161: Robert Munster | Living With Happiness Even In Diversity & Connecting With Your Personal Intuition
Summary
“To feel joy even in the middle of despair.”
Robert Munster’s therapeutic background as an occupational therapist has utilised numerous alternative healing modalities. Having worked in many medical facilities and programs, Robert has participated in numerous multi-hand, therapy programs employing inter-species experiences with dolphins, horses and even burros.
Bob has published three books entitled: Still Surfing; Who Are We Really?; Living On Intuition. He is presently working on his fourth book entitled On Our Way Home. With such a varied and wide set of experiences, Robert brings an eclectic viewpoint to his writing.
In this episode we discuss how to live with happiness even within diversity. We review Robert’s fasting experience and discuss the importance and benefits associated with a fasting practice. And to wrap it up we delve deep into our conversation on intuition including Roberts real world examples and techniques to help you get more connected with your intuition.
I really hope you get some great value from this episode and until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
Key Take Outs
- Experience matters. To really live and learn in life we need to experience it. We need to jump into all experiences with an open and positive perspective and when we do we will open up opportunities that take us on paths that we would have otherwise never encountered. True learning and belief comes from experience.
- Happiness in despair. What is the learning that I can receive from this? Ask yourself this question, even within despair, and see what positive you can take away. This may allow you to approach future times we a more positive, joyous attitude. What can be gained?
- Thoughts on fasting. In a world in which we are so accustomed to having everything at our finger tips it is so easy to become anxious or even depressed when we are without. Fasting is a practice to help us deal with such times. If you put yourself in a situation that is lacking, you will be able to learn lessons that would help you better manage the situation. These lessons can be used at other times. You will better connect with what really matters in life, develop a greater self-awareness and also be able more grateful for all that you have.
- Positive perspectives. If you can approach life with a positive perspective and attitude you may benefit from each moment in life more deeply. It creates openness to opportunities, more chance to receive great learnings, and greater awareness.
- Intuition should be used over logic to guide you in life. Does this feel right? A great question to ask when deciding on which direction to take next. Logic is filled with fear and self-doubt and is not always going to direct us on a path that is true to ourselves and life is about living your journey.
Do you have any routines and rituals that you believe contribute to your success?
- Morning spiritual exercise including reading some guiding or inspiration material followed my meditation with chanting.
- Annual evaluation. Every year on his birthday he reviews where he is in life to better direct where is wishes to go.
What advice would you give to your 20-year-old self?
Follow your heart.
Robert’s interpretation of success
To be who I am and who I want to be.
What is your number one productivity advice?
Goal setting and paying attention.
Quick round questions
Favourite Food
Fruits
Favourite Leisure Activitiy
Surfing
Favourite book(s)
Stranger by the River
Quote
“Love is not a matter of belief but one of demonstration, therefore try to remember that in order to get love you must first give love. The more you give the more you get. You must fill yourself with it until you become a magnet of love.”
What does living life with passion and purpose mean?
Being awake and diving into all aspects of living, no matter how hard it seems or no matter where I think it may take me. I know it will be correct because I will trust my own instincts.
How to find Robert and other links
You can email Robert directly here or connect with him through his publishing site Over The Edge Publishing here.