3rd Year Anniversary and My Top 3 Lessons | Ep 281

Summary
In this episode, Clayton Cuteri reflects on the first three years of his podcast, 'Traveling to Consciousness,' and shares his top three lessons. To learn more about the lessons, you'll have to listen and find out!

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Timecodes
00:00 - Lessons from Three Years of Exploring Spiritual Journeys
06:48 - The Power of Enjoying the Present Moment
09:22 - The Importance of Humility and Asking Questions
11:16 - Taking Action and Having Power for Positive Change

Transcript

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exploring spiritual journeys to find answers in uncertainty. up conscious monkeys. Welcome back to another episode of traveling to consciousness. As always, I'm your host, Clint Gutierrez. And not as always, we have an amazing, a groundbreaking podcast today because on August 29th, that's today, we have now hit the three year mark of traveling to consciousness. A feat that I really can't put into words. I really can't put it into words. The amount of things that have changed in the last three years have been insane, insane in my opinion, just the amount of, and as I say this humbly, the amount of knowledge I feel like that I have gained has been absolutely absurd. And with that being said, I do want to point out that in this podcast, I'm going be going over my top three lessons from the first three years of this podcast. And it was difficult to pack these all into only three lessons. But I felt like that these three truly embodied multiple different aspects of spirituality. I felt like they kind of embodied things that maybe the average spiritual content creator doesn't talk about or that the spirituality community as a whole tends to shy away from. And I think that there are things that at a deeper level we really need to embrace and embody if we want to truly create the world that we all talk about, that we want to have, that we want to explore, that we want to manifest, if you will. So three years, wow, it's crazy. So we're moving into the fourth year. The first thing I do want to point out though, before we jump into the top three, is I have to feel, I feel like I have to apologize to you guys. I dropped the ball this year. So the very first year, episode, season, year one ended on episode 100. Year two was on episode 200. And unfortunately year three is episode 281. So I messed up on that guys. I did not plan for that to happen. Maybe I have to work overtime this next year to crank out a few more. But. It wasn't for nothing. A lot of it was a lot of traveling this year, a lot more coming up. Not that it's an excuse, but it's definitely something that I would like to acknowledge, I guess. But without further delay, let's jump into the top three lessons that I've learned from this year. And I guess an honorable mention is that I need to do more. I was 19 episodes short this year. All right. So coming in at number three. If you don't enjoy now, you won't enjoy then. So the very first experience that I had with this is I was realizing that a lot of very wealthy people, very rich people, were talking about how billionaires, I'm saying, even billionaires, I'm sure you can look up videos of this. saying how they'd rather be broke and 20 than be where they are with billions of dollars. And it really struck me as odd. mean, of course I was 20 at the time when I would hear things like this and it struck me as odd. Like, of course I'd rather be there. But what is not being articulated? And I don't think that the people who say this are even consciously aware that this is what is truly needs to be articulated. is that they weren't enjoying when they were 20. They weren't enjoying where they were when they were 20. And I've gotten more information about this and it simply comes down to this, is that you have to enjoy now if you want to enjoy then. because I'm sure as we've talked about millions of times, the book, the power of now by Eckhart Tolle, you truly have to enjoy this present moment because it is the only thing that exists. The mind will create the illusion of, well, it's nice, but I don't have a million dollars. Well, it's nice, but my significant other is annoying. Well, it's nice, but I don't know what I want to do with the rest of my life. And I think that so many rich and wealthy people and everyone quite frankly spends all their time projecting their mind into the future or past. And when you do this, you create a divide within yourself. Because I think rich people probably get become rich and then realize like, I should have been focusing on the present moment the entire time. Of course, you need a plan. Don't get me wrong. But I think what I'm trying to say is just that you have to enjoy now. I simply put. because you could even sit here and think about being rich, think about being super wealthy. And what you'll notice is that if you, if you imagine that life long enough, you'll notice that different little problems will start to kick in, in your mind, your mind will start creating new problems. Okay. Have the million dollars. Great. Life should be perfect. Yeah. Well, now I want 2 million. Now I want a billion. Now I want this house. Now I want that house. Now I want to yacht. Now I want this and that and this and that, and your brain finds a way to keep creating more and more things that you desire. And so I think this is either a byproduct just being human, maybe it's some sort of supernatural gift that humans have, but the art of truly being at peace and truly loving the present moment is what in a way sets you free. And in that present moment, you can create a plan to move forward, to get those things that you desire. But you have to enjoy each step in the process. Otherwise, once you get those things, it'll be even more empty than before, because you thought this thing was going to fill that hole. So hopefully that makes sense because I'm moving on to number two. So number two lesson of the first three years of the podcast. Be humble, ask questions. I find that this idea, just always being humble, always taking this mindset of like not knowing into almost every situation is extraordinarily beneficial. First of all, it essentially sacrifices your ego because if you come from a place of not knowing, then you don't have to be the person who knows at all. And by being humble, you're able to ask questions. And I've seen this in my relationships and every single facet act like you don't know and ask a question. Instead of assuming, instead of making a wild prediction that isn't even based in reality, it's just your mind creating the illusion. And these other people who are involved in said situation may not have even thought of it themselves. What you can do is be humble and ask a question. The most powerful time is whenever your intention. Whenever you think so and so said something to make you angry or to get back at you or to do X or to do Y. I've used it for almost a more, I mean, through this podcast, at least I do that personally, but through this podcast, it's almost been more of like a esoteric exploration. Well, how does this line up with that? How does this exist with this? Taking that place of not knowing in a weird way gives you and frees you from control. It frees you from suffering. And to me, it seems like it's almost the only way that you'll learn anything. Because the opposite is to just be egotistical and never ask anyone questions and be in your route, your route, your rut, going the same direction, learning this, not learning anything. And I find that the more humble you are, the more questions you can ask, the more the world will open up to you. Because I don't know that anyone has ever truly gotten to the knowledge of everything. The omnipotent spirit, like spirit or God or nature. I suppose in a way they know, and we have a piece of that in us, but if you don't know everything, then you haven't fully embodied that spirit. And maybe that's a little bit esoteric, but... feel like it And I feel like that might be isn't the best example, right? The better example, let me think of it this way, is almost like it's a circle. You can learn from everyone and everything. For example, right? I've learned things from my guru. I've tossed past them onto some of the people who are studying under me and taught them. But even in the way I teach them, I still learn something. I learned something about them. I learned better ways to explain information. I learned when people don't understand, they do understand how they understand how they didn't understand. And so even when you're teaching people, you can still learn. But the key is, is you have to be open to it. You have to be willing to test and sample. See what you might know or you don't know. So for a quick, quick recap, number three, if you don't enjoy now, you won't enjoy then. And number two, be humble, ask questions. Which brings us to number one, the number one lesson of my last three years. And it's honestly a lesson that I didn't really fully embody or understand until maybe seven months ago. And that is that you have to do something. and this might be one of the biggest programs or illusions that is running within the spiritual community, is that It seems on the physical later that spiritual people are waiting for other people to do something about it. It seems to me that this, this programming of, well, money is not for me. Money's for other people. Politics isn't for me. It's for other people. These solutions that the, the power, if you will, the power of our world should be in the hands of spiritual people. And I, you know, I don't say like, I forget about me for a second. Forget about me. I truly feel as though spiritual people are ones that think about the next generation. The ones who are concerned about the future and future generations. Because those are our kids, our grandkids. And we have to take care of this planet. Otherwise, we won't have a planet to give them. And it seems to me that a lot of people, again, spiritual community, I am calling you out. Just want to throw their hands up, say that it's someone else's problem. It's not my fight. I'm just going to enjoy my life. I even met spiritual people who talk about how money is an important money means nothing, but then if they pay for something, they want me to pay them back immediately or they'll track it and be down to the scent. And it creates this confusion within the mind. within everyone's mind in that situation, anyone who has that mindset, money is not important. And I'm sure you could even go back along my podcast. And I probably said it at some point in time. money doesn't matter. But the trick is, is that money is important to survive, but it's not the ultimate. It's not the supreme. It's not our God, even though society would have us believe and feel that way about it. So it is important, don't get me wrong, and this is where comes back to power, is that there are two different types of power, and I could probably do a whole podcast just on the idea of power, and now that I'm saying it out loud, I probably would. One is political power and one is monetary. So political power. The example would be COVID. Now, whether or not you agree with the job, whether you agree with it, whether you agree with the lockdowns or not, it's irrelevant. What's important is, is to realize is that a select group of people decided that everyone was going to stay inside for however long it ended up being. They said it was going to be two weeks. Anyone with eyes knew it wasn't going to only be two weeks. Ended up being six months, I think. at minimum, depends on where you lived. But the point is, is that a select group of people within our country and across the world decided that we were going to completely shut down everything. That's power. and in the hands of the wrong people, that's dangerous power to give. So this is why one level of why spiritual people need power. Another is monetary. We need spiritual people to have money. Because look, the perfect example of money again, I don't know why, but he's also a controversial. I do know why I don't didn't mean to say it like that. I understand why he's controversial, but a good example would be Elon Musk, right? Tremendous amount of wealth. His mission is to put people on Mars. That's like his one MO in life right now, right? And he needs money to do that. He has, he's so efficiently using his money that he's creating a town in Texas called star base to shoot off their star ship. And they're trying to get people to move there right now. It's difficult cause no one wants to live there, but they're essentially creating an entire town. That's money. That's power with money. So with all this to say, spiritual people need power. In order to get power, you have to do something. You have to, you can't just sit around and meditate waiting for the world to change. It won't happen. It's never happened. I mean, you're physically doing something right to get money to do to get money. And then the question is, is what are you going to do with that money? Are you just going to accumulate? You're going to spend it on stuff that doesn't bring back a future. Maybe you're spending it on kids. I think that's probably great. But my point is, is that more ideas in the spiritual community need that sense of You know, they need that sense of direction when it comes to power. A spiritual community needs power. And again, forget about me. Take me out of the equation. Don't give me any power. I don't care. I'm just saying that the spiritual people need it. Even if you gave it all to me, there's no chance that I'm going to be the most. If you give all the power to me, there's no chance that what, do I articulate this? There's no chance that I would be able to do it alone. No chance. And you told me I had to do it alone. That would create such an ego burst, if you will. So it can't just be me. So see this as a calling to everyone who listens to this podcast, who identifies as being spiritual, that you have to do something, get power, monetary power, political power, influence, influential power. Because that is the only way that we will be able to change this world. For the good. For the better. To stop the nuclear wars. We have to move that way. We have to move that direction. Otherwise, what's the point? If there's no future, if there's no future generation, then why bother with anything? Maybe it is better to go meditate on a mountain. So with all that being said as a quick recap to get a little too dramatic for you guys, there's a quick recap. Top three lessons. Number three, if you don't enjoy now, you won't enjoy then number two, be humble, ask questions. And number one, number number one, you have to do something. You have to do something. So those are my lessons. That's my three years in review. The top three lessons. Hopefully we can get back up to 400 for next year. I will have to probably work a little bit over time if I'm going to pull off an extra, probably have to release multiple per week. We'll see how that goes. No promises on that one. So with that being said, I really appreciate you guys being here for year number three, heading into the fourth year and things are just getting started. feels like every year I'm a completely different person for the better. So I am very, very excited to see what happens in the next year. And also, I don't know if I'm to be able to announce this on Monday, but I have a big announcement coming soon. Follow me on Instagram. know I'll be posting about it there at Clayton Q Terry. You can follow me on X as well and tick talk. Same handle. I will be posting about that there. So if you don't hear it on here, you'll hear it on there. And if you don't hear it at any place, then you'll definitely hear it whenever I tell you about it in the sixth dimension. you you