Changing the direction of your life
‘Just as the river Ganges slants, slopes, and inclines towards the east, so too a person who develops and cultivates the four spiritual powers slants, slopes, and inclines towards freedom.’
Gotama (The Buddha)
‘Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.’
Robert Collier
Episode 20 – Overview of the four superpowers
An AI generated ‘deep dive’ into this aspect of the RAFT to Freedom
The wholesome desire for freedom
The path is not about forcing yourself into rigid discipline, but about cultivating a heartfelt interest in waking up to life. When you care about your journey, the effort becomes a joy.
Stephen Batchelor
The movement of spiritual awakening is away from grasping and toward openness – toward intention rather than craving.
Tara Brach
Episode 21 – The spark of motivation that powers our raft
An AI generated ‘deep dive’ into this aspect of the RAFT to Freedom
The steady power propelling our raft
Better than a hundred years lived in idleness and in weakness is one day lived with courage and powerful striving.
Gotama (the Buddha)
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can’t practise any other virtue consistently.
Maya Angelou
Episode 22 – Courageous Energy as a superpower
An AI generated ‘deep dive’ into this aspect of the RAFT to Freedom
If my Heart could do my thinking,
Van Morrison
and my Head began to feel,
Would I look upon a world anew?
And know what’s truly real.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Carl Jung
Episode 23 – The Heart’s Compass as a superpower
An AI generated ‘deep dive’ into this aspect of the RAFT to Freedom
The intelligent navigation system of our raft
The interactive power of watchful, wise inquiry
Do not go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture… But when you know for yourselves that, ‘These things are skillful… these things, when undertaken and observed, lead to welfare and happiness’ – then you should enter and remain in them.
Gotoma (the Buddha)
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
Pema Chödrön
Episode 24 – Fearless Investigation as a superpower
An AI generated ‘deep dive’ into this aspect of the RAFT to Freedom