What if the thing keeping you from being happy is the belief that something has to change first?
This week on goodsugar, Ralph Sutton and Marcus Antebi get into Tantra, and no, it’s not just about sex. Marcus breaks down the idea of being fully present in your life without needing to escape it, renounce everything, or wait for the perfect circumstances to finally feel okay.
That leads Ralph and Marcus into a bigger conversation about happiness, fear, gratitude, resilience, relationships, mortality, and the stories we tell ourselves about the future. Ralph opens up about one of his deepest fears involving his mother, Marcus puts him through an unexpectedly emotional meditation, and they explore how love and the fear of losing someone can exist at the same time.
They also get into the realities of running a health food business in New York, the evolution of the juice business, why junk food seems to win everywhere, and why meditation doesn’t mean much if you roll up the mat and immediately go back to being an asshole.
Maybe the goal isn’t to build the perfect life. Maybe it’s learning how to actually be present for the one you already have.
Marcus: "There is no one universal method for finding happiness. But there are universal things humans could stop doing that would help them feel better and improve their mental state.
Working to improve our mental state through the different seasons of our lives seems like a logical objective. The good news is that most of us are already doing it. We’re already in a self-help groove. That’s how we’re alive right now, listening to and reading things like this.
You are enlightened and you are in paradise. That is the truth. Your mind has the capacity to create that, and it doesn’t have to be diluted by anything. Stay in the present moment. The direct vehicle to that is the breath. Everything after that is philosophy you can put down."
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