ASK ABDI: COMPILATION
This podcast episode is a compilation of "Ask Abdi" questions.
0:23 - QUESTION: Can you please go over the significance of retaliation, revenge, and karma? When to speak your truth when someone has done something wrong to you and when not to?
3:58 - QUESTION: As you have always counseled, "there is nothing external to do". I understand that at the deepest of levels - but what of right action? Is this, arguably, World War? How do we conduct ourselves when what feels like not only a call to radical healing, but also the call to defend the sacred - to fight? Are we all the Indigenous now - helplessly watching the encroaching genocide? And should we fight simply because it's our lot, our duty?
8:04 - QUESTION: Isn't it true that we're in a dream while we're awake, and that we have a preview of our eternal life when we're sleeping? How can we remember the knowingness that we were born with?
9:54 - QUESTION: I've lost all hope and inspiration, I feel scared and stuck in a routine, but at the same time I feel overwhelmed by the thought of changing my life or starting over in some respect. What first step can I take to help myself, to get on a new track?
12:42 - QUESTION: I've come to realize that the part of myself that I thought was helpful, caring, and attentive to others is actually a mask to avoid a direct relationship with my inner self, and that I have unconsciously been a vampire to other people's energy to keep myself mobilized externally. How do I reckon with this as well as help wean myself off of being a codependent caretaker?
For more on caretaking, click here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
15:49 - QUESTION: Is it okay that I feel I've outgrown everyone in my life? I've changed so much this past year that my perspective is completely different from everybody around me. With that said, I don't know how to embrace this shift - as I vacillate between wanting to let most of the people in my life go and being completely afraid to be truly alone.
20:27 - QUESTION: I find it quite fascinating that the crazier things get in our world, the more clear and grounded I feel inside. I've been doing shadow work for a few years now, so I feel that has prepared me for this navigating all of the non-stop negative projections of the news, politics, social media, etc. that we are experiencing now more than ever. But seeing others around me (whether in real life or on social media) drowning in the negativity, what hope is there for them?
22:22 - QUESTION: The pandemic has forced me to slow down in many ways I never thought I needed. I am a certified workaholic and a very social person, and now I can not imagine resuming the pace that I once maintained on a daily basis. My question is: what part of me needed to stay social and busy, and why? My hope now is to find a healthier lifestyle to what my soul really needs...
24:15 - QUESTION: How to use presence and grounding with children in intense situations?
27:13 - QUESTION: I’ve always fantasized about being famous, and I’m truly ashamed of this desire for its grandiosity and its selfishness. I’m a pretty talented artist and writer but not widely known. Intellectually and soulfully, I see the trappings and limitations of fame, and sense the desire comes from a childhood where I felt really unseen and unworthy, unless I was the “best” or the brightest. Because I know this, I often belittle or hide my gifts and then feel resentment and envy towards those who do not hide. What words do you have towards a middle path with this desire (and thank you for your wisdom as always)?
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Ask Abdi: Part 2