S02 E02 – How to live a better life by being more childlike?

Man suffers because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

ALAN WATTS

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.

The Bible says that no one enters the kingdom of God until he is childlike. What does this mean? How can you lead a better life by being more childlike. Join Chetan Narang as he dives deep into this question in episode 2 of season 2 of The Unlearning Playground, a self improvement, spirituality & philosophy podcast and youtube channel.

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

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