance.

00:47:25.810 --> 00:47:39.990 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we can learn to thrive and show up as our best selves when something unknown comes our way. But why should we bother? Why shouldn't we resist the unknown? Why shouldn't we

00:47:40.660 --> 00:47:44.529 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to cry, why is this happening to me?

00:47:45.730 --> 00:47:47.090 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Well, here's the thing.

00:47:48.190 --> 00:47:53.739 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Life is one big unknown. The future is one big unknown.

00:47:55.150 --> 00:48:04.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And as a matter of fact, this world is changing at a pace human beings have never experienced before.

00:48:05.570 --> 00:48:07.700 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I would even say.

00:48:12.350 --> 00:48:18.450 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: change is going to continue to happen, and the rate of change is going to continue to develop.

00:48:19.530 --> 00:48:25.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And there's going to be more unknown things showing up happening in our lives

00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:30.769 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: in the future. Then we've already experienced.

00:48:33.490 --> 00:48:35.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and the reason why

00:48:37.040 --> 00:48:47.199 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we really need to stop resisting what is and dance with the unknown and befriended. The best way possible

00:48:50.180 --> 00:49:00.199 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: is because if we don't. We're going to be dealing with so much stress, so much pain. so many challenges.

00:49:01.330 --> 00:49:04.679 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Life is gonna feel so much harder

00:49:07.540 --> 00:49:10.859 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that if we want to keep everything the same.

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:26.710 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We want to live in the status quo. Forget it. It's not gonna happen. Just look around with clear eyes and see what's going on in this world.

00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:29.110 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: on every level.

00:49:32.170 --> 00:49:43.059 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: on a physical level, on an emotional level, on a societal level, on a technology level and a business level on the spiritual level.

00:49:43.990 --> 00:49:49.739 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Things are changing more rapidly than they ever have before.

00:49:51.520 --> 00:49:54.369 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and there is no sign of it. Letting up

00:49:57.490 --> 00:50:01.790 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: artificial intelligence. Been all in the news the past few months

00:50:03.420 --> 00:50:10.799 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we have not yet begun to see the true impact of what we've created with technology

00:50:12.200 --> 00:50:15.499 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: for at least another 3, 4, 5 years.

00:50:16.990 --> 00:50:26.289 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And when the true impact of this technological advancement, it's our world. We are going to be living in such a different place

00:50:26.470 --> 00:50:33.659 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that if we're not open to the unknown. We're going to know we're not going to know how to live.

00:50:36.440 --> 00:50:37.780 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And indeed.

00:50:39.140 --> 00:50:43.079 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: we're dealing with such huge problems in this world.

00:50:43.820 --> 00:50:55.109 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's so fascinating. They're both at the same time, these amazing advancements and these amazing challenges that are beyond any challenges we can think of.

00:50:56.170 --> 00:50:59.199 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We've got them both happening at the same time.

00:51:02.730 --> 00:51:12.840 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So look, if you want to approach the unknown with dread, you can do that. You can find reasons to approach the unknown with dread absolutely real reasons.

00:51:14.370 --> 00:51:23.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if you want to approach the unknown with a sense of wonder and excitement and hopefulness, you can find those reasons as well.

00:51:25.300 --> 00:51:31.089 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and the question is which one of those will really serve us.

00:51:33.690 --> 00:51:36.229 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and what I'm imploring you

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:42.810 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to get is that when we befriend the unknown.

00:51:42.860 --> 00:51:58.109 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: when we show up as our best selves, that is, when we will have the best life possible, regardless of our external circumstances. Now look, am I saying, this is easy, absolutely not.

00:52:01.160 --> 00:52:14.459 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it is essential that we do the deep inner work to unwind our emotional triggers, our traumas, those things that keep us from being our best selves.

00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:21.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's not easy work. That's why, when I work with clients and they have such challenges.

00:52:22.870 --> 00:52:33.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'd let them know it's a journey. It's gonna take time. But look, we spent our whole lives getting to where we are. What's a few more years to unwind all of that?

00:52:33.470 --> 00:52:35.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's a commitment

00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:43.849 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: yet to me it's the most important commitment we can make in our lives.

00:52:43.890 --> 00:52:46.990 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's the most rewarding

00:52:47.790 --> 00:52:50.239 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: commitment we can make in our lives.

00:52:50.530 --> 00:52:58.749 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and when we do that, then, befriending the unknown would just be a part of us and won't be something we have to effort at.

00:53:03.410 --> 00:53:14.180 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I see, Paddies. I get a Paddy, I love you so much. Thank you so much for being so active on the on the live stream I make you see through the darkness and doubt

00:53:14.290 --> 00:53:21.120 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I I don't make you do anything, Paddy. I just encourage you. You see, through the darkness and down.

00:53:23.170 --> 00:53:42.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And could I write another book? Yes, I am sure I am. I'm actually pretty positive that there is at least another book, probably multiple books coming from me in the future. So I'll talk about that when those plans are more solid. But yes.

00:53:44.100 --> 00:53:45.220 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: so look!

00:53:47.930 --> 00:53:50.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Making friends with the young. No.

00:53:52.280 --> 00:53:55.110 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: why. we really

00:53:56.200 --> 00:54:01.389 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: it will serve us to put the effort behind making friends with the unknown.

00:54:04.420 --> 00:54:08.269 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because life is becoming more and more unknown.

00:54:10.250 --> 00:54:15.139 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and even in the end death. Death is the ultimate unknown.

00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:24.500 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I've said it to many people that when I went to the Psychedelic Sciences Conference in Denver a month or so ago.

00:54:24.870 --> 00:54:35.349 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I saw Dr. Roland Griffiths on stage who found out just a few months ago. He has staged for cancer. and he is not long for this world.

00:54:36.430 --> 00:54:51.279 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but because of his meditation practice because of the work he's done on himself. He's able to face that unknown with poise and grace and curiosity.

00:54:52.790 --> 00:55:04.520 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and that to me is the ultimate. If we can learn to face our own demise with curiosity instead of dread.

00:55:05.730 --> 00:55:09.000 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: with wonder instead of fear.

00:55:11.510 --> 00:55:25.080 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: then we can truly live an inspired life where we not just inspire ourselves, but we can inspire everyone around us. and that is a life worth living.

00:55:25.310 --> 00:55:27.379 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That is a life

00:55:29.270 --> 00:55:33.600 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that people will remember long after we're gone.

00:55:35.470 --> 00:55:40.690 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because the truth is, death is the greatest unknown in life.

00:55:43.600 --> 00:55:51.570 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Until we experience it. We truly do not know what awaits us on the other side of that great Divide.

00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:59.830 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Personally. my own experiences.

00:55:59.900 --> 00:56:04.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: my own life's journey, the people that I've met

00:56:06.500 --> 00:56:16.030 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I wholeheartedly believe there is something within us that is eternal that lives beyond our physical existence.

00:56:18.790 --> 00:56:26.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm not looking to find out what that is so soon. I want to live a very long and fruitful life.

00:56:28.940 --> 00:56:31.569 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: but when my time comes.

00:56:32.650 --> 00:56:38.370 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: and I might not be able to approach it with as much poise as Dr. Roland Griffiths.

00:56:39.670 --> 00:56:43.279 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if I can approach it with even a modicum of grace.

00:56:45.350 --> 00:56:57.300 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I will be very happy about it. So all of these unknowns that I'm dealing with in my life. They're just practice for the big one.

00:56:57.690 --> 00:57:12.700 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Oh, I see a comment from the twitch stream. Wonderful! I feel like understanding. Death is the meaning of life, learning and accepting. To be curious about whatever comes after the physical. Yes, exactly.

00:57:15.220 --> 00:57:18.890 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's not the only thing in life, but it's

00:57:19.250 --> 00:57:23.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: one of the greatest lessons in life.

00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:25.330 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So

00:57:25.600 --> 00:57:27.579 thank you all for tuning in.

00:57:28.030 --> 00:57:32.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I hope there's something that I've said during this show

00:57:32.450 --> 00:57:37.189 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that's supported. You, touched you, empowered you

00:57:37.850 --> 00:57:47.400 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: helped you to be maybe just a little bit hopeful and giving you something to think about. Maybe in a way you haven't thought about before.

00:57:48.550 --> 00:57:54.759 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So if if there was, if there was some value in this show. Please share it.

00:57:55.230 --> 00:57:58.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Please share it with your friends, with others, let them know.

00:57:59.410 --> 00:58:05.970 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Start. Use it as a starting point for a conversation. Hey? Why don't you take a listen to this, and let's talk about it.

00:58:07.470 --> 00:58:26.380 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Let's have those important conversations now. and let's not wait to have the important conversation. And of course, as always, if you missed any part of today's show, you can always find the replay on talk radio data. Nyc, and we are on all the podcasting platforms. So thank you all for tuning in.

00:58:26.690 --> 00:58:28.239 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm out of time.

00:58:29.310 --> 00:58:34.830 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Next week I do have a guest. So we will talk to you next week. Take care. Everyone.

00:58:41.820 --> 00:58:46.750 Okay. okay.