About this episode
This episode explores the misconception of doership and the importance of surrender in alleviating stress and anxiety.
Right now, as you read this, your heart is beating roughly 70 times a minute. You’re not doing it. Your lungs are pulling in air, your cells are dividing, and a planet weighing six septillion kilograms is hurtling through space at 67,000 miles per hour. And you? You’re likely worried about the future and…. The Big Picture Here’s the truth in its simplest form. You do not know what you actually need to do, and you do not know what will happen entirely by itself. The ancient wisdom traditions, drawing from texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Tao Te Ching, point to something so obvious we’ve spent our entire lives missing it. We’ve confused ourselves into believing we’re the doer of things that have been doing themselves since before we were born. That single misunderstanding is the source of nearly all the exhaustion and anxiety you carry every day. Why This Matters Recent studies report stress levels at record highs, with over 75% of adults reporting physical symptoms from chronic worry. Yet the universe has been running flawlessly for 13.8 billion years without your supervision. Your body performs trillions of operations every second without consulting you. So why are we so…
People in this episode
Host: Meaning in the Middle
Topics covered
- doership
- surrender
- stress
- ancient wisdom
- anxiety
- self-awareness
Keywords
- doership
- surrender
- stress
- anxiety
- Bhagavad Gita
- Tao Te Ching
- self-awareness
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Bhagavad Gita, Tao Te Ching
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