{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#27 Africa: Land of Creation with Saori + Miyamoto","description":"Your Creative Sparks: Your life\u2019s PHILOSOPHY can be as SIMPLE as doing what is right in front of you. Sometimes CLARITY begins with knowing what we DO NOT WANT. Why worry, when IT ALL WORKS OUT in the end? Part two of four on our adventure in West Africa. Hang out with us on the porch under the hot African sun, while Lobsterbird endeavors to ply open the hearts behind the hands of Saori and Miyamoto. Undisguised and unpretentious as they come, these two volunteers simply followed the flow of life to Di\u00e9bougou and found happy meaning among the singing children. Leave us a Rating & Review! Your Travelogue How did Saori come to be in Africa? By airplane!, of course. This artist draws with the children of Di\u00e9bougou. [2:20] Saori\u2019s philosophy of life is quite simple. She does what is in front of her. When asked what she WANTS to do in life, her response is that she is far more clear on what she DOESN\u2019T want to do, like to go business meetings or wear fancy, poofy clothes. [8:46] Saori doesn\u2019t get caught up in thinking about problems, her own or the world\u2019s. Does she have any problems? \u201cI can\u2019t think of any,\u201d she says, \u201cBut if I started coughing, I would be more concerned about my health than about the problems of the world.\u201d [14:04] The Di\u00e9bougou children follow Saori and Miyamoto around. Saori humbly dismisses the gesture and remarks that they are just interested because her skin is a different color. But Sophia sees deeper into the special relationship there\u2026 [19:20] Miyamoto\u2019s philosophy of life is to say yes, always to everything. This freedom to say yes included many years of drug use. \u201cI used drugs to free myself, but in the end, I was captive to drugs,\u201d he says. \u201cIt became the opposite. So I quit. I came to realize that there is more freedom without drugs.\u201d [24:05] What does Miyamoto think of Di\u00e9bougou? It simply happened by chance. He hasn\u2019t traveled anywhere else, so he has nothing to compare it to. The children here pay attention to him, and so he pays attention to them. This makes him happy. [38:20] Like Saori, Miyamoto doesn\u2019t spend his time in worry. What about poverty? War? Diseases? \u201cOf course everything exists,\u201d he says. \u201cThere is nothing that is weird about having them. But I don\u2019t join inside. I join poverty, but I\u2019m not thinking that I\u2019m poor. I don\u2019t have money, but I\u2019ve never had a problem with money. I always have what I need for the day. [45:00] Happiness for Saori and Miyamoto is not a goal in and of itself. Happiness seems to be a natural outcome from a simple life that is free from worry and goes with the flow. [54:04] Links and resources: Lobsterbird\u2019s newest book: Level Up: Power Practices for Spiritual Superabundance by Sophia Remolde Music for this episode was contributed by Daniel Munkus and recorded in the Hudson River Valley at Subtle Soup Studios. For more info, visit: www.subtlesouprecords.com. Podcast management and creative copy provided by Sonya Louise, at the Cross Roads in Sweet Home Alabama. Sonya Louise is also the force of Nature behind Sacred Survivor Quest. For Free Energy Readings from Sophia and to learn about upcoming Hero\u2019s Way Pilgrimages, visit: lobsterbird.com. \u2728The next pilgrimage takes us to Indonesia in November! If you want to build your business so you can make more money with more ease, and make a bigger impact with your work, shoot an email over to magic@lobsterbird.com for more details!\u2728 If you liked this episode, please subscribe to our podcast and drop some starshine on us in iTunes. Leaving 5 stars makes it possible to bring you more goodness. Bonus points for leaving a review!   ","author_name":"Bridge to Being","author_url":"http:\/\/lobsterbird.com","html":"