ep 30 - How To Live a Balanced Life In a Greedy, Consumeristic and Materialistic World (w/Lak & JT)

The Martial Mind Power & Martial Arts Philosophy Podcast

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Life is a zero-sum game", found on page 572 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking."

Highlights include:

- Newton's law of conservation - energy is never destroyed or created, it just changes form

- How society is set up for consumerist and capitalistic tendencies and otucomes

- How are we approaching life - in a hurry to the end or savouring as best as we can?

- What was the deeper meaning behind the Lak's brother rejecting his hand-me-downs

- The lost art of passing on "hand-me"downs" in the western world

- Avoiding the trappings of trends and taste-changes to lighten the load on mother earth

- The suffering and trappings of attachment and wanting more

- Lak shares insights from the "must "model as learned from his project management job

- Breaking patterns as inspired by Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

- A transformational model you can use to uncover how to know what you don't know

- Developing "stickability" and avoiding spinelessness in pursuit of achieving goals

- Becoming a "king-spiritual-master" that sits in between the 2 extreme states of existence

- The value of staying in your lane - everyone has their own dharmic path, what's yours?

- The problems with impostor syndrome and how to overcome it

- Insights of letting go and attachment over owning a Ferrari: "how can i become a spiritual master if i own a Ferrari?"

- and more

Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/