A Cuppa with The Con Versationalist

A Cuppa with Eli Scheier, Founder of 'I Am Love' Meditation and Workshop Retreats

May 29, 2023 Con Koutsikas with Eli Scheier Season 4 Episode 1
A Cuppa with The Con Versationalist
A Cuppa with Eli Scheier, Founder of 'I Am Love' Meditation and Workshop Retreats
Show Notes

In this powerful and entertaining episode, Eli Scheier shared his fascinating journey of self discovery from being an institutional day trader on Wall St to a jail cell to being a shepherd in the Middle East to studying Yoga and Meditation in India to eventually finding his way to Tulum, Mexico where he established 'I Am Love' Meditation and Workshop Retreats.

Eli has a master's Degree in Clinical Psychology of the Spiritual MInd Body from Columbia University and having studied the practice of Yoga, Meditation  and Stillness in India at Yoga Vidya Gurukul, Trimbal; Anand Prakash Ashram, Rishikesh and  Tushita Meditiation Centre, Dharamsala, Eli offers an abundance of knowledge from many teachers and cultures.

Highlights include:

1:20 Wall St to Mexico.  "There was a fork in the road, and I took the wrong fork"  Eli Scheier.  Was Wall St really as bad as depicted in 'The Wolf of Wall St'?
14:00  Spiritual path.
17:00  Spirituality meets Psychology.
22:00  Having presence and 'that' little voice.  It's either a track of love or fear.
25:40  The purpose of meditation
28:10  With our thoughts we create our world. The 4 keys, Intention, Certainty, Self Love and Super Power
30:20  Self Love.  If we can't love ourselves, how can we expect others to love us?
33:30  Where and how to start changing your life.
37:10  Within every culture and every religion, the #1 rule is Love Thy Neighbour as You Would Love Thyself.
38:50  Everybody you meet, you meet for a reason.  The universe is trying to send you a message. 
43:00  The importance of affirmations

For more information on Eli's work head to his website at https://iamloveretreats.com/