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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to Psychic Teachers. I'm your host, Am

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<v Speaker 1>Bowie with a new installment of My Wisdom from Dead episodes. So,

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<v Speaker 1>if it's safe and comfortable for you to do so,

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<v Speaker 1>sit back, drop your shoulders, take a deep breath and

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<v Speaker 1>close your eyes. And if you can't close your eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>at least drop your shoulders and take a deep breath.

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<v Speaker 1>So ponder some questions with me. What does it mean

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<v Speaker 1>really to seek wisdom? What's the difference between wisdom and knowledge?

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<v Speaker 1>How in today's world do we even begin to just

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<v Speaker 1>discerned the difference and then trust what we're learning. How

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<v Speaker 1>do we know when we are becoming wise not just smart?

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<v Speaker 1>And are there different kinds of wisdom? One of the

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<v Speaker 1>brilliant thinkers of the world died at the end of June.

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<v Speaker 1>American journalist and commentator Bill Moyer's wore many hats over

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<v Speaker 1>the years, including working to create the Peace Corps and

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<v Speaker 1>the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. However, I imagine most of us

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<v Speaker 1>know him from his amazing documentary series with author and

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<v Speaker 1>professor Joseph Campbell. Campbell's work is legendary, but this documentary series,

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<v Speaker 1>entitled The Power of Myth, was created in such a

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<v Speaker 1>way that ancient wisdom is shared so that we, meaning me,

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<v Speaker 1>can deeply understand its lessons. The Campbell and Moawyer's documentary series,

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<v Speaker 1>along with my eternal search for wisdom through the symbolism

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<v Speaker 1>found in to Row, continues to fuel my fascination with

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<v Speaker 1>archetypes and mythology and how deeply we are impacted by history, culture,

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<v Speaker 1>and world beliefs. I learned something new every time I

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<v Speaker 1>read Campbell's work, or watch that documentary series, or pull

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<v Speaker 1>a Tarrow Keith, And then I wonder what, just how

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<v Speaker 1>wise am I really? Y'all? I'm old, and some days

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<v Speaker 1>I think I know lots of stuff, and other days

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know anything. As Neil de grass Tyson says,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know what we don't know. Just think about

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<v Speaker 1>what we don't know about the cosmos. Check out what

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<v Speaker 1>we're just learning about octopuses or orcahs or Azilian other

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<v Speaker 1>beings on this planet and beyond. When I think about

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<v Speaker 1>how much we don't know yet but a learning about emotions,

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<v Speaker 1>I think about Octopus's experiences. I think about my need

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<v Speaker 1>to search for better ways in which I can approach

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<v Speaker 1>the kaleidoscope of emotions I feel during the course of

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<v Speaker 1>the day. Where do these emotions come from? Why do

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<v Speaker 1>I sometimes feel I or the world around me is

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<v Speaker 1>spinning out of control and there is nothing you can

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<v Speaker 1>do about it. Fortunately, I also believe I am wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>There are some things I can do, and here's what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean. Recently, there was a big legislative issue in

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<v Speaker 1>my state that dramatically affects the livelihood of thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>people and the coastal environment in which I live. I

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<v Speaker 1>stated my opinion in letters, e mails, phone calls, and

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<v Speaker 1>text messages repeatedly, as did many other folks. Many people

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<v Speaker 1>took valuable time away from their jobs to be very

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<v Speaker 1>visible to legislatures at the state capitol on the day

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<v Speaker 1>of the vote. Did I do all I could have done?

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<v Speaker 1>Probably not, but I tried and the perspective I support one,

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<v Speaker 1>at least for a while. But how much difference did

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<v Speaker 1>my one voice make I'll never really know, but I

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<v Speaker 1>believe it did. Recently, a group of friends and I

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<v Speaker 1>talked about things we do or could do to help

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<v Speaker 1>us get along through different through difficult times in our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>To believe that we do have some wisdom, to feel

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of control within ourselves. We talked about personal

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<v Speaker 1>struggles as well as our concern for the world around us.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about how we navigate our daily, mundane worlds

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<v Speaker 1>and how we explore and find solace from our spiritual worlds.

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<v Speaker 1>Each one of us in the conversation touched on something

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<v Speaker 1>that troubles us, keeps us awake at night, makes us

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<v Speaker 1>doubt our place in the cosmos, causes us to question

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<v Speaker 1>our beliefs and practices. We ask ourselves if whatever we

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<v Speaker 1>do or don't do matters, both in our immediate situation

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<v Speaker 1>and in the larger scheme of things in the universe.

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<v Speaker 1>One person said, when I feel chaotic or frightened, I

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<v Speaker 1>must first simply acknowledge the feeling. That's a great idea

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<v Speaker 1>to just sit with the feeling in order to gain clarity,

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to name it. Sometimes the emotion we

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<v Speaker 1>feel really is hidden underneath a different emotion, and we

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<v Speaker 1>have to dig to find out what that true feeling is.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, anger off in mass, sadness or fear, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>what it is sights safe or comfortable to show those

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<v Speaker 1>emotions and show our vulnerability. But then once we have

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<v Speaker 1>named the emotion we feel, we need to acknowledge it

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<v Speaker 1>without judgment or comment, to simply see it for what

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<v Speaker 1>it truly is, and then we can work on what

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<v Speaker 1>we need to do with it. And then next, the

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<v Speaker 1>person said, I got to find the source of that emotion.

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<v Speaker 1>When we can do that, determine where a feeling really originates,

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<v Speaker 1>then we can really address it. For exam, there have

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<v Speaker 1>been times in my life when I have lashed out

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<v Speaker 1>at a friend in anger about something she said, when in reality,

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<v Speaker 1>the source of my anger was an unresolved wound within me.

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<v Speaker 1>Another person in the group talked about how much laughter

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<v Speaker 1>and being silly helps her reframe her reactions to her

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<v Speaker 1>own behavior and to the world around. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>valuable lesson to me because I usually take the world

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<v Speaker 1>far too serious. My sweet friend, Jean the Palm Reader,

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<v Speaker 1>laughed all the time, and once when I suggested to

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<v Speaker 1>her that laughter in a particular situation might not be appropriate,

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<v Speaker 1>she responded, someone has to carry the light, So laugh,

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<v Speaker 1>I tell myself, and I tell you, but laughing and

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<v Speaker 1>being silly is not quite the same as finding joy,

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<v Speaker 1>at least for me. So abass myself this week. What

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<v Speaker 1>brings me joy, what brings you joy? Joy? For me?

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<v Speaker 1>Is a deep sense of peace, of contentment, of balance,

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<v Speaker 1>of that feeling of just for a moment, all is

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<v Speaker 1>right in the world. So in my daily gratitude journal,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm adding a new section to write down things that

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<v Speaker 1>bring me joy every day. I invite you to try

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<v Speaker 1>that too. Another member of the group said music. We

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<v Speaker 1>had a lively discussion about songs that sustain us from

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<v Speaker 1>the old days of recording music on cassette Tapesbay remember those,

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<v Speaker 1>to creating playlists on internet music sites today. I've always

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<v Speaker 1>had playlist in which I compiled particular songs for particular

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<v Speaker 1>purposes and emotions and things I was learning. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>I have a playlist entitled Hurricane Preparation, one entitled Comfort Songs,

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<v Speaker 1>and one entitled Deb's Memorial Party. Yep, that's right. I

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<v Speaker 1>want people to listen to my music when I'm gone. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Music and walking help me, said somebody else. I would

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<v Speaker 1>walk all day if I could. Someone else agreed, but

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<v Speaker 1>said that she needed quiet solitude in her walking routine.

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<v Speaker 1>Another person who was knitting during our meetings said, art,

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<v Speaker 1>making art, any kind of art. Creating with my hands

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<v Speaker 1>lets my brain, my thoughts, my feelings sort themselves out.

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<v Speaker 1>And I agree wholeheartedly with her statement. I can't tell

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<v Speaker 1>you how much wisdom and emotional balance I gained while

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<v Speaker 1>working on my new book with craft writer Claire Gelder.

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<v Speaker 1>I wrote the historical, cultural, and spiritual parts of the book.

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<v Speaker 1>The book is entitled Crafting the Wheel of the Year.

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<v Speaker 1>That was such a gift to me to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to work with her on its project. Just a little

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<v Speaker 1>reminder that you can get it and free gifts from

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<v Speaker 1>my website Debouen dot com and from Claire's website in

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<v Speaker 1>England wolcotur coompany dot com. Somebody else in the group

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<v Speaker 1>said nature. I have to be in nature, grounding, touching

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<v Speaker 1>the earth, resting my forehead against a tree trunk, diving

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<v Speaker 1>into the ocean or a river, having a conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>the birds and squirrels in my yard. These are all

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<v Speaker 1>ways in which we get in touch with who we

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<v Speaker 1>really are deep within us, because in truth, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>we are not separate from the natural world, and we,

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<v Speaker 1>like all nature, live in this moment in time. Sometime

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<v Speaker 1>soon I'll be having an episode about earth wisdom and

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<v Speaker 1>how that might resonate with us all. And in the

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<v Speaker 1>end of our discussion with this group, somebody said I

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<v Speaker 1>often need to remind myself to give myself grace. I

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<v Speaker 1>asked her to say more about that. She thought for

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<v Speaker 1>a moment and then very quietly said, I am enough.

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<v Speaker 1>We all took a collective son, we are enough. You

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<v Speaker 1>are enough. We do the best we can with what

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<v Speaker 1>we have and what we know and what we believe,

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<v Speaker 1>and we live by grace. Just breathe that in for

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<v Speaker 1>a moment. We are enough. You are enough. We do

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<v Speaker 1>the best we can with what we have and what

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<v Speaker 1>we know and what we believe, and we live by grace.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for listening to this many episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Psychic Teachers podcast. Samantha and I will be back

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