{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64b7bf58081d3500119b3ba7/663383254bbfab00122c0e32?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Spiritual Capital with John Featherby","description":"<p>Better business genius and spiritual leader John Featherby joins us to discuss the limits to materialism, a crisis of meaning and what spirituality means in the modern world.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>Reaching the end of a hyper-rational, high secular materialism age - and looking at what comes next to fill the ‘void’ in realising it doesn't provide real meaning&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>Exploring Spiritual Capital as a “resource of collective memory, benefit, and impact of a culture’s religious, spiritual, philosophy history and heritage” and investing in it through honouring purpose, value, virtue, and meaning in cultures&nbsp;</em></li><li><em>Religion as a way of being. It’s a pattern and we’re all in one. We’re all worshipping something</em></li><li><strong><em>CENTRES OF POWER ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE WEST - neutral secular perspectives that are not neutral. Parts of the world are pushing back.</em></strong></li><li><strong><em>How you develop leaders - mindfulness, breathing, embracing the wilderness&nbsp;</em></strong></li><li><strong><em>The agenda of “purpose” in business spaces &amp; leadership programmes - and how authentic and meaningful this actually is.&nbsp;</em></strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>QUOTES &amp; SNIPPETS</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>“We’re in a meaning crisis. Spiritual Capital doesn’t ‘belong’ to big businesses. You cant import purpose, ritual, philosophical ideas etc”</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>“It’s a pattern and we’re all in one”</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>“Consumerism doesn’t provide the meaning people thought it would so they’ve gone looking for meaning in something else”</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>“All people have now IS their work - home - and hobby. People's lives have gone from many layers to work and home. Back in the day, people belonged to a community organisation, there were layers between the individual and the state that gave them meaning and a sense of grounding but we’ve stripped them out”</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>“Most of the stuff you read in these modern business books about purpose and good culture - they exist in all the great scriptures. We’ve had this stuff forever.”</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=COHgEFUFWyg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Dawkins</a></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gustave_Speth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gus Speth</a></p><p><a href=\"https://shop.migrationmuseum.org/products/9780141031651-robert-tombs-the-english-and-their-history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Tombs</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.alaindebotton.com/religion/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONNECT WITH JOHN</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://johnfeatherby.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Substack</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.johnfeatherby.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfeatherby/?originalSubdomain=uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT BETTER BEINGS</strong></p><p>If you enjoyed this episode of Better Beings, please share it with your friends and follow us on socials. Thanks for listening!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/betterbeingspod/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/98336947/admin/feed/posts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>CONTACT </strong></p><p>Let us know your thoughts, feelings, critiques, and resource recommendations betterbeingspodcast@gmail.com</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Better Beings"}