Episode 15: The Beauty of Unorthodox Challenges | Aubrey Marcus
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I’m incredibly grateful that my path crossed with Aubrey Marcus’ in a meaningful way back in October 2017. It was the beginning of a learning that has been deep, rich and most certainly challenging...and boy do I have gratitude for the challenging part! Aubrey, his podcast, and community have been an inspiration for The Great Unlearn.
Aubrey has spent his life learning and living by the mantra Total Human Optimization. He founded his company Onnit and wrote his first book Own The Day, Own Your Life to really capture the physical aspect of this philosophy. Now he has built the Fit For Service Fellowship to help a community optimize their emotional and spiritual health.
In this podcast we focus on the importance of orchestrated struggle to know yourself and the value of having a brotherhood or community. Aubrey shares insane stories from his recent trip to Poland to study under the breath Maestro Wim Hof with a band of brothers. He also shares his wisdom gained in 6 days in total darkness.
There’s so much to pull from this episode...wisdom, experience, choosing self-love over self-loathing, plenty of laughs and a few tears...it wouldn’t be a TGU podcast without some raw emotion...and was nice that I wasn’t the only one this time.
I really hope you enjoy this special episode of The Great Unlearn with my brother Aubrey Marcus
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We Discuss:
0:10 - Aubrey Marcus Podcast as a muse
1:50 - One goal of The Great Unlearn
3:43 - What is DMT?
10:31 - Ram Dass deep spiritual lesson
13:40 - Onnit’s birth + Own The Day Own Your Life
23:29 - Working out vs. Working in
25:25 - Aubrey’s next book
32:15 - Raghu Markus’ experience with Ram Dass’ guru
35:41 - Truth, Love, and the Divine are synonymous
36:50 - Aubrey’s major judgment of his past
40:12 - Feeling future success today
45:30 - Benefits of silent retreats
47:02 - Wim Hoff and Poland
54:19 - “The Whip!” - Wim Hof
57:43 - Men’s’ lack of loving bonds
58:49 - The importance of Tribe
1:02:53 - Aubrey’s darkness retreat
1:06:38 - Quality of sleep in complete darkness
1:07:32 - Visions during the retreat
1:16:25 - Having awareness and presence
1:18:23 - A different kind of birthday
1:21:31 - Excitement for life’s second half
Resources:
Aubrey Marcus Best Selling Book - Own the Day Own Your Life
Ram Dass - Becoming Nobody
Raghu Markus - Asks Ram Dass’ guru how to meditate
Joe Dispenza - How Your Thoughts Are Connected To Your Future
Aubrey Marcus Birthday - Birthday post
Aubrey Marcus’ Fellowship - Fit For Service
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