Man in the Making

In this week's episode, Rajan and Rokas are joined by Helena Hollis, Founder and CEO of Cocoridge Coconut Water. The group talks about how people see the world of decisions, how to make better ones, and the process in getting that started. 

For more info on Helena Hollis and her story see, Cocoridge.com. You can connect with her through her various social platforms provided on her website.  

To connect with Rajan, go to rajanshankara.com, or email [email protected]

00:11 - Question from a listener;

06:45 - Introduction to Miyamoto Musashi;

09:49 - Beginning of reading;

Get your copy of Rajan's book "Everything is Your Fault" here: https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Your-Fault-Responsibility-Leadership/dp/178904359X/ref=sr_1_1

Website: https://rajanshankara.com/

Meditation Academy: https://zenmind.teachable.com/

Short snippets from podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/ManintheMakingPodcast/videos

A snippet from the text read in the episode: "The reward is the attention that we got from our parents or from other people like siblings, teachers, and friends. We soon develop a need to hook other people's attention in order to get the reward. The reward feels good, and we keep doing what others want us to do in order to get the reward. With that fear of being punished and that fear of not getting the reward, we start pretending to be what we are not, just to please others, just to be good enough for someone else. We try to please Mom and Dad, we try to please the teachers at school, we try to please the church, and so we start acting. We pretend to be what we are not because we are afraid of being rejected. The fear of being rejected becomes the fear of not being good enough. Eventually we become someone that we are not. "

If you are interested in meditation, Rajan recently released a beginners meditation program on: https://courses.rajanshankara.com/courses/30-day-meditation-workshop

One of the most difficult problems to face is our mortality, but if we were able to overcome the fear of all fears, what can't we overcome?

The essay covered in this episode provides a different perspective to time and life, with the basis that life is long enough if the whole of it is well invested.

Visit our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/574982369917412/

In this episode Rajan reads and breaks down chapters 1-3 of The Discourses of Epictetus.

Visit our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/574982369917412/

In this episode Rajan reads from Robert Elliot Speer's lecture, The Stuff of Manhood.

Visit our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/574982369917412/

The first episode of season 2 for Man in the Making just dropped, and the episode was a blast to record.

We cover the powerful 1872 speech “Self Made Men” one of history’s most effective leaders and one of Rajan's biggest role models, Frederick Douglass.

For more about Rajan, see rajanshankara.com

Episode 1 of Season 2 is scheduled to be released on the 8th January 2020.

To interact with like-minded people feel free to join the 'Man in the Making Podcast Community" on Facebook.

Contact - [email protected] for any questions/ enquiries

Timestamp:

3:00 – Discrimination;

5:05 – Is it going to hurt someone, is it going to hurt you, is it going to damage something?;

6:20 - Detachment;

9:38 – Dispassion;

13:50 – You do not have to avoid the moments of darkness and despair;

15:34 – A quote from the stoics;

20:44 – The negative emotion from outside influences is part of life;

23:42 – Once we think we’ve transcended something, it’s going to come back on a different level

This episode is aimed to help people who have close friends or family members who are suffering, or are in that state themselves.