{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What is a Good Life? #15 - Letting Go of Attachments with Benjamin Western","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3937,"description":"On the 15th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast I am joined by Benjamin Western, who is the Founder at The Shining Light Project, a trustee at Hope & Aid Direct, and Head of Sustainability at LRQA.\nThis episode is different from the others, as this is more a conversation than an interview, and we are focussing on the teachings of Anthony De Mello.\nAnthony De Mello was an Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist. A spiritual teacher and author of several spiritual books, two of which, Awareness and The Way to Love, have had a huge impact on both mine and Benjamin's lives.\nIn this episode we explore and reflect on the core teachings of De Mello, essentially that our attachments in life are making us suffer. We explore where we as humans are most attached, to possessions, caring what people think of us, achievement, habits, our beliefs, and our proclivity to chase thrills and excitement rather than what brings us real happiness.\nI loved discussing these themes with Benjamin, who is a wise and thoughtful soul, and it will give you plenty to contemplate in terms of your present attachments in life.\nSubscribe for weekly episodes, every Tuesday, and check out my YouTube channel (link below) for daily clips and weekly reflections.\nRunning Order: \n01:34 Podcast begins\n02:09 Discovering the work of Anthony De Mello\n\n07:07 Attachments are the source of our misery\n\n10:04 Our happiness is contingent on so many things\n\n12:19 Do you realise what you are attached to?\n\n15:14 The hardest thing to accept in his teachings\n\n20:24 Exploring an attachment to life\n\n25:22 Unhealthy attachments that are normalised\n\n28:34 Awareness of attachments \n\n31:34 Letting go doesn’t mean renunciation\n\n33:46 Do you accept yourself or others as they are?\n\n37:54 Being who you were meant to be\n\n41:04 What lens do you view the world through?\n\n44:34 Be wary of the labels you apply to others\n\n46:18 World feelings v Soul feelings\n\n52:14 Joy in difficult circumstances\n\n55:34 Explore your attachments...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}