Weekly Live Show Recap - Ep. 14 - Living A Spiritual Life - Ft. Scott Mason

Introduction:

Spirituality is one of those topics that can get very controversial very quickly. As you will see from this recap and from our conversation on the different platforms, did indeed stir the pot just a little. However, spirituality is an incredibly important discussion to be had, mainly because there are so many misunderstandings around its meaning and its purpose. What does spirituality actually mean? What does it take for a person to be spiritual? How does spirituality tie into our personal and professional lives, and finally how does it play into our ultimate success in life? 

In this week’s episode, we explored the key differences between spirituality and religion and we discussed what is this hunger that people are always running after?

Come join us on the journey to discover how spirituality plays into our life in this week’s episode and discussion. 
 

In case you missed the podcast, Wednesday Live Show, and Thursday Night Clubhouse discussions - please check out the following links: 

Wednesday Evening Live Show 

Thursday Night Clubhouse Discussion

Who is Scott Mason? 

• Born in London, England to two graduate students who were not able to keep him. He was put up for adoption as an infant. 
• Raised by African American Midwesterners in Kansas
• Never really felt like he fit in. 
• Enjoyed running through the wheat fields and looking at the stars. 
• Moved to NY and practiced law for 20 years, ran homeless shelters, and eventually a manufacturing company. 
• Currently helps individuals looking to find freedom and make a change in their lives and fulfill their purpose. 

Connection to Greek Mythology:

• Discovered “D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths” in a Colorado bookstore and connected with the story of Helios from Greek mythology. 
• Internalizes “Helios” story in his everyday life and counts it to be part of his identity and spirituality.  

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What is Spirituality? 

• We adopt “religion” as the basis of our spiritual identity. 
• Religion ends being about how to culture us and get us to fit into a specific culture vs how we can feel fulfilled. 
• Scott mentions the idea of an individual being spiritually empty
• Just because organized religion doesn’t work for some people doesn’t mean it can’t work for others. Plenty of people are able to have transcendence and transformation through organized religion. 
• Prayer was created out in the fields. We connect with G-d in the fields and in nature. Because spirituality is about connecting. 

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Experiencing Spirituality:

• There’s good in organized religion such as community and connection. The bad is on the EGO and control - that feeds spiritual emptiness. 
• Spirituality is an intrinsic connection with something bigger and greater than you. 
• Being spiritual is like being in the currents of a river and accepting that the river will take you where you need to go even if you don’t know all the different pathways. 
• Spirituality is knowing who you are, knowing yourself, and your superpowers. 
• Spirituality is self oriented with an absence of narcissism. 

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How To Become Spiritual?

• Organized Religion - Questioning for Clarity
• Everything needs to be questioned in order to find spirituality. 
• Spirituality requires intellectual questioning. 
• In order to become spiritual, you have to be able to engage the intellectual understanding. But you also have to understand that you can’t understand everything about spirituality.  

[Editor’s note: In the video, Scott references the Christain’s Old Testament Bible to Judges 2:19, he later sent us a correction that it was meant to be 1:19] 

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Questioning and challenging leads to spirituality: 

• Ethics and values are what we should be questioning to understand our spiritual identity. 
• Skills/Talents + Experience x Service = Purpose - Scott Mason’s formula for Success.
• Purpose alone isn’t enough. We need to have core values as well. 
• Spirituality is purpose pushed out into the world and connected to core values which we question as well. 
• Being human means disagreeing. Being G-dly means being able to disagree but still be respectful. 
• Is there a boundary beyond which tolerance can not go?
• We need to have healthy boundaries which we set. 
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How Does Spirituality Play Into Success?

• When you’ve truly connected to your spirituality and can sit in the current of the river, the cosmos and universe will bring you success. In other words, if you are on the right path, success will follow and favor you. 
• Even just being able to sit in the river, that is the definition of success 
• It’s easy to get trapped into accepting your own definition of success or the definition of success given by others as an adequate substitute for what G-d or the universe wants of you. 
• Purpose + Values = Spiritual Connection
• Listen to the voice inside. That’s G-d speaking 
• Success is being connected to your purpose and values.

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The Bottom Line: 

The 3 main takeaway points were: 

• Spirituality is the personal connection with something greater than oneself
• Being truly connected in an intrinsic way and by being connected to a source
• Not always do we agree with everyone or the way they serve their purpose, but we can respect, admire, and celebrate one another - that’s true spirituality. 

Contributors to this article include:  

Scott Mason - Scott Mason is a speaker, author, podcaster, and coach who works with executives and successful entrepreneurs feeling stuck or stagnant in their career or business.  After graduating from Columbia Law School, Scott worked for over 20 years as an attorney and senior executive with a variety of organizations in the government and the nonprofit sectors before successfully growing and scaling a manufacturing company. His insights on leadership and transformation have appeared in both book compilations and online magazines. Scott combines his wealth of large organizational and entrepreneurial experience with a long-lasting and deep love of Greek mythology, with all of its fun, excitement, and deeper, universal meanings to help his clients dislodge their toxic myths to ignite charisma within, and then magnetize and monetize professional freedom.

To reach and learn more about Scott Mason you can follow him on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, or you can visit his Website. 

Boruch DuBrow - Boruch is an Exceptional Development Coach with over 13 years of experience as an educator. Boruch has helped hundreds of people feeling lost in life to discover their path and reach their potential. Today, Boruch educates and empowers individuals and organizations to discover their path, define their purpose, and create an “Exceptional” future for themselves, their families, and their organizations.

To learn more about Boruch DuBrow feel free to follow him on LinkedIn, or Instagram, You can also reach Boruch by emailing him at [email protected]

Yermi Kurkus - Yermi has spent most of his career helping people at their lowest find meaning and purpose through proven methods that are built from psychology, philosophy, and mystical teachings. Yermi's approach is pragmatic and down to earth, thus coining the term Practical Mindfulness. 

Today, Yermi partners up with business owners, professionals, and individuals that want to become more "irresistible" in their personal and professional lives, as well as helping founders build "irresistible" systems in their businesses.

To learn more about Yermi Kurkus feel free to follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. You can also reach Yermi by emailing him at [email protected]