I Have a Spiritual Guide in Life
My experience and lessons
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Hi Growers 🌱,
I’m writing to you from Vail as I reconnect with some old friends to spend some time in the mountains and disconnect.
There is something about being with old friends that helps bring awareness to how far you’ve come.
It helps you tap into the prior version of yourself and realize how different you are now.
With that, let’s get into it!
I have a Spiritual Guide in Life
If you follow me on Twitter (@MrGoldBro), you might have seen that I made a recent video about having a spiritual guide.
I wanted to add a bit more context as I think everyone should have some sort of figure like this in their lives...
Why Spiritual?
The traditional western psychological model of therapy has never really appealed to me.
Although I do see the value in having someone that isn’t a friend, family member, or colleague help me on my journey. It’s a powerful idea to have someone in my life whose sole purpose to support me on my journey.
So I guess my spiritual guide is my own personal version of a therapist in some ways.
Having this person be a wise spiritual guide or guru just sounded like something awesome to have on my life journey.
“I wanted to have someone that I felt could really explore the depths of my consciousness with but in a mindful way leveraging eastern philosophical tactics.”
When I think about myself in the future, I have this fantasy of reaching some sort of nirvana and enlightenment.
One critical way I see myself arriving there is by having a spiritual guide who is living on a higher plane of existence.
I believe someone who has studied eastern philosophy is more suitable to tap into this.
Ravi: My Spiritual Guide
I have been working with Ravi since June 2020, but I have known him since 2016 when he worked at Techstars, and we organized a Boulder Startup Weekend together.
Ravi and I always connected on a more meaningful level. So when he left tech to go to India and explore the depths of his consciousness, I watched closely.
His journey brought him to Thailand and he made a note about accepting clients.
The idea of working with a friend, who had a background in tech and could appreciate the hustle, while also being a student of mindfulness, made for the perfect fit.
We initially worked together 1:1 for about 9 months. We took a bit of time off as I integrated the benefits into my life. And about 4 weeks ago, we started working together again in a Men’s group.
Living in Full Power
One recent learning I had was around this idea of living in full power.
“There’s this feeling I have that I am not living up to my potential.”
Thus, part of one exercise was to explore why this may be.
A few reasons I discovered why I may not be living in full power:
My full power in reality might not be as powerful as I imagine in my head so I protect my ego by not trying
Loss of my free time when I fully give myself to the world
A fear of failing hard
After working through all these reasons, it actually gave me the confidence to realize that none of them were that bad.
Per my previous post on not getting complacent, along with this exercise with Ravi, I started to lean more into the mindset of always trying to live in full power and reach the highest potential of myself.
Benefits of the Inner-Work
If you’re like most people, then you probably haven’t done a lot of inner-work.
For most people, it’s seen as a waste of time or too fluffy. And I totally hear where they are coming from.
But once you internally realize that life will get exponentially better if you improve yourself, then you will see the value in doing the inner-work.
Not only is it a fun journey to learn more about yourself, but it’s also helpful to all aspects of your life.
“I have found the more introspective I am, whether through working with a guide, journaling, or reading, that I tend to accomplish more and become happier.”
The results aren’t always obvious at the beginning, but over the years as I have gone back home and connected with old friends, I’ve realized how much I’ve grown.
Thank you for reading! 🌱
Aidan