Bearded Wisdom with Les McDaniel

What does love mean for you? Regardless of what you might think of it, one thing is for sure, love is all around us. In this episode, Les gives us a short but meaningful insight into what love is supposed to be. It isn’t exclusive to anyone or anything and as said by Les, if we love those we feel are unloveable, it opens up greater expressions of love for ourselves. 

• 1:33 - What the gospel of Luke says about love. 
• 3:04 - What Buddhism & Hinduism say about love. 
• 6:21 - The importance and power of love. 
• 7:21 - How self-preservation can challenge our idea of being loved. 
• 9:35 - Love covers a multitude of sins. 
• 10:36 - The concept of the coin’s edge. 

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Why do we fear that we have something to lose when what we really have is everything to gain? Often, this is fear is caused by self-preservation. In this episode, Les talks all about it. From his experiences firsthand to how these self-preservation strategies hinder us from what really matters in life. Listen up & reflect on how you can transform yourself to turn away from this widespread and destructive concept. 

• 5:20 - How self-preservation strategies keep us from achieving our relationships and our purpose. 
• 6:51 - Les’s experience with faking it til’ you make it. 
• 12:00 - The rampancy of putting up a front & how not giving in to this gives us a confessional life. 
• 13:40 -  Les’s first experience with self-preservation. 
• 18:46 - Our self-protective strategies may be a use of our strengths but it is a selfish use for us only. 
• 20:44 - The scary prominence of cancel culture today.
• 22:08 - How our sufferings are meant to refine us. 
• 25:08 - Les shares the concept of memento mori.

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In this episode, Les runs us through what the Bearded Wisdom podcast is really all about. As Les shares everything about seeing the world through Jesus’s teachings, he touches on the idea of embracing insecurity and weaknesses for all the right reasons. In light of the wisdom that comes from the bearded Jesus, come & feed your spiritual growth here in the Bearded Wisdom podcast. 

• 1:20 - Les talks about why his credentials don’t make up his identity. 
• 7:17 - Religion, people, and congregations have set atrocities in the name of Jesus. 
• 10:00 - Les symbolizes his farsightedness and nearsightedness in seeing the world through the lens of Jesus’s teachings. 
• 11:45 - How our essence is wrapped into something bigger than what we are. 
• 13:25 - Les shares the idea of non-dualism. 
• 15:03 - Embracing weakness & turning away from insecurity. 
• 19:29 - Les connects to what Bearded Podcast is all about–the wisdom that comes from God. 

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In the Bearded Wisdom Podcast, the goal is to find unity in our voices and embrace truth at the highest level. In this introductory episode, get to know our host, Les McDaniel. Find out what prompted him to live a life of truth, love, and light. Lounge and listen as we bless ears with energy that drives substance and wisdom in the lives of many. 

• 2:19 - Get to know Les Mcdaniel.
• 5:46 - How being raised in the church helped Les to be who he is now. 
• 7:54 - Les’s leadership as his only field of excellence. 
• 10:07 - The start of Les’s business. 
• 12:10 - How hardship became his fuel to find ways to share the power within us. 
• 16:00 - Les shares the essence of the Bearded Wisdom Podcast

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