Dear frennie,

How do you define love?

How do you see love in your life?

Have you noticed loves power, loves presence, loves softness and loves warmth lately?

Have you noticed how tough it can be too?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on love in the comments.

Clips

“Daughter. Spend your life loving. Not seeking love. Ocean need not seek water”

— Dr. Jaiya John

“…it may be noticed that, as defined, love is a strangely circular process. For the process of extending one’s self is an evolutionary process. When one has successfully extended one’s limits, one has then grown into a larger state of being. Thus the act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else’s growth. It is through reaching toward evolution that we evolve.”

— M. Scott Peck M.D., The Road Less Travelled

“Utopian groupies are lovers of hope. It’s ideally an unselfish love, an erotic exchange that happens only to ensure that the utopian project continues to grow and flourish and inspire other people through this act of creative love. For utopian groupies, it’s not about eventually starting a community themselves, or even joining one, but about being a kind of accompaniment to what is already happening, which they did not start and which does not require their intervention.”

— Adrian Shirk, Heaven is a Place on Earth

Shownotes

In this debut podcast episode, Rae explores the importance of balancing masculine and feminine energies and critiques the societal preference for logic and intellect over intuition and emotion. Emphasising love as the ultimate tool for growth and transformation, the discussion includes insights from the book 'The Road Less Traveled' by Scott Peck. Through personal anecdotes and philosophical reflections, Rae encourages self-empowerment, practical self-help, and embracing one's human capacity to love as pathways to a fulfilling life. The episode also delves into the significance of self-love and discipline, presenting them as foundations for positive change and manifestation.

00:00 Preview

00:40 Greeting

01:55 Self-Empowerment and Practical Self-Help

02:23 The Power of Love and Intuition

04:44 Challenges of Masculine Dominance

05:59 Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energy

07:37 Understanding Love and Growth

17:24 Discipline as an Act of Love

19:05 Self-Love and Manifestation

21:07 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Thank you so much for joining me today! I have wanted to start a podcast for years, and something about it feels so vulnerable and egotistical that I get scared every time I get close. The Substack community has given me so much more confidence to be myself as a creator and share the lessons I see all around us as I live. As I write this, I feel my chest grip me with doubt, throbbing with pain—but I am posting it anyway. I hope this small battle of ‘to love, or not love’ will indeed encourage you to love, and pay it forward to yourself and your community.

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