The Unlearning Playground Chetan Narang

A thought that every adult encounters ever so often is centred around the idea of how life was better when they were a kid, when they were more childlike. I think there are a lot of life lessons in this train of thought, and that is the epicentre of today's episode of The Unlearning Playground.

Even The Bible reportedly says something to the tune of "No one enters the kingdom of God until he is childlike." Please note that the call is to be childlike, not childish. There is a world of difference between the two words, and I explore that too in this episode.

I think that the various tips I give out here are central to living a good life as an adult, central to living your life to the fullest as a grown-up. The playfulness, spontaneity and flexibility of childhood is something that has captured the imagination of so many philosophers already - Alan Watts, Osho, Sadhguru, Jordan Peterson, Sandeep Maheshwari to name a few. So, here I am throwing my hat in the ring too on the same.

I hope this episode lands, and leaves you with a better life.
Until next time.
Peace out.

==== Outline ====

(00:00) - Intro
(02:12) - Was life better as a kid?
(10:14) - Being more spontaneous and expressive
(22:36) - Being more playful
(36:19) - Being more open and flexible
(48:51) - Recap and concluding thoughts

#lifelessons #selfimprovementpodcast #personalgrowth 

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One of the most fundamental questions every person asks at some point in their lives is - “What is the purpose of life?”. Not surprisingly at all, this is also one question that most of us learn to suppress very early on in our lives.

In this episode, the first of season two of the unlearning playground podcast, I dive into this question head on. I think that the modalities discussed here - of being & becoming, of life & Life, of priorities, of sacrifices and of our soul’s calling - are of utmost importance in truly grasping this ever-evasive question.

It is ok to feel lost sometimes, it happens to everyone.
It is ok to feel stuck sometimes, it happens to everyone.
It is ok to not know what to do next sometimes, it happens to everyone.

However, I have come to realise that we should not be ok with not doing anything about such feelings. Most of what needs to be done has more to do with the stance we approach them with.

As you will find it in this episode, this is not a direct invitation to change WHAT you do, in the sense of quitting your job and following your “passion”. Although there is something to be said about that being absolutely necessary at times.

Rather, this is an invitation firstly to change HOW you are going about your life - how you’re looking at your life, how you view your job, your relationships, your career, your purpose, your questions, your conversations and all the rest of Life.

This is an absolutely vital episode in the grand scope of all of my work at the unlearning playground I would say.

==== Outline ====

(00:00) - Introduction
(02:50) - Why talk about this at all? The crisis of meaning today’s age
(09:52) - The two modalities - being & becoming
(10:51) - Being - life vs Life 
(23:59) - Becoming
(31:28) - How to find your purpose?
(48:38) - Priorities
(56:18) - Sacrifices & your soul’s calling
(1:01:19) - Concluding thoughts


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Check out all of my work on my website -
https://chetannarang.org/

For one-on-one personal sessions for life coaching, counselling & philosophical mentorship with me -
https://chetannarang.org/nondual-philosophical-counselling-mentorship/

Subscribe to my channel here - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnlearningPlayground

Find all my book recommendations here - https://chetannarang.org/book-recommendations/

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https://www.instagram.com/nrng.chetan/

Checkout The Unlearning Playground podcast here -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGTAFgEsIneXtQ3H-HJqiGgJQX6HaRsj1
https://chetannarang.org/the-unlearning-playground-by-chetan-narang/

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Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/augustine/another-life 
License code: A4IITIDDH56OQH7H
"Reaching Out" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#purposeoflife #lifelessons #selfimprovement #truespirituality

Endings are hard indeed. But if we keep ourselves stuck in the same old same old, we hold ourselves back to what might be.

And therefore, like a snake must shed its old skin someday to allow a new layer to flourish, I end season 1 of The Unlearning Playground podcast today with this episode.

I talk about 2 major updates about the content you can expect from The Unlearning Playground in the months to come, with the first major announcement being the launch of my new series of content - Ask a human, not an AI.

Check out the "Ask a human, not an AI" homepage here - https://chetannarang.org/ask-a-human-not-an-ai/

Also, I'm still collecting feedbacks for all my content thus far, so share your opinions with me here - https://chetannarang.org/feedback/
P.S. You can be anonymous with the form too.

That's about it.
Super psyched about the new season.
Until next time.
Peace out.

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Check out all of my work on my website -
https://chetannarang.org/

For one-on-one personal sessions for life coaching, counselling & philosophical mentorship with me -
https://chetannarang.org/nondual-philosophical-counselling-mentorship/

Subscribe to my channel here - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnlearningPlayground

Connect with me, Chetan Narang, on Instagram here -
https://www.instagram.com/nrng.chetan/

Checkout The Unlearning Playground podcast here -
https://chetannarang.org/the-unlearning-playground-by-chetan-narang/

Here are the 5 books I recommend in this episode:

Book 1 (https://amzn.to/45mPqs3)
Book 2 (https://amzn.to/455eRP8)
Book 3 (https://amzn.to/45lWk0E)
Book 4 (https://amzn.to/47qjbtH)
Book 5 (https://amzn.to/3YtGuPj)

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As we grow up, we take up positions of power or at least aspire to do so at some point. That could mean becoming a parent, taking up a managerial position in your workplace, or any other relationship where you can have a substantial impact on the life of another person.

In all such relationships, I think there is something that is usually missing in the advices, suggestions and trainings all of us seek out and therefore, receive.

In this short episode, I discuss that one missing advice, and try to make a case for it.
I think it's fundamentally applicable to all our relationships, especially the kind I talked about above.

Check it out, and share with your friends & family to help it reach out to more people. 
It'll be worth their time too, I promise. 
Until next time.
Peace out.

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Check out all of my work on my website -
https://chetannarang.org/

For one-on-one personal sessions for life coaching, counselling & philosophical mentorship with me -
https://chetannarang.org/nondual-philosophical-counselling-mentorship/

Subscribe to my channel here - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnlearningPlayground

Connect with me, Chetan Narang, on Instagram here -
https://www.instagram.com/nrng.chetan/

Checkout The Unlearning Playground podcast here -
https://chetannarang.org/the-unlearning-playground-by-chetan-narang/

There are some movies that sometimes, out of the blue, end up teaching you life lessons that stay with you forever. I understand it to be very unlikely that an action thriller movie franchise would make the cut to such a list, but it is what it is I guess.

What is Jason Bourne about? If you had asked me this question some years ago, my answer would have been very different than what I can say about it now.

Having recently revisited these brilliant movies, I can safely say that the perspective with which I watched Jason Bourne this time around really helped me catch the drift of the storyline much better than before. And one powerful life lesson came striking out at me, which is what this short episode is all about.

I would really recommend everyone to watch all the movies again, and this time with the perspective I talk about in this episode.

So without further ado, let's get into it.
Let's see what Jason Bourne has to teach us.
And was he any good at it.

Until next time.
Peace out.

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Check out all of my work on my website -
https://chetannarang.org/

For one-on-one personal sessions for life coaching, counselling & philosophical mentorship with me -
https://chetannarang.org/nondual-philosophical-counselling-mentorship/

Subscribe to my channel here - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnlearningPlayground

Connect with me, Chetan Narang, on Instagram here -
https://www.instagram.com/nrng.chetan/

Checkout The Unlearning Playground podcast here -
https://chetannarang.org/the-unlearning-playground-by-chetan-narang/

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"Reaching Out" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Equality is a topic that is central to any relationship, family, community and society. And that makes it an extremely important subject to discuss, especially in today's world where like anything else it is subject to a host of interpretations and biases and opinions.

In this video, I delve into the topic of equality in some detail.

I talk about what is equality, how we are measuring it, how we ought to think about it and (I can't stress enough how important this is) where we are going wrong with it as of 2023.

I think this is one topic that must be properly understood by everyone, especially in 2023. And what's more, if misunderstood, it can lead to the divisions we find so prevalent in our society even today.

Let's see if I can do justice to the claims above.
Only one way to find out. Dig right in.
Until next time.
Peace out. 

==== Outline ====

(00:00) - Intro
(00:51) - What is equality?
(01:26) - How do you measure equality?
(02:10) - Equality of opportunity
(03:49) - Equality of outcome
(04:52) - The gender pay gap
(08:55) - Thomas Sowell, equity & equality
(12:11) - Equality in absolutely stupid things
(14:19) - Expecting equality where there can be none
(16:22) - Equality in the Indian context
(17:47) - Closing, with a Thomas Sowell quote

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Check out all of my work on my website -
https://chetannarang.org/

For one-on-one personal sessions for life coaching, counselling & philosophical mentorship with me -
https://chetannarang.org/nondual-philosophical-counselling-mentorship/

Subscribe to my channel here - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnlearningPlayground

Connect with me, Chetan Narang, on Instagram here -
https://www.instagram.com/nrng.chetan/

Checkout The Unlearning Playground podcast here -
https://chetannarang.org/the-unlearning-playground-by-chetan-narang/

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Credits for the beautiful soundtracks:

"Reaching Out" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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