352: David Schwerin: How to Solve World Issues with Conscious Globalism

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How do we reconcile the issues in our society?

David Schwerin

David Schwerin, Ph.D. is the founder and former President of DJ Investment Advisors, Inc. He’s the author of three books and dozens of articles published worldwide including Conscious Capitalism: Principles for Prosperity, Conscious Globalism: What is Wrong with the World and How to Fix It, and Know Your Soul: Bring Joy to Your Life.

David resonates well with people interested in spiritual (not religious) subjects, as well as business and current event-oriented listeners. He masterfully combines the two subjects that are relevant to all of our lives in some way, talking about what is going on in the world today and how to change the things that need to change.

David has given scores of presentations and media interviews on a variety of business and psychological topics to academic, business, and government audiences in the U.S., China and India.

He received numerous honors for his work in China including being named a visiting professor at several universities and at the Hebei Counselor Association. He is a co-founder and honorary director of the Corporate Responsibility Research Center of Suzhou University of Science and Technology.

What We Discuss With David Schwerin In This Episode

His journey from a career in finance to the study of the Soul
Conscious globalism and how we’re all connected
How to become part of the solution
The power of listening
Understanding our soul values
Understanding fear
How do you surrender?

Transcript Highlights

We’re All in This Together: The concept of ME – THEM – US

There’s no separation. What we do for another, we’re doing to ourselves. What we fail to do to another, we fail to do for ourselves. This is the golden rule. And that’s the key to healing.

We need to treat people like they’re part of us because they are. We’re not just a whole bunch of separate individuals together, but we’re all connected. It looks like we’re separate. But in fact, we’re all energy. And that energy flows together, and connects everything. When we don’t see a lot of this stuff, we get confused and make decisions that are not in our best interest.

If we just cut down to the basic fundamental ideas and concepts and follow them, we clear up a lot of our problems. Our values and priorities would be different, as well as the way we look at the world, the way we think of ourselves, and the choices we make. All those things would align with reality.

How to Become Part of the Solution

A great example would be how right now during the pandemic, every country seems to be competing to get a vaccine for the people. But the truth is the virus goes anywhere and everywhere.

In the same way that to solve climate change, one country can’t do it alone, the same goes for the gap between the wealthy and the poor. If you don’t treat everybody so that they have their basic needs met (food, clothing, shelter, erc.) then the impoverished part of the society or the population is going to ignore the need of the environment because their focus is on surviving.

We have to make sure that we have to close that gap and start taking care of each other, or this problem will not go away. We can’t look at this as separate beings that we’re competing against each other. We have to share and cooperate.

The Power of Listening

People just want to be heard. And if they don’t feel heard, they start yelling at each other. It gets worse. People have different backgrounds and different conditioning so they have different ideas. But when you get under the surface, we’re all the same.

Learning may be painful. There may be some karma involved. But we learn from every experience we have. So listen to the other people. See what they’re thinking. Realize that the path they’re taking is not your path, and that’s their way of learning. It’s all about respect and understanding.

Understanding Our Soul Values

People have different ways of expressing and accomplishing things. But underlying it all, we have the same motives, fears, and desires. So understand while others are taking a different path than you are, the end goal is the same. So try to understand people from that perspective.

Understanding Fear

If we understood ourselves, who we are, and what we’re here for, and that the universe is friendly and wants to help us, we wouldn’t have that fear. There are a lot of things we can be upset about or apprehensive about and that’s because we don’t understand. But it’s when we understand our connectedness and we’re getting held, that there is a desire for us to have a productive fulfilling life. Then we surrender to that.

How Do You Surrender?

Because we have fears all of us, we resist certain things that we don’t think are going to be what we like. That’s because we don’t see the whole picture. We don’t see why that particular experience will lead to something very positive.

Now, if we can learn to surrender to what’s coming towards us, the flow will lead us where we need to go. And our soul is calling the shots.

Episode Resources

Connect With David Schwerin

Website: www.consciousthinking.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidschwerin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidschwerin

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